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OCTOBER Challenge!
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: Easy•Hard

How It Works

○Below there will be a list of words associated with OCTOBER! 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 (Listed Below) for each word you read! Or you will choose books that have a Color of Fall (listed below) for each word you read! *If you do more than one word you can use a differnt genre or color for each word☺

EXAMPLE: Level Hard- If you choose FALL and your genre is Paranormal Romance then each book would have to be PNR...if you do more than one word you can choose differnt genres for each word in Level Hard!

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




•Some Info to Keep In Mind•

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

♦You MAY 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!

Fall Words to Choose From!

•October •Fall •Witch •Vampire ••Black Cat
•Apples •Candy •Ghost •Werewolf •Zombie
•Pumpkin •Scary •Mask •Harvest •Columbus


Hard Level Choices!
Colors Of October (halloween and fall)
•Red •Orange •Yellow •Black •Green •Purple

Genre's for October (halloween and fall)
•Paranormal Romance •Urban Fantasy •Horror •Mystery •Historical (costumes are often from history!) •Steam Punk


Bonus Choices *Bonus Options can be used in place of a letter or on their own.

October Read: Read a book Published in October

Creature Feature: Read a book with a "creature" that goes bumb in the night...Vamps, Weres, Witches, ect!

Columbus Day: Read a book that deals with a sailing, traveling by boat, character is a captain, or character discovers something new (new type of flower, hidden passageway, a forgotten diary..ect)


Costume Pary: Read a book that the characters are someone/something that you dress as for Halloween! (nurse, pirate, regency time period, vampire, detective...ect.) or character pretends to be someone they are not for a part of the book!

Good Luck and Happy Reading!

Participants

Easy
♣Alana 3/12
♣Cindy 1/9
♣Jenne 2/5
♣Dawn 0/4
♣Jennifer G. 0/9
♣Lisa 0/4
♣Cortney 0/4
♣Emy 1/12
♣Carolyn 5/10
♣Dawn (Kat N Hat) 1/5
♣Cathy 0/4
♣Melissa 1/5
♣Rebecca 0/9
♣Theo 5/13




Hard
♣Me 2/9
♣Kat 2/7
♣Rin 5/9
♣Jennifer 0/09
♣Jenny 3/9
♣Arlene 0/5
♣Paris 3/10
♣...
♣...

Shell's OCTOBER Challenge!
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: •Easy 2/10

•Scary
S: *Slow Ride by Erin McCarthy
C: *Changless by Gail Carringer
A: Delicious by Susan Mallery (Costume Pary-Chef)
R: *Romeo, Romeo by Robin Kaye ♥♥♥♥
Y: Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl (bonus Pub. Oct.) ♥♥♥♥♥




•Ghost
G: *Grave Minder by Melissa Marr
H: *Heart Strings and Diamon Rings by Jane Graves
O: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Creature Feature)
S: The Darkest Secret by Gena *Showalter
T: *The Darkest Surrender by Gena Showalter

I'm in! List to come ... shortly. Level me hard.
Haha! Mine is theme oriented! All have some kind of Naughtiness!!

RiN's October CF Challenge
Time Frame ... 10.1.11 - 10.31.11
Level ... Hard
Books Completed ... 9/9

B - Never Enough by Lauren Dane (Adrian Brown) 10.10 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼
L - Liberating Lacey by Anna Calhoun 10.5 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼ + ☼☼☼☼☼
A - Anna in the Middle by Barbara Elsborg 10.9 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼
C - Go Fetch by Shelly Laurenston (Conall) 10.24 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼ + ☼☼☼☼☼
K - Kept by Carolyn Faulkner 10.7 rating - ☼☼☼☼



C - Candy Store by Bella Andre 10.30 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼
A - Alpha Worship by Erin Dameron - Hill 10.9 rating - ☼☼☼.5
T - The Dom Who Loved Me by Lexi Blake 10.12 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼ + ☼☼☼☼☼
S - The Darkest Surrender by Gena Showalter 10.3 rating - ☼☼☼☼☼

The October TCF Challenge

9/9 Total

Easy

F~ Frost, Jeaniene One Grave at a Time Oct 15 ♥♥♥♥♥
A~ A Stroke of Magic Oc 19 ♥♥♥♥
L~ Liu, Marjorie M. The Iron Hunt Oct 23 ♥♥♥½
L~ The Leopard Prince Oct 19 ♥♥♥♥♥

S~ The Serpent Prince Oct 22 ♥♥♥♥♥
C~ Interview With a Gargoyle Oct 21 ♥♥♥
A~ Alden, Jamie Beg for Mercy Oct 15 ♥♥♥♥♥
R~ Roberts, Nora Sea Swept Oct 18 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y~ You Slay Me Oct 27 ♥♥♥♥

Complete!!

October 2011 TCF Challenge
Level Easy 1/4

M: Graveminder by *Melissa Marr
A: The Gathering by Kelley *Armstrong ♥♥♥
S: *Sunshine by Robin McKinley
K: From Bad to Cursed by *Katie Alendar

Jen, easy or hard? Or have you decided yet? And Rin is this what you were thinking for this challenge? I was trying to go off of your suggestion...

You know I'm gonna have to do the Hard level. Sooooooo many challenges this month.

I may add more later

♥Shellbelle♥ wrote: "And Rin is this what you were thinking for this challenge? I was trying to go off of your suggestion..."

LMAO! I so just now read what I wrote and it you read it they why it is written it comes across so wrong. But I was meant to indicate my level as hard. Man I think I need to do a naughty read to appease my my dirty thoughts. Or that might just make it worse. LoL!

TCF OCTOBER Challenge
Oct 1st - Oct 31st
Level: •Hard

Status: 7/7

Vampire

V: Violet Tendencies from Sabina Kane series by Jaye Wells
A: *Angel's Blood from Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh
M: The *Mage in Black from Sabina Kane series by Jaye Wells
P: Touch the Dark from Cassandra *Palmer series by Karen Chance
I: Magic Bites from Kate Daniels series by *Ilona Andrews
R: Glass Houses from Morganville Vampires series by *Rachel Vincent
E: *Eternal Hunger from Mark of the Vampire series by Laura Wright

Shell, since i chose the word Vampire and all my books are in the theme of vampires, can i set mine to Hard?

Kat, that works! and Jenne, using a bonus as a sub is fine! In fact I should have added that in the instructions, changing it now!

8/8
HARD: Urban Fantasy
B*Bound by Blood by P.A. Lupton Done 10/7 4½♥’s
L Eternal Rider by *Larissa Ione Done 10/23 4♥’s
A *Angel’s Blood by Nalini Singh Done 10/3 5♥’s
C*Club Dead by *Charlaine Harris Done 10/5 5♥’s
K - (Bonus: Costume Party) *One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire Done 10/15 5♥’s

C - (Bonus: Creature Feature) First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost Done 10/7 5♥’s
A Nightshade by *Andrea Cremer Done 10/29 4♥’s
T*This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost Done 10/12 5♥’s

•TCF October Challenge!•
October 2011


Level: •Easy
4/4 - Completed!

•MASK•
M: Chasing Perfect by Susan *Mallery 10/27/11
A: Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis 10/18/11
S: Only His by *Susan Mallery 10/4/11
K: Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey (*Kowalski Family) 10/23/11

OCTOBER Challenge!
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: •Easy

Paranormal Romance

5/6

BLACK
B *Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning Started 10/3- Finished 10/4 *****
L The Darkest Surrender (*Lords of the Underworld series) by Gena Showalter Started 10/25-
A *Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter Started 10/22- Finished 10/24
C Book of Shadows by *Cate Tiernan Started 10/5-Finished 10/5 ****
K Halfway Hexed by *Kimberly Frost Started 10/1- Finished 10/3 *****


Creature Feature: *At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost Started 10/3- Finished 10/21 ****

I changed one of my words, so now I have 0/9 instead of 0/8. Thanks! ☺

Jennifer got you added, and Cindy I changed the #'s!

Easy

11/12

M: Got Fangs? / Katie MAXWELL
A: Dancing with the Devil / Keri ARTHUR
S: The Smoke Thief
K: A Fistful of Charms / KIM Harrison

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B: Bloodshot / Cherie Priest
L: The Lies of Locke Lamora / Scott Lynch
A: The Archivist's Story
C: Circus of the Darned / Katie Maxwell
K: Elegy / Christopher KELLEN

C: Circle of Death
A: Ravenous / Sharon ASHWOOD
T: Through Violet Eyes

Update:
Completed 8/9
I'm in for hard


G: Grave Dance
H: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
O: Bonus Swap Creature Feature: Bonded by Blood
S: Succubus Blues
T: To Tame a Highland Warrior

M: The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
A: Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur
S: Some Girls Bite
K: Unbound by Kim Harrison

October Challenge
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: Hard
10/10 Complete

Fall Colors
S: Silent Night, Haunted Night by Terri Garey - red - 10/5/11 - ♥♥♥
C:Nightfall by Ellen Connor - orange, yellow - 10/18/11 - ♥♥♥♥
A:On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - orange, yellow - 10/16/11 - ♥♥♥
R: Working Stiff by Rachel Caine - black - 10/6/11 - ♥♥
Y: (Bonus: Book published in October) Trance - Kelly Meding - purple - 10/24/11 - ♥♥♥♥♥



Urban Fantasy
C: Crossroads by Jeanne Stein - 10/26/11 - ♥♥♥♥
A: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 10/19/11 - ♥♥♥
N: Deadtown by Nancy Holzner - 10/9/11 - ♥♥♥♥
D: The Darkest Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay - 10/13/11 - ♥♥♥
Y:(Bonus: Creature Feature - vamps, weres and witches) Her Dark Destiny by Dave Ferraro - 10/25/11 - ♥♥♥

October Challenge
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Level: Easy

F: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arhtur
A: Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
L: Corralled by Lorelei James
L: Triad by Lauren Dane

Changed mine
Easy 9 total

TCF
OCTOBER Challenge!
Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: Easy

9/9 Read

G~ Grace Under Pressure completed 10/19/11 rated 4/5♥
H~ *Honor Archangel's Blade completed 10/5/11 rated 5/5 ♥
O~ Out of Mind completed 10/24/11 rated 3/5♥
S~ Pack Challenge completed 10/8/11 rated 5/5 ♥
T~ Too Hot To Touch completed 10/10/11 rated 4/5♥


F~ Father Mine: Zsadist and Bella's Story 10/17/11 rated 4/5&hearts
A~ Laura Adrian** Kiss of Midnight 10/3/11 4/5♥
L~ Lover Unbound 10/1/11 rated 4/5♥
L~ Lover Enshrined 10/2/11 4/5♥

I'm in, will post list later today

I am going for Easy - 0/4
M - Mr. Perfect - Linda Howard
A - Archangels Kiss - Nalina Singh
S - Sara Alderson - Hunting Lila
K - Kelly Armstrong - The Gathering

Hard

0/9 plus some bonus books to be added at a later date

UF & Colours
F - Full Moon Rising- Keri Arthur- Riley Jenson Guardian #1
A - Spell Bound- Kelley Armstrong- Women of the Otherworld #12
L - Lover Unbound- J.R.Ward- Black Dagger Brotherhood #5
L - Lover Enshrined- J.R.Ward- Black Dagger Brotherhood #6



PNR & Colours
W - Lover Avenged- J.R.Ward- Black Dagger Brotherhood #7
I - Iron Kissed- Patricia Briggs- Mercedes Thompson #3
T - Blood Bound- Patricia Briggs- Mercedes Thompson #2
C - Some Girls Bite- Chloe Neill- Chicagoland Vampires #1
H - Halfway to the Grave- Jeaniene Frost- Night Huntress #1



Bonus- October Read
Bonus- October Feature
Bonus- Colunbus Day
Bonus- Costume Party

So we can use an author's first or last name as a letter?

Jenne wrote: "So we can use an author's first or last name as a letter?"

Hi Jenne, i'm only going off what I have done in my other challenge (which was my first) but I know that was for the first letter of the title or the first letters from the forename or surname or first letter from the series

I hope that it right as all the books in this challenge i'm so excited to be reading. I'm sure you can do as you want though, its all for fun at the end of the day :-)

Looked that way to me too. I already updated my list. I was in a bind this month most everything I'm reading either started with a b or a u. I have several books with either the word bond, blood, bound and unbound in them!

Jenne wrote: "Looked that way to me too. I already updated my list. I was in a bind this month most everything I'm reading either started with a b or a u. I have several books with either the word bond, blood, b..."

In my other challenge I had to find new books that fit the criteria where as the books in this challenge mostly consist of what I found in my to-read list which i'm so happy about :-)

I will doing this challenge as HARD and I will posting as I go

I am doing this list on easy
5/5
W - Dead *Witch Walking by Kim Harrison 3.5/5
I - Treasure *Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
T - Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and *Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 4/5
C - The Strange *Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
H - *His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls

Jenne, Jenny is correct! Thanks for that Jenny☺

I am hyperlinking all of the new list to your orginal messages and getting you all added to the Particiapants Progress! Lizz Neill since you are going to post as you go I will just link to your first update when you post it!

List added up there ^

List added at orig message #27 ~ 1/5 read

♥Shellbelle♥ wrote: "Jenne, Jenny is correct! Thanks for that Jenny☺

I am hyperlinking all of the new list to your orginal messages and getting you all added to the Particiapants Progress! Lizz Neill since you are ..."

Thanks

Okay, I'm in for the easy level. List to follow:)

Cortney, I'm so sorry! Got you added☺ Emy, I linked to your list too! Carolyn, I'll get yours added as soon as you post your list☺

TCF OCTOBER Challenge!

Duration: 10.01.11 - 10.31.11
Levels: Easy

CANDY
C: *Conall Viga-Feilan in Go Fetch! by Shelly Laurenston 10/04 ❀❀❀❀❀
A: *Alex Cafield in Tempting by Susan Mallery 10/04 ❀❀❀❀
N: *Nikolai Vorislav in Here Kitty Kitty! by Shelly Laurenston 10/06 ❀❀❀❀❀
D: *Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison 10/13 ❀❀❀❀
Y: (Bonus: Columbus Day) The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis 10/14 ❀❀❀❀


SCARY
S: *Schuyler Van Alen in Lost in Time by Melissa de la Cruz 10/09 ❀❀❀❀
C: *Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery 10/04 ❀❀❀❀
A: *Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis 10/30 ❀❀❀❀
R: *Reid Buchanan in Sizzling by Susan Mallery 10/05 ❀❀❀❀❀
Y: (Bonus: Creature Feature) Unearthly by Cynthia Hand 10/20 ❀❀❀❀

Hahaha! Jeeze, I don't know what is wrong with me!lol I changed it...your not corney any more☺

I am in for Easy, but with the bonuses too! I might try to add in the colors to make it harder.

3/5 Read
S~Sugarplums and Scandal: All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth / Lords of Misrule / Ghost of Christmas Passed / Partners in Crime / Holly Go Lightly / Very Vampy Christmas
C~Claiming the Highlander
A~A Kiss in Time, Alex Flinn 10/2/11
R~
Y~You Slay Me, Katie MacAlister 10/11/11

Bonus Choices *Bonus Options can be used in place of a letter or on their own.

October Read: Read a book Published in October

Creature Feature: Read a book with a "creature" that goes bumb in the night...Vamps, Weres, Witches, ect!

Columbus Day: Read a book that deals with a sailing, traveling by boat, character is a captain, or character discovers something new (new type of flower, hidden passageway, a forgotten diary..ect)

Costume Party: First Grave on the Right, Darynda Jones 10/4/11 (Grim Reaper)

Hard Level Choices!
Colors Of October(halloween and fall)
•Red
•Orange
•Yellow
•Black
•Green
•Purple

Challenge Update ... 5/9 Completed!

UPDATE: 5/10

I have a bunch of other challenges going on right now so I'll go for an easy level.



Frost, Jeaniene One Grave at a Time
Adair, Cherry Undertow
Lauren Danes/Megan Hart No Reservations
Lorelei JamesTied Up, Tied Down

Changed mine to the hard level...3/10 completed now

Update:
5/12

M: Got Fangs? / Katie MAXWELL
A: The Darkest Kiss / Keri ARTHUR
S: The Smoke Thief
K: Webmage / KELLY McCullough

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B: Bloodshot
L: One Touch of Scandal / LIZ Carlyle
A: The Archivist's Story
C: Circus of the Darned / Katie Maxwell
K: Elegy / Christopher KELLEN

C: The Fuller Memorandum / CHARLES Stross
A: Ravenous / Sharon ASHWOOD
T: Through Violet Eyes

Completed 2/4



Frost, Jeaniene One Grave at a Time
Adair, Cherry Undertow10/10/11
Lauren Danes/Megan Hart No Reservations10/11/11
Lorelei JamesTied Up, Tied Down