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October 2017 Mini Challenges
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Yes, I've discovered it this summer 😔
Ops... I've always believed that pumpkins and tomatoes were vegetables... :-O
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I had the same idea, 😉 but I remember my friend told me that tomatoe was qualified as vegetable instead of fruit because of taxes.
I'm in and so happy. I am a card maker so I will be making cards this month as well as reading about them. Love the pumpkin book and psychic book, just the right element and latitude for Halloween. Great job on categories. Already have several books in mind. Will list shortly.Viva wrote: "I'm in!
Done! I had some books with Halloween themes I'd been saving so I could hardly wait to go. Working on Halloween cards now, then then I'm on to the Fall challenge.
Read 5/5
1. Vegetable Book Cover. Death of a Kitchen Diva. Lee Hollis
2. Scrap booking/Card making. Invitation to Murder. Eliz Bright
3. Buttons-Sewing -Notions Book. Lie of the Needle. Cate Price
4. Pumpkin or JackO'Lantern on cover. Deadly Brew
5. Psychic Element. Dead Tide. Leighann Dobbs
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LOL... I'm glad you like. I had a lot of ideas for this month so it was hard narrowing them down. I finally had to slightly rework one to make it fit for November. Hehehe...
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I'm in! Not as many books that I'm planning to read for Halloween fit as I had hoped so hopefully I haven't bitten off more than I can chew. Still working on my veggie book (I think cozies need to become more health conscious! Finding one with candy would have been so much easier!) but I have a couple of possibilities.National Vegetarian Month and World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
National Scrapbook Month, and World Card Making Day:
Photo, Snap, Shot
Count Your Buttons Day: Hanging by a Thread
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: The Diva Haunts the House
Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: A Vision of Murder
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LOL . . . Check out the Farmer's Market series by Paige Shelton, or cooking/culinary type cozies -- there is a shelf for them in our group bookshelf. (If you did not read The Big Chili this month, it counts, as there are beans featured on the cover.) Some series only have the first or second book listed, so you might have to look at other covers in a series, or see what else the author has published.
Heather L wrote: "Linda wrote: "Still working on my veggie book (I think cozies need to become more health conscious! Finding one with candy would have been so much easier!) but I have a couple of possibilities."L..."
I'm thinking Death al Dente or If Fried Chicken Could Fly might work but don't trust looking at internet covers, so I'll check them out at home. I've read the farmers market series and had the pleasure of reading The Big Chili this month.
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as junk food 😄). Let's see...
Looks like this October mini challenge is going to be a lot of fun. Searching for books to fit the categories is always a fun way to spend an afternoon or evening. 11/12/17 -- The October mini challenge was a lot of fun and I chose some great books. Unfortunately, life intervened and I didn't get all five books read by the deadline. But I finished the last two in November anyway. How could I not? They were too good to miss.
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
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as junk food 😄). Let's see..."Well, he's definitely sinful looking! 😁
Right now I plan to read the below, subject to mood changes!National Vegetarian Month and World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover:
Julia Buckley - The Big Chili done ****
National Scrapbook Month, and World Card Making Day:
Joanna Campbell Slan - Cut, Crop & Die done ****
Count Your Buttons Day (MC sews custom clothing):
Amy Boyles - Scared Witchless (Bless Your Witch) done ****
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day (pumpkins on cover):
Karen MacInerney - Deadly Brew done 3.5*
Increase Your Psychic Powers Day:
Dawn Eastman - Be Careful What You Witch For done ****
Kyle Logan has 4 books about buttons that I like very much. One should fit in the button clue.BUTTON HOLD UP and HOT BUTTON are two
0/5 Complete1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
(Suggested reading: Laura Childs, Elizabeth Bright, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lucy Lawrence, Joanna Campbell Slan, Terri Thayer, Lois Winston)
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
October mini challengeUpdated: Nov. 1
Progress: 5/5
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis - finished Oct. 122. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Glue, Baby, Gone by Joanna Campbell Slan - finished Nov. 13. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey - finished Oct. 124. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis - finished Oct. 265. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
Blackwork by Monica Ferris - finished Oct. 17
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1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
(Suggested reading: Laura Childs, Elizabeth Bright, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lucy Lawrence, Joanna Campbell Slan, Terri Thayer, Lois Winston)
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
(Suggested reading: Annette Blair [Kitchen Witch], Shirley Damsgaard [Ophelia and Abby], Amanda Flower [Magical Bookshop], Lena Gregory, Kay Hooper [Bishop series], Sofie Kelly [Magical Cats], Mary Kennedy [Dream casting], Victoria Laurie [Psychic Eye], Joyce and Jim Lavene [Missing Pieces, Retired Witches], Dixie Lyle [Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot], Laura Morrigan [Call of the Wilde], Leigh Perry [Family Skeleton], Rochelle Staub [Mind for Murder], Karen Townsend, Wendy Roberts [Crime Scene], Heather Webber)
I'm in and will see how many I can get!1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover. - A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
(Suggested reading: Laura Childs, Elizabeth Bright, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lucy Lawrence, Joanna Campbell Slan, Terri Thayer, Lois Winston)
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc). - Death Threads by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover. - Bitter Harvest by Wendy Tyson
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
(Suggested reading: Annette Blair [Kitchen Witch], Shirley Damsgaard [Ophelia and Abby], Amanda Flower [Magical Bookshop], Lena Gregory, Kay Hooper [Bishop series], Sofie Kelly [Magical Cats], Mary Kennedy [Dream casting], Victoria Laurie [Psychic Eye], Joyce and Jim Lavene [Missing Pieces, Retired Witches], Dixie Lyle [Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot], Laura Morrigan [Call of the Wilde], Leigh Perry [Family Skeleton], Rochelle Staub [Mind for Murder], Karen Townsend, Wendy Roberts [Crime Scene], Heather Webber)
Woot! I was saving my Bad Luck Cat book for this month. I figured either the cat or the pumpkins would be on the list :)
Betty wrote: "Kyle Logan has 4 books about buttons that I like very much. One should fit in the button clue.BUTTON HOLD UP and HOT BUTTON are two"
*lol* I just bought the first books in two of Kylie's other series today. I'll have to look for the button series.
I was two books shy for the September challenge so I'll give it another go with the October challenge here are my choice books according to theme:1. Vegetable Day - "The Scarlet Pepper" A White House Gardener Mystery by Dorothy St. James
2. Card Making Day - "Inked Up" by Terri Thayer
3. Button Day - "Button Holed" by Kylie Logan
4. Pumpkin Day - "Death Overdue" by Alison Brook
5. Psychic Powers Day - " A Touch of Gold" by Joyce and Jim Lavene
1. Read a book with veggies on the cover.
by Diane Gonzales Bertrand (10/18/17)
by George Shannon (10/18/17)2. Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
by Christopher L. Harbo (10/19/17)
by Annalees Lim (10/25)3. Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
by Marne Ventura (10/19/17)4. Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
by Kay Finch (10/22)
by Wendell Minor (10/29)5. Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
by Jacqueline Mitton (10/18/17)
by Jennifer Hamburg (10/26)
I'm in! Read 1/5
1. Vegetable Book Cover: The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson 10/12
2. Paper Crafts Book:
3. Book about Sewing or Notions on the Cover:
4. Book with Pumpkins on Cover: Deadly Brew by Karen MacInerney
5. Book Featuring a Mystical Element: The Crooked House: The Lilith Chronicles Book I by John A. Longeway
October Mini ChallengeCompleted: 5/5
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
Kale to the Queen by Nell Hampton 10/26
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Sealed with a Kill by Lucy Lawrence 10/31
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon 10/30
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
Trick Or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier 10/30
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 10/6
In *****only made it through 4. :-( ****1. Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Dylan Klebold loved origami and frequently did it. 3. Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc). Always the Designer, Never the Bride
4. Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
Death Overdue5. Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc. Lemon Pies and Little White Lies
I'll give it a go. 1. Read a book with veggies on the cover.
Scam Chowder, Maya Corrigan - 19/10/17
I see an onion and potatoes on the cover.
2. Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Stuck on Murder, Lucy Lawrence - 23/10/17
3. Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover
Twisted Threads, Lea Wait - 12/10/17
4. Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
The Black Cat Sees His Shadow, Kay Finch - 02/10/17
5. Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
Tombs of Endearment, Casey Daniels - 16/10/17
The heroine sees ghosts.
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I have been in the UK since September 23rd and do not get home until after Canadian Thanksgiving. I am having a hard time posting as I just have my phone. I am in but will post when I get home.
October 2017 Mini Challenge✔1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
Merry Market Murder by Paige Shelton 10/19/17
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
(Suggested reading: Laura Childs, Elizabeth Bright, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lucy Lawrence, Joanna Campbell Slan, Terri Thayer, Lois Winston)
✔3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
Pinned for Murder by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
(Suggested reading: Annette Blair [Kitchen Witch], Shirley Damsgaard [Ophelia and Abby], Amanda Flower [Magical Bookshop], Lena Gregory, Kay Hooper [Bishop series], Sofie Kelly [Magical Cats], Mary Kennedy [Dream casting], Victoria Laurie [Psychic Eye], Joyce and Jim Lavene [Missing Pieces, Retired Witches], Dixie Lyle [Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot], Laura Morrigan [Call of the Wilde], Leigh Perry [Family Skeleton], Rochelle Staub [Mind for Murder], Karen Townsend, Wendy Roberts [Crime Scene], Heather Webber)
Progress 2/5Updated: 10/21/17
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts , decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Cut, Crop & Die
- finished 10/20 ***3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
Trick or Treat Murder
- finished 10/21/17 ****5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
October Mini-Challenges1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover. Kale to the Queen
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover Thread the Halls
Read 5/51. Vegetables on book cover: Smothered in Lies(lettuce & chili) (done)
2. Book featuring paper crafts: Paper, Scissors, Death: Book #1 in the Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (done)
3. Book featuring sewing or sewing notions on cover: Threads of Evidence (done)
4. Book with pumpkins on cover: Bewitched, Bedeviled and Bewildered (done)
5. Book featuring mystical element: Witch Chocolate Bites (spells) (done)
Marisa wrote: "Patrizia wrote: "Ops... I've always believed that pumpkins and tomatoes were vegetables... :-O"I had the same idea, 😉 but I remember my friend told me that tomatoe was qualified as vegetable inst..."
I think the word "vegetable" is just an arbitrary classification of food, whereas fruit can be both a classification of food and the way the plant reproduces. Broccoli is technically a flower, based on how it reproduces, and of course mushrooms are fungi, but from a culinary standpoint, we classify them, along with tomatoes, as "vegetables."
Amber wrote: "Woot! I was saving my Bad Luck Cat book for this month. I figured either the cat or the pumpkins would be on the list :)"Strange that. It was on my pumpkin list, too :-)
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.Chrystle Fiedler, Death Drops 3-5 October 3 ½ *
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
Joanna Campbell-Slan, Picture, Perfect, Corpse 9-11 October 3 ½ *
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
Betty Hechtman, If Hooks Could Kill 11-14 October 3 ½ *
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
Kathi Daley, Frankencat 7-9 October 4 ½ *
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
H. Y. Hanna, Witch Chocolate Fudge 5-7 October 4*
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1.- National Vegetarian Month / World Vegetarian Day: A Slaying in the Orchard by Gin Jones & Elizabeth Ashby (01/11/2017 - ★★★★)
2.- National Scrapbook Month / World Card Making Day: Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs (26/10/2017 - ★★☆)
3.- Count Your Buttons Day: Dangling by a Thread by Lea Wait (28/10/2017 - ★★★★)
4.- National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day/ Carve a Pumpkin Day / Halloween: The Legend of Sleepy Harlow by Kylie Logan (03/10/2017 - ★★★☆)
5.- Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Take the Monkey and Run by Laura Morrigan (09/10/2017 - ★★★★)
Yippee, I finished the October challenge. I did change up two books, cause I just couldn’t get into the two I picked but here was my challenged picked and completed dates:1. Vegetarian Day: “Merry, Merry Market” by Paige Shelton 10/14/17
2. Scrapbook Day: “Inked Up” by Terri Thayer 10/11/17
3. Buttons Day: “Knot the Usual Suspects” by Molly MacRae 10/18/17
4. Pumpkin Day: “Death Overdue” by Alison Brook 10/03/17
5. Psychic Powers Day: “A Touch of Gold” by Joyce and Jim Lavene 10/15/17
Congratulations Patrizia and Michelle. Lots of time to spare.
I can’t wait for the November challenge to be posted so I can start planning that. I had so much fun with the October challenger. Thank you
All done with this month's challenge -- looking forward to November!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Death Overdue (other topics)Always the Designer, Never the Bride (other topics)
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies (other topics)
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy (other topics)
Trick or Treat Murder (other topics)
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Lea Wait (other topics)
Laura Childs (other topics)
Jennifer Hamburg (other topics)
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Here are your October 2017 Mini Challenges!
RULES
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** A book can only be used once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.).
** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance, and can change your mind at any time if you do.
** Do as many as you are able and have fun!
1. October is National Vegetarian Month and October 1 is World Vegetarian Day: Read a book with veggies on the cover.
2. October is National Scrapbook Month, and October 7 is World Card Making Day: Read a book that involves paper crafts (cardmaking, decoupage, quilling, scrapbooking, stamping).
(Suggested reading: Laura Childs, Elizabeth Bright, Mollie Cox Bryan, Lucy Lawrence, Joanna Campbell Slan, Terri Thayer, Lois Winston)
3. October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day: Read a book that involves sewing, or which has sewing notions on the cover (buttons, needle, thread, scissors, pin cushion, etc).
4. October 21 is also National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and October 31 is Carve a Pumpkin Day and Halloween: Find a book with pumpkins and/or jack-o-lanterns on the cover.
5. October 31 is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day: Read a book that features a mystical element such as tarot cards, crystal balls, ESP, palmistry, spell-casting, etc.
(Suggested reading: Annette Blair [Kitchen Witch], Shirley Damsgaard [Ophelia and Abby], Amanda Flower [Magical Bookshop], Lena Gregory, Kay Hooper [Bishop series], Sofie Kelly [Magical Cats], Mary Kennedy [Dream casting], Victoria Laurie [Psychic Eye], Joyce and Jim Lavene [Missing Pieces, Retired Witches], Dixie Lyle [Whiskey, Tango & Foxtrot], Laura Morrigan [Call of the Wilde], Leigh Perry [Family Skeleton], Rochelle Staub [Mind for Murder], Karen Townsend, Wendy Roberts [Crime Scene], Heather Webber)
* For those who may think there's a bit of duplication between numbers 1 and 4, the pumpkin is technically a fruit, as are squash and tomatoes. '-)