Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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Completed:

Completed my first phrase:

✅ D is for Kiran Desai who wrote The Inheritance of Loss
✅ R is for Robert Galbraith who wrote Troubled Blood
✅ E is for Eight Perfect Murders
✅ A is for Adrian McKinty who wrote The Chain
✅ M is for My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
✅ I is for I Tried to Change So You Don't Have To: True Life Lessons
✅ N is for Nonfiction, the genre of The Book of Eels
✅ G is for Goodnight from London

✅ O is for Olga Tokarczuk who wrote Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
✅ F is for Jonathan Safran Foer who wrote Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

✅ S is for Catherine Steadman who wrote Mr. Nobody
✅ N is for Nina Renata Aron who wrote Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls
✅ O is for Cathy O'Neil who wrote Weapons of Math Destruction
✅ W is for John Williams who wrote Stoner

Great job, Suzanne!

Congratulations, Suzanne!. Lots of good titles there - I loved Stoner.

Thank you! I really like the format of this challenge.

There were some long books in there too!

Way to go! 👏

Kathy wrote: "Congratulations, Suzanne!. Lots of good titles there - I loved Stoner."

I loved it too. I live in Columbia, Missouri where it takes place.

Suzanne wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Congratulations, Suzanne!. Lots of good titles there - I loved Stoner."

I loved it too. I live in Columbia, Missouri where it takes place."

That makes it even better I'll bet!

HELLO NEW BEGINNINGS


H - Harrison, Melissa All Among the Barley
E - Evans, Lissa Their Finest Hour and a Half
L - The L-Shaped Room
L - Lars Mytting The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
O - Olivia

N - Name of the Dog
E - Erich Segal Love Story
W - Walton, Mollie The Daughters of Ironbridge

B - The Borrower
E - Eimear McBride Strange Hotel
G - Gaile Parkin Baking Cakes In Kigali
I - Ian Rankin The Black Book
N - Nina Stibbe Reasons to be Cheerful
N - Nightingale Point
I - I'm Fine and Neither Are You
N - North of Here
G - Gilead
S - The Secrets of Sunshine

Joyce wrote: "HELLO NEW BEGINNINGS


H - Harrison, Melissa All Among the Barley
E - Evans, Lissa Their Finest Hour and a Half
L - The L-Shaped Room
L - Lars Mytting..."

Impressive, that was the longest phrase! Love Story was in the news recently because of its 50th anniversary. I was in college when it came out and I read it and saw the movie.

Challenge completed 13th January

DREAMING OF SNOW (14)

D: Devil Darling Spy by Matt Killeen (finished 28/12/20)
R: R.A. Salvatore - Homeland (finished 29/12/20)
E: Exile by R.A. Salvatore (finished 01/01/21)
A: Agatha Christie - Miss Marple and Mystery: Over 50 Stories (finished 20/12/20)
M: Mirrlees, Hope - Lud-in-the-Mist (finished 09/12/20)
I: I'll Be Home for Christmas by Various (finished 15/12/20)
N: The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami (finished 01/01/21)
G: Gillard, Julia and Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi - Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons (finished 13/01/21)

O: The Odyssey by Homer (finished 18/12/20)
F: Fry, Stephen - Troy (finished 04/12/20)

S: Sojourn by R.A. Salvatore (finished 05/01/21)
N: Natalie Haynes - A Thousand Ships (finished 05/01/21)
O: The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (finished 25/12/20)
W: Where Women Are Kings by Christie Watson (finished 23/12/20)

I was only going to do the one phrase, DREAMING OF SNOW, but now that I've finished that, I'm thinking I'll take a crack at WINTER WONDERLAND.

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Completed DREAMING OF SNOW...
D - DAVA Sobel - Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
R - RANDOLPH Stow - The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea
E - ESSAYS genre - China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
A - ANDREW Miller - The Crossing
M - The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw
I - ION L Idriess - The Yellow Joss: And Other Tales
N - NON-FICTION genre - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
G - Helen GARNER - The Children's Bach
O - Debra OSWALD - Useful
F - Richard FLANAGAN - The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
S - Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Miranda Riwoe
N - NANCY Bilyeau - The Blue
O - Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
W - Westerly 63.2

Well done everyone - looks like we've managed all the phrases between us at least!! Turns out books starting with I are a lot less common than I would assume....

W - The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett
I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
N - The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts
T - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
E - Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi
R - Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

W - Winter by Ali Smith
O - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
N - No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
D - The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
E - The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
R - Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books by Cathy Rentzenbrink
L - The Lost Man by Jane Harper
A - Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
N - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
D - The Dry by Jane Harper

Finally done! I have a pretty good chances of finishing Winter Wonderland as well. While I liked the change from the previous seasonal challenges, I found these phrases have a lot of repetition in the letters. I'm also trying to use books from the regular challenge (plus PS), which is making it a little harder.

D - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
R - Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
E - Ernest Cline - Ready Player Two
A - The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
M - Moore, Christopher - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
N - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
G - The Great Santa Search by Jeff Guinn
O - Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower
F - Forever Wild by KA Tucker
S - Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
N - Napolitano, Ann - Dear Edward
O - One Day in December by Josie Silver
W - Women's fiction genre - Christmas Shopaholic by Sophia Kinsella

Completed Dreaming of Snow - Jan 28

D - Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol- finished Dec 19 - 5*
R - Jason Reynolds author of Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and Youfin Dec 5 - 4*
E - Jessica Ellicott author of Murder in an English Village - finished Dec 28 - 3*
A - Albert Camus, author of La Peste - (The Plague) finished Dec 8 - 4*
M - Moonflower Murders - finished Dec 9 - 4*
I - I Always Loved You - finished Jan 23 - 3*
N - New York 2140 - finished Dec 16 - 3*
G - Gina L. Mulligan - Remember the Ladies- finished Jan 28 - NOT recommended - 2*
O - Beth O'Leary author of The Flatshare- finished Dec 7 - 4*
F - Fredrik Backman author of Anxious People - finished Jan 10 - 4*
S - Mia Sosa author of The Worst Best Man - finished Dec 31 - 3*
N - genre - Nonfiction - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - finished Jan 9 - 4*
O - Yōko Ogawa author of The Housekeeper and the Professor - finished Jan 28 - 4*
W - Washington Black- finished Dec 2 - 4*

I thought this ended this month and pushed myself to finish, then realized it isn't till the end of February.. but that just means I might finish more then one set.

HELLO NEW BEGINNINGS
H - How How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black - Jan. 2nd
E - Eighth Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - Dec. 17th
L - Lindy Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West - Dec. 16th
L - Lang Tales from King Arthur by Andrew Lang - Jan. 24th
O - One One Snowy Night by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 10th
N - Non-fiction The Marriage Bureau: True Stories of 1940s London Match-Makers by Penrose Halson - Dec. 13th
E - Enemy Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson - Jan. 22nd
W - World's World's Dumbest Criminals, The by Jack Kirchhoff - Dec. 6th
B - Briggs Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 5th
E - Elemental Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything by Tim James - Jan. 27th
G - Get Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 20th
I - Ilona Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 16th
N - Naoko Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi - Jan. 3rd
N - Nnedi Home by Nnedi Okorafor - Dec. 2nd
I - Iron Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 27th
N - Nnedi Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search For Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor - Jan. 7th
G - Grave Grave War by Kalayna Price - Dec. 29th
S - Shalvis About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 3rd

Winter Wonderland:

W - Birds of a Feather (Winspear)
I - In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
N - Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains (nonfiction)
T - Going Postal (Terry Pratchett)
E - Enchanted Islands
R - Riot Days

W - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
O - Opium and Absinthe
N - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
D - Dissolution
E - Sarum: The Novel of England (Edward Rutherfurd)
R - The Standards-Based Classroom: Make Learning the Goal (Rinkema & Williams)
L - The Lathe of Heaven (Le Guin)
A - Mycroft and Sherlock (Abdul-Jabbar)
N - The Broken Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
D - The Winter Soldier (Daniel Mason)

Winter Wonderland Books (16/16)

W - The Mistletoe Murders by Laurinda Wallace (author)
I - Murder at Mondial Castle by Issy Brooke (author)
N - Never Buried by Edie Claire (title)
T - Trails of Deception by Rich Curtin (title)
E - The Canterbury Murders by E.M. Powell (author)
R - Five Minutes Late by Rich Amooi (author)

W - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (title)
O - Outbreak: A Crisis of Faith: How Religion Ruined Our Global Pandemic by Noah Lugeons (title)
N - The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman (author)
D - A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev (author)
E - Confessions of a curious bookseller by Elizabeth Green (author)
R - Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio by Jason Inman and Ashley Victoria Robinson (author)
L - Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park (title)
A - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (author)
N - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (title)
D - Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade (both title and author)

Winter Wonderland
W: A Lone Star Christmas (Christmas #1) by William W. Johnstone
I: In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren
N: News of The World by Paulette Jiles
T: The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune
E: Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi
R: My Kind of Christmas (Virgin River #18) by Robyn Carr

W: The White Christmas Inn by Colleen Wright
O: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
N: The Song and the Silence (Non Fiction) by Yvette Johnson
D:Deacon King Kong,James McBride
E:The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (Essays)
R: Bag Man: The Wild Crimes,Audacious Cover-Up & Spectacular Downfall Of A Brazen Crook In The White House by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
L: Marrying Winterborne (The Ravenels,#2) by Lisa Kleypas
A: Savage Run (Joe Pickett,#2) by C.J.Box (Adventure)
N: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Non Fiction)
D: The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz

Finished one phrase!

DREAMING OF SNOW

D - Fiona Davis - The Lions of Fifth Avenue
R - The Red House Mystery - A.A. Milne
E - Elizabeth Peters - Borrower of the Night
A - Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead
M - M.C. Beaton - Kissing Christmas Goodbye
I - I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf - Grant Snider
N - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
G - Gareth Hinds - Beowulf
O - Of Human Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham
F - 500 Miles from You - Jenny Colgan
S - Samantha Silva - Mr. Dickens and His Carol
N - Celeste Ng - Little Fires Everywhere
O - Richard Osman - The Thursday Murder Club
W - The Warden - Anthony Trollope

Finished

Finished Dreaming of Snow! Hopefully will be able to get through Winter Wonderland before the end of the month...

D - The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
R - Fatal Deception by Marie Force [Romantic Suspense]
E - Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
A - Refugee by Alan Gratz
M - Fatal Accusation by Marie Force
I - I Think I Might Love You by Christina C. Jones
N - Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
G - Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven by Marjorie Liu [Graphic Novel]
O - Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
F - From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
S - Fatal Fraud by Marie Force [Suspense]
N - Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
O - One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy by Carol Anderson
W - Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester

To be honest, I don't like this format as well as the one from the past several challenges. "E" has finally gotten me searching all of the bookshelves in our house for something quick & "E"asy if I want to do more than one phrase. But I have at least one done, and I'm two E's and an N away from a second. Here's the first.

D - Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
R - Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen
E - The Epic of Gilgamesh tr. Andrew George
A - Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
M - Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman
I - Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe by Steven H. Strogatz
N - Nate Expectations by Tim Federle
G - The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by ~Cleo Coyle
O - The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
F - Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
S - Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
N - The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
O - On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen
W - Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

D - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (completed: 12/26/2020)
R - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (completed: 12/3/2020)
E - People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd (completed: 1/6/2021)
A - Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (completed: 12/10/2020)
M - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight (completed: 12/18/2020)
I - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (completed: 12/19/2020)
N - The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay (completed: 12/4/2020)
G - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (completed: 1/24/2021)

O - One Day in December by Josie Silver (completed: 12/31/2020)
F - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (completed: 12/31/2020)

S - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (completed: 12/27/2020)
N - The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Nonfiction) (completed: 12/30/2020)
O - Orlando by Virginia Woolf (completed: 2/8/2021)
W - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (completed: 12/12/2020)

Janell wrote: "To be honest, I don't like this format as well as the one from the past several challenges. "E" has finally gotten me searching all of the bookshelves in our house for something quick & "E"asy if I..."

I agree, I liked how the previous challenges had more scope for creativity in how the books applied to the prompt. On the other hand, I'm sure they were a lot more work for the Mods. I didn't mind the letter E as much as N and G!

Robin P wrote: "Janell wrote: "I agree, I liked how the previous challenges had more scope for creativity in how the books applied to the prompt. On the other hand, I'm sure they were a lot more work for the Mods. I didn't mind the letter E as much as N and G!"

Fair - the mods definitely deserve a break!! And I just managed a second round (by re-reading a Terry Pratchett and finding a 191 page children's book in the house). If I try for the third one, I think E, I, and N may give me fits. ;)

Hmm, 9 of these books are written for children or maybe tweens/teens. On the other hand, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries was huge. Anyway, done! Dubious about round 3.

W - Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
I - An Irish Country Welcome by Patrick Taylor

N - The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
T - Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
E - Eddie and Gardenia by Carolyn Haywood
R - Robert Goddard: Pioneer Rocket Boy by Clyde B. Moore
W - Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
O - The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries by Otto Penzler
N - The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
D - The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney
E - Eric by Terry Pratchett
R - Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
L - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
A - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
N - The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer
D - The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones

I didn't think I was going to finish this, so many of my books didn't fit, but I've done it!

D - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
R - Someday at Christmas by Lizzie Byron (Romance)
E - Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
A - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
M - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
I - This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
N - Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
G - Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden
O - This Winter by Alice Oseman
F - The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi (Fantasy)
S - The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
N - Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay (Non-Fiction)
O - The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
W - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Finished! My two favorites in this batch were The Invention of Nature and Moon of the Crusted Snow.

D - Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
R - Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
E - L'enfant qui marche by Jean-Louis Etienne
A - Le tigre des neiges #2 by Akiko Higashimura
M - And Their Children After Them by Nicolas Mathieu
I - The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
N - The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
G - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

O - One Day in December by Josie Silver
F - Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from the Original Epicenter by Fang Fang

S - Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children by Sara Zaske
N - Journal d'un rescapé du Bataclan : Etre historien et victime d'attentat by Christophe Naudin
O - La soupe d'orge perlé et autres nouvelles by Ludmila Oulitskaïa
W - Wintering: How I learned to flourish when life became frozen by Katherine May

Finished my 2nd phrase

W - Watery Grave - Feb 5
I Ijeoma Oluo - So You Want to Talk About Race - finished Feb 4
N - Nothing to See Here - finished Jan 15
T - The Travelling Cat Chronicles - finished Jan 12
E - Eleanor Fitzsimons author of The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit: Victorian Iconoclast, Children’s Author, and Creator of The Railway Children - fin Dec 19
R - Jennifer Robson author of The Gown - finished Feb 10
W - Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories - fin Jan 3
O - Maggie O'Farrell author of Hamnet - finished Jan 24
N - Janice P. Nimura author of The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine - finished Feb 13
D - Deacon King Kong - finished Dec 19
E - genre - English Literature - Helen with the High Hand - An Idyllic Diversion - finished Jan 1
R - Robert Kroese author of The Big Sheep - finished Jan 30
L - Lyssa Kay Adams author of The Bromance Book Club - finished Feb 7
A - Alix E. Harrow author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January - finished Jan 6
N - Nonfiction - The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World - finished Jan 30
D - Driftless - finished Jan 17

Finished Dreaming of Snow! 3 books to go for Hello New Beginnings. At first I missed the prompts, but when the new year started I was getting prompt fatigue from all the challenges starting, so I liked the phrases.

D Vox by Christina Dalcher
R The Queen of Water by Laura Resau
E Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
A Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
M Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
I It Started with a Secret by Jill Mansell
N Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
G Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
O Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
F China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan, fiction
S The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
N Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve by Lenora Chu, nonfiction
O Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
W The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson

D is for The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
✅ R is for Stumptown by Greg Rucka
✅ E is for Escaping from Houdini by Keri Maniscalco
✅ A is for Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
✅ M is for #Murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil
✅ I is for Indian-ish by Priya Krishna
✅ N is for Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Nonficti
✅ G is for Relish by Lucy Knishley (Graphic Novel)

✅ O is for Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
✅ F is for A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer (Fantasy)

✅ S is for Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
✅ N is for Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe (Nonfiction
✅ O is for Outlawed by Anna North
✅ W is for Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

Finished a second phrase.



✅ W is for Wandering in Strange Lands
✅ I is for The Inside Game
✅ N is for Nora Krug who wrote Belonging
✅ T is for The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée
✅ E is for Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
✅ R is for Romance, the genre of Most Eligible Billionaire

✅ W is for The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
✅ O is for Ozan Varol who wrote Think Like a Rocket Scientist
✅ N is for Nonfiction, the genre of Why We Swim
✅ D is for David Kamp who wrote Sunny Days
✅ E is for The Echo Killing
✅ R is for Romance, the genre of The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl
✅ L is for The Law of Innocence
✅ A is for Jennifer Ashley who wrote Murder in the East End
✅ N is for Nonfiction, the genre of Recollections of My Nonexistence
✅ D is for Felicia Day who wrote You're Never Weird on the Internet

DREAMING OF SNOW (14)

D Downton Abbey - A Celebration: The Official Companion to All Six Seasons by Jessica Fellowes 5-Dec (title)
R The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr 11-Dec (author)
E Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 12/20/2020 (author)
A A Season of Secrets by Elizabeth Adams 2-Dec (author)
M Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick 6-Dec (author)
I An Ivy Hill Christmas by Julie Klassen 17-Dec (title)
N $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin 12/28/2020 - genre: Nonfiction
G Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 15-Dec (author)
O One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker 2/16/2021
F The Family Gathering by Robyn Carr 12-Dec (title)
S Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews 3-Dec (title)
N Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl 1/6/2021 Genre: Nonfiction
O Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 2/16/2021 (author)
W The Best of Us by Robyn Carr 12/18/2020 - genre: Women's Fiction

WINTER WONDERLAND (16)

W Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich 12/18/2020
I In the Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor Bradford 12/22/2020
N The Silence by Don DeLillo 2-Jan Genre: Novella

T The Christmas Table by Donna VanLiere 9-Dec
E Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand 12/24/2020
R Love Finds You in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin by Pamela S. Meyers 12/8/2020 - genre: Romance
W Return to Virgin River by Robyn Carr 1/6/2021 Genre: Women's Fiction
O The Oysterville Sewing Circle by The Oysterville Sewing Circle 2/11/2021
N Never Change by Elizabeth Berg 11-Jan
D The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere 12/19/2020
E Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons 12/29/2020
R Master of His Fate by Barbara Taylor Bradford 12/13/2020 - genre: Romance
L The Second Chance Boutique by Louisa Leaman 10-Dec
A 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 6-Dec
N The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth Genre: Non-fiction
D The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere 12/20/2020

1st phrase complete- those N's were tricky

W- Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
I- Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
N- (Nonfiction) Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
T- The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
E-An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten- ignoring An
R- Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

W- Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
O- The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
N- (Nonfiction) Untamed
D- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
E- Euphoria
R- Reindeer Runes by Danielle Garrett
L- The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor
A-Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham
N- (Nonfiction) Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
D- Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion

2nd phrase completed- I love snow!

D- The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow
R- Luster by Raven Leilani
E- An Extraordinary Union
A- The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
M- Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case
I- In a Holidaze
N- (Nonfiction) The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
G- Geekerella

O- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
F- The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde

S- The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
N- (Nonfiction) How to Be Black
O-The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
W- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Finished earlier this week...
W - What's Worth Keeping
I - Not What I Expected
N - Deep Woods by Helena Newbury
T - The Pretender
E - Night by Elie Wiesel
R - Engagement and Espionage by Penny Reid

W - Ugly Sweater Weather
O - The Outsiders
N - Naughty or Nice?
D - The Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio
E - The End of the Day
R - Someone Else's Summer by Rachel Bateman
L - Love Letters Lost
A - All the Summer Girls
N - That Was Then, This Is Now
D - The Door

This was fun - on to the next!

Phrase #2 complete: Dreaming of Snow

D - The Distance Learning Playbook for College and University Instruction: Teaching for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting
R - The Light Fantastic (MC: Rincewind)
E - Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (Essays)
A - All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism
M - The Master and Margarita
I - The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
N - The Kingdom of Gods (NK Jemisin)
G - The Good Son

O - The Hangman's Daughter (Oliver Potzsch)
F - Field Notes on Science & Nature

S - Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
N - The Awakened Kingdom (NK Jemisin)
O - The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
W - Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons

Made it through second list, Winter Wonderland! Can I get the third one done? (Probably not...)

W - We Are Not Free by Tracy Chee
I - Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
N - Nemesis by Catherine Coulter
T - Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins
E - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
R - Ravensong by TJ Klune
W - Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
O - Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
N - Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
D - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
E - Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne
R - Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force [Romantic Suspense]
L - A Loving Scoundrel by Johanna Lindsey
A - All the Colors of Night by Jayne Ann Krentz
N - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson [Nonfiction]
D - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

I finally finished today, 2/19.

Winter Wonderland


W - We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
I - In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing by Lee Woodruff
N - One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America by Gene Weingarten (non-fiction)
T - A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
E - 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
R - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang (romance)

W - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
O - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
N - The Awakening by Nora Roberts
D.- The Marriage Game by Sara Desai
E - The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
R - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
L - Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen
A - Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
N - The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
D - A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

I finished one more phrase:

WINTER WONDERLAND

W - Winter - Ali Smith
I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab
N - The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here - Hope Jahren (Nonfiction)
T - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie
E - Eugénie Grandet - Honoré de Balzac
R - The Twelve Clues of Christmas - Rhys Bowen

W - The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon
O - The Old Nurse's Story - Elizabeth Gaskell
N - Nina George - The Little French Bistro
D - Daphne du Maurier - The Scapegoat
E - Elena Ferrante - Incidental Inventions
R - Abbi Waxman - The Garden of Small Beginnings (Romance)
L - Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
A - Agatha Christie - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
N - Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson
D - Diana Marcum - The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores

Finished my second phrase! Now I want to finish the 3rd, but there are 11 books to go, so we'll see (the only reason there's a chance is because of this read-a-thon, and short books).

H The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
E Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
L Life by Lu Yao
L Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
O Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta
N Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard
E You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers
W The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
B The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
E Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
G The Girls by Lori Lansens
I American Street by Ibi Zoboi
N The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
N Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu
I A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by by Masaji Ishikawa
N Dear Martin by Nic Stone
G Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
S Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan, memoir

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DREAMING OF SNOW

D: Drakengloed by Katharine Kerr
R: Kerst met Evie by Nicola May (Romance)
E: Adventurous Me by Deanndra Hall (Erotica)
A: Minoes by Annie M.G. Schmidt
M: One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon (Mystery)
I: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
N: The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy by Austin Kleon (Non-fiction)
G: Kom bij me by Rachel Gibson

O: Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen
F: Kruistocht in spijkerbroek by Thea Beckman (Fantasy)

S: 5-Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime by Sally Symes
N: Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor
O: Timeless Love: Poems, Stories, and Letters by Oscar Wilde
W: The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

I had to use a few short books since I didn't read enough long books, two books I didn't use in this sentence but both where short too.

WINTER WONDERLAND

✓ W The Whole World by Emily Winslow
✓ I The Lost Plot (main character's name is Irene)
✓ N N. K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate
✓ T Dünenfeuer (main character's name is Tjark)
✓ E The Chalk Man (main character's name is Eddie)
✓ R Ruth Ware: The Woman in Cabin 10

✓ W Emily Winslow: The Start of Everything
✓ O Helltown (set in Ohio)
✓ N Just Before I Died (characters live in a National Park)
✓ D Dan Simmons: Hyperion
✓ E Midnight Sun (main character's name is Edward)
✓ R Karen Rose: Schsch!: Ein Winterthriller
✓ L The Long Walk
✓ A Beyond Dreams by Carlotta Amerio
✓ N The Suspects (plot is instigated by a New Year's Eve Party)
✓ D Donna Tartt: The Goldfinch

✔️H - Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
✔️E - The Diary of a Young Girl Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt
✔️L - The Chanel Sisters by Judithe Little
✔️L - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
✔️O - One More for Christmas by Sarah Morgan

✔️N - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Genre: nonfiction
✔️E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
✔️W - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

✔️B - The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
✔️E - The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
✔️G - The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanne Goodman
✔️I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
✔️N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
✔️N - Dear Martin by Nic Stone
✔️I - Sold Genre: India
✔️N - Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins (Genre: nonfiction)
✔️G - The Forgotten Daughter by Joanne Goodman
✔️S - Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Read during Winter Challenge period, but doesn't fit challenge criteria:
Hamnet and Judith
Miss Benson's Beetle
Sight Unseen
Pride and Prejudice
Love Songs for Skeptics
The Midnight Library

Completed!

WINTER WONDERLAND

W- Women Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
I- In the Company of Women by Grace Bonney
N- Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg
T- Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (thriller)
E- Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker
R- A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner (romance)
W- The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
O- Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams
N- Night by Elie Wiesel
D- Origin by Dan Brown
E- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
R- We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
L- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
A- The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
N- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
D- Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth