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🎄Roxana's Winter Challenge Tracking🎄




On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree

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Plans/TBR


On the twelfth day of Christmas -- The Christmas Murder Game
My true love gave to me… -- Well, That Was Unexpected
Twelve drummers drumming, -- Azar on Fire
Eleven pipers piping, -- Death in the Air (piping = air?),
Ten lords a-leaping, -- Angelica and the Bear Prince (prince/lord)
Nine ladies dancing, -- Barre Fight if I can get it; Graceless Heart (ladies),
Eight maids a-milking, -- The Handmaid's Tale. Orrr Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot? (milk) or The Servant's Tale? (maids)
Seven swans a-swimming, -- that swan lake retelling, or May Contain Murder (swimming)
Six geese a-laying, -- Girl Dinner? (eggs..?)
Five gold(en) rings, -- A Killer Wedding (wedding ring)
Four calling birds, -- A Long and Speaking Silence (speaking bird)
Three French hens, -- Anne Serre? (French), The Executioners Three
Two turtle doves -- An Academic Affair (romance, matched pair on cover)
And a partridge in a pear tree --




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Spell It Out Challenge
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character


THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

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Plans/TBR


T - True Biz
H - Hazelthorn
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T - This House Will Feed
W - We Were Never Friends
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L - Lesser Ruins
V - Violet Claybourne (MC initial)
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D - Dropbear
A - And Then There Were None
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S - Sunbirth
O - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
F - Fable for the End of the World
C - Cape Fever
H - Hither, Page
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I - I Did Something Bad
S - Society Women
T - Thornbound
M - Murder Most Haunted
A - Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
S - The Stolen Heir

Conny's Winter Challenge 2025/26
We'll see how that goes … Pre-filled with challenge books slotted for December and early next year.
ATY25 = 2025 ATY Challenge
PS25 = 2025 PopSugar Challenge
ATY26 = 2026 ATY Challenge
PS26 = 2026 PopSugar Challenge
KU = Kindle Unlimited
AI = Audible Inclusive

Prompt Challenge
You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line. Or you can spread your net rather wider.

On the twelfth day of Christmas
The Curator (PS25)
Set in a city nicknamed THE FAIREST, the letters of which are found in the phrase

My true love gave to me…
Das Schwärmen von tausend Bienen (PS25)
TRUE LOVE is at the heart of the entire series

Twelve drummers drumming,
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen (ATY26, KU)
Author's INITIALS in the phrase

Eleven pipers piping,
The Dark Rose by Erin Kelly (PS26)
Author's first name, ERIN, in the phrase

Ten lords a-leaping,
Spiral (ATY25)
All letters of the TITLE contained in the phrase

Nine ladies dancing,
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (PS25)
Author's INITIALS in the phrase

Eight maids a-milking,
The Housemaid (ATY26, KU)
MAID

Seven swans a-swimming,
Silver Bay (ATY25)
First letter, S, in the phrase, and the cover looks like there might as well be swans in it

Six geese a-laying,
The Secrets of Us (KU)
First letter of the title (S) and first letter of the author's name (L) in the phrase

Five gold(en) rings,
Sea of Tranquility (ATY25)
One of the main characters is called OLIVE, the letters of which are in the phrase

Four calling birds,
Zwanzig Jahre später (PS25)
The main characters are FOUR friends and comrades (the four musketeers)

Three French hens,
A Court of Wings and Ruin (ATY25)
THIRD book in a series, and hens have WINGS

Two turtle doves
The Hallmarked Man (PS25)
BOTH main characters are named after BIRDS, and they are DRAWN TOWARD each other

√And a partridge in a pear tree
The Untold Story (ATY25)
Main character's name, IRENE, contained in the phrase



Spell It Out Challenge
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character


THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

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The Takedown (AI)
First letter of each word in the title
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How Long 'til Black Future Month? (PS26)
First letter of the title
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Der Puppenwald (PS26, KU)
Main character's name is EVELYN

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Don't Turn Around (KU)
THRILLER
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Was bisher verloren war (ATY26)
First letter of the title
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Die falsche Patientin (KU)
Main character's name is EVELYN
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Drop Dead by Lily Chu (ATY26, AI)
Author's first initial
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Verraten (ATY26)
First letter of the title
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Das geheime Zeichen (Ein Evelyn-Holm-Thriller) (KU)
Main character's name is EVELYN

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The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (ATY26)
Author's first initial
A
And the Mountains Echoed (PS25)
First letter of the title
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (ATY26)
Author's last initial
S
Die Rachsüchtige by Saskia Calden (PS26, KU)
Author's first initial

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Oracle (ATY26)
First letter of the title
F
The Sunbearer Trials (PS26)
FANTASY

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The Perfect Neighborhood by Jo Crow (PS26, KU)
Author's last initial
H
Kingsbridge: Der Morgen einer neuen Zeit (PS26)
HISTORICAL FICTION
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Quarter to Midnight (ATY26)
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
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Im Wald (ATY26)
First letter of the title
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Never Flinch by Stephen King (ATY26)
Author's first initial
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Tannenstein (ATY26)
First letter of the title
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Der Mann, der zweimal starb (PS26, KU)
First letter of the title
A
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli (PS26/ATY26)
Author's last initial
S
Such Charming Liars (ATY26)
First letter of the title

⛄️ Mie’s AtY Winter Challenge
Dec-Feb

Spell-out

📗 Done:
▪️ Planned: 6
❣️ Completion date:

📘 T - Trine V. Ipsen - Blåbærgløgg
W - A Wedding in December
E - Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan the Terrible
L - The Lost Apothecary
V - Verity
E - Rachael English - The Paper Bracelet

Dina's 2025-2026 Winter Challenge

For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfill each line however you want.

You can choose:
- to be literal –-> using something on the cover that represents the line, or
- a word in the title, or
- author's first and last initials in the line, or
- you can spread your net rather wider.

✔ On the twelfth day of Christmas - Agatha Christie, 4:50 from Paddington
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

For the spell-it-out challenge, we are using: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Choose a single word from the title (or both THE and OF, if you choose to go short!), choose multiple words, or do the whole thing if you like to set yourself a challenge.

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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Note: if you decide to do both types of challenge, you can only use each individual book in one or the other, not both.

Dixie's Winter Challenge Attempt

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
√Twelve drummers drumming, Thirteen Months of Sunrise because this sounds like the next in the sequence!
Eleven pipers piping,
√Ten lords a-leaping, The Lost World the story actually contained Lord Roxton a-leaping through the jungle
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings, The Lord of the Rings
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfill each line however you want. You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line. Or you can spread your net rather wider.

Suggestions for alternatives for the "prompts" challenge:

Partridge - a tree on the cover, or maybe fruit on the cover or being important to the story, or perhaps set in an orchard or market garden
Turtle doves – perhaps a love story or romance
French hens - could be set in a country different from your own
Calling birds - someone goes on a visit
Rings - someone in the book gets engaged or married; or a crime ring, or maybe a story where a phone call is a major plot point
Geese - a silly or foolish character, or an egg on the cover, or a book that gives you goosebumps
Swans - water on the cover
Maids – a female main character
Ladies - someone in the story dances, or maybe the story involves Ladies in high society
Lords - someone in the story is rich, or tries to “lord it over” other people
Pipers - music features in the story, or perhaps the story is set in Scotland, or someone takes a "leap of faith"
Drummers - A loud noise (crash, explosion, screams) in story, or something more gentle, like a woodpecker on the cover as they “drum” on trees.

For the spell-it-out challenge, we are using: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Choose a single word from the title (or both THE and OF, if you choose to go short!), choose multiple words, or do the whole thing if you like to set yourself a challenge.

You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The first letter of the author's first or last name
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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WINTER CHALLENGE - THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Duration: December 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.
☃️ Progress: 1 / 24

1. T - 1 - To Be Taught, If Fortunate
2. H -
3. E - 2 - Elizabeth Berg - Night of Miracles

4. T -
5. W - 2 - Chris Whitaker - All the Colors of the Dark
6. E - 2 - Esmeralda Santiago - Las Madres
7. L -
8. V -
9. E -

☃️10. D - 1 - Dizzy in Durango
11. A - 2 - Richard Ayoade - The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
12. Y - 2 - Ovidia Yu - The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
13. S - 1 - So Long a Letter

14. O -
15. F - 1 - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

16. C - 1 - Crying in H Mart
17. H -
18. R -
19. I -
20. S - 1 - The Spy - Coehlo Paulo
21. T -
22. M - 2 - Michelle Zauner - Crying in H Mart
23. A -
24. S -

Jacque's Winter Challenge:
Dec 1, 2025-Feb 28, 2026

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Spell It Out:
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Duration: December 1, 2025 - February 28, 2026

You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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ATY Winter Challenge
1 December 25 - 28 February 26

Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.
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Spellout

The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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Kathy's Winter Reading Challenge

THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

T - Twisted Tea Christmas - Laura Childs (title)
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E -

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W - So Far Gone - Jess Walter (author - W)
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L - Quicksand - Nella Larsen (author - L)
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D - A Cold Day for Murder - Dana Stabenow (author - D)
A - All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker (title)
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S -

O - One Brilliant Flame - Joy Castro (title)
F - Sunlight on Cold Water - Francoise Sagan (author - F)

C - The Christmas Appeal - Janice Hallett (title)
H - How to Read a Book - Monica Wood (title)
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S - A Novel Christmas - Charity Shane (author - S)
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M - The Birthday Murders - Lange Lewis (genre - Mystery)
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S -

Rules:
For the spell-it-out challenge, we are using: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Choose a single word from the title (or both THE and OF, if you choose to go short!), choose multiple words, or do the whole thing if you like to set yourself a challenge.

You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

Read -

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings, The Lord of the Rings
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfill each line however you want. You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line. Or you can spread your net rather wider.

Suggestions for alternatives for the "prompts" challenge:

Partridge - a tree on the cover, or maybe fruit on the cover or being important to the story, or perhaps set in an orchard or market garden
Turtle doves – perhaps a love story or romance
French hens - could be set in a country different from your own
Calling birds - someone goes on a visit
Rings - someone in the book gets engaged or married; or a crime ring, or maybe a story where a phone call is a major plot point
Geese - a silly or foolish character, or an egg on the cover, or a book that gives you goosebumps
Swans - water on the cover
Maids – a female main character
Ladies - someone in the story dances, or maybe the story involves Ladies in high society
Lords - someone in the story is rich, or tries to “lord it over” other people
Pipers - music features in the story, or perhaps the story is set in Scotland, or someone takes a "leap of faith"
Drummers - A loud noise (crash, explosion, screams) in story, or something more gentle, like a woodpecker on the cover as they “drum” on trees.

For the spell-it-out challenge, we are using: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Choose a single word from the title (or both THE and OF, if you choose to go short!), choose multiple words, or do the whole thing if you like to set yourself a challenge.

You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The first letter of the author's first or last name
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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Sheyanne C.'s ATY 2025-26 Winter Reading Challenge

Prompts Challenge
1. On the twelfth day of Christmas
2. My true love gave to me…
3. Twelve drummers drumming,
4. Eleven pipers piping,
5. Ten lords a-leaping,
6. Nine ladies dancing,
7. Eight maids a-milking,
8. Seven swans a-swimming,
9. Six geese a-laying,
10. Five gold(en) rings,
11. Four calling birds,
12. Three French hens,
13. Two turtle doves
14. And a partridge in a pear tree.

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Spell-It-Out Challenge
1. T
✅2. H How to Apologize by David LaRochelle (Read 12-1-25 - 12-1-25)
3. E
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✅5. W The Woods by Harlan Coben (Read 12-1-25 - 12-2-25)
6. E
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✅13. S Sheep Out to Eat by Nancy E. Shaw (Read 12-2-25 - 12-2-25)
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✅15. F The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone (Read 12-2-25 - 12-2-25) (Genre: Fairy Tale)
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✅17. H Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes (Read 12-1-25 - 12-1-25)
✅18. R Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs (Read 12-2-25 - 12-2-25)
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✅20. S 10 Turkeys in the Road by Brenda Reeves Sturgis (Read 12-2-25 - 12-2-25)
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Donna's ATY 2025-26 Winter Challenge

Prompts Challenge
For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfil each line however you want. You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line. Or you can spread your net rather wider.

-/14
On the twelfth day of Christmas
Time of the Child by Niall Williams
set during Christmas time

My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
a time of kings, knights and lords

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
a regular task for young girls in medieval England

Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,

Five gold(en) rings,
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
5 main characters

Four calling birds,
The Blackhouse by Peter May
features gannet birds

Three French hens,
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
three interconnected stories

Two turtle doves
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin
The cape turtle dove is native to Africa

And a partridge in a pear tree

Spell-it-out Challenge:
-/24

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You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character

JennH's ATY Winter Challenge

The 2025-26 Winter Challenge is based around The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can choose to either do the "prompts" challenge, or the "spell-it-out" challenge, or even both if you feel ambitious.

Note: if you decide to do both types of challenge, you can only use each individual book in one or the other, not both.

Prompts Challenge
For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfill each line however you want. You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line. Or you can spread your net rather wider.

Twelve drummers drumming (A loud noise - crash, explosion, screams - in story, or something more gentle, like a woodpecker on the cover as they “drum” on trees),
Eleven pipers piping (music features in the story, or perhaps the story is set in Scotland, or someone takes a "leap of faith"),
Ten lords a-leaping - A Business Proposal, Vol. 1 by Haehwa 12/2/25
Nine ladies dancing (someone in the story dances, or maybe the story involves Ladies in high society),
Eight maids a-milking - A Business Proposal, Vol. 2 by Haehwa 12/2/25
Seven swans a-swimming (water on the cover),
Six geese a-laying (a silly or foolish character, or an egg on the cover, or a book that gives you goosebumps),
Five gold(en) rings (someone in the book gets engaged or married; or a crime ring, or maybe a story where a phone call is a major plot point),
Four calling birds (someone goes on a visit),
Three French hens (could be set in a country different from your own),
Two turtle doves (perhaps a love story or romance)
And a partridge in a pear tree (a tree on the cover, or maybe fruit on the cover or being important to the story, or perhaps set in an orchard or market garden).

Spell-It-Out Challenge
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
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Irene's Winter 2025-2026 Reading Challenge:
The challenge will run from 1 December to 28 February.

Prompts challenge:
For the "prompts" challenge, you can use all fourteen lines, or just the twelve with the actual gifts mentioned, and you can fulfill each line however you want. You can choose to be literal – using something on the cover that represents the line, or a word in the title, or author's first and last initials in the line.

Completed: 0/12

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
☐Twelve drummers drumming,
☐Eleven pipers piping,
☐Ten lords a-leaping,
☐Nine ladies dancing,
☐Eight maids a-milking,
☐Seven swans a-swimming,
☐Six geese a-laying,
☐Five gold(en) rings,
☐Four calling birds,
☐Three French hens,
☐Two turtle doves
☐And a partridge in a pear tree.

Spell-it-out Challenge:
Completed: 0/24 (or 19? Might skip The/Of)

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You can fill in a letter in one of four ways:

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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I'll do this challenge as prompts, I think.

On the twelfth day of Christmas - Julemysteriet (Aschehougs juniorbøker) (The Christmas Mystery) by Jostein Gaarder (started, e-book)
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping, - The Iliad by Homer (lots of kings/lords in this war) (started, e-book)
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming, - Sju slag by Hilde Østby ("sju" = seven) (started, e-book)
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree

I will be spelling out the whole phrase, with full knowledge that I will run out of time before finishing every letter (and give up). >:)

Four ways to fill a letter:
1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first or last initial
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

Twelve who ruled
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Evie Sage, main character of Accomplice to the Villain

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Weatherford's "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World"
Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights"
Lord Shepherding His Sheep, the
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons
Allegra Goodman's "Isola"
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Castlemaine Murders, the
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Religion genre: "Jesus and John Wayne"
Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God
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Murder in Montparnasse
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Robin H-R Winter Challenge

Prompts: 1/14

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming, - The Yada Yada Prayer Group (Twelve members)
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Spell It Out: 0/24

1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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LeahS Winter Challenge: Prompts

1 On the twelfth day of Christmas
Tinsel Street by Heather Walker [Author's initials in line]

2My true love gave to me…

3Twelve drummers drumming,

4 Eleven pipers piping,

5 Ten lords a-leaping,

6 Nine ladies dancing,

7 Eight maids a-milking,

8 Seven swans a-swimming
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9 Six geese a-laying,

10 Five gold(en) rings,

11 Four calling birds,

12 Three French hens,

13 Two turtle doves

14 And a partridge in a pear tree

Tanu's Winter Challenge Tracking Thread 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Prompts: 1/14

On the twelfth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me… The Lone Wolf's Rejected Mate ✅ Finished 3rd December, 5 stars - involves gift giving from FMC's mate.
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

I haven't decided which, if any, of the winter challenge parts I will be doing, but I want to save my place.

Prompts:
1/14

On the twelfth day of Christmas -
My true love gave to me…
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five gold(en) rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Spell It Out:
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1. The first letter of the title (excluding A, An and The)
2. The author's first and last initials
3. A genre on the main book page
4. The first initial of the first name of the book’s main character.

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