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⛷️ Winter Sports – Speed, Skill, and Snowy Thrills
Winter sports celebrate the excitement and challenge of athleticism in icy and snowy conditions. From skiing and snowboarding to figure skating, hockey, and bobsledding, these activities test endurance, grace, and daring. Whether you're watching the Winter Olympics or just enjoying a local rink, winter sports are a thrilling part of cold-weather culture. For readers, it's a great opportunity to explore stories of competition, perseverance, teamwork, and personal growth on and off the ice.

Runs: 12/1/25 - 12/31/25
Time: Follow your time zone

Readathon Rules:
📘Books must be finished within the dates listed above
📘No page limits
📘Re-reads, Fan fiction & Graphic Novels accepted
📘Set your personal goal (ideas: # of books, # of pages, Start or finish a series, work on challenge books, etc)
📘Set up a tracking post below


Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams


Collect this badge for participating
Collect this badge for reading 1500 or more pages
Collect this badge for reading 15 or more books

Completed Books: 6/15
Completed Pages: 1335/1500

Hemlock & Silver
Graham
The Wallflower's Wassail Punch
Till Death Do Us Torte
Rogue Protocol
Baked to Death

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Month RAT: December 2025
⛷️ Winter Sports – Speed, Skill, and Snowy Thrills

Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

Books Read: 8/22
Pages Read: 2,551/8,000

12/1: Started The Mad Wife, Marley, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays. Read all of A Christmas Carol(184pgs)
12/2: Finished Marley(288pgs), The Mad Wife, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays and started Broken Harbor
12/3: Read The Hunting Party(349pgs), The Mad Wife, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays, Broken Harbor
12/4: Read The Stranger(123pgs), Broken Harbor, The Mad Wife, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays, Started
12/5: Broken Harbor, The Mad Wife, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
12/6: Finished book:The Mad Wife|223665360](352pgs), Broken Harbor, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays, Started The White Album
12/7: Read The Nightmare Before Kissmas(357pgs), The White Album, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
12/8: Started The Frozen River, The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays, The White Album
12/9: Finished The Frozen River(448pgs), The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays, Broken Harbor
12/10: Finished Broken Harbor(450pgs), The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays
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Month RAT: December 2025
⛷️ Winter Sports – Speed, Skill, and Snowy Thrills

Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

Books Read: 7/10
Pages Read: 2,469/5,000

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12/1: 178 pages
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks - 158 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 20 pages

12/2: 349 pages
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks - 130 pages - Finished
The Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai - 219 pages - Finished

12/3: 297 pages
I, Medusa by Ayana Gray - 250 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 47 pages

12/4: 132 pages
I, Medusa by Ayana Gray - 86 pages - Finished
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 16 pages
The Whistler by Nick Medina - 30 pages

12/5: 119 pages
The Whistler by Nick Medina - 48 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 26 pages
Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 45 pages

12/6: 229 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 11 pages
The Whistler by Nick Medina - 186 pages
Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne - 32 pages

12/7: 120 pages
The Whistler by Nick Medina - 104 pages - Finished
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 20 pages

12/8: 300 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 9 pages
Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 291 pages - Finished: 12/8

12/9: 331 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology - 9 pages
Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne - 249 pages - 249 pages - Finished
Relic by Douglas Preston - 10 pages
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa - 63 pages

12/10: 314 pages
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa - 193 pages - Finished
A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss - 104 pages
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk - 17 pages


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TBR: 9+ x Advent

12/01: 1. Little Fairy's Summer Party by Daniela Drescher. Edelweiss ARC Children.
2. Jollyland: A Holiday Thriller Short Story KU
Christmas Horror. Snow.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller KU Advent Horror. To p. 16.
25 Gifts of Terror Advent Horror. KU. To p..19.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER: A 25-Day Christmas Advent Thriller. Advent Horror. KU. To p. 19.
The Christmas Party from p. 36.

12/02: Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway 5*+++
The Dogs Were Rescued and So Was I
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 19
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 26
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 26.
I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. 26.
The Cursed Advent Calendar: A Christmas Countdown to Terror YuleSpirit Readathon #8
The Horror Collection Christmas Edition KU to p. 11
The Christmas Party

12/03: THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 34
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 33
I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .
The Cursed Advent Calendar: A Christmas Countdown to Terror YuleSpirit Readathon #9
The Horror Collection Christmas Edition KU to p. 25
The Christmas Party YuleSpirit #8
Play Proud: Fiercely Fabulous Queer Athletes . Edelweiss ARC Juvenile Nonfiction.



12/04: THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 47
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 34
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 52
I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .41.
Tourist Season . Libby Virtual.
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Hoopla Virtual to 11%.
One by One Hoopla Virtual to 46%.

12/05: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .50.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 56.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 49.
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 62
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Hoopla Virtual to %.
One by One Hoopla Virtual. 5*++
King of Christmas: A Choose Your Own Path Psychological Thriller KU and NetGalley ARC.

12/06: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .55.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 56.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 60.
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 62
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Hoopla Virtual to 82%.
The Killing Stones Libby Virtual.

12/07: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .67.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 72.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p.
25 Gifts of Terror to p.
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Hoopla Virtual .
Devil's Night: A Supernatural Thriller Hoopla Virtual
The House on Cedar Street Hoopla Virtual.
Thirty Days of Darkness Hoopla Virtual
Tied Up in Tinsel Everand Virtual

12/08: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .79.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 79.
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 79
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 114.
Deck the Halls with Bodies to p..53.
Tied Up in Tinsel Everand to p. 15
The Village Beyond the Mist
'Tis the Season to Be Murdered, own, new to p. 41

12/09: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. .86.
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 85.
Deck the Halls with Bodies to p..60.
'Tis the Season to Be Murdered
The Night Before: A Short Story . KU Virtual.
A Christmas to Kill For: A Short Story KU
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p.
25 Gifts of Terror to p. .
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12/10: I Bought a Haunted Christmas Tree Farm: A Haunted Holiday Advent Read-Along to p. 89
THE XMAS DAY BUTCHER to p. 90.
Deck the Halls with Bodies to p. 64.
'Tis the Season to Be Murdered
25 Candles: An edge-of-your-seat advent-style Christmas thriller to p. 102.
25 Gifts of Terror to p. 147.
The 25 Christmas Gifts: A Seasonal Christmas Advent Psychological Thriller KU, new. To p. . Advent Horror.
On One Ghastly Christmas Eve. Own, new. Advent Horror.
Tied Up in Tinsel Everand to p.

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Prompts Read:
---Snowy/Icy Season-Competitive Edge The Christmas Party . Snowbound Scotland, "locked-room"
The Killing Stones Isolated island, Christmastime.
--- Hercule Poirot's Silent Night . Isolated manor on Norfolk coast, coastal erosion, Christmas week, murder.
The Night Before: A Short Story Snowbound, Hudson River Valley; Life-or-death competitive!
A Christmas to Kill For: A Short Story KU Snow. Life-or-death competitive (literally!) Christmas.
12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas

Titles Read:
1. Little Fairy's Summer Party by Daniela Drescher. Edelweiss ARC Children.
2. Jollyland: A Holiday Thriller Short Story KU
Christmas Horror. Snow.
3. Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway 5*+++
4. The Dogs Were Rescued and So Was I
5. Play Proud: Fiercely Fabulous Queer Athletes . Edelweiss ARC Juvenile Nonfiction.
6. The Christmas Party KU . YuleSpirit #8.
7. The Cursed Advent Calendar: A Christmas Countdown to Terror 5*+++ YuleSpirit #9.
8. Tourist Season
9. One by One Hoopla Virtual 5*++
10. The Killing Stones Libby Virtual.
11. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Hoopla Virtual
12. Devil's Night: A Supernatural Thriller Hoopla Virtual
13.The House on Cedar Street Hoopla Virtual.
14. Thirty Days of Darkness Hoopla Virtual
15. The Village Beyond the Mist
16. The Night Before: A Short Story
17. A Christmas to Kill For: A Short Story KU

❄️December 2025 Read-a-thon❄️

Currently Reading:


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Books Read: 2


12/1: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - 21%
12/2: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - 81pp.
12/3: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - 67pp.
12/4: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - 204pp. (finished)
12/5: The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign - 224pp. (finished)

Lauri’s Spot!
HoB December Readathon 2025
Target: 5000 pages

Mon 12/1: 50 pages
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Total pages read: 50

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Books finished:

12/1/25-12/31/25

Pages:1,060/1500
Books: 3/15

12/1: Murder at Holly House, 18 pages

12/2: Never Lie,47 pages
Murder at Holly House, 18 pages
Oasis, 160 pages (FINISHED)
Sea Legs: A Graphic Novel, 61 pages

12/3: Murder at Holly House, 51 pages
The Woman in Black, 26 pages

12/4: All Boys Aren’t Blue, 43 pages
Murder at Holly House, 33 pages

12/5: Sea Legs: A Graphic Novel by Jules Bakes, 195 pages (FINISHED)
Never Lie, 111 pages

12/6: Murder at Holly House, 134 pages

12/7: All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, 94 pages
Murder at Holly House, 69 pages (FINISHED)

Dec 1-31

Dec 1: 19 - Dragon Chained - Kenley Davidson
Dec 2: 128 - Dragon Chained - Kenley Davidson

Dec 3: 46 - Dragon Chained - Kenley Davidson
172 - Blood and Buttercups - Shari L. Tapscott

Dec 4:

Pages read: 365

Books complete:

December Monthly Readathon

Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

December 1
1. Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor 400
2. The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan 340
December 2
3. League of Dragons (Temeraire, #9) by Naomi Novik 398
4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg 375
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5. Born in a Burial Gown (DI Avison Fluke, #1) by M.W. Craven 352
6. Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 1,082
7. The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Continued by Charlie Lovett 107
8. Bah, Humbug! (Christmas Street, #1)) by Heather Horrocks 108
9. Christmas at Gate 18 by Amy Matayo 101
10. The Clue in the Patchwork Quilt (Judy Bolton Mysteries, #14) by Margaret Sutton 232
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Month RAT: December 2025
⛷️ Winter Sports – Speed, Skill, and Snowy Thrills

Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

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12/1: 72 pages Total
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés - 10 pages
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - 62 pages

12/2: 112 pages
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - 112 pages

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Month RAT: December 2025
12/1/25 - 12/31/25

Completed Books: 0/5
Completed Pages: 276/1000

1. A Sociedade Supersecreta de Bruxas Rebeldes - (Teamwork and the FMC trains 3 kids)
2. A Teia da Aranha - Finished:
3. Antes que o Café Esfrie - Finished:
4. O Retrato de Dorian Gray - Finished:
5. Sempre Vivemos no Castelo - Finished:

Month RAT: December 2025
⛷️ Winter Sports – Speed, Skill, and Snowy Thrills

Optional Tasks

📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

Books: 9
Pages: 3899

Posting Once Completed
12/01 ~ Storm ~ 286 pgs
12/03 ~ The Stand ~ 1152 pgs
12/05 ~ Definitely Better Now ~ 352 pgs
Stepbrother With Benefits 1 ~ 111 pgs
12/06 ~ Brimstone Bound ~ 272 pgs
12/07 ~ The Marriage Game ~ 338 pgs
Taming Kane ~ 208 pgs
Tis the Season for Revenge ~ 322 pgs
12/08 ~ My Choice Is You ~ 200 pgs
12/09 ~ The Matzah Ball ~ 416 pgs.
12/10 ~ HOLDING ~ 242 pgs ~ 📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete ~ Ice Hockey

Month RAT: December 2025
Winter Sports

Optional Tasks
📘Read a book featuring a winter athlete
📘Read a memoir or biography of a winter sports icon
📘Read a book set during a snowy or icy season with a competitive edge
📘Read a YA or Middle grade book about training, teamwork, or dreams

Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 1608

12/02: Krampus: The Yule Lord ~ 381pgs
12/03: Kraved by Krampus ~ 233pgs
12/04: The Christmas Quilt ~ 166pgs
12/05: Blizzards and Bastards ~ 281pgs
12/05: Cry for Krampus ~ 103pgs
12/06: Grave Tidings ~ 101pgs
12/08: Horrorstör ~ 240pgs
12/09: Kwanzaa Angel ~ 103pgs