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2024 October Monthly Challenge


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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

Questions?

October Monthly Challenge
October 2024

My Monthly Challenge (msg 4)

Books Read🚦10



✅1. Happy October Birthday!
🚥Read a book published in October
🚥Hold on to My Heart🚦10.04 ★★★

✅2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month
🚥Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you
🚥Book Love🚦10.12 ★★★

✅3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
🚥Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning
🚥Dreamfever🚦10.25 ★★★★

✅4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
🚥Read a book with a dog on the cover
🚥Rock-a-Bye Bones🚦10.16 ★★★★

✅5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2
🚥Read a book with fire or flames on the cover
🚥Hell On Heels🚦10.09 ★★★

✅6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day
🚥Read a book where someone consumes coffee
🚥In Love by Design🚦10.19 ★★★★

✅7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day
🚥Read a book where a cover model is smiling or laughing
🚥Complicated Girl🚦10.19 ★★★

✅8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day
🚥Read a book that has autumnal colors on the cover
🚥The Hippopotamus Pool🚦10.02 ★★★★

✅9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day
🚥Read a book with a gaudy, loud colorful cover
🚥The Overdue Life of Amy Byler🚦10.17 ★★★★

✅10. Reader's Choice
🚥Read any book of your choice!
🚥The Graham Effect🚦10.20 ★★★★

🎃🎃🎃2024 October Monthly Challenge🎃🎃🎃




10/10 Completed


01. Happy October Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in October or with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal.
Signs of the Times by Holly Jacobs 10/08/24
02. October Month-Long Observance - National Book Month: 📚Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different OR that is an old favorite!
The Dragon's Choice by Jessie Donovan 10/21/24
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ~ Karen Marie Moning: 👩🏻‍💻Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name.
OR Read a book set in the US midwest: (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI), or in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres, or with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers.
Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning 10/14/24
04. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: 🦮Read a book with a dog on the cover, where the main character has any sort of domestic pet, with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER.
The Nanny Clause by Karen Rose Smith 10/16/24
05. Fire Prevention Week (Week 2): 🔥Read a book with fire or flames on the cover, or with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name, or where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count).
Run to You by Rachel Lacey 10/31/24
06. International Coffee Day (October 1): ☕️Read a book where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover, or set in a country known for producing coffee, or that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!).
Falling into Forever by Delancey Stewart 10/04/24
07. World Smile Day (October 4): 🙂Read a book that has something yellow on the cover, or where a cover model is smiling or laughing, or that makes you smile (your interpretation).
The Attraction Distraction by Jen McKinlay 10/05/24
08. National Motorcycle Ride Day (October 12): 🏍️Read a book that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club), or with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover, or set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns).
The Magnolia Inn by Anne-Marie Meyer 10/06/24
09. Wear Something Gaudy Day (October 17): 🎃Read a book with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation), or with a movie or TV tie-in, or with a character considered loud or gaudy (again, your interpretation).
The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr 10/17/24
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice!
My Favorite Mistake by Beth Kendrick 19/31/24

In for the usual 10! 📚

2024 October Monthly Challenge


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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

I’ll join

October

10/10

1. Happy October Birthday - Read a book published in October, with a multi-colored cover: - 31/10

2. October Month-Long Observance - National Book Month. Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you, that is an old favourite - - 6/10 - new author and new genre

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Karen Marie Moning
Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name, set in the US midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin), in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres, with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers: Bitten - paranormal - 19/10

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. Read a book with a dog on the cover, where the main character has any sort of domestic pet, with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER:
A Howling Good Time - finished 2/10 - a book starting with on of the letters in SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week. Read a book with fire or flames on the cover, with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name, where something is burned or there is any type of fire in the story: Burn Bright - 24/10

6. October 1 - International Coffee Day. Read a book where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover, set in a country known for producing coffee, that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J: The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires - 9/10 - 13899 ratings

7. October 4 - World Smile Day. Read a book that has something yellow on the cover, where a cover model is smiling or laughing, that makes you smile: Quit Your Witchin' - 22/10 - makes me smile

8. October 12 - National Motorcycle Ride Day. Read a book that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club, with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover, set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colours on the cover:

9. October 17 - Wear Something Gaudy Day. Read a book with a gaudy, loud colourful cover with a movie or TV tie-in, with a character considered loud or gaudy: - I find Red very loud - 15/10

10. Reader's Choice. Read any book of your choice: Succubus Blues - 13/10

October

1. Happy October Birthday - Read a book published in October: The Scarecrow's Queen 3/10

2. October Month-Long Observance - National Book Month. Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you: Vicious 26/10

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Karen Marie Moning
Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning: The Highlander's Touch 12/10

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. Read a book with a dog on the cover, where the main character has any sort of domestic pet: Every Duke Has His Day 22/10

5. Fire Prevention Week. Read a book with fire or flames on the cover: Summertime Sneak Out 22/10

6. October 1 - International Coffee Day. Read a book where someone consumes coffee: Beware a Scot's Revenge 6/10

7. October 4 - World Smile Day. Read a book where a cover model is smiling or laughing: One of Those Flings 24/10

8. October 12 - National Motorcycle Ride Day. Read a book that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club: Knockout 17/10

9. October 17 - Wear Something Gaudy Day. Read a book with a TV tie-in: The Austere Academy 23/10 (Netflix covers)

10. Reader's Choice. Read any book of your choice: The Jealous Groom 27/10

2024 October Monthly Challenge

10/10 Completed. Finished

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in October
Holding On-A.C. Bextor 10/21/24

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
(Release #1)
Release-Aly Martinez 10/22/24

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
The Neon Lawyer-Victor Methos 10/06/24

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Read a book:
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
Eyes Tight Shut-D.K. Hood 10/02/24

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)
Rattle Some Cages-Lani Lynn Vale 10/17/24

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
(46,890)
Wild Eyes-Elsie Silver 10/19/24

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
One for the Money-Janet Evanovich 10/18/24

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
Where We Started-Ashley Munoz 10/10/24

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)
Pawn-T.M. Frazier 10/26/24

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
Family Sins-Sharon Sala 10/07/24

1. Happy October Birthday -multi-colored cover: The Love Hypothesis
2. National Book Month ▻ Read an old favorite: Below Zero
3. FAC - fantasy/paranormal: Clayton

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ more than 10,000 ratings: Survivor In Death

7. World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ has group of friends or a clubany kind of club, or fall colors on cover - Origins of an Academy Bully

9.Wear Something Gaudy Day: Has gaudy, colorful cover - Love, Theoretically

10. Reader's Choice

10/10 - Complete!

✔ Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal
Memories of the Lost, Barbara O'Neal - 6 Oct

✔ October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author
An Academy for Liars, Alexis Henderson - 2 Oct

✔ Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society, CM Waggoner - 4 Oct

✔ Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
So Long, Blake Pierce - 8 Oct

✔ Fire Prevention Week ▻
❇️ where something is burned
So Thirsty, Rachel Harrison - 1 Oct (the vampires set fire to a gas station/convenience store)

✔ October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee
The Takedown, Carlie Walker - 3 Oct (also works for dog)

✔ October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ T
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
Big Lies in a Small Town, Diane Chamberlin - 5 Oct (yellow title)

✔ October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)
This Is Why We Lied, Karin Slaughter - 10 Oct

✔ October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day
Read a book:
❇️ with a character considered laud or gaudy (again, your interpretation)
Tell Me Lies, Jennifer Crusie - 3 Oct (Maddie's grandma)

✔ Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
One Dark Window, Rachel Gillig - 5 Oct

As usual, I will try for all 10.

2024 October Monthly Challenge
Timeframe: 10/1/24 to 10/31/24
10/10

1. Happy October Birthday! - Multi-colored cover - To Sir, with Love by Lauren Layne - 10/4/24 ♥♥♥♥


2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month - New experience for you - new to you author - The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon - 10/8/24 ♥♥♥♥


3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning – In the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres - Wild Embrace by Nalini Singh - 10/16/24 ♥♥♥♥♥

Paranormal

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month - Main character has any sort of domestic pet - Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber - 10/3/24 ♥♥♥

Rover is Jo Marie’s dog and Nick’s dog is named Elvis. Both are important to the story.

5. Fire Prevention Week - With fire or flames on the cover – The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson - 10/23/24 ♥♥♥♥


6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day - Where someone consumes coffee - Divided in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/9/24 ♥♥♥♥

P. 32 – “She sat on the corner of her desk sipping her coffee.

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day - Makes you smile - The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley - 10/6/24 ♥♥♥♥

A sweet holiday romance featuring lots of family and second-chance love.

8. October 12 - Set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover - Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich - 10/22/24 ♥♥♥♥♥


9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day - Character considered load or gaudy - Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott - 10/15/24 ♥♥♥♥

Arden James is a trending celebrity, so everywhere she goes she takes over the room and become the center of attention.

10. Reader's Choice - Any book - Christmas in Chestnut Ridge by Nancy Naigle - 10/20/24 ♥♥♥♥


******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 10/23/24*****

Read - 10

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal
Emma's Wedding, Betty Neels | 10/18

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
❇️ that is a - new to you author, new series
Done and Dusted, Lyla Sage | 10/14

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ with a character who works with computers
Brotherhood in Death, J.D. Robb | 10/4

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER
Hendrix. Sawyer Bennett | 10/8

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where something is burned - neck (laser burn from a weapon)
Mine, J.R. Ward | 10/11

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee
Apprentice in Death, J.D. Robb | 10/13

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻
Read a book ❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
Cannon, Sawyer Bennett | 10/1

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)
Finding Forever, Marie Force | 10/6

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy - Lady Trumper
The Fortunes Of Francesca, Betty Neels | 10/20

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
One Year Home, Marie Force | 10/16

10/10 completed

1. Published in October: Lily and the Duke Carole Mortimer 5☆ 31/10/24
2. An old favourite: Play Me Jennifer Probst 5☆ 1/10/24
3. Paranormal: Rancher Wolf's Next Door Mate Serena Meadows 4☆ 6/10/24
4. Dog on cover: A Lilac Creek Christmas Dana Landers 3☆ 2/10/24
5. Fire/Flames on cover: Flames of Desire Marjorie Page 5☆ 9/10/24
6. Brown on cover: On Fire A.E. Moran 4☆ 17/10/24
7. Yellow on cover: Second Chances Mary Balogh 4☆ 24/10/24
8. Autumn season: Miss Kimble Bites Back Heather Boyd 5☆ 5/10/24
9. Colourful cover: The Lighthouse Cafe Bebe Reed 3☆ 19/10/24
10. Reader's Choice: The Lyon's Saving Grace C.H. Admirand 5☆ 4/10/24



Finished today! 31/10/24

2024 October Monthly Challenge - COMPLETED
Duration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in October Murder in a Dark Gloom - Suzanne Bolden 10/2/24 (pub October 30, 2020)
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different A Cowboy for Keeps - Jody Hedlund 10/8/24
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres One True Mate - Julie Trettel 10/13/24
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER Rush - Lisa Lang Blakeney 10/3/24

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name First Fate - Kendall Talbot 10/2/24
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!) The Heiress - Rachel Hawkins 10/7/24 (108,027 ratings)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover Hello Stranger - Katherine Center 10/18/24
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club) The Wedding People - Alison Espach 10/5/24
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation) Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 10/8/24
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! Feels Like Family - Sherryl Woods 10/1/24

1. Happy October Birthday! Bearly Mated by Lola Glass FINISHED 10/16/2024

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli FINISHED 10/10/2024

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ The Cowboy’s Soulmate by Mia Brody FINISHED 10/15/2024

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ Big Filthy Cowboy by Mia Brody FINISHED 10/7/2024

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Fairest Rose: A Romantasy Snow White Re-telling by Kenzie Skye FINISHED 10/1/2024Finding Claire

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ Finding Claire by Pamela Humphrey FINISHED 10/15/2024

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren FINISHED 10/11/2024

8. October 12 ▻ The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer FINISHED 10/9/2024

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren FINISHED 10/6/2024

10. Reader's Choice Big Bossy Cowboy by Mia Brody FINISHED 10/10/2024

COMPLETED 10/10

In for 5 of 10 for October!
__ of 5 Read

1. Happy October Birthday! Bad Reputation (October Pub)
2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month Hope Harbor (new author)
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning Witches Get Stitches (paranormal)
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month Butterfly Bayou (dog on cover)
5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 Igniting Ivy (fire in story)
6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day Recipe for Second Chances (10K+ ratings)
7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day Hollywood Dirt (yellow on cover)
8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day The Women (satisfies all three!)
9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day Outlander (TV tie-in)
10. Reader's Choice The Duchess

Books:

2024 October Monthly Challenge
3/10

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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres - The Witches of Salix Pointe

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ where something is burned or there is any type of fire in the story

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! - Boo Thang: A Halloween Novella

2024 October Monthly Challenge

10/10 🎉🎉🎉🎉 CHALLENGE COMPLETED 🎉🎉🎉🎉

1. Happy October Birthday! Read a book published in October:
Gold In Locks - OCT 4 ⭐⭐⭐

2. National Book Month ▻Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author:
The Naughty List - OCT 2 ⭐⭐⭐

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning:
Beyond the Highland Mist - OCT 7 ⭐⭐⭐

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ Read a book with a dog on the cover:
Arsenic and Adobo - OCT 8⭐⭐⭐⭐

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Read a book with fire or flames on the cover/ there is any type of fire in the story (MC is a phoenix):
Scorched Heart - OCT 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. International Coffee Day ▻Read a book that has a mostly brown cover:
Curvy Dirty Omega - OCT 3⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. World Smile Day ▻ Read a book that has something yellow on the cover:
Underneath It All - OCT 7⭐⭐⭐⭐

8. National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻Read a book that features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club):
Keep It Classy - OCT 8 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻Read a book with a movie or TV tie-in (Ex wife is a movie star):
Baby, One More Time- OCT 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

10. Reader's Choice:
Ryan Rule - OCT 3 ⭐⭐⭐

2024 October Monthly Challenge


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

pub 10/3; 10/7 3 stars


2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
✔️❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different.

- new to me author; 10/11 4 stars

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
✔️❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres 10/5

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
✔️❇️ with fire or flames on the cover

10/10 - 5 stars

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

2024 October Monthly Challenge

10/10


1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
🎃 published in October
Bargaining With the Lady of Merewood - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Oct 2024) - Oct 11
🎃 with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
🎃 that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
Fa-La-La-La Faking It - Teri Wilson (HSE #3067 - Nov 2024) (new series) - Oct 22
🎃 that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
🎃 written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
🎃 set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
🎃 in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
🎃 with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
Alaskan Blackout - Joanne Rock (HD #2967 - Sept 2023) (bartender) - Oct 6

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
🎃 with a dog on the cover
Saving Christmas in the Little Irish Village - Michelle Vernal (Bookouture - Oct 2024) (dog) - Oct 4
🎃 where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
🎃 with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
🎃 with fire or flames on the cover
🎃 with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
🎃 where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)
A Viking Heir to Bind Them - Michelle Styles (HH #1748 - Sept 2023) (fire in fireplace) - Oct 8

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
🎃 where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
Danger in the Depths - Addison Fox (HRS #2240 - Aug 2023) (drinks coffee) - Oct 7
🎃 set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
🎃 that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
🎃 that has something yellow on the cover
🎃 where a cover model is smiling or laughing
A Naval Surgeon to Fight For - Carla Kelly (HH #1814 - Sept 2024) (smiling) - Oct 15
🎃 that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
🎃 that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
Hero's Prize - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2024) (friends) - Oct 2
🎃 with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
🎃 set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
🎃 with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
Blame It on Vegas - Kira Sinclair (HD #2892 - Aug 2022) - Oct 21
🎃 with a movie or TV tie-in
🎃 with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

10. Reader's Choice
🎃 Read any book of your choice!
The Stranger I Wed - Harper St. George (Penguin - Apr 2024) - Oct 10

I'm in!

...10/10 Completed October 30

1. Happy October Birthday: 50 Great Horror Stories by John Canning October 12, 4 stars

2. October Month-Long Observance: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead October 29, 3 stars

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning October 26, 3 stars

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: The Jury by Fern Michaels October 21, 4 stars

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2: Flashpoint by Jill Shalvis October 22, 4 stars

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day: Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver October 24, 4 stars

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day: When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips October 23, 4 stars

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day: Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan October 21, 4 stars

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day: colorful cover: Cat with a Clue by Laurie Cass October 30, 4 stars

10. Reader's Choice: 50 Great Ghost Stories by John Canning October 17, 3 stars

2024 October Monthly Challenge 10/10


✅ 1. Happy October Birthday!
❇️ published in October A Marvellous Light 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


✅ 2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - Carry On (new to me author) 10/10 ⭐


✅ 3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres - Monsters within Men 14-Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐


✅ 4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER Touch the Lightning 01/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅ 5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count) The Duality of Swans ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


✅ 6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
17-Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅ 7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover Featherbed ⭐⭐⭐


✅ 8. October 12
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
Pumpkin Spice and Chill 15-Oct ⭐⭐⭐

✅ 9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ T
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation) -


✅ 10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! - Not Dead Yet 08/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

10/10 completed

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal
North Woods ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 13.10.24

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you
Tales of the Weird: an Uncanny Introduction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 28.10.24

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC)
Read a book:
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
Dark Objects ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6.10.24

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17.10.24

5. Fire Prevention Week
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
The Witches of Vardø ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10.10.24


6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day
Read a book:
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 22.10.24

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
Sourcery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 25.10.24

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
An (Un)Romantic Comedy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2.10.24

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day
Read a book:
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
The Ritual ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30.10.24

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
A Head Full of Ghosts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 8.10.24


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2024 October Monthly Challenge


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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

October 2024 Monthly Challenge
Completed 10/10

1. Published in October. Somebody's Wife by: Robbi Renee 10.26
2. New Author. Locked In with the Plug by: Nek Mills 10.07
3. Set in Midwest. Catching Flights by: Ladii Nesha 10.05
4. Title starts with letter "E". EROS by: Stephanie Nicole Norris 10.18
5. Fire or flames on cover. Blood at the Root by: LaDarrion Williams 10.31
6. Highly Popular. All Her Little Secrets by: Wanda M. Morris 10.06
7. Yellow on the cover. And Then Life Was Beautiful by: Asia Monique 10.31
8. Autumnal colors on the cover. D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by: Chencia C. Higgins 10.14
9. Loud Colorful Cover. Memphis by: Tara M. Stringfellow 10.31
10. Reader's Choice. A Lifetime With You by: Stephanie Nicole Norris 10.10

Avid's 2024 October Monthly Challenge
10/10 Read

✔️1. Happy October Birthday!
❇️ published in October- A Decade of Death and Decisions 4.25⭐s

✔️2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America- 4.5⭐s

✔️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
❇️ set in the US midwest: Kansas- Bitter Harvest-3.0⭐s

✔️4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet- Q: A Voyage Around the Queen-4.25⭐s

✔️5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2
❇️ where there is any type of fire in the story It's Only a Game - 3.25⭐s

✔️6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover- Gaslight 10/3 3.25⭐s

✔️7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover- ?⭐s

✔️8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day
❇️ that includes a group of friends The Boyfriend - 2.5⭐s

✔️9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day
Read a book:❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in- The Con Queen of Hollywood: The Hunt for an Evil Genius-2.5⭐s

✔️10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! Blood & Ink: 'the Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime 10/3 2.75⭐s

I'm in for 7 this month.

2024 October Monthly Challenge
Duration: Oct 1 - 31, 2024
10/10


1. Read a book published in October
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl 10/01/2024

2. Read a book that is an old favorite!
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley 10/19/2024

3. Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name.
Plain Brown Wrapper by Karen Grigsby Bates 10/17/2024

Read a book set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
For You by Kristen Ashley 10/23/2024 (Indiana)

4. Read a book where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths 10/05/2024

5. Read a book where there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)
Bounty by Kristen Ashley 10/22/2024

6. Read a book with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)
Malas by Marcela Fuentes 10/08/2024 (Jose)

7. Read a book that makes you smile (your interpretation)
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 10/12/2024

8. Read a book that includes a group of friends
Getting Old Is Murder by Rita Lakin 10/08/2024

9. Read a book with a movie or TV tie-in
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 10/03/2024

10. Read any book of your choice!
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood 10/102024

Here's mine!

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy October Birthday!: Claim ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (10/19)
2. National Book Month: -100 ⭐⭐ (10/3)
3. FAC – Karen Marie Moning: Sensing Danger ⭐⭐⭐ (10/9)
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: Lonely is the Knight ⭐⭐⭐ (10/24)
5. Fire Prevention Week: Playing with Fire ⭐⭐⭐ (10/2)
6. International Coffee Day: Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice ⭐⭐⭐ (10/1)
7. World Smile Day: Seeing Danger ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (10/14)
8. National Motorcycle Ride Day: Halloween Knight ⭐⭐⭐ (10/27)
9. Wear Something Gaudy Day: Lost in Time ⭐⭐⭐ (10/28)
10. Reader's Choice: Touched by Danger ⭐⭐⭐ (10/17)



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October Monthly Challenge

READ: 9/9

✔️1. Happy October Birthday! Read a book:
❇️ published in October
Christmas Presents - Lisa Unger (pub October 24, 2023) 10/27

✔️2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
The Blighted Stars - Megan E. O'Keefe (new series)10/8

✔️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
Death on Eat Street - J.J. Cook (Miguel)10/3

✔️4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
Murder at the Blarney Bash - Darci Hannah 10/11


✔️5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Read a book:
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story
Cursed by Fire - Jacquelyn Frank 10/13
(MC cursed to burn to death every night)

✔️6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat - Sofie Kelly (MC addicted) 10/6

✔️7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
Murder of a Werewolf - April Fernsby (moon) 10/13


✔️8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club
Writing All Wrongs - Ellery Adams (Bayside Book Writers) 10/10

✔️10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
The Teacher - Katerina Diamond 10/4

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

October 2024

10/10 DONE

1. Happy October Birthday - published in October 2023 Spoon to be Dead Dana Mentink 10/5
2. National Book Month. an old favorite: In the Line of Ire Camilla Chafer 10/4
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Karen Marie Moning historical genre A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder Dianne Freeman 10/6
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.- MC has pet - cat Foul Play in FranklinPamela McCord 10/21
5. Fire Prevention Week. FIRE in title Fireproof Delancey Stewart 10/2
6 International Coffee Day. someone consumes coffee Honey Roasted Cleo Coyle 10/5
7. October 4 - World Smile Day. something yellow on cover Allison Montclair 10/2

8. October 12 - National Motorcycle Ride Day. autumnal colors on cover Seanan McGuire 10/9

9 Wear Something Gaudy Day. gaudy, loud colorful cover Melissa Mogollon 10/3

10. Reader's Choice T That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Amanda Jones 10/12

Good luck and Happy Reading, all!!

2024 October Monthly Challenge


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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning ▻
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. ▻Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

2024 October Monthly Challenge
0/10

1. Happy October Birthday! Read a book published in October
Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month Read a book that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning Read a book written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name.
The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) .
Read a book with a dog on the cover
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 Read a book with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ Read a book that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ Read a book that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

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

2024 October Monthly Challenge
1 October to 31 October, 2024

Read: 2

❇️1. Happy October Birthday! Love Me to Death by Marissa Clarke

❇️2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ The Big Easy & Other Lies by Melanie Jacobson - 14/10/2024

❇️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning The Alpha Awakens by Anna Fury

❇️4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband by Melissa Mayhue

❇️5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Riding Wild by Jaci Burton

❇️6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ The Takeover by T. L. Swan - 27/10/2024

❇️7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ Not His Dragon by Annie Nicholas

❇️8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ Loaded by Roxie Noir

❇️9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ Reignby Cassandra Robbins

❇️10. Reader's ChoiceThe Billionaire Bachelor by Jessica Lemmon

Hi all!

Once again it’s time for us to make plans for the next few months and could use some help hosting our Pick-It-For-Me and Monthly challenges! For those of you who have never hosted before, it's not difficult and doesn't take a ton of time. It can also be a lot of fun, so if you enjoy participating in the challenges and think you'd like to get a little more involved, now's the time! And for our veteran hosts, we always appreciate your help and look forward to working with you again!

If you've been a member of the group for at least six months and have participated in the challenge you're interested in hosting at least twice, please contact me (~KarenH~) and we'll get things going!

Thanks everyone, and Happy Reading!

5/10

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

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different Plot Twist Finished 10/7
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Finished 10/19
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count) What the Woods Took Finished

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!) Daughter of Mine Finished 10/21

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns) The Mothers Finished 10/31

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! My Darling Girl Finished 10/17

🎉🎉🎉🎉 CHALLENGE COMPLETED 🎉🎉🎉🎉:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks LaurLa for a fun challenge - there were a few trickier options for me this month to find (eg. #9) which was great.😊

Heather wrote: "10/10 - Complete!

✔ Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal
Memories of the Lost, Barbara O'Neal - 6 Oct

✔ O..."

COMPLETE! Thanks, LaurLa! <3

Wow - you guys are fast!! Congrats Julie and Heather!

October Monthly Challenge
Started:10/1/24
Completed:10/7/24

1. Multi-colored cover: Planes, Trains, and All the Feels - 10/6/24
2. New to you series: Murder on the Rocks - 10/5/24
3. Paranormal genre: Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places - 10/2/24
4. The word SHELTER appears in the text: Maisie Dobbs - 10/5/24 - pg. 61 ...seeking a place of shelter from their enemy.
5. Fire in the story: Somewhere Beyond the Sea - 10/3/24
6. Character whose name starts with J: The Final Gambit - 10/1/24
7. Yellow on Cover: A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants - 10/7/24
8. Set in Autumn: The Ex Hex - 10/1/24
9. TV tie-in: Stealing Home - 10/4/24
10. Book of choice: The Fine Print - 10/6/24

Completed - thanks LaurLa!

2024 October Monthly Challenge - COMPLETED
Duration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in October Murder in a Dark Gloom - Suzanne Bolden 10/2/24 (pub October 30, 2020)
❇️ with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different A Cowboy for Keeps - Jody Hedlund 10/8/24
❇️ that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
❇️ set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
❇️ in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres One True Mate - Julie Trettel 10/13/24
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
❇️ with a dog on the cover
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
❇️ with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER Rush - Lisa Lang Blakeney 10/3/24

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
❇️ with fire or flames on the cover
❇️ with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name First Fate - Kendall Talbot 10/2/24
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
❇️ where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
❇️ set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!) The Heiress - Rachel Hawkins 10/7/24 (108,027 ratings)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover Hello Stranger - Katherine Center 10/18/24
❇️ where a cover model is smiling or laughing
❇️ that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club) The Wedding People - Alison Espach 10/5/24
❇️ with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
❇️ set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
❇️ with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation) Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 10/8/24
❇️ with a movie or TV tie-in
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice! Feels Like Family - Sherryl Woods 10/1/24

DONE!

2024 October Monthly Challenge

10/10


1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
🎃 published in October
Bargaining With the Lady of Merewood - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Oct 2024) - Oct 11
🎃 with a multi-colored cover in honor of October's birthstone, the Opal

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻ Created in 2003 by the National Book Foundation, National Book Month is held each October. The month-long celebration focuses on the importance of reading, writing and literature. In mid-October, the National Book Awards announces the year’s finalists, celebrating the country’s best books and authors.
Read a book:
🎃 that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
Fa-La-La-La Faking It - Teri Wilson (HSE #3067 - Nov 2024) (new series) - Oct 22
🎃 that is an old favorite!

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
🎃 written by Karen Marie Moning, or any author with her first or last name. Links to backlist: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...

Fun Facts about: Karen Marie Moning
▻ Moved to self-sustaining farm in Indiana when she was 6 years old
▻ Worked as bartender and computer consultant while attending college
▻ Decided against a law career after interning at a criminal attorney firm and instead worked in the litigation department for an insurance company for the next 10 years
▻ Finally at age 30, decided she would do what she always wanted: write fiction novels. Her novels are fantasy/paranormal in both historical and contemporary settings.
Read a book:
🎃 set in the US midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
🎃 in the fantasy, paranormal or historical genres
🎃 with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
Alaskan Blackout - Joanne Rock (HD #2967 - Sept 2023) (bartender) - Oct 6

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) sponsors this event to promote the adoption of dogs from local shelters.
Read a book:
🎃 with a dog on the cover
Saving Christmas in the Little Irish Village - Michelle Vernal (Bookouture - Oct 2024) (dog) - Oct 4
🎃 where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
🎃 with the word SHELTER in the text or with a title starting with any letter in the word SHELTER

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻ Since 1922, the NFPA has sponsored the public observance of Fire Prevention Week. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed Fire Prevention Week a national observance, making it the longest-running public health observance in our country. During Fire Prevention Week, children, adults, and teachers learn how to stay safe in case of a fire. Fire Prevention Week is observed each year during the week of October 9th in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 8, 1871, and caused devastating damage.
Read a book:
🎃 with fire or flames on the cover
🎃 with all the letters of FIRE in the title/subtitle, series or author name
🎃 where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)
A Viking Heir to Bind Them - Michelle Styles (HH #1748 - Sept 2023) (fire in fireplace) - Oct 8

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻ This day celebrates one of the world’s favorite hot beverages, which is enjoyed and celebrated around the world. Call it what you like: coffee, Java, a cup of Joe, or any of dozens of names. Billions of people around the world drink billions of cups of coffee daily.
Read a book:
🎃 where someone consumes coffee or has a mostly brown cover
Danger in the Depths - Addison Fox (HRS #2240 - Aug 2023) (drinks coffee) - Oct 7
🎃 set in a country known for producing coffee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
🎃 that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads or with a character whose names starts with J (for Joe or Java!)

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻ This holiday is on the first Friday in October every year. It celebrates the ever-popular yellow smiley. The smiley face became so popular, that the U.S. Post Office issued a stamp with the smiley face. The intent of World Smile Day is to do an act of kindness or help one person to smile. Why not do both!?
Read a book:
🎃 that has something yellow on the cover
🎃 where a cover model is smiling or laughing
A Naval Surgeon to Fight For - Carla Kelly (HH #1814 - Sept 2024) (smiling) - Oct 15
🎃 that makes you smile (your interpretation)

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻ This holiday is observed on the second Saturday in October. The open road beckons for one last ride before the long winter season. Grab a couple of buddies and take off for parts unknown.
Read a book:
🎃 that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
Hero's Prize - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2024) (friends) - Oct 2
🎃 with a road on the cover or any kind of motor vehicle on the cover
🎃 set in the Autumn season or has autumnal colors on the cover (reds, oranges, yellows, browns)

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻ This is your chance to really stick out in a crowd. The roots of this day go back to the hit 1970’s television comedy show “Three’s Company”. Larry Dallas (played by Richard Kline), one of the characters on the show, declared a Wear Something Gaudy Day. It’s amazing how something like a television show can cause a new holiday to be born. The word “gaudy” refers to something bright, cheap, showy, outlandish, or otherwise not in good taste. Have a little fun on this day. For just one day, forego fashion and style. Pick out clothes to wear today, that do not match, ones with colors that clash. If you look at them and say “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that”, then it’s the perfect outfit for this day.
Read a book:
🎃 with a gaudy, loud colorful cover (your interpretation)
Blame It on Vegas - Kira Sinclair (HD #2892 - Aug 2022) - Oct 21
🎃 with a movie or TV tie-in
🎃 with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)

10. Reader's Choice
🎃 Read any book of your choice!
The Stranger I Wed - Harper St. George (Penguin - Apr 2024) - Oct 10

October 2024

10/10 DONE

1. Happy October Birthday - published in October 2023 Spoon to be Dead Dana Mentink 10/5
2. National Book Month. an old favorite: In the Line of Ire Camilla Chafer 10/4
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) - Karen Marie Moning historical genre A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder Dianne Freeman 10/6
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month.- MC has pet - cat Foul Play in FranklinPamela McCord 10/21
5. Fire Prevention Week. FIRE in title Fireproof Delancey Stewart 10/2
6 International Coffee Day. someone consumes coffee Honey Roasted Cleo Coyle 10/5
7. October 4 - World Smile Day. something yellow on cover Allison Montclair 10/2

8. October 12 - National Motorcycle Ride Day. autumnal colors on cover Seanan McGuire 10/9

9 Wear Something Gaudy Day. gaudy, loud colorful cover Melissa Mogollon 10/3

10. Reader's Choice T That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Amanda Jones 10/12

Finished!
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2024 October Monthly Challenge

10/10 Completed. Finished

1. Happy October Birthday!
Read a book:
❇️ published in October
Holding On-A.C. Bextor 10/21/24

2. October Month-Long Observance ▻ National Book Month ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is in some way a new experience for you - new to you author, new series, new genre, try an audiobook if you've never listened to one, whatever you like, just something a bit new and different
(Release #1)
Release-Aly Martinez 10/22/24

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning
Read a book:
❇️ with a character who works as a lawyer or for a lawyer, is a bartender or in a similar field or works with computers
The Neon Lawyer-Victor Methos 10/06/24

4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month ▻ ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
Read a book:
❇️ where the main character has any sort of domestic pet
Eyes Tight Shut-D.K. Hood 10/02/24

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2 ▻
Read a book:
❇️ where something is burned (in fire or like a burned dinner) or there is any type of fire in the story (candles burning, a campfire, etc. all count)
Rattle Some Cages-Lani Lynn Vale 10/17/24

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that is highly popular with more than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads
(46,890)
Wild Eyes-Elsie Silver 10/19/24

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that has something yellow on the cover
One for the Money-Janet Evanovich 10/18/24

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ that includes a group of friends or features any kind of club (like a motorcycle club)
Where We Started-Ashley Munoz 10/10/24

9. October 17 ▻ Wear Something Gaudy Day ▻
Read a book:
❇️ with a character considered load or gaudy (again, your interpretation)
Pawn-T.M. Frazier 10/26/24

10. Reader's Choice
❇️ Read any book of your choice!
Family Sins-Sharon Sala 10/07/24

All done in post #30!

Completed: 10/10

1. Happy October Birthday!: Claim ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (10/19)
2. National Book Month: -100 ⭐⭐ (10/3)
3. FAC – Karen Marie Moning: Sensing Danger ⭐⭐⭐ (10/9)
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: Lonely is the Knight ⭐⭐⭐ (10/24)
5. Fire Prevention Week: Playing with Fire ⭐⭐⭐ (10/2)
6. International Coffee Day: Pumpkin Spice and All Things Nice ⭐⭐⭐ (10/1)
7. World Smile Day: Seeing Danger ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (10/14)
8. National Motorcycle Ride Day: Halloween Knight ⭐⭐⭐ (10/27)
9. Wear Something Gaudy Day: Lost in Time ⭐⭐⭐ (10/28)
10. Reader's Choice: Touched by Danger ⭐⭐⭐ (10/17)

11 /10 Completed
01. Happy October Birthday!: Rescued (Shadows Landing: The Townsends #3) by Kathleen Brooks 10/18/2024
02. October Month-Long Observance - National Book Month - new to you author: Fall I Want: a small town, autumn-inspired, billionaire romcom (Cozy Creek Collection Book 1) by Lyra Parish 10/12/2024
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ~ Karen Marie Moning - fantasy, paranormal: Knifed (A Lighthearted Utensil Romance, #3) by Ruth Cardello 10/10/2024
04. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: Searching for Secrets (Redwood Coast Rescue #8) by Tonya Burrows 10/1/2024
05. Fire Prevention Week (Week 2): Wild Goose Chase: A Slow Burn Small Town Romance (Green Valley Heroes Book 8) by Kilby Blades 10/26/2024 and All Fired Up: A Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romance (Green Valley Heroes Book 7) by Allie Winters10/18/2024
06. International Coffee Day (October 1): Coffeehouse Romance: Love, Joy & Lattes (Coffeehouse Romance (Coffeehouse Romance (Small Town Cafe Inspired Heartwarming Pacific Northwest Rom-Com) Book 1) by Noble Harmony 10/22/2024
07. World Smile Day (October 4): Rags to Royals (Royals Gone Rogue #3) by Erin Nicolle 10/6/2024
08. National Motorcycle Ride Day (October 12): Still Standing (Wild West MC, #1) by Kristen Ashley 10/25/2024
09. Wear Something Gaudy Day (October 17): How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn 10/21/2024
10. Reader's Choice: The Wife Situation (Billionaire Situation, #1) by Lyra Parish 10/18/2024