The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.2 JennRenee's Task: Oh What Fun!

Christmas time is a real even in our house. We celebrate 12 days of Christmas with presents, activities, food, and just spending time together. This task is about my family's favorite days of the season.

This is a 2 book task pick and option and read two books (Book 1 and Book 2) from that option.
Required: State the option

Option 1: Twelve Days: We started the 12 Days of Christmas so we could slow down and enjoy everything the season could bring. We felt like it was just about getting everything ready for one night and one day of rushing from house to house and never really enjoying the season.

Book 1: Read a book that is 1-12 of a series. The series name must be present in grayscale on the Goodreads main page. For this task only whole numbers are allowed.

Book 2 : Read a book where all authors initials can be found in Tis the Season

Option 2: Christmas Scavenger Hunt: The entire family and couple of friends love to get together to go on a Christmas scavenger hunt. We get the list from online, split into teams, and head around the neighborhood to find the items first.

Book 1: Read a book with one of these common items found on our scavenger hunt list in the title of the book (subtitles not included)
Candle, Tree, Wreath, star, bells, Santa, Angel, Snowman, Elf, Mistletoe, gift, present, Bow, red, green, gold, snowflake, holly, lights, cookie

Words may be singular or plural, and possessive, no other variations allowed

Required: State the word

Book 2: Read a book with a MPG of Christmas or Holiday.

Option 3: Christmas Movies and Hot Cocoa: This is has been a long time traditions. Everyone picks a movie, throw them in a hat, One by one they come out and we spend the day with hot cocoa and movies.

Book 1: Read a book of of one of these lists

Books That Feel Like a Hallmark Movie
Books Adapted into Hallmark Movies and Series
Books that are_or should be Hallmark Christmas Movies

Required: State the list and the page

Book 2: Read a book with a word int he title of at least 3 letters from the lyrics of this hot cocoa song (lyrics posted in help thread)

Words must be stand alone and exact.

https://pyzikmusic.weebly.com/uploads...

Required:State the word

Words from Song that are 3+ letters

Ah-choo, and, Are, blowing, Brrr, choc’late, choc-o-lot, cocoa, cold, counted, cup, don’t, ever, feet, freezing, from, frozen, getting, have, head, heat, hope, hot, It’s, kind, like, liquid, lot, love, Make, marshmallow, mug, nice, nippy, nose, not, one, only, outside, pour, really, runny, saucer, Serve, shiver, sneezing, Sniff, snowing, start, steamy, still, stop, sure, ten, that, That’s, the, There’s, thing, toe, tootsies, turn, two, want, warm, will, wind, with, wonder

Thanks RedSycamore for typing these up. :)

Reserved

Just confirming for option 1 book 1 - the series doesn't need to have 12 books, it's just that the numbered book we read needs to be within that range?

So reading the 4th book in a series with 4 books would match the task?

For Option 2, Book 1, are plurals of the scavenger hunt words acceptable? Angels, for example?

Thanks!

Truitt_T wrote: "For Option 2, Book 1, are plurals of the scavenger hunt words acceptable? Angels, for example?

Thanks!"

yes

Molly wrote: "Just confirming for option 1 book 1 - the series doesn't need to have 12 books, it's just that the numbered book we read needs to be within that range?

So reading the 4th book in a series with 4 b..."

correct

Option 2 Book 1 are possessives ok? Was thinking about Angels' Blood

Shelby wrote: "Option 2 Book 1 are possessives ok? Was thinking about Angels' Blood"

yes that will work

Just wanted to check on the Option 3 Book 2 lyric list. This is what I pulled from the link:

Ah-choo, and, Are, blowing, Brrr, choc’late, choc-o-lot, cocoa, cold, counted, cup, don’t, ever, feet, freezing, from, frozen, getting, have, head, heat, hope, hot, It’s, kind, like, liquid, lot, love, Make, marshmallow, mug, nice, nippy, nose, not, one, only, outside, pour, really, runny, saucer, Serve, shiver, sneezing, Sniff, snowing, start, steamy, still, stop, sure, ten, that, That’s, the, There’s, thing, toe, tootsies, turn, two, want, warm, will, wind, with, wonder

A few questions:
1. Are the only words that work the ones that match exactly, or are plurals or possessives okay? What about title words that contain the lyric word intact like Plot, Blotter, or Clothes for the lyric word Lot?
2. For Ah-choo and Brrr, do only exact matches count (i.e. Brrr spelled with exactly three R's)?
3. Does the normal spelling of Chocolate count, or only the two listed spellings?

RedSycamore wrote: "Just wanted to check on the Option 3 Book 2 lyric list. This is what I pulled from the link:

Ah-choo, and, Are, blowing, Brrr, choc’late, choc-o-lot, cocoa, cold, counted, cup, don’t, ever, feet, ..."

Words need to be stand alone and exact. :)

completely forgot to add those to the post. thanks! and I will add that to the top.

can i please get Kissing Kosher locked in for holiday genre - its on the first expansion of genres - thanks!

Dee wrote: "can i please get Kissing Kosher locked in for holiday genre - its on the first expansion of genres - thanks!"

genre noted.

Would Fourth Wing qualify for option #1, book #1? At present the series consists of two books:
1/ Fourth Wing
2/ Iron Flame

Thanks

Deedee wrote: "Would Fourth Wing qualify for option #1, book #1? At present the series consists of two books:
1/ Fourth Wing
2/ Iron Flame

Thanks"

yes as long as the series name is in greyscale it works for me.