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Oct 09, 2014 02:10PM
Lol when you're in Texas it's all just north if you're not in Texas. My dad who lives in Houston used to tease me that I was a Yankee when I lived in Dallas.
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Jenne wrote: "Lol when you're in Texas it's all just north if you're not in Texas. My dad who lives in Houston used to tease me that I was a Yankee when I lived in Dallas."LOL - When I worked in MD for awhile that's what they called those of us from CT that were helping to transition the company from CT to MD. Felt like they thought we were still fighting the Civil War!
Ha! My husband is from Louisiana and he spent about a year in MD and he couldn't stand that people there consider themselves southern. "That is not south!", he gripes, hahaha. On another note, apparently, their "cajun" food is an abomination and doesn't actually exist south of MD. He is too funny about that stuff.
That's like Mexican food, I've never eaten it outside of Texas and it taste the same lol. What part of Louisiana is your hubby from? Cajun food is the best! We don't get to eat it often but we love it. Fried gator is the bomb lol.
He's from Slidell, in the New Orleans area.I like fried gator, too! Or at least, I used to. I haven't had it in years...not sure if I'd still like it.
finished my challenge...happy reading!Levels: Witch: 4+ tasks per category
Category 1 Fall Colors:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Black
Category 2 Columbus Day:
Explore a genre that you don't read a lot of
Discover a new author
Read a book set in a different country than you live in
Read a book that's 3rd in a series or an author's 3rd published work
Read a book from the historical genre
Category 3 Halloween:
Read a book from the horror or paranormal genre
Read a book that has someone on the cover you could dress up as
Read a book that has a spooky cover
Read a book released in October (of any year)
Read any book where a character is pretending to be someone or something else
Category 4 Cool Weather:
Read a book that is set in fall
Read a book from the romance genre
Read a book whose title has the letters of cool in it (doesn't have to be consecutive)
Read a book where the characters are dressed for cool/cold weather on the cover
Read a book that is so good it "blows you away"
Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Read a book set in the US Northeast
Read a book that involves family
Read a book where food is involved
Read a book that you are thankful for
Read a contemporary book
Category 6 Spell Out:
Spell out with author, series, or title
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Would you consider this a brown cover, Jenne?
Ooh, Paris, I love that series! Hope you enjoy it.
2014 Spooktacular Autumn Challenge
September 22, 2014 - December 20, 2014
Category 1 Fall Colors:
Category 2 Columbus Day:
Category 3 Halloween:
Category 4 Cool Weather:
Read a book that is set in fall -
Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Category 6 Spell Out:
C - China Dolls by Lisa See
All Done!TCF'S Fall Seasonal Challenge
Timeframe: 9/23/14 to 12/20/14
Ghost: 2 Tasks per category
17/17
Category 1 Fall Colors:
Orange:
by James Rollins 10/04/14****Brown:
by Lindsay Buroker 9/26/14****Category 2 Columbus Day:
Explore a genre that you don't read a lot of: Christian
by Alana Terry 10/12/14***Read a book from the historical genre:
by Jeanette Ingold 10.13.14***Category 3 Halloween:
Read a book from the horror or paranormal genre:
by Wendy Webb 9/25/14****Read a book released in October (of any year):
by Kelly Moore 10/24/14*Category 4 Cool Weather:
Read a book from the romance genre:
by Nora Roberts 11/2/14***Read a book that is so good it "blows you away":
by Xinran 10/25/14*****Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Read a book that involves family:
by Dean Mayes 9/23/14****Read a book that you are thankful for:
by Barbara Mutch 10/19/14*****Category 6 Spell Out:
C: The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau 10/07/14****
O: Obsidian Eyes by A.W. Exley 11/13/14***
R: Midsummer Night by Deanna Raybourn
N: Dark Lava by Toby Neal 9/28/14****
P:Pillow Stalk by Diane Vallere 9/24/14****
I: Inside My Feet: The Story of a Giant by Richard Kennedy 10/11/14****
E:The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko 9/25/14****
Finished today with almost a month to spare. See post 28 above.Can't wait to see this year's winter challenge!
Good job! I'll have the winter challenge up pretty soon :)
Jenne wrote: "Good job! I'll have the winter challenge up pretty soon :)":)
One down more to go!
UPDATE Message # 27 - Challenge completed - 02Dec14TCF Spooktacular Fall Challenge
Begins: 23Sept14 / Ends: 20Dec14
LEVEL - Ghost - 1-2 tasks per category
29 books read
6/6 categories completed
12/12 tasks completed
✔ CATEGORY 1 FALL COLORS:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
Orange -
✔ – 21Oct14 Black -
✔ – 12Oct14 ✔ CATEGORY 2 - COLUMBUS DAY
Discover a new author - RUDOLFO ANAYA wrote Bless Me, Ultima ✔ - 25Sept14
Read a book set in a different country than you live in - I live in USA / Book set in England - Thank You, Jeeves ✔ – 24Sept14
✔ CATEGORY 3 HALLOWEEN:
Read a book from the horror or paranormal genre - The Haunting of Hill House ✔ – 31 Oct14
Read a book that has a spooky cover -
✔ – 07 Oct 14 ✔ CATEGORY 4 COOL WEATHER:
Read a book that is set in fall - Rest in Pieces ✔ - 30Sept14
Read a book that is so good it "blows you away" - Paula ✔ – 27 Oct 14
✔ CATEGORY 5 THANKSGIVING:
Read a book that involves family - The Railway Children ✔ – 27Sept14
Read a contemporary book - 1st to Die ✔ – 24 Oct14
✔ CATEGORY 6 SPELL OUT:
Spell out with author, series, or title
✔ LEAVES
L - Lord of the Flies ✔ - 30Sept14
E - Emperor of All Maladies ✔ – 10Nov14
A - Away ✔ – 15 Oct14
V - VERNE, Jules wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ✔ – 05 Oct14
E - Ella Minnow Pea ✔ – 02 Dec 14
S - SIMON Winchester wrote Krakatoa ✔ – 07 Oct 14
✔ CORN
C - C J Box wrote Winterkill ✔ – 11Oct14
O - Orchardist ✔ – 27 Oct14
R - Rosie Project ✔ – 09 Nov 14
N - Notes on a Scandal ✔ – 15 Oct 14
Finished!TCF'S Fall Seasonal Challenge
♢Duration: 9/23/14 - 12/20/14♢
Level: Vampire: 3 tasks per category
Category 1 Fall Colors:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
Red -
by Raymond Khoury - 10/13/14Orange
Brown
Yellow -
by Rita Mae Brown - 9/29/14Black -
by Lawrence Sanders - 11/19/14Category 2 Columbus Day:
Explore a genre that you don't read a lot of
Discover a new author
Million Dollar Baby by Amy Patricia Meade - 10/28/14
Read a book set in a different country than you live in
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn - 10/6/14
Set in England; I live in USA
Read a book that's 3rd in a series or an author's 3rd published work
Quest for the Secret Keeper by Victoria Laurie - 9/30/14
Oracle of Delphi Keep #3
Read a book from the historical genre
Category 3 Halloween:
Read a book from the horror or paranormal genre
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 9/25/14
Read a book that has someone on the cover you could dress up as
Read a book that has a spooky cover
Read a book released in October (of any year)
Unmanned by Lois Greiman - 11/9/14
Published Oct. 30, 2007
Read any book where a character is pretending to be someone or something else
The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan - 9/27/14
Category 4 Cool Weather:
Read a book that is set in fall
Read a book from the romance genre
The Shadowy Horses by Susanna Kearsley - 10/10/14
Read a book whose title has the letters of cool in it (doesn't have to be consecutive)
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - 10/28/14
Read a book where the characters are dressed for cool/cold weather on the cover
Read a book that is so good it "blows you away"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 10/7/14
Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Read a book set in the US Northeast
Dead Wrong by Leighann Dobbs - 11/26/14
Set in Maine
Read a book that involves family
Begonia Means Beware by Lyndsey Cole - 10/21/14
Read a book where food is involved
Funeral Food by Kathleen Taylor - 11/29/14
Read a book that you are thankful for
Read a contemporary book
Category 6 Spell Out:
Spell out with author, series, or title
Leaves
Corn
Harvest
Pie
Candy
L Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington - 10/3/14
E The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths - 11/18/14
A Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery - 11/4/14
V A Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside = 10/18/14
E The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - 12/4/14
S Stranded by Lorena McCourtney - 9/28/14
P The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson - 11/15/14
I In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce - 10/1/14
E Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler - 11/17/14
C Ham Bones by Carolyn Haines - 11/1/14
A The Alchemyst by Michael Scott - 10/25/14
N The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen - 11/19/14
D Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie - 9/29/14
Y The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart - 10/21/14
Good job everyone! I have one more to go a Y.....Be sure to check out the winter challenge :)
Jenne wrote: "Good job everyone! I have one more to go a Y.....Be sure to check out the winter challenge :)"
I love the seasonal challenges you put together. Raring to go on that one!
I finished up in the nick of time!TCF'S Spooktacular Autumn Challenge
Timeframe: 9/23/14 to 12/20/14
27/27
✔Category 1 Fall Colors:
Read a a book whose covers are at least 50%:
Red - Four to Score by Janet Evanovich - 10/6/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Orange
Brown
Yellow - Faking It by Jennifer Crusie - 10/2/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Black - 12th of Never by James Patterson - 10/11/14 ♥♥♥♥
✔Category 2 Columbus Day:
Explore a genre that you don't read a lot of
New author - Unsaid by Neil Abramson - 9/28/14 ♥♥♥
Set in a different country - The Wicked Wager by Anya Wylde - 9/30/14 ♥♥♥
Read a book that's 3rd in a series or an author's 3rd published work
Historical genre - Christmas Brides by Suzanne Enoch - 10/8/14 ♥♥♥♥
✔Category 3 Halloween:
Read a book from the horror or paranormal genre
Someone on cover you could dress up as - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson - 10/15/14 ♥♥♥
Read a book that has a spooky cover
Released in October (2014) - A Little Christmas Jingle by Michele Dunaway - 10/10/14 ♥♥♥
Character is pretending to be someone else - Wild Nights by Tina Wainscott - 11/16/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
✔Category 4 Cool Weather:
Set in fall - Tangled by Emma Chase - 11/17/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Romance - Straddling the Line by Jaci Burton - 9/29/14 ♥♥♥♥
Title has letters of cool - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - 10/21/14 ♥♥♥
Read a book where the characters are dressed for cool/cold weather on the cover
Read a book that is so good it "blows you away"
✔Category 5 Thanksgiving:
Set in US Northeast - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand - 11/11/14 ♥♥♥♥ (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
Family - People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges by Jen Mann - 10/24/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Read a book where food is involved
Read a book that you are thankful for
Contemporary - Flaming Hot by Lynn LaFleur - 10/22/14 ♥♥♥
✔Category 6 Spell Out:
C - The Homecoming by Robyn Carr - 10/14/14 ♥♥♥
O - On the Naughty List by Lori Foster - 10/20/14 ♥♥♥♥
R - Once Perfect by Cecy Robson - 10/30/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Light by Nora Roberts - 10/31/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Prima Donna by Laura Drewry - 10/16/14 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark - 10/9/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - High Five by Janet Evanovich - 10/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips - 10/25/14 ♥♥♥♥
A - Treasure on Lilac Lane by Donna Alward - 11/4/14 ♥♥♥♥
N - Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - 11/27/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
D - Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl - 11/12/14 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Murder by Yew by Suzanne Young - 12/16/14 ♥♥♥
******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/19/14*********
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