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:

This is the book I chose. Over 700 pages!

Will I read all the books on my TBR?
(page 378, line 29)
  

bower in the upper storey and changed her robes and enthroned her; then,

Yeah I am going to go with a no due to the whole enthroned thing. 

Will any of my 2019 reads be 5 stars? 
(page 227, line 31)
 

O King's son, and slay me not; but make me thy freedman, and I will bring

I am interpreting this as yes due to that whole slay me not phrase. 

Will I discover a new favorite book / author / series?
(page 309, line 23)

to the King, who despaired of sighting them again, so he rejoiced with

I am going to go with yes due to the word rejoiced.  

Will I discover that a major twist (hopefully, for the [even] better) has occurred in one of my favorite series? 
(page 459, line 16)

Ali Baba's wife would weigh, for she made sure that whatso it be some bit

hmm no. 

Will I finish all of my reading challenges in 2019? 
(page 69, line 7)

 
O thou tomb! O thou tomb! be his horrors set in blight?

 Um that's a no! LOL

Will I stay within my book budget in 2019? 
(page 98, line 5)
 

with the rest of the money, leaving nothing in the house. He passed the night.

That's a definite no. 

Task 2:  Tell us: What book did you read this year that felt like it was never going to end?

Oh man, that buddy read I did with Whiskey in the Jar, "Perfect" by Judith McNaught. That freaking book was 704 pages and it just went on and on. Fun buddy read though since we all were what the heck are we reading???

Here's the link to the review: Perfect by Judith McNaught

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.

I am so hungry. Think today I will treat myself with a take out meal and include dessert. 

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.

Okay, think this should be easy to do too!