(OCT'11) TRR reading challenge

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Starts Oct 1-31 2011 but you can list your books anytime.

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted Challenge Totals- Challenge 0/5, Bonus 0/8, Super 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN)

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica

Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Participants
Kenjii
Bridget
Gabrielle

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted

Challenge Totals 0/13
Challenge 1/5, Bonus 0/8, Super 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN)
Princess Mine By Brindle Chase 10-04

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica

Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

I think I might be in on this! Quick question though would this one work for the Cover Me part of the challenge?

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black:

[Bridget]

Eep--love this one! Count me in :)

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

@Gabrielle- yes that can count
@Bridget- gotcha :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: "@Gabrielle- yes that can count
@Bridget- gotcha :)"

Yay! Dat's gonna be my cover book then, I'm gonna go look for some more books that qualify! Thanks Miss Kenjii!

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

I'm in!

Starts Oct 1-31 2011

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted Challenge Totals- Challenge 2/5, Bonus 2/8, Super 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O: Natasha Oakley Done! 10-4-2011 4/5 Stars!

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black :

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story: MacGowan's Ghost

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN): Bunny And The Bear (Hero is a Bear shifter and heroine is a bunny shifter!) (Currently Reading!) Done! 10-27-2011 4/5 Stars!

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica:

Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

A Black Cat:

A Demon: (Heroine's a succubus!)

An Angel:

A Witch:Done! 10-7-2011 4/5 Stars! Will be reading the other two books in this series!

A Ghost:Done! 10-21-2011 4/5 Stars! Great Read!

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow

Red Cover:

Orange Cover:

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

In retrospect this question sounds silly, but I want to know anyway. For the Bonus FIND ME part of the challenge. Do all of these items have to share a book cover?

I mean do the PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE; all have to be on the same book cover? Or should they be on seprate book covers?

[Sassafrass, aka Rho, reader of erotica]

Ugh, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I've got a crazy 3 month challenge going on, so I can only do this if I don't have to add any more books than the books I have in this challenge. I'll have to see.

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Sassafrass wrote: "Ugh, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I've got a crazy 3 month challenge going on, so I can only do this if I don't have to add any more books than the books I have in this challenge. I'll ..."

That's sort of what I was trying to do I've got three other challenges that I've been trying to get down so I'm planning on reading books from challenges I've already got going to help me complete this challenge.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Gabrielle ~ Bhlack Benehvolence ~ wrote: "In retrospect this question sounds silly, but I want to know anyway. For the Bonus FIND ME part of the challenge. Do all of these items have to share a book cover?

I mean do the PUMPKIN, a BLACK..."

They should be on we rate covered to count as an item found :)

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Gabrielle ~ Bhlack Benehvolence ~ wrote: "Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: "@Gabrielle- yes that can count
@Bridget- gotcha :)"

Yay! Dat's gonna be my cover book then, I'm gonna go look for some more books that qualify! Thanks Miss Kenjii!"

In hope you find more :)

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Sassafrass wrote: "Ugh, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. I've got a crazy 3 month challenge going on, so I can only do this if I don't have to add any more books than the books I have in this challenge. I'll ..."

I try and fi d books that match up with other challenges too

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: "Gabrielle ~ Bhlack Benehvolence ~ wrote: "In retrospect this question sounds silly, but I want to know anyway. For the Bonus FIND ME part of the challenge. Do all of these items have to share a..."

So just one item on each cover?

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85...

This has PUMPKIN on the cover and in the title. So either is fine. You can have a cat and pumpkin or other items. That is fine. Just point out what you are listing the cover for.

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Oh, I think I get it. Can you do more then one book for this part?

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Yes, you can do more than one :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Great! Thanks Miss Kenjii!

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

I hate ask this, but if you wanted to read a book with a witch on the cover? Would it have to be the old fashion stereotype witch?

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Well it could be a Wiccan or costume witch with green skin and such. Or a warlock even. Just make sure when you list the book you put the word then the cover

WITCH
book cover

So I know which category your listing, ok? :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: "Well it could be a Wiccan or costume witch with green skin and such. Or a warlock even. Just make sure when you list the book you put the word then the cover

WITCH
book cover

So I know which cat..."


Ok I think I get what you're saying, but just so I have a better understanding. They be witches, wiccans, or warlocks without having the long outfits or pointed hats and stuff then?

Just so long as I have some visual proof that they're a witch, warlock, or wiccan?

Sorry about all the questions.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Post the cover and if there are any questions after that. I can help you further :) I understand you just want to get it right but I also would like to see what you mean.

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Thanks Sizzlin Miss Kenjii! Ok now, here's one I'm really intrigued by it doesn't have a witch on the cover but the heroine's an aspiring witch and it looks like there's a broom on the cover.

So would that work?


Here's the cover!

This book also seems like time-travel sort of romance to me but I'm not exactly sure.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

If it's not on the cover it does not count :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Ok, so because it's just a broom it doesn't count?

[Sassafrass, aka Rho, reader of erotica]

it has to either the word or the actual item on the cover to count. For a witch, then, it would either have to the word WITCH in the title or a picture of a witch. not just something that could represent a witch.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Gabrielle and Sassy- exactlly :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Ok, then I think I can do that! Thanks for the clarification!

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Ok I had another question, since we're going with a verbal or visual item on the Find Me part of the challenge then the item we want to read about has to be either in a visual form or part of the book title?


I found this book that I'd like to do for the ghost part of the Find Me bonus and it a about a night that was murdered and he now haunts an old castle where an Archeologist falls for him.

The knight is a ghost but he doesn't look very ghost like on the cover except that the part where his legs are don't show up very well so I guess he might be consider a ghost in cover form.

Here's the cover!



Again sorry about all the questions, sometimes I think a little too much about things.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

its in the blurb and on the cover that its def a ghost. I will take that :)

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Yay! Thank you, thank you Miss Kenjii!

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

No problem, Gabrielle :)

[Sassafrass, aka Rho, reader of erotica]

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted Challenge Totals- Challenge 0/5, Bonus 0/8, Super 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O
Beast: A Faery Story by Sophie Oak

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black

T is for Trespass

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN)
Prowl the Night about panther shifters done 10/7/11

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica
The Starlight Rite which is Sci-Fi BDSM erotica with dubious consent and sexual slavery.


Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow
Fallen Angel done 10/2/11
His Majesty's Dragon done 10/6/11
It Happened One Autumn done 10/1/11

[Bronwyn]

I will have a go at this challenge, maybe I will manage to read more books that I did last month?

My first is mostly orange or black -

It looks more purple here, the actual cover loks black - can this one count please.

I guess if it does not fit the colour scheme, it has a demon on the cover (vampire) and one of the main characters is a Jinn Demon - mother human, father Jinn.

Thanks

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Yes, I will expect that,Bronwyn :) if your cover is mostly black that's fine.

[Ashia]

Ok, I'm not sure, as this month is kinda hard for me. But will try!

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted

Challenge Totals-

Challenge 0/5, Bonus 0/8, Super 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN)

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica

Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a

PUMPKIN
BLACK CAT
WITCH
GHOST
DEMON
ANGEL
CANDY
ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow

Too Hot To Touch by Louisa Edwards Done! 10/15 (3/5 stars)

Killing Her Softly by Beverly Barton Done! 10/21 (4/5 stars)

Deep Disclosure by Dee Davis Currently reading

[Ashia]

Will this count for mostly black cover?

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Welcome to the challenge Ashia :) from my POV that is blue not black. Feel free to ask any questions you have.

[Ashia]

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: "Welcome to the challenge Ashia :) from my POV that is blue not black. Feel free to ask any questions you have."

Okie dok! Thanks, Miss Kenjii!

[Ashia]

More questions please

How about this for brown:



Orange:



Yellow:



You can see why I'd be having a hard time this month, don't you! :) I do read PNR books, but not a lot. And I don't much like ghosts or witches.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

:) oh I understand not reading a certain theme.i for one don't read historicals but found a great historical western with a Mmf menage theme of course :). I will say yay to the first and last cover for brown. I think giving you a choice between the bonus or super bonus helps too.

[Sassafrass, aka Rho, reader of erotica]

Boo!Its Are you scared? challenge scary, haunted Challenge Totals- Challenge 3/5, Bonus 0/8, Super 3/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O
Beast: A Faery Story by Sophie Oak done 10/9/11

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black

T is for Trespass

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN)
Prowl the Night about panther shifters done 10/7/11

Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica
The Starlight Rite which is Sci-Fi BDSM erotica with dubious consent and sexual slavery. done 10/10/11


Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow
Fallen Angel done 10/2/11
His Majesty's Dragon done 10/6/11
It Happened One Autumn done 10/1/11
Murder Takes the Cake: A Daphne Martin Cake Mystery

[Bronwyn]

I think this will tough especially the bonus. I have changed one of my choices already;

Challenge 1/5, Bonus 0/8, Super Bonus 0/??

Author
-Last Name Starts with O -

Cover
Mostly Orange OR Black –

Say it
There is mention of ghosts or Halloween in the story -

Character
-PN creature OR halfling (half human half PN) -
4* 01/10/11
Theme
-Horror OR Dark Erotica -

Bonus FIND ME. This bonus is a scavenger hunt! Find these items on the cover: a PUMPKIN, a BLACK CAT, a WITCH, a GHOST, a DEMON, a ANGEL, some CANDY, a ZOMBIE

Super bonus: Fall Colors on the cover. Red, orange, brown, gold/yellow

[Ashia]

Sizzlin Miss Kenjii wrote: ":) oh I understand not reading a certain theme.i for one don't read historicals but found a great historical western with a Mmf menage theme of course :). I will say yay to the first and last cover..."

Yay, thanks! I'll at least have 2, once I finish reading them. LOL

I'll try to find books with mixed genre, but we'll see...

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

For anyone that's having a hard time finding books for the Find Me Part of the challenge I think this site will be helpful to you.

It's called http://www.likesbooks.com/ it's a site for people who love romance novels. This where I found a lot of my book choices for the Find Me part of the challenge, there's a tab on the site called reader's choice put your mouse on that tab and click on the very first headline thingy.

It says SPECIAL TITLE LISTINGS, this will take you to a spot on the site that has special categories. Most of these titles fit these categories, the categories I used for the find me challenge are the listings entitled Alternate Reality and Angels, Demons and Gods.

Of course they're several other listings that you could look into that might help you with the find me challenge and the other parts of the challenge, this site's also useful if you're looking for something specific to read, like if you're looking for a certain type of historical romance this site will help with that as well.

Good luck with the October challenge and I hope this site is useful to you!

Also there's an author by the name of Annette Blair and she has two series staring witches, I used the first book in her Accidental Witch Trilogy for the witch part in my October challenge.

The other series that has witches in the title is called The Triplet Witch Trilogy, the first book is entitled Sex and the Psychic Witch.

I hope this is helpful!

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

Hugs Gabrielle :) I am thinking I should add this to our little challenge progress thread. That's a great bit of advice :)

[Sassafrass, aka Rho, reader of erotica]

I totally agree! I added it to the thread!

[Gabrielle Blaque/~Bhlack Benehvolence~]

Hugs back Miss Kenjii!

I found out about this site through one of the other challenge groups that I periodically do, the site really came in handy for me for this challenge so I thought our group should know about it too!

Glad you liked it guys!

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic]

@Sassy- thanks for adding that :)