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message 1: by Genevieve (last edited Dec 02, 2025 04:45PM) (new)

Genevieve | 10642 comments Mod
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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

❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.


message 3: by Frankie (new)

Frankie Johnson | 4366 comments Winter Books
Duration: 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

00/25-40 Completed

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message 4: by Laura Z (last edited 13 hours, 23 min ago) (new)

Laura Z | 173 comments Winter Books: 0/25+
Duration: 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 ❄️

❄️ 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
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Romancing Christmas (Brothers in Arms, #5) by Kate Aster Heiresses The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson Good Spirits (Ghosted, #1) by B.K. Borison


message 5: by Lali & Michelle (last edited Dec 02, 2025 03:18PM) (new)

Lali & Michelle | 749 comments Winter Books
December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026


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1. "I slipped into my heeled boots..." Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 19%
2. "Amber's hot chocolate was often a top seller ..." - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 14%
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message 6: by Mary (last edited Nov 30, 2025 08:11PM) (new)

Mary | 248 comments 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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message 7: by Denise (new)

Denise | 227 comments 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.

GOAL: 25


message 8: by Chrissie (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 573 comments 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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message 9: by Susan (last edited Dec 01, 2025 07:33AM) (new)

Susan | 203 comments Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026


Level 2: 41-74 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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message 10: by Caraina (new)

Caraina (raina79) | 978 comments Winter Books
Duration: 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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message 11: by Caraina (new)

Caraina (raina79) | 978 comments res


message 12: by Michele (last edited Dec 03, 2025 08:28AM) (new)

Michele | 501 comments 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.


message 13: by Olivermagnus (last edited Dec 01, 2025 09:08AM) (new)

 Olivermagnus (lynda11282) | 1672 comments Winter Books
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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message 14: by Karen (new)

Karen | 76 comments 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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Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 518 comments 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 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❄️


❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️


message 16: by Yvonne (new)

Yvonne | 31 comments 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


message 17: by Christina (AKA Babbling) (last edited Dec 01, 2025 10:10AM) (new)

Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 518 comments 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


message 18: by Kimberly (new)

Kimberly (whatkreads) | 830 comments Winter Books
Duration: 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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message 19: by LaurLa (last edited Dec 01, 2025 11:37AM) (new)

LaurLa | 211 comments Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026


Level 2: 41-74 books


message 20: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Morris (shelflove821) | 27 comments Level 1: 25-40 books
12/1/2025-11/30/2026
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message 21: by Natasha (new)

Natasha | 85 comments Winter Books

Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026

Level 2: 41-74 books

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message 22: by Angel **Book Junkie** (last edited Dec 03, 2025 01:17PM) (new)

Angel **Book Junkie**  | 404 comments Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026

Level 3: 75 or more books
Option 3: Find Winter Words
Completion 5/75

Acorn
Anorak
Alps
Arctic
Avalanche
Alpine
Antifreeze
Aurora borealis
Balaclava
❄️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
Booties
Boreal
Brogues
❄️Brutal | "..by the rise and brutal fall of Lula..? p. 68 | The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 12.01
Beanies
Below Zero
Bitter cold
Black ice
❄️Blanket | "He draped a thick blanket across our laps..." p. 20 | Slay Bells Ring | Mona Marple | 12.02
Blowing snow
❄️Boots | "My boots seem all right." p. 124 | The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan | 12.02
Bundle up!
Bare
Biting
Beef stew
Chilblain
Chionophile
Christmas
Cinnamon
Coat
Cocoa
Cough
Cold
Comforter
Crisp
Crystal
Cabin fever
Chilly
Cold snap
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Candle
Cardigan
Carol
Dark
December
Diamond dust
Dog sled
Downhill
Dreary
Drift
Dusk
Depressing
Downhill skiing
Drafty
Dreidel
Duvet
Earmuffs
Eggnog
Ember
Eskimo
Evergreen
Eggnog
Evergreen trees
Elf
Equinox
Exhale
Family
February
Festive
Freezing
Figure skating
Fireplace
Firewood
Flannel
Fleece
Flurries
Fog
Freeze
Frigid
Frost
Frostbite
Frosty
Frozen
Fur coat
Furnace
Flurry
Gale
Glacier
Gloves
Gray clouds
Hat
Heater
Heavy snow
Hibernate
Holidays
Hot chocolate
Hot cocoa
Hot cider
Hot tea
Hail
Holiday
Hearth
Holly
Hypothermia
Ice
Ice fishing
Ice hockey
Ice sculptures
Ice skates
Ice skating
Icicle
Icy
Igloo
Inclement
Indoors
Inversion
Iceberg
Insulation
Jack frost
Jacket (jumper)
January
Jolly
Jingle bells
Juniper
Knitwear
Knee socks
Knee-high boots
Knit
Kindling
Khaki
Long johns
Layer
Log
Lukewarm
Mittens
Marshmallows
Mistletoe
Moose
Mug
Mulled wine
Muffle
Noel
Nordic
North pole
North wind
Numb
Nippy
Nor’easter
Nutcracker
Oven
Outdoors
Overcast
Overcoat
Owl
Ornament
Penguin
Pine
Polar bear
Precipitation
Puffy
Plow
Quilt
Quiver
Rime
Snow
Scarf
Sled
Squall
Ski
Sweater
Socks
Snow removal
Snuggle
Solstice
Snowman
Skating
Season
Shiver
Shovel
Skier
Sleet
Sleigh
Slopes
Snowflake
Slushy
Snug
Storm
Soup
Toboggan
Thaw
Temperatures
Thermal
Tea
Turtleneck
Toffee
Tinsel
Umbrella
Unwind
Undershirt
Undercoat
Underpass
Underwear
Vacation
Vest
Vapor
Vanilla
Ventilation
Vixen
Winter
Wool
Wood stove
Wind
White
Warmth
Weather
Winter solstice
Wintertime
X-mas
Zamboni


message 23: by Moondance (new)

Moondance (moondance120) | 591 comments 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

0/25-40


message 24: by Melissa A (new)

Melissa A | 1914 comments 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 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


message 25: by Melissa A (new)

Melissa A | 1914 comments I think this is the Goodsreads list link we want - “Winter Books”
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...


message 26: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 10642 comments Mod
Okay for those questioning what is meant it can be from any of the lists from Listopia https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/wi...


message 27: by Genevieve (last edited Dec 02, 2025 04:47PM) (new)

Genevieve | 10642 comments Mod
Winter Books
Duration: December 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026

Level 3: 75 or more books


message 28: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 713 comments Winter Books
Duration: 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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message 29: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 10642 comments Mod
Welcome Carolyn


Christina (AKA Babbling) (babblingbookreviews) | 518 comments 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. 😁


message 31: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne | 60677 comments Mod
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

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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