{"id":34920,"date":"2026-02-22T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=34920"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:44:14","slug":"the-2026-winter-reading-challenge-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/the-2026-winter-reading-challenge-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Winter Reading Challenge: Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is finished.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/2026WinterReadingChallengeComplete.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/11\/book-report-honeymoon-with-my-brother-by-franz-wisner-2006\/\" target=\"_new\">Honeymoon with My Brother<\/em><\/a> by Franz Wisner (Vacation)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/12\/book-report-killing-at-cottage-farm-by-james-r-wilder-2025\/\" target=\"_new\">Killing at Cottage Farm<\/em><\/a> by James R. Wilder (Part of a Series)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/13\/book-report-the-pride-of-chanur-by-c-j-cherryh-1981\/\" target=\"_new\">The Pride of Chanur<\/em><\/a> by C.J. Cherryh (Nonhuman Character)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/14\/book-report-the-beasts-of-tarzan-by-edgar-rice-burroughs-1914-1961\/\" target=\"_new\">The Beasts of Tarzan<\/em><\/a> by Edgar Rice Burroughs (In a Different Country)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/book-report-different-seasons-by-stephen-king-1982\/\" target=\"_new\">Different Seasons<\/em><\/a> by Stephen King (500+ Pages)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/23\/book-report-priceless-by-dave-ramsey-2002\/\" target=\"_new\">Priceless<\/em><\/a> by Dave Ramsey (Money)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/24\/book-report-native-american-songs-poems-edited-by-brian-swann-1996\/\" target=\"_new\">Native American Songs &#038; Poems<\/a><\/em> edited by Brian Swann (Native American Author)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/25\/book-report-thousand-pieces-of-gold-by-ruthanne-lum-mccunn-1981\/\" target=\"_new\">Thousand Pieces of Gold<\/em><\/a> by Ruthanne Lum McCunn (Based on a Real Person\/Event)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/26\/book-report-bridge-to-my-father-by-carrol-lund-2022\/\" target=\"_new\">Bridge to My Father<\/em><\/a> by Carrol Lund (Family)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/29\/book-report-into-the-smoke-of-the-world-and-other-poems-by-gerard-van-der-leun-2025\/\" target=\"_new\">Into the Smoke of the World<\/em><\/a> by Gerard van Der Leun<\/em> (Short Story or Poetry)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/30\/book-report-greenthieves-by-alan-dean-foster-1994\/\" target=\"_new\">Greenthieves<\/em><\/a> by Alan Dean Foster (Science Fiction\/Nonfiction)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/03\/book-report-an-amish-marriage-agreement-by-patrice-lewis-2025\/\" target=\"_new\">An Amish Marriage Agreement<\/em><\/a> by Patrice Lewis (Genre New To You)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/08\/book-report-be-water-my-friend-by-shannon-lee-2020\/\" target=\"_new\">Be Water, My Friend<\/em><\/a> by Sharon Lee (Inspiring)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/20\/book-report-1632-by-eric-flint-2000\/\" target=\"_new\">1632<\/em><\/a> by Eric Flint (Set in Two Time Periods)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/21\/book-report-guide-to-quality-control-by-kaoru-ishikawa-1968-1989\/\" target=\"_new\">Guide to Quality Control<\/em><\/a> by Kaoru Ishikawa (Translated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I mentioned, I also read <em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/09\/book-report-the-sins-of-the-fathers-by-stanley-schmidt-1976\/\" target=\"_new\">The Sins of the Fathers<\/em><\/a> because I thought it might be set in two time periods, but it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy the annual winter reading challenge because it really gives me a good head start on the annual reading total (which is 18 books as of this writing) and because, in finding books to fit the categories, I end up picking up books that might not be what I want to read next in other circumstances.  Like a quality textbook.  Like finally taking one of the <em>lighter weight<\/em> Stephen King books off of the shelves.  Like the travel book.  And so on.<\/p>\n<p>I did have to buy three books to fit categories (and one that ultimately did not), so it was not as effective at stack-clearing as it could have been.  But, now onto other reading (and maybe some television and movie watching).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is finished. I read: Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner (Vacation) Killing at Cottage Farm by James R. Wilder (Part of a Series) The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh (Nonhuman Character) The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (In a Different Country) Different Seasons by Stephen King (500+ Pages) Priceless by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34924,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34920\/revisions\/34924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}