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Finished 17/12/24

1 Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
Relevance: Fits #49 ' book with a senior citizen character' (the narrator's father).
Read: 4/12/24

2 Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
Fair Rosaline
Fits #2 ' a suggestion that didn't make it'. I used 'a book involving love'.
Read: 11/12/24

3 Has a mostly white cover

Read: 10/12/24

4 Is on a Best of 2024 list
The Voyage Home
Relevance: Listed in 'Best Books of 2024' in The Guardian newspaper on 6/12/24.
Read: 8/12/24

5 Is set in the snow
Away in a Manger
Relevance: set in a snowy New York in 1905.
Read: 14/12/24

6 Is by an author you've read before
Death on the Tiber by Lindsey Davis
Relevance: I read Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis for this year's ATY.
Read: 8/12/24

7 Features a winter holiday
A Cotswold Christmas Mystery
Relevance: features Christmas Day and Boxing Day and school holidays.
Read: 10/12/24

8 Is nonfiction
Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A hedghog whodunnit
Read: 13/12/24

9 Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson
Read: 1/12/24

10 Has a mostly blue cover

Read: 11/12/24

11 Is a speculative fiction novel
Elidor
Relevance: A children's fantasy set in two worlds
Read: 17/12/24

12 Features family drama
While I Was Gone
Relevance: features a found and biological family
Read: 3/12/24

13 Has fire on the cover
Where the Hearth Is: Stories of Home
Relevance: Goodreads doesn't show my edition which had a cover showing a Victorian fireplace with lit fire.
Read: 15/12/24

14 Is written by a BIPOC author
Quick Reads Notting Hill Carnival by Candice Carty-Williams
Read: 7/12/24

15 Is a love story
Under the Greenwood Tree
Read: 17/12/24

Challenge completed!

1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
Help Wanted - Adelle Waldman (published in 2024)

2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
The Repeat Room - Jesse Ball (connected to the Do Re Mi song; in this case, a needle)

3. Has a mostly white cover
Liars - Sarah Manguso

4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
The Book of George - Kate Greathead (selected by The New Yorker)

5. Is set in the snow
The Writing Retreat - Julia Baartz

6. Is by an author you've read before
Dark Corners - Megan Goldin (I've read The Night Swim)

7. Features a winter holiday
Memorials - Richard Chizmar (there are important flashback scenes set at Christmastime)

8. Is nonfiction
Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl - Mary Mahoney & Allison Horrocks

9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things - Naomi Wood

10. Has a mostly blue cover
Like Happiness - Ursula Villarreal-Mouras

11. Is a speculative fiction novel
Absolution - Jeff VanderMeer

12. Features family drama
Banyan Moon - Thao Thai

13. Has fire on the cover
Rental House - Weike Wang

14. Is written by a BIPOC author
Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh

15. Is a love story
How We Named the Stars - Andrés N. Ordorica

Finished 1/11/25.
Dixie's Winter Challenge
√ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list (49. A book with a senior citizen character) A Restless Truth
√ Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list (3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song) The Fellowship of the Ring ("a long long way to run")
√ Has a mostly white cover
√ Is on a Best of 2024 list The Deep Sky (ATY Best Books of the Month 2024 list)
√ Is set in the snow Father Christmas
√ Is by an author you've read before Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands (Ivan Turgenev)
√ Features a winter holiday Christmas Nutshell Library (4 Volumes in slipcase) Including : Angels & Berries & Candy Canes; A Firefly In A Fir-Tree; A Christmas Stocking Story & The Night Before Christmas
√ Is nonfiction Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
√ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER Mammoths of the Great Plains (Eleanor)
√ Has a mostly blue cover
√ Is a speculative fiction novel Einstein’s Dreams
√Features family drama The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
√ Has fire on the cover
√ Is written by a BIPOC author Bangkok Wakes to Rain
√ Is a love story The Spellshop

Challenge Completed 1/14/25

Find a book that...
✅Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
51. A book published in 2024
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino - 12/4/24 - 4* - My Review
✅Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y

In Winter I Get Up at Night by Jane Urquhart - 1/4/25 - 4* - My Review (a tree)
✅Has a mostly white cover
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis - 1/14/25 - 4* - My Review
✅Is on a Best of 2024 list
The Anthropologists by Aysegül Savas - 12/18/24 - 3.5* - My Review
✅Is set in the snow
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry - 12/17/24 - 4* - My Review
✅Is by an author you've read before
The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - 12/2/24 - 4* - My Review
✅Features a winter holiday
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva - 12/3/24 - 3* - My Review
✅Is nonfiction
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko - 12/5/24 - 4.5* - My Review
✅Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
Time of the Child by Niall Williams - 12/15/24 - 5* - My Review
✅Has a mostly blue cover

Faith by Jennifer Haigh - 12/26/25 - 3.5* - My Review
✅Is a speculative fiction novel
The Repeat Room by Jesse Ball - 12/21/24 - 3.5* - My Review
✅Features family drama
The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard - 12/9/24 - 3* - My Review
✅Has fire on the cover

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger - 12/6/24 - 4.5* - My Review
✅Is written by a BIPOC author
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa - 12/16/24 - 3* - My Review
✅Is a love story
The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton - 12/14/24 - 4* - My Review

I completed the twelve books I planned to read for the Winter Challenge on 1/14/2025. (Titles, authors, and dates listed on Challenge Tracker,)

Completed 1/17/2025
☀ 15/ 15

Find a book that...
☀ 1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: A book with a senior citizen character: The Vanishing of Margaret Small -read in Dec
☀ 2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list: A Book by a "Local" Author, librarian in local town: Jill Cullen: Flirting with a New Life: a novel -read in Dec
☀ 3. Has a mostly white cover: First Comes Love -read in Dec

☀ 4. Is on a Best of 2024 list: The Lost Bookshop -read in Dec
☀ 5. Is set in the snow: The Honjin Murders -read in Dec
☀ 6. Is by an author you've read before: Elizabeth Strout: My Name Is Lucy Barton -read in Dec
☀ 7. Features a winter holiday: Small Things Like These -read in Dec
☀ 8. Is nonfiction: Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words
☀ 9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in the word WINTER: Pip Williams: The Dictionary of Lost Words -read in Dec
☀ 10. Has a mostly blue cover: Brightly Shining -read in Dec

☀ 11. Is a speculative fiction novel: The Last White Man
☀ 12. Features family drama: The Guncle -read in Dec
☀ 13. Has fire on the cover: Shot With Crimson

☀ 14. Is written by a BIPOC author: Jacqueline Woodson: This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
☀ 15. Is a love story: Agnes -read in Dec

Finished 1/21/2025

Find a book that...

√1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
A book about a senior citizen
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
√ 2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
A book set underground, under sea, or in an underworld => the underworld of espionage
Dreifach. by Ken Follett
√3. Has a mostly white cover
The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World

√4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
House of Earth and Blood
√ 5. Is set in the snow
Los crímenes del glaciar
√ 6. Is by an author you've read before
The Blissfully Dead
√7. Features a winter holiday
Marias Kleiner Esel Und Die Flucht Nach Ägypten
√8. Is nonfiction
True Crime Best of Wahre Verbrechen – Echte Kriminalfälle: Ein erschütterndes Portrait menschlicher Abgründe. (True Crime International)
√9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
From the Cradle
√10. Has a mostly blue cover
Ship Wrecked

√11. Is a speculative fiction novel
Ready Player Two
√12. Features family drama
Winter's Mourn
√13. Has fire on the cover
Phoenix Burning

√14. Is written by a BIPOC author
The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding
√15. Is a love story
Love, Theoretically>

2024 GoodReads Winter Seasonal reading challenge - finished!

1 - Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: (a book published in 2024]: My Favorite Mistake by Marian Keyes
2 - Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: The Treatment by Mo Hayder (A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - Trees on cover of Kindle edition)
3 - Has a mostly white cover: The Fake Wife by Sharon Bolton
4 - Is on a Best of 2024 list: Murder Road by Simone St James (GoodReads Best Books of 2024)
5 - Is set in the snow: Voices in the Snow by Darcey Coates
6 - Is by an author you've read before: Where the Bodies Are Buried by Christopher Brookmyre
7 - Features a winter holiday: Last Christmas by Maria Frankland
8 - Is nonfiction: 18 by Alice Loxton
9 - Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson
10 - Has a mostly blue cover: Monkeewrench by PJ Tracy
11 - Is a speculative fiction novel: Nordic Visions by by Margret Helgadottir (Author), John Ajvide Lindqvist (Author), Maria Haskins (Author), Karin Tidbeck (Author), Hannu Rajaniemi (Author)
12 - Features family drama: Mother May I by Joshlyn Jackson
13 - Has fire on the cover: Game of Lies by Claire Macintosh
14 - Is written by a BIPOC author: One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
15 - Is a love story: Irresponsible Adult by Lucy Dillon

Kerry

I forgot all about this but have finished

Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - published in 2024- Earls Trip - 12/13
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - Something on the cover that starts with A, T, or Y - Northwoods - trees on cover - 12/29
- Has a mostly white cover - When in French: Love in a Second Language - 1/31
- Is on a Best of 2024 list - Crooked Plow - 12/17
- Is set in the snow - A Christmas Journey = 12/4
- Is by an author you've read before - The Limehouse Text - 12/22
- Features a winter holiday - Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas - 12/3
- Is nonfiction - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - 12/2
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER - The Viscount's Tempting Minx - Erica Ridley - 12/17
- Has a mostly blue cover - Bloom - 12/7
- Is a speculative fiction novel - A Fall of Moondust - 12/10
- Features family drama - The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog - 12/5
- Has fire on the cover - The Fire Engine That Disappeared - 1/14
- Is written by a BIPOC author - Crook Manifesto - 12/9
- Is a love story - The Geek Who Saved Christmas - 12/14

Finished 2/2/2025

1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list- Five-Star Stranger
#51- a book published in 2024

2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list- Inside Out & Back Again
#1- A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - Tree

3. Has a mostly white cover- Blue Sisters


4. Is on a Best of 2024 list- The Mighty Red
Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024

5. Is set in the snow- The Christmas Oratorio

6. Is by an author you've read before- Lola in the Mirror

7. Features a winter holiday- Definitely Better Now
Christmas

8. Is nonfiction- Patriot: A Memoir

9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah

10. Has a mostly blue cover- The Bell Jar


11. Is a speculative fiction novel- Prophet Song

12. Features family drama- Hamnet

13. Has fire on the cover- Where There Was Fire


14. Is written by a BIPOC author- A First Time for Everything

15. Is a love story- PS: I Hate You

💯Finished 02/07

15/15

I thoroughly enjoyed this and it gave me a lot of confidence that I will finish the year-long challenge!



Find a book that...

✅Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list (50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024(May 2024)) The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
✅Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list (4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld) Wool by Hugh Howey
✅Has a mostly white cover - In. by Will McPhail
✅Is on a Best of 2024 list (https://www.vanityfair.com/style/stor...) The Garden by Clare Beams
✅ Is set in the snow The Snow Child byEowyn Ivey
✅Is by an author you've read before
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
✅ Features a winter holiday Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
✅Is nonfiction Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
✅Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
✅Has a mostly blue cover Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
✅Is a speculative fiction novel - The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn
✅ Features family drama The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
✅Has fire on the cover The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
✅Is written by a BIPOC author Bloodchild and Other Stories byOctavia E. Butler
✅ Is a love story The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria E. Schwab

Made it! Full details, here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
Cookies in the Cottage, Kathi Daley - 02/12/24
Fits 52. A Cozy Mystery

2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
London Underground's Strangest Tales, Iain Spragge - 29/01/25
Fits 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld

3. Has a mostly white cover
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas, James Patterson and Tad Safran - 04/12/24

4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown - 11/02/25

5. Is set in the snow
Death Through a Dark Green Glass, Julia Buckley - 18/12/24

6. Is by an author you've read before
Dying in a Winter Wonderland, Vicki Delany - 31/12/24

7. Features a winter holiday
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - 13/12/24

8. Is nonfiction
Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E Frankl - 07/12/24

9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
The Tempest, William Shakespeare - 27/12/24

10. Has a mostly blue cover
The Christmas Book Hunt, Jenny Colgan – 04/11/24

11. Is a speculative fiction novel
The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey - 03/12/24

12. Features family drama
Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner - 17/12/24

13. Has fire on the cover
Silent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany - 22/12/24
Candle flames okayed by Emily: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

14. Is written by a BIPOC author
The Library of the Dead, T.L. Huchu - 09/12/24

15. Is a love story
Stranded in Iceland, Victoria Walker - 13/01/25

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❄️ATY Winter❄️
31/31

Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
✅1. A book with a senior citizen character.
Perfect World Vol. 9 by Rie Aruga - Dec. 18th
✅2. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - Dec. 15th
✅3. A book published in 2024.
Best Canadian Essays 2025 edited by Emily Urquhart - Dec. 9th
✅4. A cozy mystery.
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - Feb. 12th
Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
✅5. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y.
✔️A - Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - Dec. 6th
✔️T - Toddler
Perfect World, Vol. 12 by Rie Aruga - Dec. 21st
✔️Y - Young Girl
Occulted by Amy Rose - Jan. 21st
✅6. A book with a cover that features a single body part.
Pearl, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis - Jan. 10th
✅7. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song.
✔️Do (A female deer - Girls in title)
Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls edited by Ann Hood - Jan 8th
✔️Re (A drop of golden sun - Sun shining on the cover)
Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 11th
✔️Mi (A Name I call myself - Lady Wistleton's identity is revealed)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn - Dec. 9th
✔️Fa (A long long way to go - MCs travel a great distance)
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan - Dec. 31st
✔️So (A needle pulling thread - about a woman fighting for workers rights in the garment industry)
Audacity by Melanie Crowder - Feb. 8th
✔️La (A note to follow So - Next book in a series)
One Fell Sweep Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 8th
✔️Ti (A drink with jam and bread - Set in England & Scotland and they do have tea in the book)
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn - Feb. 9th
✅8. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld.
✔️Underground
Spy x Family, Vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo - Feb. 14th
✔️Under Sea
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 11th
✔️Underworld
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent - Dec. 14th
Other Prompts
✅9. A book with a mostly white cover.
Perfect World, Vol. 5 by Rie Aruga - Dec. 10th
✅10. A book that is on a Best of 2024 list.
Apprentice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer - Jan. 27th
✅11. A book that is set in the snow.
Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne - Dec. 23rd
✅12. A book by an author you've read before.
Magic Burns Dramatized Adaption by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 20th
✅13. A book that features a winter holiday.
Sweep with Me Dramatized Adaptation by Ilona Andrews - Dec. 16th
✅14. A nonfiction book.
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops by Tim Robey Dec. 30th
✅15. A book written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Dec. 6th
✅16. A book with a mostly blue cover.
Starfish by Lisa Fipps - Dec. 7th
✅17. A speculative fiction book.
Lonely Castle in The Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura - Dec. 19th
✅18. A book that features family drama.
Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 4th
✅19. A book with fire on the cover.
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 25th
✅20. A book by by a BIPOC author.
Perfect World, Vol. 7 by Rie Aruga - Dec. 18th
✅21. A love story.
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn - Dec. 2nd

Finished 2/16/25

Winter Reading Challenge
15/15
✅ Finished 🟦Currently reading

Find a book that...
1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
✅Murder Is a Must - Marty Wingate (cozy mystery)

2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
✅The Extinction of Irena Rey - Jennifer Croft (#1. cover than has image that starts with A, T, or Y; trees)

3. Has a mostly white cover
✅The Spy Coast - Tess Gerritsen

4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
✅The Lost Bookshop - Evie Woods

5. Is set in the snow
✅Mystery in White - J. Jefferson Farjeon

6. Is by an author you've read before
✅The Door - Mary Roberts Rinehart

7. Features a winter holiday
✅Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (Christmas Bookshop #2) - Jenny Colgan

8. Is nonfiction
✅A Small Place - Jamaica Kincaid

9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
✅Yours, Plum The Letters of P.G. Wodehouse - P.G. Wodehouse

10. Has a mostly blue cover
✅The Christmas Egg - Mary Kelly

11. Is a speculative fiction novel
✅Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

12. Features family drama
✅Christmas Pudding - Nancy Mitford

13. Has fire on the cover
✅The Midnight Feast - Lucy Foley

14. Is written by a BIPOC author
✅Someone Like Us - Dinaw Mangestu

15. Is a love story
✅A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy

Finished 2-18-25
✅1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list (A book published in 2024):
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Read 12-13-24 -12-13-24)
✅2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: (A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list (A book by an author who shares a last name with a famous non-writer):
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (Read 12-11-24 - 12-12-24)
✅3. Has a mostly white cover:
Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly (Read 12-21-24 - 12-31-24)
✅4. Is on a Best of 2024 list:
Red River Road by Anna Downes(Read 12-20-24 - 12-31-24)
✅5. Is set in the snow:
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse (Read 12-1-24 - 12-2-24
✅6. Is by an author you've read before:
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Read 2-3-25 - 2-8-25)
✅7. Features a winter holiday:
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret: A Festive Mystery by Benjamin Stevenson (Read 12-2-24 - 12-3-24)
✅8. Is nonfiction:
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid (Read 12-25-24 - 12-25-24)
✅9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER:
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler (Read 12-10-24 - 12-10-24)
✅10. Has a mostly blue cover:
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand (Read 12-1-24 - 12-1-24)
✅11. Is a speculative fiction novel:
The Need by Helen Phillips (Read 2-18-25 - 2-18-25)
✅12. Features family drama:
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris( Read 12-7-24 - 12-8-24)
✅13. Has fire on the cover:
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley (Read 12-9-24 - 12-10-24)
✅14. Is written by a BIPOC author:
The List by Yomi Adegoke (Read 12-2-24 - 12-2-24)
✅15. Is a love story:
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo (Read 12-11-24 - 12-11-24)

15/15

Finished (and recorded) February 19, 2025

Find a book that...
❄️ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: A book about a senior citizen--The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, February 5
❄️ Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: A book set underground, under sea, or in an underworld--Salt & Stone by A.L. Knorr, January 16
❄️ Has a mostly white cover--Death Valley by Melissa Broder, January 11
❄️ Is on a Best of 2024 list--Funny Story by Emily Henry, February 13
❄️ Is set in the snow--Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes, December 10
❄️ Is by an author you've read before--The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, February 11
❄️ Features a winter holiday--Have a Deadly New Year by Lynn Cahoon, December 31
❄️ Is nonfiction--The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media by Brooke Gladstone, January 9
❄️ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER--The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin, February 8
❄️ Has a mostly blue cover--Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller, January 28
❄️ Is a speculative fiction novel--The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renée Nault, February 12
❄️ Features family drama--The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, January 14
❄️ Has fire on the cover--Snowy Mountain Christmas by Sharon Sala, December
❄️ Is written by a BIPOC author--The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster by Shauna Robinson, February 18
❄️ Is a love story--Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, January 25

Finished:


Winter challenge: 12/1 to 2/28
📘-Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list:
How to Read a Book
📘- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list:The Whisper Sister (set in an underworld [gangs/mafia])
📘- Has a mostly white cover:
📘- Is on a Best of 2024 list: Table for Two
📘- Is set in the snow: Out of My Mind
📘- Is by an author you've read before: Life, the Universe and Everything
📘- Features a winter holiday: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School (Christmas/New Years/Valentines Day)
📘- Is nonfiction: Girlhood
📘- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: Queenie (Williams)
📘- Has a mostly blue cover: A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books
📘- Is a speculative fiction novel: Milkman Anna Burns
📘- Features family drama: The Viscount Who Loved Me
📘- Has fire on the cover:
📘 Is written by a BIPOC author:Hidden Figures
📘- Is a love story: Just Kids

Marie UK

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list

A book with a senior citizen character Hope Never Dies 08/12/2024
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 The Murder of Mr. Wickham 27/12/2025 PAGE 2 NO 126

A book published in 2024 The City and Its Uncertain Walls 07/12/2024
A cozy mystery Aunt Bessie Believes 03/12/24

- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list

A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y The Secret History 01/12/2024
A book connected to something you read in 2023 The Silver Locomotive Mystery 12/12/2024 read the first book in this series in November 2023
A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list A book involving travel The Figurine 02/12/2024 MC travels between UK and Greece
A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Measuring the World 06/12/2024

- Has a mostly white cover Vision in White 02/01/2025
- Is on a Best of 2024 list Good Material on Best Books of the month 2024 number 176 23/01/2025
- Is set in the snow A Quiet Teacher 17/12/2024
- Is by an author you've read before Aunt Bessie Assumes 03/12/2024
- Features a winter holiday The Iceberg 22/02/2025 Go on a winter skiing holiday
- Is nonfiction The Nature of Winter 09/12/2024
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER The Hermitage L.J. Ross 09/12/2024
- Has a mostly blue cover Things We Lost in the Fire 10/12/2024
- Is a speculative fiction novel The Last Murder at the End of the World 26/01/2025 Shelved as such on first page
- Features family drama A Pocket Full of Rye 02/12/2024
- Has fire on the cover 09/12/2024 Depicts fire from a bomb set on bridge
- Is written by a BIPOC author I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 07/12/2024
- Is a love story Christmas at the Little Paris Hotel 16/12/2024


AND DONE

Sherri H
The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - The Christmas Tree Farm
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
- Has a mostly white cover
- Is on a Best of 2024 list - The Women
- Is set in the snow - The Christmas Fix
- Is by an author you've read before - The Wedding Witch
- Features a winter holiday - A Winter Wish
- Is nonfiction - My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
- Has a mostly blue cover - Matterhorn
- Is a speculative fiction novel
- Features family drama - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Has fire on the cover - Iron Flame
- Is written by a BIPOC author - James
- Is a love story - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

I left 2 not done.

Winter ATY Challenge

December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025. 21 books completed

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
✅1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
- - ✅49. A book with a senior citizen character - Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
- - ✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 -The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
- - ✅51. A book published in 2024 - The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee
- - ✅52. A cozy mystery - Mrs. Pollifax on Safari

✅2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
- - ✅1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - Open Season by CJ Box (trees)
- -✅ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - Revolution book-
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul
- - ✅3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song - The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
- - ✅4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld - Pod

✅3. Has a mostly white cover. -The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica
✅4. Is on a Best of 2024 list - Playground by Richard Powers
✅5. Is set in the snow - When a Child Is Born Jodi Taylor
✅6. Is by an author you've read before - Women Talking by Miriam Toews
✅7. Features a winter holiday - Devices Brightly Shining by Shelley Adina
✅8. Is nonfiction - Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley
✅9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER -- Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
✅10. Has a mostly blue cover - Funny Story by Emily Henry
✅11. Is a speculative fiction novel - Lost in a Good Book
✅12. Features family - Family Secrets: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 1 by Beth Farrar
✅13. Has fire on the cover -Bellwether by Connie Willis
✅14. Is written by a BIPOC author - Winter Counts
✅15. Is a love story - The Simple Wild by KA Tucker

Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - pub 2024
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, Janet Skeslien Charles | 1/16

- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - trees
Jingle Bell Beard, Julie Kriss | 1/2

- Has a mostly white cover
Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger | 1/24

- Is on a Best of 2024 list
First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston | 2/2

- Is set in the snow
Pixie's Almost Perfect Christmas, Susan M. Baganz | 1/26

- Is by an author you've read before
Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros | 2/4

- Features a winter holiday
A Christmas Wish, Betty Neels | 1/26

- Is nonfiction
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, Dave Berry | 1/23

- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
The Wedding People, Alison Espach | 1/28

- Has a mostly blue cover
The Door-to-Door Bookstore, Carsten Henn | 1/14

- Is a speculative fiction novel
Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis | 1/20

- Features family drama
The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright | 1/29

- Has fire on the cover
Silent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany | 12/15

- Is written by a BIPOC author
The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta | 1/11

- Is a love story
A Bloom in Winter, J.R. Ward | 1/18

1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list...A Book published in 2024.
Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma

2. Fits one of the first prompts on the 2025 list... A Book w/ a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y.
The Highway

3. Has a mostly white cover
Home Body: a guide to creative spaces you never want to leave

4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
Lessons in Chemistry

5. Is Set in the snow.
Winterkill

6. Is by an author you've read before
Three Weeks To Say Goodbye

7. Features a winter holiday
The Hunting Party

8. Is Nonfiction
I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House

9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2

10. Has a mostly blue cover
Nothing Special, Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods

11. Is a speculative fiction.
Still, don't know what this is.
Maybe, The Water Dancer

12. Features family drama
If you consider family drama, drama between the pets...
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

13. Has fire on the cover
Coven: A Graphic Novel

14. Is written by a BIPOC author
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

15. Is a Love Story
The Good Part

WHEW, I finished with a day to spare! UGH, now I'm behind on my annual challenge, though... I am not sure how you all do it - to be able to complete all the seasonal challenges plus the full annual challenge, plus others, too. My hat is off to you!

Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - The Fox Wife (completed 12/29)
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - Murder at the Vicarage (completed 12/31)
- Has a mostly white cover - The Drift (completed 12/10)
- Is on a Best of 2024 list - The Pairing (completed 12/5)
- Is set in the snow - Breathless (completed 12/10)
- Is by an author you've read before - The Familiar (completed 12/7)
- Features a winter holiday - Make the Season Bright (completed 1/17)
- Is nonfiction - Salt: A World History (completed 12/16)
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER - Lucky Leap Day (completed 12/16)
- Has a mostly blue cover - Memphis (completed 12/31)
- Is a speculative fiction novel - Heretics of Dune (completed 12/30)
- Features family drama - Family Family (completed 1/19)
- Has fire on the cover - The Arsonists' City (completed 12/11)
- Is written by a BIPOC author - The Bluest Eye (completed 12/30)
- Is a love story - Twenty-Four Seconds from Now... (completed 12/5)

Nothing like waiting until the last day to finish the challenge! Funny thing is that I read 10 additional books doing the challenge a second time, but only finished SET IN SNOW today for the first.

1. Fits one of last 4 prompts of 2024 -- published in 2024
The Night War (finished 12/13)

2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts of 2025 airplane on cover
Hostage (finished 12/24)

3. Has a mostly white cover
(finished 12/29)

4. Is on a Best of 2024 list
James (finished 1/12)

5. Is set in the snow
One by One (finished 2/28)

6. By an author you read before
Truly Madly Guilty (finished 12/11)

7. Features a winter holiday
Kiss Her Once for Me (finished 12/31)

8. Is nonfiction
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole (finished 1/30)

9. Written by an author whose first or last initial is in WINTER
Listen for the Lie (finished 12/30)

10. Has a mostly blue cover
(finished 1/9)

11. Is speculative fiction
The One (finished 2/14)

12. Features family drama
Happiness Falls (finished 12/28)

13. Has fire on the cover
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books (finished 1/25)

14. Written by a BIPOC author
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water (finished 12/15)

15. Is a love story
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (finished 12/13)

-Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
51. A book published in 2024 The Husbands

- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song By Any Other Name

- Is on a Best of 2024 list Creation Lake

- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER Ripe

- Has a mostly blue cover Funny Story

- Is written by a BIPOC author The Poet X

- Has fire on the cover A Little Christmas Spirit

- Features family drama The Bodyguard

- Is a love story Done and Dusted

- Has a mostly white cover The Goldfinch

- Is nonfiction From Here to the Great Unknown

- Is a speculative fiction novel Same Bed Different Dreams

- Is by an author you've read before Two Can Play

- Features a winter holiday The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

- Is set in the snow A Kilt for Christmas

Winter Reading Challenge Completed!


Find a book that ...

- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: Varken by Lisa Förare
(there are senior citizen characters)
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: Puffball by Fay Weldon
- Has a mostly white cover: Aesop's Fables by Aesop
- Is on a Best of 2024 list: Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
- Is set in the snow: Inferno i snö which means "Inferno in Snow" by Marie Bengts
- Is by an author you've read before: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- Features a winter holiday: Vitklädd med ljus i hår (takes place during the Swedish winter celebration of Lucia) by Maria Lang
- Is nonfiction: The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control by Walter Mischel
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Has a mostly blue cover: Stora stygga vargen/Bad Wolf by Nele Neuhaus
- Is a speculative fiction novel: On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- Features family drama: The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne
- Has fire on the cover: Rökridå/Smoke Screen by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger
- Is written by a BIPOC author: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai
- Is a love story: Circe by Madeline Miller

December



January




February

Okay - I swear I updated here, but I can't find it. So, either I am really, really tired (I am), or I imagined that I put it here (also possible - LOL). I finished on 2/28.

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
✅- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
The Spy Wore Red by Aline, Countess of Romanones (prompts 4, 17, 25, 30)

✅- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell (1, 7, 45, 48)

✅- Has a mostly white cover
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher


✅- Is on a Best of 2024 list
Villette by Charlotte Bronte

✅- Is set in the snow
Do Not Disturb by Frieda McFadden

✅- Is by an author you've read before
Uncertain Voyage by Dorothy Gilman

✅- Features a winter holiday
The Locked Tomb Mystery: and Other Stories by Elizabeth Peters

✅- Is nonfiction
Saving My Assassin: A Memoir by Virginia Prodan

✅- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse

✅- Has a mostly blue cover
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

✅- Is a speculative fiction novel
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

✅- Features family drama
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

✅- Has fire on the cover
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

✅- Is written by a BIPOC author
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

✅- Is a love story
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami