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Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
1.You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
2.You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
3.You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
4.You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
5.You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Level 1: 25-40 books
25/25-40 Completed. Finish
01.(2):A Little Too Late-Sarina Bowen 12/01/25
02.(3):Winter:Pg.8"But I had forgotten what Los Angeles is like in the winter."Merrymaker-Kayley Loring 12/06/25
03.(3):Ice:Pg.6"But he kills it on the ice,..."He's Not My Type-Meghan Quinn 12/07/25
04.(2):The Christmas Cottage-Fiona Baker 12/09/25
05.(3):Cold:Pg.192"I run the cold water and dip my wrist."Bourbon & Lies-Victoria Wilder 12/11/25
06.(3):Ice:pg.49"The ice is my second home."Assist-Alexandria House 12/13/25
07.(2):The Killer Among Us-A.J. Rivers 12/14/25
08.(2):A Hate Like This-Whitney Dineen 12/17/25
09.(2):Sleigh Bells and Snowstorms-Claire Kingsley 12/18/25
10.(4):Winter's Snare-Mary Stone 12/18/25
11.(3)Cozy:Pg.178"...so once we got all cozy in the blankets..."Rustic Hearts-Amber Kelly 12/31/25
12.(3)Snow:Pg.3"The heavy blanket of snow have dampened the usual noises."Watch Over Me-D.K. Hood 1/01/26
13.(3)Cold:Pg.200"Maybe a jacket if you get cold..."Craft-Adriana Locke 1/01/26
14.(2):Pecan Pie for Two: A Christmas Romance-Nina Stewart 1/08/26
15.(2):The Woman in the Snow-Jessica Gadziala 1/10/26
16.(2):Hate, Rinse, Repeat-Whitney Dineen 1/11/26
17.(4):Winter's Stalker-Mary Stone 1/12/26
18.(2):A Little Too Close-Rebecca Yarros 1/14/26
19.(2):A Merry Irish Christmas-Clodagh Murphy 1/19/26
20.(3):Christmas:Pg.193"He found out just before Christmas."Closer Than You Know-Debra Webb 1/25/26
21.(4):Winter's Maze-Mary Stone 1/30/26
22.(4):Winter's Legacy-Mary Stone 1/31/26
23.(1):Deep Freeze-Lisa Jackson 2/07/26
24.(2):A Little Too Wild-Devney Perry 2/08/26
25.(2):Justified-Carolyn Arnold 2/12/26
Winter BooksDecember 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
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1. "I slipped into my heeled boots..." (Common Winter Words) Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 19%
2. "Amber's hot chocolate was often a top seller ..." (Common Winter Words) - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 14%
3. Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost 12/6/25
4. #415 on Winter Seasonal Reads - Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 12/9/25
5. "Cinnamon, of course, along with nutmeg and cardamom." (Winter Words Starting With C) Peppermint Barked by Leslie Budewitz 12/10/25 p1)
6. In Farm's Way by Amanda Flower 12/13/25
7. Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt 12/14/25 List - Winter Words Starting With M - "...pulling her hoodie and mittens on right over her pj's." p17
8. The Mistletoe Kisser by Lucy Score 12/15/25
9. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear 12/16/25 List - Winter Words Starting with W - "It reminded her of the winter garden where Simon sat with his blankets and his secrets." p149
10. Santa & Pete: A Novel Of Christmas Present And Past by Christopher Paul Moore 12/18/25 List - All Winter Words - "Santa reached his hand down and scooped up the book..." p160
11. Fatal Brushstroke by Sybil Johnson 12/31/25. List - Common Winter Words - "...a Styrofoam cooler with ice and bottles of water..." 69%
12. Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews 1/2/26 List - All Winter Words - "And you brought the ski mask?" 54%
13. Five Golden Wings by Donna Andrews 1/3/26 Winter scene on cover-
14.Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy 1/7/26 List - Common Winter Words - "The night has been cold and long, our passage frustratingly slow..." p234
15. French Fried by Kylie Logan 1/8/26 List - Winter Words Starting With "I" - "The thought hit, and a touch like icy fingers squirmed its way up my back." p2
16. Winter scene on cover - New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier 1/21/26
17. A Winter in New York by Josie Silver 1/23/26
18. Winter cover - Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood 2/11/26
19. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 3/2/26 "...standing unmoved through the frost, sleet and blizzards of the season." 67% List: Common Winter Words
20. Winter cover - I'll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost 3/21/26
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
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For this challenge you need to read winter books.You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list) page 17
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
GOAL: 25
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Agatha Christie 12 Dec2. Me Before You Jojo Moyes 14 Dec (its on the GR list)
3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 16 Jan (...covered with snow, loc. 366)
4. The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 18 Jan (...deposited skier after skier on the snowy summit, page 94)
5. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6. Tom Lake Ann Patchett 25 Jan (on the GR list)
7. The Secret Garden: The Original 1911 Unabridged and Complete Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett 14 Feb (there was a candle page 106)
8. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne 15 Feb (...with their own fireplace page 86)
9. North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 20 Feb (a winter in Italy page 10)
10. The Ice Palace Tarjei Vesaas 1 Mar
11. The Door-to-Door Bookstore Carsten Henn 5 Mar (Page 74...wonderful book for Christmas)
12. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 13 March (page 33..the things laid out for tea...)
13. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman 15 Mar (page 5...built a snowman)
14. A Cat Café Christmas Codi Gary 19 Mar
15. Emily of New Moon L.M. Montgomery 22 Mar )pg. 31..those beads last Christmas-"
16. Six Feet of the Country Nadine Gordimer 30 Mar (pg. 55 ...after Christmas"
17. The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway 30 Mar (loc 928 "...keep a man all winter"
18. A Month in the Country J.L. Carr 31 Mar (pg. 26 ...out until Christmas")
19. The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution Marc Weingarten 31 Mar (pg. 38 "The Christmas season was...")
20. Great Circle Maggie Shipstead 11 Apr (pg. 636 "blowing snow" "ice creaks")
Wuthering Heights (list)
the in between book store (list)
into thin air (list)
84 charing (list)
is everyone hanging... (list)
they both die (list)
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
❄️ You can read a book from the goodreads list: Winter Book Lists (Must be on this list)
❄️ You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
❄️ You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-....... It has to be on this list.
❄️ You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
❄️ You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
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Only a bet for Christmas by Lisa F. Olsen ✓ 25/12/092.
Der Ostermann by Marc-Uwe Kling ✓ 26/01/283.
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid ✓ 26/02/144.
The Long Game by Rachel Reid ✓ 26/02/155.
Common Goal by Rachel Reid ✓ 26/03/016.
Role Model by Rachel Reid ✓ 26/03/037.
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Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 2: 41-74 books
Progress: 12/41
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
❄️ You can read a book from the goodreads list: Winter Book Lists (Must be on this list)
❄️ You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
❄️ You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.......... It has to be on this list.
❄️ You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
❄️ You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens On Winter Book List - 12/1/25
2. Marley by Jon Clinch On Winter Book List - 12/2/25
3. The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch On Winter Book List - 12/7/25
4. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon On Winter Book List - 12/9/25
5. Broken Harbor by Tana French On Winter Book List - 12/10/25
6. The Snow Child On Winter Book List - 12/15/25
7. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews MC is Ivy - 12/22/25
8. Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich On Winter Book List - 2/2/26
9. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bonte On Winter Book List - 2/2/26
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown On Winter Book List - 2/28/26
11. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton On Winter Book List - 3/23/26
12. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris On Winter Book List - 4/15/26
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Rules:
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Level 3: 75 or more books
Completed: 0/75
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For this challenge you need to read winter books.You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
❄️Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
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1.The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25
Winter in text, page 63 WINTER arrived with gloomy, gray clouds.
2.Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25
Winter in Text, page 209 The WINTERS were icy and snow filled.
3.The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Read 12/8/25
Winter in text-page 119 The next WINTER found waiting out the coldest months in the balmy warmth of Florida
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Read 12/9/25 Christmas scene with snow
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Read 12/12/25Christmas ornament on cover
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by Susan Mallery. Read 12/18/25 Snow and Christmas tree on cover7. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie. Read 12/24/25
Page 64 the woman who for fourteen years had only know the drab WINTERS of England.
8.Starfish by Lisa Fipps Read 1/6/26 page 167 How does anyone live in this COLD?
9.Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Read 1/9/26
Page 257. A late WINTER storm has caused backups all over the Northeast
10.The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves Read 1/12/26.
Page 100. Something about this WINTER garden suited his mood.
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by Richard Paul Evans Read 1/13/26 Snow on cover12. A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams Read 1/16/26
Page 229 The room sits in persistent WINTER darkness.
13.Clear My Name by Paula Daly Read 1/29/26
Page 84 Carrie and Mia pass a number of couple sitting on the benches, bundled up like them, against the COLD
14.The Mad Girls of New York by Maya Rodale Read 2/4/26
Page 159 Tell me Doctor? What happens in the dead of WINTER?
15.The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand Read 2/14/26
page 316 Tiffin has been blessed with a proper SNOW
16.The Book of Unknown Americans by
Cristina Henríquez Read 2/20/26
Page 224 I had been waiting for it to SNOW, not for me but for Maribel.
17.A Song For The Road by Kathleen M. Basi Read 2/23/26
page 375 ...a result of the glare off the SNOW that hadn't melted yet
18.Know My Name by Chanel Miller Read 3/4/26
page 285 I heard the swish, swish of him walking around in his SNOW pants.
19.The Road Home by Richard Paul Evans Read 3/5/26
page 42 Several years ago, on an especially cold winter night
20. Collision of Lies by Tom Threadgill. Read 3/9/26
Page 38-the COLD cuts right through you
21.The Favorites by Layne Fargo Read 3/18/26
Page 384 The ICE dance competetion started on Sunday evening.
22.The New Year's Party by Jenna Satterthwaite Read 3/21/26
page 58 Allie said, kicking one of the SNOW boots back inside.
23.The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore Reaad 3/21/26
page 248 they were probably building SNOW castles and eating raclette.
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Read 3/23/2625.Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston Read 3/26/26 COLD
Page 274 It's a COLD answer, especially since it's about my husband.
26. Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas. Read 4/3/26
Page 194 that WINTER Jenny develped a cough.
27.This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Read 4/6/26
Page 112 WINTER, Spring, Summer or Fall, Melinda said.
28.The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson Read 4/10/26
Page 40 There are little FROST lines on the window
29.One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London Read 4/12/26 page 317 it was freezing COLD in Ithaca
Winter BooksDecember 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
❄️ Level 1: 25-40 books ❄️
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I'll give this a try.Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Level 1: 25-40 books
Progress: 0/40
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Okay now winter has hit us I think it is time to curl up under a warm blanket and a warm beverage. So lets read our winter booksFor this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
❄️Level 1: 25-40 books❄️
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Completed For this challenge you need to read winter books.
Winter Books
Duration: 1st December 2025 - 30th November 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
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by B.J. Smythread 05/12 2. Sky's Guide To Falling In Love & Conjuring Magic by Sammi Cee08/12
Hot Chocolate Pg19 Well weird dreams call for my special HOT Chocolate winter word
3. Santas' Elf by Lacey Daize09/12 Elf Pg5 but it is a long time dressed as an ELF winter word
4. Shut Up and Jingle Me: MM Sports Romance by Kit Jade07/12 Tinsel Loc 1152 then at the explosion of TINSEL behind him winter word
5.Perfect Stormby Beth Bolden 05/12 Brutal Loc1794 Aiden levelled him with the most BRUTAL look winter word
6. The Silent Night Stalker by Courtney W. Dixon 05/12 Blanket Pg 109 His face blooms into a BLANKET of pink winter word
7. Hi-Voltage by Raz Fox 04/12 Cough Loc 147 He took a drag tried not to COUGH
8. The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully) by Michele Notaro listened 17/12 MC is named Winter
9. Scepters & Scrolls byS.R. Meadows 15/12 PG31 and if you made ACORN mush winter word
10. Dmitri's Darling: An M/M Christmas Daddy Romance by Anna Sparrows 17/12 Loc 386 I'm vaguely aware of his BOOTS and pants being toed off winter word
11. Sheldon by Michelle Dare 15/12 Loc 1022 The sheets and COMFORTER was askew on the bed winter word
12.His Mistletoe Omega by Raiven Matthews read 15/12 Loc 254 What the actual MISTLETOE winter word
13.Delayed Penalty by Brigham Vaughn 17/12 Loc1177You are supposed to play ICE HOCKEY. Not tonsil hockey winter word
14. Christmas at Evergreen Inn by R.B. Hanna 17/12 Pg1 The crisp December air in EVERGREEN winter word
15. Stalk Me In The Streets: A Dark MM Christmas Rom Com by M. Bonnet 18/12 PG 73 She wasn't allowed to work for the FAMILY business winter word
16. Fey Divinity by S. Rodman 20/12 Loc 2483 The summer SOLSTICE is our target winter word
17. Jingle Jingle Kill by C. Quince 20/12 Loc 906 a senior banker, wearing polished BROGUES winter word
18. Unwrap Himby Nyla K. 21/12 Pg182 BITING me and sucking my tongue winter word
19. The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch 23/12 He's BUNDLED UP his black peacock coat winter word
20. Brutal Crush: An MM College Hockey Bully Romance by Evan Barnes 23/12 Pg63 A single BARE bulb hangs from the ceiling winter word
21. The Jock Who Stole The Nerd’s Christmas: An MM College Hockey Bully Romance by Evan Barnes 23/12 Pg15 Oh hot COCOA and even sweet pie winter word
22.The Vampire's Kiss: Neon Moonlight, Book 1 by Rae Simmons 25/12 PG 194 it was DUSK but not to dark winter word
23. The Vampire's Mate by Rae Simmons 24/12 Loc 2237 admitting a particularly BITTER gust of wind winter word
24. The Vampire's Promise by Rae Simmons 26/12 loc 625 and took something from his COAT pocket winter word
25. Must Mean Something More
by Jae Williams 26/1226. Gorgeous Nightmare: A Neon Moonlight Novella by Rae Simmons 26/12 Pg63 He stood FROZEN in the middle of the kitchen winter word
27. Unexpectedly You by JoJo Stone 27/12 Loc 116 and pull my slim DUVET over my body winter word
28. Just a Little Joy by Kerry Kilpatrick 28/12 Pg 55 I think we have GLOVES somewhere in the back winter word
29. Fate of Blood: A dark paranormal MM romance by A J Church 30/12 Loc 3119 the guy has to be FREEZING without any clothes winter word
30 Blitz Replay: A Second Chance Football MM Romance by Christie Gordon 01/01 FLANNEL As I pulled on my FLANNEL jacket winter word
31. Top Shelf: A MM Hockey Romance by Declan Rhodes 08/01
Zamboni Loc 377 The sound from the Zamboni bay saved me winter word
32. Edged by Courtney W. Dixon 09/01 Fireplace Loc 1158 and directly towards the FIREPLACE winter word
33. Ring My Kettlebellby Lauren Kohout 10/01 Cinnamon Loc3723 You're my sweet CIMMANON roll winter word
34. Shut Up and Play by Kit Jade 16/01 loc 4991 Logan pulls his BEANIE winter word
35. What Lies Beneath by R.J. Scott 16/01 Pg 59 it would be like going DOWNHILL winter word
36. Icing the Play: A Friends to Lovers Hockey MM Romance byChristie Gordon 16/01 Loc 989 Playing football in this WEATHER winter word
37. Mighty The Fallen by Dianna Roman 13/01 Loc 525 send it to him for CHRISTMAS winter word
38. The Fallby Tal Bauer 22/01 Pg 165 enough to eat up the CANDLE glow
39 First WatchbyDeclan Rhodes 20/01 Loc 805 Vancouver's air was CRISP
40. The Shooting Season by Isobel Starling 17/01 Pg102 this CHILLY eve
could we get a better link for the https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi...Is it any list tagged winter or a specific list like
Winter reads
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
❄️ Level 1: 25-40 books ❄️
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December 2025 - November 2026
My Winter Books Challenge (msg 19)
Level 2 ❱❱ 41-74 books
Books Read ❱❱
Goodreads list
Best Seasonal Romance {Christmas, Winter}
🔲❄️A Wallflower Christmas
🔲❄️Dark Taste of Rapture
🔲❄️The Christmas Kite
🔲❄️Christmas Belles
🔲❄️A Cinderella Christmas Carol
Contemporary Christmas/Winter Romance
🔲❄️The Christmas Wedding Ring
Winter scene on the cover
☑️❄️All You Need is Love ❱❱ 02.19 ★★★★
🔲❄️The Backup Plan
🔲❄️Breakaway Hearts
🔲❄️Christmas Break
🔲❄️The Christmas Princess
🔲❄️Getting In the Mood
🔲❄️The Heart of Christmas
🔲❄️Heart of the Storm
☑️❄️A Highland Christmas ❱❱ 12.23 ★★★★
☑️❄️Mate ❱❱ 02.01 ★★★★
🔲❄️My Forever Home
☑️❄️My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories ❱❱ 12.29 ★★★★
☑️❄️The North Pole Prize ❱❱ 12.11 ★★★
🔲❄️Release
☑️❄️The Sleigh Bells Chalet ❱❱ 12.09 ★★★
🔲❄️Wild at Heart
Winter word in the text
☑️Christmas ❱❱ I’d make ends meet for Christmas. [loc 236.7]
❄️Sun God Seeks…Surrogate? ❱❱ 12.02 ★★★
☑️December ❱❱ six months after their court victory on December 20 [loc 622.3]
❄️Just Evil ❱❱ 12.17 ★★★★
☑️February ❱❱ It is the third of February, your grace, [loc 290.4]
❄️Undeniable Rogue ❱❱ 12.04 ★★★
☑️January ❱❱ the January night that Lee Ann Tanner left [loc 38.9]
❄️Rescue Team ❱❱ 12.07 ★★★★
☑️Blizzard ❱❱ If it weren’t for the blizzard, [loc 61.6]
❄️Lost in Shadows ❱❱ 02.11 ★★★★
🔲Boots ❱❱ barely-there outfit with high boots, [loc 378.0]
❄️Being Me
☑️Cold ❱❱ in the clear, cold light of dawn, [loc 235.4]
❄️Night Driving ❱❱ 12.10 ★★★★
☑️Cozy ❱❱ Gwen against the cozy wall of coats. [loc 31.0]
❄️A SEAL’s Sacrifice ❱❱ 12.06 ★★★
☑️Fireplace ❱❱ a mirror hanging above the fireplace [loc 94.1]
❄️An Introduction to Pleasure ❱❱ 12.12 ★★★
☑️Frost ❱❱ Cold dread hit her like a snap frost. [loc 64.0]
❄️Love to Go ❱❱ 12.20 ★★★★
☑️Holiday ❱❱ and visit over the holidays, [loc 268.2]
❄️Time of My Life ❱❱ 12.23 ★★★★
☑️Hot chocolate ❱❱ padded into the kitchen to prepare a hot chocolate. [loc 126.5]
❄️Sexy in Stilettos ❱❱ 12.30 ★★★
☑️Ice ❱❱ rocks that looked like chunks of ice. [loc 134.2]
❄️Tucker's Fall ❱❱ 12.20 ★★★★
☑️Igloo ❱❱ shirt over Katie’s head, creating a little igloo. [loc 207.9]
❄️Smoking Hot ❱❱ 02.08 ★★★
☑️Snowplow ❱❱ The snowplow hadn’t come through yet, [loc 51.6]
❄️A Tennessee Christmas ❱❱ 12.06 ★★★★
☑️Mittens ❱❱ a pair of sage green mittens [loc 15.4]
❄️All Wrapped Up in You ❱❱ 12.15 ★★★★
☑️Parka ❱❱ I do have a ski parka. [loc 170.2]
❄️A SEAL's Secret ❱❱ 12.06 ★★★
☑️Scarf ❱❱ A tall nurse with a colorful scarf around her head [loc 63.1]
❄️Out of the Blue ❱❱ 12.13 ★★★
☑️Ski ❱❱ she was on the ski team. [loc 156.4]
❄️A Partridge and a Pregnancy ❱❱ 12.26 ★★★★
🔲Sled ❱❱ That boy’s been asking for a sled for a good two years. [loc 146.5]
❄️Heather
☑️Snow ❱❱ The snow crunched under her trainers. [loc 171.5]
❄️Mistletoe Mafia ❱❱ 12.03 ★★★
☑️Snowball ❱❱ She bent down in the snow and began forming a snowball. [loc 232.0]
❄️Christmasly Obedient ❱❱ 12.27 ★★★
☑️Snowflake ❱❱ A white puppy with blue eyes she would name Snowflake. [loc 522.9]
❄️The Secret Fling ❱❱ 12.15 ★★★★
☑️Snowman ❱❱ you’d think he’d been asking a snowman to sunbathe, [loc 48.8]
❄️Sun-Kissed ❱❱ 12.29 ★★★★
☑️Winter Sports ❱❱ We’re showing winter sports equipment right now. [loc 62.9]
❄️Between a Jock and a Hard Place ❱❱ 12.25 ★★★
☑️Thermometer ❱❱ Maybe you were her thermometer. [loc 271.9]
❄️Devouring Darkness ❱❱ 02.03 ★★★★
☑️Winter Olympics ❱❱ There’s always a surge after the Winter Olympics. [loc 35.7]
❄️The Favorites ❱❱ 01.31 ★★★★
🔲Snowboarding ❱❱ Nope. Gonna be a snowboarding boy. [loc 130.1]
❄️Wicked Need
Wiinter in the title or series name
🔲❄️title ❱❱ A Rose in Winter
☑️❄️title ❱❱ Winter of the Wolf ❱❱ 03.21 ★★★★
Character or author whose first or last name is Winter
🔲❄️author Winter Austin ❱❱ Relentless
🔲❄️character Jack Winter ❱❱ Saving the CEO
🔲❄️character Damon Winter ❱❱ Storm Gathering
☑️❄️character Winter MacTavish ❱❱ The Seven Rings ❱❱ 03.20 ★★★★
Level 1: 25-40 books 12/1/2025-11/30/2026
1. Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick✅12/7/25
2. Never Lie by Freida McFadden✅12/5/25 "incredibly skilled at driving in the snow either..."location 252
3. Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite ✅12/11/25 "When I asked her to believe me, her eyes flashed cold as Arctic lightning." page 43
4. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson✅12/12/25 "It was December 28, not too cold outside, but still a little winter chill." page 280
5. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill✅12/12/25 "There would be no snow for them on the morrow, but Christmas day would at least wear a bright..." page 9
6. The Unseen Market by David McElroy✅12/14/25 "...typically leave room for other decorations and most usually a grand, cozy fireplace." page 49
7. The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese✅12/14/25
8. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ✅12/15/25 "...but he names professional snowboarders and skiers, and figure skaters in the same tone..." page 186
9.
by B.K. Borison✅12/21/2510, The Green Watch by David McElroy✅12/19/25 "....Killian put a cold hand on his shoulder." page 223
11, The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods✅12/19/25 "The name sent a cold rush down the back of Abby's neck." page 32
12. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi✅12/19/25 "...they stomped toward us the same way the cold wind stomped toward my face on the bus..."page 48
13.Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro✅ 12/25/25 "I thought maybe it was some poor creature dead in the frost but when I came up, I saw it was a colour magazine." Page 129
14.My Friends by Fredrik Backman✅1/1/26 "...it was covered with snow and the sun was already going down..."page 152
15.
by Samantha Silva✅1/6/2616. Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin✅1/12/26 "...Can vampires freeze to death? You're so cold already."page 233
17.Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard✅1/11/26 "...a piece of Yosolis's cold climes offered to her." page 69
18. Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson ✅2/10/26 "Much older, in fact, hair snow white and so thin it almost looked like it was floating above his uncovered head. location 3867
19. City of Smoke and Sea by Malia Márquez✅2/26/26 "I washed my face with cold water, dressed, forced down a few spoonfuls of plain yogurt." page 37
20. Silver Elite by Dani Francis ✅2/28/26 "...eyes are the color of coal, but the temperature of ice." page 87
21.Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab✅3/6/26 "It snowed sometime, during the day, just enough to coat..."
22.This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar✅3/9/26 "Strong cold wind gusts past her..."
23.Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop by Johan Kugelberg✅3/11/26 "So Caz picked the dark-skinned kid named Almighty KG." page 228
24.. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware✅3/20/26 "Snowflakes fell from a dark sky, their tranquility a sharp contrast to the scene below..." page 263
25.American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins✅3/6/26 "The fresh air is cold moving through their lungs..."page 322
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 2: 41-74 books
1/50 books
1. Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates 1/12/26 - winter in title
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 3: 75 or more books
Option 3: Find Winter Words
Completion 75/75
❄️Acorn | "What were the acorns for?" | Hooked | Emily McIntire | 01.18
❄️Alps | :...peaks of the Maritime Alps..." p. 345 | The Good Girl | Mary Kubica | 01.19
❄️Arctic | "Savannah's reply was virtually arctic" p. 219 | The Brothers Hawthorne | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 12.04
❄️Alpine | "Alpine region in view, ...." p. 65 | The First Crossing of Greenland | Fridtjof Nansen | 12.06
❄️Bitter | "..someone, dangerous, and bitter with a grudge..." p. 56 | The Final Gambit | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 12.02
❄️Blizzard | "An uncle froze to death when he was caught in a blizzard...." p. 1424 | Let Him Go | Larry Watson | 12.03
❄️Bonfire | "..invited Ali to a bonfire party, ..." p. 162 | Flawless | Sara Shepard | 01.01
❄️Booties | "I assume you'll start knitting booties." p. 356 | The Women | Kristin Hannah | 01.01
❄️Brutal | "..by the rise and brutal fall of Lula..? p. 68 | The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 12.01
❄️Bitter cold | "The gloves do little to stunt the bitter cold..." p. 165 | The Girls in the Cabin | Caleb Stephens | 01.02
❄️Blanket | "He draped a thick blanket across our laps..." p. 20 | Slay Bells Ring | Mona Marple | 12.02
❄️Boots | "My boots seem all right." p. 124 | The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan | 12.02
❄️Bare | "I run into the basement, my bare feet stomping...." p. 105 | The Webs You Weave | Shade Owens | 12.29
❄️Biting | "...., biting my collarbone ...." P. 164 | A Love Letter to Whiskey | Kandi Steiner | 12.29
❄️Christmas | "Early on Christmas morning" p. 8 | Twice on Christmas | McGarvey Black | 12.05
❄️Cinnamon | "..., surprised to smell cinnamon..." p. 138 | The Mother-in-Law | Kiersten Modglin | 12.07
❄️Coat | "...and a shapeless black wool coat hid .." p. 63 |The Butcher | Jennifer Hillier | 01.07
❄️Cocoa | "...was smeared with cocoa-coloured splodges..." p. 158 | The Mother at Number 5 | Jill Childs | 01.19
❄️Cough | "..., but I cough, .. " p. 251 | A Killing Cold | Kate Alice Marshall | 01.21
❄️Cold | "She was slightly cold..." p. 61 | Seducing Cinderella | Gina L. Maxwell | 12.09
❄️Crisp | ",...the one that revealed all that crisp dark chest..." p. 215 | She Went All the Way | Meg Cabot | 01.16
❄️Crystal | ".., crystal-cold stars,..." p. 44 | A Dowry of Blood | S.T. Gibson | 01.17
❄️Chilly | "It's chilly, ..." p. 54 | A Little Getaway | Bonnie Traymore | 01.17
❄️Curling "..crossbows and curling irons..." p. 181 | Only the Good Spy Young | Ally Carter | 01.08
❄️Candle "..., a new candle is not why I'm here." | Resting Scrooge Face | Meghan Quinn | 01.08
❄️Dark | "It's too dark outside... P. 20 | Woman Down | Colleen Hoover | 01.15
❄️Downhill |".., the drivers made haste downhill toward..." Loc. 635 | Amid Clouds and Bones | Ella Fields | 01.21
❄️Drift | "....getting herself stuck in a six-foot snow drift!" p. 236 | A Christmas Kiss | Eliza J. Scott | 12.16
❄️Dusk | ".., the rays of dusk..." p. 129 | The New Girl | Alison Stockham | 01.18
❄️Depressing | "..., it was so depressing." p. 71 | Not Our Daughter | Chad Zunker | 01.21
❄️Drafty | "That house of yours is too drafty in the winter." p. 42 | That One Night | Brenda Novak | 01.16
❄️ Eggnog | "They've all been hitting the eggnog pretty hard..." p. 111 | 10 Blind Dates | Ashley Elston | 12.16
❄️Ember | ".., his eyes like burning embers." p. 58 | The Veiled Kingdom | Holly Renee | 01.27
❄️Exhale | "I exhale, .." p. 201 | You Must Be New Here | Katie Sise | 01.17
❄️Family | "I knew that if I didn't uncover the secrets this family was hiding." | Welcome to the Family | Cathryn Grant | 12.07
❄️Festive | "We will be as festive as possible..." p. 62 | Evidence of the Affair | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 12.19
❄️Freezing |" ...,freezing when he saw who it was." p. 78 | The Fix | Mia Sheridan | 01.18
❄️Fireplace | "Claire stared at the Rothko over the fireplace." p. 158 | Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter | 01.15
❄️Fog | "...around us like a heavy fog." p. 10 | The Hunted Heir | Holly Renee | 01.27
❄️Freeze | "I freeze for a moment,..." p. 47 | Dear Debbie | Freida McFadden | 01.27
❄️Frigid | "... but she had a frigid wall up." p. 119 | Innocence Taken | Victoria M. Patton | 01.28
❄️Frozen | "He was frozen." p. 191 | Two Nights in Lisbon | Chris Pavone | 01.28
❄️Hat | "..., while a woman walked by wearing a big foam hat shaped...." p. 2 | Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover | Ally Carter | 12.08
❄️Holiday "..to the spirit of the holiday that so much care..." p. 106 | Winterset Hollow | Jonathan Edward Durham | 12.21
❄️Ice "...emptying a bucket of ice into the cooler." p. 85 | The Housewarming | Kristin Offiler | 12.20
❄️Ice skating | "...,the vintage TV with the rotating ice-skating rink inside..." p. 9 | Oh. What. Fun. | Chandler Baker | 12.08
❄️Icy | "Nah. It's not icy." p. 76 | Pardon My French Press | J.P. Sterling | 01.29
❄️Insulation | "..., the protective insulation, ..." p. 437 | The Girls Are Gone: | Michael Brodkorb | 01.29
❄️Jacket | "He threw his jacket on a chair." p. 97 | Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward | 01.28
❄️January | "A cold January morning, ...." p. 137 | The Truth About Melody Browne | Lisa Jewell | 12.09
❄️Knit | "The clans were far less tightly knit than he believed." p. 192 | The Gathering Storm | Robert Jordan | 12.10
❄️Layer | " You're safer with two layers." p. 108 | Well Played | Vi Keeland | 12.10
❄️Mug "..because inside is a coffee mug." p. 415 | Crashed | K. Bromberg | 12.20
❄️Numb | "I'm numb when the car arrives...." p. 241 | The Baby I Stole | McGarvey Black | 12.06
❄️Oven "...., into the oven --because ...." p. 49 | The Christmas Pact | Vi Keeland | 12.20
❄️ Pine | "A small table made of polished dark pine was by a window..." p. 102 | The Christmas Inn | Pamela M. Kelley | 12.18
❄️Puffy | " They aren't teary or red-rimmed or puffy" p. 292 | Still | Kennedy Ryan | 12.05
❄️Scarf | "I grab a beanie and scarf from one of my drawers" p. 343 | Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan | 12.05
❄️Socks "...in socks, heading downstairs." p. 6 | Abscond | Abraham Verghese | 12.19
❄️Shiver |" A shiver raced down my spine." p. 131 | The Pucking Wrong Number | C.R. Jane | 12.30
❄️Snug ""Michelle was wearing snug white jeans and ...." p. 163 | Blackberry Pie Murder | Joanne Fluke | 12.30
❄️Storm | "..., like the still before a storm." p. 176 | Scholarship Girl | Kat Cotton | 01.31
❄️Soup | "....for a pot of chicken soup..." p. 183 | Please Don't Lie | Christina Baker Kline | 01.21
❄️Temperatures | "...with intermittent heat and freezing temperatures." p. 38 | Eerie Basin | Ivy Pochoda | 12.31
❄️Thermal | "...gray over a thermal long-john shirt" p. 81 | Rock Chick | Kristen Ashley | 01.31
❄️Tea | "...,they had lit tea candles..." p. 20 | What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire | Daniel Bergner | 01.22
❄️ Vest "...realise her son was out there in only a vest top." p. 216 | Nobody Saw Him | Liz Lawler | 12.19
❄️ Vanilla | "....cake topped with vanilla buttercream..." p.232 | Will There Be Wine? | Whitney Cubbison | 01.07
❄️Ventilation | "There's no ventilation, no..." p. 184 | The Watcher Girl | Minka Kent | 01.23
❄️Winter | "It can be bleak in winter." p. 43 | The Last Train from Paris | Juliet Greenwood | 01.07
❄️ Wool |"...had crammed it full of cotton wool." p. 310| The Briar Club | Kate Quinn | 01.05
❄️Wind "..listen to the wind." p. 22 | The Kill Clause | Lisa Unger | 12.20
❄️ Warmth |" ... welcome warmth spreading down her throat, and examined the people around her." p. 264 | All Her Fault | Andrea Mara | 12.19
❄️Weather |"This kind of wintry weather that feels heavy and claustrophobic.." p. 142 | My Husband Next Door | K.L. Slater | 01.06
❄️Zamboni | "...keeping the zamboni from clearing..." p. 12 | Unsteady | Peyton Corinne | 01.23
For this challenge you need to read winter books.You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
22/25-40
1-
Stacy Green 12.02.25 5 stars Ice on cover2- A Hex for Danger Esme Addison 12.06.25 4 stars COZY loc 476 ...thyme wafted around the cozy dining area...
3- After Annie Anna Quindlen 3.5 stars BLANKET p 38 ...to pull that shoddy quilted satin blanket over the both of them...
4- Peppermint Bark, No Bite Bailey Seaborn 12.09.25 3.5 stars CHRISTMAS loc 37 Three Weeks Until Christmas
5- No Paw to Stand On Laurie Cass 12.13.25 5 stars COLD p 4 Damp cold pierced our bones...
6-
M.L. Rowland 12.14.25 3 stars Snow and ice7-
Jenny Bayliss 12.20.25 5 stars Winter Solstice celebration8- There'll Be Shell to Pay Molly MacRae 12.22.25 4 stars ICE loc 450 Tate ignored the ice...
9-
Amanda Flower 12.27.25 5 stars Christmas tree10- Aunt Bessie Assumes Diana Xarissa 12.27.25 3.5 stars BOOTS p 1 ...and a pair of Wellinton boots...
11-
B.K. Borison 12.30.25 5 stars Snowflakes, Poinsettias12- Framed in Death J.D. Robb 01.01.26 5 stars FIREPLACE p 89 Candles on the mantle of the restored fireplace...
13- Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez 01.25.26 5 stars SCARF p 217 ...wearing a sweater with a scarf...
14- The Tattered Cover Ellery Adams 01.03.26 5 stars HOT CHOCOLATE p 8 They drank hot chocolate...
15- Dances Naked Dani Haviland 01.08.26 3 stars FOG p 216 ...the fog of indecision...
16- Her Last Tear Stacy Green 01.13.26 5 stars SNOW p 88 ...like plowing so the snow doesn't pile up...
17- Dachshund Immortal: Yeah, so there's this dog Ben Revermann 01.16.26 3 stars FROST p 48 ...the grass had frost on it.
18- Second Nature Diana Xarissa 01.18.26 3 stars SNOWMAN p 5 ...and the snowman building...
19- Baby Stetson Nikki Lynn Barrett 01.20.26 3 stars BITTER p 134 Less bitter.
20- Book 'Em, Eddie Laurie Cass 01.25.26 5 stars DECEMBER p 75 We have to go between December first and mid-September.
21- Dead Post Society Diane Kelly 01.25.26 5 stars FAMILY p 1 The entire family was gathered there.
22- Homecoming Marie Force 01.29.26 4 stars SOUP p 15 ...holding a bowl of soup...
FINISHED! WINTER BOOKS Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026 (01/24/25)
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Level 3: 75 or more books
78/75
FROM GR’s LIST -
WINTER SCENE ON COVER (including winter holiday decorations) - 14
1.
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 12/07/252.
Love You a Latke Amanda Elliot 12/07/253.
One Night, Two Holidays Ali Brady 12/08/254.
Snow Kissed (Shelter Springs 3) RaeAnne Thayne 12/11/255.
Mr. Charming (The Nest 4) Piper Rayne12/15/256.
The Bark Before Christmas (Melanie Travis 18) Laurien Berenson 12/16/257.
A Christmas Howl (Melanie Travis Prequel Novella 18.5) Laurien Berenson 12/16/258.
Yours for the Season Uzma Jalaluddin 12/17/259.
Murder at a Scottish Christmas (Scottish Shire Mystery 6) Traci Hall12/19/2510.
The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid 2.5) Nita Prose 12/19/2511.
Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime (Diana Flowers Floriculture Mysteries 3) Ruby Loren 12/21/2512.
Second Nature (A Later in Life Love Story 6) Diana Xarissa01/02/2613.
Winter (Seasonal 2) Ali Smith 01/09/26 14.
Here Comes Santa Paws (Melanie Travis 24) Laurien Berenson 01/11/26WINTER WORD IN TEXT - 61 (No repeats)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
1. BARE - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler’s Passport 1) John Scalzi (p. 22 “. . . does the bare minimum . . .”) 12/16/25
2. BEEF STEW - The Bernhard File (Aunt Bessie Cold Case 2) Diana Xarissa (p. 141 “. . . Bessie took a bit of her beef stew . . .”) 01/05/26
3. BITING - Bite Club (Melanie Travis 22) Laurien Berenson (p. 216 “. . . I was biting my lip . . .”) 01/07/26
4. BITTER - The Little Black Book Killer (The Village Detectives 3) Fiona Walker (p. 56 “. . . Bitter experience had taught Phoebe . . .”) 01/04/25
5. BLANKET - Death on the Green (Dublin Driver Mysteries 2) Catie Murphy (p. 14 “. . . he huddled under the blanket . . .”) 12/09/25
6. BONFIRE - Ruff Justice (Melanie Travis 22) Laurien Berenson (p. 185 “. . .’I built a huge bonfire. . .’”) 01/05/26
7. BLIZZARD - Chasing the Light Jesse Blackadder (p. 240 “. . . ‘Likely to be a blizzard coming.’”) 01/08/26
8. BOOTS - Left Fur Dead (Jules and Bun 1) J.M. Griffin (p. 82 “. . . I’ve never known a woman to wear boots that big . . .”) 12/03/25
9. BROGUES - Murder at a Scottish Castle (Scottish Shire Mystery 5) Traci Hall (p. 17 “. . . laced his pipes at his shiny black brogues.”) 12/17/25
10. CARDIGAN - Separation Anxiety Laura Zigman (p. 65 “. . . their cardigan sweaters and light jackets . . .”) 12/20/25
11. CHRISTMAS - The Quinton Case (The Markham Sisters Mystery 17) Diana Xarissa (p. 8 “. . .’ we’ll have a guest at Christmas . . .’”) 01/22/26
12. COAT - Death in Irish Accents (Dublin Driver Mysteries 4) Catie Murphy (p. 7 “. . . in a camel-colored trench coat . . .”) 01/09/26
13. COCOA - Wreck Catherine Newman (p. 51 “. . .’Is cacko just cocoa?’”) 01/07/26
14. COLD - Aunt Bessie Tries (Isle of Man 20) Diana Xarissa (p. 47 “. . . suffering from a bad cold . . .”) 12/23/25
15. COUGH - Homegoing Yaa Gyasi (p. 118 “. . . her cough their only welcome from her . . .”) 12/12/25
16. CRISP - The Art of Murder (Village Detectives 1) Fiona Walker (p. 101 “. . . close up of a dropped crisp packet . . .”) 12/23/25
17. CRYSTAL(S) - Zenn Diagram Wendy Brant (p. 29 “. . . like ice crystals or the spiral of a seashell.”) 12/21/25
18. CURLING - Murder at the Scottish Games (Scottish Shire Mystery 7) Traci Hall (@45% “. . . Joseph dropped one of the curling stones . . .”) 01/16/26
19. DARK - A Cornish Seaside Murder (Nosey Parker Mystery 6) Fiona Leitch (p. 57 “. . . you fell overboard in the dark . . .”) 12/02/25
Part Two 20. DEPRESSING - Murder at the Puppy Fest (Melanie Travis 20) Laurien Berenson (p. 134 “. . . ‘That’s just depressing . . .’”) 01/03/26
21. DRAFTY - The Secret Life of Sunflowers Marta Molnar (p. 248 “. . .‘complaining about her drafty windows . . .’”) 01/22/26
22. DRIFT - Beyond the Wand: The Magic & Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard Tom Felton (p. 132 “. . . if you get my drift . . .”) 01/01/25
23. ELF - The Love Plot Samantha Young (p. 100 “. . .’Sounds like he had an elf fetish.’”) 12/14/25
24. EXHALE - Twice Mitch Albom (p. 123 “. . . and an exhale from me . . .”) 01/03/26
25. FESTIVE - In Pieces Sally Field (p. 324 of 600) (“. . . make a festive chrysanthemum and bird of paradise arrangement . . .”) 01/10/26
26. FAMILY - The Cornish Campsite Murder (Nosey Parker Mystery 7) Fiona Leitch(p. 22 “. . . a fair smattering of family groups . . .”) 12/05/25
27. FIREPLACE - Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser (p. 170 “. . fireplace with tall mirror above it . . .”) 12/01/25
28. FLANNEL - Frustrated in Massachusetts (Midlife Crisis Mystery 6) Diana Xarissa (p. 198 “. . . wearing jeans and flannel shirt . . .”) 01/12/26
29. FLURRY (flurries) - The Red Pony John Steinbeck (p. 127 - in an anthology “. . . that in the flurry of bucking . . .”) 12/16/25
30. FOG - Seascraper Benjamin Wood (p. 101 “. . .Bright lights penetrate the fog . . .”) 12/08/25
31. FREEZING - All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries 1) Martha Wells (@70% “. . . freezing because my temperature controls had given out. . .”) 12/22/26
32. FROZEN - Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston (p. 136 “. . . as of he had frozen to his seat . . .”) 12/15/25
33. FUR COAT - From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley (p. 212 “. . . full-length gown and faux fur coat . . .”) 01/26/26
34. FURNACE - Handmade Holiday Homicide (Kiki Lowenstein 10) Joanna Campbell Slan (@28% “. . . like a hot furnace . . .”) 01/19/26
35. GLOVES - Julia Song Is Undateable Susan Lee (p. 127 “. . . rubber gloves on . . .”) 01/11/26
36. HAIL (hailed) - Slow Time Between the Stars (Far Reaches 6) John Scalzi (p. 20 “. . . planet from which I had hailed. . .”) 01/24/26
37. HAT - Number the Stars Lois Lowry (p. 130 “. . . And a hat, to hide his red hair.”) 12/22/23
38. HOLIDAY - Show Me the Bunny (Melanie Travis 28) Laurien Berenson (p. 9 “. . . devote my school holidays to hiding someone else’s Easter eggs . . .”) 01/15/26
39. WARMTH - Home Toni Morrison (p. 111 “. . . None of the early warmth of death.” 12/26/25
40. HOT CHOCOLATE - The Paris Bookseller Kerri Maher (p. 19 “. . .’to sample the finest hot chocolate in Paris.‘“) 01/17/26
41. INCLEMENT - XOXO (Roosevelt College 1) Christina Lee (p. 13 “. . . to help students traverse the campus in inclement weather.”) 12/23/25
42. JACKET - The Poison Pen Letters (Village Detectives 2) Fiona Walker (p. 167 “. . . a leather biker’s jacket . . .”) 12/28/25
43. JANUARY - The Puma Years Laura Coleman (p. 131 “. . . my birthday, the end of January . . .”) 12/10/25
44. KNIT - Live and Let Growl (Melanie Travis 19) Laurien Berenson (p. 61 “. . . and knit an argyle sweater. . .”) 01/02/26
45. KNITWEAR - Wagging through the Snow (Melanie Travis 21) Laurien Berenson (p. 17 “. . . That little dog was obsessed by knitwear.”) 1/04/26
46. LAYER - Kihei Kidnapping (Charlotte Gibson Mystery 12) Jasmine Webb (p. 151 “. . . there’s a whole other layer of administrative bull . . .”) 01/19/26
47. MISTLETOE - Die, Die, Birdie (Kiki Lowenstein 19) Joanna Campbell Slan (@4% “. . . Mistletoe was a gift to me . . .) 01/18/26
48. MUG - The Body in the Annex (Sunset Lodge 1) Diana Xarissa (p. 84 “. . . a smile behind her coffee mug . . .”) 01/20/26
49. MULLED WINE - Scrappy Little Nobody Anna Kendrick (p. 232 . . . mulled wine, or eggnog with spiced rum.”) 12/05/25
50. NUMB - Flesh David Szalay (p. 94 “. . . The hand already feels numb.”) 12/25/25
51. SCARF - Junie Erin Crosby Eckstine (p. 6 “. . . she’d lose her scarf on the one branch . . .”) 12/04/25
52. SHIVER - Death of an Irish Mummy (Dublin Driver Mystery 3) Catie Murphy (p. 251 “. . . and a shiver went down Megan’s spine . . .”) 12/13/25
53. SNOW - The Sleep Tight Motel (The Dark Corners Collection 2) Lisa Unger (p. 27 “. . . and once the snow comes . . .”) 12/28/25
54. SOUP - Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (Far Reaches 5) Nnedi Okorafor (p. 38 “. . . several bowls of corn soup . . .”) 12/14/25
55. UMBRELLA - Audition Katie Kitamura (p. 14 “. . . he carried an umbrella . . .”) 12/12/25
56. UNDERWEAR - Love Me Tomorrow Emiko Jean (p. 11 “. . . my love story began with a set of full-back underwear . . .”) 01/06/26
57. VACATION - Death of a Wedding Cake Baker (Haley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery 11) Lee Hollis (p. 81 “. . . about her upcoming vacation to Bali . . .”) 01/20/26
58. VANILLA - Lemon Pies and Little White Lies (A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery 4) Ellery Adams (p. 179 “. . . a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream . . .”) 01/17/26
59. WHITE - Making Space (The Time Traveller’s Passport 2) R.F. Kuang (p. 23 “. . . Nina is white . . .”) 12/28/25
60. WIND - The Evans File (Aunt Bessie Cold Case Mystery 5) Diana Xarissa (p. 2 “. . . a cold wind blew past me.”) 12/06/25
61. WOOL - Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat Mystery 1) Ellery Adams (p. 219 “a wool blanket . . .”) 01/25/26
AUTHOR OR CHARACTER NAMED WINTER (first or last name) - 3
1. Abe & Ruth Winter (characters) The Heart of Winter Jonathan Evison 12/19/25
2. Jeanette Winterson (author) - Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles 12/20/25
3. Anastasia Winters (main character) - Newly Wed and Slightly Dead (A Touch of Magic Mystery 1) Danielle Garrett 01/14/26
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Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
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Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Rules:
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
Level 3: 75 or more books
Completed: 43/75
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
1) In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren read 1/27/26 #28 of Christmas Romantic Comedy Chick Lit
2) The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans read 2/7/26 Winter Reads list #86
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover
1. Elves, Evergreens, & Evidence by Tonya Kappes read 12/6/2025
2. It's a Wonderful Woof by Spencer Quinn read 12/8/2025
3. Action in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell read 12/24/2025
4. Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod read 1/19/26
5. Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn read 1/29/26
6. Christmas at the Gingerbread Café by Rebecca Raisin read 1/29/26
7. Christmas Wedding at the Gingerbread Café by Rebecca Raisin read 1/29/26
8. Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber read 2/1/26
9. It's a Christmas Thing by Janet Dailey read 2/4/26
10. Holding Out for Christmas by Janet Dailey read 2/4/26
11. Santa's Sweetheart by Janet Dailey read 2/14/26
12. Somebody like Santa by Janet Dailey read 2/16/26
13. A Fool and His Honey by Charlaine Harris read 2/20/26
14. The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane by Jaimie Admans read 2/23/26
15. Murder Checks Out by Victoria Gilbert read 3/12/26
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1. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell read 2/7/26
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
1. The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James read 12/5/2025 Ellie Winter
2. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters read 4/7/2026
3. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli read 4/10/2026 Rune Winters
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
1. If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura read 12/18/2025 (view spoiler)
2. Bonfires, Backpacks, & Brawls by Tonya Kappes read 12/12/2025 The crackling logs and flickering flames location 363 logs
3. Fireworks, Freedom, & Felonies by Tonya Kappes read 12/12/2025 There lay Marla, sprawled on the ground, her knitting needles protruding grotesquely from her neck loc 263 knit
4. A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor read 12/20/2025 Page 9 "it was after a week of Bitter-cold weather"
5. Conflict in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell read 12/20/2025 Page 12 "Cassie took a sip of tea and glanced away"-Tea
6. Zoo Station by David Downing read 12/21/2025 page12 "shopkeepers clearing the night's snow off their patches of sidewalk."
7. Columbine by Dave Cullen read 12/21/2025 at 12 Hours chapter 48 "It was cold up there still snow on the ground"
8. Crosstalk by Connie Willis read 12/23/2025 loc 335 Nobody would ever know, it's so cold down there.
9. Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier read 12/26/2025 In the Prologue "…and it was too cold for the beggars who slept on park benches with nothing but newspaper over them."
10. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult read 12/28/2025 Page 97 "I doze off as the sun comes up, and wake to the first frost of the winter"
11. Origin by Dan Brown read 1/1/26 Page 8 "…the cold mountain air whipped at the bishop's cassock."
12. Vengeance in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell read 1/1/26 Page 96 "She realized she was stretched out on the couch with a blanket tucked around her."
13. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides read 1/3/26 Page 119 "And now the mansions along the lake are lit with Christmas lights."
14. From Cradle to Grave by Rhys Bowen read 1/3/26 Page 79 "If a postman cant walk through a foot of snow, what good is he?"
15. Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks read 1/4/26 Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks read 1/4/26 Page 102 "…she went to the closet and retrieved an extra blanket instead."
16. An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters read 1/4/26 Page 214 Water swirled in the bottom of the boat, cold and sluggish…"
17. Pampered to Death by Laura Levine read 1/4/26 Page 154 "she slapped on some exfoliating gloves and began sawing away at my limbs…:
18. Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine read 1/5/26 Page 167 "A chill ran down my spine."
19. Killing Cupid by Laura Levine read 1/5/26 Page 44 ""…and put on a red merino wool tunic…"
20. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor by Anne Edwards read 1/8/26 Page 200 No sooner had they arrived than winds in that city reached blizzard velocity, and he caught a chill…"
21. The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley read 1/8/26 Page 38 " Heavy snow fell across London in January and February of 1615"
22. Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb read 1/8/26 Page 198 "Eve grabbed the blanket off her sleep chair, tossed it over the board."
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Genevieve wrote: "Okay for those questioning what is meant it can be from any of the lists from Listopia https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi..."Thanks! I asked because when I clicked the link from the Copy/pasted link it brought me to a page with only two lists that didn't make any sense for the challenge. And I didn't want to assume it was Just one specific list. 😁
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Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
❄️ You can read a book from the goodreads list: Winter Book Lists (Must be on this list)
❄️ You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
❄️ You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-....... It has to be on this list.
❄️ You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
❄️ You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
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Winter BooksDecember 01, 2025 - November 30, 2026
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December 01, 2025 - November 30, 2026
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Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list. https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi...
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover.
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on one of these lists. Tell us which one.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Winter BooksDuration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
💙You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
💙You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #)
❄️Role Model-Rachel Reid, 1/2/26 -- pg.30, even in the dead of winter in Ottawa.
❄️The Long Game-Rachel Reid, 1/8/26 -- pg.22, save the booing for the winter
❄️Hearts We Claim-Christina Berry, 1/20/26 -- pg.34, while cuddled under a blanket on a cold winter night.
💙You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
💙You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Genevieve wrote: "Welcome Meg"Thanks! I have a question, pls: are "Christmas", "poinsettia", "mistletoe", and "snow" considered winter words? I thought I'd better ask.
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Thanks! I have a question, pls: are "Christmas", "poinsettia", "mistletoe", and "snow" considered winter words? I thought I'd better ask."
It has to be on one of these lists https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-...
So snow and mistletoe yes poinsetta no
Thanks, Genevieve. My virus checker is blocking that site so I'll try to feel my way through the challenge.
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Ask if you need to and I can look it up.
COMPLETED 01.20.26Winter Books: 30/25+
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
❄️ Level 1: 25-40 books ❄️
❄️ 1. Romancing Christmas | Kate Aster | 12.03.25 | winter word – p. 94: I feel a little shiver overtake me, and it’s not from the cold.
❄️ 2. Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies | Laura Thompson | 12.04.25 | winter word – p. 105: At Christmas 1826 he sent Ellen a book, with his portrait drawn on the flyleaf and a love poem inscribed beneath.
❄️ 3. Good Spirits | B.K. Borison | 12.04.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 4. Behind Every Good Man | Sara Goodman Confino winter word – p. 303: The doctor explained that the cold air shocks your system and stops the coughing.
❄️ 5. Wild, Beautiful, and Free | Sophfronia Scott | 12.06.25 | winter word – p. 60: By that December , though, Fanny was with child and so sick I couldn’t think of leaving her.
❄️ 6. Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future | Neil Shubin | 12.07.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 7. Grace of the Empire State | Gemma Tizzard | 12.10.25 | winter word – p. 2: She took another step, the wind whistling around her…
❄️ 8. Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service | Gary Sinise | 12.11.25 | winter word – p. 3: One dark night, a squall comes up, a real act of God.
❄️ 9. All the Colors of the Dark | Chris Whitaker | 12.12.25 | winter word – p. 116: “We’re on the ice and there’s so many stars that we can’t help but look up.”
❄️ 10. Dungeon Crawler Carl | Matt Dinniman | 12.14.25 | winter word – p. 93: You know, like socks . But hundreds of them.
❄️ 11. Christmas at the Ranch | Julia McKay | 12.17.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 12. Flopping in a Winter Wonderland | Jason June | 12.18.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 13. My Imaginary Mary | Cynthia Hand | 12.18.25 | winter word – p. 261: “Can’t you read?” said a chilly voice on the other side.
❄️ 14. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking | T. Kingfisher | 12.21.25 | winter word – p. 81: She rooted around in the nest on Nag’s back and dropped a blanket across my shoulders.
❄️ 15. Let It Snow | John Green | 12.24.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 16. Better Than Friends | Jill Shalvis | 12.25.25 | winter scene on cover
❄️ 17. Life’s Too Short | Abby Jimenez | 12.25.25 | winter word – p. 272: It looked like the kind of house that smelled like cinnamon inside.
❄️ 18. Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality | Frank Wilczek | 12.31.25 | winter word – p. 163: Yet matter, according to the big bang theory, started in thermal equilibrium.
❄️ 19. The Truth About Love and Dukes | Laura Lee Guhrke | 01.01.26 | winter word – loc. 1315: The words ended in a wail, as Clara gestured to her brown wool skirt.
❄️ 20. The Accidental Favorite | Fran Littlewood | 01.02.26 | winter word – p. 209: …and there’ll be the perfume up Eva’s nose that smells like vanilla ice cream as she puts her back into bed.
❄️ 21. The Adults | Caroline Hulse | 01.03.26 | winter word – p. 97: …a two-foot-high electronic Christmas tree smiled with its tinsel face as it did a jaunty dance…
❄️ 22. Bloom | Delilah S. Dawson | 01.06.26 | winter word – p. 94: She’s a professor; her students cough on her constantly…
❄️ 23. Disappoint Me | Nicola Dinan | 01.09.26 | winter word – p. 10: I want to numb my despair.
❄️ 24. Hang the Moon | Alexandria Bellefleur | 01.09.26 | winter word – p. 237: …before he even entertained the idea of putting on socks and shoes.
❄️ 25. Leaving Lucy Pear | Anna Solomon | 01.10.26 | winter word – p. 76: Ira watched a fishing boat trudge into the harbor…
❄️ 26. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them | Neil Bradbury | 01.12.26 | winter word – p. 163: …and a colorless vapor that was almost undetectable…
❄️ 27. All Fours | Miranda July | 01.16.26 | winter word – p. 250: …I cleaned the lions and put them in front of the fireplace .
❄️ 28. Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine | Sarah Lohman | 01.17.26 | winter word – p. 121: …and handed me a cold mug of lychee-flavored fruit vinegar drink.
❄️ 29. King of Ashes | S.A. Cosby | 01.19.26 | winter word – p. 195: Why should the streets escape its brutal embrace?
❄️ 30. Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk | Faiz Siddiqui | 01.20.26 | winter word – p. 108: But his most biting criticism was reserved for another apparent oversight…
Completed Winter Books
Duration: 1st December 2025 - 30th November 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
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Hot Chocolate Pg19 Well weird dreams call for my special HOT Chocolate winter word
3. Santas' Elf by Lacey Daize09/12 Elf Pg5 but it is a long time dressed as an ELF winter word
4. Shut Up and Jingle Me: MM Sports Romance by Kit Jade07/12 Tinsel Loc 1152 then at the explosion of TINSEL behind him winter word
5.Perfect Stormby Beth Bolden 05/12 Brutal Loc1794 Aiden levelled him with the most BRUTAL look winter word
6. The Silent Night Stalker by Courtney W. Dixon 05/12 Blanket Pg 109 His face blooms into a BLANKET of pink winter word
7. Hi-Voltage by Raz Fox 04/12 Cough Loc 147 He took a drag tried not to COUGH
8. The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down (Hopefully) by Michele Notaro listened 17/12 MC is named Winter
9. Scepters & Scrolls byS.R. Meadows 15/12 PG31 and if you made ACORN mush winter word
10. Dmitri's Darling: An M/M Christmas Daddy Romance by Anna Sparrows 17/12 Loc 386 I'm vaguely aware of his BOOTS and pants being toed off winter word
11. Sheldon by Michelle Dare 15/12 Loc 1022 The sheets and COMFORTER was askew on the bed winter word
12.His Mistletoe Omega by Raiven Matthews read 15/12 Loc 254 What the actual MISTLETOE winter word
13.Delayed Penalty by Brigham Vaughn 17/12 Loc1177You are supposed to play ICE HOCKEY. Not tonsil hockey winter word
14. Christmas at Evergreen Inn by R.B. Hanna 17/12 Pg1 The crisp December air in EVERGREEN winter word
15. Stalk Me In The Streets: A Dark MM Christmas Rom Com by M. Bonnet 18/12 PG 73 She wasn't allowed to work for the FAMILY business winter word
16. Fey Divinity by S. Rodman 20/12 Loc 2483 The summer SOLSTICE is our target winter word
17. Jingle Jingle Kill by C. Quince 20/12 Loc 906 a senior banker, wearing polished BROGUES winter word
18. Unwrap Himby Nyla K. 21/12 Pg182 BITING me and sucking my tongue winter word
19. The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch 23/12 He's BUNDLED UP his black peacock coat winter word
20. Brutal Crush: An MM College Hockey Bully Romance by Evan Barnes 23/12 Pg63 A single BARE bulb hangs from the ceiling winter word
21. The Jock Who Stole The Nerd’s Christmas: An MM College Hockey Bully Romance by Evan Barnes 23/12 Pg15 Oh hot COCOA and even sweet pie winter word
22.The Vampire's Kiss: Neon Moonlight, Book 1 by Rae Simmons 25/12 PG 194 it was DUSK but not to dark winter word
23. The Vampire's Mate by Rae Simmons 24/12 Loc 2237 admitting a particularly BITTER gust of wind winter word
24. The Vampire's Promise by Rae Simmons 26/12 loc 625 and took something from his COAT pocket winter word
25. Must Mean Something More
by Jae Williams 26/1226. Gorgeous Nightmare: A Neon Moonlight Novella by Rae Simmons 26/12 Pg63 He stood FROZEN in the middle of the kitchen winter word
27. Unexpectedly You by JoJo Stone 27/12 Loc 116 and pull my slim DUVET over my body winter word
28. Just a Little Joy by Kerry Kilpatrick 28/12 Pg 55 I think we have GLOVES somewhere in the back winter word
29. Fate of Blood: A dark paranormal MM romance by A J Church 30/12 Loc 3119 the guy has to be FREEZING without any clothes winter word
30 Blitz Replay: A Second Chance Football MM Romance by Christie Gordon 01/01 FLANNEL As I pulled on my FLANNEL jacket winter word
31. Top Shelf: A MM Hockey Romance by Declan Rhodes 08/01
Zamboni Loc 377 The sound from the Zamboni bay saved me winter word
32. Edged by Courtney W. Dixon 09/01 Fireplace Loc 1158 and directly towards the FIREPLACE winter word
33. Ring My Kettlebellby Lauren Kohout 10/01 Cinnamon Loc3723 You're my sweet CIMMANON roll winter word
34. Shut Up and Play by Kit Jade 16/01 loc 4991 Logan pulls his BEANIE winter word
35. What Lies Beneath by R.J. Scott 16/01 Pg 59 it would be like going DOWNHILL winter word
36. Icing the Play: A Friends to Lovers Hockey MM Romance byChristie Gordon 16/01 Loc 989 Playing football in this WEATHER winter word
37. Mighty The Fallen by Dianna Roman 13/01 Loc 525 send it to him for CHRISTMAS winter word
38. The Fallby Tal Bauer 22/01 Pg 165 enough to eat up the CANDLE glow
39 First WatchbyDeclan Rhodes 20/01 Loc 805 Vancouver's air was CRISP
40. The Shooting Season by Isobel Starling 17/01 Pg102 this CHILLY eve
Completed 75/75Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 3: 75 or more books
Option 3: Find Winter Words
Completion 75/75
❄️Acorn | "What were the acorns for?" | Hooked | Emily McIntire | 01.18
❄️Alps | :...peaks of the Maritime Alps..." p. 345 | The Good Girl | Mary Kubica | 01.19
❄️Arctic | "Savannah's reply was virtually arctic" p. 219 | The Brothers Hawthorne | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 12.04
❄️Alpine | "Alpine region in view, ...." p. 65 | The First Crossing of Greenland | Fridtjof Nansen | 12.06
❄️Bitter | "..someone, dangerous, and bitter with a grudge..." p. 56 | The Final Gambit | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 12.02
❄️Blizzard | "An uncle froze to death when he was caught in a blizzard...." p. 1424 | Let Him Go | Larry Watson | 12.03
❄️Bonfire | "..invited Ali to a bonfire party, ..." p. 162 | Flawless | Sara Shepard | 01.01
❄️Booties | "I assume you'll start knitting booties." p. 356 | The Women | Kristin Hannah | 01.01
❄️Brutal | "..by the rise and brutal fall of Lula..? p. 68 | The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 12.01
❄️Bitter cold | "The gloves do little to stunt the bitter cold..." p. 165 | The Girls in the Cabin | Caleb Stephens | 01.02
❄️Blanket | "He draped a thick blanket across our laps..." p. 20 | Slay Bells Ring | Mona Marple | 12.02
❄️Boots | "My boots seem all right." p. 124 | The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan | 12.02
❄️Bare | "I run into the basement, my bare feet stomping...." p. 105 | The Webs You Weave | Shade Owens | 12.29
❄️Biting | "...., biting my collarbone ...." P. 164 | A Love Letter to Whiskey | Kandi Steiner | 12.29
❄️Christmas | "Early on Christmas morning" p. 8 | Twice on Christmas | McGarvey Black | 12.05
❄️Cinnamon | "..., surprised to smell cinnamon..." p. 138 | The Mother-in-Law | Kiersten Modglin | 12.07
❄️Coat | "...and a shapeless black wool coat hid .." p. 63 |The Butcher | Jennifer Hillier | 01.07
❄️Cocoa | "...was smeared with cocoa-coloured splodges..." p. 158 | The Mother at Number 5 | Jill Childs | 01.19
❄️Cough | "..., but I cough, .. " p. 251 | A Killing Cold | Kate Alice Marshall | 01.21
❄️Cold | "She was slightly cold..." p. 61 | Seducing Cinderella | Gina L. Maxwell | 12.09
❄️Crisp | ",...the one that revealed all that crisp dark chest..." p. 215 | She Went All the Way | Meg Cabot | 01.16
❄️Crystal | ".., crystal-cold stars,..." p. 44 | A Dowry of Blood | S.T. Gibson | 01.17
❄️Chilly | "It's chilly, ..." p. 54 | A Little Getaway | Bonnie Traymore | 01.17
❄️Curling "..crossbows and curling irons..." p. 181 | Only the Good Spy Young | Ally Carter | 01.08
❄️Candle "..., a new candle is not why I'm here." | Resting Scrooge Face | Meghan Quinn | 01.08
❄️Dark | "It's too dark outside... P. 20 | Woman Down | Colleen Hoover | 01.15
❄️Downhill |".., the drivers made haste downhill toward..." Loc. 635 | Amid Clouds and Bones | Ella Fields | 01.21
❄️Drift | "....getting herself stuck in a six-foot snow drift!" p. 236 | A Christmas Kiss | Eliza J. Scott | 12.16
❄️Dusk | ".., the rays of dusk..." p. 129 | The New Girl | Alison Stockham | 01.18
❄️Depressing | "..., it was so depressing." p. 71 | Not Our Daughter | Chad Zunker | 01.21
❄️Drafty | "That house of yours is too drafty in the winter." p. 42 | That One Night | Brenda Novak | 01.16
❄️ Eggnog | "They've all been hitting the eggnog pretty hard..." p. 111 | 10 Blind Dates | Ashley Elston | 12.16
❄️Ember | ".., his eyes like burning embers." p. 58 | The Veiled Kingdom | Holly Renee | 01.27
❄️Exhale | "I exhale, .." p. 201 | You Must Be New Here | Katie Sise | 01.17
❄️Family | "I knew that if I didn't uncover the secrets this family was hiding." | Welcome to the Family | Cathryn Grant | 12.07
❄️Festive | "We will be as festive as possible..." p. 62 | Evidence of the Affair | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 12.19
❄️Freezing |" ...,freezing when he saw who it was." p. 78 | The Fix | Mia Sheridan | 01.18
❄️Fireplace | "Claire stared at the Rothko over the fireplace." p. 158 | Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter | 01.15
❄️Fog | "...around us like a heavy fog." p. 10 | The Hunted Heir | Holly Renee | 01.27
❄️Freeze | "I freeze for a moment,..." p. 47 | Dear Debbie | Freida McFadden | 01.27
❄️Frigid | "... but she had a frigid wall up." p. 119 | Innocence Taken | Victoria M. Patton | 01.28
❄️Frozen | "He was frozen." p. 191 | Two Nights in Lisbon | Chris Pavone | 01.28
❄️Hat | "..., while a woman walked by wearing a big foam hat shaped...." p. 2 | Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover | Ally Carter | 12.08
❄️Holiday "..to the spirit of the holiday that so much care..." p. 106 | Winterset Hollow | Jonathan Edward Durham | 12.21
❄️Ice "...emptying a bucket of ice into the cooler." p. 85 | The Housewarming | Kristin Offiler | 12.20
❄️Ice skating | "...,the vintage TV with the rotating ice-skating rink inside..." p. 9 | Oh. What. Fun. | Chandler Baker | 12.08
❄️Icy | "Nah. It's not icy." p. 76 | Pardon My French Press | J.P. Sterling | 01.29
❄️Insulation | "..., the protective insulation, ..." p. 437 | The Girls Are Gone: | Michael Brodkorb | 01.29
❄️Jacket | "He threw his jacket on a chair." p. 97 | Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward | 01.28
❄️January | "A cold January morning, ...." p. 137 | The Truth About Melody Browne | Lisa Jewell | 12.09
❄️Knit | "The clans were far less tightly knit than he believed." p. 192 | The Gathering Storm | Robert Jordan | 12.10
❄️Layer | " You're safer with two layers." p. 108 | Well Played | Vi Keeland | 12.10
❄️Mug "..because inside is a coffee mug." p. 415 | Crashed | K. Bromberg | 12.20
❄️Numb | "I'm numb when the car arrives...." p. 241 | The Baby I Stole | McGarvey Black | 12.06
❄️Oven "...., into the oven --because ...." p. 49 | The Christmas Pact | Vi Keeland | 12.20
❄️ Pine | "A small table made of polished dark pine was by a window..." p. 102 | The Christmas Inn | Pamela M. Kelley | 12.18
❄️Puffy | " They aren't teary or red-rimmed or puffy" p. 292 | Still | Kennedy Ryan | 12.05
❄️Scarf | "I grab a beanie and scarf from one of my drawers" p. 343 | Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan | 12.05
❄️Socks "...in socks, heading downstairs." p. 6 | Abscond | Abraham Verghese | 12.19
❄️Shiver |" A shiver raced down my spine." p. 131 | The Pucking Wrong Number | C.R. Jane | 12.30
❄️Snug ""Michelle was wearing snug white jeans and ...." p. 163 | Blackberry Pie Murder | Joanne Fluke | 12.30
❄️Storm | "..., like the still before a storm." p. 176 | Scholarship Girl | Kat Cotton | 01.31
❄️Soup | "....for a pot of chicken soup..." p. 183 | Please Don't Lie | Christina Baker Kline | 01.21
❄️Temperatures | "...with intermittent heat and freezing temperatures." p. 38 | Eerie Basin | Ivy Pochoda | 12.31
❄️Thermal | "...gray over a thermal long-john shirt" p. 81 | Rock Chick | Kristen Ashley | 01.31
❄️Tea | "...,they had lit tea candles..." p. 20 | What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire | Daniel Bergner | 01.22
❄️ Vest "...realise her son was out there in only a vest top." p. 216 | Nobody Saw Him | Liz Lawler | 12.19
❄️ Vanilla | "....cake topped with vanilla buttercream..." p.232 | Will There Be Wine? | Whitney Cubbison | 01.07
❄️Ventilation | "There's no ventilation, no..." p. 184 | The Watcher Girl | Minka Kent | 01.23
❄️Winter | "It can be bleak in winter." p. 43 | The Last Train from Paris | Juliet Greenwood | 01.07
❄️ Wool |"...had crammed it full of cotton wool." p. 310| The Briar Club | Kate Quinn | 01.05
❄️Wind "..listen to the wind." p. 22 | The Kill Clause | Lisa Unger | 12.20
❄️ Warmth |" ... welcome warmth spreading down her throat, and examined the people around her." p. 264 | All Her Fault | Andrea Mara | 12.19
❄️Weather |"This kind of wintry weather that feels heavy and claustrophobic.." p. 142 | My Husband Next Door | K.L. Slater | 01.06
❄️Zamboni | "...keeping the zamboni from clearing..." p. 12 | Unsteady | Peyton Corinne | 01.23
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FINISHED! WINTER BOOKS Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026 (01/24/25)
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Level 3: 75 or more books
78/75
FROM GR’s LIST -
WINTER SCENE ON COVER (including winter holiday decorations) - 14
1.
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 12/07/252.
Love You a Latke Amanda Elliot 12/07/253.
One Night, Two Holidays Ali Brady 12/08/254.
Snow Kissed (Shelter Springs 3) RaeAnne Thayne 12/11/255.
Mr. Charming (The Nest 4) Piper Rayne12/15/256.
The Bark Before Christmas (Melanie Travis 18) Laurien Berenson 12/16/257.
A Christmas Howl (Melanie Travis Prequel Novella 18.5) Laurien Berenson 12/16/258.
Yours for the Season Uzma Jalaluddin 12/17/259.
Murder at a Scottish Christmas (Scottish Shire Mystery 6) Traci Hall12/19/2510.
The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid 2.5) Nita Prose 12/19/2511.
Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime (Diana Flowers Floriculture Mysteries 3) Ruby Loren 12/21/2512.
Second Nature (A Later in Life Love Story 6) Diana Xarissa01/02/2613.
Winter (Seasonal 2) Ali Smith 01/09/26 14.
Here Comes Santa Paws (Melanie Travis 24) Laurien Berenson 01/11/26WINTER WORD IN TEXT - 61 (No repeats)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on this list.
1. BARE - 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler’s Passport 1) John Scalzi (p. 22 “. . . does the bare minimum . . .”) 12/16/25
2. BEEF STEW - The Bernhard File (Aunt Bessie Cold Case 2) Diana Xarissa (p. 141 “. . . Bessie took a bit of her beef stew . . .”) 01/05/26
3. BITING - Bite Club (Melanie Travis 22) Laurien Berenson (p. 216 “. . . I was biting my lip . . .”) 01/07/26
4. BITTER - The Little Black Book Killer (The Village Detectives 3) Fiona Walker (p. 56 “. . . Bitter experience had taught Phoebe . . .”) 01/04/25
5. BLANKET - Death on the Green (Dublin Driver Mysteries 2) Catie Murphy (p. 14 “. . . he huddled under the blanket . . .”) 12/09/25
6. BONFIRE - Ruff Justice (Melanie Travis 22) Laurien Berenson (p. 185 “. . .’I built a huge bonfire. . .’”) 01/05/26
7. BLIZZARD - Chasing the Light Jesse Blackadder (p. 240 “. . . ‘Likely to be a blizzard coming.’”) 01/08/26
8. BOOTS - Left Fur Dead (Jules and Bun 1) J.M. Griffin (p. 82 “. . . I’ve never known a woman to wear boots that big . . .”) 12/03/25
9. BROGUES - Murder at a Scottish Castle (Scottish Shire Mystery 5) Traci Hall (p. 17 “. . . laced his pipes at his shiny black brogues.”) 12/17/25
10. CARDIGAN - Separation Anxiety Laura Zigman (p. 65 “. . . their cardigan sweaters and light jackets . . .”) 12/20/25
11. CHRISTMAS - The Quinton Case (The Markham Sisters Mystery 17) Diana Xarissa (p. 8 “. . .’ we’ll have a guest at Christmas . . .’”) 01/22/26
12. COAT - Death in Irish Accents (Dublin Driver Mysteries 4) Catie Murphy (p. 7 “. . . in a camel-colored trench coat . . .”) 01/09/26
13. COCOA - Wreck Catherine Newman (p. 51 “. . .’Is cacko just cocoa?’”) 01/07/26
14. COLD - Aunt Bessie Tries (Isle of Man 20) Diana Xarissa (p. 47 “. . . suffering from a bad cold . . .”) 12/23/25
15. COUGH - Homegoing Yaa Gyasi (p. 118 “. . . her cough their only welcome from her . . .”) 12/12/25
16. CRISP - The Art of Murder (Village Detectives 1) Fiona Walker (p. 101 “. . . close up of a dropped crisp packet . . .”) 12/23/25
17. CRYSTAL(S) - Zenn Diagram Wendy Brant (p. 29 “. . . like ice crystals or the spiral of a seashell.”) 12/21/25
18. CURLING - Murder at the Scottish Games (Scottish Shire Mystery 7) Traci Hall (@45% “. . . Joseph dropped one of the curling stones . . .”) 01/16/26
19. DARK - A Cornish Seaside Murder (Nosey Parker Mystery 6) Fiona Leitch (p. 57 “. . . you fell overboard in the dark . . .”) 12/02/25
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Okay now winter has hit us I think it is time to curl up under a warm blanket and a warm beverage. So lets read our winter books
For this challenge you need to read winter books.
You can read a book from the goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi... (Must be on this list)
You can read a book with a winter scene on the cover (Post the cover)
You can find a winter word in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #) https://capitalizemytitle.com/winter-.... It has to be on one of these lists. Tell us which one.
You can also read a book with the word winter in the title or series name.
You can also read a book with a character or author whose first or last name is Winter.
Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026
Level 1: 25-40 books
Level 2: 41-74 books
Level 3: 75 or more books
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