2019 December Monthly Challenge

2019 December Monthly Challenge

🎅1. ‘D’ is for December: Read a book that starts with ‘D’ or a book whose author's first or last name starts with ‘D’.

🎅2. Bird of the Month - Raven: The raven is sometimes called the “Keeper of Secrets” and is a messenger between the heavens and the earth. The raven encourages us to dive deeper and to look within to seek the answers to put in motion much-needed change.
Read a book where someone keeps secrets or is a messenger of some sort. Or you can read a book where a character undergoes change. You may also read a book with a mostly black cover.

🎅3. Featured Author Challenge - Queen - Kristen Proby/Princess - Tara Sivec: Read a book by one of this month's Featured Authors, Kristen Proby or Tara Sivec, or by any author with one of their first or last names.

Fun Facts about Tara Sivec:

★ Tara writes in several genres, but humor seems to often play a part in her stories.

★ Tara lives in Ohio with her husband and 2 children.

★ Her first book was published in 2012.

★ She won the Indie Romance Convention Reader's Choice Awards 2013 for Best Indie First Book.

So you may also read any book set in Ohio. You can also read any book published in 2012, or that has won any award. Or you can read a humorous book.

🎅4. World Aids Awareness Day - Dec. 1: Read an LGBTQ+ book or a book with the colors of the rainbow on the cover. You may also read a book featuring an MC dealing an illness.

🎅5. International Children’s Day - Dec. 8: Read a book with a child or children included. Or you may read a YA or NA book.

🎅6. National Maple Syrup Day - Dec. 17: Read a sweet story.

🎅7. Look for an Evergreen Day - Dec. 19: Read a book with trees or an outdoor scene on the cover. Or you can read a book where an MC works outdoors primarily.

🎅8. Winter Solstice -Dec. 22: On this shortest day of the year, cozy up with something short that you can finish quickly during this busy time of year!

🎅9. New Year’s Eve - Dec. 31: Finish or get caught up with a series as the year ends or prepare for the new year by starting a new series.

🎅10. Reader’s Choice: Read any book of your choosing!

1. Deadly Devotion - Cindi Myers (Cindi Myers - June 2019) - Dec 2

2. Final Secrets - Cindi Myers (Cindi Myers - June 2019) (secrets) - Dec 3

3. Meant to be Yours - Susan Mallery (HQN - Oct 2019) (funny) - Dec 4

4. Highland Doc's Christmas Rescue - Susan Carlisle (HMED #1063 - Nov 2019) - Dec 9

5. The Family Journal - Carolyn Brown (Montlake - Nov 2019) (children) - Dec 3

6. Soldier Prince's Secret Baby Gift - Kate Hardy (HR #4687 - Nov 2019) - Dec 7

7. The Rancher's Surprise Son - Christine Wenger (HSE #2430 - Sept 2015) (outdoors) - Dec 4

8. The Matchmaker's Mistletoe Mission - Jaci Burton (Penguin - Oct 2019) (150 pages) - Dec 13

9. Redeeming Her Brooding Surgeon - Sue MacKay (HMED #1040 - July 2019) (end of series) - Dec 7

10. A Highlander Walks Into a Bar - Laura Trentham (St. Martin - Aug 2019) - Dec 20