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P Penny for your Secrets by Anna Lee Huber
L Louise's Dilemma by Sarah R. Shaber
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T The Trouble with Witches by Kristen Painter
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G Great Balls of Fury by Annabel chase
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T The Tavern in the Morning by Alys Clare
I If Wishes were Curses by Janeen Ippolito
T Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
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D Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase
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F Fury Godmother by Annabel Chase
O Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
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L The Ladies Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
L Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker
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In! Finished 10/13/2019W White colander crime
I Ill met by murder
T Tempting Fate
C cookie before dying
H Hey There You with the gun in your hand
T Twilight sleep
O the ocean liner
M Messy Beautiful Life
B Beach club
S Spying in High Heels
T To Helvetica and Back
O Of Spice and Men
N New Iberia Blues
E Summer people
G Hollywood Love Stories
R Regency
A Witch is why time stood still
V Victory
E Electric Hotel
Y A Witch named halloween
A Almost sisters
R Delicious and Suspicious
D Dark Tort
Autumn ChallengeSeptember 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
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Autumn 2019 Challenge Spell OutSept. 1-Nov. 30
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Hughes, Mary Ellen, author--A Curio Killing Mary Ellen Hughes 9/9/19
Amanda Flower, author--Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 9/6/19
Lucy Arlington, author--Buried in a Book Lucy Arlington 9/10/19
L Last Pen Standing Vivian Conroy 9/17/19
O Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
Wilton, Traci, author--Mrs. Morris and the Ghost Traci Wilton 9/25/19
Ellen Byron, author--Fatal Cajun Festival: A Cajun Country Mystery Ellen Byron 9/13/19
Eva Gates, author--Booked for Trouble Eva Gates 9/14/19
Nancy Coco, author--Fudge Bites Nancy CoCo 9/21/19
Autumn challengeSept. 1 - Nov. 30
Updated: Nov. 28
Progress: 7/8
N - (N)ala by Ellen Miles - Oct. 13
O - (O)scar by Ellen Miles - Sept. 8
V - (V)ictim in the Vineyard by Gemma Halliday - Sept. 8
E - Fudge and Jury by (E)llie Alexander - Nov. 28
M - (M)urder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien - Sept. 8
B - Priced to Kill by Catherine (B)runs - Nov. 2
E - Something Read, Something Dead by (E)va Gates - Oct. 20
R - Hallowed Out novella from Haunted House Murder by Barbara (R)oss - Nov. 17
Progress: 4/4
F - (F)amous Mistakes by Carolyn Keene - Oct. 11
A - An (A)merican Band by Dan Peek - Oct. 25
L - Best in Show by (L)aurien Berenson - Nov. 4
L - Then She Was Gone by (L)isa Jewell - Nov. 16
AUTUMN CHALLENGESept 1st thru Nov 30th
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Autumn SpellSep-Nov 2019
A - Donna Andrews - Terns of Endearment
C - Connie di Marco - The Madness of Mercury
O -Tricia O'Malley - Tequila Will Kill Ya
R - Sara Rosett - Death in a Stately Home
N - Nancy Warren - The Vampire Knitting Club
S - Sarah Fox - Dead Ringer
C - Carol J Perry - Look Both Ways
I - Isis Crawford - A Catered Halloween
D - Kathi Daley - Message in the Mantel
E - E.J. Copperman - Night of the Living Deed
R - Ruby Loren - Whales and a Watery Grave
B - Leslie Budewitz - Treble at the Jam Fest
A - Gretchen Archer - Double Strike
N - Nora Roberts - Of Blood and Bone
S - Shelley Freydont - Foul Play at the Fair
H - Juliette Harper - Witch at Last
E - Eva Gates - The Spook in the Stacks
E - Emma Jameson - Marriage Can Be Murder
B - Juliet Blackwell - Secondhand Spirits
L - C. A. Larmer - The Agatha Christie Book Club
A - Amanda M Lee - Grim Tidings
C - James Cudney - Broken Heart Attack
K - Kate Kingsbury - Death is in the Air
C - Dara Carr - Angela Cray Gets Real
A - Terri L Austin - Last Diner Standing
T - Joyce Tremel -A Room With a Brew
Since September is my birthday month, might as well do that one. If I finish early enough and feel I can do another word, I will add to it but with all the read a thons I'm doing, not sure extra is an option, but, only time can tell. :o)(0/9)
S-Stay Sweet
E-Éclair and Present Danger
P-Poppy the Pirate Dog's New Shipmate
T-Tell the Wind and Fire
E-Everything, Everything
M-Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
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In for the Autumn challenge. Not sure what words I will be spelling yet, will see where the books take me!
I'm about to finish my last summer book so let's do this! - Finished 11/30/2019G - The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker
R - The Ridge - Michael Koryta
A - The Ghost Tribe - Rob MacGregor
V - Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston
E - End of Watch - Stephen King
Y - Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone - Stefan Kiesbye
A - The Abduction - Jonathan Holt
R - The Romanov Ransom - Clive Cussler
D - The Devil's Auction - Robert E. Weinberg
Cozy Autumn Challenge1/9/19 - 30/11/19
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Hurray for fall September 1 - November 30, 2019F - Fiction Can Be Murder - Betty Clark
A - The Asylum - John Harwood
L - Lowcountry Book Club - Susan M. Boyer
L - Lost Books and Old Bones - Paige Shelton
B - The Broken Teaglass - Emily Arsenault
L - Lowcountry Boil - Susan M. Boyer
A - All That Remains - Patricia D. Cornwell
C - Copy Cat Killing - Sophie Kelley
K - K is for Killer - Sue Grafton
C - Cut and Run - Jeff Abbott
A - The Amber Shadows - Lucy Ribchester
T - Those People - Louise Candlish
S - The Story Teller - Margaret Coel
W - Word to the Wise - Jenn McKinlay
E - Extracurricular Activities - Maggie Barbieri
A - Anthem For Doomed Youth - Carola Dunn
T - Touch and Go - Lisa Gardner
E - Every Secret Thing - Susanna Kearsley
R - Rubies in the Roses - Vivian Conroy
I love fall! Sept.1 - Nov. 30, 2019A- Act of Valor by Dana Mentink
P - Perilous Pursuit: Faith in the Face of Crime by Kathleen Tailer
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C- Cold Case Secrets by Maggie K. Black
I - Innocent Target by Elisabeth Rees
D - Danger on the Ranch by Dana Mentink
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Autumn Challenge This challenge will last from September 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
L - Leslie Meier - Candy Corn Murder Oct 22
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V - Vampires, Bones and Treacle SconesKaitlyn Dunnett Oct 13
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S - The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides Sept 3
H - Mary Higgins Clark I've Got My Eyes on You September 27
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L - Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent November 24
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Autumn Challenge01 September, 2019- 30 November, 2019
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V~Death by Dumpling|(V)ivien Chien
✅E~Death by Coffee by Alex (E)rickson▪️ 9/28/2019▪️⭐️⭐️
✅M~ Death and the Lit Chick- G.M. (M)alliet ▪️8 September, 2019▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
✅B~Death of an Outsider- M.C. (B)eaton ▪️5 September, 2019▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅E~Checked Out- (E)lizabeth Spann Craig▪️10/8/2019▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R~Fer-de-Lance|(R)ex Stout
✅S~(S)trawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke⭐️⭐️⭐️
A~ Death by Tea|(A)lex Erickson
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✅A~The Religious Body|Catherine (A)ird▪️11/24/2019▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Fall is my favorite season so I'm excited for this challenge!B - Berry the Hatchet by Peg Cochran
A - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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2019 Autumn ChallengeThis challenge will last from September 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
✔A - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 9/25/19
✔P - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker 9/5/19
✔P- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 10/15/19
✔L - The Magicians by Lev Grossman 9/6/19
✔E - Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich 9/11/19
✔S - The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen 9/28/19
✔C - Recursion by Blake Crouch 10/23/19
✔I - Inland by Tea Obreht 9/19/19
✔D - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/1/19
✔E - Fudge and Jury by Ellie Alexander 9/20/19
✔R - The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan 9/2/19
✔S - Damaged by Lisa Scottoline 11/2/19
✔E - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 10/30/19
✔P - Phantoms by Dean Koontz 10/26/19
✔T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 10/4/19
✔E - Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams 11/7/19
✔M - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 9/28/19
✔B - The Iron Trials by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare 9/24/19
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✔R - The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan 10/29/19
✔F - The Witch Elm by Tana French 10/12/19
✔A - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
✔L - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan 10/11/19
✔L - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 11/5/19
Right, first words completed.S = Station X: The Code Breakers of Bletchley Park, Michael {S}mith – 16/09/19
A = {A}cademic Curveball, James J Cudney – 11/09/19
M = The Kappillan of Malta, Nicholas {M}onsarrat – 09/09/19
H = The Castle of Otranto, {H}orace Walpole – 03/09/19
A = {A}t the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft - 17/09/19
I = The Delegates' Choice, {I}an Sansom – 16/09/19
N = Lolita, Vladimir {N}abokov - 24/09/19
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C = Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, {C}hristina Rossetti - 05/09/19
E = Lucky Les, {E}W Hildick - 02/09/19
M = Warcross, {M}arie Lu – 10/09/19
E = The Raven Tower, {E}mma Miles – 12/09/19
T = A {T}wist in the Tail, Leighann Dobbs – 11/09/19
E = Carbs & Cadavers, {E}llery Adams - 25/09/19
R = Nine Princes in Amber, {R}oger Zelazny - 27/09/19
Y = {Y}arned and Dangerous, Sadie Hartwell - 18/09/19
And next, for once, when I'm reading "Z" books, there aren't many options, but I'll use the one there is:
C = The {C}ourts of Chaos, Roger Zelazny – 30/09/19
O = {O}ne Potato, Two Potato, Dead, Lynn Cahoon - 03/10/19
R = Sign of the Unicorn, {R}oger Zelazny – 29/09/19
N = The Railway Children, E {N}esbit - 04/10/19
M = A Fitting End, {M}elissa Bourbon – 22/09/19
A = Multiple Exposures, {A}udrey Claire – 25/09/19
Z = The Hand of Oberon, Roger {Z}elazny – 30/09/19
E = Be Careful What You Witch For, Dawn {E}astman - 04/11/19
And a quick WITCH to finish up
W = A {W}hisker In The Dark, Leighann Dobbs – 13/09/19
I = {I}n a Witch's Wardrobe, Juliet Blackwell – 13/10/19
T = {T}hem Bones, Carolyn Haines – 11/11/19
C = {C}offin Corner, Megan Mallory Rust – 25/10/19
H = H{}eroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn – 15/10/19
2019 Autumn Challenge D - Die Me A River by Denise Swanson
A - A Simple Country Murder by Blythe a Baker
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Bridget wrote: "Since September is my birthday month, might as well do that one. ..."Happy September birthday!
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H - How to Keep a Secret
A - The Accidental Guardian
N - The Night Masquerade
K-The Kiss Quotient
S - Shot in the Dark
G-The Good Ones
I - Iced Chiffon
V- A Vintage Death
I- It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree
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G -The Goodbye Café
Almost done!!
B ✔️A Potion to Die For by Heather (B)lakeL ✔️Killer Librarian by Mary (L)ou Kirwin
A✔️(A)unt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
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A ✔️The (A)dventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol I
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My birthday is also in September. In one week time.
Autumn Reading Challenge for 2019A- Ann Cleeves-The Moth Catcher✔
U- Uncertain Voyage byDorothy. Gilman✔
T- Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters✔
U- The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie✔
M- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear✔
N- Naked Once More by Elizabeth. Peters✔
L- The Last Train to London by Meg Waite. Clayton✔
E- Erma Bombeck - The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank✔
A- Allingham, Margery-The White Cottage Mystery✔
V- Villette by Charlotte Brontë✔
E- Anthony Everitt
Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious
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S- Matthew Avery Sutton- Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War✔
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C- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey.
Chaucer✔
I- In at the Death by FrancisDuncan✔
D- Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II ✔
by Robert Matzen
E- Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie✔
R- Richard II by William Shakespeare✔
Challenge completed November 30
Finished Autumn 2019 Challenge Spell Out
Sept. 1-Nov. 30
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Hughes, Mary Ellen, author--A Curio Killing Mary Ellen Hughes 9/9/19
Amanda Flower, author--Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 9/6/19
Lucy Arlington, author--Buried in a Book Lucy Arlington 9/10/19
L Last Pen Standing Vivian Conroy 9/17/19
O Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
Wilton, Traci, author--Mrs. Morris and the Ghost Traci Wilton 9/25/19
Ellen Byron, author--Fatal Cajun Festival: A Cajun Country Mystery Ellen Byron 9/13/19
Eva Gates, author--Booked for Trouble Eva Gates 9/14/19
Nancy Coco, author--Fudge Bites Nancy CoCo 9/21/19
Brenda wrote: "Well done Tari!"Thanks, Brenda!
I will give it another go, here are my word choices....A - Death by Jack-O’-Lantern by Alexis Morgan
P - Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry
P - Murder Can Mess Up Your Masterpiece by Rose Presley
L - Can’t Judge a Book by its Murder by Amy Lillard
E - Murder on the Bucket List by Elizabeth Perona
S - Shot Through the Hearth by Kate Carlisle
B - Plaster and Poison by Jennie Bentley 9/19/19
L - Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey
A - Murder, Curlers and Cream by Arlene McFarlene
C - Oh Say Can You Fudge by Nancy CoCo
K - Stamped Out by Tonya Kappes
C - To Fudge or Not To Fudge by Nancy CoCo
A - Needled To Death by Annelise Ryan
T - ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
Finished :)Cozy Autumn Challenge
1/9/19 - 30/11/19
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Whoo hoo, Brenda, way to go!Way to go, Tari!
Done! See message 11...I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving! Please.be safe if you plan to travel!
I'm finished as well!T - Trick or Deadly Treat by Livia J. Washburn 10/28/19
R - Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay 9/9/19
I - If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion by Paige Shelton 10/13/19
C - The Chocolate Moose Motive by JoAnna Carl 10/16/19
K - Calamity Jayne Goes to College by Kathleen Bacus 9/17/19
T - Two Down by Nero Blanc 9/4/19
R - Haunted House Murder by Barbara Ross 10/25/19
E - The Heirloom Murders by Kathleen Ernst 9/20/19
A - The Final Tap by Amanda Flower 10/4/19
T - Threads of Evidence by Lea Wait 9/14/19
A - The Mirror Crack'd by Agatha Christie 10/8/19
P - The Da Vinci Cook by Joanne Pence 9/29/19
P - Poisoned Tarts by G.A. McKevett 10/31/19
L - Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear 11/9/19
E - Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander 10/5/19
S - Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 10/21/19
G - Murder in Merino by Sally Goldenbaum 9/7/19
H - Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle 9/12/19
O - On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay 11/24/19
S - Murder on the Blackboard by Stuart Palmer 10/10/19
T - Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich 10/19/19
F - The Fatal Funnel Cake by Livia J. Washburn 9/26/19
A - Dial Me for Murder by Amanda Matetsky 9/26/19
L - The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark 11/15/19
L - The Silence of the Flans by Laura Bradford 11/6/19
V - That Touch of Ink by Diane Vallere 11/14/19
A - Board Stiff by Annelise Ryan 11/2/19
M - Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis 11/18/19
P - Pillow Stalk by Diane Vallere 11/3/19
I - If Catfish Had Nine Lives by Paige Shelton 11/12/19
R - The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle by Laura DiSilverio 10/31/19
E - Evil Eclairs by Jessica Beck 11/26/19
Congratulations to those who've finished words, completely or partially. I managed to finish 2 words. 🍂 🎃 See message #8. Hopefully, I can figure out what words to do for the Winter Challenge.
Hi, everybody. I finally finished my challenge. Look at number 18.
My word for Autumn is:TOMBSTONE
T Twelfth Night Deanna Raybourn
O Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing
M Jenn McKinlay Death in the Stacks
B Better Late Than Never Jenn McKinlay
S Sheer Folly Carola Dunn
T Too Wilde to Wed Eloisa James
O Susan O'Brien Skydive
N Not a Creature Was Purring Krista Davis
E Jessica Estevao Whispers of Warning
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This challenge will last from September 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019
** This is a "spell-it-out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use only the first word of a title. (The words "the", "and" "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.
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** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** Use a book only once for this challenge (but you can use it for other challenges, such as the monthly mini challenges).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.
You do not have to spell the same word as everyone else, but can choose to spell out one of the following words (or combination of words) — obviously some words will be more challenging than others.
Here is your Autumn word list:
Acorns
Apples
Autumn
Banshee
Black Cat
Boo
Cemetery
Chilly
Cider
Corn maze
Cornucopia
Costume
Day of the Dead
Eerie
Fall
Football
Frankenstein
Ghost
Ghoul
Goblin
Grateful
Gratitude
Graveyard
Halloween
Harvest
Haunted
Hayride
Horror
Jack-o-lantern
Leaves
Mischief
Monster
November
Nuts
October
Oktoberfest
Pilgrim
Pumpkin
Samhain
Scarecrow
Scary
School
September
Skeleton
Spooky
Sweater
Thanksgiving
Tombstone
Treat
Trick
Turkey
Vampire
Windy
Witch
World Series
Yom Kippur
HAVE FUN!