2010 October Monthly Challenge: Participants' Lists Thread

[Fran, Moderator]

Congrats Judithe!

[Melanie]

Congrats to all of you who've finished!

I just have one more left to read:-)

October Monthly Challenge
9/10

1. October: Out of Sight READ 10/20***
2. Birthday: Thx Auntee! Now You See Her READ 10/10*****
3. Geography - North Carolina: Say No To Joe? READ 10/02*****
4.Teacher’s Day: A Knight in Shining Armor (Dougless is a teacher) READ 10/01*****
5. Law & Order : Just the Sexiest Man Alive (Taylor is a lawyer) READ 10/04*****
6. Halloween Read a ‘scary’ book, or one that features a typical “Halloween” character (witch, vampire, ghost, etc)
7. National Book Month : The Last Hellion (Lydia Grenville is a journalist and a writer) READ 10/17*****
8. Romance Genre: Romantic suspense: Burn READ 10/04****
9. Of Lists and Shelves: juvenile fiction - The Lightning Thief READ 10/05****
10. Reader's Choice Dying to Please READ 10/07*****

[D.G.]

LOL, Jim! Your categories are hysterical as usual. :)

[Nikki ♥]

3/10


1. "O" Title: Original Sin by Allison Brennan
2. Birthday: The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter (Carolyn F)
3. North Carolina:
4. Teacher's Day:
5. Law & Order: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
6. Halloween: Hex in High Heels by Linda Wisdom
7. National Book Month:
8. Romantic Suspense: An Unforgettable Lady by Jessica Bird
9. Of Lists and Shelves: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 10/11
10. Reader's Choice The Magic of You by Johanna Lindsey 10/8

[Kesha]

Read: 5 of 5
Done as of 10/20/10

5. Law & Order: Under the Cover of Darkness by James Grippando 10-1-10
6. Halloween Read (vampire/werewolf): Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur 10-6-10
7. National Book Month : Tenth Letter - the Novel by Kayona Ebony Brown 10/3/10
8. Romance Genre: Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard 10/2010
10. Reader's Choice: The Loner by Geralyn Dawson 10/11/10

[Judithe]

Hooray to all the finishers!!!

[FlibBityFLooB]

80% (8/10) :)

1. October: Only a Duke Will Do by Jeffries - ★, 10/20/10
2. Birthday (auntee): Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by MacLean - ★★★★1/2, 10/18/10
3. North Carolina: Cold Mountain by Frazier - ★★★★, 10/18/10
4. School: The School for Heiresses by Jeffries - ★★★, 10/11/10
5. Law/Order: Something About You by James - ★★★, 10/19/10
6. Halloween: Haunted Honeymoon at Casa Dracula by Acosta - ★★★1/2, 10/17/10
7. Writer: Midnight Brunch by Acosta - ★★★, 10/12/10
8. Suspense: Crazy Hot by Janzen
9. Shelves: Life As We Knew It by Pfeffer
10. My Choice: The Bride of Casa Dracula by Acosta - ★★★★, 10/14/10

[Sandra]

Hooray, Kesha!

[Debbie]

Congrats Kesha :)

[Amber]

Congrats to those who have finished!

5/10
1. The BIG O!: Obsession - Karen Robards 10/15/10

2. Happy Birthday Tricia!: Destined For An Early Grave - Jeaniene Frost 10/18/10

3. Tar Heel Country:

4. Hot For Teacher:One Summer - Karen RObards

5. Frisk Me Baby: Ghost Moon - Heather Graham 10/7/10

6. Boo! Eternal Kiss Of Darkness - Jeaniene Frost 10/20/10

7. Paperback Writer: Talk Me Down - Victoria Dahl

8. Let's Stop and Makeout While Being Chased By A Killer!: Burn - Linda Howard 10/3/10

9. OMG like he is sooo hot:

10. It's All Mine Baby! The Unclaimed Duchess - Jenna Petersen

[Kesha]

Thank you Sandra, Debbie, and Judithe. Congrats to you too Judithe and Sandra.

[Thenia]

2010 October:

1. On the Edge - Ilona Andrews (17/10)
2. Lazuline's B-day (Happy Birthday!!): Angels' Blood - Nalini Singh (03/10)
3. Say No To Joe? - Lori Foster (19/10)
4. Too Good To Be True - Kristan Higgins (18/10)
5. Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James (01/10)
6. Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand - Carrie Vaughn (19/10)
7. Ain't She Sweet? - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (13/10)
8. Four to Score - Janet Evanovich (21/10)
9. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (10/10)
10. Catch A MateGena Showalter (01/10)




All done!

[D.G.]

Shyloh wrote:
"8. Let's Stop and Makeout While Being Chased By A Killer!"

LOLOLOL! Great category, Shyloh!!

[Sandra]

Thanks Kesha :)

[Debbie]

Congrats Thenia :)

[Katie]

7/10 Read


1. October: Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin 10/13
2. Happy Birthday Michelle: Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh 10/3
3. Geography: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
4. Teacher's Day: Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 10/2
5. Law & Order: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich 10/21
6. Halloween: Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole 10/10
7. National Book Month: Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas
8. Romance Genre: Open Season by Linda Howard 10/12
9. Of Lists and Shelves Teen Read Week: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater or Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
10. Reader's Choice: Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas 10/8

[BJ Rose]

Congratulations to Sheila & Heather & Sandra!!!

Congratulations to Mojca & Judithe!!

Congratulations to Kersten & Kesha!!

[BJ Rose]

ROMANCE READERS - October
6/8

√ 1. Starts with 'O': Only His by Elizabeth Lowell - Oct 20 (4*)
√ 2. BD: Auntee: It Happened One Autumn - Oct 17 (4*)
√ 3. Geography:N.Carolina: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - Oct 1 (4.5*)
4. Teachers' Day: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh
√ 5. Law & Order:Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb - Oct 20 (3.5*)
√ 6. Halloween: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn - Oct 2 (3*)
7. Nat'l Book Month:
8. Romance: Romantic Suspense:
9. Of Lists & Shelves: Teen Read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
√ 10. Reader's Choice: Wizard's Daughter by Catherine Coulter - Oct 8 (3*)

[Daffodil]

Only four more to go!

RRRC Group October Monthly Challenge
October 1 - 31, 2010

Completed: 6/10

1. "O" Title for October:
One Dance With A Duke, Tessa Dare

2. Happy Birthday Lazuline:
Desire Unchained, Larissa Ione, 10-2-10

3. North Carolina:
A Slice of Murder, Chris Cavender, 10-14-10

4. Teacher's Day: school/university setting, educational career
Fallen, Lauren Kate, 10-18-10

5. Law & Order: lawyer,judge,Emergency Service field
TBD

6. Halloween: scary book, tradition Halloween costume character
Blameless, Gail Carriger, 10-20-10 (vampires and werewolves)

7. National Book Month: publisher, writer, editor, industry setting
Talk Me Down, Victoria Dahl, 10-16-10

8. Romantic Suspense/Suspenseful Romance:
Veil of Night, Linda Howard, currently reading

9. Young Adult/Teen/Juvenile Fiction: pick a book from one of the lists
The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan,

10. Reader's Choice:
Healer's Choice, Jory Strong, 10-18-10

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Shyloh, I like the categories.

[Kim]

Work in Progress.

Halloween Read: Ghost of a Chance 10/13

National Book Month: Murder, She Wrote: Trick or Treachery 10/22

Law & Order: Two Dollar Bill

[Melanie]

October Monthly Challenge
10/10 ALL DONE (I think this is the first time I finish more than a week before the deadline! lol)

1. October: Out of Sight READ 10/20***
2. Birthday: Thx Auntee! Now You See Her READ 10/10*****
3. Geography - North Carolina: Say No To Joe? READ 10/02*****
4.Teacher’s Day: A Knight in Shining Armor (Dougless is a teacher) READ 10/01*****
5. Law & Order : Just the Sexiest Man Alive (Taylor is a lawyer) READ 10/04*****
6. Halloween : Red and the Wolf (witch heroine and werewolf hero) READ 10/21***
7. National Book Month : The Last Hellion (Lydia Grenville is a journalist and a writer) READ 10/17*****
8. Romance Genre: Romantic suspense: Burn READ 10/04****
9. Of Lists and Shelves: juvenile fiction - The Lightning Thief READ 10/05****
10. Reader's Choice Dying to Please READ 10/07*****

[Fran, Moderator]

Congrats Melanie and Thenia!

[Debbie]

Congrats Melanie :)

[Debbie]

Monthly Challenge:
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2010
* 6 / 10 Read:

1. October:
✓ 2. Birthday: ( Jenny's tbr) Hannah's List (10/15) *****
3. Geography: (North Carolina)
✓ 4.Teacher’s Day: (college student) Halfway to the Grave (10/10) *****
5. Law & Order: (911 Emergency Service) (Rapture in Death)
✓ 6. Halloween Read: Undead and Unreturnable
✓ 7. National Book Month: Queen of the Night: A Novel of Suspense (10/21) ****
8. Romance Genre: (romantic suspense)
✓ 9. Of Lists and Shelves: The Hunger Games (10/13) ****
✓ 10. Reader's Choice: Thin, Rich, Pretty (10/7) ****

[BJ Rose]

Congratulations, Thenia!!

Congratulations, Melanie!!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

1. Title starts with O - Only with a Highlander by Janet Chapman - 10/4/10
2. Oct B-day (Megan) - Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - 10/7/10
3. North Carolina - A Timely Vision by Joyce and Jim Lavene - 10/13/10
4. Teacher's Day (piano teacher) - Express Male by Elizabeth Beverly - 10/11/10
5. Law & Order (lawyer) - Would-Be Witch by Kimberly Frost - 10/3/10
6. Halloween - Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill - 10/9/10
7. Book month - Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle - 10/21/10
8. Romantic Supense - After Dark by Jayne Castle - 10/8/10
9. YA shelves - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - 10/19/10
10. Reader's Choice - Matters of the Blood by Maria Lima - 10/6/10



(titles likely to change)

[exxcentrica]

Congrats to everyone who's finished in the last 24 hrs. I was too busy looking at some hotties in one of my other groups :) Oh yeah, and reading!


RRRC 2010 October Reading Challenge
10/10 Completed

1. My favorite month: Once a Cowboy 10/5
2. Happy Birthday Nicole! Into the Dark 10/11
3. The Tar Heel State: Sea Gypsy 10/10
4. Teacher's Day: Big Bad Wolf 10/14
5. duh duh....Law & Order: Urban Shaman 10/8
6. Everybody scream! 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover 10/15
7. We love books! Atlantis Betrayed 10/21
8. Suspenseful Romance: Halfway to the Grave10/18
9. YA Shelf: Mockingjay 10/19
10. Reader's Choice: Atlantis Redeemed10/17

[Sandra]

Hooray, Thenia, Melanie, Diane ~Firefly~ & Kimberly *Kyhm*!!!!

Thanks BJ Rose :)

[Melanie]

Thank you all!
Congrats Diane & Kimberly!

[BJ Rose]

Congratulations, Diane!!

Congratulations, Kimberly *Kyhm*!!

[Ceej]

10/10 Finito!


1. October: Owning Arabella 10/22
2. Birthday: Long Hard Ride(happy birthday DG) 10/16
3. Geography: Let's Get It On 10/10
4.Teacher’s Day: Teacher's Pet 10/18
5. Law & Order: Naked in Death 10/2
6. Halloween: Valley of Silence 10/3
7. National Book Month: Suddenly You 10/17
8. Romance Genre: After Dark
9. Of Lists and Shelves:Teen Read Week: Al Capone Does My Shirts 10/1
10. Reader's Choice: Dance of the Gods 10/3

[Debbie]

Congrats Drq :)

[Erin]

Read: 9/10

1. O for October: Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan 10/5
2. October Birthday (♥Tricia♥): Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews 10/13
3. Geography - North Carolina: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter 10/11
4. Teacher's Day: Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton 10/21
5. Law & Order: Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb 10/15
6. Halloween: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh 10/22
.7. National Book Month: Dark Light by Jayne Castle 10/3
8. Romantic Suspense: After Glow by Jayne Castle 10/7
9. Teen Reads Week: Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce
10. Reader's Choice: Midnight Crystal 10/2



Also Read:

[BJ Rose]

Drq wrote: "10/10 Finito!"

Congratulations, Drq!!

[Sandra]

Hooray, Drq!

[SandyC]

October Monthly Challenge

4/5 done

Happy Birthday Carolyn F! : Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas 10/20/10
Scary Vampire book: Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice
Romantic Suspense: Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts 10/22/10
Teen Week: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 10/18/10
Reader's Choice: Covet by J. R. Ward 10/14/10

[Samantha]

Going for 5

2/5

1. October: Only You by Francis Ray

2. Happy Birthday Auntee: Finding You/Knowing You by Maureen Child

5. Law & Order: Love at First Flight (Lawyer)by Marie Force

8. Romantic suspense: Ultimate Weapon by Shannon McKenna completed 10/22/10

10. Reader's Choice: Blush by Opal Carew completed 10/12/10

[exxcentrica]

Thank you all! And congrats to Drq!

[FlibBityFLooB]

90% (9/10) :)

1. October: Only a Duke Will Do by Jeffries - ★, 10/20/10
2. Birthday (auntee): Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by MacLean - ★★★★1/2, 10/18/10
3. North Carolina: Cold Mountain by Frazier - ★★★★, 10/18/10
4. School: The School for Heiresses by Jeffries - ★★★, 10/11/10
5. Law/Order: Something About You by James - ★★★, 10/19/10
6. Halloween: Haunted Honeymoon at Casa Dracula by Acosta - ★★★1/2, 10/17/10
7. Writer: Midnight Brunch by Acosta - ★★★, 10/12/10
8. Suspense: Crazy Hot by Janzen
9. Shelves: Life As We Knew It by Pfeffer - ★★, 10/22/10
10. My Choice: The Bride of Casa Dracula by Acosta - ★★★★, 10/14/10

[Joanne]

Finished all 10.


1. October: Overexposed by Leslie Kelly 11th Oct
2. Birthday: The Undoing of a Lady by Nicola Cornick 12th Oct
3. Geography: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen 6th Oct
4. Teacher’s Day: Trial by Fire by Jo Davis 10th Oct
5. Law & Order: Aftershock by Jill Shalvis 13th Oct
6. Halloween: Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris 22nd Oct
or Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper 3rd Oct
7. National Book Month: Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis 6th Oct
8. Romance Genre: Vengeance in Death by J. D. Robb 10th Oct
9. Of Lists and Shelves: Teen Read: The Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan 3rd Oct
or The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis2nd Oct
10. Reader's Choice: The Smuggler and the Society Bride by Julia Justiss 13th Oct

[Sandra]

Hooray, Joanne!

[Joanne]

Thanks Sandra!

[Sandra]

:)

[[deleted user]]

Oct 1-31 October Reading Challenge
2 Birthday~ Micheles list Finger Lickin fifteen 10-11-10
5 Law and Order~ Crave 10-21-10
8 Romance Suspence~ Hot Target 10-1-10
9 Teen Week~ The Hunger Games 10-3-10
10 Readers Choice~ An Unforgetable Lady 10-2-10
FINISHED!

[BJ Rose]

Congratulations, Joanne!!

Congratulations, Barb!

[BJ Rose]

ROMANCE READERS - October
7/8

√ 1. Starts with 'O': Only His by Elizabeth Lowell - Oct 20 (4*)
√ 2. BD: Auntee: It Happened One Autumn - Oct 17 (4*)
√ 3. Geography:N.Carolina: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - Oct 1 (4.5*)
√ 4. Teachers' Day: Simply Unforgettable by Mary Balogh - Oct 23 (5*)
√ 5. Law & Order:Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb - Oct 20 (3.5*)
√ 6. Halloween: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn - Oct 2 (3*)
7. Nat'l Book Month:
8. Romance: Romantic Suspense:
9. Of Lists & Shelves: Teen Read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
√ 10. Reader's Choice: Wizard's Daughter by Catherine Coulter - Oct 8 (3*)

[Raine]

Finished 3/10

1. October:
2. Happy Birthday Michelle:Heart of the Dragon Finished 10/12/2010 (3*)
3. Geography:
4.Teacher’s Day:
5. Law & Order:
6. Halloween Read: Blue Dahlia Finished 10/23/2010 (3*)
7. National Book Month:
8. Romance Genre:
9. Of Lists and Shelves: Blue Bloods Finished 10/06/2010 (3*)
10. Reader's Choice:

[Debbie]

Congrats Joanne & Barb :)

[Lynne]

OCTOBER (144)
10 of 10 Complete!

1. Starts with “O”: Out of Body by Cameron Stella – 10/6
2. Birthday: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Thanks Carolyn F.!) – 10/8
3. North Carolina: Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy – 10/18
4. Teacher’s Day: Too Good To Be True by Kristin Higgins (HS teacher) – 10/16
5. Law & Order: Burning Up by Susan Andersen (firefighter) – 10/14
6. Halloween: Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole (witches & demons & vampires, Oh My!) – 10/3
7. National Book Month: Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron (publisher) – 10/22
8. Romantic Suspense: Veil of Night: A Novel by Linda Howard – 10/2
9. Teen Read Week: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare – 10/9
10. Reader's Choice: Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter – 10/22

Complete: