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2023 September Monthly Challenge


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

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 choose.

Happy Reading!!

Questions?

September Monthly Challenge
September 2023

My Monthly Challenge (msg 3)

Books Read ➖ 10



✅1. Happy September Birthday!
➖Read a book published in September
➖Beautiful Bombshell ➖ 09.16 ★★★★

✅2. Baby Names!
➖This month's names: Lila (Lilac Tree)
➖Lotto Lucy ➖ 09.06 ★★★

✅3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
➖Read a book that features a teacher
➖Colt ➖ 09.22 ★★★★

✅4. Little League Month
➖Read a book Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover
➖In a Holidaze ➖ 09.25 ★★★★

✅5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week)
➖Read a book with any plant on the cover
➖Nightwork ➖ 09.09 ★★★★

✅6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day
➖Read a book with double letters in the author's first or last name
➖All Good Things... ➖ 09.03 ★★★

✅7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day
➖Read a book with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do
➖Riley Thorn and the Corpse in the Closet ➖ 09.15 ★★★★

✅8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day
➖Read a book featuring a character that lets nothing stop them
➖The Wallflower Wager ➖ 09.17 ★★★★

✅9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day
➖Read a book with an author's first OR last initial in PEACE
➖Stuck on You ➖ 09.22 ★★★

✅10. Reader's Choice
➖Read any book of your choice!
➖Accidental Abduction ➖ 09.26 ★★★

1. ❇️ published in September
Enchanted to Meet You


2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Lilac Girls


3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name.

4.
❇️ set during (any) wartime
The Italian Ballerina


5.
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover
The Last Garden in England


6.
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
Pay-Per-Heart


7. ❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
Always Be My Duchess

8.
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
Practice Makes Perfect


9.
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
Love, Theoretically


10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

2023 September Monthly Challenge




10/10 Completed


01. Happy September Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in September or with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire.
Nobody's Hero: An Ex-con and good-girl romance by Laura Trentham 09/11/23
02. Baby Names! This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), and Lila (Lilac Tree): 👶🏻Read a book featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them, with a 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!
The Rancher's Twins by Carol Ross 09/10/23
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ~ Julie Ann Walker : 👩🏻‍💻Read a book written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name.
Or read a book featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger), with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.) or tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense.
You'll Be Mine by Marie Force 09/16/23
04. Little League Month: ⚾️Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover, set during (any) wartime or tagged as any variation of sports or baseball.
Remember Love by Mary Balogh 09/08/23
05. National Indoor Plant Week (third week): 🎍Read a book with any plant on the cover, featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants, or with a green cover.
Only Home with You by Jeannie Chin 09/18/23
06. Emma M. Nutt Day (September 1): 📞Read a book with any communication device on the cover, with a female MC, or with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT).
Home for the Holidays by Rochelle Alers 09/05/23
07. Be Late for Something Day (September 5): ⌚️Read a book featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover, with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason), or with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION.
An Echo in Time by Sherry Lewis 09/30/23
08. Fight Procrastination Day (September 6): 👨🏼‍🚒👩🏻‍⚕️👮🏼‍♀️Read a book featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc., with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them, or with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION.
Not Quite Enough by Catherine Bybee 09/04/23
09. International Peace Day (September 21): 🕊️Read a book with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation, featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something, or with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE.
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich 09/02/23
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice!
Hunting for a Highlander by Lynsay Sands 09/30/23

10/10 - COMPLETE!

✔︎Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling - 9/1/23

✔︎ Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Lydia (From Lydia, Greece)
Read a book:
❇️ written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings, Lydia Sherrer - 9/3/23

✔︎ Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker
Hell or High Water, Julie Ann Walker - 9/10/23

✔︎ Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
Stealing Home, Sherryl Woods - 9/6/23

✔︎ National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
Forget Me Not, Julie Soto - 9/2/23 (hero is a florist)

✔︎ September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Muses & Melodies, Rebecca Yarros - 9/4/23

✔︎ September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
Holiday Romance, Catherine Walsh - 9/7/23

✔︎ September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
After That Night, Karin Slaughter - 9/4/23 (police & doctor/medical examiner)

✔︎ September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
In the Midnight Rain, Barbara O'Neal - 9/3/23

✔︎ Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
My Roommate Is a Vampire, Jenna Levine - 9/5/23

2023 September Monthly Challenge

10/10 Completed. Finished


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire
Winter's Shock-Mary Stone 9/15/23

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!
(Lilah Love)
The Ghost Assassin-Lisa Renee Jones 9/03/23

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
Inside-Brenda Novak 9/07/23

4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
Camden-Sawyer Bennett 9/16/23

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a green cover
Home Again: Starting Over-Becki Willis 9/08/23

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Gone Missing-Linda Castillo 9/06/23

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Rebecca Yarros-In the Likely Event 9/15/23

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Promise Me Always-A.L. Jackson 9/22/23

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
Devney Perry-Crimson River 9/14/23

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
Fun House-Lani Lynn Vale 9/01/23

September Monthly Challenge

9/9 completed

1. Published in September: The Hero Carole Mortimer 5☆ 30/9/23
2. Baby names: (Lila) The Prince I Wished For Maggie Dallen 5☆ 1/9/23
3. Animal on cover: Winning the Cowboy Billionaire Emmy Eugene 3☆ 12/9/23
4. X
5. Green cover: The Beast's Bliss Eva Devon 4☆ 3/9/23
6. Double letters/author name: Saving Jesse Cynthia Dees 4☆ 7/9/23
7. Clock: Snowflakes and Wallflowers Lauren Smith 3☆ 8/9/23
8. Procrastination: A Rogue So Wicked Dayna Quince 5☆ 23/9/23
9. 1st/last name initial in Peace: Alyssa Clarke: The Devil's Own Dare 5☆ 10/9/23
10. Reader's Choice: A Wager too Wicked Alyssa Clarke 5☆ 11/9/23

X

Read 10/10

1. Happy September Birthday. Read a book published in September or with blue on the cover: Enthralled 24/9

2. Baby Names. Read a book featuring a character with the name Lydia: Project Duchess 12/9

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) Julie Ann Walker. Read a book with a teacher: Schooled by a Senior 12/9

4. Little League Month. Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover, or tagged as any variation of sports: Coach's Daughter 7/9

5. National Indoor Plant Week. Read a book with a green cover: Stick An Orc In It 17/9

6. September 1 - Emma M. Nutt Day. Read a book with a female MC: Daring the Doctor 13/9

7. September 5 - Be Late for Something Day. Read a book featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover: Princess in Waiting 7/9

8. September 6 - Fight Procrastination Day. Read a book with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them: Step Stalker 8/9

9. September 21 - International Peace Day. Read a book with a serene or peaceful looking cover: Bookstore Barbie 13/9

10. Reader's Choice. Read any book of your choice: Play with Fire 13/9

I'm in!

...10/10 Completed September 30

1. Happy September Birthday: How to Enslave a Human by Dylan Callens September 29, 4 stars

2. Baby Names!: Jasper: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey September 9, 4 stars

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker: Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker September 25, 4 stars

4. Little League Month ▻ Changing the Game by Jaci Burton September 16, 4 stars

5. National Indoor Plant Week: Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich September 30, 4 stars

6. September 1: female MC: My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones September 10, 2 stars

7. September 5: Four Past Midnight by Stephen King September 27, 4 stars

8. September 6: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton September 14, 4 stars

9. September 21: Wings by Aprilynne Pike September 4, 4 stars

10. Reader's Choice: Linden Falls by Joshua Hershey September 25, 3 stars

In for 5 for the month!

6/5
1. Happy September Birthday! Hook, Line, and Sinker (blue cover)
2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer): How to Marry an Earl (MC hunts ‘treasures’)
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker: Partners in Crime (MC is a teacher)
4. Little League Month ▻ Tidelands (wartime)
5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ Don't Hex and Drive (green cover)
6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Forever Amber (double letters and female MC)
7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A Study in Scarlet Women (S, T in author name in PROCRASTINATION)
8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ The Man Ban (MC is a doctor)
9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries (peaceful cover – camping!)
10. Reader's Choice: Hi, I'm a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion Manga, Vol. 1

Books:


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2023 September Monthly Challenge

❤️ 1. Published in September- Things We Left Behind
❤️ 2. Character represents Lila (Lilac Tree)- The Love Act
❤️ 3. Read a book tagged suspense - Blind Faith
❤️ 4. Read a book: war of any kind: The Wolf and the Wildflower
❤️ 5. Character likes to garden- The Last Straw
❤️ 6. Double letters in a's name: Tessa's Trust
❤️ 7. Author's name: letter in procrastination- Second Sight
❤️ 8. Book with "nothing stops them"- The Missing Piece
❤️ 9. Serene or peaceful looking cover - Cold Queen
❤️ 10. Reader's Choice - The Heir Apparent's Rejected Mate



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2023 September Monthly Challenge

5/5 romance/ romantic suspense

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
Pursued in the Wilderness by Loretta Eidson 10 September; 4 1/2☆


2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
Deep Tide by Laura Griffin 15 September; 5☆


4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
Strawberry Lane by Jodi Thomas 7 September; 4☆


6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard 19 September; 5☆


7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
at the beginning of the book she has to find the daughter of the male MC- Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch 3 September; 4 1/2☆


9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

2023 September Monthly Challenge
Read 10/10 books

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire
Toes in the Tulips: (Adventures of Gladys) by Katherine H. Brown 9/5/23 4stars (9/5/23; blue lettering in part of title)

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!
The Bridge of Forgiveness (Lancaster Bridges Book Four): An Amish Romance Series by Sylvia Price 9/16/23 4stars (Lydia works in aunt and uncle's bakery and is one of MC)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
Perfect Bragg (Bragg Brothers, #3) by D.E. Haggerty 9/9/23 4stars (dogs, goat, llama)

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
Final Shot (Las Vegas Vipers, #0.5) by Stacey Lynn 9/30/23 4stars (hockey - sports romance)

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
Every Duke Has His Day by Suzanne Enoch 9/17/23 4.5stars (Bitsy decides to weed at her parent's home)

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Secret Baby for Dr. Dreamy: A Second Chance Medical Romance (Forbidden Doctors) by Sofia T Summers 9/2/23 4stars (suMMers)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Finding Home: Rainbow Haven Beach Book 4 by Sylvia Price 9/4/23 4stars (S and P - Sylvia Price)

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
My Billionaire Cowboy Hero by Eliza McJames 9/4/23 4.5stars (Carter and others in security and work on getting others out of unsavory situations in other countries)

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Toni Shiloh 9/10/23 4stars (snowing at Christmas; Starr and Angel stop fighting when Starr apologizes)

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary 9/15/23 3.5stars

2023 September Monthly Challenge


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

2023 September Monthly Challenge
1/10

🍁1. Happy September Birthday!

🍁2. Baby Names!

🍁3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC): Julie Ann Walker

🍁4. Little League Month

🍁5. National Indoor Plant Week

🍁6. September 1: Emma M. Nutt Day
Just Don't Fall by Emma St. Clair
September 7th, 2023 - 4.5⭐

🍁7. September 5: Be Late for Something Day

🍁8. September 6: Fight Procrastination Day

🍁9. September 21: International Peace Day

🍁10. Reader's Choice

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September Monthly Challenge

6/6



1. Happy September Birthday: Disrupted Engagement Nicky James
(published in September) ✔️ 9/20

2. Baby Names: Appetites & Vices Felicia Grossman
(character named Lydia) ✔️ 9/25

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC): Julie Ann Walker: Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
(character works in STEM profession) ✔️ 9/8

4. Little League Month: Everything for You Chloe Liese ✔️ 9/3
(tagged as sports romance)

5. September 1: Emma M. Nutt Day: A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder Dianne Freeman
(double letters in the author's first and last name) ✔️ 9/14

6. September 5: Be Late for Something Day: Death by Dumpling Vivien Chien
(author's last name start with the letter C) ✔️ 9/30

September Monthly Challenge

READ: 10/10

✔️1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
For Whom the Book Tolls - Laura Gail Black (pub Sep 8, 2020) 9/10

✔️2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them.
No Good Tea Goes Unpunished - Bree Baker (Jasper) 9/29

✔️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
Forced to Flee - Terri Reed 9/17

✔️4. Little League Month
Read a book:
❇️ set during (any) wartime
A Queen of Thieves & Chaos - K.A. Tucker 9/26

✔️5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
Earth Bound - Christine Feehan (heroine) 9/15

✔️6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day
Read a book:
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name
Flea Market Magic - Bella Falls 9/2

✔️7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day
Read a book:
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Cherish Hard - Nalini Singh 9/5 (NEW ZEALAND)

✔️8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day
Read a book:
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
Bound Together - Christine Feehan 9/22
(hero bound and determined to take out a pedophile ring)

✔️9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day
Read a book:
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
Murder in the Book Lover's Loft - Ellery Adams 9/8

✔️10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
The Witch Collector - Charissa Weaks 9/1

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

In for 10! 📚

🍁🍁🍁2023 September Monthly Challenge🍁🍁🍁
6/6~ 8/8 10/10 COMPLETED


🍁1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September~published in September 29th 2011~ (view spoiler)[ **another series**
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire (hide spoiler)]
Dearly, Departed by: Lia Habel (09/03/2023)

🍁2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!
Jasper by: M. Merin (09/19/2023)

🍁3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
(view spoiler)[❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger) (hide spoiler)]
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
Promises of Mercy by: Vella Day (09/10/2023)

🍁4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
(view spoiler)[❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball (hide spoiler)]
The Defender by: Donna Grant (09/20/2023)

🍁5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
(view spoiler)[❇️ with a green cover (hide spoiler)]
Gonzo by: Candace Blevins (09/15/2023)

🍁6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
(view spoiler)[❇️ with any communication device on the cover (hide spoiler)]
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Herons Landing by: JoAnn Ross (09/01/2023)

🍁7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
(view spoiler)[❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason) (hide spoiler)]
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Consort by: Ada Dart (09/06/2023)

🍁8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with its opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
(view spoiler)[❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them (hide spoiler)]
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
The Proposal by: Mary Balogh (09/07/2023)

🍁9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
(view spoiler)[❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something (hide spoiler)]
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial inPEACE
Kill the Queen by: Jennifer Estep (09/05/2023)


🍁10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
Ancients by: Kathryn Moon (09/06/2023)

Completed!!
10/10

1. Published in September: Still by Kennedy Ryan 09/10
2. Baby Names (Lydia): The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins 09/09
3. Animal in Story: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 09/10
4. Ball of Any Kind on Cover: Defensive Stance by Kasha Thompson 09/14
5. Plant on Cover: By the Book by Jasmine Guillory 09/25
6. Author with double letters in 1st or Last Name: Maame by Jessica George 09/23
7. Author 1st or Last Name Starts with PROCRASTINATION: Twisted Love by Ana Huang 09/25
8. Character Works Around the Clock: The Business of Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey 09/19
9. Author's 1st or Last Name initial in PEACE: The Blackbirds by Eric Jerome Dickey 09/17
10. Reader's Choice: Let Me Love You by Alexandria House 09/11

2023 September Monthly Challenge


1. Happy September Birthday!
❇️ with blue on the cover Graham Smith 9/1

2. Baby Names! ▻ ❇️ Lydia Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Legends Lydia Sherrer
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense Sweet Talk Julie Garwood 9/4

4. Little League Month ▻
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime

5. National Indoor Plant Week
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
❇️ with a female MC (DS Ashley Knight) AND
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name Death on Cromer Beach Ross Greenwood 9/1

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
AND
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION Louise Penny

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.-- Kate Shugak
AND
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION Not the Ones Dead Dana Stabenow 9/1
9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover Ross Greenwood 9/1

10. Reader's Choice Dead in the Water Julie Ann Walker 9/5

2023 September Monthly Challenge
10/10

1. Happy September Birthday! Read a book published in September

The Sacrifice: A Dark Dragon Fantasy Romance

2. Baby Names! ▻ Elias (The Lord is My God) Read a book with the plot that somehow represents the name's meaning

Pestilence

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker Read a book written with a teacher.

Lesson Learned

4. Little League Month ▻ Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover (Football)

Hands Down

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ Read a book with any plant on the cover (Roses)

Soul of a Witch

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Read a book with a female MC

Fuse

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ Read a book with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION(L. Ann)

Tattooed Memories

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Read a book featuring a character that may need to work around the clock (Doctor)

Memories of Magic

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ Read a book making peace about something

War

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

Shattered Expectations: A Steamy Rockstar Romance

10/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
Wyoming Cowboys - Regan Black, Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 6
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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:
Jasper (Treasurer),
Lydia (From Lydia, Greece),
Night of Lyons - Chasity Bowlin et al. (Dragonblade Pub - Aug 2023) - Unmasked by the Lyon by Belle Ami - Sept 2
Elias (The Lord is My God),
Lila (Lilac Tree)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
Chef Sugarlips - Tawna Fenske (Capstone - May 2018) (cat) - Sept 8
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
Coulda Been a Cowboy - Brenda Novak (HQN - Mar 2014) (sports/football) - Sept 10

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover
Montana Rain - Josie Jade (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2023) - Sept 21

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Navy SEAL's Deadly Secret - Cindy Dees (HRS #2074 - Jan 2020) - Sept 4

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
The Lyon Who Loved Me - Tracy Sumner (Dragonblade - Sept 2023) - Sept 12

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
Caught by You - Jennifer Bernard (Avon - Jan 2016) - Sept 13
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful-looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
How to Cheat the Marriage Mart - Millie Adams (HH #1677 - Oct 2022) - Sept 16

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
Hunted at Christmas - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1061 - Oct 2023) - Sept 14

September Monthly Challenge

Read: 10/10

1. Happy September Birthday!: It Happened One Autumn (published in September) 9/11 ★★★☆☆

2. Baby Names!: Magic Tides (gods) 9/19 ★★★★☆

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Julie Ann Walker: Mirror Image (romantic suspense) 9/17 ★★★★☆

4. Little League Month: The Goal (sports) 9/16 ★★☆☆☆

5. National Indoor Plant Week: Straight from the Hip (plant on cover) 9/1 ★★★☆☆

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day: Celebrity in Death (double letter in author's name) 9/23 ★★★☆☆

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day: Verity (author's name begins with "C") 9/13 ★★★☆☆

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day: Of Blood and Bone (books begins with "O") 9/6 ★★★★☆

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day: Radiance 9/8 ★★★☆☆

10. Reader's Choice: The Family You Make 9/24 ★★★★☆

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2023 September Monthly Challenge


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

I'll try for all 10 and see how many I can get by the end of the month.

2023 September Monthly Challenge
Timeframe: 9/1/23 to 9/30/23
8/10

1. Happy September Birthday! - With blue on the cover - The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr - 9/18/23 ♥♥♥♥♥

Blue sky and blue towel

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker - Tagged as any variation of suspense - Parting Shot by Linwood Barclay - 9/9/23 ♥♥♥♥


4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) - Featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants - Love, Holly by Emily Stone - 9/28/23 ♥♥♥♥

Jack loves to garden.

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day - With a female MC - Murder by the Slice by Livia J. Washburn - 9/7/23 ♥♥♥♥

Phyllis is the main character.

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day - Author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION - R - Delectable by R.L. Mathewson - 9/5/23 ♥♥♥♥


8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day - Featuring a character that may need to work around the clock – Under Fire by Jo Davis - 9/3/23 ♥♥♥♥

Zack is a firefighter/paramedic.

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day - Author's first OR last name initial in PEACE - Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt - 9/2/23 ♥♥♥♥

Elizabeth starts with E

10. Reader's Choice - Any book - Fall into My Heart by Rebecca Elise - 9/8/23 ♥♥♥

2023 September Monthly Challenge
5/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation:

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant) - Partners in Crime


4. Little League Month
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover - After Hours on Milagro Street


6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover - Talk To Me Nicely


7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, (detective) - Payback in Death


9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! - The Art of Scandal

September Monthly Challenge

Read 0/10

1. Happy September Birthday. Read a book published in September or with blue on the cover:

2. Baby Names. Read a book featuring a character or that is written by an author with the name Jasper, Lydia, Elias, or Lila:

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) Julie Ann Walker. Read a book written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Or read a book featuring an animal on the cover or in the story, with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important, or tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense:

4. Little League Month. Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover, set during wartime or tagged as any variation of sports or baseball:

5. National Indoor Plant Week. Read a book with any plant on the cover, featuring a character who likes to garden or has houseplants or a book with a green cover:

6. September 1 - Emma M. Nutt Day. Read a book with any communication device on the cover, with a female MC, or with double letters in the author's first or last name:

7. September 5 - Be Late for Something Day. Read a book featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover, with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do:

8. September 6 - Fight Procrastination Day. Read a book featuring a character that may need to work around the clock (eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement), with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them:

9. September 21 - International Peace Day. Read a book with a serene or peaceful looking cover, featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something:

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

2023 September Monthly Challenge
8/10


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire - Queen Bee finished 9/9

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense-A Twisted Love Story - Finished 9/24

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover -Mother May I - finished 9/5

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC - Kiss the Girl Finished 9/13
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION -A Court of Wings and Ruin - Finished 9/7

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them - On the Come Up - Finished 9/21
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something - I Was a Sixth-Grade Zombie - Finished 9/10
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! - Moon of the Crusted Snow - Finished 9/13

2023 September Monthly Challenge 🏈🏈🍁🍁🍂🍂🍂
September 1st to September 30th
Completed: 8/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
✔️🍂with blue on the cover - Silver Girl- Elin Hilderbrand -
3.5💥

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names:
🍂 Jasper (Treasurer),
🍂Lydia (From Lydia, Greece),
🍂 Elias (The Lord is My God),
🍂 Lila (Lilac Tree)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
✔️🍂tagged as any variation of suspense
Good Bad Girl - Alice Feeney - Sept. 4 - 5*

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
✔️🍂 with a ball of any kind on the cover - Play For Me - Libby Hubscher - 9/21 - 4 💥
🍂 set during (any) wartime
✔️🍂 tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
Fireside - Susan Wiggs - 9/11 - 3💥

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
🍂 with any plant on the cover
🍂 featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
✔️🍂 with a green cover - Witch of Wild Things - Raquel Gillihand -
4💥

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
🍂 with any communication device on the cover
🍂 with a female MC
✔️🍂 with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT) - Colleen Hoover - Too Late - Sept 2 - 5*

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
🍂 featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
🍂 with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
🍂 with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
🍂 featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
🍂 with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
✔️🍂 with a title that starts with a letter in "P"rocrastination - Penniless and Pregnant in Paradise - Sharon Kendrick - 5💥

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
🍂 with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
✔️🍂 featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something - Mr and Mrs Witch -Gwenda Bond - 9/10 - 3 💥
🍂 with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
🍂 Read any book of your choice!

XX XX XX

2023 September Monthly Challenge
Read: 5/5

✔️1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire~Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne▪️9/7/2023▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names:
Jasper (Treasurer),
Lydia (From Lydia, Greece),
Elias (The Lord is My God),
Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ Dawn's Prelude by Tracie Peterson

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball~The Changeup by Rhonda Shaw

✔️5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover~Room Service by Rochelle Alers▪️9/20/2023▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

✔️6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC~Boiled Over by Barbara Ross▪️9/10/2023▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

✔️7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION~The Promise by Robyn Carr▪️9/24/2023▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION~ The Calling by Rachelle Dekker

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation)
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE~Hush-Hush by Elizabeth Spann Craig

✔️10. Reader's Choice:
❇️Second-in-Command by Melanie Moreland▪️9/12/2023▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️

2023 September Monthly Challenge - COMPLETED
Duration: Sept 1, 2023 - Sept 30, 2023

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September: The Girl You Left Behind - Jojo Moyes 9/30/23 (published September 27, 2012)
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!: Devoted - Jennifer Mathieu 9/29/23 (Elias - plot deals with religion)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name.
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense: Private: Oz - James Patterson 9/25/23 (MPG - Suspense)

4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball: Listen, Pitch - Lani Lynn Vale 9/2/23 (MPG - Sports)

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover: The Glass Arrow - Kristen Simmons 9/24/23

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT): Baltimore Blues - Laura Lippman 9/17/23

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION: Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks 9/7/23

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION: Spilled Blood - Brian Freeman 9/1/23

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE: North of Boston - Elisabeth Elo 9/10/23

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!: One of Us Is Next - Karen M. McManus 9/15/23

2023 September Monthly Challenge
9/1/23

2/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
🔹 published in September
🔹 with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
🔹 featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
🔹 with a 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!

✅3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
🔹 featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
💖 with a teacher
>>The Red Zone - Amie Knight, 9/21/23
🔹 tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
🔹 with a ball of any kind on the cover
🔹set during (any) wartime
🔹 tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
🔹 with any plant on the cover
🔹featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
🔹with a green cover

✅6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
🔹with any communication device on the cover
💖 with a female MC
>>Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga - Sam Maggs, 9/26/23
🔹 with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
🔹 featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
🔹 with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
🔹 with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

✅8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
🔹 featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
🔹with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
💖 with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
>>To the Moon and Back - NR Walker, 9/10/23

✅9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
🔹 with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
🔹 featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
💖with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
>>This Winter - Alice Oseman, 9/7/23

10. Reader's Choice
🔹 Read any book of your choice!

I'm in for six this month.

2023 September Monthly Challenge
1 September to 30 September, 2023

Read: 4

❇️1. Happy September Birthday!: - Heaven on Earth by Jayne Rylon

❇️2. Baby Names!: Overlord by Anna Hackett (30/9/2023)

❇️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker: : Born Wild by Julie Ann Walker

❇️4. Little League Month: The Summer Proposal by Vi Keeland

❇️5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week): Tharaen by Hazel Hunter

❇️6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day: Vengeance Road by Christine Feehan (26/9/2023)

❇️7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day: In the Dark by Pamela Burford (17/9/2023)

❇️8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day: Just Kidding by Lani Lynn Vale

❇️9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day: In the Prince's Bed by Sabrina Jeffries (10/9/2023)

❇️10. Reader's Choice Resisting the Grump by Ashley Munoz

September 0/6

❇️ 1 - Blue on the cover : The Coworker

❇️ 3 - Animal on the cover

❇️ 4 - Set during (any) wartime (Afghanistan) In the Likely Event

❇️ 6 - A female MC

❇️ 8 - Character that works around the clock, (Doctor & Nurse) The Perfect Child

❇️ 10 - Readers Choice: Dark Lover

September Monthly Challenge

READ: 9/8

1. Happy September Birthday!
❇️ published in September
9/1 4.5⭐
Published in Sep 03, 2020

2. Baby Names!
❇️ with a a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning. Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
by Jodi Picoult 9/15 5⭐
Anna - Andromeda

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker.
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
9/2 4⭐

4. Little League Month
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week)
❇️ with a green cover
9/2 5⭐

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day
Read a book:
❇️ with a female MC
by Holly Smale 9/9 4⭐

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 9/1 5⭐

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
by Janet Evanovich 9/11 4⭐

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
by Linda Castillo 9/1 4.5⭐

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
by Lucy Lennox 9/19 3.5⭐

2023 September Monthly Challenge


1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

2023 September Monthly Challenge

Completed 0/10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

9/17

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

9/19 (Father John)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
9/4

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

9/1

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover


6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

9/16

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9/10

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9/8

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

9/6

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

9/13

Welcome everyone! I've been traveling and missed the start of the month but I hope everyone had gotten off to a great reading start!!
Good luck finishing to your goals!

#20 COMPLETED

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 September Monthly Challenge
Duration: 9/1/2023 - 9/30/2023

Progress: 0 out of 10

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
❇️ with a 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!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name. Link to Julie Ann Walker's backlist - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about Julie Ann Walker:
▻ She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and was the editor of her high school newspaper called The Tiger’s Tale
▻ She won many writing contests but wanted to "flex her mental muscles" so graduated college with a Bachelor of Science degree and went on to teach high school advanced mathematics.
▻ After moving to Chicago, she returned to her passion, writing romance and romantic suspense. She also loves travel, camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, and petting every dog that walks by her.

Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ The history of Little League baseball extends as far back as the game of baseball itself, which was introduced to the US as cricket during the Revolutionary War and started to morph into the game we know now during the Civil War. Little league baseball appeared for children during the 1880s in New York as part of adult clubs or as street ball. But in 1938, Carl Stotz organized a baseball league for the boys in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Having no sons of his own, Carl often played ball with his young nephews and wanted a way to provide an organized program for them.
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ According to several sources, National Indoor Plant Week exists to “… promote and increase awareness of the importance of live plants in internal spaces”. Indoor plants keep our natural air cleaner, produce oxygen for us and absorb our carbon dioxide, help with our stress levels, and brighten our indoor spaces!
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
❇️ featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
❇️ with a green cover

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Early telephone systems required a switchboard to connect and disconnect phone users. This special day celebrates the world of telephone operators by celebrating the first woman telephone switchboard operator in America. Emma Nutt became the first woman telephone operator on September 1, 1878. She loved the job and worked at it for 33 years.
Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ A great day to be a procrastinator. If you are among the millions of us who never seem to be able to stay on schedule, then you will certainly enjoy today. If you really want to enjoy the day (but risk making folks angry), you could ignore your alarm clock, ignore clocks altogether today, or be fashionably late on purpose (instead of your normal accidental fashionable lateness!).
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Have to counter Be Late for Something Day with it's opposite today! Today is a day to fight procrastination. Make a decision. Take action. Do it now. Do it today. It may be hard to do. But, you will be glad you did.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ This day seeks a global cessation of violence and war. Each year on this day, celebrations are held in hundreds of countries, all with the same goal in mind….to stop war and violence. Created and sponsored by the United Nations, the goal for this day is “a day of non-violence and cease-fire”. Wouldn’t it be nice if this one day succeeded and spread, country by country, day by day until there is no more war or violence? Can this goal ever succeed? Former Beatle John Lennon had the right vision in his song “Imagine“.
Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

Heather wrote: "10/10 - COMPLETE!

✔︎Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling - 9/1/23

✔︎ Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Lydia (From Lydia,..."

Complete!

2023 September Monthly Challenge
Duration: Sept 1 - 30, 2023
10/10


1. Happy September Birthday! Read a book published in September
William Shakespeare's Avengers: The Complete Works by Ian Doescher 09/02/2023

2. Read a book with a 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!
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood 09/12/2023 (Elias - The Lord is My God)

3. Read a book featuring an animal on the cover or in the story
The Anteater of Death by Betty Webb 09/07/2023


4. Read a book with a ball of any kind on the cover
The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton 09/22/2023


5. Read a book with any plant on the cover
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 09/18/2023


6. Read a book with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
The Tanglewood Tea Shop by Lilac Mills 09/01/2023

7. Read a book with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
The Tiffany Girls by Shelley Noble 09/06/2023

8. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell 09/05/2023

9. Read a book with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake 09/07/2023

10. Read any book of your choice!
Unprotected: A Memoir by Billy Porter 12/13/2023

2023 September Monthly Challenge

1. Happy September Birthday! Read a book:
❇️ published in September
❇️ with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire

2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names: Jasper (Treasurer), Lydia (From Lydia, Greece), Elias (The Lord is My God), Lila (Lilac Tree)
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character (doesn't need to be MC) or is written by an author with one of the above popular baby names, or any variation or nickname
❇️ with a a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses)

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name.
Read a book:
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
❇️ with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense

4. Little League Month ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

✔️ 5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover ❇️ with a green cover
Don't Believe It - 9/10/23


6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with any communication device on the cover
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
❇️ with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason)
❇️ with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
❇️ featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!

Here's mine for September!

September Monthly Challenge


Completed: 10/10

1. Happy September Birthday!: The Disgraced Debutante ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (9/10)
2. Baby Names!: The Great Witches Baking Show ⭐⭐⭐ (9/19)
3. FAC – Julie Ann Walker: Not That Duke (pet kitten!) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (9/16)
4. Little League Month: Coach ⭐⭐⭐ (9/18)
5. National Indoor Plant Week: Lady Claire Is All That ⭐⭐⭐ (9/8)
6. Emma M. Nutt Day: Fury: A Fake Dating Workplace Romance ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (9/7)
7. Be Late for Something Day: The List ⭐⭐⭐ (9/14)
8. Fight Procrastination Day: Huge Deal ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (9/3)
9. International Peace Day: Snow Moon ⭐⭐⭐ (9/27)
10. Reader's Choice: A Lie for a Lie ⭐⭐⭐ (9/28)




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2023 September Monthly Challenge **COMPLETE**

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
🍂published in September
✅ Things We Left Behind 9/6

🍂with blue on the cover in honor of September's birthstone, the Sapphire
✅ Lover Unleashed 9/14
2. Baby Names! ▻ This month's names:
🍂Jasper (Treasurer)
✅ Jasper Vale 9/17

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
🍂 written by Julie Ann Walker, or any author with her first or last name.
✅ Hell on Wheels 9/9

🍂with a teacher or a character working in a career where math is important (accountant, banker, STEM, etc.)
✅ Love, Theoretically 9/5

4. Little League Month ▻
Read a book:
🍂 tagged as any variation of sports or baseball
✅ The Trade 9/10

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
🍂 with any plant on the cover 🍂 featuring a character who likes to garden or has house plants
✅ The Tanglewood Flower Shop 9/10

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
🍂 with any communication device on the cover 🍂 with a female MC
✅ Thank You for Listening 9/12

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻
Read a book:
🍂 with a character who puts off doing something they know they should do (for any reason) 🍂 with an author's first or last name that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
✅ When in Rome 9/4

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
🍂 featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
✅ Disturbing His Peace 9/13
🍂 with a gung-ho character, someone eager to start something, do something, or lets nothing stop them
✅ Disorderly Conduct 9/12
🍂 with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
✅ Indecent Exposure 9/13

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻
Read a book:
🍂with a serene or peaceful looking cover (your interpretation
🍂 featuring people or groups putting aside differences or making peace about something
🍂 with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
✅ Finding Peace 9/10

10. Reader's Choice
🍂 Read any book of your choice!
✅ The Love Hypothesis 9/13

Done!

2023 September Monthly Challenge

5/5 romance/ romantic suspense

1. Happy September Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in September
Pursued in the Wilderness by Loretta Eidson 10 September; 4 1/2☆


2. Baby Names! ▻

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker
Read a book:
❇️ tagged as any variation of suspense or romantic suspense
Deep Tide by Laura Griffin 15 September; 5☆


4. Little League Month ▻

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week) ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with any plant on the cover
Strawberry Lane by Jodi Thomas 7 September; 4☆


6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a female MC
❇️ with double letters in the author's first or last name (eMMa nuTT)
Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard 19 September; 5☆


7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day ▻

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
❇️ with a title that starts with a letter in PROCRASTINATION
at the beginning of the book she has to find the daughter of the male MC- Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch 3 September; 4 1/2☆


9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day ▻

10. Reader's Choice

Finished! Update msg 38

September Monthly Challenge

READ: 9/8

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1. Happy September Birthday!
❇️ published in September
9/1 4.5⭐
Published in Sep 03, 2020

2. Baby Names!
❇️ with a a character, plot, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning. Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
by Jodi Picoult 9/15 5⭐
Anna - Andromeda

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Julie Ann Walker.
❇️ featuring an animal on the cover or in the story (bonus if a feline or tiger)
9/2 4⭐

4. Little League Month
Read a book:
❇️ with a ball of any kind on the cover
❇️ set during (any) wartime
❇️ tagged as any variation of sports or baseball

5. National Indoor Plant Week (third week)
❇️ with a green cover
9/2 5⭐

6. September 1 ▻ Emma M. Nutt Day
Read a book:
❇️ with a female MC
by Holly Smale 9/9 4⭐

7. September 5 ▻ Be Late for Something Day
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a clock, watch or other time-keeping device on the cover
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 9/1 5⭐

8. September 6 ▻ Fight Procrastination Day
Read a book:
❇️ featuring a character that may need to work around the clock, eg EMT, doctor, lawyer, law enforcement, etc.
by Janet Evanovich 9/11 4⭐

9. September 21 ▻ International Peace Day
❇️ with an author's first OR last name initial in PEACE
by Linda Castillo 9/1 4.5⭐

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
by Lucy Lennox 9/19 3.5⭐ (hide spoiler)]