The Challenge Factory discussion

How It Works:

○Below there will be a list of words associated with September You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!

○To Move up to the Hard Level you will choose books from the same Genre or Theme (Listed Below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a different genre or theme for each word☺


There will be a couple of Bonus Options for those who want to add a little something extra!

•Some Info to Keep In Mind•

♦You CAN do re-reads as long as they are read during challenge.

♦You CAN change you •Books & •Level of Difficulty at any time during the challenge.

♦Update your orginal list, as well as updating a post occasioanlly.
•Strike out Finished Books
•Rate your Finished Books 1-5 ♥'s 1 5 Being the Best!
•Add a tally of completed books to Orginal Post= 0/5 completed!

If you have questions Please ask me here, or PM me or any of the Mods!


September Words to Choose From:
Words Associated With September:
•Labor (Day) •Cancer (Awareness) •Virgo •Aster •Patriot (Day) •Football •Grandparents •Sapphire •Fire •Yom Kippur

Birthdays in September:
(Please note you can do the whole name, first, and or last)
•Roger Waters •Beyonce Knowles •Adam Sandler •Pink •Andrew Lincoln •Jada Pinkett Smith •Paul Walker •Serena Williams •Jim Henson •Avril Lavigne


Themes to Choose From For the Hard Level:
Better Breakfast Month: All of your books must a 1st in a series or a new to you author
Hispanic Heritage Month:All of your books must have a hispanic character or a hispanic author
9/11:All of your books must be set in the US
Checkers Day: All of your books must have something red or black on the cover
Swap Ideas Day: All of your books must be from a friend's shelf or recommended to you (either GR, friend, Amazon, etc)

Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Read a Book Day: Read any book
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

Good Luck & Happy Reading!

In.

TCF September Monthly Challenge
Sept 01 - Sept 30
READ 10/15

L The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 05.09.2015 ★★★★☆
a A Red Herring Without Mustard 01.09.2015 ★★★☆☆
b Blood Trade
o Oliver Burkeman The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
r The Rabbit Back Literature Society 02.09.2015 ★★★★☆

(Day)

Adam Sandler

A Alan Bradley Speaking from Among the Bones
D Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant
A Alan Bradley I Am Half-Sick of Shadows 03.09.2015 ★★★★☆
M The Memory Painter

S Servicing the Target 07.09.2015 ★★★★★
A Aravind AdigaThe White Tiger
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D Divine Charity 08.09.2015 ★★★★☆
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R Rainier Heather Absentminded Angel 08.09.2015 ★★★★☆

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear A -

Read a Book Day: Read any book Go Set a Watchman 05.09.2015 ★★☆☆☆

Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages (197 pages) Arak's Love 08.09.2015 ★★★☆☆

Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed The Newcomer 01.09.2015 ★★★☆☆ Ashley has a break down and spends days in her bed

Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

0/16

✔J-Jack Daniels series Whiskey Sour by JA Konrath
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✔D-Dirty Magic by Jaye Wells
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✔P-Elizabeth Peters Crocodile on the Sandbank
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TCF September Monthly Challenge
Read: 10/10 Finished!



✔ L: Lovers & Fighters → ★★★★☆ | 9/10
✔ A: A.J. Hendersen - Unexpected Homecoming → ★★★★☆ | 9/3
✔ B: Bent Arrow → ★★★★☆ | 9/7
✔ O: Only Love → ★★★★☆ | 9/20
✔ R: Rebecca Brochu - Undercover Lover → ★★★★☆ | 9/3

✔ D: Dawn Sister - Not a Word → ★★★★☆ | 9/18
✔ A: ABEL 2: Hearts in Chaos → ★★★★☆ | 9/6
✔ Y: You're It → ★★★☆☆ | 9/3

BONUS:
✔ Teddy Bear Day: Rattlesnake → ★★★★★ | 9/6
✔ Read a Book Day: Stranger on the Shore → ★★★★★ | 9/16

TCF September Monthly Challenge
Begins: 01Sept / Ends: 30Sept15


7/5 completed


Labor (Day)
L - Lotería ✔ – 12Sept15
A - Agatha Christie / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ✔ – 19Sept15
B - Boys in the Boat ✔ – 15Sept15
O - One Amazing Thing ✔ – 28Sept15
R - Rosie Thomas / The Kashmir Shawl ✔ – 11Sept15


BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear

Read a Book Day: Read any book

Miniature Golf Day: Book that's <200 pages - The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries ✔ – 13Sept15 (181 pg)


Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed

Skyscraper Day: Tall building on cover - ✔ – 16Sept15

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE
Duration: Sept. 1st - 30th

P - Parker, Robert B., Back Story 9/3/15
A - The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas 9/12/15
U - Ultraviolet 9/18/15
L - Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril 9/5/15

W - William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First 9/4/15
A - Allyson James, Eland 9/17/15
L - L. Frank Baum, Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz 9/17/15
K - Karen Wiesner, First Draft in 30 Days: A Novel Writer's System for Building a Complete and Cohesive Manuscript 9/5/15
E - The End 9/8/15
R - Robert B. Parker, Bad Business 9/11/15

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE
24/24 Completed
Level: Hard
(Checkers Day)


Word Associated with September: Football
(8/8)

✔F~ Finding Home(9/12)★★☆☆☆
✔O~ Only Love(9/11)★★★☆☆
✔O~ On the Clock(9/03)★★★★☆
✔T~ True Brit(9/29)★★★★☆
✔B~ Breathe You In(9/16)★★★☆☆
✔A~ An Ember in the Ashes(9/08)★★★★☆
✔L~ Love Comes Around(9/27)★☆☆☆☆
✔L~ Le Jazz Hot(9/22)★★★☆☆



SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAY: Adam Sandler
(11/11)

✔A~ Alex(9/15)★★★★☆
✔D~ Dead Is the New Black(9/07)★★★☆☆
✔A~ A Good Marriage(9/25)★★★☆☆
✔M~ Master of Ghouls(9/20)★★★★★



✔S~ Storm's Heart(9/14)★★☆☆☆
✔A~ Against the Grain(9/20)★★★☆☆
✔N~ Nanny Behaving Badly(9/09)★★☆☆☆
✔D~ Dead Is a State of Mind(9/08)★★★★☆
✔L~ Light a Candle(9/03)★★★☆☆
✔E~ Equation For Love(9/12)★★★★☆
✔R~ Ravishing in Red(9/06)★★★☆☆


BONUS
(5/5)

✔ Teddy Bear Day~ Running Hot(9/07)★★★☆☆
✔ Read a Book Day~ Jane Eyre(9/02)★★★☆☆
✔ Miniature Golf Day~ Shame on Him(9/04)★★★★☆
✔ Make Your Bed Day~ (Watch Me) Break You(9/05)★★★★★
✔ Skyscraper Day~ Sinner's Gin(9/17)★★☆☆☆

September Monthly Challenge
Level: Hard

23/23 Read

~ Swap Ideas Day: All of your books must be from a friend's shelf or recommended to you (either GR, friend, Amazon, etc)
V - Afterburner by Lex Valentine ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★★
I - Into the Wind ~ 9/16/15 ~ ★★★★★
R - Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford~ 9/18/15 ~ ★★★
G - More Than Friends by Aria Grace ~ 9/17/15 ~ ★★★
O - Once Upon a King ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★



~ 9/11: All of your books must be set in the US
A - Pride and Modern Prejudice by A.J. Michaels ~ 9/15/15 ~ ★★
S - Smartass ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★1/2
T - Twisted ~ 9/3/15 ~ ★
E - Coffee Shops and Condoms by Eden Winters ~ 9/23/15 ~ ★★★
R - Undeniable by Reece McKinley ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★★★



~ Checkers Day: All of your books must have something red or black on the cover
L - Lonely Hearts ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★★★
A - The Master by Kate Aaron ~ 9/9/15 ~ ★★★1/2
B - Giving an Inch by Heidi Belleau ~ 9/8/15 ~ ★★★
O - The Dating Game Series: Owen and Nathan ~9/1/15 ~ ★★★★
R - Rousing Caine ~ 9/16/15 ~ ★★★★



J - Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk ~ 9/22/15 ~ ★★★★★
A - For Real by Alexis Hall ~ 9/4/15 ~ ★★★★★
D - Dumped in Oz ~ 9/13/15 ~ ★★★
A - A Family of His Own ~ 9/19/15 ~ ★★★★★




Bonus:
Teddy Bear Day: Double Heat ~ 9/12/15 ~ ★★★★★
Read a Book Day: And Manny Makes Seven ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★★
Miniature Golf Day: Helping Hand by Jay Northcote ~ 9/8/15 ~ ★★★★
Make Your Bed Day: Learning Curve ~ 9/7/15 ~ ★★★★★

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE
8/9 Completed - almost completed!

L
A
B Becky Lower - A Widow's Salvation (Cotillion Ball #8) 9/5/15 5stars
O
R Rachel Brimble - Her Hometown Redemption (Templeton Cove #5) 9/2/15 4stars


F Flirting with Fire (Hot in Chicago, #1) by Kate Meader 9/12/15 4stars
I
R Romancing the Military Man boxed set (Ten Hot Military Heroes)by various authors 9/?/15 ? stars
E


Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own
Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Dare to Love (Dare #1) by Carly Phillips 9/??/15 ?stars
Read a Book Day: Read any book
The Soldier's Rebel Lover (Comrades in Arms #2) by Marguerite Kaye 9/9/15 4stars
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Home Sweet Home (Mangrove Island #5) by Neve Cottrell 9/5/15 4stars (168 pages)
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
The Soldier's Dark Secret (Comrades in Arms #1) by Marguerite Kaye 9/7/15 4stars (Celeste and Jack)

September 2015 TCF
Finished: 5/5 (better late than never)

V: Vaillant, John The Jaguar's Children 09/19/2015
I: Ilona Andrews Magic Burns 10/03/2015
R: Roux, Abigail Fish & Chips 09/14/2015
G: Gier, Kerstin Sapphire Blue 09/12/2015
O: Obreht, Téa The Tiger's Wife 11/05/2015

Aster
A: Alessandra Hazard - Just a Bit Unhealthy 9/1
S: Stars Above Stones Below 9/5
T: The Lightning-Struck Heart 9/3
E
R

Read any book: Branded

10/10

DONE


S Silent Creed 9/1 ★★★★★
M Murder in the Winter 9/4 ★★★
I Ilona Andrews Clean Sweep 9/3 ★★
T This Old Homicide 9/2 ★★★★
H Harmonized 9/15 ★★★


Teddy Bear Day: letter in teddy bear Trick or Treat 9/24 ★★
Read a Book Day: Lord of the Wings 9/5 ★★
Miniature Golf Day: under 200 pages 112 Trick Or Treat, Or Murder? 9/2 ★★★
Make Your Bed Day: characters spend some time in bed Bear Claw Conspiracy 9/24 ★★★
Skyscraper Day: tall building(s) on cover Invisible Recruit 9/1 ★★★★★

TCF September Monthly Challenge
7/7 read

P - Provoked 9/12/15 4♥
I - Ivan 9/19/15 3♥
N - Night Unbound 9/21/15 4♥
K -


Bonus books in place of Letter K in Pink

Teddy Bear Day: Twisted 9/13/15 4♥
Read a Book Day: Cooper 9/19/15 3.5♥
Miniature Golf Day: Love You More 9/24/15 4♥
Make Your Bed Day: Locke 9/21/15 4♥

September monthly challenge
Sept.1 - Sept.30th
Level: Easy
Word: Adam

Alvarez, Julia Before we were free 9/19/15****
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock 9/27/15****
A
Michael Grant BZRK

0/18 ~~



•Grandparents•
G- Garrett Leigh - Misfits
R- Reaper of Souls by Jordan L. Hawk
A- Against the Grain by Charlie Cochet
N- Nicole Forcine - Shaken Up
D- Dee, Bonnie - The Tutor
P- Push by Sean Michael
A- Amy Lane - Bitter Taffy
R- Reasonable Doubts by Jae Moran
E- Empty Nests by Ada Maria Soto
N- Nico Jaye - Where There's Smoke
T- Tigers on the Run by Sean Kennedy
S- Strange Bedfellows by Cardeno C.


•Jim•
J- John, Ashley - BOSS
I- Ink and Shadows by Rhys Ford
M- More than Personal by K.C. Wells


Bonus:
Read a Book Day: The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune
Miniature Golf Day: Lessons in Love by Charlie Cochrane
Make Your Bed Day: For Real by Alexis Hall

September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1/15 - September 30/15

September Word

S The May Bride by Suzannah Dunn 09/04/15 ***
A Queen Elizabeth's Daughter by Anne Clinard Barnhill 09/06/15 ****
P Painted Hands by Jennifer Zobair 09/16/15 ****
P The Physick of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 09/13/15 ***
H Corsets and Crossbones by Heather C. Meyers 09/11/15 ***
I In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson 09/08/15 ****
R Unteachable by Leah Raeder 09/05/15 ***
E The Firebird's Feather by Marjorie Eccles 09/15/15 ***

Birthdays in September: Jim Henson

H Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni 09/19/15 ****
E Haunted Ground by Erin Hart 09/20/15 ****
N Godiva by Nicole Galland 09/03/15 ***
S Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas 09/10/15 ****
O Miss Emily by Nuala O'Connor 09/07/15 ***
N The Juan Doe Murders by Noreen Ayres 09/26/15 ***

September Monthly Challenge In honor of my Aunt Ginnie, 92 year old breast cancer hero, who died two years ago. An avid reader, who I bought the Fifty Shades of Gray series for her 90th b/day because she kept seeing it on the bestseller list and wanted to read. lol



C-Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella **** 7/11/15
A-Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson ***** 9/3/15
N-North of Beautiful by Justina Chen **** 9/1/15
C-Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande ***** 9/18/15
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September Challenge


READ: 11/11

✔S: Street Game - Christine Feehan 9/14
✔A: Archangel's Enigma - Nalini Singh 9/8
✔P: The Prince of Frogs - Annaliese Evans 9/21
✔P: A Love Untamed - Pamela Palmer 9/12
✔H: Hope Flames - Jaci Burton 9/4
✔I: Chained by Night - Larissa Ione 9/19
✔R: Crossfire - Joann Ross 9/4
✔E: Warrior's Curse - Alexa Egan 9/15



Bonus
✔Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Tall, Dark & Heartless - R.L. Mathewson 9/29

✔Read a Book Day: Read any book
Trouble in Spades - Heather Webber 9/6

✔Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Three Nights with a Scoundrel - Tessa Dare 9/21



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

September Challenge
09/01/2015 - 09/30/2015

Labor (Day)
L
A: Austenland by Shannon Hale
B
O
R


Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Read a Book Day: Read any book
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

September Challenge
09/01/2015 - 09/30/2015


Words Associated With September:

A:A Shared Range,Andrew Grey9/3★★★
S:Screwups9/7★★★★
T:The Biker's Omega9/4★★★★
E:(sub-book Teddy Bear Day)~Ty Hard9/11★★★
R:Protection, S.A. Reid9/2★★★



Birthdays in September:

P:Private Eye9/10★★★★
I:(sub-book Read a Book Day)~Come Unto These Yellow Sands9/4★★★★
N:(sub Miniature Golf Day)~Snowball in Hell9/12★★★★
K:Knight of Ocean Avenue9/8★★★★

September Stats


4/4 Complete


P [sub-Read a Book] The Companions 9/25/2015 ♥♥♥♥
I [sub-Teddy Bear] The Girl in the Spider's Web 9/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
N [sub-Miniature Golf] Haunted Key West ♥♥♥ 9/5/15
K Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins ♥♥♥♥♥ 9/8/15

A Darker Shade of Magic ♥♥♥ 9/22/2015

September Reading Challenge:

Hard level: Checkers Day(Books with red or black cover)

0/11 Completed

September Word
F:
I:
R:
E: Eighteen Acres (Nicolle Wallace) ***

Birthday
A: Adultry (Paulo Coelho)
V:
R:
I:
L:
Bonus
Read a book day:
Miniature Golf day:

In for something!
• •Aster • •Grandparents •

A: Ashe, Kendra ---- Kissing the Werewolf
D: Wickedly DANGEROUS ---- Deborah Blake
A: Arthur, Keri ---- Circle of fire
M: Marked ---- Sarah Fine

S: Shadow Blade ---- Serissia Glass
A: Andrews, Ilona ---- Magic Shifts
N: who NEEDS enemies ---- Keri Arthur
D: Da Costa ---- Beyond the Veil
L: Lilith Saintcrow ---- The Red Plague Affair
E: wicked EMBERS ---- Keri Arthur
R: A Red-Rose Chain ---- Seanan McGuire

11/11

September Challenge
09/01/2015 - 09/30/2015

Progress: 7

September Word:

L - LowCountry Summer Trilogy - The Summer Girls 2* 9/1
A - And Then I Found You 2* 9/18
B - The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 2* 9/15
O - O'Neal - The Lost Recipe for Happiness 3* 9/6
R - The Red Notebook 4* 9/8



BONUS: Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Read a Book Day: Read any book Second Time Around 9/7 3*
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed The Summer Wind 2* 9/2
Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

TCF September Monthly Challenge


C Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas - 9/19
A Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton - 9/4
N The Fiend and the Forge by Henry H. Neff - 9/7
C Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie - 9/23
E Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson - 9/8
R Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley - 9/18

Bonus
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Bridesmaids Revisited by Dorothy Cannell - 9/14

Read a Book Day: Read any book
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner - 9/10

Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky - 9/3

Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Done

Virgo
V: Victoria Aveyard - Queen Song 15/9/15
I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks 12/9/15
R: Redhead #1 - The Unidentified Redhead 15/9/15
G: George Gordon Byron - Cain a Mystery 14/9/15
O: The Outlaw Demon Wails 2/9/15


Pink
P: Pale Demon 6/9/15
I: In His Shadow 17/9/15
N: Nalini Singh - Rock Courtship 17/9/15
K: Kim Harrison - For a Few Demons More 1/9/15

Monthly Challenge: September
TCF
Duration: 1 – 30 September 2015

Below there will be a list of words associated with September You will choose 1 or more word from the list and choose/read books that either the •Title •Author or •Series begins with each letter!

Virgo
V — Vale, Lani Lynn Charlie Foxtrot 3/9
I — Ione, Larissa Base Instincts 21/9
R — Rose, Karen Have You Seen Her? 10/9
G — Guarding Morgan 24/9
O — O'neill, Lisa Clark Malice 12/9


Labor
L — Laurann Dohner Kissing Steel 7/9
A — Alexander Ivy Sebastian/Aristide 23/9
B — Bennett, Sawyer Alex 12/9
O — Only Love 1/9
R —Rhys Ford Sloe Ride 7/9


Grandparents
G — Gasq-Dion, Sandrine Fret 2/9
R — R.G. Alexander Scandalous 8/9
A — Ashley, Kristen Hold On 2/9
N — Numbers 14/9
D — Dohner, Laurann Melting Iron 16/9
P —
A — All Roar and No Bite 4/9
R — Riley, Con Saving Sean 6/9
E — Eve Langlais When an Alpha Purrs 4/9
N — Nalini Singh Archangel's Enigma 4/9
T — Trowchester Blues 23/9
S — St-st-stuffed 18/9


Avril
A — Assassin's Gambit 8/9
V — A Vintage Affair 2/9
R — R.G. Alexander Dangerous 15/9
I — In Death (s) Devoted in Death 17/9
L — Lynda Aicher Game Play 22/9


Fire
F — Faith Hunter Skinwalker 16/9
I — The Immortal Who Loved Me 9/9
R — Rhys Ford Ink and Shadows 17/9
E — Eli Easton The Mating of Michael 8/9


Knowles
K — Kennedy, Sean Tigerland 29/9
N — Noble Blood 23/9
O — The Only Easy Day 25/9
W — Werewolves Be Damned 26/9
L — Lonely Hearts 28/9
E — Elle Kennedy Welcome to Paradise 22/9
S — Seeking Crystal 22/9


Bonus
Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
26/9
Read a Book Day: Read any book
21/9
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
24/9
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
28/9

September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration : Sept. 1 to Sept. 30
Completed : 5/10

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A: Melody Anne, Submit 9/15/15
B: Beg for Me 9/17/15
O: Of Mice and Men 9/3/15
R: Kris Austen Radcliffe, Daniel's Fire 9/1/15



V: The Vile Village 9/13/15
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G
O

September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration : Sept. 1 to Sept. 30
Completed : 13/13
Theme: Swap Ideas Day

✔L The Mind Readersby Lori Brighton - author- GR Friend Danni 9/13/15
✔A Angelfall - GR Friend Rachel 9/20/15
✔B-To Catch Her Death by/ Boone Brux - author - GR friend Ann aka Iftcan -9/2/15
✔O Oh. My. Gods. -GR friend Nidhi Bhatt -9/6/15
✔R Running Mike (DEAD - GR friend Katherine - 9/7/15

✔S The Selection- GR friend Tee loves Kyle Jacobson - 9/24/15
✔A Warrior Princess by Allan Frewin Jones - author's first name - GR friend Danielle 9/19/15
✔P Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige - author's last name - GR Friend Mandy Crider - 9/4/15
✔P Ready to Were by Robyn Peterman - Author's last name - GR Friend Jenne-9/27/15
✔H The Heir- GR friend Danie Schwartz 9/25/15
✔I The Indigo Spell- GR Friend Paris - 9/16/15
✔R Rampant - GR Friend Kitty Kats Crazy about books - 9/14/15
✔E The Elite - GR Friend Skye - 9/24/15

September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration: Sept 1-30th
Date Completed: 9/28/15
Tasks: 35/35

Note: Re-reads allowed. Requires rating.

Words: •Labor (Day) •Cancer (Awareness) •Virgo •Aster •Patriot (Day) •Football •Grandparents •Sapphire •Fire •Yom Kippur •Roger Waters •Beyonce Knowles •Adam Sandler •Pink •Andrew Lincoln •Jada Pinkett Smith •Paul Walker •Serena Williams •Jim Henson •Avril Lavigne

✦Word 1: Paul Walker (no theme) - 10/10
✓P - Parry, Leslie | Church of Marvels | 9/10/15 | ★★★½
✓A - At Bertram's Hotel | Agatha Christie | 9/3/15 | ★★★
✓U - Ursula K. Le Guin | The Lathe of Heaven | 9/22/15 | ★★★★
✓L - Laird Barron | The Croning | 9/13/15 | ★★★½
✓W - Where They Found Her | Kimberly McCreight | 9/14/15 | ★★★½
✓A - Abbott, Megan | The Song Is You: A Novel | 9/4/15 | ★★★½
✓L - Look Behind You | Sibel Hodge | 9/25/15 | ★★½
✓K - King, Stephen | The Gunslinger | 9/7/15 | ★★★★
✓E - Ernest Cline | Armada | 9/12/15 | ★★★
✓R - Relentless | Karen Lynch | 9/9/15 | ★★★

✦Word 2: Jim Henson (no theme) - 9/9
✓J - Judy Melinek | Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner | 9/7/15 | ★★★
✓I - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain | David Eagleman | 9/10/15 | ★★★½
✓M - Megan Abbott | Bury Me Deep: A Novel | 9/4/15 | ★★★½
✓H - Hannah Swensen Series | Strawberry Shortcake Murder | Joanne Fluke | 9/8/15 | ★★★
✓E - Ellen Datlow | The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four | 9/12/15 | ★★★½
✓N - Ness, Patrick | A Monster Calls | 9/9/15 | ★★★★★
✓S - Stephen King | Full Dark, No Stars | 9/2/15 | ★★★★
✓O - One Step Too Far: A Novel | Tina Seskis | 9/14/15 | ★★★
✓N - Night Shift | Nalini Singh | 9/15/15 | ★★★

✦Word 3: Jada Pinkett Smith (no theme) - 16/16
✓J - Jessica Warman | The Last Good Day of the Year | 9/16/15 | ★★★
✓A - Amelia Peabody Series | Crocodile on the Sandbank | Elizabeth Peters | 9/14/15 | ★★★½
✓D - Denfeld, Rene | The Enchanted | 9/16/15 | ★★★
✓A - Ania Ahlborn | Seed | 9/25/15 | ★★★
✓P - Paolo Bacigalupi | The Water Knife | 9/16/15 | ★★★
✓I - Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | 9/23/15 | ★★★★
✓N - Read a Book Day: Vengeance Road | Erin Bowman | 9/24/15 | ★★★½
✓K - Kristen Britain | Green Rider | 9/16/15 | ★★½
✓E - Everything is Illuminated | Jonathan Safran Foer | 9/16/15 | ★★
✓T - Tell The Wolves I'm Home | Carol Rifka Brunt | 9/18/15 | ★★★½
✓T - Trail of Broken Wings | Sejal Badani | 9/18/15 | ★★★½
✓S - Surfacing | Margaret Atwood | 9/22/15 | ★★★
✓M - Moggach, Lottie | Kiss Me First | 9/15/15 | ★★½
✓I - Iain Banks | The Wasp Factory: A Novel | 9/23/15 | ★★★★
✓T - Miniature Golf Day: Drive | James Sallis | 9/24/15 | ★★½
✓H - Heart-Shaped Box | Joe Hill | 9/11/15 | ★★★½

Bonus:
Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Read a Book Day: Read any book
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

TCF's September Challenge


0 of 14 Complete

September Word: Fire
◘ F: Falling Fast - Lucy Kevin
◘ I: Ice Games - Jessica Clare
◘ R: Rescue at Cardwell Ranch - B.J. Daniels
◘ E: Emerald Desire - Lynette Vinet


Birthday: Roger
◘ R: Rock Chick Revolution - Kristen Ashley
◘ O: On Any Given Sundae - Marilyn Brant
◘ G: The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer
◘ E: Emerald Enchantment - Lynette Vinet
◘ R: Reforming Jake - Leslie Kelly


Bonus:
◘ Teddy Bear Day: Dream of You - Kate Perry
◘ Read a Book Day: Colters' Gift - Maya Banks
◘ Miniature Golf Day: You Can't Have But One Man - Melissa F. Hart
◘ Make Your Bed Day: Kiss Me - Susan Mallery
◘ Skyscraper Day: Deadly Deception - Misty Evans

The Challenge Factory
September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Duration: 9/1/2015 - 9/30/2015

Progress: 2 out of 12

Grandparents
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P: Jodi Picoult; House Rules - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
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S: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - ***** - 9/7/2015


Bonus: Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Read a Book Day: Read any book
Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

Katherine wrote: "September 2015 TCF's Monthly Challenge
Done


Virgo

V: Victoria Aveyard - Queen Song 15/9/15
I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks 12/9/15
R: Redhead #1 - [book:The Uni..."

Done

TCF September Monthly Challenge
Sept 01 - Sept 30

L: Loving Cara 9/20
A: All Your Reasons 9/21
B: Back to Before 9/20
O: One Night with You 9/21
R: Red Queen 9/23


Bonus:
Teddy Bear Day: Brown-Eyed Girl 9/22
Read a Book Day: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 9/19
Miniature Golf Day: The Sheikh's Pregnant Bride
Make Your Bed Day: Tex 9/28
Skyscraper Day: Naked 9/17

Finished my Challenge...happy reading

September Word

S The May Bride by Suzannah Dunn 09/04/15 ***
A Queen Elizabeth's Daughter by Anne Clinard Barnhill 09/06/15 ****
P Painted Hands by Jennifer Zobair 09/16/15 ****
P The Physick of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe 09/13/15 ***
H Corsets and Crossbones by Heather C. Meyers 09/11/15 ***
I In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson 09/08/15 ****
R Unteachable by Leah Raeder 09/05/15 ***
E The Firebird's Feather by Marjorie Eccles 09/15/15 ***

Birthdays in September: Jim Henson

H Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni 09/19/15 ****
E Haunted Ground by Erin Hart 09/20/15 ****
N Godiva by Nicole Galland 09/03/15 ***
S Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas 09/10/15 ****
O Miss Emily by Nuala O'Connor 09/07/15 ***
N The Juan Doe Murders by Noreen Ayres 09/26/15 ***

Completed - see msg 29

10/10
DONE

S Silent Creed 9/1 ★★★★★
M Murder in the Winter 9/4 ★★★
I Ilona Andrews Clean Sweep 9/3 ★★
T This Old Homicide 9/2 ★★★★
H Harmonized 9/15 ★★★
Teddy Bear Day: letter in teddy bear Trick or Treat 9/24 ★★
Read a Book Day: Lord of the Wings 9/5 ★★
Miniature Golf Day: under 200 pages 112 Trick Or Treat, Or Murder? 9/2 ★★★
Make Your Bed Day: characters spend some time in bed Bear Claw Conspiracy 9/24 ★★★
Skyscraper Day: tall building(s) on cover Invisible Recruit 9/1 ★★★★★

September Monthly Challenge
Level: Hard

23/23 Read

~ Swap Ideas Day: All of your books must be from a friend's shelf or recommended to you (either GR, friend, Amazon, etc)
V - Afterburner by Lex Valentine ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★★
I - Into the Wind ~ 9/16/15 ~ ★★★★★
R - Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford~ 9/18/15 ~ ★★★
G - More Than Friends by Aria Grace ~ 9/17/15 ~ ★★★
O - Once Upon a King ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★



~ 9/11: All of your books must be set in the US
A - Pride and Modern Prejudice by A.J. Michaels ~ 9/15/15 ~ ★★
S - Smartass ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★1/2
T - Twisted ~ 9/3/15 ~ ★
E - Coffee Shops and Condoms by Eden Winters ~ 9/23/15 ~ ★★★
R - Undeniable by Reece McKinley ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★★★



~ Checkers Day: All of your books must have something red or black on the cover
L - Lonely Hearts ~ 9/10/15 ~ ★★★★★
A - The Master by Kate Aaron ~ 9/9/15 ~ ★★★1/2
B - Giving an Inch by Heidi Belleau ~ 9/8/15 ~ ★★★
O - The Dating Game Series: Owen and Nathan ~9/1/15 ~ ★★★★
R - Rousing Caine ~ 9/16/15 ~ ★★★★



J - Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk ~ 9/22/15 ~ ★★★★★
A - For Real by Alexis Hall ~ 9/4/15 ~ ★★★★★
D - Dumped in Oz ~ 9/13/15 ~ ★★★
A - A Family of His Own ~ 9/19/15 ~ ★★★★★




Bonus:
Teddy Bear Day: Double Heat ~ 9/12/15 ~ ★★★★★
Read a Book Day: And Manny Makes Seven ~ 9/20/15 ~ ★★★
Miniature Golf Day: Helping Hand by Jay Northcote ~ 9/8/15 ~ ★★★★
Make Your Bed Day: Learning Curve ~ 9/7/15 ~ ★★★★★

Update Message # 5 - Challenge Completed - 28Sept15


TCF September Monthly Challenge
Begins: 01Sept / Ends: 30Sept15


7/5 completed


Labor (Day)
L - Lotería ✔ – 12Sept15
A - Agatha Christie / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ✔ – 19Sept15
B - Boys in the Boat ✔ – 15Sept15
O - One Amazing Thing ✔ – 28Sept15
R - Rosie Thomas / The Kashmir Shawl ✔ – 11Sept15


BONUS Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear

Read a Book Day: Read any book

Miniature Golf Day: Book that's <200 pages - The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries ✔ – 13Sept15 (181 pg)


Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed

Skyscraper Day: Tall building on cover - ✔ – 16Sept15

Finished in September but just now got around to posting.

TCF September Monthly Challenge


C Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas - 9/19
A Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton - 9/4
N The Fiend and the Forge by Henry H. Neff - 9/7
C Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie - 9/23
E Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson - 9/8
R Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley - 9/18

Bonus
Can Be Used in Place of one of your letters or on their own

Teddy Bear Day: Read any book that's title starts with any letter in teddy bear
Bridesmaids Revisited by Dorothy Cannell - 9/14

Read a Book Day: Read any book
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner - 9/10

Miniature Golf Day: Read a book that's under 200 pages
Make Your Bed Day: Read a book where the characters spend some time in bed
Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky - 9/3

Skyscraper Day: Read a book that has a tall building(s) on the cover

TCF's September Challenge


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September Word: Fire
✔F: Falling Fast - Lucy Kevin - 09.06 ★★★
✔I: Ice Games - Jessica Clare - 09.26 ★★★
✔R: Rescue at Cardwell Ranch - B.J. Daniels - 09.19 ★★★
✔E: Emerald Desire - Lynette Vinet - 09.13 ★★


Birthday: Roger
✔R: Rock Chick Revolution - Kristen Ashley - 09.18 ★★★★★
✔O: On Any Given Sundae - Marilyn Brant - 09.26 ★★★
✔G: The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer - 09.07 ★★★
✔E: Emerald Enchantment - Lynette Vinet - 09.14 ★★
✔R: Reforming Jake - Leslie Kelly


Bonus:
◘ Teddy Bear Day: Dream of You - Kate Perry
◘ Read a Book Day: Colters' Gift - Maya Banks
✔Miniature Golf Day: You Can't Have But One Man - Melissa F. Hart - 09.29 ★★
◘ Make Your Bed Day: Kiss Me - Susan Mallery
✔Skyscraper Day: Deadly Deception - Misty Evans - 09.05 ★★★