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Winter Challenge
Culling my TBR, pulling from my local library
Pencilling the options: Let's see what happens

December
Round 1 and 2 complete
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 1/8
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (96pp) 12/22
2. Ann Patchett
a. Read a book published between 1992 and 2019 Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (pub. 2019) 12/7
b. Read a book by Ann Patchett or another author named Ann or a close variation A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn 12/27
3. Christmas
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente (goose) 12/15

c. Read a book on one of the posted Christmas reading lists Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie (Oprah's list) 12/29
4. Yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran 1/3
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (9 volumes so far) 12/16

January
Round 1 and 2 complete
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 12/18
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth 1/28
2. A.A. Milne
a. Read a book by an author who is usually known by their initials Murder in the Lincoln White House by C.M. Gleason 2/1
b. Read a book by an author who was born in a capital city When All Is Said by Anne Griffin (born Dublin, Ireland) 1/25
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal 2/3
b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen (into past: family secrets) 1/16
4. Bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn (London, England) 1/19
c. Read a book that appears on one of the posted lists of fast-paced books Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz (Bustle list) 1/18

February
Round 1 complete
1. Valentine's Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ page Four to Score by Janet Evanovich 2/5
2. Toni Morrison
c. Read a book by Toni Morrison or another author who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (winner, 2017) 1/13
3. Ski Jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (pub. 2018) 1/18
4. Leap Year
a. Read a book that is part of a series and that has a series number that is a multiple of four Back Of Beyond by C.J. Box (book 1 of The Highway Quartet) 2/8