Starting next. This was my pick for #Rumpelstiltskin for the 2024 #FairytaleReadingChallenge.

#JumpStart2025 #Read2025

Didn‘t have time for this in December. Starting next for the #LosersClub.

#KingFromTheBeginning #Rage

#Read2025 #JumpStart2025

December Wrap Up 📚❄️

Between getting the kittens and catching a stomach bug, December was a poor reading month. I spent most of my reading time trying to protect my books, notebooks, and pens from Jinx and Boon, who act like a couple of determined velociraptors when they get their sights set on something they want. Hoping this month is better. 🙂

Finished two for the #FairytaleReadingChallenge

Still in Progress:
Winter‘s Tale

Final Point Update #WinterGames2024

12,695 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Thank you to @StayCurious and @LiseWorks for hosting. And thank you to all the readathon hosts.❄️

‘Grimoire Girl is a tribute to reaching inward, honoring the magic that lives in all of us.‘

This is one of those books I just felt drawn to. I loved reading this. It was entertaining, a little touching, and she throws in a lot of great witchy tips.

Last book for #WinterGames2024, first book of 2025.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy #Read2025 #JumpStart2025 #ImpulseRead +25 #WGWordSearch (87) +870

+900 pts #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth talker with a sadistic proposal..‘

This was really good. I liked how well the characters were written.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#HitchToScreen #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterS #WinterGames2024
Holiday/Wintery +75 #WGWordSearch (62) +620

+700 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘Hazel Trepas has always known she wasn‘t like her siblings. A thirteenth child, promised to one of the gods... -Merrick, the god of death‘

This dark tale was a beautiful retelling of Godfather Death. Fantastic writing. Highly recommend.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#FairytaleReadingChallenge #ReadersChoice
#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterT
#WinterCosy #WinterGames2024 #TBR +50
#WGWordSearch (77) +770

+825 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Jan 1 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for six hours. Finished Grimoire Girl.

#WinterCosy #20in4 #Read2025 +60 each

Watched:
🎥 Die Hard (Based on a Book) +10
🎥 Daddy‘s Home 2 +5
📺 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special +10
(Based on a Book/Comics)

+210 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 31 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four and a half hours yesterday. Finished the last few pages of Strangers On A Train and read half of Grimoire Girl.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#ReadOutTheOld #20in4 #TheEleventhHour
+45 each

+275 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Days 29 & 30 Totals #WinterGames2024

Fit in two hours of reading over Sunday and Monday.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#SugarRush #ReadOutTheOld #20in4 +20 each

Watched:
🎥 Deck The Halls +5

+130 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 28 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for six hours yesterday. Almost finished with Strangers On A Train.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#SugarRush #ReadOutTheOld #20in4 +60 each

Watched:
🎥 Surviving Christmas +5
🎥 Best. Christmas. Ever! +5

+375 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Days 26 & 27 Totals #WinterGames2024

Was feeling a little better on Thursday. Got an hour and a half of reading done. Was feeling sick again Thursday night into Friday. Too tired to read Friday.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#CozyChristmas #ReadOutTheOld +15 each

Watched:
🎥 The Night Before +5
🎥 Gremlins +5
🎥 A Christmas Story (Based on a Book) +10

+100 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Days 23, 24, & 25 Totals #WinterGames2024

Got an hour of reading done on Monday. Got sick on Christmas Eve and was sick through Christmas.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +10 each

+65 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 22 Totals #WinterGames2024

Caught a stomach bug from the husband and fell a little behind on posting. Got a couple hours of reading done on Sunday.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +20 each

Watched:
🎥 A Creature Was Stirring +5
🎥 Four Christmases +5

+135 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Starting next.

#HitchToScreen #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterS #Adventathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#WinterGames2024

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 21 Totals #WinterGames2024

Got a good bit of reading done yesterday. Read some more of Winter‘s Tale and finished The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +85 each

Watched:
🎥 The Family Man +5

+520 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Three week #BookReport

📚 Finished
Jamaica Inn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Zel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Land of Steady Habits ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
Winter‘s Tale - Read the first two parts. On page 421.
The Thirteenth Child - Read thirty-five chapters. On page 304.

Day 20 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read The Thirteenth Child for an hour.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #WinterSolsticeReadathon
#SnickerdoodleSpirit +10 each

Watched:
🎥 Anna and the Apocalypse +5

+70 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 19 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for five hours. Still working on Winter‘s Tale and The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidWeekMuddle +50 each

+255 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 18 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for three hours yesterday. Read a little more of Winter‘s Tale and a chunk of The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidWeekMuddle +30 each

Watched:
🎥 A Bad Moms Christmas +5

+160 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 17 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four and a half hours yesterday. Read some more of Winter‘s Tale and The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidWeekMuddle +45 each

+230 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 16 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for three hours yesterday. Read a chapter or two of Winter‘s Tale and some more of The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +30 each

Watched:
🎥 Krampus +5

+190 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

First Points Check In #WinterGames2024

7,610 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘Coming-of-age can happen at the strangest times. Into his sixties and newly retired, Anders decides he‘s had enough of steady habits..‘

The basis for one of my favorite Netflix movies. A little sad, often humorous, this was a pretty good story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterL
#WinterCosy #Adventathon #WinterGames2024
Holiday/Wintery Read +75
#WGWordSearch (121) +1,210

+1,290 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘An innocent young girl... a noble youth obsessed with her beauty... and a mother who will do anything to keep them apart...‘

This was an excellent version of Rapunzel. Highly recommend to fairytale lovers.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterZ
#WinterCosy #FairytaleReadingChallenge #Rapunzel
#Adventathon #WinterGames2024 TBR Read +50
#WGWordSearch (22) +220

+275 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘The coachman tried to warn young Mary Yellan away from the ruined, forbidding place on the rainswept Cornish coast..‘

A nice gothic tale, this was dark and atmospheric. I enjoyed it. Good writing and details.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterJ
#Adventathon #WinterCosy #HitchToScreen
#WinterGames2024 Holiday/Wintery Read +75

I skipped the word search on this one since I started in November.

+80 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 15 Totals #WinterGames2024

Got two hours of reading done on The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +20 each

Watched:
🎥 Dear Santa +5
📺 Mickey‘s Christmas Carol (Based on a Book) +10

+140 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 14 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for an hour. Read a chapter of Winter‘s Tale and started The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAToZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +10 each

Watched:
🎥 Red One +5
🎥 P2 +5

+75 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 13 Totals #WinterGames2024

Spent a few hours reading Winter‘s Tale.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +30 each

Watched:
🎥 Christmas Vacation +5

+190 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Thanks for the tag @Yuki_Onna

Physical
Stay Home
Both. I love going to the Christmas Eve parties, but I also love the relaxation of staying home Christmas Day.
Watch D&D
Gift Giver
Coffee
Cake
Shower
Morning Read

#ThisOrThat ❄️ #WinterGames

Starting next. #FairytaleReadingChallenge
#ReadersChoice #GodfatherDeath

#WinterGames2024 #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasAtoZ #LetterT
#OatmealEscape #MidDecemberReadathon

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 12 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for three hours yesterday. Finished The Land of Steady Habits, and some more of Winter‘s Tale.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +30 each

+125 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 11 Totals #WinterGames2024

Yesterday was my birthday. Had a bit of a busy day. Only got to read for about nine minutes, so I‘ll be adding that to today‘s time.

Watched:
🎥 Home Alone +5
📺 How The Grinch Stole Christmas! +10
(Based on a Book)

+20 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 10 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four hours yesterday. A chapter of Winter‘s Tale and almost finished The Land of Steady Habits.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +40 each

+165 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 9 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for an hour. Finished a chapter of Winter‘s Tale and some more of The Land of Steady Habits.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasCardReadathon
#GingerbreadJourney +10 each

+65 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 8 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Spent an hour reading The Land of Steady Habits.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasCardReadathon
#GingerbreadJourney +10 each

+65 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Week 1 Game #WinterGames2024

I was too tired to post this yesterday. I did one page, front and back. Came up with 384 words.

+3,845 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 7 Totals #WinterGames2024

Had a busy day with the new kittens. Could only get in two hours of reading. Read some of The Land of Steady Habits.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasCardReadathon
#GingerbreadJourney +20 each

Watched:
🎥 Just Friends +5

+130 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

39/100

A lot of favorites on this list I love to watch every year.

Some favorites are:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands
A Christmas Story
Gremlins
Anna and the Apocalypse
The Ref
Christmas Vacation
The Night Before
Home Alone (1 & 2)
Krampus
The Family Stone
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Not on the List:
Just Friends

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

1. Baking cookies, watching Christmas movies, going to the family parties on Christmas Eve, staying home and making a big pasta dinner on Christmas Day.

2. The Land of Steady Habits (currently reading), The Nutcracker Bleeds, Let the Right One In, Dash & Lily‘s Book of Dares.

#Two4Tuesday

Day 6 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four hours. Read some of Winter‘s Tale and The Land of Steady Habits.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #ChristmasCardReadathon
#GingerbreadJourney +40 each

+245 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Meet Jinx and Boon. The newest members of the family. 🐈 🐈

#CatsOfLitsy

Reading a chapter of Winter‘s Tale and then getting started on this.

#WinterGames2024 #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterL #GingerbreadJourney
#Adventathon #ChristmasCardReadathon

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 5 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for five hours. Read a chapter and a half of Winter‘s Tale, and most of Zel.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +50 each

+205 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 4 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Almost forgot to post this. Had a busy day around the house yesterday. Was able to squeeze in an hour with Zel.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +10 each

+45 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 3 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for five hours. Finished Jamaica Inn. Read some more of Winter‘s Tale and a few chapters of Zel.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon +50 each

+205 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Starting next. #WinterGames2024

#FairytaleReadingChallenge #Rapunzel
#ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy #Adventathon
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterZ

+5 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

#20in4 #Readathon Wrap Up

Read for almost eight hours. Finished three chapters of Winter‘s Tale, and almost finished Jamaica Inn.

Day 2 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for four hours. Finished two chapters of Winter‘s Tale and almost done with Jamaica Inn.

#ReadAway2024 #FirstSnowReadathon #20in4
#ChristmasAtoZ #Adventathon #WinterCosy
+40 each

Watched:
📺 Supernatural: A Very Supernatural Christmas +5

+250 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Day 1 Readathon Totals #WinterGames2024

I had a busy day yesterday. I managed to squeeze in a couple hours of reading. Read a couple chapters of Winter‘s Tale, and continued with Jamaica Inn.

#ReadAway2024 #FirstSnowReadathon #20in4
#ChristmasAtoZ #Adventathon #WinterCosy
+20 each

+125 points #ChristmasChapterChasers