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October 2020 Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!
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✅Amanda
✅Angela
✅Brenda
✅Carolyn
Celine
✅Cherie
✅Jackmeister
✅Jane
✅Janelle
✅Janine
✅Jennifer
✅Jonquil
✅Kahlia
✅Kali
✅Kim
Krystal
✅Kylie H
Lainey
Lauren
Li'l Owl
✅Mari
✅Nicole
✅Odette
✅Phrynne
✅Rob
✅Sarah
Sharon
✅#Teresa
✅TheMadHatter
Tien
✅Trish
Valerie
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Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level:
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#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is either 10th on your TBR or #10 in a series. Please state which choice you're making
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title. OR read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign.
#5. Read a book of your choice.
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Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
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#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign. (Libra)
#5. Read a book of your choice.
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Medium
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Hard
10/10 (4/4AA)
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR:
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title:
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O":
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title:
#5. Read a book of your choice:
SPELL-IT-OUT
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Starting with Medium: 10/10 books (3 AA)✔ #1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is #10 in a series.
A Testament of Character by Sulari Gentill AA 4.5★
✔ #2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Silent Night by Nell Pattison 3.5★
✔ #3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
The Weight of Silence by Gregg Olsen 4.5★
✔ #4. Read a book which spells either LIBRA in the title.
Girls of Brackenhill by Kate Moretti 3.5★
✔ #5. Read a book of your choice.
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris 5★
✔ C Consolation by Garry Disher AA 4.5★
✔ A After All I've Done by Mina Hardy 4★
✔ N Never Turn Back by Christopher Swann 4★
✔ D Do Not Go Gentle by C.A. Larmer AA 3.5★
✔ Y The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner 5★
Spell-it-out Easy: 2 AAT
E The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
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#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is either 10th on your TBR or #10 in a series. #10 in a series.
Without Mercy by Jefferson Bass
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper AA
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title. OR read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign.
Brittle Shadows by Vicki Tyley AA
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman.
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Hard - Tasks and Spell It Out
10/10 COMPLETED 22-OCT-2020
Tasks
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is #10 in a series :
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title :
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O" :
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign :
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Spell It Out - LIBRA
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Easy
2/5
TASKS
#1. Read a book which is 10th on your TBR
The First Fingerprint by Xavier-Marie Bonnot
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
On Deadly Ground by Simon Clark
#4. Read a book which spells LIBRA in the title.
The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales by Kate Mosse
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Easy spell it out for meT Tea Cooper The Girl in the Painting AA finished Oct8
E Emily Ruskovich Idaho finished oct26
N Neil Gaiman Coraline finished Oct2
T Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck finished oct3
H The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson finished oct6
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
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#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is #10 in a series.
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells LIBRA or SCORPIO.
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Hi Brenda, I'd love to join in, please! October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!
Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Hard
Progress: 10/10 AA: 4/4
TASKS
1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR:
2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title (and in the author's name!):
3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O":
4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title:
5. Read a book of your choice:
SPELL-IT-OUT
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Hard (3 AA)
10/10
TASKS
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Easy
5/5
TASKS
1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR
2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title
3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign
5. Read a book of your choice
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
10/10 COMPLETED
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR.
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign (LIBRA).
#5. Read a book of your choice.
SPELL-IT-OUT
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Easy (Tasks)
Progress: 5/5 AA: 0/1 as of 29 October 2020
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR (This is the 10th book on my "To read" physical bookshelf
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars)
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3 Stars)
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars)
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into the star sign SCORPIO
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (3.5 Stars)
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (4 Stars)
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Medium (Spell-It-Out)
Progress: 7/9 AA: 1/2
E - Embassytown by China Miéville
N - Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (AA)
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Hard (Tasks & Spell-It-Out)
Progress: 22/22 AA: 10/10 (Min 3 AA)
Tasks
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels Series) 5 stars
The Long Road Home by Fiona McCallum AA 5 stars
Owned by the Hitman by Alexis Abbott 4 stars
LIBRA The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice 5 stars
Blue Dragon by Kylie ChanAA 5 stars
Spell It Out!
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Medium
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Completed 27th October
✅ H - The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey 27/10 ★★★★
✅ A - Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden *AA* 02/10 ★★★★☆
✅ L - Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan 14/10 ★★★★
✅ L - All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Lauren Willig 06/10 ★★★★
✅ O - Out of Practice by Penny Parkes 23/10 ★★★★
✅ W - The Wreck by Meg Keneally *AA* 04/10 ★★★☆
✅ E - Ice Blue by Emma Jameson 05/10 ★★★☆
✅ E - Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths 12/10 ★★★★
✅ N - Nine Days by Toni Jordan *AA* 17/10 ★★★★
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Easy
5/5
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is 10th on your TBR.
Four Play by Fiona Walker READ 19/10/20 1*
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Tiny White Lies by Fiona Palmer(AA) READ 4/10/20 4*
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O".
One Day in December by Josie Silver READ 15/10/20 4*
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign. (LIBRA)
Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton READ 12/10/20 4*
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart(AA) READ 8/10/20 4*
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by Sandi Wallace as my "O" book in my Spell-it-Out word and 2nd AA?"Yes Angela, it definitely fits :)
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I'm in! Here are my October picks:-October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!
Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Medium (Spell-It-Out)
Progress: 4/4 AA: 4/4
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Brenda wrote: "Angela I didn't link you as I wasn't sure if you'd make a new post - let me know if you use the above post or I'll miss it :)"Thanks Brenda! I've just made a new one with my choices :-)
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Joining in OCTOBER CHALLENGE - A Breath of Fresh AirDuration 1/10/20-31/10/20
SPELL-IT-OUT
4/5 AA4/4
L-The Lavender Keeper by Fiona McIntosh AA....read 4*
I-Inside Their Minds: Australian Criminals by Rochelle Jackson AA....read 3*
B-Bad Behaviour by Liz Byrski AA....read 3.5*
R-Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
A-Where Rainbows End by AnneMarie Brear AA....read 3.5*
Brenda wrote: "Great Angela! You're linked :) And did you know Adrian McKinty is also Australian? Irish/Australian :)"Hi Brenda, No I didn't know....thanks for the heads up and I'm adding him to my list of Aussie authors now! 😊 I'm also going to add that to my October Challenge List, haha.
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Hi Brenda, No I didn't know....thanks for the heads up and I'm..."
I met him some years ago at a writer's festival - it was great listening to him talk :)
I'm in please, level EASY4/5
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is #10 in a series
Death Before Wicket by Kerry Greenwood AA 3★
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
On regrettera plus tard by Agnès Ledig 5★
#4. Read a book where both author initials fit into LIBRA or SCORPIO.
Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson AA 4★
#5. Read a book of your choice.
Où on va, papa ? by Jean-Louis Fournier 4★
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Brenda wrote: "You're linked Trish :)"Thank you Brenda :-)
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
Level: Easy
3/5
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is either 10th on your TBR or #10 in a series. Please state which choice you're making
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Kate Stayman-London
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title.
#5. Read a book of your choice.
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!Easy
5/5 DONE
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is either 10th on your TBR or #10 in a series. Please state which choice you're making (Stephen Attebrook Mysteries #10) The Corpse at Windsor Bridge Jason Vail 10/2 ★★★★★
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title. Ten Restaurants That Changed America Paul Freedman 10/13 ★★★★
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O" Once Upon a Lie Jill Paterson AA 10/27 ★★★★
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title. OR read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign. Scorpion House Maria Hudgins 10/18 ★★★★
#5. Read a book of your choice. Mums and Mayhem Amanda Flower 10/1 ★★★
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air! 🙁 NOT COMPLETED 🙁Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
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SPELL - IT - OUT
N Her Mother's Secret by Natasha Lester AA
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I’m in for easy level 5 booksTASKS
The Devil's Steps by Arthur W. Upfield - Bony series AA
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
Dead Point by Peter Temple AA
Bloodline: A Gripping Murder Story by Brian O'Connor
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs, read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign.
Blood Loss by Alex Barclay
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
October ~ A Breath of Fresh Air
Level Medium Spell-it-Out (2 AA)
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October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh AirEASY LEVEL - 5/5 (AA 1/1) - FINISHED 28/10/20
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - 10th on TBR (for library books):
The Legacy of the Bones by Dolores Redondo -
- FINISHED 14/10/20 - 4* (9/10)
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title:
The Ninth Grave by Stefan Ahnhem -
- FINISHED 24/10/20 - 4* (8/10)
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O":
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell -
- FINISHED 6/10/20 - 4* (9/10)
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book where the author's initials fit into either star sign - SCORPIO - AA -
The Gift of Speed by Steven Carroll -
- FINISHED 28/10/20 - 4* (9/10)
#5. Read a book of your choice:
Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake -
- FINISHED 22/10/20 - 5* (9.5/10)
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Thanks, Brenda! Yea! Editing issue fixed! =o)
Aussie Readers
Books mentioned in this topic
The Yellow Bird Sings (other topics)A Testament of Character (other topics)
Girls of Brackenhill (other topics)
The Weight of Silence (other topics)
Who Speaks for the Damned (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Jennifer Rosner (other topics)Kate Moretti (other topics)
Gregg Olsen (other topics)
Nell Pattison (other topics)
C.S. Harris (other topics)
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October is the middle month of Spring in Australia. The weather is mostly warm and welcoming - perfect weather for just about anything. So let's celebrate October by reading books to fit :)
Easy: Tasks (min one Aussie author)
Medium: Spell-it-out (min two Aussie authors)
Hard: Tasks & Spell-it-out (min three Aussie authors)
Guidelines HERE
TASKS
#1. October is the 10th month - read a book which is either 10th on your TBR or #10 in a series. Please state which choice you're making
#2. Read a book where you can spell the word TEN in the title.
#3. Read a book where the title or author (first or last name) starts with "O"
#4. October has both LIBRA (22/9-22/10) and SCORPIO (23/10-21/11) star signs. Read a book which spells either LIBRA or SCORPIO in the title. OR read a book where both the author's initials fit into either star sign.
#5. Read a book of your choice.
SPELL-IT-OUT
Pick from one (or more) of the words below and choose your books - first letter of the title of the book (a, an, the don't count) or first initial of the author's first or last name.
Candy
Cosmos
Ghoul
Halloween
Labour Day
Libra
Marigold
October
Opal
Phrynne's birthday
Pumpkin
Scorpio
Tenth
Tourmaline
Trick or Treat
October Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air!
Duration: 1/10/20 - 31/10/20
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