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Uh Oh...The Reading Police are out on patrol! Better get to reading before they find out about all our unfinished books!

Use the books you read this week to make your way through the streets of Book Town to get to the library before the Reading Police catch you! Each intersection has a prompt that must be completed to get through. You can take whatever route through town you want. Want to be an over achiever and lead those pesky police cars on a wild goose chase around town? Go for it! Want to get to the library as soon as possible? Don't we all!



Prompts:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
2. An author you've been meaning to try
3. A book published this year
4. A book with a cover you love
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read
8. A seasonal read

The Winter Readathon runs from Sunday December 11 whenever you get up to Sunday December 18 whenever you go to bed.

FAQ

Question: For *insert prompt here*, can I use *insert book here*?
Answer: I only attempt to enforce fairness when there's a prize attached. This is a prize-free and judgement-free readathon. Make yourself happy. The reading police will never know :)

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apparently I cut across someone's yard to escape the Reading Police... yikes!



☑️ 1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year: The City Inside (published in 2022, my next prompt for the main ATY challenge)
☑️ 2. An author you've been meaning to try: The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
☑️ 3. A book published this year: Vinyl Resting Place
☑️ 4. A book with a cover you love: The Drowned Woods
�� 5. The next book in a series: Count Your Lucky Stars
☑️ 6. A borrowed book: Nothing Burns as Bright as You
�� 7. A comfort read: The Farthest-Away Mountain
☑️ 8. A seasonal read: Kiss Her Once for Me

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TBR
�� A Fire Endless
�� Count Your Lucky Stars
�� All the Horses of Iceland
�� Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix
�� The Farthest-Away Mountain


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Completed
☑️ Know Your Station #1
☑️ The City Inside
☑️ Undercover
☑️ What the Dead Know
☑️ 2043... a Merman I Should Turn to Be
☑️ The Vampire Slayer #7
☑️ Snowflakes
☑️ Treasure
☑️ The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
☑️ The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
☑️ Vinyl Resting Place
☑️ The Drowned Woods
☑️ Kiss Her Once for Me
☑️ Nothing Burns as Bright as You

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12.11: 356
12.12: 430
12.13: 142
12.14: 300
12.15: 146
12.16: 86
12.17 47
12.18

Total Pages: 1507

I was going to pass on the individual to focus on the team read-a-thon, but this looks so cute, I've decided I must do both!! Love this so much.

🗸 1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year - Hercule Poirot's Christmas
🗸 3. A book published this year - The Maid
🗸 6. A borrowed book - The Westing Game
🗸 2. An author you've been meaning to try - Her Perfect Twin
🗸 4. A book with a cover you love - Black Ice
🗸 5. The next book in a series - The House at Sea's End
🗸8. A seasonal read - The Christmas Murder Game
🗸 7. A comfort read - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Sun

Winter Readathon: 12/11/22 to 12/18/22

Oh, no! The Reading Police! I love it <3 I'll be taking a short route since my reading skills are shot, but I do have a couple of challenges I want to finish for the year.
1->4->3->7->Done!
(And I hope it's not to early to make a tracking post, because here I go!)

��1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
The Grey King or Silver On The Tree, depending on whether I get the former read before the 11th
(Goal: finish the buddy read for this series.)
��4. A book with a cover you love
To Hold Up the Sky

(I hunted down this cover and at the time I hadn't even read a story by this author. The one I've read since was four stars, so I hope the whole collection is good!)
��3. A book published this year
Breakable Things
(I was so excited to find a Cassandra Khaw book for this year last month, and I just have not been able to make myself sit down and read it!)
��7. A comfort read
The Travelling Bag And Other Ghostly Stories
(I don't know what it is about me and Hill, but I've read almost all her ghost stories even though I really am not wowed by them. I guess comfort read would explain it!)

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Personal tracking
2022/3 Winter Challenge

Readathon
11-18/12/22

I'll aim for 1-4-3-7 first. Managed to get all 8 read.

Prompts:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
Happy Hour by Jacquie Byron 11/12 5��
2. An author you've been meaning to try
Flying the Nest by Rachael Johns 12/12 4��
3. A book published this year
Under a Sky of Memories by Soraya M. Lane 15/12 3��
4. A book with a cover you love
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan 11/12 3.5��
5. The next book in a series
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett 14/12 5��
6. A borrowed book
Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood16/12 3.5��
7. A comfort read
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett 13/12 5��
8. A seasonal read
Gwen's Christmas Ghost by Lynn Kerstan & Alicia Rasley 13/12 3��

��1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
The Stone Collection - Dec. 16th
��2. An author you've been meaning to try
The Night Tiger - Dec. 18th
✅✅3. A book published this year
The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night - Dec. 11th
Sweep of the Heart - Dec. 19th
��4. A book with a cover you love
Before Your Memory Fades - Dec. 12th

��5. The next book in a series
Well Traveled - Dec. 14th
��6. A borrowed book
Canadian Pie - Dec. 15th
��7. A comfort read
Book Lovers - Dec. 12th
8. A seasonal read

Possible Routes:
��1, 2, 3, 7
��1, 4, 3, 7
��1, 4, 5, 6, 8
��1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 8
��1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 8, 7 (clean sweep)

Plan:
🎄1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year - Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery
🎄2. An author you've been meaning to try -
The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
🎄3. A book published this year -
The Secret History of Christmas
🎄4. A book with a cover you love - Hogfather
🎄5. The next book in a series - Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
🎄6. A borrowed book - The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
🎄7. A comfort read - The Flying Flamingo Sisters
🎄8. A seasonal read - You Can Thank Me Later

🎄 - completed

I'll try 1-4-3-7 or maybe all 8

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 12/13
2. An author you've been meaning to try -
3. A book published this year - Less Is Lost - 12/12
4. A book with a cover you love - Trouble in Nuala - 12/12
5. The next book in a series -
6. A borrowed book - The Fire Next Time- 12/13
7. A comfort read - The Bullet That Missed - 12/ 16
8. A seasonal read - Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time - takes place in December - 12/15

I'm doing 1-2-3-7 then will do 8 as an extra pick up read because I only read seasonal books this time of year.

Prompts:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year. A Murder at Balmoral
2. An author you've been meaning to try. I'll Be Home for Christmas
3. A book published this year: So This Is Christmas: A Novel
4. A book with a cover you love
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read
8. A seasonal read

This is too cute! Booktown? Reading Police? I love it! I'll probably be leading to a wild goose chase since I can't commit to reading in a particular order. 😊

Prompts:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
2. An author you've been meaning to try
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 12/18/22
3. A book published this year
No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 12/15/22
4. A book with a cover you love
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 12/16/22

5. The next book in a series x 2
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 12/14/22
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 12/18/22
6. A borrowed book x 3
The Trees by Percival Everett 12/13/22
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 12/13/22
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo 12/17/22
7. A comfort read
The Door to December by Dean Koontz 12/13/22
8. A seasonal read x 2
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 12/15/22
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende 12/18/22

Route Traveled:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
12/12/22
7. A comfort read (yes, I know an odd choice but Dean Koontz is practically all I read in HS, so it feels good to read his books again)
The Door to December by Dean Koontz 12/13/22

6. A borrowed book
The Trees by Percival Everett 12/13/22

6. A borrowed book
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 12/13/22

5. The next book in a series
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 12/14/22

8. A seasonal read
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas 12/15/22

3. A book published this year
No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly 12/15/22

4. A book with a cover you love
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 12/16/22

6. A borrowed book (bummer, I thought Nghi Vo was a new to me author, but I was reminded that I did read a book of theirs)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo 12/17/22

5. The next book in a series
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 12/18/22


Clearly, I'm running around, hiding (and reading) in backyards, coming close to the library but never making it to safety!

2. An author you've been meaning to try
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 12/18/22

8. A seasonal read
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende 12/18/22

Made it to the library in the nick of time!

Pat's Week-Long Evasion of the Reading Police with No Plan of Action!
Sunday December 11 - Sunday December 18

2 - 7 - 1 - 5 - 6

[✓]2. An author you've been meaning to try ~ 12.11.22
[✓]7. A comfort read ~ ~ 12.11.22
[✓] 1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year ~ 12.14.22
[✓] 5. The next book in a series ~ 12.16.20
[✓] 6. A borrowed book all my books are borrowed from the library! ~ 12.18.22



[ ]3. A book published this year
[ ]4. A book with a cover you love
[ ]8. A seasonal read ~

�� Pat wrote: "Pat's Week-Long Evasion of the Reading Police with No Plan of Action!"

Pat, I love your title!

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "�� Pat wrote: "Pat's Week-Long Evasion of the Reading Police with No Plan of Action!"

Pat, I love your title!"


:-)

I'm so glad y'all like this. The reading police have been one of my favorite running jokes for years and I couldn't resist having a little fun with them :)

Glad it's not just me planning to cut through yards to hit the prompts in whatever order.😜

Looks fun, I'll give it a shot since I can use the books I already wanted to read.

1->4->3->7

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year - Silence is My Mother Tongue - finished 12/14
4. A book with a cover you love - The Shadows - finished 12/17
3. A book published this year - A Dangerous Business - Finished 12/13
7. A comfort read - Migrations - finished 12/18

Oh gosh the book police might take me away! I have not read very much over the last few months so hopefully this will get me revved up for the new year! I don't really have a plan but will figure out how to out run the police as I go.

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year - Prior to the read-a-thon I didn't have any goals except to finish any books I started before the end of the year. Please Join Us - Finished
3. A book published this year - Sister Stardust -Finished
4. A book with a cover you love - A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1 - Finished
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read - If the Fates Allow - Finished
8. A seasonal read - Oh. What. Fun.

Starting with 1 -- 4 -- 3 -- 7 Finished 12/18/22

Books finished:


��1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
The Gray Notebook - Josep Pla
[This book has been #1 on my TBR when sorted by date added for about 3 years]
Start p. 364 of 638
12/11/22 - read to p. 438 = 74 pages
12/12/22 - read to p. 500 = 62 pages
12/13/22 - read to p. 522 = 22 pages
12/14/22 - finished to p. 638 = 116 pages

��4. A book with a cover you love
The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart

start p. 159
12/11/22 - read to p. 208 = 49 pages
12/12/22 - read to p. 267 = 59 pages
12.13.22 - read to p. 424 = 157 pages
12/14/22 - read to end, p. 494 = 70 pages

��3. A book published this year
A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun - Kate Gavino [graphic novel, 270p] start p. 1
12/13/22 - read to p. 23 = 23 pages
12/14/22 - read to p. 43 = 19 pages
12/15/22 read to p. 108 = 65 pages
12/16/22 read to p. 163 = 55 pages
12/17/22 - finished to p. 288 = 125 pages

��7. A comfort read
Winter and Rough Weather - D.E. Stevenson 250p
12/11/22 - read to p. 20 = 20 pages
12/12/22 - read to p. 36 = 16 pages
12/15/22 - read to p. 52 = 16 pages
12/16/22 - read to p. 85 = 33 pages
12/17/22 - read to p. 117 = 32 pages
12/18/22 finished to p. 250 = 133 pages

More if I have time
[ ]2. An author you've been meaning to try
Cover Her Face - P.D. James

[ ]5. The next book in a series
The Last Chronicle of Barset: - Anthony Trollope
1827 minutes
12/15/22 - read to 200 min. = 200 min.
12/16/22 - read to 399 = 279 min.
12/17/22 - read to 672 min. = 273 min.
12/18/22 - read to 888 = 216 min.

��6. A borrowed book
They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie 288p
start p. 185
12/14/22 - read to p. 220 = 35 pages
12/17/22 - finished to p. 288 = 68 pages

��8. A seasonal read
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 211 min.
Finished 12/15/22
Another seasonal read:
Crime at Christmas - C.H.B. Kitchin
12/18/22 read to p. 13

Other books/audio
��Mrs. Zant and the Ghost - Wilkie Collins 97 min.

12/11/22 - 143 pages
12/12/22 - 137 pages
12/13/22 - 202 pages
12/14/22 - 240 pages
12/15/22 - 81 pages + 428 minutes
12/16/22 - 88 pages + 279 minutes
12/17/22 - 225 pages + 273 minutes
12/18/22 - 146 pages + 216 minutes
Total: 1,262 pages + 1,196 minutes

My first thought is to try 1-2-3-7

1: The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars, Dava Sobel - 12/12/22
For one of my two remaining ATY prompts (12. Related to Glass)
Made it to junction 1.

2: Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman - 14/12/22
Been on the TBR for several years

3: Murder in the Falling Snow, Cecily Gayford (ed) - 16/12/22
These collections have been coming out for about five years now. This is this years's edition.

7: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - 16/12822
Because I love to read this in December

I don't think there's enough time left in the RAT to do another route!

I am hoping to reach all the intersections, but with a lot of reversing around, U turns etc. Two trips to libraries later, my books are all lined up on the starting grid, but with false plates in case the book police are on patrol. I'm looking forward to tomorrow as I have two gripping reads from which I am currently saving 100 pages+ to be eligible in the Readathon.

1 A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
I used this for a prompt in Winter Challenge: book between 89-129pp (it has 122 pages), and also finally read it after it had been on my bookshelf for years.
[Finished 11/12/22]

2. An author you've been meaning to try
. I'm trying to catch up with some American classics; this was one of them.
[Finished 12/12/22]

3. A book published this year

[Finished final 102 pages 11/12/22]

4. A book with a cover you love
[Finished 12/12/22]

5. The next book in a series
[latest book in the Merrily Watkins series [Finished 13/12/22]

6. A borrowed book
[Lent to me by a friend. Finished last 102pp 11/12/22]

7. A comfort read

{Finished 15/12/22]

8. A seasonal read
[Finished 13/12/22]

Finished - a bit of reversing but mostly a straight drive. This was fun - thanks, Jackie.

22-23 ATY Winter Individual Readathon
December 11-18

I LOVE the map and the story!
My path is a bit circuitous: 1>>4>>5>>6>>8

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
December 11--5 STARS
2. An author you've been meaning to try
3. A book published this year
4. A book with a cover you love
The Moth Catcher (Vera Stanhope #7) by Ann Cleeves
December 13--5 STARS
5. The next book in a series
Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines (The Rescuers #4) by Margery Sharp
December 12--5 STARS
6. A borrowed book
Snowspelled by Stephanie Burgis
December 11--5 STARS
7. A comfort read
8. A seasonal read
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (Alex Cross #19) by James Patterson
December 12--4 STARS

Laurel K's Individual Tracking

[1]-->[2]-->[3]-->7]

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year: A Very Austen Christmas (Winter Challenge goal)
2. An author you've been meaning to try: Bones in the Blackout
3. A book published this year: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
4. A book with a cover you love
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read: The Christmas Window
8. A seasonal read

I'm not fast enough to the individual challenges usually but this is just mini enough that I'm going to try! Shortest route first, then time to see how many I can add on for funsies

[ ] 1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood
[ ] 4. A book with a cover you love
[ ] 3. A book published this year Small Game
[ ] 7. A comfort read


2. An author you've been meaning to try
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
8. A seasonal read

Evasion in progress

1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
4. A book with a cover you love
The Thirteenth Tale
3. A book published this year
Anatomy: A Love Story
7. A comfort read
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

....
2. An author you've been meaning to try
The Lightning Thief
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
The Town of Babylon
The Poet X
8. A seasonal read

I might be able to complete some of this this week. I knew I was too busy for the team challenge but maybe I can try this. I have a few graphic novels to read.

Prompts:
1. A book that contributes to one of your bookish goals for the year
2. An author you've been meaning to try
3. A book published this year
4. A book with a cover you love
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read
8. A seasonal read

1. bookish goals for the year An Unexpected Peril
2. An author you've been meaning to try
3. A book published this year An Impossible Imposter
4. A book with a cover you love Vicious
5. The next book in a series
6. A borrowed book
7. A comfort read Shadows of Self
8. A seasonal read

I've completed the short route! Let's see if I go on a more round about way.

I finished the short way, still working on more.