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Dec 21
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Winter Solstice / Yuletide (December 21):
Task 1: Bibliomancy: Grab one of your larger books and flip to the indicated page and line number to answer the following questions - then post those answers for us:
The Defense of the Realm by Christopher Andrew
A. Will I read all the books on my TBR? (page 378, line 29)
"helped Gardner fill in gaps in one of the decrypts Almost half a century..."
B. Will any of my 2019 reads be 5 stars? (page 227, line 31)
"staff of the Security Service. Kell wrote in his diary, I get the sack from..."
C. Will I discover a new favorite book / author / series? (page 309, line 23)
"and movements (more especially signs of troops perparing for action) can..."
D. Will I discover that a major twist (hopefully, for the [even] better) has occurred in one of my favorite series? (page 459, line 16)
"spared the emergency in Kenya, and perhaps that in Malyays. It must be our objective..."
E. Will I finish all of my reading challenges in 2019? (page 69, line 7)
"dead colleague and sent him money whilst urging him on to be diligent in his work."
F. Will I stay within my book budget in 2019? (page 98, line 5)
"fusion'. Soon afterwards, Kell was forced go take sick leave. His dismay..."
Task 2: Tell us: What book did you read this year that felt like it was never going to end?
The Christmas Train. It was so boring. So much words for so little happenings.
Task 3: Round up a herd of reindeer on book covers and in book illustrations.
Task 4: Treat yourself to a bûche de Noel (French Yule log cake) – if you want to try and make it yourself, see recipe here: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/buche-de-noel-recipe.
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Book: Any book that takes place in December or with ice or snow on the cover, revolving around the (summer or winter) equinox, or a collection of poetry by Hafez.
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