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🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

You can choose any number of categories depending on your reading speed, book availability and/or time commitment.
When posting your challenge progress, please make sure to put the date/s when you finished your book/s.

Upon completion, please repost your challenge as it helps when updating; you may update your original challenge as or go or repost if you .

💕🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
All done !
💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Vengeance by Sloane Kennedy published 4th October 2016 4☀️ 4/10

👼2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
Out of Her League by Samantha Wayland 5☀️ 22/10
Michaele is both Bright and Beautiful

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter: Link to Kristen Painter's backlist
Or shelved as Paranormal Romance or with a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
The Wolf at Bay by Charlie Adhara 5☀️
is tagged as paranormal and Cooper owns a cat

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances
Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels 4.5☀️ 27/10

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or a coffee palette cover
Ritual In Death by J.D. Robb 5☀️ 1/10
Dallas is addicted to coffee

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character
Trust 5☀️ 13/10

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book with a new friend or a friend to lover, or a or a yellow cover
Rock Chick Reawakening 4.5☀️ by Kristen Ashley 4/10

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with red, gold, green, and/or orange cover
Bear, Otter and the Kid by T.J. Klune 5☀️9/10

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: read a book with something scary
Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton 5☀️9/10

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Aced by Ella Frank 5☀️ 8/10

🎃🍁🎃October Monthly Challenge🎃🍁🎃



10/10 Completed



01. Happy October Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Once Upon a December by Amy E. Reichert 10/09/22
02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative! This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman) and Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
Caroline and the Raider by Linda Lael Miller 10/20/22
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ~ Kristen Painter: 👩🏻‍💻Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Sweetwater & the Witch by Jayne Castle 10/02/22
04. Fall: 🍁Read a book about second chances - second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes.
This Changes Everything by Jennifer Ashley 10/31/22
05. International Coffee Day (October 1): ☕️Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Wolf Trouble by Paige Tyler 10/28/22
06. National Coming Out Day (October 11): 🌈Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
All Is Bright: A Christmas Romance by RaeAnne Thayne 10/17/22
07. National New Friends Day (October 19): 🫂Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
Like You Love Me by Adriana Locke 10/07/22
08. National Apple Day (October 21) and National Pumpkin Day (October 26): 🍎
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
When in Rome by Sarah Adams 10/20/22
09. Halloween (October 31): 🎃Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Sweet Stuff by Donna Kauffman 10/31/22
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice.
To Marry a Scottish Laird by Lynsay Sands 10/24/22

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
1-31 October 2022

Read : 10/10

COMPLETED

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
✅ Read a book published in October : Origin by A.J. Sherwood | Published 1 Oct 2020 | 📖 10/8 | 4.5 ⭐️

👼2. Baby Names!:
✅ Read a book that is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names : Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman) : Love and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden | 📖 10/1 | 4 ⭐️

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
✅ Read one book shelved as Paranormal Romance : Twisted Pretty Things by Ariana Nash | 📖 10/11 | 3.5 ⭐️

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
✅ Read a book about second chances : Fandom by Eden Finley | 📖 10/2 | 4.5 ⭐️

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. 
✅ Read a book with a coffee on the cover : Another Shot by Kit Oliver | 📖 10/7 | 2 ⭐️



🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th.
✅ Read a book with a LGBT theme or character : Bite Me, Santa by Brittany Cournoyer | 📖 10/6 | 5 ⭐️

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th 
✅ Read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship : 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne | 📖 10/9 | 3 ⭐️



🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th.
✅ Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin : Pick One by May Archer | 📖 10/5 | 3 ⭐️



🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st.
✅ Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover : The Family We're Born With by Kaje Harper | 📖 10/3 | 5 ⭐️

📌10. Reader's Choice:
✅ Read any book of your choice : Back in Black by Rhys Ford | 📖 10/1 | 4 ⭐️

4/10

✓ Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October
Succubus Dreams, Richelle Mead (publ Oct 2008)

✓ Baby Names!:
Yyou may choose a book with a character that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
Love on the Brain, Ali Hazelwood (Bee embodies Bright & Shining)

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

✓ National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book where someone find a new friend
Shelter Me, Juliette Fay (new friends)

✓ National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
You may read a book with a character with an illness or injury
The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

10/10 Complete! 🎉💖

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
(pub 10/7/2014) 10/24

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
(free beautiful woman) 10/22

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol depicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
(pub 2011) 10/2

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
10/12

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
10/9

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
10/17

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
10/10

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
10/4

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
10/16

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
10/13

my spot. I'll post the challenge Saturday because I can't use a computer now.

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

5/5 ROMANCE

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Christmas Charms by Teri Wilson 18 October; 5☆


👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Cottage at the Beach by Lee Tobin McClain 15 October; 4☆


🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
Amish Jane Doe by Shelley Shepard Gray 7 October; 5☆


☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Precarious Summer by Lyn Cote 11 October; 5☆


🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
the MCs are trapped in a cave- Cavern Cover-Up by Katy Lee


📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

😎🏕❤️🏕😎❤️🌻🏕🐝😎🏕❤️🏕❤️🏕🌻🐝😎🏕❤️🏕😎❤️🏕❤️🐝😎🏕🦩🦩

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

🏕 Read a book with a multi-colored cover- Awk-Weird- 4.5-5★
🏕 2. Character representing: Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman)- Trust- 5★
🏕 3. Read a book that is a MF romance- Mister Black- 4.5★
🏕 4. Read a book about second chances: love- Below Zero- 4★
🏕 5. Brown and/or black on cover- Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs- 3.5-4★
🏕 6. Read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover- Woke Up Wed- 4★
🏕 7. Someone with bright and lively personality- Happy Hour at Casa Dracula- 4★
🏕 8. Book with a green on the cover- Stuck with You- 5★
🏕 9. Read a book with something scary- When Gracie Met the Grump- 5★
🏕 10. Reader's Choice- Under One Roof- 3.5-4★



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2022 October Monthly Challenge

10/10 Completed. Finished

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October.
Never Trust the Living-Lani Lynn Vale 10/23

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
This month's names:
Nathan (He Gave),
Phoebe (Bright, Shining),
Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman),
Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
Phoebe MacLeod-Fred and Breakfast 10/20

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read a book featuring a professor or teacher.
Wild, Crazy Hearts-Melissa Foster 10/02

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair:
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love.
Fate After Fame-Amber Kelly 10/08

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book with a coffee on the cover.
Evenings With Bryson-Tina Martin 10/15

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
Read a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it.
Remission-Ofelia Martinez 10/01

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book with a yellow cover.
Life's Too Short-Abby Jimenez 10/16

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
Read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves.
Driven-Rebecca Zanetti 10/07

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st:
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Autumn's Chaos-Mary Stone 10/22

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
Captain Dreamboat-Tawna Fenske 10/01

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

I'm in!
Completed: 7/10

💎1. Happy October Birthday!: Finding Laura - Kay Hooper


👼2. Baby Names!: Waylaid - Sarina Bowen - 10/13 - 🎃🎃🎃🎃


📖3. Featured Author Challenge: Purrder She Wrote - Cate Conte


✅🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Gaining Miles - Claire Kingsley - 10/6 - 🎃🎃🎃


✅☕️5. International Coffee Day: Heartland - Sarina Bowen - 10/9 - 🎃🎃🎃🎃


✅🌈6. National Coming Out Day: Hidden Miles - Claire Kingsley - 10/5 - 🎃🎃🎃🎃


✅🌻7. National New Friends Day: Reckless Miles - Claire Kingsley - 10/2 - 🎃🎃🎃🎃


🍎8. National Apple Day: Reckless - Skye Jordan - 10/16 - 🎃🎃🎃


🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat:


✅📌10. Reader's Choice: Forbidden Miles - Claire Kingsley - 10/1 - 🎃🎃🎃🎃

🎃🎃 October Monthly Challenge🎃🎃🌻🌻🍁🍂

🎃1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

🎃2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Nathan (He Gave),
Phoebe (Bright, Shining),
Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman),
Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

🎃3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🎃4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

🎃5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🎃6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🎃7. National New Friends Day on October 19th .
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🎃8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st:
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

🎃10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

I'm in 3/5!
💎1. Happy October Birthday!: Awk-Weird
👼2. Baby Names!: Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman) The Poppy Wife: A Novel of the Great War
📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter: Unlucky 13
🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: The Ex Hex
☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Vampire Moon
🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: The Paris Apartment
🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th: Meet Cute
🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Kitty Goes to Washington
🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Which Witch is Wicked?
📌10. Reader's Choice: Beauty and the Baller

Books:


Read:

I'm in!

...10/10 Completed October 31

💎1. Happy October Birthday!: Adopted Parents by Candy Halliday October 19, 4 stars

👼2. Baby Names!: You by Caroline Kepnes October 31, 2 stars

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter: Blood Rights by Kristen Painter October 22, 5 stars

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Baby on Board by Lisa Ruff October 31, 3 stars

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st: The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott October 8, 4 stars

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz October 31, 5 stars

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th: The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin October 13, 4 stars

🍎8. National Apple Day: In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner October 31, 5 stars

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke October 27, 3 stars

📌10. Reader's Choice: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke October 31, 4 stars

In for the usual 10! 📚

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
Timeframe: 10/1/22 to 10/31/22
10/10

💎1. Happy October Birthday! - Published in October - Mr. Beautiful by R.K. Lilley - 10/23/22 ♥♥♥♥

Pub 10/14/14

👼2. Baby Names! - Character named Caroline - Jackson by Emily March - 10/25/22 ♥♥♥♥


📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter - First published in 2011 - The Bungalow by Sarah Jio - 10/8/22 ♥♥♥♥

Pub 12/1/11

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair - Second chances : second chance of love - 28 Dates by Stacey Lynn 10/13/22 ♥♥♥♥

Jonas wants more than FWB, but Caitlin doesn’t. He keeps trying for the HEA.

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st - Someone is addicted to coffee - Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/15/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

Eve is always refilling her coffee cup—with the real stuff.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th - Life challenge as you may interpret it - One Last Gift by Emily Stone - 10/26/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

Cassie must deal with the death of her brother.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th - A friendship is evolving - A Whole Latte Murder by Caroline Fardig - 10/21/22 ♥♥♥♥

Pete and Juliet always say they’re just friends, but their feelings are deepening, and everyone else notices it too.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Red, gold, green, and/or orange cover, colours of Fall leaves - Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark - 10/5/22 ♥♥♥♥


🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st - Something sweet in or on the cover - Sweet Reality by Laura Heffernan - 10/27/22 ♥♥♥

Word in title

📌10. Reader's Choice - Any book - Stephanie by Debbie Macomber - 10/29/22 ♥♥♥


*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/29/22******

October Monthly Challenge

10/10 completed

1.Published in October: Cowboys and Angels Vicki Lewis Thompson 5☆ 9/10/22
2.Baby names: Hunted Allyson Charles 5☆ 5/10/22
3.Paranormal: Heart of a Dragon Alisa Woods 5☆ 3/10/22
4.Second chance: Dancing With Danger Kerrigan Byrne 4☆ 6/10/22
5.Coffee colours: Prelude to a Haunted Evening Ava Stone 3☆ 1/10/22
6.LGBT: Mr. Winterbourne's Christmas Joanna Chambers 4☆ 1/10/22
7.Yellow cover: The Wolf of Westmore Amalie Howard 4☆ 1/10/22
8.Red cover: The Duke Who Hates Christmas Bianca Blythe 4☆ 4/10/22
9.Scary: House of Shadows Chasity Bowlin 2☆ 2/10/22
10. Reader's Choice: His Mistletoe Miss Jane Charles 4☆ 1/10/22

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

Read 10/10 DONE!

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
The Amish Matchmaker (Paradise Valley Book 2) by Amy Lillard 10/2/22 4stars (10/4/22 and white blue green orangish cover)

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
The Duke Not Taken (A Royal Match #2) by Julia London 10/11/22 4stars (Caroline is Beck's sister, Amelia is staying with him and his wife while she' in England looking for a husband with the help of a matchmaker)

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher . You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
On the Way to Christmas: Three Stories by Sheila Roberts ), Melissa Ferguson, Amy Clipston 10/13/22 4stars (A Perfectly Splendid Christmas by Amy Clipston - Drew owns two cats - orange tabby and gray-and-white one)

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
Love Always, Christmas by Karen Schaler 10/8/22 4stars (second chance at friendship for Libby and Adam - their first meeting didn't go so well; Libby and CeCe - they hope to correct past mistakes of others that Libby never knew about)

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Burn for Me (Fighting Fire #1) by Lauren Blakely 10/16/22 4stars

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
The Best Is Yet to Come (Oceanside #3) by Debbie Macomber 10/14/22 4stars (CADE is a wounded ex-Marine with anger issues and injuries and he heals throughout the story and becomes a new person with the help of new friend Hope)

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?)
Home Sweet Christmas (Wishing Tree #2) by Susan Mallery 10/4/22 4stars (Jake/Camryn; Dylan/River - both new friends/friends to lovers)

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
Wishing on a Christmas Cowboy (Star Valley #1) by Sara Richardson 10/9/22 4.5stars (Kyra is a pediatric nurse practitioner; Aiden needed surgery after breaking his leg in an accident)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with something scary (it could be about a anything you feel scary)
That Summer in Berlin by Lecia Cornwall 10/5/22 4.5stars (takes place in Nazi Germany before WWII)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
It's Better This Way by Debbie Macomber 10/15/22 4stars

🍂🍁 👻👻🎃🎃October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁👻👻🎃🎃
5/5🎃🎃🎃🎃 10/10 COMPLETED🎃🎃🎃🎃

👻💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal. Published: October 20,2021
Blood and Beauty by: Callie Vincent (10/14/2022)


👻👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
Duchess in Love by: Eloisa James (10/15/2022)

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

👻📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

(view spoiler)[Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR (hide spoiler)]

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Burning Up Flint by: Laurann Dohner (10/09/2022)

👻🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
The One You Want by: Gena Showalter (10/04/2022)

👻☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Pain and Pleasure by: Callie Vincent (10/14/2022)

👻🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
Alien Embrace by: Tracy St. John (10/11/2022)

👻🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
Only Human by: Candace Blevins (10/04/2022)

👻🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
Stealing Candy by: Krista Wolf (10/15/2022)

👻🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Taken by the Alphas by: Loki Renard 10/04/2022)

👻📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
No Ordinary Billionaire by: J.S. Scott (10/04/2022)

Count me in: 5 of 10 read

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, ✓10/28/22

👼2. Baby Names!: Mountains Wanted

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : ✓ 10/29/22

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Read a book with a LGBT theme or character ✓10/13/22

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?) ✓10/16/22

🍎8. Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin.

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st:

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice. ✓ 10/03/22

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
**will update with choices**

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist


You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Chalk Dirty To Me by Lani Lynn Vale 10.24
👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Grave Digger Academy II by CA King 10.1
🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
Duke by Teagan Brooks 10.3
☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
The Enforcer by Amelia Shea 10.8
🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
Stamp by Cee Bowerman 10.2
🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
The Rulebreaker by Amelia Shea 10.13
🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Chasing Serenity by Kristen Ashley 10.1
📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
Fallen Star by R. Weir 10.6

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
5/10

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter: Read a book featuring a professor or teacher.
Guidance


🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances: second chance of love.
Luca


☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colors on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book with a rainbow of colors on the cover.

🌻7. National New Friends Day on October 19th Read a with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
Desperation in Death


🍎8. National Apple Day/National Pumpkin Day: Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin.
Costume Cutty


🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st:Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary.

📌10. Reader's Choice:Read any book of your choice.
Where We Found Our Heart

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

October Monthly CHallenge
Duration: Oct 1 - 31, 2022
10/10

1. Happy October Birthday!: Read a book published in October
Flipped for Murder by Maddie Day 10/10/2022

2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character with one of the following popular baby names.
Edward (Wealthy Guardian)
The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado 12/02/2022

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Taking the Leap by Kristen Ashley 10/06/2022

4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances:
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 10/18/2022

5. International Coffee Day: Read a book with a coffee on the cover
The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 10/02/2022

6. National Coming Out Day: Read a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Solito by Javier Zamora 10/07/2022

7. National New Friends Day:
Read a book where a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?)
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg 10/20/2022

8. National Apple Day: Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin.
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 10/31/2022


9. Halloween: Read a book with something sweet in or on the cover
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult 10/27/2022

10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice.
The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris 10/14/2022

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

✔️💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October

You Do Something to Me by Bella Andre - 02/10/2022

✔️👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book with a character that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
This month's names: Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman)
Since I Fell for You by Bella Andre - 01/10/2022

✔️📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book featuring a professor or teacher

An Oxford Scandal by Maxine Barry - 05/10/2022

✔️🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances : second chance of love

Every Time We Fall In Love by Bella Andre - 02/10/2022

✔️☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st: Read a book with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan - 14/10/2022

✔️🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Read a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it.

The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan - 16/10/2022

✔️🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th: Read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality.

Your Love Is Mine by Bella Andre - 04/10/2022

✔️🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Read a book with a cover in gold.

Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean - 01/10/2022

✔️🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Read a book with sweet moments

There Goes My Heart by Bella Andre - 05/10/2022

✔️📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

The Lying Game by Maxine Barry - 04/10/2022

💕🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
The Candymakers by Wendy Mass - 10/10/22
Published October 2010

👼2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter: Link to Kristen Painter's backlist
Or shelved as Paranormal Romance or with a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Sucks To Be Me by Kristen Painter - 10/10/22
Author Kristen Painter

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances
The Shifter Romances The Writer by Kristen Painter - 10/12/22
Roxy has a second chance at love.

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or a coffee palette cover
The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 10/21/22
MC is addicted to coffee.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book with a new friend or a friend to lover, or a or a yellow cover
by Douglas Preston - 10/17/22
Yellow cover

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with red, gold, green, and/or orange cover
by J.D. Robb - 10/3/22
Orange cover

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: read a book with something scary
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - 10/6/22
Vampires

📌10. Reader's Choice:
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman - 10/3/22

October Monthly Challenge

READ: 8/8

✔️💎1. Happy October Birthday!: Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Generation 18 - Keri Arthur 10/20

✔️📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. Y
Green Eyed Envy - Kasey MacKenzie (pub June 28, 2011) 10/17

✔️🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
The Lionman Kidnapping - Eve Langlais 10/22
(hero got a second chance at life through genetic manipulation)

✔️☕️5. International Coffee Day: Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Forgotten in Death - J.D. Robb (heroine) 10/5

✔️🌈6. National Coming Out Day: Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
Thistlefoot - GennaRose Nethercott (heroine) 10/10

✔️🍎8. National Apple Day: Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
A Nurse for the Wolfman - Eve Langlais 10/10

✔️🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat: Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Sweet Spot - Susan Mallery (cupcakes) 10/7

✔️📌10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice
The Starless Crown - James Rollins 10/14



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

I'm in!

10/10

October Monthly Challenge

1. Happy October Birthday!:
🎃Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
The Highlander's Holiday Wife - Vanessa Kelly (Zebra - Oct 2022) - Oct 20

2. Baby Names!:
🎃Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).
Montana Storm - Josie Jade, Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Oct 2022) (Nathan) - Oct 16

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
🎃Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author Kristen Painter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol depicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsessed by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

🎃You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Snowflakes and Secrets in the Scottish Highlands - Donna Ashcroft (Bookouture - Oct 2022) (cat) - Oct 24

4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
🎃Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
The Viking She Would Have Married - Lucy Morris (HH #1657 - June 2022) (second chances) - Oct 1

5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
🎃Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Wyoming Winter Rescue - Juno Rushdan (HI #2108 - Nov 2022) (coffee colors) - Oct 28

6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
🎃Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
The Rebel's Return - Nadine Gonzalez (HD #2857 - Mar 2022) (secondary character Dan) - Oct 3

7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
🎃Read a book where someone finds a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
The Christmas Cottage - Christine Rimmer (HSE #2941 - Nov 2022) (new friends then lovers) - Oct 25

8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
🎃Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
Hotshot Hero on the Edge - Lisa Childs (HRS #2197 - Sept 2022) (nurse) - Oct 4

9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
🎃Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
The Marriage Mandate - Shannon McKenna (HD #2894 - Sept 2022) (sweet moments) - Oct 10

10. Reader's Choice:
🎃Read any book of your choice.
Operation Payback - Justine Davis (HRS #2195 - Aug 2022) - Oct 2

Hi im in

Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
Read: 0/10

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

I'm in for 7 this month.

October Monthly Challenge
October 2022

My Monthly Challenge (msg 33)

Books Read ➺ 10



✅1. Happy October Birthday!
💎Read a book published in October
💎Meant to Be Yours ➺ 10.29 ★★★★

✅2. Baby Names!
👼This month's names: Nathan (He Gave)
👼Sweet Gone South ➺ 10.05 ★★★

✅3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter
📖Read a book first published in 2011
📖Heartless ➺ 10.08 ★★★★

✅4. Fall is an old love affair
🍀Read a book about second chances: second chance of love,
🍀Hot Scheming Mess ➺ 10.16 ★★★

✅5. International Coffee Day on October 1st
☕️Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee
☕️Faithless in Death ➺ 10.04 ★★★★

✅6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th
🌈Read a book with a LGBT theme or character
🌈Beguiled ➺ 10.24 ★★★★

✅7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
🤝🏻Read a book where someone find a new friend
🤝🏻Beach Read ➺ 10.19 ★★★★

✅8. National Apple Day is October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is October 26th
🍎Read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves
🍎Finding Pride ➺ 10.25 ★★★

✅9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st
🎃Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover
🎃Candy Coated Murder ➺ 10.10 ★★★

✅10. Reader's Choice
📌Read any book of your choice
📌McAlistair's Fortune ➺ 10.20 ★★★★

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal. - In the Company of Witches Finished 10/21

👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline). - Ice Planet Barbarians - Finished 10/31

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes- Small Spaces - Finished 10/25

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover. - You're Invited- Finished 10/31

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.- Twisted Love - Finished 10/8

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)- House of Hunger- Finished 10/15

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary) - The Last Housewife Finished 10/20

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice. - Horror Death Note Manga: Volume 3 - Finished 10/25

🍂🍁2022 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
1 October to 31 October, 2022

1/10 Read

💎1. Happy October Birthday!: The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale

👼2. Baby Names!: Forever My Duke by Olivia Drake

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Laid Bare by Lauren Dane

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st: Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (15/10/2022)

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Dating the Duke by Emma Hart

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th: Overruled by Emma Chase

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Cold & Deadly by Toni Anderson

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Blood of Cupids by Sophia Kenzie

📌10. Reader's Choice: Kiss Kiss Fang Fang by Penelope Bloom

Hello everyone ! We are in October ! Happy reading to all of you !

Hello!
Completed: 3/5

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
19th Christmas by James Patterson completed 10.21.22

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair:
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

🌈6. National Coming Out Day:
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes Completed 10.31.22

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat:
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

📌10. Reader's Choice:
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory completed 10.12.22

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.


👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names
Nathan (He Gave)


📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).


🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes


☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.


🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?)


🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)


🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)


📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

October 2022 Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

10/10 DONE

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
published in October Oct 24, 2017 Fooled Around and Spelled in Love Michelle M. Pillow 10/5
👼2. Baby Names!:
Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman) Where Wind Meets Wave  Caroline Fyffe 10/7
📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter Witchful Thinking Kristen Painter 10/8
🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances Psychic Dreams Elizabeth Hunter 10/19
☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
someone is addicted to coffee Phoebe Steeped to Death Gretchen Rue 10/22
🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
LGBT theme or character Chainbreaker Tara Sim 10/1
🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
new friend === MC is new to town Absolutely Truly Heather Vogel Frederick 10/5
🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th:
red, gold, green, and/or orange cover Ilona Andrews 10/5

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: something scary human trafficking Resolute Justice Leslie Marshman 10/3
📌10. Reader's Choice: Semi-Psychic Life Elizabeth Hunter 10/19

Finished on post 16.
Thanks for the challenge.

Congrats Elaine !! 🎊👏

LillianaPassions wrote: "Congrats Elaine !! 🎊👏"

Thank you LillianaPassions. Always love this challenge!

Gelaskaca wrote: "🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
1-31 October 2022

Read : 10/10

COMPLETED

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
✅ Read a book published in October : Origin by [author:A.J. Sherwood|1854114..."


FINISHED..!!

Thanks LillianaPassions! I enjoyed the challenge. 🍁🍂🥮

🎊🎊Good Job Gelaskaca ! 🎊🎊👏

Completed!

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁

✔️💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October

You Do Something to Me by Bella Andre - 02/10/2022

✔️👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book with a character that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
This month's names: Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman)
Since I Fell for You by Bella Andre - 01/10/2022

✔️📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book featuring a professor or teacher

An Oxford Scandal by Maxine Barry - 05/10/2022

✔️🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Read a book about second chances : second chance of love

Every Time We Fall In Love by Bella Andre - 02/10/2022

✔️☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st: Read a book with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan - 14/10/2022

✔️🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Read a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it.

The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan - 16/10/2022

✔️🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th: Read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality.

Your Love Is Mine by Bella Andre - 04/10/2022

✔️🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Read a book with a cover in gold.

Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean - 01/10/2022

✔️🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Read a book with sweet moments

There Goes My Heart by Bella Andre - 05/10/2022

✔️📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

The Lying Game by Maxine Barry - 04/10/2022

🍂🍁 👻👻🎃🎃October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁👻👻🎃🎃
5/5🎃🎃🎃🎃 10/10 COMPLETED🎃🎃🎃🎃

👻💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal. Published: October 20,2021
Blood and Beauty by: Callie Vincent (10/14/2022)


👻👼2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
Duchess in Love by: Eloisa James (10/15/2022)

This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

👻📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.
Link to Kristen Painter's backlist

(view spoiler)[Fun Facts about Kristen Painter:
* Prior to becoming a full-time author KristenPainter worked as a college English teacher and World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5th.
* She published her first novel in 2011. Number 11 symbol epicts the equality of men and women.
* She is an award-winning Paranormal Romance writer and one of her series features a town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year.
* She is obsesses by cats (and shoes) and it’s National Black Cat Day on October 27th. Black cats need a little positive PR (hide spoiler)]

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Burning Up Flint by: Laurann Dohner (10/09/2022)

👻🍀4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
The One You Want by: Gena Showalter (10/04/2022)

👻☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st. Coffee is currently the most popular beverage in America, with 60% of Americans choosing coffee each day as their most necessary drink—even more than tap water. Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back to 800 A.D in Ethiopia. Then spread slower worldwide in the last 5 centuries.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Pain and Pleasure by: Callie Vincent (10/14/2022)

👻🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th: Day of awareness to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.
Alien Embrace by: Tracy St. John (10/11/2022)

👻🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections. You never know where you’ll find a new best friend. Time for celebrating the potential for friendship everywhere you go.
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.
Only Human by: Candace Blevins (10/04/2022)

👻🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: As Fall takes hold, there’s apples and pumpkins everywhere you look. It is time to enjoy fall's bounty with more than a dozen delicious recipes using pumpkin or apples.
Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury (An apple a day keeps the doctor away!)
Stealing Candy by: Krista Wolf (10/15/2022)

👻🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st: Carved pumpkins, scary costumes, haunted attractions and sweets… Sweet or Scare up the Halloween spirit !
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
Taken by the Alphas by: Loki Renard 10/04/2022)

👻📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
No Ordinary Billionaire by: J.S. Scott (10/04/2022)

Finished on post #17

🎊Wow !! Congrats Christine, Tiki and JoAnne ! 🥂🍻🥂🎊
Good job !

🍂🍁 October Monthly Challenge 🍂🍁
~ 10 / 10 Complete on 10/18/22~

💎1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.

The Belle of Belgrave Square 10/12

👼2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Nathan (He Gave), Phoebe (Bright, Shining), Caroline (Free/Beautiful Woman), Edward (Wealthy Guardian).

Romancing Lord Ramsbury 10/16

📖3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal.

At First Sight 10/18

🍀4. Fall is an old love affair:
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes

Betrayal on the Bowery 10/10

☕️5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.

To Capture His Heart 10/15

🌈6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th:
Read a book with a LGBT theme or character (MC or not), or a book where someone overcomes their fears or a life challenge as you may interpret it. Or read a book with a rainbow of colours on the cover.

Who is Elizabeth Bennet's Soulmate?: A Pride and Prejudice Variation 10/17

🫂7. National New Friends Day on October 19th
Read a book where someone find a new friend, or a friendship is evolving (friends to lovers?), or read a book that features someone with a bright and lively personality. You can also choose to read a book with a yellow cover, known as a synonym of friendship.

The Siren of Sussex 10/8

🍎8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th: Read a book with a fruit on the cover, bonus for an apple or pumpkin. Or read a book with a cover in red, gold, green, and/or orange, also colours of Fall leaves. You may also read a book with a character in the medical field, or with an illness or injury

Treachery on Tenth Street 10/11

🎃9. Halloween Trick or Treat:
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting 10/5

📌10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.

A Cleverly (Un)contrived Compromise 10/15

Done!

October Monthly Challenge

5/5 ROMANCE

1. Happy October Birthday!:
Read a book published in October, or read a book with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Christmas Charms by Teri Wilson 18 October; 5☆


2. Baby Names!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Kristen Painter:
Read one book written by Kristen Painter, or any author with her first or last name.

You may also read a book featuring a professor or teacher or first published in 2011 or shelved as MF Romance, or shelved as Paranormal Romance. You may also read a book featuring a cat or kitten or any feline animal. (Bonus for any black cat or Panther or other black feline).
Cottage at the Beach by Lee Tobin McClain 15 October; 4☆


4. Fall is an old love affair: Fall is the end of many things but it can also represent the beginning.
Read a book about second chances : second chance of love, or another start at some friendship or featuring something learned or a change from some mistakes
Amish Jane Doe by Shelley Shepard Gray 7 October; 5☆


5. International Coffee Day on October 1st.
Read a book where someone is addicted to coffee, or with a coffee on the cover or simply with beige, brown and/or black colours, (coffee palette) on the cover.
Precarious Summer by Lyn Cote 11 October; 5☆

6. National Coming Out Day on October 11th.

7. National New Friends Day on October 19th While old friends are staples, there’s always room to make new connections.

8. National Apple Day is held on October 21st and National Pumpkin Day is held on October 26th.

9. Halloween Trick or Treat on October 31st.
Read a book with sweet moments or with something sweet in or on the cover, or read a book with something scary (it could be about vampires, ghosts, thunderstorms, a serial killer, anything you feel scary)
the MCs are trapped in a cave- Cavern Cover-Up by Katy Lee


10. Reader's Choice.

🎊🎊Congrats Mykanos and Patrizia ! 🎊🎊☺️