Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

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

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

🎃🎃🎃2024 October Monthly Challenge🎃🎃🎃



Done!!!


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

🔮🪦🐦‍⬛OCT BOOKS🕷️🍄‍🟫🎃

🎃 October pub date: How to Help a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein 10/30
💡 new to you: Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom 10/9
🖊️ Karen Marie Moning: The House on Watch Hill 10/28
🐶 domestic pet: The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore 10/19
🔥 fire/burning: Nightmare of a Trip by Maureen Kilmer 10/3
☕️ Coffee/brown/popular: The Royals Upstairs by Karina Halle 10/11
💛yellow on cover: The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig 10/28
🧛🏻‍♂️ group of friends/gang: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison 10/12
🥀 gaudy cover: Phantasma by Kaylie Smith 10/8
👽 reader’s choice: Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe 10/7

Completed 10/10

Final Update 11/1

1. Happy October Birthday!: Finish the Fight by Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times - multi-colored cover (10/10)★★★★★

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) ▻ Karen Marie Moning: Change by Sherri Hayes - set in the US midwest (10/27)★★★★★

5. Fire Prevention Week ▻ Week 2: The Dangerous Lord by Sabrina Jeffries - all the letters of FIRE in the author name (10/7)★★★★

6. October 1 ▻ International Coffee Day: Eight Seconds by Barrie Abalard - mostly brown cover (10/18)★★★

7. October 4 ▻ World Smile Day: A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth - cover model is smiling and the book made me smile (10/31)★★★★★

8. October 12 ▻ National Motorcycle Ride Day: Cipher by Larissa Ione - autumnal colors on the cover (10/14)★★★★

10. Reader's Choice: Disarming Leviathan by Caleb E. Campbell (10/20)★★★★★

Completed 7/7

Completed 10/10

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

2024 October Monthly Challenge

I'm in for the usual 10! 📚

10 of 10. Completed 10.30.2024 DONE!

1. Happy October Birthday!: My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr 10.25.2024
2. October Month-Long Observance - National Book Month: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 10.13.2024
3. Featured Author Challenge - Karen Marie Moning: The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning 10.25.2024
4. Adopt a Shelter Dog Month: Prince of Lies by Lucy Lennox 10.6.2024
5. Fire Prevention Week - week 2: The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't by Gail Carriger 10.7.2024
6. International Coffee Day - October 1: Bewitched by Darynda Jones 10.4.2024
7. World Smile Day - October 4: Here With Me by Samantha Young 10.10.2024
8. National Motorcycle Ride Day - October 12: Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh 10.16.2024
9. Wear Something Gaudy Day - October 17: Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr 10.2.2024
10. Reader's Choice: The Dom Identity by Lexi Blake 10.30.2024



Thanks for a fun challenge!

6/10 Finished October

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

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

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

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

Lots of finishers! Great reading, everyone!

Finished on time, but late in logging:

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*****