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New Year's Party Challenge
month of December

SPELL-OUT one or more ALL-CAPPED party words:

AULD LANG SYNE
FIREWORKS
CHAMPAGNE
New Year's RESOLUTIONS
New Year's TOAST
COUNTDOWN
DANCING
MASKS
"CHEERS"
MIDNIGHT KISS
CONFETTI
STREAMERS
NOISEMAKERS
BALLOONS
OLD FATHER TIME
BABY NEW YEAR
singing SONGS
playing GAMES
12 GRAPES
wearing POLKA DOTS
Honey BAKED HAM
BLACK-EYED PEAS
A GOOD BOOK



Challenge Rules:

• one book per letter
• use 1st letter in Title ( exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRS/T LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished Book

RATINGS are Optional
Happy Holidays

Congratulations 🥂👍

Robin P
Licha-Olivia
Koren
Book Concierge
Jonquil
Beverly

PARTICIPANTS ☕🎄📯🎁👼🧑‍🎄😇🌟


⏰Robin P - GRAPES (6/6) C & CONFETTI (7/8)
⏰ Licha-Olivia - RESOLUTIONS (11/11) C
⏰ Koren - CONFETTI (8/8) C
Diana S - NOISEMAKERS (0/11)
Cara - BAKED HAM (3/8)
Carol - NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS (17/19)
⏰ Book Concierge - MASKS (5/5) C
⏰ Jonquil - CONFETTI (8/8) C
⏰ Beverly - CHAMPAGNE (9/9) C
Marilyn - GAMES (4/5)
JennH - BABY NEW YEAR (11/12)

I'll start with a short one. I've never heard of a 12-grapes custom!

6/6
G - Holly Gramazio - The Husbands - 12/6
R - Return to the Enchanted Island - 12/14
A - Bloom - main character Ari - 12/8
P - Passport - 12/7
E - Emilia Hart - Weyward - 12/7
S - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World - 12/2

And one of my first books has an I, so I'll also do
5/8
C - Crook Manifesto - 12/8
O - Orbital - 12/17
N - Northwoods
F - A Fall of Moondust - 12/8
E - Earls Trip - 12/11
T - 'Twas the Night Before Scandal - 12/12
T - Thirty-Three Teeth - 12/26
I - Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas - 12/3

Mainly a New Year's tradition from Spain that has caught on here.

New Year's Party Challenge: month of December

New Year's RESOLUTIONS

11/11 Letters

R: Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero (12/20/24)
E: E. (Emily) Lockhart, We Were Liars (12/3/24)
S: Secrets of a Summer Night Lisa Kleypas (12/6/24)
O: Odder Katherine Applegate (12/10/24)
L: Lauren DeStefano, A Curious Tale of the In-Between (12/18/24)
U: Unearthly Cynthia Hand (12/31/24)
T: Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair (12/30/24)
I: Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros (12/19/24)
O: Olive's Ocean Kevin Henkes (12/2/24)
N: Name of the Wind (The) Patrick Rothfuss (12/13/24)
S: Stout, Rex; Black Orchids (12/22/24)

New Year's Party Challenge
month of December

C-Cash, Minu The Painted Pink Dress: A Daughter’s Story of Family, Betrayal, and Her Search for the Truth finished 12/13
O-Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier by Rory Feek finished 12/5
N-Nikkie Van Noy So Much to Say: Dave Matthews Band--20 Years on the Road finished 12/24
F-Frank Figliuzzi Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers finished 12/10
E-E.J. Fleming The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine finished 12/26
T- Tembi Locke From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home finished 12/3
T-Tom Bross Don't Call Me Jupiter: Memoir of a Reluctant Hippie Kid finished 12/6
I-Island Practice: Cobblestone Rash, Underground Tom, and Other Adventures of a Nantucket Doctor by Pam Belluck finished 12/23

New Year's Party Challenge
Books Read: (0/11)

Spell-out: NOISEMAKERS

N
O
I
S
E
M
A
K
E
R
S

BAKED HAM (3/8)

B Bel Price The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson 12/6
A Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story Max Marshall 12/4
K
E Evil Eye Etaf Rum 12/5
D
H
A
M

New Year's Party Challenge - (December)
17/19

Necessary Space - Kate Hawthorne - 12/5
Elouise East - A Home for Barney 12/1
Willis, Connie - To Say Nothing of the Dog - 12/11

Y
Episode Thirteen - Craig Dilouie - 12/17
Another Man's Moccasins - Craig Johnson - 12/6
Requiem for a Mouse - Miranda James - 12/19
Science of Attraction (The) - Jay Hogan - 12/12

Riley Sager - Final Girls - 12/1
Ell, Keaton - Red Flagged - 12/22
Seeing the Light - Marie Jenner - 12/5
Off the Clock - Annabeth Albert - 12/14
Luna David - Trust in Me - 12/8
Urley, Alfred - Driving Miss Daisy- 12/2
Take the Plunge - Colette Davison -12/2
Imposter = Paul Dorian - 12/23
O
Nora Phoenix -Hired: Hadley -12/21
Smoke & Mirrors - Charlie Cochet - 12/18

New Year's Party Challenge
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24


5 / 5

✔ Masks
M - Mrs. Nash's Ashes ✔ – 07Dec24
A - Adriana Trigiani / The Supreme Macaroni Company ✔ – 04Dec24
S - Snow Country Christmas ✔ – 21Dec24
K - Kali Fajardo-Anstine / Woman of Light ✔ – 12Dec24
S - SMITH, Zadie / On Beauty ✔ – 23Dec24


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Great list .. but you forgot the menudo!

LOL!

New Year's Party Challenge
December 2024

8/8 DONE

C Cables and Conjurers Nancy Warren 12/6
O Orange Blossom Way Jan Moran 12/5
N Notorious Allison Brennan 12/4
F Fudgy Christmas Murders: A Candy-Coated Mystery Nancy CoCo 12/6
E Every Hex You Take Tara Lush 12/13
T Trouble in Texas Barb Han 12/12
T Two Down, Bun to Go H.Y. Hanna 12/9
I Italian's Christmas Acquisition Millie Adams 12/10

New Year's Party Challenge
month of December

9/9

C Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes FINISHED 12/16
H Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden FINISHED 12/5
A A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch FINISHED 12/30
M Mitch Albom, The Little Liar FINISHED 12/29
P R.J. Palacio,White Bird FINISHED 12/3
A Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait FINISHED 12/6
G Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala FINISHED 12/8
N Night and Day by John Connolly FINISHED 12/22
E J.T. Ellison, A Very Bad Thing FINISHED 12/15

New Year's Party Challenge
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24

4/ 5

Games
G

A--Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple--12/2/24
M--Michael Finkel, author of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession--12/11/24
E--Elizabeth, Hawthorne's sister in The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman--12/8/24
S--J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers--12/31/24

New Year's Party Challenge
month of December

B - The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo 12/14/24
A - The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/11/24
B - During the Snowstorm by Mo Bao Fei Bao 12/14/24
Y - Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun 12/23/24

N - The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson 12/15/24
E - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 12/7/24 - Ebenezer Scrooge
W - The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren 12/17/24

Y
E - The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck 12/10/24
A - Board Stiff by Piers Anthony 12/8/24
R - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 12/7/24

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

New Year's Party Challenge
December 2024

8/8 DONE

C Cables and Conjurers Nancy Warren 12/6
O Orange Blossom Way Jan Moran 12/5
N Notorious Allison Brennan 12/4
F Fudgy Christmas Murders: A Candy-Coated Mystery Nancy CoCo 12/6
E Every Hex You Take Tara Lush 12/13
T Trouble in Texas Barb Han 12/12
T Two Down, Bun to Go H.Y. Hanna 12/9
I Italian's Christmas Acquisition Millie Adams 12/10

Finished! Message # 7

Update message # 11 - Challenge completed - ✔ - 23Dec24


New Year's Party Challenge
Begins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 31Dec24


5 / 5

✔ Masks
M - Mrs. Nash's Ashes ✔ – 07Dec24
A - Adriana Trigiani / The Supreme Macaroni Company ✔ – 04Dec24
S - Snow Country Christmas ✔ – 21Dec24
K - Kali Fajardo-Anstine / Woman of Light ✔ – 12Dec24
S - SMITH, Zadie / On Beauty ✔ – 23Dec24


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Updated comment #13: Challenge Completed

Challenge Completed!