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October Challenge

Whittle down that TBR mountain and earn points by reading books which fit the following criteria:

1. Author's initials found in the word OCTOBER. For our purposes, we will use first and last initials, middle names/initials can be ignored.

2. For Halloween, choose a book with a cover showing a witch, a black cat, a pumpkin (carved or not) or a fictional monster.

3. For the 10th month of the year (according to the modern calendar), read a book with a 10 letter word in the title.

Score 3 points for each criteria your book satisfies.

Happy Reading!

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1. Author's initials found in the word OCTOBER. For our purposes, we will use first and last initials, middle names/initials can be ignored.
1. Beaton, M.C. Hiss and Herscompleted 10/01 3 points

2. Bailey Cates Some Enchanted Éclaircompleted 10/03

3. Elaine Viets Murder Between the Coverscompleted 10/03

4. Elizabeth Gaffney When the World Was Young: A NovelCompleted 10/08

5.Carrie La Seur The Home PlaceCompleted 10/16

6. Cleo Coyle Holiday GrindCompleted 10/21

2. For Halloween, choose a book with a cover showing a witch, a black cat, a pumpkin (carved or not) or a fictional monster.

3. For the 10th month of the year (according to the modern calendar), read a book with a 10 letter word in the title.
Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella completed 10/28


Score 3 points for each criteria your book satisfies.

Total points as of 10/28
18 points

Oooh, this one is kind of hard. I need to put my thinking cap on to see if any of my books can qualify.

So I've had a think about this with what I'm reading this month and here are my books that fit:

October Challenge

Whittle down that TBR mountain and earn points by reading books which fit the following criteria:

1. Author's initials found in the word OCTOBER. For our purposes, we will use first and last initials, middle names/initials can be ignored.
- by Matthew Reilly - finished 2/10/14

2. For Halloween, choose a book with a cover showing a witch, a black cat, a pumpkin (carved or not) or a fictional monster.
by Stephen King - finished 29/10/14

3. For the 10th month of the year (according to the modern calendar), read a book with a 10 letter word in the title.
by Charlaine Harris - finished 20/10/14

Score 3 points for each criteria your book satisfies.

Total Points - 9

By the way, would a dragon be considered a fictional monster??

Michelle wrote: "By the way, would a dragon be considered a fictional monster??"

I would think so, yes.

1. Author's initials found in the word OCTOBER. For our purposes, we will use first and last initials, middle names/initials can be ignored. R- in Mary Karr

2. For Halloween, choose a book with a cover showing a witch, a black cat, a pumpkin (carved or not) or a fictional monster.

3. For the 10th month of the year (according to the modern calendar), read a book with a 10 letter word in the title.

Score 6 points

Carol wrote: "1. Author's initials found in the word OCTOBER. For our purposes, we will use first and last initials, middle names/initials can be ignored. R- in Mary Karr

2. For..."

Excellent Carol! Good to see you joining in on the challenge this month!

Thanks Michelle.

I actually totally forgot about this challenge and have been a bit AWOL from GR in general. But I think I may have just finished a book that qualifies. The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough.

Looks like I'm finishing with 9 points this month. I'm actually surprised I managed that many!