Hayley Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Welcome to the first Christmas Reading Challenge! This year, participants should choose books from the following three categories: A Christmas Mystery A Christmas Children's Story A Book with Snow on the Cover or in the Title We will officially start the challenge on November 25th (to give us one month until Christmas!) but feel free to use this thread to start planning your Christmas Challenge books! Let the festivities begin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I can choose from the 3rd category definitely, and probably the first one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) Hooray! *Runs off to see what I can find* Edited to add : A Christmas Mystery - The Adventure Of the Blue Carbuncle, Arthur Conan Doyle A Christmas Children's Story - A Letter To Santa Claus, Mark Twain A Book with Snow on the Cover or in the Title - The Snow Queen In Seven Stories, Hans Christian Andersen Edited November 21, 2022 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudz Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I have multiple books I could pick for the third category, but I'm not sure about the other two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Mystery wise I think I will join you with Sherlock, @lunababymoonchild and The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle, if you are OK with that. For the Children's story, if it is considered a legitimate contender, I would really enjoy a re read of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Father Christmas certainly makes an appearance! For the Snow covered / entitled book, I was thinking perhaps The Snow Child. It's a book I have had for a long while, but never got around to reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 57 minutes ago, Chrissy said: Mystery wise I think I will join you with Sherlock, @lunababymoonchild and The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle, if you are OK with that. Absolutely, OK with that! 58 minutes ago, Chrissy said: For the Children's story, if it is considered a legitimate contender, I would really enjoy a re read of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Father Christmas certainly makes an appearance! For the Snow covered / entitled book, I was thinking perhaps The Snow Child. It's a book I have had for a long while, but never got around to reading. Good choices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is a great choice for the mystery. I’ve read it a couple of times before but I think I might join in with this one too! My book with snow on the cover will be either Midnight in Everwood or The Toy Makers And I might try The Nutcracker for the first time for my children’s book! 11 hours ago, Chrissy said: For the Snow covered / entitled book, I was thinking perhaps The Snow Child. It's a book I have had for a long while, but never got around to reading. I saw this ages ago and thought it sounded really good. It had completely gone out of my head! I think others read and enjoyed it on here, if I remember correctly? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Just bought The Snow Child on Kindle for 99p! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I enjoyed The Toymakers, some of the descriptions are fabulous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudz Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 On 11/22/2022 at 9:22 AM, Chrissy said: For the Children's story, if it is considered a legitimate contender, I would really enjoy a re read of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Father Christmas certainly makes an appearance! Does Father Christmas appear in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? I haven’t read it in years and can’t remember this happening at all, but I do have a copy of it so this is the perfect selection for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kudz said: Does Father Christmas appear in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? I haven’t read it in years and can’t remember this happening at all, but I do have a copy of it so this is the perfect selection for me! Apparently so. I've never read it so I might join in on that one too - when I was in primary school a classmate of mine recommended it and I've never gotten around to reading it. Edited November 24, 2022 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Starts tomorrow, I'm ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 I decided to go with Midnight in Everwood! I started it this morning 17 hours ago, Kudz said: Does Father Christmas appear in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? I haven’t read it in years and can’t remember this happening at all, but I do have a copy of it so this is the perfect selection for me! It always struck me as slightly odd that Father Christmas turns up, especially when it's such a brief appearance, but when I read it again as an adult it does make sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) I changed my mind on the mystery category and instead of The Blue Carbuncle will read A Maigret Christmas Edited November 25, 2022 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I will start one of mine when I finish my current book, so might not be til the beginning of December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I have started A Maigret Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Need to think about the second one - pretty much renounced children's books when I gave up primary teaching, and in no hurry to go back! The only exception in the last 5 years has been Paddington (!) otherwise need to find a 'grown up' children's book. Might reread The Dark Is Rising which was superb. Have to think about the rest as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 5 hours ago, willoyd said: Need to think about the second one - pretty much renounced children's books when I gave up primary teaching, and in no hurry to go back! I was thinking of reading Thackeray’s The Rose and the Ring. Although it’s a children’s book, the satire was clearly intended for adults. Maybe something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Hayley said: I was thinking of reading Thackeray’s The Rose and the Ring. Although it’s a children’s book, the satire was clearly intended for adults. Maybe something like that? I did not know anything about this. What a great idea! Thackeray (according to the very short internet search I did) referred to this as a pantomime and everybody knows that pantomimes are only played at Christmas. Got it on Project Gutenberg Edited November 28, 2022 by lunababymoonchild 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Finished A Maigret Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 11:26 PM, Hayley said: I was thinking of reading Thackeray’s The Rose and the Ring. Although it’s a children’s book, the satire was clearly intended for adults. Maybe something like that? Thanks Hayley. Certainly worth a thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 18 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said: Finished A Maigret Christmas Was it good? I’m enjoying Midnight in Everwood. There were a couple of moments near the beginning where I thought ‘I’m not sure I’m going to enjoy this as much as I expected…’ but I’m just over half way through now and things are more intriguing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 35 minutes ago, Hayley said: Was it good? It was. Three short stories, only one of which was about Maigret! 36 minutes ago, Hayley said: I’m enjoying Midnight in Everwood. There were a couple of moments near the beginning where I thought ‘I’m not sure I’m going to enjoy this as much as I expected…’ but I’m just over half way through now and things are more intriguing! That's good. I'm considering my next choice carefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 (edited) Decided to read The Snow Child in the end Edited November 30, 2022 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I read The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle at the weekend. And enjoyable Sherlock Holmes short story. A typical tale in a familiar setting. As I have struggled with my reading over the past couple of year, I had wondered if I would The Snow Child hard work, so decided to get started on that. I finished last night, after a few days of really enjoying my reading times. It's a gentle read in many ways, and despite feeling like I knew exactly where the story would head, I enjoyed a couple of surprises. So onward to Narnia, and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. I may have to add more Christmas stories and books to my list, as this challenge has somewhat prodded the embers of my subdued reading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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