Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

For this challenge, you will be trying to fulfill the letters in ONE of three phrases:
- WINTER WONDERLAND (16)
- DREAMING OF SNOW (14)
- HELLO NEW BEGINNINGS (18)

You can fulfill these letters by using the first letter of the title, the first letter of the author's first or last name, or the first letter of the main genre of the book.

Challenge runs: December 31, 2023 to February 29, 2024 (leap day!)

ROUND ONE
Completed: 16/16

☑ W | xkcd: Time by Randall Munroe | genre: webcomic | ✭✭✭✭✩ 1.14.24
☑ I | An Ideal Wife by Betty Neels | title: Ideal | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.23.23
☑ N | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver | genre: nonfiction | ✭✭✭✩✩ 12.2.23
☑ T | The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill | title: The | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.31.23
☑ E | This is How You Lose the Time War | author's inital: El-Mohtar | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.26.23
☑ R | Married by Starfall by Meg Cowley | genre: romance | ✭✩✩✩✩ 12.20.23

☑ W | Veins of Gold by Charlie N. Holmberg | genre: western | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.10.23
☑ O | Ophelia by Lisa Klein | title: Ophelia | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.13.23
☑ N | A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness | author's initial: Ness | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.6.23
☑ D | The Drowner by John D. MacDonald | title: Drowner | ✭✭✭✩✩ 12.18.23
☑ E | The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope | author's initial: Elizabeth | ✭✭✭✭✩ 12.29.23
☑ R | God of Malice by Rina Kent | author's initial: Rina | ✭✭✭✭✩ 12.26.23
☑ L | Annie, Between the States by L.M. Elliott | author's initial: L. | ✭✭✭✭✩ 12.31.23
☑ A | Murder In Thrall by Anne Cleeland | author's initial: Anne | ✭✭✭✭✭ 1.6.24
☑ N | Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente | genre: novella | ✭✭✭✩✩ 12.4.23
☑ D | The Dragon King's Imperial Wrath: Falling in Love with the Bookish Princess of the Rat Clan Vol. 2 by Aki Shikimi | title: Dragon | ✭✭✩✩✩ 12.26.23

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ROUND TWO
Completed: 8/14

☑ D | Sleep in the Woods by Dorothy Eden | author's initial: Dorothy | ✭✩✩✩✩ 2.8.24
☐ R
☑ E | The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope | author's initial: Elizabeth | ✭✭✩✩✩ 2.17.24
☑ A | A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis | title: A | ✭✭✭✭✩ 2.15.24
☑ M | Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick | author's initial: Sedgwick | ✭✭✩✩✩
☐ I
☑ N | The Maid by Nita Prose | author's initial: Nita | ✭✭✩✩✩ 2.14.24
☐ G

☐ O
☑ F | Chime by Franny Billingsley | author's initial: Franny | ✭✭✭✭✭ 12.3.23

☑ S | Candide by Voltaire | genre: satire | ✭✭✭✩✩ 2.12.24
☐ N
☐ O
☑ W | Birding Is My Favorite Video Game: Cartoons about the Natural World From "Bird and Moon" by Rosemary Mosco | genre: webcomic | ✭✭✭✩✩ 2.10.24

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