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December - Advent Calendar Challenge
I can't believe it's already time for this again! Are you ready for December? Remember, you can set up your advent calendar any way you want - poems, essays, short stories, serialized novels, chunks of novels - or fiction podcasts, even! It's your treat, you decide!
When you sign up, say how many days you want your calendar to run for. As the days go by, you're so very welcome to post your updates and talk about what you've read.
(And if you state your total progress in every post, you make it so much easier for me to update the participant list quickly. :)
PARTICIPANTS
- Karina 31/31 - Completed!
- Winter 24/24 - Completed!
- Anna 21/31
- Brianna 0/24
- Kristin 31/31 - Completed!
- Debra 31/31 - Completed!
- Mie 24/24 - Completed!
- Amanda 25/31
- Kimberly 22/22 - Completed!
- Emily 24/24 - Completed!
- Diane Whitney 24/24 - Completed!
- Kristina 6/24
- Heather 26/31
- Meghan24/24 - Completed!
- Alison 19/31
- Reija 24/24 - Completed!
- Agnieszka 20/31
- Essa 15/24
- Clare 28/31
- Lois 21/24 + 21/24
- Debra 24/24 - Completed!
- Laure 3/24
-Sherry 30/30
I sign myself up for a short story every day, all through December.31/31
01. "The art of space travel", by Nina Allan (obtained in Hugo voting package)
02. "Blood brothers", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
03. "The man with X-ray eyes", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
04. "Always the harvest", by Yoon Ha Lee (Upgraded)
05. "Oil of angles", by Chen Qiufan (Upgraded)
06. "What I've seen with your eyes", by Jason K. Chapman (Upgraded)
07. "The sarcophagus", by Robert Reed ((Upgraded))
08. Strange Dogs, by James S.A. Corey (tiny novella)
09. "Cat person", by Kristen Roupenian ()
10. "With cardamom I'll bind their lips", by Beth Cato ()
11. "You'll surely drown here if you stay", by Alyssa Wong (obtained in Hugo voting package)
12. "Secret identity", by Kelly Link (Get in Trouble)
13. "The new boyfriend", by Kelly Link (Get in Trouble)
14. "Come from away", by Madeline Ashby ((Upgraded))
15. "Light", by Kelly Link (Get in Trouble)
16. "Landmark", by Cassandra Khaw (Recent issue of Clarkesworld magazine)
17. "The lake is life", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
18."The good old days", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
19."Family ties", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
20."Mister Parker", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
21. "A capital cat crime" , by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
22. "The night shift", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
23. "The interview", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
24. "Rules of the game", by Saladin Ahmed (Canto Bight)
25. "A long December", by Richard Chizmar (A Long December)
26. "The regular", by Ken Liu (Upgraded)
27. "Taking the ghost", by A.C. Wise (Upgraded)
28. "Tender", by Rachel Swirsky (Upgraded)
29. "Tongtong's summer", by Xia Jia (Upgraded)
30. "Wizard, cabalist, ascendant", by Seth Dickinson(Upgraded)
31. "Collateral", by Peter Watts (Upgraded)
Most likely, I'll be reading from some of these collections:
Upgraded
Wonders of the Invisible World
Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong
The Worm in Every Heart
(and various issues of Asimov's, Lightspeed, FIYAH, etc.)
Advent Calendar Challenge
Duration: December 1, - December 31, 2018
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Advent Calendar
I'm going to read short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. One or two stories every day of December.
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
Dec 5: William Wilson & The Man of the Crowd
Dec 6: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dec 7: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Dec 8: A Descent Into the Maelstrom & Spirits of the Dead & The Masque of the Red Death
Dec 9: The Pit and the Pendulum & The Tell Tale Heart
Dec 10: The Gold Bug
Dec 11: The Black Cat & A Tale of the Ragged Mountains & The Premature Burial
Dec 12: The Oblong Box & The Angel of the Odd & "Thou Art the Man"
Dec 13: The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. & Morning on the Wissahiccon
Dec 14: Some Words with a Mummy & The Imp of the Perverse
Dec 15: The Purloined Letter & The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Dec 16: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar & The Sphinx & The Cask of Amontillado & Hop-Frog
Dec 17: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Dec 18: Three Sundays in a Week & Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
Dec 19: The Spectacles
Dec 20: The Balloon Hoax & The Oval Portrait: & Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling
Dec 21: The Duc de L'Omelette & A Tale of Jerusalem & Bon-Bon
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21/31 days
46/68 stories
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
Dec 5: William Wilson & The Man of the Crowd
Dec 6: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dec 7: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Dec 8: A Descent Into the Maelstrom & Spirits of the Dead & The Masque of the Red Death
Dec 9: The Pit and the Pendulum & The Tell Tale Heart
Dec 10: The Gold Bug
Dec 11: The Black Cat & A Tale of the Ragged Mountains & The Premature Burial
Dec 12: The Oblong Box & The Angel of the Odd & "Thou Art the Man"
Dec 13: The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. & Morning on the Wissahiccon
Dec 14: Some Words with a Mummy & The Imp of the Perverse
Dec 15: The Purloined Letter & The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Dec 16: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar & The Sphinx & The Cask of Amontillado & Hop-Frog
Dec 17: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
Dec 18: Three Sundays in a Week & Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences
Dec 19: The Spectacles
Dec 20: The Balloon Hoax & The Oval Portrait: & Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling
Dec 21: The Duc de L'Omelette & A Tale of Jerusalem & Bon-Bon
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Yeah! I’m soooo ready for December, so I would like to sign up with this 24 day calendar book very appropriately called:� December
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I'm going to read an issue a day from some graphic novel volumes that have been sitting waiting for me to read.31/31
Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares
�1. Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons of Ares #5
�2. Pierce Brown's Red Rising: Sons Of Ares #6
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
�3. #1
�4. #2
�5. #3
�6. #4
�7. #5
Star Trek: Countdown
�8. #1
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Star Trek: Nero
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Spock Reflections
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�20. When Worlds Collide: Spock Confronts the Ultimate Challenge
Harvey Kurtzman's Marley's Ghost
�21. ch. 1
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�23. ch. 3
�24. ch. 4
�25. ch. 5
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation Graphic Novel
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I'll be reading The Book Thief. Since there are 88 chapters, I'll be reading 4 chapters/day for a total of 22 days. This way I can finish the challenge before driving to my parents' house for the holidays on the 23rd!
UPDATE: I finished everything, but not exactly on my planned schedule.I'll do the read something every day. I want to read Christmas Stories, which has 20 stories in it. I'll read that December 5-24. The first 4 days I'll read A Christmas Carol over 2 days and then The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge over 2 days.
Dec 01: Christmas Stories story #1 completed
Dec 02: #2 was so long it took me 2 days to read
Dec 03: Christmas Stories story #2 completed
Dec 04: Christmas Stories story #3 completed
Dec 05: Christmas Stories story #4 completed
Dec 06: Christmas Stories story #5 completed
Dec 07: Christmas Stories story #6 completed
Dec 08: Christmas Stories story #7 completed
Dec 09: Didn't have time to read a story this day
Dec 10: Christmas Stories story #8 completed, Christmas Stories story #9 completed
Dec 11: Christmas Stories story #10 completed
Dec 12: Didn't have time to read a story this day
Dec 13: Christmas Stories story #11 completed
Dec 14: Christmas Stories story #12 completed
Dec 15: Christmas Stories story #13 completed
Dec 16: Read A Christmas Carol in one day
Dec 17: Christmas Stories story #14 completed
Dec 18: Read The Further Adventures of Ebenezer Scrooge in one day
Dec 19: Christmas Stories story #15 completed
Dec 20: Christmas Stories story #16 completed
Dec 21: Christmas Stories story #17 completed
Dec 22: Christmas Stories story #18 completed
Dec 23: Christmas Stories story #19 completed
Dec 24: Christmas Stories story #20 completed
Kristin wrote: "I would like to sign up for a short story (or essay or poem) per day for the full month. Question: Can shorter graphic novels/comics count as well?Yes, absolutely!
Welcome to the advent calendar, all! (It's awesome to see names I recognise from previous years, too!)
I figured out what I'm going to do! I'm going to try to read The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times over the 24 days. It's a collection of 49 essays/short stories so I'm aiming to read 2/day with one day where I'll read 3. (this doesn't include forwards/introductions, but it'll still work I think) With working retail, December will be pretty crazy, so I may extend this through the entire month of December if necessary.01:
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I would like to do one book over 31 days: The Christmas Killer93 sections so 3 a day :)
� 1st - 1,2,3
� 2nd - 4,5,6
� 3rd - 7,8,9
� 4th - 10,11,12
� 5th - 13,14,15
� 6th - 16,17,18
� 7th - 19,20,21
� 8th - 22,23,24
� 9th - 25,26,27
� 10th - 28,29,30
� 11th - 31,32,33
� 12th - 34,35,36
� 13th - 37,38,39
� 14th - 40,41,42
� 15th - 43,44,45
� 16th - 46,47,48
� 17th - 49,50,51
� 18th - 52,53,54
� 19th - 55,56,57
� 20th - 58,59,60
� 21st - 61,62,63
� 22nd - 64,65,66
� 23rd - 67,68,69
� 24th - 70,71,72
� 25th - 73,74,75
� 26th - 76,77,78
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Hi all! I’ll update the participant list tomorrow - I’m on vacation and a little sporadically online, just so you know I haven’t forgotten the advent calendar. :)
ADVENT CALENDAR CHALLENGEDuration: December 1, - December 31, 2018
Faithful: Christmas Through the Eyes of Joseph by Adam Hamilton
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Advent Calendar Challenge Duration: December 1, - December 31, 2018
Merry and Bright - 17 Chapters
Holly and Ivy - 41 Chapters
Have to add another book as I've devoured my 2 listed books!!!!
The Best Little Christmas Shop - 23 Chapters
I will read 2-3 chapters per day between the 2 Christmas-themed books.
Holly and Ivy
� Dec 1: Prologue and chapter 1
� Dec 2: Chapter 2 & 3
� Dec 3: Chapter 4 & 5
� Dec 4: Chapter 6 & 7
� Dec 5: Chapter 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
� Dec 6: Chapter 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
� Dec 7: Chapter 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
� Dec 8: Chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
� Dec 9: Chapter 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41
Merry & Bright
� Dec 10: Chapter 1
� Dec 11: Chapter 2
� Dec 12: Chapter 3
� Dec 13: Chapter 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
� Dec 14: Chapter 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
The Best Little Christmas Shop
� Dec 15: Chapter 1
� Dec 16: Chapter 2
� Dec 17: Chapter 3
� Dec 18: Chapter 4
� Dec 19: Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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I will read short story collections, I haven't picked all but I'm gonna start with A Manual for Cleaning Women24 days.
I decided to go for a daily goal of ~150 pages plus the 30 daily passages from Die Nacht, in der die Himmelstür offen stand: ... und andere wahre Geschichten, die das Herz berühren (orig. title: The Best Of Guideposts Christmas; lit. translation: The Night When Heaven's Gate Was Open: ... And Other True Stories That Touch The Heart - not all are Christmas themed even if it's a Christmas collection). All numbers in brackets are page numbers.1st:
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ch. 1-11 (81) => (176)4th:
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ch. 12-19 (86) /
ch. 12-23 (56) => (167)5th:
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ch. 20-26 (68) /
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ch. 24-36 (61) => (192)6th:
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stave 1 (42) => (170)7th:
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stave 2-5 (120) => (171)8th:
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day 8 => (123) - only part of the story in the anthology which led to an incorrect total and distribution of chapters9th:
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ch. 12- end (132) => (211)10th:
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ch. 7-end (163) - it wasn't a Christmas book :-(13th:
day 13 / The Bridal Quilt see
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(172) lit. translation: A Cat Called Christmas15th:
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(19) lit. translation: The Little Girl /
ch. 1-21 (149) => (168)17th:
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ch. 22-end (110) / Taming the SEAL see
(56) => (166)18th:
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(12) / A Patchwork Love see
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ch. 1 - 13 (93) => (153)22nd:
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day 23 / Seams Like Love see
ch. 1-6 (75) 24th:
day 24 / Seams Like Love see
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ch. 1-10 (126)30th:
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ch. 11-end (97)31st:
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I will sign up for a poem or short story each day.12/1- Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
12/2 - It sifts from leaden sieves - Emily Dickinson
12/3- Journey of the Magi - T.S Eliot
12/4- Sonnet 97 - William Shakespeare
12/5- The Snowman - Wallace Stevens
12/6- Winter Song - Wilfred Owen
12/7- Winter Eyes - Douglas Florian
12/8- Wintertime - Robert Louis Stevenson
12/9-Winter -Song - Katherine Mansfield
12/10- Dust of Snow - Robert Frost
12/11- A Letter from Santa Clause - Mark Twain
12/12- Christmas, or, the Good Fairy - Harriet Beecher Stowe
12/13- The Fir Tree - Hans Christian Andersen
12/14- Keeping Christmas - Henry Van Dyke
12/15- The Three Kings - Henry Wadesworth Longfellow
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Message #5 update.
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
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Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 1: Metzengerstein & Loss of Breath
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Message #4 Update Winter 1/24
Wow, it’s December! Please forgive me if I don’t update the list until tomorrow - I’ll be home from my trip then, and have an easier time of editing GR posts. :)
Now I’m off to read today’s short story!
I'm in for a month of short stories and poems: Collected Folk Tales31/31 Completed
Dec 1: GobbleKnoll and Shick-Shack
Dec 2: Vukub-Cakix
Dec 3: Tops or Bottoms
Day 4: The Voyage of Maelduin
Day 5: The Fort of Rathangan and Willow
Day 6: Maggoty's Wood, Edward Frank and the friendly cow, Yallery Brown
Day 7: Moowis, The Lady of the Wood
Day 8: A Voice Speaks from the Well, Bash Tchelik
Day 9: Iram Biram, The Goblin Spider and To the Tengu Goblins and other Demons
Day 10: The Secret Commonwealth, The Piper of Shacklow
Day 11: The Adventures of Nera, The Green Mound and A Letter
Day 12: Halloween, Great Head and the ten Brothers
Day 13: Faithful John
Day 14: The Trade that No One Knows
Day 15: Jack and his Golden Snuff-box, A Charm against Witches
Day 16: Tarn Wethelan Mist
Day 17: Asrai, Hoichi the Earless
Day 18: The Breadhorse
Day 19: Ramayana
Day 20: The Island of the Strong Door
Day 21: The Smoker, RIP
Day 22: Wild Worms and Swooning Shadows
Day 23: Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, The Barguest of Nidderdale
Day 24: Loki
Day 25: Baldur the Bright
Day 26: The Flying Childer
Day 27: Father, Wait for Me
Day 28: Glooskap
Day 29: The Wonderful Wood
Day 30: Wae's Me
Day 31: The Green Mist
A poem a day - sounds goodI will be reading from "Modern Verse in English 1900-50"
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The second challenge is also interesting. I will be reading a chapter a day doubling up at the end to read 28 chaptersThe Fiend and the Forge Henry H. Neff
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Dec 22: Chapter 23 - Myrmidon; Chapter 24 - Whispers in the Dark
Dec 23: Chapter 25 - The Sorcerer and the Smee; Chapter 26 - A Son of Elathan
Dec 24: Chapter 27 - An Officaiate's Tomb; Chapter 28 - Walpurgisnacht
21/24 Days
Update: The Luminaries2/24
DAY 3: 82 to 116
DAY 4: 117 to 146
DAY 5: 147 to 170
DAY 6: 171 to 212
DAY 7: 213 to 238
DAY 8: 239 to 256
DAY 9: 257 to 301
DAY 10: 302 to 360
DAY 11: 361 to 398
DAY 12: 399 to 436
DAY 13: 437 to 464
DAY 14: 465 to 484
DAY 15: 485 to 519
DAY 16: 520 to 556
DAY 17: 557 to 587
DAY 18: 588 to 624
DAY 19: 625 to 662
DAY 20: 663 to 697
DAY 21: 698 to 719
DAY 22: 720 to 759
DAY 23: 760 to 799
DAY 24: 800 to 830
Update to message #5.
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
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5/69 stories
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 2: Ms. Found in a Bottle & Berenice & Morella
2/31 days
5/69 stories
Updated #33: 2/24
I would like to sign up. I will break a book into 24 :). Thank you for doing this again, it’s my favorite!
Happy 1st Sunday of Advent :-)Update msg 9: 3/24
Update to message #5.
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
3/31 days
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Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 3: King Pest & Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard & Ligeia
3/31 days
8/69 stories
3/24 A Manual for Cleaning Women so far really good! I remember I had struggle couple years ago how these short story collections have long introductions and when I checked one other book for this challenge I actually give up reading after those long introductions. Oh well, maybe stories are better.
Phew, I'm in an orderly place again, list updated! How are you all enjoying your reads?
I am reading Christmas in July by Debbie Mason. I started the challenge a few days late so I read three chapters today to get caught up = 3/24.
Update to message #5.
Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
4/31 days
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Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Dec 4: The Devil in the Belfry & The Fall of the House of Usher
4/31 days
10/69 stories
Winter: 5/24 Completed This book was the perfect book for this challenge!
5/24 completed. I've been busy so it is nice that stories are so short.
Updated message 30 6/31
Perfect read for this challenge a mix of poems and very short stories
Update: The Luminaries6/24
DAY 2: 44 to 81
DAY 3: 82 to 116
DAY 4: 117 to 146
DAY 5: 147 to 170
DAY 6: 171 to 212
DAY 7: 213 to 238
DAY 8: 239 to 256
DAY 9: 257 to 301
DAY 10: 302 to 360
DAY 11: 361 to 398
DAY 12: 399 to 436
DAY 13: 437 to 464
DAY 14: 465 to 484
DAY 15: 485 to 519
DAY 16: 520 to 556
DAY 17: 557 to 587
DAY 18: 588 to 624
DAY 19: 625 to 662
DAY 20: 663 to 697
DAY 21: 698 to 719
DAY 22: 720 to 759
DAY 23: 760 to 799
DAY 24: 800 to 830
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Star Trek: Movie Adaptation (other topics)A Very Holly Christmas (other topics)
Christmas at Pebble Creek (other topics)
The Brands Who Came For Christmas (other topics)
Christmas Visitors (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Edgar Allan Poe (other topics)Edgar Allan Poe (other topics)
Edgar Allan Poe (other topics)
Edgar Allan Poe (other topics)
Henry H. Neff (other topics)
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Duration: December 1, - December 31, 2018
Many countries around the world use advent calendars or Christmas calendars to celebrate the month of December. For some people, the calendar has religious significance, but for others it's a secular, non-religious tradition.
For this challenge, there are two options:
A) Starting on Dec. 1 and ending on Dec. 24, read a short story (or a poem!) every day. Use stories or poems from collections, magazines, or the internet - there's lot of good short fiction available for free from many publishers.
B) Starting on Dec. 1: Split a novel into 24 chunks and portion your reading so that you read the last chunk on Dec. 24. (Ideally the novel has 24 chapters to start with! But as long as you can manage to count out even-sized* chunks, it'll work.)
* Most calendars provide a bigger treat for Dec 24.
Any novel or bunch of stories will work - but seasonal themes like winter, kindness, family, friendship, gift-giving, etc will definitely work well with the whole spirit of the season.
If you'd rather keep reading past the 24th, you're welcome to try for the whole month!
Karina is the creator and leader of this challenge. Thank you, Karina!