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Group Read-A-Thon December 2016
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Word ListThanks to:
A) Adeste Fideles, Advent, Angel, Appreciation, Aroma, Artificial tree, Assemble, Awe
B) Baking, Balsam, Beauty, Bells, Belonging, Bethlehem, Birth, Blessings, Blitzen, Boughs, Bows, Boxes, Boxing Day, Buche de Noel
C) Camels, Candles, Candy canes, Cards, Caring, Caroler, Carols, Carve, Catalyst, Celebrate, Celebration, Ceremony, Charity, Child, Children, Chimney, Chocolate, Christian, Christmas, Christmas cookies, Christmas Eve, Christmas past/future, Church, Cloves, Coal, Comet, Comfort, Communication, Community, Companionship, Cornucopia, Cranberries, Creche, Crowds
D) Dancer, Dancing, Dasher, December, Decoration(s), Dolls, Donations, Donner, Dreidel, Duck
E) Ebenezer Scrooge, Efforts, Eggnog, Elves, Email, Embrace, Emmanuel, Entertain, Entertainment, Epiphany, Eve, Evergreens, Exchange, Expectations, Expensive
F) Faith, Familiar, Family, Father Christmas, Feast, Fervor, Festival, Festive, Fireplace, Flat-bread, Forgiveness, Frankincense, Freedom, Friends, Friendship, Frosty the Snowman, Fruitcake
G) Garland, Gather, Gathering, Generations, Ghost of Christmas past, Gifts, Gingerbread, Gold, Goodwill, Goose, Gourmet, Grace, Gratitude, Gravy, Greenery, Greens, Greetings, Grinch, Groups, Guests
H) Ham, Hanukkah, Hard sauce, Harvest, Heart, Heartland, Heavenly, Heritage, Holding hands, Holiday, Holly, Holy, Home, Homeward, Hope, Host, Hostess, Hugs, Humility, Hymns
I) Icicles, Illumination, Infant, Inn, Innocence, Invitations, Ivy
J) Jack Frost, Jack-in-the-box, Jesus Christ, Jingle bells, Jolly, Journey, Joy, Joyful
K) Karamu, Kibbe (Lebanese dish of cracked wheat, Kinara, King Wenselaus, Kisses, Kris Kringle, Kwanzaa
L) Laughter, Lighting, Lights, Lists, Little Drummer Boy, Love
M) Magi, Mail, Majesty, Manger, Mantle, Meat and spices, Memories, Menorah, Merry, Messages, Midnight, Mincemeat, Minister, Miracle, Miraculous, Mistletoe, Mittens, Mosque, Mrs. Claus (Jessica), Music, Music box, Myrrh, Myths
N) Nativity, Network, Nocturnal, Noel, North Pole, Nostalgia, Nutcrackers, Nutmeg, Nuts
O) Observance, Occasion, Ornament, Oven
P) Packages, Pageant, Pageantry, Parade, Partridge, Party, Patriotism, Peace, Phone calls, Pies, Pixie, Plum pudding, Poinsettia, Popcorn string, Post office, Prancer, Prayer, Presents, Pride, Priest, Priorities, Proclaim, Program, Pumpkin pie, Punch, Purity
Q) Quality, Quantity, Questions, Quince pie, Quirky
R) Rabbi, Ramadan, Reconciliation, Reflection, Refuge, Reindeer, Rejoice, Relationship(s), Relatives, Religion, Religious, Reminiscence, Resolutions, Reunions, Reveal, Revel, Reverence, Ribbons, Ritual, Rooftop, Roots, Rudolph
S) Sack, Sacred, Saint Nicholas, Sanctuary, Santa Claus, Sauce, Savior, Scents, Scrooge, Scrumptious, Season, Secular, Sending, Sharing, Shepherd, Shock, Shopping, Silver bells, Sled, Sleigh, Sleigh bells, Snow, Snowman, Songs, Spices, Spirit, Stable, Stand, Star, Star of David, Stocking stuffer, Stockings, Stress, Stuffing, Sugar plums, Sundown, Surprises, Sustenance, Symbol, Symbolism, Synagogue
T) Teddy bear, Temple, Tenderness, Tension, Texts, Thankful, Thanks, The Nutcracker Ballet, Three Kings Day, Tidings, Tinkling, Tinsel, Tiny Tim, Toboggan, Toys, Tradition(s), Train, Tranquility, Travel, Tree, Trimmings, Trips, Trust, Tug, Turkey, Twinkling, Typical
U) Understanding, Unify, Universal, Unwrap
V) Vacation, Values, Vanilla, Venison, Vixen, Volunteer(s)
W) Walnuts, Wassail, Wenceslaus, Whimsy, Winter, Wise Men, Wishes, Wonder, Wonderland, Workshop, Worship, Worshiper, Wrapping, Wreath
X) Xmas
Y) Yorkshire pudding, Youth, Yule log, Yuletide
Z) Zesty
Conection:
Belonging (the M.C has a need to belong)
Family (a lot of the story is around the MCs family)
Love (the M.C falls in love for the first time)
Christmas (happens during the book)
Tradition (described during the book, especially around thanksgiving)
Efforts (Character makes great efforts to fulfil quest)
Holding Hands (MCs do this)
icicles (when entering death, icicles form on Lirael's body)
Miracle (seems to be what is required to beat Clorr)
Surprises (Clayr don't see Lirael's arrival)
Communication (new tool called Caddy)
Epiphany (by characters towards end)
Greenery (MC in forest)
Miraculous (witches healing)
Quirky (some of the book)
Karen's Points: 150
Perk's Tally: 3 Books
Love (Noah and Clara fall in love as teens)
Email (Noah hacks Clara’s email)
Home (Noah has trouble leaving his home)
Trust (Clara has to put her trust in Noah)
Family (Wren is close with her grandmother, who is the only family she has left)
Baking (Baking is something Wren does for Lee to show her feelings)
Beauty (Lee sees beauty in Wren’s tattoos)
Dancing (Lee asks Wren if she would go dancing with him)
Vacation (Lee ask Wren to go on a vacation with him)
Lulu's Points: 90
Perk's Tally: 5
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Connected by:
1. Goodwill Because of all the goodwill from the town, Sara finally feels she belongs somewhere in this world.
2. Greenery There is a lot of greenery in town with the trees and cornfields.
3. Community Sara falls in love with the small community of Broken Wheel.
4. Grace One of the characters own a diner called Grace's.
5. Religious One of the characters is very religious and coordinates many activities for the church.
Laura's Points: 50
Perks' Tally: 6
1, Epiphany The Duke of Kyle has an epiphany when he realises his henchman "Alf" is actually a woman!
2. The Ghost of Christmas Past Alf is secretly the "Ghost of St Giles"
3. Kisses It's a historical romance so lots of kisses occur as does...
4 love True love is what its all about.
5. rooftop The Ghost of St Giles aka Alf runs along the rooftops of Whitechapel in his quest for justice
Lisa's Total: 50
Perk's Total: 7
by Susan Fanetti.1. December . First published December 2016
2. community . The Brazen Bulls are a biker community.
3. freedom The bikers are part of the 1% club so they're all about the Freedom.
4. family The Club is a family.
5. infant Willa and Rad have a baby son by the end of the book.
Lisa's Total: 100
Perk's Total: 8
1. Star The title Starry Night comes from a night where the main characters are star gazing.
2. Snow Part of the story takes place in Alaska during the fall and there is a snowstorm.
3. Christmas This is published as a Christmas novel.
4. Nativity Each family in this novel puts up a nativity when decorating for Christmas.
5. Ham One of the dishes served on Christmas day is ham.
Laura's Total: 100
Perks' Total: 9
1.Chocolate Some of the characters are given drugged chocolate
2.Crowds Abbi isn’t a fan of crowds
3.Friends Abbi doesn’t have any friends at the start of the story
4.Music Most of the characters in this book play music
5.Reconciliation Clay and his father have a reconciliation
Lulu’s Points: 140
Perk’s Total: 10
Connection:
1. Beauty (purpose is to create a home that holds beauty for you)
2. Celebrate (it is stressed that you should celebrate in a home that reflects yourself)
3. Comfort (interior design should also be comfortable)
4. Decorations (book shows many DIY decoration projects)
5. Fireplace (is mentioned)
Connection:
1. Cards - A deck of cards plays an important role at the end of the book pertaining to fate
2. Entertain - To throw a party, the MC hires a fortune teller to entertain the guests
3. Family - MC comes from a large, close-knit family
4. Forgiveness - themes of forgiveness between family, friends and love interest is evident
5. Friendship - MC has several significant, close friendships and makes more throughout the course of the novel
Connection:
1. Awe - Author is in awe after she manages to conquer her hoarding problems and finally has space in her apartment
2. Epiphany - Author has an epiphany to go to Bali for a meditation and relaxation course and that she needs to get her life back together
3. Freedom - Author explains how she felt very free after getting rid of her excess possessions
4. Friends - Author explains how her friends were directly affected by her hoarding and how some of them helped her through the process
5. Shopping - Author explains her hoarding problem has nothing to do with shopping too much but is rather holding on to things others have given her or she has picked up
Connection:
1. Angel - book revolves around angels
2. Birth - MC finds out that her birth was not what it seemed
3. Church - MC goes into a church to see her mother at the end
4. Faith - love interest Jax questions his faith in God at times
5. Love - MC finds love
MB's Tally: 200
Perk's Tally: 14
1.Celebrate - Kelsey and Allie celebrate a win
2.Priorities - Marc is all about priorities
3.Snow - Part of the story takes place in Colorado and it snows.
4.Travel - The team travels for tournaments
5.Volunteers - Marc Volunteers for the trial
Lulu's Tally: 190
Perk's Tally: 15
Don't Mean a Thing by Renee Conoulty
Vacation: MC goes to Melbourne
Dancer: Matt is a dancer
Dancing: Quite a few dancing scenes
Community: MC lives on RAAF base which is like its own community
Friends: MC meets new friends on base
Karen's Points: 200
Perk's Book tally: 16
The Christmas Shoppe by Melody Carlson
1. Angel The woman who runs the Shoppe seems to be Angel bringing everyone closer to their faith.
2. Appreciation After town residents leave the Shoppe, they have a new appreciation for Matilda and the Shoppe.
3. Awe Each person who visits the Shoppe leaves in awe after finding an object believed to be lost forever.
4. Celebrate Some of the characters celebrate Thanksgiving together.
5. Christian On the book's GR page, Christian Fiction is the second genre listed, which I didn't realize until I got to a sort of religious/faith part of the book.
Laura's Points: 150
Perks' Tally: 17
by J R WardANGEL; Title of the book - actually refers to a term in the production of Kentucky bourbon.
EXPENSIVE; The characters are millionaire/billionaires so lots of expensive items are mentioned.
GREENERY - One of the major heroines is a horticulturist so greenery is her business
TENSION - The story is full of family tension
IVY: The estate , Easterley has ivy growing all along its walls.
by Toni BlakeCANDY CANE; Heroine's name is Candace - hero nicknames her "Candy Cane"
CHRISTMAS: Total Christmas Theme
CHRISTMAS COOKIES - Most of the female characters bake them.
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - The signature Destiny Cat is named Frosty and the town has a Snowcat competition.
SLEIGH - Lots of romance happens on Grampy Hoskins sleigh.
Lisa's Total: 200
Perk;s Total: 19
1. Bows - Kiwi wears different bows
2. Catalyst - Big life event acts as a catalyst for changes for Lincoln
3. Expensive - Characters live in New York which is expensive
4. Shopping- Daisy and Lincoln go shopping
5. Texts - Main characters exchange texts
Lulu's Total: 240
Perk's Tally: 20
1. Tree - One character acts becomes part of a tree for a time
2. Heart - One character mails another their heart
3. Relatives - Elizabeth has a lot of relatives
4. Trips - Lothaire and Elizabeth take trips all over the world
5. Sundown - When vampires wake
Lulu's Total: 290
Perk's Tally: 21
Connection:
1. Relationships - MC gains new relationships
2. Surprises - there are many surprises in store for the MC about who/what she is
3. Tension - between the characters and within MC about a certain decision she needs to make
4. Understanding - what MC feels when the other characters reveal her situation
5. Youth - story involves young characters
Connection:
1. Questions - MC has a lot of questions about what she is
2. Refuge - MC takes refuge in friend's mansion for safety
3. Reveal - MC has a hard time over the fact that everyone she knew around her kept secrets from her until the reveal
4. Texts - MC texts a lot of people
5. Thankful - MC is thankful for love interest's help
Connection:
1. Companionship - evident between MC and her grandmother
2. Hugs - take place between MC and grandmother
3. Humility - one of the spirit animals represents humility
4. Journey - MC goes on a journey, not in a physical sense as such, but more of a spiritual/emotional one
5. Symbolism - used frequently throughout the story
MB's Tally: 350
Perk's Tally: 24
Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber
Connections:
1. Christmas Cookies The main character serves these at a cocktail party.
2. Eggnog The main character also serves eggnog at her cocktail party.
3. Lights There are descriptions in the book of all the Christmas lights decorating Blossom Street.
4. Santa Claus The love interest is a child psychologist who thinks Santa should be buried under his sleigh.
5. Yule Log The main character buys a a yule log from a bakery for dessert.
Holiday Magic by Fern Michaels
Connections:
1. Child The main character has one child.
2. Children The children of the town figure out an answer to a problem that the adults didn't think of.
3. Celebration To thank the community for their help, a character holds a celebration of a low country boil.
4. Vacation The setting of a ski resort in Colorado is a vacation spot.
5. Holiday Title - and there is a lot of holiday, but no magic.
Laura's Points: 250
Perks' Tally: 26
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
Connections:
1. Comfort - Title
2. Joy - Name of main character
3. Tree - Joy helps Bobby decorate a Christmas tree they brought in from outside.
4. Nuts - In one scene in the book, the characters are drinking cider and eating roasted nuts outside of church.
5. December - Joy needs to get away and takes a trip over her break from school in December.
Laura's Points: 300
Perks' Tally: 27
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Connections:
1. Travel - The group of protagonist must travel to the Ice Court
2. Snow - The Ice Court is at the north where there are a lot of snow
3. Holiday - They arrive during the Fjerdan holiday called Hringkalla.
3. Friends - Some of the members of the group became friends
5. Freedom - And some of the members expect to earn their freedom
Silvia's Tally: 50
Perks's Tally : 28
1. Christmas - Characters go home for Christmas
2. Festival - A festival Grace’s father went to is talked about
3. Grace - Character name
4. Train - College had to be a train ride from home
5. Phone Calls - Phone calls are ignored
Lulu's Total: 340
Perk's Tally: 29
The Snow White Christmas Cookie by David Handler
Connections:
1. Hanukkah - One the characters celebrates this holiday.
2. Sundown - A character is left for dead, naked, in the snow at sundown.
3. Post Office - The post office and its employees figure prominently in this book.
4. Train - A character sets up his vintage Christmas train under his tree the night he is killed.
5. Gathering - There is a large gathering of different law enforcement offices to work the cases.
Laura's Points: 350
Perks' Tally: 30
1. Caring - Miss Peregrine has been caring for the children in the loop
2. Children - It is a home for Peculiar Children
3. Goose - They eat goose during a meal
4. Priest - Jacob and his Dad are staying at the Priest hole
5. Rooftop - The children play parachute off the rooftop
Lulu's Points: 390
Perk's Tally: 31
CHRISTMAS - Title and setting
CHRISTMAS COOKIES - Heroine bakes these in various flavours
LOVE - Falling in love is the theme of the book
HOLLY- Heroine Holly North
SUGAR PLUMS - Name of the club where Holly pretends to be "Mistress Christmas"
Lisa's Total; 250
Perk's Total; 32
BELONGING: One of the themes of the book
LOVE; What the book is all about - also Title
FRIENDSHIP: What the book is all about - also Title
CHRISTMAS; Is celebrated a couple of times through the timeline of the book
FAMILY: What the book is all about.
Lisa's Total: 300
Perk's Total: 33
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As a group let's see what we can read in the month of December and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
Conection:
"Belonging" (the M.C has a need to belong)
"Family" (the M.C has a strong bond with her mother who is her only family)
"Love" (the M.C falls in love for the first time)
Kristie's tally � 30 points
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
Connected by: "Religion"
Karen's tally: 10 points
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
Connected by: "Family"
Kirstie's tally: 35 points (30 from first post and 5 points for this one as has already used the word)
Perks group tally: 3 books
Post 4:
Karen posts:
Connected by: I can’t find a word to connect to, but I’m sure poppies bloom in December! (5 points)
Karen's tally: 15 points
Perks group tally: 4 books
NOTE: Books should be at least 100 pages or 25,000 words for children's books (check at arbookfind.com) to count.
Please just remember to check the group tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post