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Cynthia's Seasonal Challenges
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FALL CHALLENGE 2009 Suggestions & Announcement
Read a book (picture books do not count) with less than 100 pages (according to the first edition listed on GR).Foliage is pretty, read a book with a foliage related word in the title - Leaves, trees, fall, New England, orange - etc.
Berkeley, California does not celebrate Columbus day. Instead, they celebrate Indigenous People's Day. Read a book written by a Native American or about Native Americans.
Twilight is all the rage, but a lot of people don't like it. Read a book that shares a word in common with the Twilight titles but has nothing to do with vampires. (i.e. a book with twilight, new, moon, eclipse, breaking, or dawn in the title)
Berkeley, California does not celebrate Columbus day. Instead, they celebrate Indigenous People's Day. Read a book written by a Native American or about Native Americans. That is really neat!!
> Season of the Harvest Moon: read a book with harvest, moon or season in the title> Halloween Fortune Telling: read a book with fortune in the title, that features fortune-telling or prediction(s) as the main theme or has a fortune teller as a character.
> Harvest time in the northern hemisphere: read a book with garden, farm, ranch or orchard in the title
1) Read a book in which the main character has a career that you wanted to be in grade school (i.e. fireman, policeman, ice cream man! any apply so long as it isn't the career you ultimately chose.)2) October – NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory will be launched to study the sun, delivering an unprecedented one terabyte of data to earth each day. || READ a nonfiction book about astronauts, space, the history of the space program or the space station.
3) October 2 – The host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be announced at the 121st Session. || READ a book featuring an Olympic athlete.
4) National Grandparents' Day takes place on the first Sunday after Labor Day in the United States and Canada. || READ a book which the author is a grandparent.
5) Children's Book Week (England) - First Week of October || READ a children's book written by a British author.
6) International World Teachers' Day - October 5 || READ an inspiration book featuring a teacher (i.e. Coach Carter)
7) October, World Blindness Awareness Month || READ a book with a blind main character or the author is blind.
8) Back to School || Now you know your ABCs. READ 27 books, one for every letter of the alphabet, based upon their titles. (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Braveheart, Cat & Mouse...etc)
9) Trick or Treat || READ a nonfiction book about the witch trials, ghouls and demons, ghost hunting, etc.
10) Apple Picking || READ a book with apple in the title.
11) Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) || READ a book by a deceased author.
12) Nov 1, 1922 – The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates. || READ a book featuring the Ottoman Empire or sultans.
13) Nov 13 (Friday the 13th) || READ a horror novel or a book featuring the number 13!
Read two novels of at least 300 pages each: one set mainly on Land and one set mainly at seain honor of space travel (moon landing): read a novel that includes interplanetary travel
to continue with the "year your father/you were born" task: read a novel published in the year your mother was born and a novel published in the year your oldest sibling was born. If you have no siblings, choose your oldest cousin's birthyear.
Read a book with the word "book" in the title
I am loving all these ideas--I'm glad I don't have to chose which ones to use. We would end up with the longest challenge in history.
So many great ideas so far! Here are my suggestions:Read a book without any of these words in the title: "a," "an," "and" (&,+,etc.) or "the."
September is One-on-one Month. Read a book with a one-word title.
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15. Read one novel written by an author who was born in a Spanish-speaking country or one novel that takes place in a Spanish-speaking country.
One of the world's largest book fairs, the Guadalajara International Book Fair will be held this year November 28 - December 6. The guest of honor this year is Los Angeles. Fifty authors who are natives of, residents of or write books set in the Los Angeles area will be represented. Read a book by a Los Angeles area native, resident or set in the Los Angeles area.
Fall means back to school for me, so a possible idea could be getting a professor or teachers idea of a good book to read. If you don't go to school, you could read a book about a teacher/student relationship. 
Fall is when the television season starts. Read a book that has been made into a tv show or a made for tv movie.
Read a book that is on the required reading list for a school in your area (local bookstores/libraries have the lists available)Read a book whose title is also the title of a song
Halloween candy - read a book with the name of a type of candy/chocolate in the title
Oktoberfest - Read a book with a type of alcohol or alcoholic drink in the title.
these ideas are awesome! i am already excited to do the next challenge. I have a whole bunch of books I intend to squeeze into it!
Read an autobiography by somebody primarily known as a fiction writer and then read a work of fiction by that author
Manday wrote: "Berkeley, California does not celebrate Columbus day. Instead, they celebrate Indigenous People's Day. Read a book written by a Native American or about Native Americans. That is really neat!!
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I was thinking something along these lines, but expanding it to be any indigenous people -- Australian Aborigines, Eskimos, etc.
Jen B wrote: "Read a book that is on the required reading list for a school in your area (local bookstores/libraries have the lists available)Read a book whose title is also the title of a song
Halloween ..."
I really like the book and song title one and the book from a high school reading list.
WOW these are really great challenges, I don't want to be the one to decide though LOL
I will be reading outside my genre I think
I love all the ideas having to do with Halloween. I hope Cynthia chooses more than one Halloween themed challenge!
Mabon is Sept 21st and Samhain is Oct 21st. Read a book about alternative religions.
Change of Season - read two books, each set in opposite seasons (either 1 book takes place in winter & 1 in summer or 1 takes place in autumn & 1 in spring)Repeat the Quizz task (read the first Quizz book that you've never read).
As per usual, both ideas I'd been "saving" to recommend for the fall challenge have already been mentioned, hehe. And also as per usual, there are so many more wonderful suggestions I never would've thought of myself--you all amaze me!
In honor of grandparent's day in September, read a book that reminds you of one of your grandparents in some way, such as where they grew up, what they did for a profession, what their hobbies were...and then explain why you chose the book in your post. If you don't have or didn't know your grandparents, you could choose someone you knew that was grandparent-like, or ask a friend about theirs.
The Fall challenge goes through what months?
I think we never did any memoir task before. So read a memoir (no journal, diary, or blog counted).
Sarah wrote: "The Fall challenge goes through what months?"September, October & November
There are some amazing suggestions here - too many that I would like to do. So... maybe one of the challenges should be to pick a suggestion that has not been used in the challenge and do it!
Manday wrote: "Oktoberfest - Read a book with a type of alcohol or alcoholic drink in the title. "Love this idea! ;)
Katie wrote: "Manday wrote: "Oktoberfest - Read a book with a type of alcohol or alcoholic drink in the title. "Love this idea! ;)"
And then drink that beverage while reading the book :-)
WV Heather wrote: "Katie wrote: "Manday wrote: "Oktoberfest - Read a book with a type of alcohol or alcoholic drink in the title. "Love this idea! ;)"
And then drink that beverage while reading the book :-)"
I'd have to hold off for that task until the second half of the challenge. Our baby is due 10/2.
I was going to say "if possible, partake in that beverage", but there are a lot of people who don't or can't drink... but I know I will be if that challenge makes it :-)
Yep, I'm in the "can't" category! (Too many pills.)
Now the Oktoberfests are more than beer drinking. ^.^Oktoberfest (The original "Oktoberfest" occurred in Munich, on October 18, 1810: For the commemoration of their marriage, Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (namesake of the Theresienwiese festival grounds) organized a great horse race. -- READ a book featuring carnivals (they have rides!), German cooking (brauts, schnitzel), German festivals, or the King Ludwig I.
Manday wrote: "I was going to say "if possible, partake in that beverage", but there are a lot of people who don't or can't drink... but I know I will be if that challenge makes it :-) "That would be a really fun reading session. :)
Congratulations Katie! I had an October(16th) baby myself, once upon a time!!!
Petra wrote: "Repeat the Quizz task (read the first Quizz book that you've never read). "
Personally, I'd prefer this to be expanded somehow to offer more than one choice. I understand the desire to get us to read something we never would have without this challenge, but I also have no desire to force myself to read a book I don't enjoy. (I will not be completing this task for the Summer Challenge & if used in the fall am likely to skip it again, unless I get lucky enough to get a book already on my to-read list).
how about a book off one of those lists liek 100 books you should read before you die?
Read a book that is or was a first-reads giveaway! There are a lot of books to pick from, and it's a nice way to show some support to goodreads firstreads, and maybe even a goodreads author. :)
I'm in the "can't drink" category too because I'm also expecting a baby, due on 11/06. I love the idea though and could probably make it happen after she's born. Cheers! ;)~
Happy Wonderful Baby to you, too, Beth!!! How exciting!!! I love Scorpios (Oct. 24th-Nov.22nd) They can be wonderful, colorful, artistic, extremely gifted people.(Think Picasso, Madame Curie, Jonas Salk, Walter Cronkite, Grace Kelly, Billy Graham, and lots of Goodreads Readers!!!)
Scorpios are fantastic folks! I don't know much about star signs so I'm not sure how closely I buy into them but supposedly Capricorns (like me) and Scorpios often have very compatible personalities. I've always gotten along very easily with Scorpios. :) My mom is a Scorpio, my closest grandma was a Scorpio and my best friend from college is also one....not to mention a few other good friends! So who knows?!?
BJ Rose- how about a President born or died in Sept, Oct, or Nov? I loved that task.
Harvey Milk was murdered in November, how about honoring him by reading a book with a positive gay or lesbian character.
wow! there are so many great ideas! i cant wait to see which get picked!
Rememberance and Armistice Day: Read a book set in WW2 September is Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month..read a book about a person struggling with an addiction
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month: Go to the library and check two books out and read them
Banned Books Week - Celebrate Your Freedom to Read September 24–October 1, 2005 (Banned Books Week 2005 is September 23 - September 30)
read a book on the banned book list
Legend Johnny Cash died on September 12th: Read a book about your favorite artist/musician/band/composer
Agatha Christie was born on September 15th: Read a mystery book
Spooky words: Vampire, witch, ghost, etc.
The cosby show premiered in 1984 (September 20)--in honor of Bill Cosby--read a book that is comedic or read a book about a comedian
The Tv show "Friends premiered on September 22, 1994-- In honor of this hit tv show-- read a book with Monica, Chandler, Joey, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe in the title/ or is a main character/or is part of the authors name
"Mod Squad" TV Series first aired September 24, 1968 - in honor of our wonderful moderator..read a 5 star book off Lori's shelf.
West Side Story" premiers on Broadway, 1955 on September 26th-- read a play or a book that a play was based on
Columbus Day: Read a book that either has the last name of a famous explorer in the title or is part of the authors name 
*Read a book written by someone who shares your birth month or astrological sign*Read a book (fictional or non) about or by your favorite celebrity (actress, musician, or similar)
*Re-read a book you either loved or hated (had strong feelings about) in highschool, and see how time has changed your perspective
*Back to School: read a Barnes and Noble Classics novel (does not have to be the B&N edition, just a title in their list)
I steal this from another challenge somewhere on the web:Go to the Random Word Generator
http://watchout4snakes.com/Creativity...
You'll get a random word, then read the book that has that word in the title. (derivative might be allowed)
in additon to scorpio in the months of sept, oct, nov we have
Virgo Virgin August 23
- September 22
Libra Balance September 23 - October 22
Scorpio Scorpion October 23 - November 21
Sagittarius Archer nov 22- dec 21
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