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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

Using story to connect YOU to the Master Storyteller

It’s 2022!!!  Can you believe it? Last year I participated in a few reading challenges and really enjoyed it, so when someone joked on Avid Readers of Christian Fiction that I had enough books to create my own reading challenge, I thought, “Why not?”

So, after some initial attempts at overcomplication, I came up with something simple enough to make it easy for readers to achieve. All you do is fill in the form by January 5, 2023 (time to finish on New Year’s Eve and get your books recorded). Everyone who submits a challenge win will receive their prize as the forms are submitted (and if I can figure out how to make it work, it’ll be instantaneous!)  All entries will be counted toward fun grand prizes, too!

Ready to find out?

2022 Write Reading Challenge

Chautona’s 2022 Reading Challenge

With over 100 books, half a dozen genres, and some hefty series, let’s face it. We’ve got enough to really challenge you. So, I’ve broken this challenge into several tiers.

So… What are the tiers?

  • Suspense/Mystery
  • Historical
  • Youth
  • Christmas
  • BYOC (build your own challenge of 10 books)
  • Book Devourers (read ‘em all)

I’ve got prizes and discounts, too!

Frankly, this’ll be on an honor system, but I will ask that you use Goodreads if you have an account so that people see my books come up in your feed. It’s a great way to get the word out there about them without making a lot of work for you!

If you complete your challenge, you will receive the prize associated with that challenge. If you complete three (or the Book Devourer), there will be a special book offered JUST for those folks. Yep, I’m writing a (very short) novella JUST for those who are brave enough to read three sets of books or all the books. I’m even going to put it in paperback and offer it at a crazy cheap price (covering expenses, basically) just as my thanks for reading “all the books.”

Note: a couple of the challenges WILL have duplicates. That works in your favor. For example, historical will have Madeline. So will Mystery/Suspense. So, that’s five books for sure that you’ll get to mark off TWO lists.

Suspense/Mystery

  • None So Blind
  • Will Not See
  • Ties That Blind
  • Justified Means
  • Mismatched
  • Effective Immediately
  • A Forgotten Truth
  • Hashtag Rogue
  • Manuscript for Murder
  • Crime of Fashion
  • Two o’Clock Slump
  • Front Window
  • Silenced Knight
  • Christmas Stalkings
  • The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
  • Sweet on You
  • Such a Tease
  • Fine Print
  • Dead Letter
  • Byrd’s Eye View
  • The Last Gasp
  • The Nutcracker’s Suite

Historical

  • Sweet on You
  • Such a Tease
  • Fine Print
  • Dead Letter
  • Byrd’s Eye View
  • The Last Gasp
  • The Nutcracker’s Suite
  • Penelope’s Pursuit
  • The Trouble with Nancy
  • Jack: a lot of hullabaloo on the prairie
  • Legends of the Vengeance: The First Adventure
  • Deepest Roots of the Heart
  • Charming Miss Dashwood
  • Allerednic: A Regency Cinderella Tale in Reverse—sort of

Youth

  • Shadows and Secrets
  • Cloaked in Secrets
  • Beneath the Cloak
  • Legends of the Vengeance: The First Adventure
  • Moore’s Code: Santa’s Secret Revealed (can be left off for conscience’s sake)
  • Princess Paisley
  • Everard

Christmas

  • 12 Dates of Christmas
  • 31 Kisses
  • Advent
  • Carol and the Belles
  • Christmas on Breakers Point
  • Christmas Stalkings
  • Hart of Noel
  • Merri’s Christmas Mission
  • Moore’s Code: Santa’s Secret Revealed (may be excluded for reasons of conscience)
  • Sand & Mistletoe
  • Silenced Knight: A Hartfield Mysteries “Noella”
  • Snow-Crossed Letters
  • Tangoed in Tinsel
  • Tarnished Silver
  • The Bells of New Cheltenham
  • The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
  • The Matchmakers of Holly Circle
  • The Nutcracker’s Suite
  • The Second Noel
  • Silenced Knight
  • The Stars of New Cheltenham
  • Wrong about Mr. Wright

BYOC (build your own challenge of 12 books)

Book Devourers (read ‘em all)

 A Bird Died

The Agency Files
• Justified Means
• Mismatched
• Effective Immediately
• A Forgotten Truth
• Hashtag Rogue

Aggie Series
• Ready or Not
• For Keeps
• Here We Come
• Ante Up!

Allerednic: A Regency Cinderella Tale in Reverse—sort of

 Annals of Wynnewood
• Shadows and Secrets
• Cloaked in Secrets
• Beneath the Cloak

Argosy Junction
Bookstrings
• Spines & Leaves (introductory novella)
• Hart of Noel (Christmas “noella”)
• Twice Sold Tales (November 2022)

 The Brides of New Cheltenham
• Ghosted at the Altar

Charming Miss Dashwood (in A Very Austen Romance)

Christmas Fiction
• 12 Dates of Christmas
• 31 Kisses
• Advent
• Carol and the Belles
• Christmas on Breakers Point
• Christmas Stalkings
• Merri’s Christmas Mission
• Moore’s Code: Santa’s Secret Revealed
• Sand & Mistletoe
• Silenced Knight: A Hartfield Mysteries “Noella”
• Snow-Crossed Letters
• Tangoed in Tinsel
• Tarnished Silver
• Bells of New Cheltenham, The
• Ghosts of New Cheltenham, The
• Matchmakers of Holly Circle, The
• Second Noel, The
• Silenced Knight
• Stars of New Cheltenham, The
• Wrong about Mr. Wright

Confessions of a De-cluttering Junkie
Corner Booth
Deepest Roots of the Heart
Discovering Hope

The Ever After Mysteries
• The Last Gasp
• The Nutcracker’s Suite

 The Hartfield Mysteries
• Manuscript for Murder
• Crime of Fashion
• Two O’clock Slump
• Front Window

HearthLand
• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3
• Volume 4
• Volume 5
• Volume 6

Independence Islands Series
• (Christmas on Breakers Point)
• Dual Power of Convenience
• Bookers on the Rocks
• Flipping Hearts
• Finding a Memory (January 2022)
• Books, Chapters, & Vows (July 2022)

Jack: a lot of hullabaloo on the prairie
Legends of the Vengeance: The First Adventure

Journey of Dreams
• Prairie
• Highlands

Marriages of Conviction
• Blessing Bentley
• Tempting Tait

Meddlin’ Madeline Mysteries
• Sweet on You
• Such a Tease
• Fine Print
• Dead Letter
• Byrd’s-Eye View

New Year’s Revolutions
Not a Word

The Not-So-Fairy Tales
• Princess Paisley
• Everard

Oh, Gracious!
Operation Posthaste

 Past Forward
• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3
• Volume 4
• Volume 5
• Volume 6

Premeditated Serendipity
Random Acts of Shyness
Shattering Secrets

The Sight Unseen Series
• None So Blind
• Will Not See
• Ties That Blind

Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
Speak Now
The Trouble with Nancy,

Thirty Days Hath…

 The Vintage Wren
• January
• February
• March
• April

Penelope’s Pursuit
Dial W for Wrangler (March or May 2022)

Volition

PRIZES

Suspense/Mystery: Well… I mean, come on… you knew this one would be a…. mystery.  You knew it,right?

Historical: A short story taking place between Penelope’s Pursuit and Verity’s Valley

Youth:  A short story from The Annals of Wynnewood about Dove as a little girl.

Christmas: A printable bookish advent calendar for you for 2023.

BYOC (build your own challenge of 12 books):  A printable bookish notecard.

Book Devourers (read ‘em all): The Novella!  (Note: this will not be available on Kindle—only through a designated link just for the winners for at least 3 years. Also available in paperback).

More winners will be drawn from a pool of all participants as well! #becauseprizes

DISCOUNTS

For readers who prefer to read physical books, you can order any from me at 20% off using the code TWRC2022. Just zip me an email at [email protected] telling me which book(s) you want. If you order 3 or more books at a time, shipping is free.  Please allow time for me to fill in orders for signed books if my stock is low.

DOWNLOADS

  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Historical Fiction
  • Christmas Fiction
  • Youth Fiction
  • Build Your Own Challenge
  • Book Devourer

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Seriously, the best fictional place on the planet, Gossamer Falls, has a final book for fans. Listen in as Lynn Blackburn and I chat about the future of this beautiful world she’s created.

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I was so excited to hear that there might be more to Gossamer than we first thought.

As always, I loved chatting with Lynn about what she’s got going.

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