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December Reporting Thread


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All About December
Dec points (5)
Year Total through Dec: 60 pts

1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve. Other Birds (ten letters in title) (1 pt)

2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover The Night She Disappeared (2 pts)

8. Christmas Day - Read a book set around the Christmas holidays Small Things Like These (1 pt)

10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author Stargazing (1 pt)

10. New (to me) author: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, 1 point

All About December

✔1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve The Martian (10 letters in title) 12/7 1pt

✔2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover 12/15 1pt

✔4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business 12/4 1pt

✔6. Hanukkah: Festival of Lights - Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc) 12/18 1pt

✔8. Christmas Day - Read a book set around the Christmas holidays The Gift of the Magi 12/7 1pt

✔10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 12/1 - 1pt

Total: 6pts

1. Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve- The Measure- 1 pt

2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover- The Christmas Crumb- 1 pt

3.Read a book with a bow and/or arrow on the cover OR Read a book with a goat on the cover- A Daring Sacrifice- 1pt

4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year- The Guest List -1pt

5. Saint Nicholas Day - Read a book with the main character or author's name is Nicholas (or a variation of)- Jolly Old St. Nicholas - 1 pt

6. Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc- IMPACT an absolutely gripping crime mystery with a massive twist- 1 pt

7. Read a book with winter scene on the cover. - The Brightest Star- 1pt

8. Christmas Day - Read a book set around the Christmas holidays- A Very Merry Bromance- 1pt

9. Boxing Day - Read a book with a boxed present on the cover- A Princess for Christmas- 1pt

10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author - The Marriage Portrait - 1pt

Total points : 10 pts

All About December
Total Points: 9

✔ 1. - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve - Hester published October 4, 2022 (2 pts) GRCA Nominee - Best Historical Fiction 2022
✔ 2. Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover- blue cover (1 pt)
✔ 4. Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year Carrie Soto Is Back GRCA winner best Historical Fiction 2022 (2 pts)
✔ 6. Read a book with some kind of light on the cover - Street light on cover (1 pt)
✔ 7. Read a book with a summer scene or winter scene on the cover. (1 pt)
✔ 8. Read a book set around the Christmas holidaysFive Winters (1 pt)
✔ 10. Read a book from a new to you author Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie - never read this author before and probably won't again (1 pt)

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11 points
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1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve
Examples: the tenth / twelfth book in a series, published in 10th / 12th month of the year, the word (or number) in the title, ten / twelve letters or words in the title etc

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland - DONE


2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother - DONE


3. December’s Zodiac signs: Sagittarius and Capricorn - Read a book with a bow and/or arrow on the cover OR Read a book with a goat on the cover

Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life - DONE


4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism - DONE


5. Saint Nicholas Day - Read a book with the main character or author's name is Nicholas (or a variation of)

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road - DONE


6. Hanukkah: Festival of Lights - Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc)

California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival - DONE


7. Winter Solstice: first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere - Read a book with winter scene on the cover. Alternatively for the Southern Hemisphere - Read a book with a summer scene on the cover.

Lilac Girls - DONE


8. Christmas Day - Read a book set around the Christmas holidays

A Christmas Carol - DONE


9. Boxing Day - Read a book with a boxed present on the cover

The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle - DONE


10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author

The Lobotomist's Wife - DONE

December
Total points: 10
Jan-Dec Total Points: 124

1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve
Examples: the tenth / twelfth book in a series, published in 10th / 12th month of the year, the word (or number) in the title, ten / twelve letters or words in the title etc - The Retreat - 1 pt (title is 10 letters)

2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover - The Moon is Missing - 1 pt

3. December’s Zodiac signs: Sagittarius and Capricorn - Read a book with a bow and/or arrow on the cover OR Read a book with a goat on the cover - Triptych - 1 pt (author is a Capricorn!)

4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year - The Diamond Eye: A Novel - 1 pt

5. Saint Nicholas Day - Read a book with the main character or author's name is Nicholas (or a variation of) - Americanah - 1 pt

6. Hanukkah: Festival of Lights - Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc) - The Santa Suit - 1 pt

7. Winter Solstice: first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere - Read a book with winter scene on the cover. Alternatively for the Southern Hemisphere - Read a book with a summer scene on the cover. - The Killer in the Snow - 1 pt

8. Christmas Day - Read a book set around the Christmas holidays - A Season for Second Chances - 1 pt

9. Boxing Day - Read a book with a boxed present on the cover - Twelve Slays of Christmas - 1 pt

10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - 1 pt

All About December - sComplete 6 point

1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve
Examples: the tenth / twelfth book in a series, published in 10th / 12th month of the year, the word (or number) in the title, ten / twelve letters or words in the title etc - Jameela Green Ruins Everything - Published on May 10th Finished 12/2 1 point

2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover - Make You Mine This Christmas - Finished 12/12 1 point

4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year - Carrie Soto Is Back - Finished 12/20 2 points -Winner 2022

6. Hanukkah: Festival of Lights - Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc) - Kiss Her Once for Me -Finished 12/28 1 point

10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author - Confessions Finished 12/13 1 point

what I finished:
1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number ten or twelve
Examples: the tenth / twelfth book in a series, published in 10th / 12th month of the year, the word (or number) in the title, ten / twelve letters or words in the title etc- There’ s Treasure Everywhere- Bill Watterson published by Scholastic (ten letters in the publisher name)



4. Choice Awards Winners Announced - Read a book that has nominated for the awards from any year- A Conjuring of Light- VE Schwab*




10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author- Into The Wild- Jon Krakauer*

December Total= +4

1. 1. 12 month of the year, but originally the 10 month of the year (Roman Calendar) - Read a book connected to the number 10 or 12: , Emma Straub (Author Name=10), +1

2. December’s Birthstone : Turquoise - Read a book with a turquoise, blue or green cover: , +1

6. Hanukkah: Festival of Lights - Read a book with some kind of light on the cover (candle, torch, lamp etc): , Amita Parikh (has Stars ✨ on the cover), +1

10. New Year's Eve: New Year, New Author - Read a book from a new to you author: , Sulari Gentill, (Loved this book and New Author!), +1