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October Reporting Thread


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October 2020 Challenge done

October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)- Running Out of Time- Margaret Peterson Haddix*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O- Great American Short Stories- O. Henry (contributor)*
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title – She Wolf- Saki*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA35v...
4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller- The Oval Portrait-Edgar Allan Poe*
Audiobook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM5Jg...

5. World Maths Day: My Kind (of) America- 101 Stories about the True Spirit Of Our Country- Amy Newmark*

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food- The New Magic of Microwave Cookbook- Magic Chef*

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover- Go Set a Watchman -Harper Lee*
8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character-Middlemarch- George Eliot*
9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story- Root, Petal, Thorn- Ella Joy Olsen*

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to- Max the Mighty- Rodman Philbrick*

October Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Jazz Man (1 pt)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O The Switch (1 pt)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Eight Perfect Murders (1 pt)

5. World Maths Day:

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting (1 pt)

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character
Where the Forest Meets the Stars (2 pts)

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to American Dirt (1 pt)

Total: 7 points

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Searcher by Tana French. Released October, 2020 (1 pt)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada (1 pt)

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Beowulf by Seamus Heaney (1 pt)

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller The Cask of Amontillado (1 pt)

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (2019 GR winner) (2 pts)

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food Babette's Feast (1 pt)

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover A Borrowing of Bones (dog on the cover) (1 pt)

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire- if we go with "unfashionable and socially isolated" definition of "geeky" then the teenage protagonist of this fits the description (1 pt)

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story The Midnight Library (beer mentioned in the text several times) (1 pt)

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Murder by Other Means (1 pt)

TOTAL: 11 points

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O
Finished 10/13 Rating 4/5 Pages: 360
3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
Finished 10/15 Rating 4/5 Pages: 389

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller
Finished 10/10 Rating 3/5 Pages: 301

5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title
Finished 10/23 Rating 5/5 Pages: 368

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food
Finished 10/18 Rating 4/5 Pages: 301

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover
Finished 10/8 Rating 4/5 Pages: 198

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character
Finished 10/4 Rating 5/5 Pages: 320

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story
Finished 10/6 Rating 5/5 Pages: 419

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to
Finished 10/24 Rating 3/5 Pages: 337

October Reporting
Total Points: 9

1. Month: Oct 1, 2019 Drowning With Others 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month: title starting with O The Overdue Life of Amy Byler 2 pts GRCA
3. Month in Numbers: 7 letters Whereas 1 pt
4. Halloween: Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places 1 pt
7. World Animal Day: lots of farm animals 1 pt
8. Ada Lovelace Day: MC is a middle school science geek Into the Tall, Tall Grass 1 pt
9. Oktoberfest: Ennis has a beer on the beach with Franny page 113 Migrations 1pt
10. It's My Party Day:The Poet X 1 pt

October Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Devil and the Dark Water 10/28 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship 10/1 1pt

✔4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller Dracula 10/17 1pt

✔7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover Howloween Murder 10/18 1pt

✔9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story The Evening and the Morning 10/13 1pt

✔10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to A Question of Betrayal 10/1 1pt

Total: 6pts

Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed your October challenge reads! Here are mine:

1. Month - I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - 1 pt
2. Letter of the Month - Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds - 2 pts
3. Month in Numbers - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - 1 pt
5. World Maths Day - The Five by Hallie Rubenhold - 2 pts
8. Ada Lovelace Day - Cinder by Marissa Meyer - 1 pt
9. Oktoberfest- The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw - 1 pt
10. It’s My Party Day - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Powell - 2 pts

Total: 10 pts

October Categories

✔1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year) The Rules of Magic 1pt

✔2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O Revenge 1pt

✔3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) Erasure 1pt

✔4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller The Haunting of Hill House 1pt

✔5. World Maths Day: Read a book with a number in the title The Four Loves 1pt

✔7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover A Wild Sheep Chase 1pt

✔8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character Scarlet 1pt

✔9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story Anxious People 1pt

✔10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to Mexican Gothic `pr

Total: 9 points

Progress- 9/10, Points- 12

1. Month: Read a book released in October (any year)
Invisible Girl - 1 pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with O
Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits - 1pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 7 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count)
Run Away - 2 pts

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller
Triptych - 1 pt

6. World Food Day: Read a book with a GR tag of food
- 1 pt

7. World Animal Day: Read a book with an animal on the cover
- 1 pt

8. Ada Lovelace Day: Read a book with a geeky female character
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - 2 pts

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story
Home Before Dark - 1 pt

10. It's My Party Day: And you can read what you want to
Darkdawn - 2 pts

OCTOBER READS TOTAL POINTS= 11

1. Month: October, READ: 10\31: Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, Ronan Farrow, +2GR

2. Letter of the Month: READ: 10/24, The Switch, (Used Book and Audio), Beth O’Leary +1

4. Halloween: Read a Horror or Thriller:READ: 10/27 Athena's Choice, by Adam Boostrom +1

5. World Maths Day: READ: 10/6, , +1

6. World Food Day: GR tag of Food:READ: 10/30, , Ruth Reichel, +2GR

7. World Animal Day: animal on the cover:READ: 10/18, , Frans de Waal +2GR

9. Oktoberfest: Read a book with the word Beer in the text of the story: READ: 10/2, A Life Worth Living,Louise Guy, +1

10. It's My Party: READ: 10/28, The Undocumented Americans, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, +1

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