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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. - 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)


* 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. '-)

Autumn Challenge

B - Bitter Harvest by Wendy Tyson
L - The Life and Times of Miss Jane Marple by Anne Hart
A - The Agatha Christie Book Club by C.A. Larmer
C - A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford
K - Killer Crust by Chris Cavender
C - Cards on the Table byAgatha Christie
A - Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James
T - Tightening the Threads by Lea Wait

H - Hooked on Ewe by Hannah Reed
A - Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower
L - A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay
L - Ladle to the Grave by Connie Archer
O - Oh, Fudge! by Nancy CoCo
W - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
E - Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle
E - Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
N - Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis

November Challenge

1. Day of the Dead is celebrated Oct 31-Nov 2 (which traditionally involves visits to cemeteries), and November 2 is Plan Your Epitaph Day: Read a book that involves a cemetery, grave, tombstone, or bones/skeletons — or depicts one on the cover. - Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the Fiddle by Fran Rizer (MC works at a funeral home)

2. November is National Novel Writing Month, November 5 is Book Lovers Day and November 8 Young Readers Day: Read a book ABOUT books. - A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay

3. November 10 is USMC Day and November 11 is Veteran's Day: Read a book that features someone serving their country such as a soldier or army nurse, a veteran, or which is set during a war (real or fictional). - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis (Dave the police officer was in the Army)

4. November 13 is World Kindness Day, November 16 International Tolerance Day, November 17 World Peace Day, and November 21 is World Hello Day: Read a book set in a country other than your own. - Killer Crust by Chris Cavender

5. November 22 is Go For a Ride Day: Read a book that shows some sort of transportation on the cover that does not fly. - Slayed on the Slopes by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley (ski lift and skis)

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December Challenge

1. December 3 is National Roof over Your Head Day: Read a book with a house on the cover, or about home improvement (Suggested authors: Jennie Bentley, Juliet Blackwell, Kate Danley, Celina Grace, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julie Hyzy). - Secret of the Painted Lady by Elizabeth Ashby

2. December 18 is Bake Cookies Day: Find a book with cookies on the cover, or in which someone bakes cookies. (Bonus: Bake cookies) - Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell

3. December 19 is Look for an Evergreen Day: Read a book with an evergreen/fir/Christmas tree on the cover. - Murder Fir Christmas by Joyce Lavene

4. December 21 is the Winter Solstice here in the northern hemisphere — the shortest day of the year: Read a short story or novella (short stories are generally 5-20 pages, while novellas can come in around 120 pages -- there are a lot of free short stories online, in all genres). - Dead Letters by Sheila Connolly

5. December 27 is Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day: Read a book with snow or snowflakes on the cover or in the title. - Deck the Hallways by Kate Carlisle

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