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A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1- 31, 2022

I Love A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens!!!

Spell-out one/more of the ALL - CAPPED Characters below:

EBENEZER/SCROOGE
Bob CRATCHIT
The Two GENTLEMEN
FRED & FRAN
JACOB MARLEY
TINY TIM
Mr.. FEZZIWIG
BELLE
GHOST of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas PRESENT
Ghost of CHRISTMAS Yet to Be
PETER Cratchit
MARTHA Cratchit
Mrs. EMILY Cratchit

Challenge Rules:
�� one book per letter
�� use 1st letter of Title (exclude (A, An, 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 Reading!

-OR- as Tiny Tim would say: "God bless Us, Every One!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

🧑‍�� Robin P 🎆
🧑‍�� Donna 🎆
🧑‍�� JennH 🎆
🧑‍�� Koren 🎆
🧑‍�� Licha-Olivia 🎆
🧑‍�� Book Concierge 🎆
🧑‍�� Beverly 🎆
🧑‍�� Carol 🎆
🧑‍🎄Jonquil 🎆

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 12/31/22

🎄Robin P - CHRISTMAS (9/9) C
🎄Donna - CHRISTMAS (9/9) C
🎄JennH - MRS EMILY CRATCHIT (16/16) C
🎄Koren - CHRISTMAS (9/9) C
🎄Licha-Olivia - CHRISTMAS (9/9) C
🎄Book Concierge - BELLE (5/5) C
🎄Beverly - CHRISTMAS (9/9) C
Diana S - CHRISTMAS (0/9) & PRESENT (0/7)
🎄Carol - GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT (23/23) C
Cara - MARTHA (3/6)
Marilyn - CHRISTMAS (6/9)
🎄Jonquil - CHRISTMAS (9/9)

I think it's Fezziwig (not that many people are going for 2 Z's)

DONE! I was struggling with letter C, and then my son gave me a short book for Christmas that started with C.

C - Cane - Dec 27
H- Harriet Steel author of Trouble in Nuala - Dec 12
R -Requiem for a Wren - Nevil Shute - Dec 17
I - Ibrahim, one of the circle of main characters in The Bullet That Missed Dec 16
S - Sarah Stonich author of Vacationland Dec 12
T - The Toast of Time - Jodi Taylor - Dec 1
M Mackenzi Lee - author or The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks - Dec 10
A - All the Devils Are Here - Dec 6
S - Robert Louis Stevenson - author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Dec 13
Yet to Be

COMPLETED: 9 / 9

Definitely not Fezziwig for me! I choose:

✔C ~~ Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Dec22

✔H ~~ Nathan Harris, author of ~~ The Sweetness of Water ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 01Dec22

✔R ~~ The Reversal by Michael Connelly ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Dec22

✔I ~~ Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency by Mark K. Updegrove ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 18Dec22

✔S ~~ The Blinds by Adam Sternburgh

✔T Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness by Neil Swidey ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Dec22

M ~~ Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age by Debby Applegate, 3 Stars, completed 18Dec22

✔A ~~ Alias Emma by ~~ Ava Glass ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Dec22

✔S ~~ Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by ~~ Sidik Fofana ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Dec22

A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1- 31, 2022

✔M - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 12/12/22
✔R - Musseled Out by Barbara Ross 12/8/22
✔S - While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams 12/4/22

✔E - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo 12/17/22
✔M - Becoming by Michelle Obama 12/8/22
✔I - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 12/9/22
✔L - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger 12/4/22
✔Y - You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming 12/20/22

✔C - A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 12/15/22
✔R - No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 12/15/22
✔A - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 12/6/22
✔T - The Trees by Percival Everett 12/13/22
✔C - The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession by Jennifer Chiaverini 12/24/22
✔H - The Door to December by Dean Koontz 12/13/22 - Dan Haldane
✔I - In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende 12/18/22
✔T - Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 12/13/22

A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1- 31, 2022

C-Conroy, Pat My Reading Life finished 12/13
H-Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember by Lauren Graham finished 12/3
R-Rough Draft: A Memoir by Katy Tur finished 12/16
I-Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler finished 12/9
S- STEALING BABY JESUS: A Treasury of Ludicrous Attempts to Rescue Christmas by Bernadette Nasan finished 12/2
T-The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson finished 12/3
M-Massingill, Randi L. Total Control: The Monkees Michael Nesmith Story finished 12/10
A-The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich finished 12/11
S-A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York by Anjelica Huston finished 12/17

CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
Duration: December 1- 31, 2022

Ghost of CHRISTMAS Yet to Be

9/9 Letters

C: Castle, Jayne; Ghost Hunter (12/17/22)
H: Homer; The Odyssey (audiobook) (12/24/22)
R: Regretting You Colleen Hoover (12/27/22)
I: Invaders (The) John Flanagan (12/6/22)
S: Sandra Brown; Overkill (12/13/22)
T: Trinity Faegen; The Redemption of Ajax (12/10/22)
M: Mary Balogh; Remember Love (12/21/22)
A: Anthony Horowitz; Stormbreaker (12/26/22)
S: Slaves of Socorro John Flanagan (12/22/22)

Robin P wrote: "I think it's Fezziwig (not that many people are going for 2 Z's)"

Thanks Robin for the catch :D

A Christmas Carol Challenge
Begins: 01Dec22 / Ends: 31Dec22


5 / 5 completed


Belle
B - BOULLEY, Angeline / Firekeeper's Daughter �� �� 05Dec22
E - Ellery Adams / The Last Word �� �� 17Dec22
L - Lake of the Ozarks �� - 10Dec22
L - Lisa Kleypas / Marrying Winterborne �� �� 21Dec22
E - EZRA is mc in The Santa Suit �� �� 15Dec22

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I will be aiming to spell CHRISTMAS:

9/9

C Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah FINISHED 12/12
H The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg FINISHED 12/14
R Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie FINISHED 12/15
I Daisaku Ikeda, On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge by FINISHED 12/22
S Jesse Q. Sutanto, Four Aunties and a Wedding FINISHED 12/11
T Three Sisters by Heather Morris FINISHED 12/20
M Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman FINISHED 12/9
A Amit Arad, The Rise of the Maccabees FINISHED 12/26
S Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas FINISHED 12/11

A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
Spell-out: CHRISTMAS & PRESENT

Spell-out: CHRISTMAS (3/9


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Tea Time For The Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (12/14/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Agatha Christie's The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (12/17/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Stuart Woods 's Distant Thunder (12/17/22) 3.5 ⭐⭐��

Spell-out: PRESENT ((2/7)


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Nancy Johnson's The Kindest Lie (12/4/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐��
Tracey Lange 's We Are the Brennans (12/8/22) 3.5 ⭐⭐��

A CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE -( December)
23/23 - DONE 12/26

Gathering The - Boris Bacic - 12/19
Hunter -L A Witt -12/5
Of Breath and Blood - J.T. Bishop -12/21
Summer Drifter - R.J. Scott - 12/6
Tal Bauer - Enemy of My Enemy -12/12

One Grave at a Time - Jeaniene Frost - 12/26
Family Remains, The - Lisa Jewell - 12/4

Crais, Robert - Lullaby Town - 12/6
House that Fell from the Sky, The - Patrick Delaney - 12/7
R J Scott - Without a Trace -12/1
In the Dark - Mark Billingham - 12/23
Sound and the Furry, The - Spencer Quinn - 12/7
Twelve Mile Limit - Randy Wayne White - 12/19
Matt- a character in Andre - L A Witt 12/3
All That Remains - R J Scott - 12/2
Snowdon, Faye -A Killing Rain 12/9

Priclla Masters - Kidnap on the[book:Dear Twin Moors|61657850] -12/15
RJ Scott - Winter Cowboy -12/3
Elle Keaton - The Heart Heist - 12/10
Stranger in the Woods - Anni Taylor - 12/15
E.M. Lindsey - Without a Doubt - 12/11
Name of the Wind, The - Patrick Ruffus - 12/24
Tsai, Addie - Dear Twin -12/16

Martha (3/6)

M
A An Age of License: A Travelogue Lucy Knisley 12/11
R
T Tender Is the Night F Scott Fitzgerald 12/8
H The House of Eve Sadeqa Johnson 12/14
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A Christmas Carol Challenge
Begins: 01Dec22 / Ends: 31Dec22

Christmas
6 / 9 completed

��C--The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont--12/21/22
��H--Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell--12/4/22

R

��I--I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy--12/17/22

��S-The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton--12/24/22

T

��M-The Maid by Nita Prose--12/6/22
��A--Alice Munro, author of Dear Life--12/13/22

S

Finished! I may do another one but will see if time allows.

Challenge complete!

Update message # 11 - Challenge COMPLETED - �� 21Dec22


A Christmas Carol Challenge
Begins: 01Dec22 / Ends: 31Dec22


5 / 5 completed


Belle
B - BOULLEY, Angeline / Firekeeper's Daughter �� �� 05Dec22
E - Ellery Adams / The Last Word �� �� 17Dec22
L - Lake of the Ozarks �� - 10Dec22
L - Lisa Kleypas / Marrying Winterborne �� �� 21Dec22
E - EZRA is mc in The Santa Suit �� �� 15Dec22

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CHRISTMAS CAROL CHALLENGE
December 2022
Ghost of CHRISTMAS Yet to Be

9/9 DONE

Initial and completion post (the ghosts spooked me)

C: Cookie Dough, Snow & Wands Aglow Erin Johnson 12/4
H:Hide and Snake Murder Jessie Chandler 12/3
R: Retribution C.M. Sutter 12/3
I:I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and MotherhoodJessi Klein 12/2
S: Snow John Banville 12/1
T: Twilight Guardians Maggie Shayne 12/9
M: Mrs. Morris and the Witch Traci Wilton 12/18
A: Arrivals and Arrests Diana Xarissa 12/11
S:Still Waters Sara Driscoll 12/5

Updated message 12: Challenge completed

Challenge completed!

I posted on Dec. 17 that I was finished. Looks like it got missed.