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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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SPELL OUT RULES
For this challenge you may use:
1. Book titles (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
2. Author's first or last initial
3. Series names (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
4. Main character first or last names - You could use Harry Potter but not Fred Weasley.

SPELL OUT EXAMPLE:
B: Elizabeth Bennett - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (main character name)
O: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (title)
O: On Dublin Street - Down London Road by Samantha Young (series name)
K: Misery by Stephen King (author last name)

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.

Angel **Book Junkie** FINISHED
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Anne

Barb
Brenda

Caraina
Carolyn
Catsalive
Chrissie
Cindy III
Connie N.

Denise

Emeli

Frankie

JoAnne

Katrina
Kendra
Kimberly

Lali & Michelle FINISHED
Laura Z FINISHED

Mary
Melissa A
Michele

Sabrina
Sheila
Susan

Tari

Yvonne

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 0/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 0/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

✅ E Jeanie Ellis The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore Read 1/24/26
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✅ R D.M. Rowell wrote Never Name the Dead Read 1/15/26
✅M My Wife is Missing by D.J. Palmer Read 1/30/26
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✅S MC Chloe SAMPSONThe Library of Borrowed Hearts by Lucy Gilmore Read 1/22/26

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

E Emily McIntire | Hooked | 01.18
A: Alison Stockham | The New Girl | 01.18
R: Petra Rose | Woman Down | Colleen Hoover | 01.15
M: Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister | 01.18
U: Unsteady | Peyton Corinne | 01.23
F: Five Found Dead | Sulari Gentill | 01.15
F: The Fix | Mia Sheridan | 01.18
S: Katie Sise | You Must Be New Here | 01.17

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

5/8 Completed

EARMUFFS
01.E:Elevator Pitch-L.B. Dunbar 1/24/26
02.A:
03.R:Razorblade Tears-S.A. Cosby 1/15/26
04.M:Mr. Fixer Upper-Lucy Score 1/20/26
05.U:
06.F:Fraternize-Rachel Van Dyken 1/18/26
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08.S:Shadow's Doom-Mary Stone 1/21/26

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: 15 January 2026 - 14 July 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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AArcher by Minerva Howe 23/01
R What Lies Beneath by R.J. Scott 16/01
M Icing the Play: A Friends to Lovers Hockey MM Romance byChristie Gordon 16/01 MC is Myles
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FThe Fallby Tal Bauer 22/01
FShut Up and Play by Kit Jade 16/01 Full Contact series
S The Shooting Season by Isobel Starling 17/01

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Duration: 15 January 2026 - 14 July 2026

0/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

E Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
A Alchemised
R Riftborne
M Mexican Gothic
U Unsteady
F First-Time Caller
F Fourth Wing
S Six of Crows

I'll do this using only book titles

EARMUFFS SPELL OUT, 1/15 - 7/14

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Earmuffs Spell Out
January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

8/8

E - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green 1/15/26
A - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley 1/26/26
R - Reunion by Jenny Carroll 1/17/26
M - New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier 1/21/26
U - Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks 1/18/26
F - My Friends by Fredrik Backman 1/16/26
F - A Fire at the Exhibition by T.E. Kinsey 1/22/26
S - Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy 1/19/26

Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

EARMUFFS

E - Edako Mofumofu - There Are Things I Can't Tell You ✓ 26/01/21
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M - Masara Minase - Ich hasse ihn ✓ 26/01/16
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F - Freida McFadden - Wenn sie wüsste ✓ 26/01/25
F - Fruits Basket Pearls 04 by Natsuki Takaya ✓ 26/01/26
S - Sylvie Schenk - Maman ✓ 26/01/21

Welcome everyone!

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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R - Ransom Riggs - A Map of Days
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S - Stardust - Neil Gaiman 25/01/26

armuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 0/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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A- Amy Padilla Saved by a Barbarian finished 19/1
R- rath The Barbarian's Tribute finished 15/1
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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

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A- Andrews, V.C. - Heaven - 1/17/26
R - Roberts, Nora - Chasing Fire - 1/23/26
M - Michelle Paver - Wolf Brother - 1/22/26
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F - Fluke, Joanne - Carrot Cake Murder - 1/21/26
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S - Samantha Downing - Too Old for This - 1/15/26

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Read: 0/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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Welcome Katrina, Emeli, Susan, Denise and Kimberly!

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: Jan. 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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A- All This Time by Mikki Daughtry
(Title) Jan. 27, 2026

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

E- End SceneNicky James 01/20
A- Among the LivingJordan Castillo Price 01/02
R- Radio StaticNicky James 01/07
M- Malik's Redemption: MM Military SuspenseAnnabella Stone 01/08
U- Until the End of the WorldSarah Lyons Fleming 01/03
F- Facing ArmageddonDarrell Maloney 01/21
F- Forsaken Sloane Kennedy 01/09
S- Salvation RowMark Dawson 01/16

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 8/8

E The Vicar's Daughter at the Lodging House by Natalie Meg Evans 5★s 24/1/26
A A Very Novel Murder by Ellie Alexander 5★s 15/1/26
R Lavender Hill by Alissa Callen 5★s 19/1/26 Rylea Laurent
M Rainbow Magic: Paula the Pumpkin Fairy by Daisy Meadows 4★s 20/1/26
U Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield 4★s 20/1/26
F Echoes of the Outback by Rhonda Forrest 4.5★s 26/1/26
F The Good Woman of Renmark by Darry Fraser 4★s 22/1/26
S Silenced at the Book Show by Kim Griswell 3.5★s 17/1/26

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

SPELL OUT RULES
For this challenge you may use:
1. Book titles (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
2. Author's first or last initial
3. Series names (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
4. Main character first or last names - You could use Harry Potter but not Fred Weasley.

Completed: 0/8

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Welcome Sabrina, Mary, Brenda and Caraina!

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 2/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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R Rush Week by Michelle Brandon 1/26/2026
M Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett 1/20/2026
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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: Jan. 15th, 2026 - July 14th, 2026

6/8

EARMUFFS

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Atmosphere Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Jan. 16th
Roach Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach - Jan. 22nd
Martin Castle Swimmer: Volume 1 by Wendy Martin - Jan. 18th
Up Up from Garlic Flats by Victor Cicansky - Jan. 23rd
Five The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold - Jan. 26th
F
Six Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent - Jan. 25th

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

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Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
7/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

Ellie mc Holidays Are Murder Nellie H. Steele 1/30/26
Alexander A Very Novel Murder Ellie Alexander 1/20/26
Ray Cake Contest Murder Deany Ray 1/25/26
M The Map of Lost Hearts Lola Finch 1/17/26
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Finch Three Sons and a Secret Lola Finch 1/18/26
Finch Carols and Clues Lola Finch 1/19/26
Sutton, Olivia mc The Plot Thickens Courtney McFarlin 1/21/26

Welcome Anne, Kendra, Cindy and Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Sabrina, Mary, Brenda and Caraina!"

Thanks JoAnne :)

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
6/8

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

E- The Earl's Return by Emma Lange 18/1 3★
A- Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith 27/1 4★
R- Redstone Station by Therese Creed 17/1 4★
M- Many Bloody Returns by Charlaine Harris 25/1 3★
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F- Fynn - Whitsunday Dawn by Annie Seaton 15/1 3.5★
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S- Sanctuary by Garry Disher 22/1 4★

Welcome Catsalive!

I'm in!

Earmuffs Spell Out
Timeframe: 1/15/26 to 7/14/26
0/8

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Welcome Connie!

Completed
Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

EARMUFFS

E Emily McIntire | Hooked | 01.18
A: Alison Stockham | The New Girl | 01.18
R: Petra Rose | Woman Down | Colleen Hoover | 01.15
M: Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister | 01.18
U: Unsteady | Peyton Corinne | 01.23
F: Five Found Dead | Sulari Gentill | 01.15
F: The Fix | Mia Sheridan | 01.18
S: Katie Sise | You Must Be New Here | 01.17

COMPLETED 01.26.26


Earmuffs Spell Out: 8/8
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.

E - Edelstein | The Book of Two Ways | Jodi Picoult | 01.19.26 | Dawn Edelstein
A - Alice | Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney | 01.26.26
R - Roman | King of Ashes | S.A. Cosby | 01.19.26 | Roman Carruthers
M - Muir | Gideon the Ninth | Tamsyn Muir | 01.19.26
U - Urrea | The Devil's Highway: A True Story | Luis Alberto Urrea | 01.24.26
F - Faiz | Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk | Faiz Siddiqui | 01.20.26
F - Fisher | Tea & Alchemy | Sharon Lynn Fisher | 01.23.26
S - Scalzi | Redshirts | John Scalzi | 01.22.26

FINISHED

Earmuffs Spell Out
January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

8/8

E - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green 1/15/26
A - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley 1/26/26
R - Reunion by Jenny Carroll 1/17/26
M - New Year's Eve Murder by Leslie Meier 1/21/26
U - Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks 1/18/26
F - My Friends by Fredrik Backman 1/16/26
F - A Fire at the Exhibition by T.E. Kinsey 1/22/26
S - Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy 1/19/26

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Object: Spell Out each letter of EARMUFFS by using book titles, series names, author's or main character's first or last initials.
0/8

EARMUFFS

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R Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson read 1/15/26
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SWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver read 1/15/26

WOOHOO Angel, Laura and Michelle!

Welcome Carolyn!

Earmuffs Spell Out
1/15/26 to 7/14/26


E: Emma Valentine's Slay; Navessa Allen 1.28
A: Alden, Jack Love Hard; Louise Bay 1.27
R: Rory A Play for Love; Trilina Pucci 1.27
M: Maia St. James Death to Valentine's Day; Catherine Cowles 1.28
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S: Second Act Romance; Julie Soto 1.27

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026

Goal: 0/8

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Finished :)

Earmuffs Spell Out
Duration: January 15, 2026 - July 14, 2026
Read: 8/8

E The Vicar's Daughter at the Lodging House by Natalie Meg Evans 5★s 24/1/26
A A Very Novel Murder by Ellie Alexander 5★s 15/1/26
R Lavender Hill by Alissa Callen 5★s 19/1/26 Rylea Laurent
M Rainbow Magic: Paula the Pumpkin Fairy by Daisy Meadows 4★s 20/1/26
U Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield 4★s 20/1/26
F Echoes of the Outback by Rhonda Forrest 4.5★s 26/1/26
F The Good Woman of Renmark by Darry Fraser 4★s 22/1/26
S Silenced at the Book Show by Kim Griswell 3.5★s 17/1/26

Earmuffs Spell Out
January 15 - July 14, 2026

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