Viktoria's Fall Challenge

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September
5/4

1. First Day of Fall

a. Read a book that contains a 2 in the page number.: My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now
✔ b. Read a book published in September, October, or November.: Troubled Blood
c. Read a book in which a significant even takes place at night

2. National Read a Book Day

✔ a. Read a book by a new-to-you author.: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
b. Read a book that is the next in a series you've already started: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
c. Read a book that can be read in one day.

3. Fall or Autumn?

✔ a. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in FALL or AUTUMN.: The Housekeeper and the Professor
b. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
c. Read a book that shows leaves on the cover.

4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein

✔ a. Read a humorous book.: Witches Abroad
✔ b. Read a book written between 1930 and 1999: Flying Too High
c. Read a book by an author named Sue or with a character named Sue (reasonable variations like Susan, Susanne, or Suzette are allowed)

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October
4/4

1. Pumpkin Spice Everything

a. Read a book that has orange on the cover.
b. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SPICE.: The Evening News
✔ c. Read a book in which food plays a role in the book.: Sweet Bean Paste

2. October Birthday: R.L. Stine

a. Read a children's or YA book.
✔ b. Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in GOOSEBUMPS.: Seveneves 12.09.2020
c. Read a book by R.L. Stine or Ray Bradbury.: Dandelion Wine

3. World Mental Health Day

✔ a. Read a book where one of the author's initials is found in MENTAL HEALTH.: Conjure Women
b. Read a book featuring a healthcare worker.
c. Read a book featuring a character who struggles with their mental health.: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

4. Halloween

✔ a. Read a horror book.: Lord of the Flies
b. Read a book in which the main character has a disguise.
c. Read a book that won or was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award or the Shirley Jackson Award.

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November
4/4

1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

a. Read a book that has brown on the cover.
✔ b. Read a book featuring a main character whose name starts with a letter in HERSHEYS.: The Deep
c. Read a book featuring an eccentric ("nutty") character. - Something by Terry Pratchett

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). Dark Echoes of the Past
b. Read a collection of poetry or a book written in verse. В цъфналата ръж
✔ c. Read a book by an author who won or was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Award, NAACP Image Award, or a National Book Award.: Less (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2018)

3. But it's spring?

a. Read a book with a green or yellow cover.: The Mystery of the Yellow Room
b. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SMELL LIKE DIRT.
✔ c. Read a book found on one of these lists: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 11.09.2020
(Goodreads 2020 Big Books of Spring)

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

✔ a. Read a fantasy novel.: A Storm of Swords
b. Read a book with religious themes.
c. Read a book written by either C.S. Lewis or Madeleine L'Engle.

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