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Winter Words Reading Challenge<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I know I haven’t finished telling you about the books I read in 2009, but I’ve started joining reading challenges for 2010. Some are very specific, while others are more free-form. The Winter Words Reading Challenge falls into the latter category.<\/p>\n

The idea behind it:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Decide on the number of books (between 3 and 9) you’d like to read during the winter season.<\/li>\n
  2. See what winter word corresponds to your choice on the challenge post<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Assign books to match your selected word:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The word you pick above is an acronym & the books that you read during this challenge will have to coordinate with the letters in the acronym. You can use either of the following ways to select your books: (1) A word in the title of your books must start with a letter from your chosen word. or… (2) The author’s first or last name has to begin with 1 of the letters in your acronym. “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    I have faith that I’ll get nine books read before the start of spring on March 19, so my word is “snowflake.” Here’s what I think I’ll read to correspond:<\/p>\n

    S<\/strong> — Marcelo in the Real World<\/em>, Francisco S<\/strong>tork
    \nN<\/strong> — The Anthologist<\/em>, by N<\/strong>icholson Baker
    \nO<\/strong> — Astrid & Veronika<\/em>, Linda O<\/strong>lsson
    \nW<\/strong> — W<\/strong>hen You Reach Me<\/em>, Rebecca Stead*
    \nF<\/strong> — Shades of Grey<\/em>, Jasper F<\/strong>forde
    \nL<\/strong> — The L<\/strong>acuna<\/em>, Barbara Kingsolver
    \nA<\/strong> — A<\/strong>ustenland<\/em>, Shannon Hale
    \nK<\/strong> — The Help<\/em>, K<\/strong>athryn Stockett
    \nE<\/strong> — The E<\/strong>legance of the Hedgehog<\/em>, Muriel Barbery<\/p>\n

    Since the challenge doesn’t forbid it, I do reserve the right to substitute for books that I can’t get from the library or that fail to keep my interest.<\/p>\n

    *Given that the challenge began on Dec. 21, I’m counting this novel I read last week toward my nine novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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