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8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration : Month of December

..... but a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer .....
🦌DASHER 🦌 DANCER 🦌 PRANCER 🦌 VIXEN 🦌 COMET 🦌CUPID 🦌 DONNER 🦌 BLITZEN
and let's don't forget 🧑‍🎄SANTA or 🦌RUDOLPH

Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED names above.

Challenge Rules
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter of Title (exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name

For Each Book Read
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished Book

Ratings are Optional
🎄Happy Holidays!

🦌🦌🦌🦌PARTICIPANTS 🦌🦌🦌🦌


🎄🎄Beverly - BLITZEN (7/7) C
🎄🎄Carolyn - DANCER ((6/6) C
🎄🎄Robin P -🧑‍🎄 DASHER (6/6) & 🧑‍🎄BLITZEN (7/7) = (12/12) C
🎄🎄SouthWestZippy - CUPID (5/5) C
🎄🎄Carol - 🧑‍🎄 BLITZEN (7/7) & 🧑‍🎄 PRANCER (7/7) = (14/14) C
🎄🎄 Jonquil - PRANCER (7/7) C
🎄🎄Licha-Olivia - PRANCER 🧑‍🎄 (7/7) & 🧑‍🎄 RUDOLPH (7/7) = (14/14) C
🎄🎄 JennH - PRANCER (7/7) C
Susan - COMET (5/5) & SANTA (4/5) = (9/10)
🎄🎄Koren - RUDOLPH (7/7) C
Diana S - DASHER - (0/6) & COMET (0/5) = (0/11)
Book Concierge - DANCER (4/6)

🥂💐Congratulations 💐🥂

👏 Beverly
👏 Carolyn
👏 Robin P
👏 SouthWestZippy
👏 Carol
👏 Jonquil
👏 JennH
👏 Licha-Olivia
👏 Koren

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration : Month of December

7/7

B The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune FINISHED 12/29
L A Long Way to Auschwitz: A True Jewish Holocaust Survival Story of Cruelty, Courage, and Luck by Simon H. Kohavi FINISHED 12/15
I I Am the Walrus by Neal Shusterman FINISHED 12/26
T The Thirteenth Child: by Mark deMeza FINISHED 12/28
Z The Zoo of Intelligent Animals by D.A. Holdsworth FINISHED 12/9
E Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating FINISHED 12/17
N Sara Nović, True Biz FINISHED 12/31

Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration : Month of December
D Dark Snow: An Astrid Snow Short Story FINISHED 5/12

A Accidental Leigh Finished 14/12

N. No Such Thing as Dasher: A Christmas Paranormal Romance short story 29/12

C A Christmas WeddingFINISHED 3/12

E. The Ex-mas Breakup 1/12

R Riding with the Cop 14/12

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration: Month of December
D -Dinios Kol, main character in The Tainted Cup - 12/5
A - Automatic Noodle - 12/6
S - The Second Chance Year- 12/15
H - Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy - 12/4
E - The Expert of Subtle Revisions - 12/13
R- Jean-Christophe Rufin - Les flammes de pierre - 12/12

B - Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast - 12/9
L - Kayvion Lewis- Thieves' Gambit - 12/27
I - The Impossible Fortune - 12/4
T - Yuta Takahashi - The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen - 12/6
Z - Zeb, main character in Catered All the Way - 12/8
E - Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life - 12/8
N - New Girl in Little Cove - 12/14

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration: Month of December

5/5
C-Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan-12/15/25
U-The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales by Yoshiko Uchida-12/29/25
P-Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry-12/31/25
I-I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer-12/29/25
D--Remembering Christmas by Dan Walsh--12/13/25

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge _December
7/7
Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson - 12/3
Last Grift The - Rlle Keaton - 12/7
If This Gets Out…- Romeo Alexander - 12/1
Trust Me, I Hate You - Romeo Alexander- 12/2
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story - ianne Acherman - 12/29
E. M. Lindsey - Heavy Hand -12/10
Night Circus The - Erin Morgenstern - 12/27

7/7
Power of Love - Romeo Alexander - 12/12
Rosenfeldt, David, Santa's Little Yelpers - 12/3
Alexander, Romeo - Hearts of Fairlake- 12/6
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman -12/26
Cover Up - R.M. Lindsey - 12/12
Elle Keaton - The Last Grift - 12/7
Ryan, Lindy - Cold Snap -12/11

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge _December 2025

12/12 DONE

C Creme Brulee Murder 12/12
O Offed in the Orchids Dale Mayer 12/2
M Mirror, Mirror J.D. Robb 12/6
E Escaped Kathleen Brooks 12/12
T Troublemaker Lewis M. Penry 12/13

P Protecting Caroline Susan Stoker 12/1
R Rather Be the Devil Ian Rankin 12/9
A Accomplice to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 12/5
N Not Quite Dead Yet Holly Jackson 12/5
C Coeds and Cattails Jana Deleon 12/6
E Evil Bones Kathy Reichs 12/4
R Romancing the Leopard Kat Simons 12/3

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge - December 2025
14/14 letters

P: Poisonwood Bible (The) Barbara Kingsolver (12/28/25)
R: Rafaella (mc) Impulse by Catherine Coulter (12/2/25)
A: Alba (mc) The Possession of Alba Díaz Isabel Canas (12/22/25)
N: Nina Jarrett Lord Trafford's Folly (12/7/25)
C: Christmas Tree Farm (The) Laurie Gilmore (12/5/25)
E: Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms (12/12/25)
R: Rose, Jeneva The Perfect Divorce (12/11/25)

&

R: Richard DiLallo & James Patterson The Christmas Wedding (12/15/25)
U: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe (12/17/25)
D: Davidson, MaryJanice Undead and Uneasy (12/10/25)
O: One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez (12/29/25)
L: Laurie Gilmore The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore (12/4/25)
P: Patterson, James & Tad Safran The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas (12/19/25)
H: He Falls First Jill Shalvis (12/14/25)

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration : Month of December

P - The Plotters by Kim Un-Su 12/6/25
R - Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo 12/6/25
A - The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov 12/8/25
N - [boo/k:Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected|42202070] by Nnedi Okorafor 12/7/25
C - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 12/11/25
E - Tilt by Emma Pattee 12/6/25
R - Perfect Days by Raphael Montes 12/7/25

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration: month of December

Spell-out: DASHER (0/6) & COMET (0/5) = 11

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8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration: month of December

🦌 COMET
C - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Finished 12/1/25
O - One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus - Finished 12/22/25
M - Marley by Jon Clinch - Finished 12/2/25
E - Elle Gonzalez Rose - The Girl You Know - Finished 12/19/25
T - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley - Finished 12/3/25

🧑‍🎄SANTA
S - Suma, Nova Ren - The Walls Around Us - Finished 12/21/25
A - Albert Camus - The Stranger - Finished 12/4/25
N
T - Tana French - Broken Harbor - Finished 12/10/25
A - Ariel Lawhon - The Frozen River - Finished 12/9/25

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge
Duration : Month of December

R- Richie, Lionel Truly: An Inspirational Journey Through the Life of a Musical Legend finished 12/19
U-Unwrapping Christmas by Lori Copeland finished 12/2
D-Donna VanLiere The Christmas Shoes finished 12/1
O-Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out by Claudia Osborn finished 12/7
L-Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship by Gail Caldwell finished 12/23
H-How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir by Molly Jong-Fast finished 12/21

Update to message #5

7 out of 9 finished

8 Tiny Reindeer Challenge _December 2025

12/12 DONE

C Creme Brulee Murder 12/12
O Offed in the Orchids Dale Mayer 12/2
M Mirror, Mirror J.D. Robb 12/6
E Escaped Kathleen Brooks 12/12
T Troublemaker Lewis M. Penry 12/13

P Protecting Caroline Susan Stoker 12/1
R Rather Be the Devil Ian Rankin 12/9
A Accomplice to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer 12/5
N Not Quite Dead Yet Holly Jackson 12/5
C Coeds and Cattails Jana Deleon 12/6
E Evil Bones Kathy Reichs 12/4
R Romancing the Leopard Kat Simons 12/3

Eight Tiny Reindeer
Begins: 01Dec25 / Ends: 31Dec25


6 / 6 completed


Dancer
D - Deck the Halls ✔ 05Dec25
A - Alan Bradley / The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches ✔ 15Dec25
N - Nicola Upson / Two for Sorrow ✔ – 15Jan26
C - CHELSEA is mc in The Most Wonderful Time ✔ – 08Jan26
E - EVANOVICH, Janet / Fearless Fourteen ✔ – 26Dec25
R - RACHEL is mc in The Matzah Ball ✔ – 26Dec25

I finished 1 and almost finished another without reading anything special - Msg 6

Finished. Message 14.

Finished, Message -8

Update message #5

Challenge complete

Challenge complete

Updated message #4: Challenge completed

Finished, Message 7

Update message # 17 - Challenge completed ✔ – 15Jan26

Eight Tiny Reindeer
Begins: 01Dec25 / Ends: 31Dec25


6 / 6 completed


Dancer
D - Deck the Halls ✔ 05Dec25
A - Alan Bradley / The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches ✔ 15Dec25
N - Nicola Upson / Two for Sorrow ✔ – 15Jan26
C - CHELSEA is mc in The Most Wonderful Time ✔ – 08Jan26
E - EVANOVICH, Janet / Fearless Fourteen ✔ – 26Dec25
R - RACHEL is mc in The Matzah Ball ✔ – 26Dec25