Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

For tracking all your delicious hot cocoa toppings!

I am also doing the team challenge, but I'm going to try for them all!

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover:
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris (Read 12-7-24 - 12-8-24)
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry:
Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie (Read 12-12-24 - 12-12-24)
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages:
Spider's Web by Agatha Christie (read 12-13-24 - 12-13-24)
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss:
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo (Read 12-11-24 - 12-11-24)
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book:
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler (Read 12-10-24 - 12-10-24)
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre: (Thriller/Mystery)
On the Surface by Rachel McGuire (Read 12-4-24 - 12-7-24)
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town:
Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Season by Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land (Read 12-12-24 - 12-14-24)
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50:
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (Read 12-7-24 - 12-7-24
Oreos: A book in a series:
Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly (Read 12-15-24 - 12-15-24)
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book:
A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn Keene (Read 12-8-24 - 12-8-24)

10/10

Nancy's Individual Challenge Tracking

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover - I'll Be Home for Mischief
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry - A Very Scalzi Christmas
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages - The Mistletoe Mystery
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss - The Merry Matchmaker
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre - The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town - Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50 - The Celebrants
Oreos: A book in a series - The Word is Murder
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book

In Progress:
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (p115 of 502)
The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley (75% of 320p)

TBR:
Kindle/Print:
A Bookshop Christmas by Rachel Burton (on Kindle)
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun (on Kindle)
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger (on Kindle)

Audio:
Every Day in December by Kitty Wilson (9:15)

Completed:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost
The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose
I'll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost
The Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts

DNF:
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book

I love hot chocolate! I will most certainly not get to them all, but let's see what transpires.

⬜Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
⬜Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
⬜Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
⬜Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
⬜Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
⬜Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
⬜Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
⬜Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
⬜Oreos: A book in a series
⬜Mini chocolate chips: A children's book

Kendra's Tracking Post

TBR


Currently Reading


Daily Tracking
Saturday: 430 pages total.
Starfish - 256 pages read.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton 174 pages read.
Sunday: 386 pages total.
One Fell Sweep Dramatized Adaptation - 8 hours (257 pages)
Romancing Mister Bridgerton - 129 pages read.
Monday: 457 pages total.
Romancing Mister Bridgerton - 193 pages read.
Best Canadian Essays 2025 - 152 pages read.
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - 35 pages read.
Lonely Castle in The Mirror - 77 pages read.
Tuesday: 575 pages total.
Perfect World, Vol. 5 - 176 pages read.
Perfect World, Vol. 6 - 176 pages read.
Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation - 5.75 hours (223 pages)
Wednesday: 327 pages total.
Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation - 3.6 hours (142 pages)
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - 139 pages read.
Lonely Castle in The Mirror - 46 pages read.
Thursday: 252 pages total.
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - 135 pages read.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 4.5 hours (117 pages)
Friday: 281 pages total.
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - 57 pages read.
Lonely Castle in The Mirror - 57 pages read.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 6 hours (167 pages)
Saturday: 189 pages total.
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - 52 pages read.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 5.25 hours (137 pages)
Sunday: 237 pages total.
Seven Down - 200 pages read.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 1.25 hours (37 pages)

3 134 pages total.

Finished


✅Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - Dec. 14th
✅Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Best Canadian Essays 2025 - Dec. 9th
✅Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Seven Down - Dec. 15th
✅Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
One Fell Sweep Dramatized Adaptation - Dec. 8th
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
✅Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Magic Bites Dramatized Adaptation - Dec. 11th
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
✅Oreos: A book in a series
Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Dec. 9th
✅Mini chocolate chips: A children's book
Starfish - Dec. 7th

Hot Chocolate! Yum... I can't pass this up:

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover - Truly Madly Guilty
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book - Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town Listen for the Lie
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50 How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book The Night War
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Oreos: A book in a series

Books Completed:

Tanu's Hot Chocolate

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison ✅ 🍦 - finished Fri Dec 13th
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss - A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin ✅ 💋 Finished Dec 8, 2024
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50 - The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst
Oreos: A book in a series The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu ✅
Finished Sun 12 Dec, 2024.

Daily Tracking

Sat 12/7: 66 pages
Sun 12/8: 213 pages
Mon 12/9: 56 pages
Tues 12/10: 43 pages, 0.2hr audio (12 mins)
Weds 12/11: 48 pages, 0.7hrs audio (42 mins)
Thurs 12/12: 76
Fri 12/13: 112
Sat 12/14: 156
Sun 12/15:

Jenn's Hot Cocoa Bar

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry - The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/11/24
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/7/24
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss - A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen 12/11/24
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre - The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck 12/9/24
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50 - Board Stiff by Piers Anthony 12/8/24
Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 12/7/24

C's Wacky Hot Chocolate:

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
The Importance of Being Earnest
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Up to Noir Good
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Charles, With Love
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl: A Memoir
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Thefts of Christmas
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book
Mayday in December

Andrea's Hot Chocolate:

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover- Five Survive
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages- Páradais
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss- A First Time for Everything
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre- Five-Star Stranger
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town- The Christmas Oratorio
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50- Hamnet
Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book- Inside Out & Back Again

Tammie’s Hot Chocolate - completed

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys, Elle Thorpe | 12/13

Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin | 12/14

Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages - 149p
The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane | 12/10

Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Guardian Angel, Julie Garwood | 12/12

Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Finding Me, Michelle Knight | 12/12

Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre - contemporary romance
Scrooge and the Girls Next Door, Melanie Jacobson | 12/7

Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town - Chawton, Hampshire, England
The Jane Austen Society, Natalie Jenner | 12/11

Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
Silent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany | 12/15

Oreos: A book in a series - #1
Cocaine Blues, Kerry Greenwood | 12/8

Mini chocolate chips: A children's book
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Judy Blume | 12/14

LeahS' cup of hot chocolate

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover

Read: 10/12/24
Pages: 363

Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
A Fresh Start (Quick Reads)
Relevance: Short stories
Read: 13/12/24
Pages: 111

Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Quick Reads Notting Hill Carnival
Read: 7/12/24
Pages: 102

Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Murder Under the Mistletoe: A Canon Clement Christmas Novella
Relevance: "It was quite a kiss", said Audrey... p.132
Read: 12/12/24
Pages: 141

Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A hedghog whodunnit
Read: 13/12/24
Pages: 272

Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Fair Rosaline
Relevance: historical fiction
Read: 11/12/24
Pages: 374

Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
A Cotswold Christmas Mystery
Read: 10/12/24
Relevance: Set in two houses just outside Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire.
Pages: 318


Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
The Voyage Home
Relevance: Pat Barker is 81.
Read: 8/12/24
Pages: 305

Oreos: A book in a series
Death on the Tiber
Relevance: 13th book in the Flavia Albia series
Finished: 8/12/24
Pages: 236/380

Mini chocolate chips: A children's book
Know My Place
Read: 14/12/24
Pages: 117

Completed: 14/12/24
Pages read: 2339

☕ Roxana's Individual Challenge ☕


✔️ Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover: The Sittaford Mystery
✔️ Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry: Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
✔️ Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages: Lobster Is the Best Medicine: A Collection of Comics About Friendship
✔️ Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss: The Whispering Night
✔️ Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book: Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
✔️ Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre: The City in Glass
✔️ Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town: The Hunting Moon
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
✔️ Oreos: A book in a series: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 8
✔️ Mini chocolate chips: A children's book: Check, Please!: Year One

(bonus toppings!)
✔️ Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages: The Winter's Tale
✔️ Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover: Your Shadow Half Remains
✔️ Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss: The Rival

☕☕☕


☕Currently Reading☕
☕ The Warm Hands of Ghosts
☕ The Invocations
☕ The Magician’s Daughter
☕ The Atlas Complex
☕ The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
☕ Murder on the Orient Express
☕ Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret


☕Completed☕
☕ The Hunting Moon
☕ Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
☕ Check, Please!: Year One
☕ The Sittaford Mystery
☕ Lobster Is the Best Medicine: A Collection of Comics About Friendship
☕ The Winter's Tale
☕ Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
☕ Something is Killing the Children Vol. 8
☕ The Whispering Night
☕ Your Shadow Half Remains
☕ The City in Glass
☕ The Rival


☕TBR☕
☕ Dropbear
☕ Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

I probably won't finish any books this week, but who knows? I'm more interested in getting some pages read!

Sat 12/7: 0 pages
Sun 12/8: Pointe 25 pages
Mon 12/9: The Suspect 18 pages
Tues 12/10: Pointe 58 pages
Weds 12/11: The Fox Wife 35 minutes
Thurs 12/12: Pointe 38 pages
Fri 12/13: Pointe 99 pages FINISHED
Sat 12/14 0 pages
Sun 12/15: A Quilt for Christmas 7 pages

Total: 245 pages, 35 minutes listened

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover Pointe
Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book

Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover

Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry

Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages

Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss

Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town

Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50

Oreos: A book in a series
Mini chocolate chips: A children's book

SAT 12/7
I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops (started p. 153) 135p; Roaming 443p
SUN 12/8
Lone Women (started p. 64) 50p; Persephone Station (started 1.5hr) 0.5hr
MON 12/9
Lone Women 171p
TUE 12/10
A Short Walk Through a Wide World 160p; The Midnight Library 0.5hr
WED 12/11
A Short Walk Through a Wide World 240p; The Midnight Library 5hr
THUR 12/12
0p
FRI 12/13
A Week in December 104p
SAT 12/14
A Week in December 288p; Love & Saffron 208p; The Midnight Library 110p
SUN 12/15
The Dark Flood 295p

MY PROGRESS POST


STARTING POINT
- Caraval - at 36%

CURRENTLY READING:
- Intensidad


READING TRACKER:
- Dec 07: 0 pages
- Dec 08: 150 pages + 1h 46min
- Dec 09: 3h 46min + 42 pages
- Dec 10: 46 pages + 2h 50 min
- Dec 11: 90 pages
- Dec 12: 252 pages
- Dec 13: 177 pages + 1h 38 min
- Dec 14: 39 pages + 4h 54 min
- Dec 15: 54 pages

TOTAL PAGE COUNT: 850 pages
TOTAL AUDIO HOURS: 14h 54 min
TOTAL BOOK COUNT: 5

BOOKS FINISHED:



VANESSA'S INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE

■ Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
Una herencia misteriosa - 320 pages - 12/13
□ Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
■ Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Sistemas críticos - 150 pages - 12/08
■ Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
La ira y el amanecer - 395 pages - 12/14
□ Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book
■ Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Caraval - (started p. 154) 429 pages - 12/12
□ Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
▣ Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50
Intensidad
□ Oreos: A book in a series
■ Mini chocolate chips: A children's book
Peter Pan - 187 pages - 12/09

Covid knocked me down, but I’ll try.


Welcome to the Winter Read-a-thon Individual Challenge!

The Toppings

✅ Whipped Cream: A book with white on the cover
Lost in a Good Book - series , white on cover

Sprinkles: A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry

✅ Chocolate shavings: A book under 250 pages
Devices Brightly Shining by Shelley Adina, 96 pages

✅ Ground cinnamon: A book that includes a kiss
Funny Story - small town, romance

Peppermint candy cane: A nonfiction book

Marshmallows: A book in your favorite genre
Lost in a Good Book - series , white on cover, genre

✅ Caramel drizzle: A book set in a small town
Open Season by C.J. Box - Wyoming, small town, series

✅Crushed graham crackers: A book by an author over 50 -
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - Dorothy Gilman was 53 when she published this book in 1976.

✅Oreos: A book in a series
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear series, fav genre
Lost in a Good Book - series , white on cover, fav genre

Mini chocolate chips: A children's book


Books completed:
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - Dorothy Gilman was 53 when she published this book in 1976.
Lost in a Good Book - series , white on cover
Devices Brightly Shining - 96 pages
Among the Mad - series
Open Season - series
Funny Story - small town, kiss





Started / Possibilities:



The Unseen World
Vesper Flights - nonfiction, essays
The History of Sound