My personal wrap-up -- I'll post a wrap-up post for the game as such separately (probably tomorrow), as soon as the hosts have conferred on the charity donation(s).
Books: Falling Star / Meteor
Tasks: Bows
Book: Agatha Christie: Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories (audio version, narrated by Joan Hickson, Isla Blair and Anna Massey)
Task 1:
Task 2: Favorite Epitaph (William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon)
Task 3: Sherlock Holmes Altar
Task 4: Mexican Food
Points: 4
Book: Georgette Heyer: Behold, Here's Poison
Task 1: Book Burned in Effigy
Task 2: Book-Related Crimes
Task 3: Favorite Food "Flambé" (Vanilla Ice Cream and Hot Cherries)
Task 4: "Non-Explosive" "Gunpowder" Titles
Points: 5
Book: Dick Francis: Field of Thirteen
Task 1: Pick your ponies: A Prince of Arran, The Cliffsofmoher, Sound Check (=> 1 point for participation + 1 point for getting 1 horse right)
Task 2: Hats
Task 3:
Task 4: Hamburg Derby & CHIO
Points: 5
Book: Terry Pratchett: The Light Fantastic
Task 1: Bonn Leuchtet / Bonn Shines (Favorite Light Display)
Task 2: Shelf Organization / Tea Shelves
Task 3:
Task 4: Book Covers (Girls Holding Flowers)
Points: 4
Book: Colin Dexter: The Riddle of the Third Mile
Task 1: Book Cover Flag of Germany
Task 2:
Task 3: "Veteran" Readership / Personal Literary Canon
Task 4: Poppy Seedcake
Points: 4
Book: Various Authors: A Very French Christmas (anthology)
Task 1: Redeeming Element of Low-Rated Book
Task 2:
Task 3:
Task 4:
Points: 2
Book: Joanne Fluke / Laura Levine / Leslie Meier: Candy Cane Murder
Task 1: Book-related prophecies
Task 2: Book Rescue & Book-Related Travel / Pilgrimages
Task 3:
Task 4: Characters Who Made a Career Change
Points: 4
Book: Barbara Vine: The Brimstone Wedding
Task 1: Comfort reads
Task 2: Favorite Sports Teams and Their Pennants
Task 3: Bad Hair Day
Task 4: In the Desert (Egypt)
Points: 5
Book: Donna Andrews: Six Geese A-Slaying
Task 1: Books I am "most thankful" for / Favorite Books of 2018
Task 2: Christmas Dinner with Mark Twain
Task 3: A Book Full of Stuffing
Task 4: Book Harvest
Points: 5
Book: Simon Brett & Certain Members of the Detection Club: The Sinking Admiral
Task 1: Paper Boat (and Cats)
Task 2: Rhein in Flammen / The Rhine on Fire (festive boat procession)
Task 3: Rainy Day Books
Task 4: "Moonlighting" Book Characters
Points: 5
Book: Michael Connelly: Dark Sacred Night
Task 1: The Mother of All Writerly Sins
Task 2: Mother's Day Memory
Task 3: Favorite Shoes
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: Michael Connelly: The Late Show
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3: Cloud Formations
Task 4: Books Featuring Golf
Points: 3
Book: Neil Gaiman: A Study in Emerald
Task 1:
Task 2: Holiday Traditions
Task 3: Wassail Bowl
Task 4:
Points: 3
Book: Michael Connelly: Two Kinds of Truth
Task 1: A Miracle? Maybe.
Task 2: 9 Candles
Task 3: Donut
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: J.A. Jance: Desert Heat
Task 1: Book Wishlist
Task 2: Three Wishes
Task 3: Holiday Treats
Task 4: Books Featuring Children Rescued from Peril
Points: 5
Book: Anne Perry: A Christmas Guest
Task 1: Human Rights Keywords in Bok Titles
Task 2: 70+ Year Old Book Characters
Task 3:
Task 4:
Points: 3
Book: Various Authors: Skandinavische Weihnachten
Task 1: Book Flood
Task 2:
Task 3: Book Cover Crown of Light
Task 4: Gävle Goat guess (=> 1 point for participation + 1 point for correct guess)
Points: 5
Book: Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale
Task 1: Bibliomancy
Task 2: Neverending Book
Task 3: Book Cover Herd of Reindeer
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: Oscar Wilde: A Woman of No Importance, and Model Millionnaire
Task 1: Airing of Grievances (Least Favorite Books of 2018)
Task 2: CatFestivus Pole
Task 3: Book Stack / Scales Feat of Strength
Task 4: "Festivus" Google Search Screenshot
Points: 5
Book: Martin Edwards (ed.), Various Authors: The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
Task 1: Christmas Decorations
Task 2: Christmas Dinner with Mark Twain
Task 3: Favorite Christmas Movie: A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart, 1999)
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: Ken Bruen: The Guards
Task 1: Favorite Book Heroes and their Nemeses
Task 2: Misdirection in Books
Task 3: Visiting Africa
Task 4: Kwanzaa / Vegetable Dinner
Points: 5
Book: Stephen Brusatte: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Task 1: 2019 Book Goals
Task 2: 2018 Reading in Review
Task 3: Book Lottery
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: Terry Pratchett: Hogfather
Task 1: Glingleglingleglingle: Cologne Heinzelmännchen / Household God(dess)
Task 2: Holiday Book Joker
Task 3: Pumuckl's Footprints, or, "Do you believe in Santa Claus?"
Task 4:
Points: 4
Book: Patricia Wentworth: The Clock Strikes Twelve
Task 1: Favorite Trilogy
Task 2: Holiday Book Joker
Task 3: The Twelve Days of Christmas / Images
Task 4: Favorite Spicy Drink
Points: 5
Used for:
Hogswatch, Task 2 (Various Authors: Murder for Christmas - anthology)
Epiphany, Task 2 (Various Authors; John Julius Norwich (ed.): An English Christmas - anthology)
100 points