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✨ Vittoria ✨ - FINISHED
Hidden Gems - December 2019 Duration: December 1-31, 2019
5/4
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
✓ 🎄 Beard - Ignite, Jocelynn Drake -12/3
✓ 🎄 Snow - Murder for Christmas, Francis Duncan -12/3
✓ 🎄 Beard - Tallowwood, N.R. Walker -12/4
✓ 🎄 Beard - Conspiracy Theory, Elle Keaton -12/4
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
✓ 🎄 Snow - Written in Red, Anne Bishop -12/1
Meg - Page 6: a sign that would have chilled her more than the snow and wind if she hadn't felt so desperate.
Hidden Gems - December 2019 Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Date Started: December 1, 2019
Date Completed: December 23, 2019
Tasks Completed: 10
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
a.) Present - The Christmas Letter (Tess and Tilly 1) by Kathi Daley - 12/2/19
b.) Dress - The Earl's Christmas Consultant (Wedding Trouble 3) by Bianca Blythe - 12/14/19
c.) Snow - A Family for Christmas by Helen Scott Taylor - 12/19/19
d.) Reindeer - A Christmas Wish (Flyin Lion and Friends 6) by David Arnold - 12/19/19
e.) Snow - Dyno Dinosaur Family Christmas Adventures by Sharida McKenzie
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
a.) The Day I Met Dr. Seuss by Anne Emerick - 12/15/19
BOX - LOC 103 - He stopped at the house, took a box to the door
TRAIN - LOC 58 - To get to Seuss's house, meant a bus, a train, a cab
b.) Chasing Skye (Texas High 1) by Kelsie Stelting - 12/23/19
DRESS - Pg. 70 - I grabbed my duffel bag and dress
FIRE - Pg. 56 - I cheered with everyone else as the fireworks cracked and popped with the fire
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
a.) Fire - Under the Hill by Sheila Connolly - 12/16/19 - LOC 181 - curled up in front of the fireplace, where there burned a fire I'd made myself
b.) Dress - Brownies and Dark Shadows (Sandy Bay 2) by Amber Crewes- 12/21/19 - LOC 151 - Meghan smoothed her long, black velvet dress
c.) Dress - Cappuccino Twist by Anisa Claire West - 12/22/19 - LOC 1459 - Holding the dress against my body in front of the mirror, I already felt happier
TASKS: Santa's Workshop🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Poinsettia -
- Emily Brightwell - 12/3/19 - poinsettia on the coffee tableSNOW -
- Emily Brightwell - 12/10/19 3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time - Emily Brightwell - 12/2/19
Train - p. 46 “Witherspoon was a bit of a TRAIN enthusiast himself.”
Box - p. 74 “I ought to BOX your ears for that.”
Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead - Emily Brightwell - 12/17/19
BOW - p.62 "...then did a nice BOW as though we were his audience."
DRESS p. 29 - "... people in formal evening DRESS were clustered together...."
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Goal: 5/4
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Braid - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold – 12/03/2019
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley – 12/06/2019
Bear - Loki appeared, bundled up like a grizzly bear. (Kindle Location 3366)
Beard - A well-trimmed black beard hugged his jaw... (Kindle Location 2564)
The Unicorn's Tail by A.W. Exley – 12/07/2019
Boots -... as he mounted and put his boot to its side. (Kindle Location 450)
Bow - "I got shot with a cross bow... (Kindle Locations 339-340)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley – 12/11/2019
Train - Cara looped the train of her skirt over her arm (Kindle Location 3122)
The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova – 12/15/2019
Dress - She’s wearing a purple dress that ties around her neck (Kindle Location 668)
Word List:
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Hidden Gems🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Braid - Blood Bonds - Yasmine Galenorn 12/14
Fire - Wickedly Powerful - Deborah Blake 12/9
Present - A Historical Christmas Present - Lisa Kleypas 12/25
Snow - All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy - Emma Cane 12/19
Reindeer - Mistletoe Murder - Leslie Meier 12/23
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
The Usual Santas - Peter Lovesey 12/7
Jingle Bell - (the echo of a jingle bell), p23
Poinsettia - (from Biddle's Florist with a bundle of pointsettias), p191
The Doll Factory - Elizabeth Macneal 12/27
Paint - (the paint banked in his nails), p47
Dove - (a stuffed turtle dove in his palm), p7
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Bayou Born - Hailey Edwards 12/28
Boots - hero wears boots
The Black Swan Company - Luna DeMasi 12/3
Bow - hero is a bassoon player and he uses a bow to play
Smart Mouth - Erin McCarthy 12/26
Dress - MC is a girly girl who's boyfriend threw up on her dress
Grand Slam Murders - R.J. Lee 12/16
Mug - the ladies drink coffee while playing cards
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Mod
Read: 8
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
A Vicarage Christmas Kate Hewitt 12/9/19🎄 Bow
Let It Snow Nancy Thayer 12/17/19🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
Kitty Goes to Washington Carrie Vaughn 12/13/19
What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand 12/25/19🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
Crash & Burn Lisa Gardner 12/14/19
Shakespeare's Christmas Charlaine Harris 12/18/19🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
It Started One Christmas Susan Mallery 12/4/19
Tamarack County William Kent Krueger 12/16/19🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Welcome - Barbara ★, Ferenc, Joann, JoAnne, SANDYE, & Sarah E!
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Kitty in the Underworld by Carrie Vaughn 8 December 2019 ★★★
🎄 Boots pg 18 -- "Worn jeans and biker boots."
🎄 Snow pg 43 -- "Laden with the scent of snow.
Shattered by Kevin Hearne 13 December 2019 ★★★
🎄 Bear pg 7 -- "an enormous black bear and roared"
🎄 Mug pg 274 -- "he put down his own mug."
Emma by Jane Austen 15 December 2019 ★★★★★
🎄 Box loc. 4787 -- "and producing the box."
🎄 Dress loc. 4167 --"a simple style of dress."
Snowbound Surrender by Christine Merrill/Louise Allen/Laura Martin 22 December 2019 ★★★★
🎄 Mittens loc. 734 "weighed down by a wet mitten"
🎄 Holly loc. 1092 "decorating the holly wreath"
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
I'm in!Bonus Level= 4
December 1-31, 2019
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4 out of 4
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
1) Box: A Very Marley Christmas
12-2-19 (Brown box bottom right)2) Box: The Cats of Tiffany Street
12-2-19 (Bottom right)3) Reindeer and Box in text: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon 12-3-19 (both page 125: "The moth-eaten, life-size reindeer..." and "In fact, the copier-paper box...")
4) Present: Christmas Wombat
12-2-19 (At his bottom)
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Vannetta Chapman 12/9/191. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
. Sheila Connolly . 12/9/193. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage). The Whispered Word . Ellery Adams . 12/14/19
globe- People from all over the globe brought her their stories. (p.3)
mug- Nora selected a white mug with a donut covered in pink icing and rainbow sprinkles (p. 10)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how). Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings . Emily Brightwell 12/8/19 .
mug- She poured the tea, added cream and two sugars, picked up the mug and wandered over to the kitchen sink... (p. 218)
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Date Started: December 1, 2019
Date Completed: December 26, 2019
10 of 10 -- Completed
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Death by Café Mocha by Alex Erickson 12/12/2019
-- a mugTwelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber 12/12/2019
- holly
by Janice Lynn 12/18/2019bow
by Josie Silver 12/20/2019snow
by Peggy Webb 12/26/2019dress
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Falling Like Snowflakes by Denise Hunter 12/10/2019
Mugs Page 22
Servers ran about in green aprons, filling coffee mugs and balancing trays.
Yarn Page 87
After the yarn shop, Eden and Micah took turns pushing her along the boardwalk.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson 12/11/2019
Fire Page 6
They lied and stole..... and set fire to Fred Shoemaker's old broken-down toolhouse.
Box(es) Page 75
They looked like the people you see on the six-o'clock news -- refugees, sent to wait in some strange ugly place, with all their boxes and sacks around them.
French Fried by Kylie Logan 12/22/2019
Page 1 train
Six months since I fount out that the elegant restaurant she's lied about for years was really a greasy spoon in an old train station that anchored a battered-but-trying-to-gentrify part of town.
Page 30 beard
Her husband, Malchi, was a big man with a dark, bristling beard I> and the same sort of flyaway hair that always made Declan look as if he were going someplace in a hurry....
Eggs on Ice by Laura Child 12/23/2019
Page 16 bootes
"If it was a genuine ghost I was chasing, then he was wearing genuine Sorel boots," Suzanne said.
Page 32 reindeer
As Suzanne hummed along, adding a couple of fuzzy reindeer to the display, as well as a few kids' picture books that were all about reindeer , her thoughts circled back to last night's catastrophe.
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Hidden Gems
Duration: 12/1/19 - 12/31/19
0/2
M - Max - The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
U -
G -
E - Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell - 12/8/19
L -
F - Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes - 12/12/19
Duration: 12/1/19 - 12/31/19
0/2
M - Max - The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
U -
G -
E - Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell - 12/8/19
L -
F - Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes - 12/12/19
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
3/2--made level 1
Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".
OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks:
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Bows on the tree
Susan Bernhardt 12/4/192. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
snow: Mistletoe Murder Karen MacInerney 12/6/19 Ch. 14, p.142 "We might not have much snow in Texas, but Texans certainly enjoyed decorating for the holiday.
boots: Mistletoe Murder Karen MacInerney 12/6/19 Ch. 1, p. 15 "The grass crunched under my boots as I walked to the barn to let out the cows and goats..."
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Mug: Murder Takes the Cake: A Daphne Martin Cake MysteryGayle Trent 12/8/19, Ch. 13, loc. 4441 "I fed Sparrow, filled a travel mug with coffee and headed toward Scott County."
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
2/4 Tasks
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
💎 Elf
💎 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
💎Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how)
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times. ❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list. ❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
💎 Bear
💎 Beard
💎 Boots
🎄 Bow
💎 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
💎 Elf
💎 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
💎 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
💎 Snow
🎄 Snowman
💎 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
💎Snow: Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle - 02 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎Box: Flipped Out by Jennie Bentley - 04 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
💎 Bear & Beard: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - 08 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎 Paint & Stove: Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle - 06 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎 Boots & Fire: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer - 11 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
💎 Elf: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 13 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
Hidden Gems - December 2019December 2019
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks:
4/4 Completed
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Alice's Arranged Marriage by Joyce Alec (12/11/19) - snow
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
A Cowboy for Christmas by Marcia Lynn McClure (12/4/19)
boots - "Bill stomped his snowy BOOTS on the old rug..." (Loc 32)
stove - "...the pot that was simmering on the STOVE." (Loc 41)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Marrying Miss Kringle: Frost by Lucy McConnell (12/9/19)
Frost works with elves in the Letters room at the North Pole.
Christmas Kiss by Tammy Andresen (12/12/19)
Evan picks some holly.
Spell Out:
3/3 Completed
B - Brady (Ocean), Her Football Boss Fake Fiance by Taylor Hart (12/1/19)
O - Olivia Lockwood, The Earl's Mistletoe Match by Ashtyn Newbold (12/11/19)
W - Wren Maxwell, Mistletoe Mistake by Laura Ann (12/1/19)
E - Erica Penrod, Charming Christmas (12/10/19)
L - Laura Ann, Mistletoe Memories (12/5/19)
F - Faye Silverton, Mister Mistletoe by Laura Ann (12/1/19)
M - Mistletoe Maverick by Laura Ann (12/6/19)
U - Unmasking Lady Caroline by Mindy Burbidge Strunk (12/2/19)
G - Goodwill for the Gentleman by Martha Keyes (12/3/19)
Welcome - Hannah, Tari, Chelsea, Vittoria, & Shash!
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".
OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
🎄🎁. Yes Please 🎁🎄Hidden Gems - December 2019
4/4
🎄 Bear
🎁 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎁 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎁 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎁 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎁 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎁 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife, Meg Elison, Dec 24th
*Snow*
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Emma in the Night, Wendy Walker, Dec 22
p79 - never cleanly shaven and never a full beard. **Beard**
p91 - daily tasks of making food, collecting wood for the fire. **Fire**
Leaving Time, Jodi Picoult, Dec 19th
p19 - instead of just encouraging me to seal my feelings inside a little box **Box**
p35 - A photo of her wearing a red dress with a giant rosette. **Dress**
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how)
Under My Skin, Lisa Unger, Dec 21st
p29 - I get pushed out of the train onto the platform. **Train**
TASKS: Santa's Workshop🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
- Poinsettia -
by Tessa Bridal 12/92. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
- Bear -
by E.K. Johnston 12/193. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
- Dress, Boots -
by Jonathan Swift 12/16 "...artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen." (paragraph 14)4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
- Box -
by Emily March 12/18 Devin is dealing with a box when Celeste falls
Mod
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
1. a mug
by Nancy J. Parra 12/06/2019b. a mug
by Joy Avon 12/05/2019c snowman
byClement C. Moore 12/06/2019d bow
by L.M. Montgomery 12/02/2019
Mod
Genevieve wrote: "I have a question if you are spelling out do you have to use one of each catergory ex one title, one author, one character, authors last name? 2 do they have to be in a certain order. so Title has ..."Those are just the options you have to work with for the spell out, you may use any combination of these in any order you wish ☺
Welcome - Cindy III, Sarah-Jane, Celia, & Genevieve!
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
1. Just Like Heaven, Julia Quinn, 09.12.2019 - Dress on the cover
2. The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Pierre Boulle, 15.12.2019 - The Bridge that is build in the books is for trains, one of the last scenes has a train in it.
3. Blood on the Tracks, Barbara Nickless, 22.12.2019 - MC is a railroad detective, there are some scenes with trains
4. Minions and Magic, Debra Dunbar, 23.12.2019 - Stove on the cover
Hidden Gems - December 2019 Duration: December 1-31, 2019
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
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)
4. Main character first or last names -You could use Harry Potter but not Fred Weasley.
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
FINISHED!I'm in!
Bonus Level= 4
December 1-31, 2019
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4 out of 4
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
1) Box: A Very Marley Christmas
12-2-19 (Brown box bottom right)2) Box: The Cats of Tiffany Street
12-2-19 (Bottom right)3) Reindeer and Box in text: Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon 12-3-19 (both page 125: "The moth-eaten, life-size reindeer..." and "In fact, the copier-paper box...")
4) Present: Christmas Wombat
12-2-19 (At his bottom)
Hidden Gems - December 2019 Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Date Started: December 1, 2019
Date Completed:
2 tasks
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Finished 12/14)
Task 3
Bear - "On August 9, he notes that he shot at a bear but missed." (pg 197)
Beard - "The roommate was a preppy kid from Connecticut, dressed like Joe College, and Chris walks in with a scraggly beard and worn-out clothes, looking like Jeremiah Johnson, packing a machete and a deer-hunting rifle." (pg 119)
Celia, A Slave by Melton A. McLaurin (Finished 12/19)
Task 1
Dress
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Hidden Gems - December 2019 - FINISHEDDuration: December 1-31, 2019
5/4
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
✓ 🎄 Beard - Ignite, Jocelynn Drake -12/3
✓ 🎄 Snow - Murder for Christmas, Francis Duncan -12/3
✓ 🎄 Beard - Tallowwood, N.R. Walker -12/4
✓ 🎄 Beard - Conspiracy Theory, Elle Keaton -12/4
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
✓ 🎄 Snow - Written in Red, Anne Bishop -12/1
Meg - Page 6: a sign that would have chilled her more than the snow and wind if she hadn't felt so desperate.
Mod
4/4
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
1. a mug
by Nancy J. Parra 12/06/2019b. a mug
by Joy Avon 12/05/2019c snowman
byClement C. Moore 12/06/2019d bow
by L.M. Montgomery 12/02/2019
Mod
thanks
Hidden Gems - December 2019Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Goal: Bonus
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 12/5
Task 1: Snowman, Reindeer, Present, and Box
Black Orchids by Rex Stout 12/9
Task 3: Train and Dress
"It was nearly eleven o'clock and there was no train in from Richdale" Pg. 64
"She was lying on a porch swing with her dress curled above her knees by the breeze" Pg. 129
When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom 12/10
Task 3: Paint and Stove
"Leon showed up bright and early the next morning, pickup filled with lumber and paint." Loc. 1984
"She stood up and put her arms around her mother as she stood at the stove." Loc. 960
Finished! :)Hidden Gems - December 2019
December 2019
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks:
4/4 Completed
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Alice's Arranged Marriage by Joyce Alec (12/11/19) - snow
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
A Cowboy for Christmas by Marcia Lynn McClure (12/4/19)
boots - "Bill stomped his snowy BOOTS on the old rug..." (Loc 32)
stove - "...the pot that was simmering on the STOVE." (Loc 41)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Marrying Miss Kringle: Frost by Lucy McConnell (12/9/19)
Frost works with elves in the Letters room at the North Pole.
Christmas Kiss by Tammy Andresen (12/12/19)
Evan picks some holly.
Spell Out:
3/3 Completed
B - Brady (Ocean), Her Football Boss Fake Fiance by Taylor Hart (12/1/19)
O - Olivia Lockwood, The Earl's Mistletoe Match by Ashtyn Newbold (12/11/19)
W - Wren Maxwell, Mistletoe Mistake by Laura Ann (12/1/19)
E - Erica Penrod, Charming Christmas (12/10/19)
L - Laura Ann, Mistletoe Memories (12/5/19)
F - Faye Silverton, Mister Mistletoe by Laura Ann (12/1/19)
M - Mistletoe Maverick by Laura Ann (12/6/19)
U - Unmasking Lady Caroline by Mindy Burbidge Strunk (12/2/19)
G - Goodwill for the Gentleman by Martha Keyes (12/3/19)
Hidden Gems - December 2019Completed . 12/14/19
Tasks
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Vannetta Chapman 12/9/191. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
. Sheila Connolly . 12/9/193. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage). The Whispered Word . Ellery Adams . 12/14/19
globe- People from all over the globe brought her their stories. (p.3)
mug- Nora selected a white mug with a donut covered in pink icing and rainbow sprinkles (p. 10)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how). Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings . Emily Brightwell 12/8/19 .
mug- She poured the tea, added cream and two sugars, picked up the mug and wandered over to the kitchen sink... (p. 218)
COMPLETED @ post #21Hidden Gems - December 2019
Duration: December 1-17, 2019
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times. ❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
💎 Bear
💎 Beard
💎 Boots
🎄 Bow
💎 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
💎 Elf
💎 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
💎 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
💎 Snow
🎄 Snowman
💎 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
💎Snow: Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle - 02 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎Box: Flipped Out by Jennie Bentley - 04 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
💎 Bear & Beard: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - 08 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎 Paint & Stove: Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle - 06 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
💎 Boots & Fire: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer - 11 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
💎 Elf: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 13 Dec 19 (view spoiler)
completed 4/4/Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Poinsettia -
- Emily Brightwell - 12/3/19 - poinsettia on the coffee tableSNOW -
- Emily Brightwell - 12/10/19 3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Mrs. Jeffries in the Nick of Time - Emily Brightwell - 12/2/19
Train - p. 46 “Witherspoon was a bit of a TRAIN enthusiast himself.”
Box - p. 74 “I ought to BOX your ears for that.”
Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead - Emily Brightwell - 12/17/19
BOW - p.62 "...then did a nice BOW as though we were his audience."
DRESS p. 29 - "... people in formal evening DRESS were clustered together...."
FINISHED!Hidden Gems - December 2019
Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Goal: 5/4
TASKS: Santa's Workshop
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Braid - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold – 12/03/2019
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley – 12/06/2019
Bear - Loki appeared, bundled up like a grizzly bear. (Kindle Location 3366)
Beard - A well-trimmed black beard hugged his jaw... (Kindle Location 2564)
The Unicorn's Tail by A.W. Exley – 12/07/2019
Boots -... as he mounted and put his boot to its side. (Kindle Location 450)
Bow - "I got shot with a cross bow... (Kindle Locations 339-340)
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley – 12/11/2019
Train - Cara looped the train of her skirt over her arm (Kindle Location 3122)
The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova – 12/15/2019
Dress - She’s wearing a purple dress that ties around her neck (Kindle Location 668)
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Hidden Gems - December 2019
Duration: December 1-31, 2019
Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".
OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
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 finish it after the start date of the challenge.
❖ If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
❖ All genres and formats welcome.
❖ 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.
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)
4. Main character first or last names -You could use Harry Potter but not Fred Weasley.
SPELL OUT EXAMPLE:
(view spoiler)[
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)
(hide spoiler)]
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TASKS: Santa's Workshop
🎄 Bear
🎄 Beard
🎄 Boots
🎄 Bow
🎄 Box
🎄 Braid
🎄 Dove
🎄 Dress
🎄 Elf
🎄 Fire
🎄 Globe
🎄 Holly
🎄 Jingle Bell
🎄 Mittens
🎄 Mug
🎄 Paint
🎄 Poinsettia
🎄 Present
🎄 Reindeer
🎄 Snow
🎄 Snowman
🎄 Stove
🎄 Train
🎄 Yarn
Tasks
Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).