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Hmmm.... interesting. I'll give it a tryThe Sports and Tasks:
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
carCross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
P 22"With a grandiose movement, he arched the broom and an enormous plume of dirt and debris engulfed her."
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
(2/18) Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is. -baseball glove
I'm in!Biathlon
Read a book where a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Wendy is talented at telling stories and mending clothes. Finished 2/16/26Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Finished 1/15/26Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
"He's just running around with the broom, swishing it in every direction." 1hr 31 min 55 sec, 48% Finished 2/17/26Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
Katherine, the MFC, was a milliner in the story for a little while. Finished 2/27/26Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Finished 1/10/26Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
(The 2 main characters have a foot race) Finished 1/31/26Ski Jumping
There is a saddle on the cover. Google classifies saddles as athletic equipment (tack) for equestrian sports. Finished 2/17/26
I'm in. Going to try for at least one per month, with the hope that I'll be able to find more.(view spoiler)
Winter Olympics (Jan - Mar 2026)I'm in!
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Teagan is talented in archery and cooking
Elmetia by Rachel A. James (1-8-26)Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included? MC likes to shop for bonnets and insists that Brentwood "wear more stylish garments" if he must accompany her (pg 37) if he is to accompany her.
Brentwood's Ward by Michelle Griep (1-29-26)Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Revenge by Patricia Bradley (2-3-26)Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it? footrace between Peter and Thal
Never Court a Count by Regina Scott (2-23-26) GM- clean fictionSkeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.
Looks interesting don't know how many I'll get though.The Sports and Tasks:
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Bobsleigh-
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is
I'm in.Winter Olympics
Jan - Mar 2026
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.
I’m in pleaseThe Sports and Tasks:
✔️Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
🔴The Chalet Next Door: An All-Ski, No-Spice Christian Romcom
by Cassandra Joelle (PRESLEY GOES SKIING IN WYOMING) 1/2/26✔️Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
🔴A Cowboy's Touch
by Denise Hunter (ABIGAIL IS A PROFICIENT JOURNALIST AND NANNY) 1/6/26✔️Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Orphan Train Escape by Rachel Wesson (TRAIN) 1/8/26✔️Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
🔴Lake Surrender
by Carol Grace Stratton (Ally and her two children [relocated] drove from California to Michigan) 3/6/26✔️Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴The Last Single Girl
by Bria Quinlan (GM) (Abby grumbled as she grabbed a BROOM and dustpan.➖Page 53) 1/6/26✔️Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
🔴A Groom of One's Own
by Emma St. Clair (GM-Clean) (A wedding gown was custom designed and fashioned for FMC) 1/15/26✔️Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴Not Until Us
by Valerie M. Bodden (Page 254-“He hadn’t left her side once since he’d SPED her to the hospital, probably breaking more traffic laws than he’d ever broken in his life in his rush to get her here on time.”) 1/12/26✔️Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
🔴On Moonberry Lake
by Holly Varni 2/6/26✔️Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴Glimpses of My Friend the King
by James Howard (Page 90-“When they were both standing, the captain replaced the HELMET onto his own head.”) 1/18/26✔️Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Christmas at Grey Sage by Phyllis Clark Nichols 1/14/26✔️Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
🔴The Lighthouse at the Cove
by Amy Clipston (Mini-Marathon held at spring festival to raise money for local school) 1/5/26✔️Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
🔴Gravestone by Travis Thrasher (421 Pages~~Books with 400+ pages give me the heebie jeebies) 1/24/26
✔️Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.
On the Clock by Tim Enochs (football plus helmet on cover) 1/14/26
The Sports and Tasks:Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
A WEDDING BLINDER IN BLACK HILLS by KIM O'BRIEN (Both main characters; ch 2)
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
SUNSHINE AND SEASALT by Amanda Tero Matthews (pre-published novel) Pete was good at surfing and being a paramedic.
Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
A WEDDING DATE IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS by ANNALISA DAUGHERTY
(The main character always wore vintage clothing and it talked about her choices throughout the book.)
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.
I’m in!January-March
The Sports and Tasks:
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Brenna
Alias Raven Black by Barbara Ellen Brink
(01/11/26)***************************************************************
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Singing/Dancing/Acting/Comedy
My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke
(01/25/26) (some mild cursing)Blake - paramedic & wild animal rescue/keeper
Ambush by Colleen Coble
(03/02/26)***************************************************************
Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cruise Ship
Stranded by Dani Pettrey
(03/05/26)***************************************************************
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
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Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Page 50 - But with every sweep of the broom…
This Promised Land by Cathy Gohlke
(01/03/26)Page 51 - Nina reached back inside the outhouse and grabbed the straw broom she had seen leaning in the corner.
Even if We Cry by Terrie Todd
(02/04/26)Page 219 - Detective Grey walked around the counter, a broom in one hand and a dustpan in the other.
Vigilant by Sara Davison
(02/21/26)I forgot to write down the page #, but Blair sweeps up a broken glass in the kitchen
River's Edge by Terri Blackstock
(03/07/26)***************************************************************
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
There is a lot of talk of fashion in this book from several different viewpoints.
Uneasy Street by Becky Wade
(01/15/26)Much discussion & descriptions between differences in Society fashion & what servants wore)
The Lawyer and the Laundress by Christine Hill Suntz
(02/06/26)Fasion and designers are mention, a dress plays a role in exposing the forger
The English Masterpiece by Katherine Reay
. (02/18/26)***************************************************************
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Page 248 - …and now he burned up I-20, taking his speed to the top of his car’s capability.
Downfall by Terri Blackstock
(01/22/26)***************************************************************
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Loch Ness which an internet search told me is a large fresh water lake.
The Highland Heist by Pepper Basham
(02/24/26)***************************************************************
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
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Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
A Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen
(02/10/26)***************************************************************
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Cross Country race, & also a car race
The Race Against Time by William Roushey
(03/01/26)***************************************************************
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
400 per GR, though my Kindle app said 660???
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
(01/27/25) CF, but has cursing448
The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate
(02/01/26)***************************************************************
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is
got my first sport done!Skeleton ~ Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count? ~ Lady Jayne Disappears
(finished 7 January) ~ 411 pages (anything over 400 pages is intimidating to me for some reason)
well, that was quick . . . got my next one:Bobsleigh ~ Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover. ~ Home to Pebble Creek
(finished 8 January) ~ has a horse and buggy on the cover
Kate wrote: "got my first sport done!Skeleton ~ Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count? ~ Lady Jayne Disappears [bookcover:Lady Jayne Disappears|34020287..."
400+ pages seems to be my “oh, wow!” point also. lol
I've got another one! (I'm honestly surprised how quickly I've found these thus far!)Figure Skating ~ Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included? ~ A Searching Heart
(finished 10 January) ~ As Jenny is leaving for college, she has a conversation with Virginia about the latest styles: ‘Sleeveless. Fitted. Shorter. Scooped. Clingy. Virginia could not believe her ears. What was the world of fashion coming to?’ p.106
got another sport in!Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things. Example: playing tuba and baking cakes ~ Bridges
(finished 15 January) ~ J.W. is good at handyman type things, as well as watercolour painting
got my next one:Short Track Speed Skating ~ Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it? ~ Hidden Love
(finished 18 January) ~ the main characters were involved in a race/contest to see how many geocaches they could find over the summer
got my next sport!Curling ~ Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location. ~ Holly and Nick Hate Christmas
~ ‘I . . . shoved the dustpan set across the island to my sister. . . . ‘He was a jerk. He was . . . kneeling on the floor to clean my sister’s mess.’ p. 69
Cross-Country Skiing ~ Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip? ~ The Journey
(finished 24 January) ~ though most of the journey is off-page, the Waldron family has journeyed on the Oregon Trail from Ohio to Vancouver, Washington (we start with them on the Idaho/Oregon border)
Got another one!Luge ~ Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location. ~ The Escape Game
(finished 31 January) ~ Beryl is an air raid warden in WWII Leeds, England: ‘Still wearing her air raid warden helmet and uniform, Beryl climbed in behind her mother before replacing the steel shield over the opening.’ p.14
Freestyle Skiing ~ Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location. ~ The Silent Order
(finished 14 February) ~ Detectives Rollin Wells and Lance Dawson are on their way to Sugarcreek, Ohio to follow a clue in the case they’re working. ‘Rollin rubbed the growing bump on his head. “Slow down, would ya?”‘“What’s the fun of driving a new tin can if you have to go slow?”’ p. 64
Nordic Combined ~ Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover. ~ Shelter from the Storm
(finished 16 February) ~ you can clearly see that it is snowing on the cover
Andrea, would the body of water on this cover count as a pond? Initially, I thought river or stream, but now that I consider it again, maybe it's a pond?
Ooh, that one is odd looking, isn't it? It looks like a river but doesn't continue. Interesting.I'll take it as a pond since it doesn't continue flowing on the right-hand side of the page.
Thanks! And yeah, the non-continuance to the right was actually what had me re-thinking.
I'm probably overthinking things, but would a sailboat 'count' as a piece of athletic equipment?
Yes. Sailing is a competitive sport, and sailboats are a necessary piece of equipment. ;) Great question!
Ski Jumping ~ Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is. ~ If All Else Sails
(finished 28 February) ~ sailboat on the cover
Finished~~~I was fortunate that some books I planned to read worked well for this challenge so I didn’t have to do as much searching as I had anticipated. Thank you Andrea for such a fun challenge.
Tasks:
✔️Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
🔴The Chalet Next Door: An All-Ski, No-Spice Christian Romcom
by Cassandra Joelle (PRESLEY GOES SKIING IN WYOMING) 1/2/26✔️Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
🔴A Cowboy's Touch
by Denise Hunter (ABIGAIL IS A PROFICIENT JOURNALIST AND NANNY) 1/6/26✔️Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Orphan Train Escape by Rachel Wesson (TRAIN) 1/8/26✔️Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
🔴Lake Surrender
by Carol Grace Stratton (Ally and her two children [relocated] drove from California to Michigan) 3/6/26✔️Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴The Last Single Girl
by Bria Quinlan (GM) (Abby grumbled as she grabbed a BROOM and dustpan.➖Page 53) 1/6/26✔️Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
🔴A Groom of One's Own
by Emma St. Clair (GM-Clean) (A wedding gown was custom designed and fashioned for FMC) 1/15/26✔️Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴Not Until Us
by Valerie M. Bodden (Page 254-“He hadn’t left her side once since he’d SPED her to the hospital, probably breaking more traffic laws than he’d ever broken in his life in his rush to get her here on time.”) 1/12/26✔️Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
🔴On Moonberry Lake
by Holly Varni 2/6/26✔️Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
🔴Glimpses of My Friend the King
by James Howard (Page 90-“When they were both standing, the captain replaced the HELMET onto his own head.”) 1/18/26✔️Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Christmas at Grey Sage by Phyllis Clark Nichols 1/14/26✔️Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
🔴The Lighthouse at the Cove
by Amy Clipston (Mini-Marathon held at spring festival to raise money for local school) 1/5/26✔️Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
🔴Gravestone by Travis Thrasher (421 Pages~~Books with 400+ pages give me the heebie jeebies) 1/24/26
✔️Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.
On the Clock by Tim Enochs (football plus helmet on cover) 1/14/26
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The Winter Olympics take place in February this year. Let’s celebrate with a reading challenge that features each of the sports involved.
Rules:
* You may read as many or as few tasks as you like.
* Each book counts for only one task.
* Books may be any genre and any length unless specified for a particular task.
* Please share the finish date for each completed book.
* Please repost your challenge once completed.
The Sports and Tasks:
Alpine Skiing
Read a book in which a character goes skiing. Tell who.
Biathlon
Read a book in which a character is talented at two different things. Share the two things.
Example: playing tuba and baking cakes
Bobsleigh
Read a book with a mode of transportation on the cover. Post the cover.
Cross-Country Skiing
Read a book that includes a cross-country trip. Who went on the trip?
Curling
Read a book in which a person uses a broom. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Figure Skating
Read a book that includes fashion in some manner. How was it included?
Freestyle Skiing
Read a book in which a character drives fast. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Ice Hockey
Read a book that has a pond or lake on the cover. Post the cover.
Luge
Read a book in which a character wears a helmet. Post the sentence and page number/location.
Nordic Combined
Read a book with a snowy cover. Post the cover.
Short Track Speed Skating
Read a book that includes a race. What type of race was it?
Skeleton
Read a book with an intimidating (to you) page count. What was the page count?
Ski Jumping
Read a book with a piece of athletic equipment on the cover. Post the cover. If it isn’t obvious, please tell what the piece of equipment is.