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World Snow Day (January 19)

1 Read a book set during winter
2 Read a book that has “snow” or “winter” in the title, or a snow scene on the cover.




❄️ Jazzy
❄️ Kathy
Lynn
Mbuye
❄️ Michael
Nidhi
Nike
❄️ Rosemarie
❄️ Shaina
Tr1sha
❄️ Vicky
❄️ Vit

Good challenge!!! ❄️❄️❄️
1 Read a book set during winter The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner✔11/1/25★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2 Read a book that has “snow” or “winter” in the title, or a snow scene on the cover.
The Cross of SnowbyHenry Wadsworth Longfellow✔24/1/25★ ★ ★ ★ ★
3.SnowdropbyJacob Grimm✔25/1/25★ ★ ★ ★ ★

NB I have had difficulty fitting this book in this month.I will hopefully come back to it later in the year to do it justice!
A Daughter of the SnowsbyJack London

Vicky wrote: "Good challenge!!! ❄️❄️❄️
1 Read a book set during winter The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books byAuguste Groner
2 Read a bo..."

That’s a great start, Vicky, thank you. I have shamelessly copied your book choice! I like Jack London’s books but hadn’t heard of that one. Thanks for the recommendation.

January: World Snow Day

1 Read a book set during winter

2 Read a book that has “snow” or “winter” in the title, or a snow scene on the cover.
A Daughter of the Snows, Jack London

January: World Snow Day

1. Read a book set during the winter:
Un hivernage dans les glaces/A Winter Amid the Ice by Jules Verne✅


2. Read a book that has snow or winter in the title, or a snow scene on the cover:
Winter in Thrush Green by Miss Read✅

January: World Snow Day

✅1. Murder After Christmas - Rupert Latimer 1/12/25

Tr1sha wrote: "Vicky wrote: "Good challenge!!! ❄️❄️❄️
1 Read a book set during winter The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow - Augusta Groner Penguin books by[author:Auguste Groner|619895..."

Thanks Trisha!I enjoy Jack London's books as I think they tell us a lot about him!

January: World Snow Day

1. Read a book set during the winter:

2. Read a book that has snow or winter in the title, or a snow scene on the cover

🌨️❄️January: World Snow Day ❄️☃️

A) Read a book set during the winter:

1. The Dead by James Joyce First published 1914

2. Vitklädd med ljus i hår by Maria Lang First published 1967
The title means "Dressed in white, with candles in the hair" and refers to the Swedish holiday Lucia that takes place the 13:th of December. The book is a crime novel and the murder is committed by a Lucia during Lucia.

Here is an explanation of that tradition (my personal favorite of all Swedish traditional festivities) if anyone is interested in reading: https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/cu...

B) Read a book that has snow or winter in the title, or a snow scene on the cover:

3. 27 sekundmeter snö by Kjerstin Göransson-Ljungman First publ 1939

The Swedish title means "Snow 27 m/s" and it's a crime novel set in a cabin in the mountains during a heavy storm in winter.

January: World Snow Day

✅1. The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley

“And it sure been a cold cold winter
And the wind ain't been blowing from the south
It's sure been a cold cold winter
And the light of love is all been burned out.”

Edition is new. Stories are classic.

Robert Walser - Little Snow Landscape

January 19 - World Snow Day


☑ 1 Read a book set during winter
☑ 2 Read a book that has “snow” or “winter” in the title, or a snow scene on the cover.

1. The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1876) January 31, 2025 4*
2. Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922) January 22, 2025 5*

1. 2.

2. One Night in Winter: A Novel by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Mbuye wrote: "2. One Night in Winter: A Novel by Simon Sebag Montefiore"

Sorry, although this book is historical fiction, the details in Goodreads say it was first published in 2013. This group is for classic books, published 50 or more years ago, so your choice isn’t suitable. Please choose a different book.

Oops, I missed that!

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

Mbuye wrote: "Oops, I missed that!

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck"

Thank you, Mbuye. It seems we might read the same book - I was just looking at this one & trying to decide whether to read it again in addition to the book I have already chosen.

Trisha, I liked the Winter of Our Discontent even more than Grapes.

They are very different, but Winter is worth reading for its own sake.

The Snow Leopard by Peter Mathiessen

“Winter’s so cold this year
You are so warm
My wintertime love to be”.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Robert Walser - Little Snow Landscape
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Nikolai Leskov - A Winter’s Day 1894

Since I enrolled late into this class, I had to pick something quick. Not fast food. Something easy, but still nutritious... "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?.. Already read it... What other works have snow or winter in their title?... Am I overlooking the obvious?... "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?... Well, I've seen the animated Disney movie, but never actually read the Grimm Brothers account. I'm gonna fail this course anyways, so I'll give that a shot.

Actually, it was pretty interesting. Complex, in its own way. Dark. Certainly not the Disney animation we all saw as kids. I would recommend it, if you haven't already read it.

Well, Ms Tr1sha, Ms Jazzy, I know I'm a few days late for World Snow Day, but...

Michael

Nobody fails here Michael! you're free to read whatever you like, whenever you can. Long books, short books, no matter. One book, 100 books - We're just here to read and have fun!

January Challenge 2025 - World Snow Day (January 19)
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1 Read a book set during winter
2 Read a book that has “snow” or “winter” in the title, or a snow scene on the cover.

1 Read a book set during winter
⛸️ Barry Lyndon (1844) - William Makepeace Thackeray
448pp 4/1/25 5❄️
...it was the settling in of the winter season page 5

Thank you, Jazzy!!

My pleasure, treasure!

January 19 - World Snow Day:
“When the wind blows and the rain feels cold
With a head full of snow.”
1. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Georges Simenon - The Snow Was Dirty 1947
2. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Valentin Kataev - The Winds of Winter 1960

I actually managed to read all three books that I'd planned! That's a good start of a new year of reading (⁠✿⁠ ⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠)

Way to go, Nike!