VaughanPL: Reading Challenge 2024: Read a Book with a Wintery SettingLike this list

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• Moon of the Crusted Snow

  a Novel

  Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-

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  With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off from all other human contact, there is mounting confusion and panic as food supplies dwindle. While the band council struggles to maintain order, an unexpected visitor…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Winter

  Smith, Ali, 1962-

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  Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. But winter makes things visible, and if there’s ice, there’ll be fire. This contemporary work of literary fiction, the second…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wood at Midwinter

  Clarke, Susanna,

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  Nineteen-year-old Merowdis is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Deadly Inside Scoop

  Collette, Abby

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  In this charming cozy mystery and first of a series, recent MBA grad Bronwyn "Win" Crewse is diving headfirst into running her family’s ice cream shop. After renovations and a menu revamping, things take a chilling turn when the shop's grand opening…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

  Miller, Nathaniel Ian

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  In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves Stockholm for the adventure of the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where he faces both the beauty of the Northern Lights and the danger of polar bears. After a near-fatal avalanche leaves him disfigured, Sven retreats to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hard Winter

  Johnstone, William W.,

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  In Hard Winter, we dig into the Western saga of Cutthroat County, Montana, which spans two centuries, following the Maddox and Drew families from the 1800s to the present day. In the midst of a brutal winter, rancher Ashton Maddox and Sheriff John…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's a Fabulous Life

  Farmer, Kelly,

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  Bailey George’s long-awaited vacation to New York City is derailed when she’s forced to return to Lanford Falls to help with the town’s Winter Wonderfest after a volunteer’s emergency. Her grinchy mood begins to lift when she reconnects with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Winter I Get Up at Night

  Urquhart, Jane,

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  On a dark, snowy morning in rural Saskatchewan, Emer McConnell, a music teacher, embarks on a journey of recollection and introspection that will transform her life. At the age of 11, she is severely injured in a prairie storm, and during her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret of Snow

  Shipman, Viola

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  Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist accustomed to sunshine, is replaced by an AI, forcing her to return to her northern Michigan hometown for another shot at a career. There, she battles the brutal winters and faces painful memories—her frenemy boss,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

  Fawcett, Heather (Heather M.)

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  Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is a genius in faerie lore but struggles with people, preferring the company of her books, her dog, and the elusive Fair Folk. When she arrives in the village of Hrafnsvik to study the mysterious Hidden Ones, she’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dead of Winter

  MacBride, Stuart

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  Detective Constable Edward Reekie’s simple task of picking up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian takes a dark turn when he arrives in the isolated village of Glenfarach. A place meant to house former criminals in peace, the village is cloaked in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

  Coles, Megan, 1981-

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  A fierce blizzard mirrors the storm of emotions and tensions brewing inside The Hazel restaurant on Valentine’s Day. As a young hostess, a self-loathing server, and a woman observing from the street grapple with betrayal, addiction, and unresolved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Winter's Rime

  Dunbar, Carol, 1970-

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  Set in rural Wisconsin, this harrowing and emotional novel follows Mallory Moe, a twenty-five-year-old veteran Army mechanic struggling with generational trauma and the violence of her past. Living with her girlfriend, Andrea, Mallory seeks peace in…Read moreRead more of this annotation