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UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish, Your Humble Servant
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Lady Danielle-----------------8/6 Done!
Laura-------------------------7/7 - - Done!
Lauren---------------------------3/3 -----done!
Lethal---------------------------------8
Miss Kate---------------------------7/8
Dhes's BYOC
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Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny
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Sign me up. I'll be doing my October Scare Fest.October Scare Fest 2012
Goal: Read six scary or horrorish, dark fantasy reads in the month of October.
Duration: October 1- October 31
Completed: X/6
Lisa Kay wrote: "**hee hee**"Is that you signing up, too? :)
Nope. Well...maybe. We'll see. I'll let you know. It is a very good way for me to get organized.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Nope. Well...maybe. We'll see. I'll let you know. It is a very good way for me to get organized."Well, you signed up for the Halloween challenge and that's going to be tougher I think. Maybe doing both with so much other stuff going on will be too much.
Could be. Only, I'm supposed to be done! Though, I'm not. **sigh**
Glad to have you with us, Lethal!!
As it is Halloween/Samhain in October, I will read books tagged as Witches by Goodreads.1. Water Bound by Christine Feehan
2. Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
3. Possess Me at Midnight by Shayla Black
Count me in!October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.
0 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^
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6.
7.
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
So far, only "L"s participating.
UniquelyMoi *~*Dhestiny*~* wrote: "So far, only "L"s participating."LMBO! I wonder what that mean, Dhes!?!
Hehehe! My real name is Ammarylis-but that's beside the point! Long live the L's!Laura, would you mind letting me know how
goes? I enjoyed Stiefvater's "Wolves of Mercy Falls" trilogy but TSR sounded too much like a poor substitute for the Hunger Games so I didn't even add it to my TBR. I'm more than likely going to read
for this challenge.
My challenge is to read (and review) 10 of my TBR PNR books focused on angels, demons, werewolves, vampires etc. for October:0/10 completed
1.Angel Fire
2.Silence
3.Wicked Nights
4.Angel of Darkness
5.Mortal Kiss
6.A Beautiful Dark
7.Warrior
8.Once Dead, Twice Shy
9.Lucca: Warriors for the Light
10.Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)
LethalLovely~Kiss Me Hard Before You Go wrote: "Hehehe! My real name is Ammarylis-but that's beside the point! Long live the L's!Laura, would you mind letting me know how
goes? I enjoyed Stiefvater's "Wol..."I won't be able to tell you how it compares to THG because I haven't read it, but I will let you know what I think.
I want to do my own Halloween type challenge including as many costumes and scary movie monsters as possible. I want to read or listen to at least 8 books. In those books, I want to see just how many different types of creatures I can manage to include, but I must cover the following:Vampires
Were-creatures or shape-shifters
Ghosts/Shades/Echoes of the Deceased
Faeries
Witches/Warlocks/Magical (preferably mortal) beings
LethalLovely~Kiss Me Hard Before You Go wrote: "Hehehe! My real name is Ammarylis-but that's beside the point! Long live the L's!Laura, would you mind letting me know how
goes? I enjoyed Stiefvater's "Wol..."What?!
CJ - i never promised you a rose garden wrote: "LethalLovely~Kiss Me Hard Before You Go wrote: "Hehehe! My real name is Ammarylis-but that's beside the point! Long live the L's!Laura, would you mind letting me know how [bookcover:The Scorpio R..."
The books don't interest me. Carnivorous water horses in Ireland, though, oh yeah!
CJ - i never promised you a rose garden wrote: "LethalLovely~Kiss Me Hard Before You Go wrote: "Hehehe! My real name is Ammarylis-but that's beside the point! Long live the L's!Laura, would you mind letting me know how [bookcover:The Scorpio R..."
What, what in the butt? You didn't know my real name was Ammarylis or you didn't know that I ♥ Stiefvater?
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.1 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^
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4.
5.
6.
7.
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
(4 out of 8)Halloween Creature Features and Costums.
Vampires - Check!
Were-creatures or shape-shifters
Ghosts/Shades/Echoes of the Deceased - Check!
Faeries Check!
Witches/Warlocks/Magical (preferably mortal) beings - Check!
Book 1:
Grim Reaper and Ghosts
Book 2:
Vampires and Mages (magical, mortal beings)
Book 3:
Giants and mere-people
Book 4:
Faeries
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.2 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers *
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson *
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller *
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
UM, I've decided to back out of this challenge. I'm just so busy this month (and semester). It's causing me to read at a snail's pace and when I do have time to read, it seems like I'm picking up books that don't fit the criteria I decided for this challenge. As much of a challenge addict as I am, I think it's best if I refrained from participating in Monthlies for the rest of 2012. =(Have fun, ladies.
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.3 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers * completed 10/17
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson *
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller *
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
Halloween Creature Feature - 7/8 Must include: Vampires, Were-creatures or shape-shifters, Ghosts/Shades/Echoes of the Deceased, Faeries, and Witches/Warlocks/Magical (preferably mortal) beings.
Books:
First Grave on the Right, The Mark of Athena, Red-Headed Stepchild,Blood Bound, You're So Vein, Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale, and The Vampire's Bride.
Creatures covered:
Vampires, werewolves, coyote shapeshifter (skinwalker), dragon shapeshifters, were-jaguar, demons, ghosts, the Grim Reaper, Sorcerers, Magi, Faeries, Giants, cyclopes, mere-people, Nymphs, and humans. ;)
Bonus Non-Creature Costumes:
Cop (detective, but I'm counting it)-Sweet Surrender
Ooooh, Sweet Surrender! Yummmmy!
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.4 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers * completed 10/17
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier completed 10/19
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson *
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller *
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
Halloween Creature Feature - 9/8Since I've already covered all my creatures, I'm just going to go ahead and list the books:
First Grave on the Right, The Mark of Athena, Red-Headed Stepchild, Blood Bound, You're So Vein, The Undead In My Bed, Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale, The Vampire's Bride, and On the Prowl.
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.5 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers * completed 10/17
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier completed 10/19
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson * completed 10/23
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller *
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.6 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers * completed 10/17
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier completed 10/19
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson * completed 10/23
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller * completed 10/25
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
October Build Your Own ChallengeBooks tagged as Witches
Complete: 2/3
✔1. Possess Me at Midnight by Shayla Black - (Oct 15) 4★'s
✔2. In the Heat of the Bite by Lydia Dare - (Oct 24) 3.5★'s
3. Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "Ooooh, Sweet Surrender! Yummmmy!"It WAS! I'm pretty much addicted at this point. I've read the first three now and the fourth one should reach my house tomorrow or Monday. @_@
It's a horrible thing, being addicted to book. NOT!
October Build Your Own ChallengeBooks tagged as Witches
Complete: 3/3
✔1. Possess Me at Midnight by Shayla Black - (Oct 15) 4★'s
✔2. In the Heat of the Bite by Lydia Dare - (Oct 24) 3.5★'s
✔3. Deadlock by Moira Rogers - (Oct 27) 3.5★'s
Way to go, Lauren!
UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: "It's a horrible thing, being addicted to book. NOT!"*Giggles*, I love it. Except for those times when I'm supposed to be doing other stuff and no one will let me skip work and family stuff to read. They just don't seem to understand how important it is!
Miss Kate wrote: "They just don't seem to understand how important it is! "Clearly they need to get their priorities straight!
UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish wrote: Clearly they need to get their priorities straight!"
I knoooooowwwww. *Sighs*, I've tried to teach them, but they just won't listen.
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Danielle The Book Huntress , Certifiable St. Vinnie's Ninny
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Danielle's WLLK October BYOC5th Annual October Scare Fest
Goal: Read six books with scary over/undertones or which bring to mind Halloween themes.
Update: 11/1
Completed: 8/6
1. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 10/12
2. 12.21 by Dustin Thomason 10/14
3. Long After Dark by Greg Gifune 10/16
4. Dark Ladies: Conjure Wife/Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber 10/19
5. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride 10/21
6. Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon 10/24
7. The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson 10/26
8. Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts 10/27
Finished!October Build Your Own Challenge- read 7 books from my TBR pile including my monthly book club selection.
7 / 7 completed
1. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater completed 10/7
2. Anna Karenina (Parts V-VIII) by Leo Tolstoy ^ completed 10/15
3. Avon Books Presents: Love Beyond Time with Evelyn Rogers * completed 10/17
4. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier completed 10/19
5. The Haunting of Hill House in The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson * completed 10/23
6. In Our Dreams with Linda Lael Miller * completed 10/25
7. The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne completed 11/1
^ Book club selection
* Anthology book
Awesome, Laura!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Anna Karenina (other topics)Love Beyond Time (other topics)
The Lottery and Other Stories; The Haunting of Hill House; We Have Always Lived in the Castle (other topics)
The House of the Seven Gables (other topics)
The Scorpio Races (other topics)
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DURATION: October 1st through October 31st.
RULES: If it reminds you of October, it counts for this challenge.
EXAMPLE: October reminds me of Halloween so I'll read books that are scarey!
OTHER IDEAS: If you have trouble coming up with something on your own, check these out!
OCTOBER IS:
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
American Pharmacist Month
Apple Jack Month
Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eat Country Ham Month
International Drum Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Diabetes Month
National Pizza Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
Sarcastic Month
Seafood Month
THE BOTTOM LINE: If it works for you, it works for this challenge!
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