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just 'inspiration': 3-4 books
1 What the Duke Desires - Sabrina Jeffries (Historical) - 9 SEPT
2 If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern (Chick lit)
3 Seduction of a Highland Lass - Maya Banks (Historical) - 11 SEPT




Be A Copy Cat
Duration: September 1 - 30, 2017
Completed: 12/7
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

MPG: Fiction / Historical > Historical Fiction / Womens Fiction > Chick Lit / Glbt / Classics / American > Southern
It's first the story of two women in the 1980s, of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women -- of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth, who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.

READ: 10/10
✔1. The End Game - Catherine Coulter (author F&L same) 9/14
✔2. By a Thread - Jennifer Estep (mc cooks up barbecue) 9/11
✔3. Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins (murder occurs) 9/7
✔4. Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon (pub in May) 9/4
✔5. Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock (pub in May) 9/20
✔6. Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston (color in title) 9/19
✔7. Going, Going, Ganache - Jenn McKinlay (murder occurs) 9/21
✔8. Fear the Dark - Kay Hooper (window on cover) 9/23
✔9. Evil Harvest - Anthony Izzo (building on cover) 9/23
✔10. Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman (window on cover) 9/14










CHALLENGE COMPLETE

too close for comfort: 5-6 books
6/6 DONE
Title in a figure that's part of the cover illustration 9/23

food business Iced Under 9/11
food business A Toast to Murder 9/9
food business Saying Pie Do 9/7
MC had had a relationship w/ another female character The Grave Soul 9/6
small town Prose and Cons 9/6

Duration: September 1 - 30, 2017
Levels:
just 'inspiration': 3-4 books

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Rules:
Duration : January 1 - 31, 2017
Books must be at least 150 pages.
You must state how your book copies this month's book.
level: a bit familiar
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Rachel wrote: "never did this challenge before but i'll give it a shot!"
Welcome to Copy Cats, Rachel.
Welcome to Copy Cats, Rachel.
I'm in.
duration: Sept 1 - 30, 2017
too close for comfort: 5-6 books
1. Sunshine 9/6/17 ****
mc works at a cafe
2. Everything on a Waffle
mc hangs out at a cafe
3. Longing for Home 9/19/17 ****
also a historical story
4. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose 9/20/17 ****
also a historical story
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duration: Sept 1 - 30, 2017
too close for comfort: 5-6 books
1. Sunshine 9/6/17 ****
mc works at a cafe
2. Everything on a Waffle
mc hangs out at a cafe
3. Longing for Home 9/19/17 ****
also a historical story
4. The Seduction of the Crimson Rose 9/20/17 ****
also a historical story
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Be a Copy Cat - September 2017
Duration: 9/1/2017 - 9/30/2017
Progress: 1 out of 7
Levels:
a bit familiar: 1-2 books
just 'inspiration': 3-4 books
too close for comfort: 5-6 books
blatant plagiarism: 7+ books
ultimate copy cat: read the book
To be a TCF Copy Cat, you must duplicate some aspect of the chosen book.
It could be a word from the title, the author's name, something on the cover, the genre, the year it was first published, the plot, or a main character's name. The possibilities to imitate are endless.
Rules:
Duration : January 1 - 31, 2017
Books must be at least 150 pages.
You must state how your book copies this month's book.
This moth's book is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
1. Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 9/7/2017 - 237 Pages - Both served food
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Levels:
just 'inspiration': 3-4 books

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Duration: 9/1/2017 - 9/30/2017
Level: blatant plagiarism (7+ books)
This month's book:

1. The Prophet by Amanda Stevens (9/4/17) ★★★
(both take place in the south)
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(both have fruit in common: tomatoes/apples)
3. Juliet by Anne Fortier (9/16/17) ★★★★
(both have authors with the same last name initial "F")
4. The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick (9/2/17) ★★★★★
(both are listed as Historical Fiction)
5. 12th of Never by James Patterson (9/3/17) ★★★
(both have strong women friendships)
6. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (9/14/17) ★★★★
(MCs experienced the lost of loved ones)
7. The Witches by Roald Dahl (9/18/17) ★★★★★
(both were first published in the 1980's - 87'/83')
8. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer (9/22/17) ★★★★
(both first & last name begin with the same letter. FF, MM)

Duration: 9/1/17 - 9/30/17
Level: just 'inspiration' (3-4 books)
Progress: 4 of 3 books

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - 416 p
4.26 rating from 218,113 ratings
Published May 7th 2002 by Random House
Setting: Iowa & Alabama
Characters: Ruth, Mrs. Ninny Threadgoode, Evelyn Couch, Idgie - made into movie
Stand-alone - hardcover
MPG: Fiction / Historical > Historical Fiction / Womens Fiction > Chick Lit / Glbt / Classics / American > Southern
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende (9/19/17) ~ small town
Unspeakable by Sandra Brown (9/24/17) ~ stand alone book
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson (9/27/17) ~ 4.2 rating
The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (9/20/17) ~ set in midwest


Hardcover, 416 pages
Published May 7th 2002 by Random House (first published 1987)
Characters: Ruth, Mrs. Ninny Threadgoode, Evelyn Couch, Idgie
Take place: Davenport, Iowa, 1929, Troutville, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama & Whistle Stop, Alabama
Literary Awards: Alabama Author Award - Fiction (1989)
MP Genre: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Womens Fiction, Chick Lit, Glbt, Classics, American, Southern
1 ~ Female MC & Author ~ Hex Hall done 9-1-17
2 ~ Published in May ~ A Dirty Job done 9-2-17
3 ~ takes place in Alabama ~ One Potion in the Grave done 9-6-17
4 ~ tagged GLBT ~ Shiver done 9-6-17
5 ~ southern culture ~ A Killer Collection done 9-8-17
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Professionals (other topics)Unspeakable (other topics)
Death Without Company (other topics)
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name (other topics)
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Fannie Flagg (other topics)Susan May Warren (other topics)
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To be a TCF Copy Cat, you must duplicate some aspect of the chosen book.
It could be a word from the title, the author's name, something on the cover, the genre, the year it was first published, the plot, or a main character's name. The possibilities to imitate are endless.
Levels:
a bit familiar: 1-2 books
just 'inspiration': 3-4 books
too close for comfort: 5-6 books
blatant plagiarism: 7+ books
ultimate copy cat: read the book
Rules:
Duration : January 1 - 31, 2017
Books must be at least 150 pages.
You must state how your book copies this month's book.
This month's book is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe