Dori's Fall Reading Challenge

[Dori]

SEPTEMBER

1. First Day of Fall

b. Read a book published in September, October, or November.
Scar Tissue

2. National Read a Book Day

✅ a. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Vox

3. Fall or Autumn?

a. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in FALL or AUTUMN.
Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival

4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein

✅ b. Read a book written between 1930 and 1999.
Veronika Decides to Die - first published in 1998

[Dori]

OCTOBER

1. Pumpkin Spice Everything

✅ b. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SPICE.
The Chain

2. October Birthday: R.L. Stine

✅ b. Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in GOOSEBUMPS.

The Stranger in Our Bed

3. World Mental Health Day

✅ a. Read a book where one of the author's initials is found in MENTAL HEALTH.
Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

4. Halloween

✅ a. Read a horror book.
Elevation

[Dori]

NOVEMBER

1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

b. Read a book featuring a main character whose name starts with a letter in HERSHEYS.
The Fault in Our Stars

2. November for Beginners

a. Read a book whose title features at least one word that is mentioned in the poem (word must be 4 letters or longer).
All the Light We Cannot See


3. But it's spring?

b. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SMELL LIKE DIRT.
11.22.63

4. November Birthday: C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle

Two novelists most well known for their ability to transport children to new worlds were born on the same day - November 29! Lewis, born in 1898, is best known for his Narnia series and Christian writings. L'Engle, born in 1918, is best known for her Time Quintet series, which many believe have Christian underpinnings.

a. Read a fantasy novel.
b. Read a book with religious themes.
c. Read a book written by either C.S. Lewis or Madeleine L'Engle.

[Dori]

OCTOBER

4. Halloween

✅ a. Read a horror book.
Elevation

[Dori]

SEPTEMBER

2. National Read a Book Day

✅ a. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Vox

OCTOBER

1. Pumpkin Spice Everything

✅ b. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SPICE.
The Chain

[Dori]

OCTOBER

2. October Birthday: R.L. Stine

✅ b. Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in GOOSEBUMPS.

The Stranger in Our Bed

3. World Mental Health Day

✅ a. Read a book where one of the author's initials is found in MENTAL HEALTH.
Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer by Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth