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message 1: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24


Let’s do something a little different. I am an absolute fool for Christmas music, so this challenge is inspired by my favorite Christmas songs.

Your task is to match a book title word from any five of the songs listed below. The word must be an exact match. You must use five different song titles, though you can repeat a word (“Christmas” is in three song titles, for example). One book title per song title. EXCLUDED from the match: “a” “the” (All other words are able to be matched.) You do NOT need to pick the songs in advance. And feel free to match more than five if the spirit moves you.

The song titles:
Angels We Have Heard On High
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
We Need a Little Christmas
Silver Bells
Joy To the World
White Christmas
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Be sure to identify the SONG title as well as the matching word in the BOOK title.

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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Title word match / Song: We Need a LITTLE Christmas / book: Little Big Man ✔ – 06Dec24


If you'd like to be recognized as finishing the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

As always, have Fun!

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message 2: by Book Concierge (last edited Jan 21, 2025 07:01PM) (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
Reserved for list of participants.

CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post.

Beverly ✔ Completed

JennH

Koren ✔ Completed

Sheila

Teri-K ✔ Completed

TerriS

Tessa ✔ Completed


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message 3: by Terris (last edited Mar 07, 2025 03:35PM) (new)

Terris | 740 comments This sounds like fun!

December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING

5/5

The song titles:
Angels We Have Heard On High
✔I'll Be Home For Christmas - Christmas at Thrush Green by Miss Read, 12-23-24
Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
We Need a Little Christmas - We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes, 3-5-25
Silver Bells
✔Joy To the World - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, 12-3-24
White Christmas - White Bird by R.J. Palacio, 3-7-25
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You by Katherine D. Kinzler, 1-29-25


message 4: by Book Concierge (last edited Jan 21, 2025 06:58PM) (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24



5 / 5 completed

Your task is to match a book title word from any five of the songs listed below.


Angels We Have Heard On HIGH - Mile High ✔ – 17Jan25
I'll Be Home For CHRISTMAS - A Snow Country Christmas ✔ – 21Dec24
Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
We Need a LITTLE Christmas - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25
Silver Bells
JOY To the World - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25
White CHRISTMAS - Frontier Christmas ✔ – 25Dec24
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear


message 5: by JennH (last edited Dec 28, 2024 10:44AM) (new)

JennH | 119 comments December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24

Your task is to match a book title word from any five of the songs listed below.

The song titles:
Angels We Have Heard On High - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 12/27/24
I'll Be Home For Christmas - A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen 12/11/24
Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland - The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin 12/21/24
We Need a Little Christmas
Silver Bells
Joy To the World
White Christmas - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/7/24
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Be sure to identify the SONG title as well as the matching word in the BOOK title.


message 6: by Koren (last edited Dec 20, 2024 07:18PM) (new)

Koren  (koren56) | 768 comments December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24

The song titles:

Angels We Have Heard On High

I'll Be Home For Christmas-Go Big or Go Home: The Journey Toward the Dream by Scotty McCreery finished 12/7 (matching word 'home").

Santa Baby-Baby, Don't Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live by Chris Kattan finished 12/20 (matching word 'Baby')

Oh Holy Night-Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey by Bud Shaw, MD finished 12/16 (matching word 'night')

Winter Wonderland

We Need a Little Christmas-Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me by Charlotte Stewart finished 12/19 (matching word 'Little')

Silver Bells

Joy To the World-All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me by Jessica Vogelsang finished 12/14 (matching word 'to')

White Christmas

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear-Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier by Rory Feek finished 12/5 (matching word 'upon').


message 7: by Teri-K (last edited Dec 26, 2024 06:29AM) (new)

Teri-K | 15 comments December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Completed: 6/5

The song titles:
Angels We Have Heard On High
High Rising by Angela Thirkell 12/13
I'll Be Home For Christmas
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote 12/7
Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
A Winter Love Story by Betty Neels 12/8
We Need a Little Christmas
A Little Yuletide Murder by Jessica Fletcher 12/2
Silver Bells
Joy To the World
White Christmas
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/25
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 12/1

High Rising by Angela Thirkell A Winter Love Story by Betty Neels A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote A Little Yuletide Murder (Murder, She Wrote, #11) by Jessica Fletcher A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart


message 8: by Sheila (last edited Dec 26, 2024 07:30PM) (new)

Sheila | 532 comments I'm in.

3/5

The song titles:
Angels We Have Heard On High

I'll Be Home For Christmas--Home for a Cowboy by Amy Aislin--finished 12/15/2024--Home in both titles

Santa Baby
Oh Holy Night
Winter Wonderland

We Need a Little Christmas--A Little Christmas 3: Tommy by Joe Satoria--Little and Christmas in both titles--finished 12/9/2024

Silver Bells
Joy To the World

White Christmas--The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson--finished 12/15/2024--Christmas in both titles

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear


message 9: by Beverly (last edited Dec 29, 2024 02:34PM) (new)

Beverly (zippymom) | 859 comments December 2024 mini challenge: CAROLING, CAROLING
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24

5/5

Angels We Have Heard On High
Silver Bells
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

1. White Christmas
White Bird by R.J. Palacio Finished 12/3

2. Winter Wonderland
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah FINISHED 12/5

3. Joy to the World
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton FINISHED 12/12

4. Santa Baby
Deck the Santa: A Christmas Cozy Mystery by Sue Hollowell FINISHED 12/5

5. I'll Be Home For Christmas
Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes FINISHED 12/16

6. Oh Holy Night
Night and Day by John Connolly

7. We Need a Little Christmas
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

White Bird by R.J. Palacio Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Deck the Santa A Christmas Cozy Mystery (Murder All the Way, #1) by Sue Hollowell Christmas, Criminals, and Campers (Camper & Criminals, #4) by Tonya Kappes Night and Day by John Connolly The Little Liar by Mitch Albom


message 10: by Beverly (new)

Beverly (zippymom) | 859 comments Updated message #8: Although I'm still working on some extras for the remaining 5, I have the original challenge completed.


message 11: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
Happy Holidays, Beverly!


message 12: by Koren (new)

Koren  (koren56) | 768 comments Finished! 6 titles done. Message #6


message 13: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
Way to go, Koren! Happy Holidays...


message 14: by Terris (new)

Terris | 740 comments I finally finished this one! What a challenge, BC! I had to do some fancy footwork to figure this one out -- so fun! :)


message 15: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
Way to persevere, Terri S!


message 16: by Book Concierge (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 3191 comments Mod
Terris wrote: "I finally finished this one! What a challenge, BC! I had to do some fancy footwork to figure this one out -- so fun! :)"

Oops ... one of your matching words is "The", which is excluded in the rules of this challenge.

Sorry ...


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