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Nari - you already have a progress post set up, it’s message 10 and there’s also a link to it in the first message of this thread. :-)
Nari--Atlantisgirl wrote: "Sorry link doesn't work"That’s so strange, I just checked and it worked for me. Here’s the URL: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If that doesn’t work either then you could just scroll down to message 10?
Yes Nari, you edit your original post with your updates.
Tally: 12/12=I Finished!September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018-Dread Nation by Justina Ireland-Finished
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden-Finished
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō-Finished
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life by Ruth Goodman-Finished
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden) The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren=trees Finished
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more. The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain-Finished
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁Read a book first published in October (of any year) The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss-Finished
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween-The Shining by Stephen King-Finished
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored) Educated by Tara Westover-Finished
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels. Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger-Finished
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark Finished
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete) The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley-Finished. The main character and her brother travel from London to Kent to escape the Blitz in WWII.
My first mini-challenge on the group! September: 4/4
October: 0/4
November: 0/4
September
1. To Autumn
√🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Published in 1955)
2. Fall into Autumn
√🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count)
The Perfect Nanny / Lullaby by Leïla Slimani
3. Rugby World Cup
√🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Set in Japan)
4. Abbey Road
√🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Autumn / Fall Reading Challenge - Prompts & TasksSeptember 1-November 30, 2019
Progress:
September 4/4
October 4/4
November 3/4
11/12 Overall as of October 26
September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
The Song of Achilles
"songs" on line 23
✔️🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
Nate the Great and the Stolen Base-1992
The Handmaid's Tale-1985
Asymmetry-2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
✔️🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count)
The Things She's Seen//Catching Teller Crow
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English.
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries that have qualified for the tournament: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Namibia, New Zealand, Russia, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Tonga, Uruguay, USA, Wales
The Whale Rider-New Zealand
The Handmaid's Tale-USA
A High-End Finish-USA
✔️🍁 Read a book by an author with a three-word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
My Best Friend's Exorcism
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
My Best Friend's Exorcism-Grady Hendrix
✔️🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
Flowers for Algernon
September 2--5/5 stars
Charly must keep his participation in the research study a secret from others: his coworkers at the bakery, etc.
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
My Best Friend's Exorcism
owls, water, clouds, sky
✔️🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
What Blooms from Dust
Nowhere, Oklahoma
The Handmaid's Tale-Gilead
A High-End Finish-Lighthouse Cove
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
✔️🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text: Pretentious, Ubiquitous, Love, Cynical, Apathetic, Conundrum, Albeit, Ambiguous, Integrity, Affect/Effect. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as complete.
Record of a Spaceborn Few
page 112-effect, page 189-effect, page 289-conundrum
I'll have to locate the sentences.
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
The Nightingale
Unmarriageable
The Accomplice
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Clockmaker's Daughter
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
✔️🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
Washington Black
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession-excluding the subtitle
✔️🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
*The Historian
*Night Film
Fledgling
Frankenstein
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
The Little Stranger
Practical Magic
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
✔️🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
Virtually Normal
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
Middlemarch
🍁 Read a book of poetry
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
Asymmetry-277 pages
✔️🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels
A High-End Finish
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn, pseudonym for Peter Abrahams
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
✔️🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later
God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Fangirl
Murder Most Unladylike
Anna and the French Kiss
Elvis & Olive
The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they traveled to when registering this task as complete)
Asymmetry-US to Kurdistan
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
12/12September
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
Circe
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
Under a Raging Moon
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
On the Banks of Plum Creek
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
Dracula - "She did not love him and so she had told him no."
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
Dracula - 400 pages
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Down and Out in Paris and London
September🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018 —The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather MorrisThis book was published in 2018. I finished this book on 9/17/2018
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F—The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall SmithThe author's first name begins with the letter A. I finished this book on 9/19/2019.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament—A Better Man by Louise PennyThis book takes place in Quebec Canada and Canada has qualified for the to Rugby World Cup Tournament. I finished this book on 9/16/2019
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot, I read Labyrinth by Catherine CoulterLike its title this book is about a puzzle of lies. The hiding place for each solution is inside each puzzle. I finished this book on 9/23/2019
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE—The Second Biggest Nothing by Colin Cotterill This book is set in Laos. (finished 9/6/2019)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more. The Downstairs Girl by Stacey LeeDownstairs has 10 letters.(finished this book on 9/28/2019
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year) Bloody Genius by John Sandford. This book was published Octobdr 1, 2019 I finished this book on (10/12/2019)
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman This book is Number 30 on Buzzfeed's 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit. I finished this book on 10/31/2019
November
I had to make some adjustments to my November readings for the challenge. One of the books is on reserve at the library but I am just not getting it to read. So shuffled books around.
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored) —The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. This book begins with an R and there is an R in November.I finished this book on(11/30/2019)
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)Vendetta In Death by JD RobbVendetta in DeathI finished this book on(10/1/2019) J.D. Robb is the Pseudonym for Nora Roberts.
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later. Virgil WanderVirgil Wander by Leif EngerI finished this book on (11/18/2019) . This book was published October 2, 2018 which is later then 1999.
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)Swede HollowSwede Hollow: A Novel by Ola Larsmo, translated to English by Tiina Nunnally. The main characters Gustaf and Anna Klar and their children, Ellen, Elisabet, and Carl travel from their home in Sweden in 1897 to the United States. They travel to Ellis Island, settle in New York City and finally travel to St. Paul, MN where they settle in Swede Hollow, a neighborhood in St. Paul where other Swedish Immigrants live. The story follows their journey through life where they lived in Swede Hollow and Gustaf works for the railroad. One child dies, one grows up and moves out of the Hollow and one moves to Duluth, then back to the Hollow, and then to Two Harbors. The journey continues to 2007 when one of their descendants goes to the burned out Hollow, now Phalen Park and says thank your for their journey and life. This is a well researched historical fiction story covering a journey of 110 years and 4,160 miles. I finished this book on (11/21/2019).
Read: 0/36 September
1. To Autumn
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation
Planning:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
An American Marriage (2018)
The Day of the Triffids
2. Fall Into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English.
Planning:
With the Fire on High
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry also: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers (color/colour)
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson
Planning:
Fangirl
Howl's Moving Castle
The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot
Planning:
Infected
We Were the Lucky Ones
Angels & Demons (secret society Illuminati)
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
Planning:
Mockingjay
The Oath (Hyde River)
Matilda
2. Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text.
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
Planning:
Unnatural Creatures (462 pg)
Catching Fire (President Snow: "Peeta. How is the love of your life?" he asks.)
The Choice (Escaping the Past and Embrace the Possible)
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
Planning:
Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass (Oct. 23, 2018)
Fahrenheit 451
The Handmaid's Tale
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
The Orphan's Tale
The Bone Witch
The Graveyard Book
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
Planning:
Wynonna Earp Volume 1: Homecoming
Manga Classics: Great Expectations
Under Milk Wood
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym
Planning:
Daughter of the Pirate King (311 pg)
DEV1AT3
Eighth Grade Bites (Zac Brewer - Heather Brewer)
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
Planning:
Cress
Interpreter of Maladies
The Night Circus
4. The Longest Journey
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Planning:
The Road
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
The Hobbit or There and Back Again
September 1. To Autumn
The Serpent's Secret
2. Fall into Autumn
Obsidio
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁
The Magic Misfits
4. Abbey Road
Akata Witch Secret magical society living alongside the real world.
October
1. Poem in October
Awful Auntie
2. Dictionary Day
Bob
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
The Littlest Bigfoot
4. Halloween
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
Meddling Kids
2. George Eliot
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
3. NaNoWriMo
Gregor and the Code of Claw
4. The Longest Journey
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane They have to travel through the large waterway to get to the labyrinth to defeat the Bane.
I would love to join in...my first mini challenge of the group :)Autumn / Fall Reading Challenge
1 September - 30 November 2019
Progress:
🍂September: 0/4
🍂 October: 0/4
🍂 November: 0/4
September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
A Princess in Theory
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English.
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
A Fatal Grace
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
Daisy Jones & The Six
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
An Exaltation of Larks
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
Empire of Storms OR
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
A Morbid Taste for Bones
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
The Wallflower Wager
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
Ninth House
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
Possibly Confederates
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
Possibly: The Overstory
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
The First Girl Child
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
Dracula OR The Graveyard Book
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
The Best Thing
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
Little Women OR Gone with the Wind
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
The Widow of Rose House
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
Aurora Rising
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Progress:🍂September: 0/4
🍂 October: 0/4
🍂 November: 0/4
September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Autumn/Fall ChallengeSeptember - 0/4
October - 0/4
November - 0/4
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Reading plan(Planned choices might change on a whim. All choices are woman-authored SFF/Horror, fitting with my main ATY theme.)
Progress: 0/12
September
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
- The unkindest tide by Seanan McGuire (published 2019)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
- Jade war by Fonda Lee
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
- The city in the middle of the night by Charlie Jane Anders
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
- Shrouded loyalties by Reese Hogan
(the blurb mentions a secret, will add a spoiler tag for it after reading)
October
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
- A hawk in the woods by Carrie Laben (cover has woods/trees)
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
- Gifts for the one who comes after by Helen Marshall (360 pages)
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
- The twisted ones by T. Kingfisher (Published Oct 1, 2019)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
- Gideon the ninth by Tamsyn Muir
November
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
- The yellow wallpaper and other stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(This is only barely 90 pages, and possibly contains some stories published after 1900. I'm deciding it's good enough for the prompt, anyway.)
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
- The Devourers by Indra Das (300 pages)
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
- Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
- Before Mars by Emma Newman
Progress: September
1.
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
the heart's invisible furies
2.
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
Love & Other Carnivorous Plants
3.
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
Rabbit Cake
US (Freedom, Alabama specifically)
4.
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
Human Acts
Secret: what really happened during the Gwangju Uprising
October
1.
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
Snotgirl, Vol. 1: Green Hair Don't Care
Los Angeles, California
2.
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
3.
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
The Library Book
Published October 16th 2018
4.
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
November
1.
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
2.
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins - 9 Novels
3.
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later
Me Talk Pretty One Day
4.
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they traveled to when registering this task as complete)
Circe
Circle has many journeys including from her home to Aiaia and from Aiaia to the depths of the ocean to see Nereus .
These are my initial thoughts, after going through the prompts and the books I have on deck. Yes, there are a lot of duplicates - hard to know where a book will shake out until I see which books fit other prompts.September
1. To Autumn
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
(their, light, small)
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
(Death Comes as the End, The Tyrant's Tomb, Loki, Turning Darkness Into Light, Uh-oh, Kopp Sisters on the March, The Spotted Dog)
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
(Run: Book One by John Robert Lewis)
2. Fall into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
(Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie, The Martian by Andy Weir, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, Kopp Sisters on the March by Amy Stewart, Uh-Oh by Robert Fulghum)
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
(Sparkling Cyanide / Remembered Death by Agatha Christie)
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
(Virtually everything except the Martian)
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
(Run: Book One by John Robert Lewis)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
(One of the mysteries I have on deck??)
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
(birds from Loki by Mackenzi Lee?)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
(London?
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
(The Martian, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, Loki, The Aviator's Wife, Turning Darkness Into Light, Kopp Sisters on the March, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
(pretentious, ubiquitous, love, cynical, apathetic, conundrum, albeit, ambiguous, integrity, affect/effect)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
(Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door by Robert Fulghum)
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
(Death Comes as the End, The Silent Sister)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
(The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan)
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
(The Satanic Verses, Schindler's Ark, The Handmaid's Tale, The Remains of the Day, Life of Pi, ?)
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
(The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
(The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton)
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
(The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Treeby Ray Bradbury, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, World War Z by Max Brooks, Howliday Inn by James Howe, The Witches by Roald Dahl, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern)
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
(The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Grave Matter by Juno Dawson, World War Z by Max Brooks, The Witches by Roald Dahl, The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde,
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
(The Martian, No Name)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
(No Name again)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
(Jurassic Park, The Tyrant's Tomb, Uh-oh, The Spotted Dog)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
(Jacqueline Winspear, Michael Crichton, Alan Bradley, Agatha Christie, Rick Riordan, Naomi Novik, Kerry Greenwood, Tamora Pierce)
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
(The Tyran'ts Tomb, Loki, The Spotted Dog, Turning Darkness Into Light, Kopp Sisters on the March)
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
(The Alice Network?, The Aviator's Wife?)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
(The Martian)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
(Kopp Sisters on the March?, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches? The Alice Network?)
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
(Notes From a Small Island, The Lost Continent)
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
(The Longest Way Home, Graduates in Wonderland?, Around the World in 50 Years!)
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
(Mud, Sweat, & Gears?)
Nari--Atlantisgirl wrote: "okay i get it now. i go to message 10 and edit it, right? i add my post?"Yes, you can just edit your original post. I’ve added you a link to your second message too (message 56 in this thread) in case that’s easier for you. Hope that helps. :-)
Welcome to the challenge WVrambler, Nitz, Lynn, Ashley, viemag, Simone, Deena, Alison, Veronica, Diana S, Karina, Cali and Janell. Thanks for joining us and I hope you all enjoy the challenge. :-)
September√🍁Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem The Summer Wives
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F Brightly Burning
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament (England) The Alice Network
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr) The Dinner List
October
√🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE (New York) Pride
√🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (mine had 361) Pride and Prejudice
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year) The Rosie Project
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
November
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER Rules of Civility
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels Blackberry Winter
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later Beneath the Sugar Sky
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle My Very Own Hitman: a romantic comedy
I´m in!Progress, updated 14th October
🍂September: 4/4
🍂October: 3/4
🍂November: 2/4
September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
√ 🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
Drengen på toppen af bjerget (The Boy at the Top of the Mountain) by John Boyne
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
√ 🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
The Colour of Magic
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
√ 🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament.
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano (France)
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
√ 🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
(view spoiler)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
√ 🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
Ud og stjæle heste (Out Stealing Horses) by Per Petterson - wood and trees
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
√ 🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more
Kampmagikeren (The Battlemage) by Taran Matharu
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
√ 🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
Matilda
(October 1st 1988)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
√ 🍁 Read a book of poetry
Den fnuggede himmel-pop-trompet by Birgitte Krogsbøll
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
√ 🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
Den blå portal by Linette Harpsøe (288 pages)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
100 års ensomhed by Gabriel García Márquez
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
Murder Most Unladylike
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
Karanagalaksen III
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Welcome Alicia and Johanne. Thanks for joining the challenge!
I´ll say it´s my pleasure! Thanks for all the great work you mods put in :)
Autumn / Fall Reading Challenge1 September - 30 November 2019
Progress:
🍂September: 2/4
🍂 October: 0/4
🍂 November: 0/4
September
1. To Autumn:
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
✔🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018 Love and Death Among the Cheetahs(2019)
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
✔🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
Autumn / Fall Reading ChallengeProgress:
🍂September: 1/4
🍂 October: 0/4
🍂 November: 0/4
September
1. To Autumn
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
✔🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018 The Whisper Man published 2019 - finished 9/2/2019
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Progress:🍂September: 4/4 - 3/4
🍂 October: 4/4 - 2/4
🍂 November: 4/4 - 1/4
September
1. To Autumn
✔ 🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
Still Life by Louise Penny 24/10/19
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 = 2018
Kvinden mellem os by Greer Hendricks 15/09/19
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
Bjørneby by Fredrik Backman 21/11/19
✔ 🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count),:
Love Overboard / Ivan Takes a Wife by Janet Evanovich 11/09/19
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
✔ 🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament: England
Treason by Jo MacAuley 12/09/19
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
Blink: da jeg mistede livet og lærte at leve by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 30/10/19
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
✔ 🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot: (view spoiler)
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda 06/11/19
October
1. Poem in October
✔ 🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
by Christina Lauren 02/11/19🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE: New Jersey
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich 06/11/19
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
Personskade by Elsebeth Egholm 331 p., 30/09/19
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
✔ 🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
Det lille bageri på strandpromenaden by Jenny Colgan 10/09/19
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
✔ 🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
Selvrisiko by Elsebeth Egholm 28/09/19
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
✔ 🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists: 🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
Det Onde by Stephen King 26/10/19
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
✔ 🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley 06/09/19
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
✔ 🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count = 440 pages
Den usynlige vogter by Dolores Redondo 07/09/19
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
Skjulte Fejl og Mangler by Elsebeth Egholm 27/09/19
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
✔ 🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later = 2013
De glemte børn by Dolores Redondo 21/09/19
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
✔ 🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey = an expedition across Greenland and from Denmark to Australia
Under bjælken: Et portræt af Kronprins Frederik by Jens Andersen 03/10/19
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Welcome Sarah, Deborah and Marina. Thanks for joining us. I hope you’ll enjoy the challenge.
Shannon's Autumn Reading Progress September 0/4
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November 0/4
September
1.To Autumn
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
The Testaments (2019)
2. Fall into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
The Secret Garden
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
You Are The Everything (boy)
2. . Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc) A Very Large Expanse of Sea (310 pages)
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
Bloom
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book of poetry
When the World Didn't End
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
Rick Riordan
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
The Night Circus
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
Autumn / Fall Reading Challenge - Prompts & TasksSeptember
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
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I'm in!!September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
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Please add me to the challenge.September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
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1. To Autumn✓🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
Gone with the Wind
2. Fall into Autumn
√🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
3. Rugby World Cup
✓🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
4. Abbey Road
✓🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
Frankenstein (monster spends about a year in a hovel spying on cottagers without being seen by them)
October
1. Poem in October
✓🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (New York)
2. Dictionary Day
✓🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
Where the Crawdads Sing
3. The Booker Prize
✓🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
The Handmaid's Tale
✓4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
Pet Sematary
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
✓🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
Middlesex
2. George Eliot
✓🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
Jamaica Inn
3. NaNoWriMo
✓🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
The Year of Magical Thinking
4. The Longest Journey
✓🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Finally feeling ready to give this a try! I'm going with a partial plan and most a 'fill as I go' strategy this time. September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
√ Art Matters (2018)
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
√ The Beast of Talesend by Kyle Robert Shultz
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
√🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
√The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Set in Nevermoor)
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
√Pashmina (176 pages)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
√Tetris: The Games People Play
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
√Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifer Trafton (mostly black cover)
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
√My Stroke of Luck
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
Lock In (336 pages)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
Please add my name to the first post, thank you !1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes any word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
🍁 Read a book by an author named John or a reasonable variation - eg Jonathon, Johnson, Jon etc (either first or last name works)
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
🍁 Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles (translations don’t count), eg:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Northern Lights // The Golden Compass
Cider With Rosie // The Edge of Day.
🍁 Read a book with a title that includes a word that is spelled differently in British and American English. (This list might be helpful but the word doesn’t have to appear on this list to count for this task)
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament
🍁 Read a book by an author with a three word name - eg Gabriel García Márquez, Louisa May Alcott, Alexander McCall Smith
🍁 Read a book where the main character is a professional sportsperson (nonfiction books about a sportsperson or team would also count)
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people
🍁 Read a book by an author who has the same initials as a member of The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot (Please say what the secret is when registering this task as complete, but if it’s a plot spoiler than please be sure to use spoiler tags in your post.)
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE
🍁 Read a book by a Welsh author
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
🍁 Read a book in which one of the most frequently looked up words appears anywhere in the text. (Please quote the sentence when registering this task as completed.)
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more.
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE
🍁 Read a book that has won or been included in the shortlist for the Booker Prize
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title appears in TRICK OR TREAT (titles must be at least two words long to count for this one)
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
🎃 31 Books to put you in the Halloween Spirit
🎃 15 Scary Halloween Books
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
🍁 Read a book set in or first published in the nineteenth century (1800 - 1899 inclusive)
🍁 Read a book of poetry.
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels.
🍁 Read a book published under a pen name or pseudonym (please give the author’s real name and pen name when registering this task as complete)
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
🍁 Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title appears in NANOWRIMO (title must be at least two words long to count for this option)
🍁 Read a book that began as a NaNoWriMo novel
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete)
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle
🍁 Read a book from one of these lists of popular travel books:
🌍 Goodreads: Popular travel books
🌍 Best travel memoirs to inspire Wanderlust
🌍 BookRiot: 30 of the best travel memoirs
1. To Autumn🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith - published in 2019
2. Fall into Autumn
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
3. Rugby World Cup
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament - Friendly Fire by Patrick Gale - set in England
4. Abbey Road
🍁 Read a book with a cover image that shows four or more people - The Bodysurfers by Robert Drewe
October
1. Poem in October
🍁 Read a book set in a location that begins with a letter found in the word LAUGHARNE - Golden Hill by Francis Spufford. Set in New York City
2. Dictionary Day
🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more - A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
3. The Booker Prize
🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE - The Best Short Stories by Rudyard Kipling
4. Halloween
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it - The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (mostly black cover)
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored) - Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels - Cakes and Ale by W Somerset Maugham
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later - The Promise: Love and Loss in Modern China by Xinran. Published 2019
4. The Longest Journey
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete) - The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht. The main character sails from Australia to the US as a war bride, and many years later returns to Australia by ship with her grand-daughter
Starting my Around the Year Autumn Reading Challenge ...September:
1: To Autumn
🍂 Read a book with a title that includes a word of four or more letters that appears in the poem
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Word: hazel
2: Fall Into Autumn
🍂Read a book that has been published under at least two different titles
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle/The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
3: Rugby World Cup
🍂 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries that have qualified for the tournament
✔️Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Set: England
4.
October:
1. Poem in October
🍂 Read a book set in a location that begins with one of the letters in LAUGHARNE
Glory in Death by JD Robb
Set: New York
2. Dictionary Day
🍂 Read a book where one of the frequently looked up words occurs somewhere in the text (pretentious, love, ubiquitous, cynical, affect/effect, apathetic, conundrum, albeit)
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
Sentence: For White it was a moral magic trick, a way out of his CONUNDRUM. Page: 43
3. The Booker Prize
🍂 Read a book that was a winner or on the shortlist for The Booker Prize
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Shortlist 2018
4. Halloween
🍂 Read a book from one of the provided lists
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
GRs Best Books to Read for Halloween: Page 2; Number 126
November:
1.
2. George Eliot
🍂 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven books
✔️The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Many, many books by Julia. Many.
3.
4.
I've been on vacation and did a ton of reading. Here's where I'm atProgress:
🍂September: 4/4 (6/12)
🍂October: 4/4 (6/12)
🍂November: 4/4 (10/12)
September
1.1.1 Title from "To Autumn" (with, more, sweet, find)
1.1.2 Published in year with 2 of 1, 8, and 9 Dark Age published 2019
1.1.3 Author named John or variation
1.2.1 First or last name starts with A or F 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
1.2.2 Published under at least two different titles Don Quixote. The full title is actually The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
1.2.3 Word that is spelled differently in UK and USA
1.3.1 Rugby World Cup country Evil Librarian USA, hopefully I'll read a different country to replace this
1.3.2 Author with a three word name Hotel Babylon: Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel by Imogen Edwards-Jones
1.3.3 Main character is a professional sportsperson
1.4.1 Cover image that shows four or more people Spoonbenders
1.4.2 Author with same Beatles initials: GH, JL, PM, RS
1.4.3 Secret or hiding place is important to the plot
October
2.1.1 Cover pic(eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden) Swallows and Amazons
2.1.2 Location that begins with LAUGHARNE Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews Grand Forks, North Dakota
2.1.3 By a Welsh author
2.2.1 Number 1 or 6 in the page count Betrayal in Time 464 pages
2.2.2 Most frequently looked up words appears anywhere
2.2.3 Title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters+ The Global Expatriate's Guide to Investing: From Millionaire Teacher to Millionaire Expat
2.3.1 First published in October
2.3.2 Author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
2.3.3 Won or shortlist for the Booker Prize
2.4.1 All first letter in 2 word title appears in TRICK OR TREAT
2.4.2 Cover that is mostly orange or black Proven Guilty
2.4.3 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
November
3.1.1 title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood
3.1.2 set in or first published in the nineteenth century Doctor Who: Devil in the Smoke
3.1.3 book of poetry.If They Come for Us
3.2.1 repeated number in the page count
3.2.2 author who has published at least seven novels White Night This is number 7 in the series
3.2.3 published under a pen name or pseudonym
3.3.1 first published in 1999 or later The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics published 2011
3.3.2 first letter of each word in the title NANOWRIMO Words of Radiance
3.3.3 began as a NaNoWriMo novel Persistence of Memory
3.4.1 main character goes on a long journey Oathbringer It's 1,200 pages. There's a few long journeys in this.
3.4.2 all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
3.4.3 Goodreads: Popular travel books The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris
Bryony wrote: "Welcome Laura, Helin, Allegra, Elise, Melanie, Rose, Michelle and Kirsten. Your links are added to the first message now. Thanks for joining the challenge, and happy reading! :-)"Could you add me as well? I posted in message 91.
Thanks !
September complete (Message 44).Actually, I finished the 4th book for September a week ago, but life's been busy--or I could claim I was waiting for the rugby tournament to begin.
Welcome to the challenge Shannon, Stephanie, Elayne, Ron, Raquel, MaryAnn, Sue, Charlston and Shelley. Your links are all set up in the first post now, sorry for the delay.Enjoy the challenge! :-)
Allegra wrote: "September complete (Message 44).Actually, I finished the 4th book for September a week ago, but life's been busy--or I could claim I was waiting for the rugby tournament to begin."
Congratulations Allegra! I’ll add you to the list of completed challenges. When you want to record October and November as complete please could you post in this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Enjoy the Rugby World Cup, if you’re watching it!
Bryony wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Shannon, Stephanie, Elayne, Ron, Raquel, MaryAnn, Sue, Charlston and Shelley. Your links are all set up in the first post now, sorry for the delay.Enjoy the challenge! :-)"
Thanks so much!
Ashley wrote: "3/12September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evenin..."
Ashley, did I inadvertently delete your reading plan? I hope not.
Hi I am joining in on the fun - a little late but better than never :)Progress:
🍂September: 4/4
🍂 October: 4/4
🍂 November: 4/4
September
1. To Autumn
To Autumn by John Keats is one of the most admired poems in the English language. Keats composed the poem on 19 September 1819 after taking a walk on an autumn evening.
🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018
Darkdawn published 2019
2. Fall into Autumn
This season is known as autumn in most English-speaking countries, except for the US where the word fall is used instead. English emigrants in the 17th century took the word fall with them and continued to use it while in Britain the word autumn gradually replaced fall in the 18th century.
🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F
The Woman Who Spoke to Spirits by Alys Clare
3. Rugby World Cup
Taking place in Japan this Autumn, the tournament sees the top international teams compete to win the Webb Ellis Cup. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis who is (somewhat dubiously) reputed to have invented the game of rugby.
🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament - Australia being the location
Jo Nesbø The Bat
4. Abbey Road
This album by The Beatles is 50 years old this year, having been released on 26 September 1969. It’s widely considered one of the greatest albums ever and its cover image has prompted generations of Beatles fans to visit and attempt to recreate the iconic zebra crossing scene. It also includes one of the first examples of a hidden track.
🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot - the actual location of the library is the secret, and what everyone is searching for.
Library of Souls
October
1. Poem in October
This beautiful poem by Dylan Thomas is set in the Welsh village of Laugharne where the poet lived at the time.
🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden)
Shadow Spell - the is a bird on the cover (this is a reach - the bird is so small LOL)
2. Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is celebrated on 16 October in honour of Noah Webster who compiled the first American English dictionary.
🍁 Read a book with the number 1 or 6 in the page count (eg 150, 256, 621, etc)
Home is 176 pages
3. The Booker Prize
One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Booker Prize is awarded to what the judges consider the best novel written in English and published in the UK. The 2019 winner will be announced on 14 October.
🍁 Read a book first published in October (of any year)
Dark Witch published Oct 2013
4. Halloween
Halloween is celebrated around the world on 31 October. Traditional Halloween activities include trick or treating, apple bobbing, telling ghost stories, and watching horror films. Usually followed by lying awake in bed all night convinced that every sound you hear is a ghost.
🍁 Read a book with a cover that is mostly orange or black OR that has a a pumpkin, skull or witch on it
Ninth House mostly Black cover
November
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
This humorous short poem was written by Thomas Hood, a nineteenth century English poet and author. He lived in London where he wrote for literary magazines and complained about the city’s weather through the medium of verse.
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored)
Blood Magick
2. George Eliot
One of the leading novelists of the Victorian era, George Eliot was born on 22 November 1819. After working as an editor and literary critic under her given name Mary Ann Evans, she later published seven novels under the pen name George Eliot.
🍁 Read a book with a repeated number in the page count (eg 115 pages; 422 pages, 338 pages, etc)
Wicked Saints is 400 pages
3. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month. Participants in the project aim to write a novel of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Since the project was launched in 1999 thousands of writers have participated and over 400 novels have been published, including The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later.
Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet published in 2016
4. The Longest Journey
Towards the end of Autumn many species of birds migrate to warmer climates where they will spend the winter. The longest journey of all is taken by the Arctic tern which is thought to make a round trip of up to 56,000 miles a year.
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey
Binti She journeys from Earth to Oomza Uni, another planet in the Milky Way
Welcome to the challenge Nancy, it’s never too late to join in. :-)
September: (4/4)1. To Autumn: 🍁 Read a book first published in a year that includes at least two of the numbers 1, 8, and 9 - eg 1899, 1920, 1975, 1998, 2018:
Coming Home - published in 1995
2. Fall into Autumn: 🍁 Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F:
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
3. Rugby World Cup: 🍁 Read a book set in any of the 20 countries who have qualified for the tournament:
The Lighthouse at the End of the World which takes place on an island owned by Argentina
4. Abbey Road 🍁 Read a book where a secret or hiding place is important to the plot:
Caching in is about geocaching which uses GPS coordinates to find hidden caches
October: (4/4)
1. Poem in October 🍁 Read a book with a picture of any living thing, setting or object mentioned in the poem on the cover (eg birds, sailing boat, harbour, owls, garden):
- there are a child, a gate, and a garden on the cover2. Dictionary Day 🍁 Read a book with a title or subtitle that includes a word of 10 letters or more:
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
3. The Booker Prize 🍁 Read a book by an author whose initials appear in BOOKER PRIZE:
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
4. Halloween 🍁 Read a book that appears on one of these lists:
The Graveyard Book from 🎃 Goodreads: Best Books to Read for Halloween
November: (4/4)
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November! 🍁 Read a book of poetry:
Mother Love
2. George Eliot 🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels:
The Princess Bride
3. NaNoWriMo 🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later:
Red, White & Royal Blue published in 2019
4. The Longest Journey 🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle:
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Another Nancy joining in the fun late! I'm just going to do November, and some of the books I've already read this month fit the prompts.November (2/4)
1. No sun, no moon! No morn, no noon ... November!
🍁 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in NOVEMBER (A, An and The may be ignored) The Other Woman by Sandie Jones (in progress)
2. George Eliot
🍁 Read a book by an author who has published at least seven novels. ✔ The Trespasser by Tana French (she has 7, so just made it!)
3. NaNoWriMo
🍁 Read a book first published in 1999 or later. ✔ Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
4. The Longest Journey
🍁 Read a book where all the letters in ARCTIC TERN can be found in the title and/or subtitle ✔ The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
🍁 Read a book in which a main character goes on a long journey (please say where they travelled to when registering this task as complete) ✔ The Institute by Stephen King (The main character travels from Maine to North Carolina.)
Nancy wrote: "Hi I am joining in on the fun - a little late but better than never :)Progress:
🍂September: 4/4
🍂 October: 4/4
🍂 November: 4/4
So glad to have completed this. At first I thought I might not be able to - then looked over the books I had already completed and they all seemed to find a place. Love it when it works out that way. :)
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Ready Player One (other topics)The Wallflower Wager (other topics)
Summer Frost (other topics)
Summer Frost (other topics)
Ready Player One (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Jojo Moyes (other topics)Anh Do (other topics)
David Grann (other topics)
Holly Black (other topics)
Stephen King (other topics)
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If it’s not too much trouble could you please link my post (#14) in the first comment?
Thank you!"
Sorry Hannah, I don’t know how I missed that. Your link is now added ..."
Thank you 😊