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3.1 Pat
2.4 Amber
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2.3 Pat
1.7 Linda C
1.5 MC HOUSE OF SWEETS: Ribbon Candy - Tessa
1.9 The Reading Jar Winner #1 - The Adventures
1.10 The Reading Jar #2 - Mickslibrarian
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The Strawberry Thief (other topics)Flight (other topics)
The Night Tiger (other topics)
One Point Tasks
1.1 MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Relax by a cozy fire and read a book (your choice).
BONUS POINT: CHECK YOUR STOCKING and enjoy another book.
1.2 DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
This month ANN PATCHETT (2nd) and BRANDON SANDERSON (19th) celebrate their birthdays.
Read a book whose Author's FIRST name begins with either A B R N D O and their LAST name begins with either P S A N T D C H E R O
1.3 WHITE ELEPHANT EXCHANGE
A time-limited task - SIGN-UP NOW till Dec 5
1.4 A CHRISTMAS CAROL
What is your favorite Christmas Carol?
LIST It, Then read a book that shares a KEY WORD in its title with your carol.
e.g. SILENT NIGHT - The Night Tiger
1.5 (Tessa's Task) MC HOUSE OF SWEETS
Our "Special" for this month: RIBBON CANDY
One book - pick either option
a) Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in RIBBON CANDY. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials, if used, can be ignored.
b) Read a book with Stripes on the COVER. Be sure to post the cover.
1.6 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Choose One:
a. Read a book that a character stole something. Tell us what they stole.
b. The Grinch is green.
Read a book with green (50%) cover. (show cover)
c. His heart was 3 sizes to small. :(
Read a book with a heart on the cover (show cover) -OR- #3 in a series (list series).
1.7 (Linda C's Task) HALLMARK HOLIDAY MOVIES
In honor of all those lovely movies that appear everywhere at this time of year read a Holiday romance. Must have an MPG of Romance and be tagged with a term that indicates this time of year (eg Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, etc). Indicate which tag is used.
1.8 UGLY SWEATER PARTY
Read a book with the word UGLY, SWEATER OR PARTY in its text (give sentence word is in and page #)
1.9 (The Adventure's Task) The Reading Jar Winner #1: It's Noël!!!
Read a book with the letters NOEL in the title (no subtitles, they don't have to be in order)
1.10 (Mickslibrarian's Task) The Reading Jar Winner #2: YULE HAVE A BLUE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT ONE OF THESE TASKS!!
Choose one:
a. YULE LOG: The Yule log, Yule clog, or Christmas block is a specially selected log burnt on a hearth as a winter tradition in regions of Europe.
Read a book with a fire burning in a fireplace on the cover or where at least one of the author's initials can be found in L*O*G.
b. YULE GOAT: The Yule goat is a Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbol and tradition. Modern representations of the Yule goat are typically made of straw, a popular Christmas ornament often found under or on the Christmas tree.
Read a book with a decorated Christmas tree on the cover (MUST INCLUDE ORNAMENTS, not just lights) or where the title has a word in it containing all the letters G*O*A*T.
c. YULE HAM: A Christmas ham or Yule ham is a ham often served for Christmas dinner or during Yule in Northern Europe and the Anglosphere.
Read a book with a picture of food on a table on the cover (food and table must be clearly visible and identifiable as such) or where at least one of the author's initials can be found in H*A*M.
d. YULE SONGS: The tradition of wassailing is the practice of people going door-to-door, singing and offering a drink from the wassail bowl in exchange for gifts; this practice still exists, but has largely been displaced by carolling.
Read a book where the title contains a word (5 or more characters) that appears in this list (https://thecarolingconnection.com/car...) of Christmas carols *exactly* OR where the author's initials can be found in any of the words with 2-4 characters (must include all initials if author has more than first and last name). Indicate which carol the word comes from.
BONUS: If your book fulfills criteria from two different task options at the same time.
Two Point Tasks
2.1 Wheel of Fortune
Read 2 Books
Go to WHEEL OF FORTUNE TASK for details. This is a time-limited task.
2.2 Have armchair, Will Travel
Read 2 Books
Road trip through the US
This month's States: VIRGINIA, WYOMING, UTAH, GEORGIA
• pick 2 States
• Read a book that is set in each State that you picked.
• The majority of the book must be set in your chosen State
2.3 (Pat's Task) TWO GIFTS FROM ME AND YOUR TBR SHELVES ~
Read 2 Books
I don't know about you, but my TBR shelves have more books on them than I can read in ten lifetimes. Let's open and read 2 of them this month.
**NOTE ~ If you're like me, you have multiple TBR lists, based on different criteria (mine are where the books are sourced, when I added them, challenges that I participate in , etc.). You may use whatever TBR lists you like - the same one, two different ones, whatever works to get these two books off your TBR lists and onto your READ one!
First, sort your TBR by whatever method you wish (pages, publication date, author, rating, etc).
Then, match your sorted TBR book positions and select a book with a position number that matches one of the dates in that celebration's 2022 calendar dates.
You may change your sorting choices between your two selections if you like, or you may use the same sort to select both books, but use a different celebration calendar for your second book choice and be sure to include the celebrations and dates that you used for each book in your post.
Happy Reading!
CHRISTMAS ~
The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings' Day).
2022 Calendar Dates ~ 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
HANUKKAH ~
Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah) is an 8-day Jewish festival marking the miraculous victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers in the year 139 BCE. Because it follows the Jewish calendar instead of the Gregorian one, we celebrate it on different dates each year. Chanukah (Hanukkah) 2022 starts at nightfall on December 18, 2022 and ends with nightfall on December 26, 2022, beginning on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasting for eight days.
2022 Calendar Dates ~ 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
KWANZAA ~
Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States that honors African heritage in African-American culture. Kwanzaa is observed from December 26th to January 1st, and culminates in gift giving and a big feast. It was conceived as a nonpolitical and nonreligious holiday, and it is not considered to be a substitute for Christmas. Although Kwanzaa is primarily an African American holiday, it has also come to be celebrated outside the United States, particularly in Caribbean and other countries where there are large numbers of descendants of Africans.
2022 Calendar Dates ~ 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1
2.4 (Amber's Task) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Read 2 Books
December is my favorite month of the whole year. I live in the southeast and hate when it gets cold for here but for me December is an entire month for fun and festivities.
My birthday is December 1st so I start the month being thankful for another year. Everything is all decorated around town just for the occasion (in my mind I wish this were true). So my present to you is
1. Read any book off your TBR list.
The rest of the month besides being all decked out for my birthday LOL, is full of fun activities that only come around in December. I go to the town Christmas Parade, this year I already went to see a high school production of Elf, cookie swaps, pot lucks, parties, Gingerbread decorating, time with family and friends and for me most importantly celebrating Jesus' birth.
2. Read a book where the characters participate in some activity associated with a holiday that falls in the month of December. Does not have to be Christmas. It can be Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve or any other holiday in December. Please share with us the holiday and what the characters did to celebrate that holiday.
Here is a list of some holidays in December (if I missed your holiday I truly do apologize and would love to hear more about it)
https://www.calendarr.com/united-stat...
Three Point Task
3.1 (Pat's Task) Happy Celebration Month!
Pick Your Celebration and read 3 books.
*Words can be embedded in larger words, but must appear intact
ex: PAN as in "japan" but not in "pain"
You may exclude titles when determining cover color, but the remaining portion needs to give the overall impression of being the selected color
CHRISTMAS
1. A RED and/or GREEN cover.
*2. A three (or more) letter word in the title and/or subtitle that can be made from the phrase MERRY CHRISTMAS.
3. An author with the first and last initials in the word PRESENTS.
HANUKKAH
1. A BLUE and/or WHITE cover
*2. A three (or more) letter word in the title and/or subtitle that can be made from the phrase HAPPY HANUKKAH
3. An author with the first and last initials in the word MENORAH
KWANZAA
1. A BLACK and/or either RED or GREEN cover
*2. A three (or more) letter word in the title and/or subtitle that can be made from the phrase KWANZAA YENU NA HERI
3. An author with the first and last initials in the word CANDLES
Five Point Task
5.1 Year 2022: DECEMBER
Read 5 Books
1-3. Spell-out: D-E-C
• use lst letter of the Title (exclude A, An or The)
• use Author's initials (FIRST/LAST)
4. December is the 12st month of the year.
Read a book with a 1 & 2 in the page count -OR- 12th in a series (name series).
5. Read a book published in December (any year - list year).
5.2 Seek & Find: Word in Title
Read 5 Books
Read a book for every word listed below in it's title.
HOME/HOUSE
CHRISTMAS
SANTA
HOLIDAY(s)
ANGEL(s)