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October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18

Try to read books to fit these five tasks:

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author



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Challenge Rules
* Books must be at least 100 pages long
* Page numbers are determined by the Hardcover edition. If there is no hardcover, you may use the most popular paperback edition. (Use these editions to determine page numbers regardless of the format you read - audio, e-book, etc)
* A book may be used only once per challenge. But feel free to use the same book in other challenges.
* If you want credit for finishing, please post a "completed" message. The moderator does not get notification when you edit your original post, only when you make a new post.
* Have fun!

List of participants:

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Dlyn

Ed - ✔ Finished

Gabi

Jaret

JennH

Kathy

Koren

Licha-Olivia

Marilyn

Olivermagnus

Patty

SANDYE - ✔ Finished

Tessa - ✔ Finished

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18

Try to read books to fit these five tasks:

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18


5 / 5 completed


1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE - L.W. - Lisa Wingate / Before We Were Yours ✔ - 02Oct18

2. Cover color that is predominantly: black - ✔ - 13Oct18

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN - Orhan's Inheritance ✔ - 09Oct18

4. Sleepy Hollow: - "headless" portrait on cover - ✔ - 15Mar19

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author - Anne of Ingleside ✔ - 22Oct18

October Mini Challenge
October 1 - 31, 2018

3 of 5 Complete

Try to read books to fit these five tasks:

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE

✔ 2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black
A Rising Man - Abir Mukherjee - 10/24/18


✔ 3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)
Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 10/22/18

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

✔ 5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author
The Tenderness of Wolves - Stef Penney - 10/8/18 - set in Canada and written by a Canadian author

*****COMPLETED 3/15/19*****

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18
100p.
5/5

✔1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang

✔2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black- by Peter Høeg 10/1/18

✔3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)- Drown by Junot Díaz

✔4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)- by Sara Gruen 3/6/19

✔5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author-
Ru by Kim Thúy 3/15/19

October Mini Challenge
(2/5 completed)

1. Initials in All Hallow's eve: The Eyes of Willie McGee by Alex Heard 4 stars 10/20/2018

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

5. Canadian author: On Board the Titanic (I was There) by Shelley Tanaka 10/20/2018 4 stars

I've got everyone linked to this point. Enjoy the challenge!

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18

Try to read books to fit these five tasks:

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE
The Golem by Elie Wiesel

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black
Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)
One Thousand White Woman

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author
The Gargoyle -Author Canadian

Welcome to the challenge, Gabi and Patty. Your links are active.

October Mini Challenge

✔1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE
Written in Stone by Ellery Adams 10/13/18

✔2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 10/11/18


✔3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 10/3/18

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall (post the cover)

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE- Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg finished 10/19

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black- Educated: A Memoir finished 10/7


3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)-Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy finished 10/26


4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)-The Prom Night Murders: A Devoted American Family, their Troubled Son, and a Ghastly Crime by Carlton Smith finished 10/9


5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author

Tasks Completed: 5 / 5 -- COMPLETED 10/14/18

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE -- A Gift of Ghosts (Tassamara 1) by Sarah Wynde--10/08/18--5 Stars

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black---Southern Spirits (Southern Ghost Hunter 1)
by Angie Fox--10/3/18--5 Stars (Hopefully this counts as a black background?)


3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)--Dying for Dinner Rolls (Chubby Chicks Club 1) by Lois Lavrisa--10/10/18--5 Stars

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - The Obituary Society (Obituary Society 1) by Jessica L. Randall--10/14/18--5 Stars


5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author--Lakeshore Secrets (McAdams Sisters 1) by Shannyn Leah--10/7/18--5 Stars (Shannyn Leah is from London, Ontario, Canada)

JennH, Koren, and SANDYE ... your links are active. Have fun with the challenge!

Can I play?

Kathy wrote: "Can I play?"

Of course, Kathy. Just set up your basic post and I'll create a link for you so you can edit it as your complete the tasks. When you're all done, just post a new message to alert me and I'll mark you done.

1 - author whose first and last initial is in All Hallows Eve


2 - book with cover that is mostly orange, black, white
Wicked Fix by Sarah Graves

3 - title begins with a letter in Candy Corn

4 - Sleepy Hollow

5 - Canadian Thanksgiving

All set to go

Welcome to the challenge, Kathy. Your link is active.

Mini Challenge Completed as of 10/14/18!! Finally completed one in the month it was given! I'm shocked!

I'm half way thru October but I'll try to read as much as I can. I'm already reading Carrie so I've got a good start

1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black

3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall (post the cover)

5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18

Try to read books to fit these five tasks:

✔1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE--The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman--10/16/18

2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly: orange, white, yellow, black

✔3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the): Dracula--10/7/18

4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)

✔5. Canadian Thanksgiving - By a Canadian author--Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale--10/20/18

You're off to a good start, Marilyn! I've created a link for you.

Congratulations, SANDYE!

I'm very late...but I finally got #5

*****COMPLETED 3/15/19*****

October Mini Challenge
Begins: 01Oct18 / Ends: 31Oct18
100p.
5/5

✔1. By an Author whose First & Last initials are in ALL HALLOWS EVE- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang

✔2. Book with a cover color that is predominantly : orange, white, yellow, black- by Peter Høeg 10/1/18

✔3. Title begins w/ a letter in CANDY CORN (excl: a, an, the)- Drown by Junot Díaz

✔4. Sleepy Hollow: "headless" portrait on cover - nothing above neck / at least half torso - E.g. (post the cover)- by Sara Gruen 3/6/19

✔5. Canadian Thanksgiving - Set in Canada or by a Canadian author-
Ru by Kim Thúy 3/15/19

Way to go, Ed!