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message 1: by Vanessa (last edited Jan 24, 2022 05:36PM) (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21




I don't know about you, but I love a weird holiday. Give me a reason to celebrate all day, every day! This monthly challenge is inspired by those obscure, bizarre, plain ol' wacky holidays out there. Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.

International Bacon Day – Sept 4
National Salami Day – Sept 7
National Cheese Pizza Day – Sept 12 or National Pepperoni Pizza Day – Sept 20
National Guacamole Day – Sept 16
National Dumpling Day – Sept 26
National Corned Beef Hash Day – Sept 27

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Sept 12
National Chai Day – Sept 21
Drink Beer Day – Sept 28
National Coffee Day – Sept 29

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

National New Hampshire Day – Sept 7
California Admission Day – Sept 9
National Virginia Day – Sept 14
National New York Day – Sept 21
National North Carolina Day – Sept 28

Action
In order of me every day... September 5 is Be Late for Something Day.

️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

BONUS
Mabon is a pagan harvest festival which is celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year – around September 21st through September 24th. Also known as Harvest Home, this holiday marks the middle of the harvest cycle – when both the days and nights are of equal length.

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


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P A R T I C I P A N T S

Kim - FINISHED
Shelly - FINISHED
Frankie
JoAnne - FINISHED
Tari - FINISHED
Ed - FINISHED
ChrisGA - FINISHED


message 2: by Kim (last edited Sep 22, 2021 01:51PM) (new)

Kim (kmyers) Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21
Complete 9.22.21
12 books

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon - Nothing to See Here. Kevin Wilson. 9.9.21
Pepperoni Pizza - South of the Buttonwood Tree. Heather Webber. 9.15.21
Dumpling - A Cup of Silver Linings. Karen Hawkins. 9.12.21

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake - Christmas in Winter Hill. Melody Carlson. 9.13.21
Coffee - A Likely Story. Jenn McKinlay. 9.9.21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire - I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away. Bill Bryson. 9.18.21
New York - Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 9.14.21
North Carolina - The Wright Brothers. David McCullough. 9.15.21

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.
The Forgotten Road. Richard Paul Evans. 9.13.21 (the MC is late for his flight, which then crashes)

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length. (400 pages)
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage. Eleanor Henderson. 9.8.21
The Seed Keeper. Diane Wilson. 9.5.21


message 3: by Shelly (last edited Sep 28, 2021 10:37PM) (new)

Shelly Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21



I don't know about you, but I love a weird holiday. Give me a reason to celebrate all day, every day! This monthly challenge is inspired by those obscure, bizarre, plain ol' wacky holidays out there. Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

4/4

0 BONUS

✅Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.

International Bacon Day – Sept 4
National Salami Day – Sept 7
National Cheese Pizza Day – Sept 12 or National Pepperoni Pizza Day – Sept 20
🍎National Guacamole Day – Sept 16 - Natural Thorn Killer - Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 09/05/21 pg. 148 “I brought the works. Chips and GUACAMOLE, their famous chili verde salsa, and chicken and beef tamales.”
Natural Thorn Killer (Rose City Mystery #1) by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley
National Dumpling Day – Sept 26
National Corned Beef Hash Day – Sept 27

✅Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Sept 12
National Chai Day – Sept 21
Drink Beer Day – Sept 28
🍎National Coffee Day – Sept 29 - Burden of Poof - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/07/21 loc. 145 “poured myself a cup of COFFEE.”
Burden of Poof (Bonnie & Clyde Mysteries, #1) by Julie Anne Lindsey

✅Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

National New Hampshire Day – Sept 7
California Admission Day – Sept 9
🍎National Virginia Day – Sept 14 - The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit - Krista Davis 09/02/21 - Old Town, Virginia
National New York Day – Sept 21
National North Carolina Day – Sept 28
The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #14) by Krista Davis

Action
In order of me every day... September 5 is Be Late for Something Day.

🍎♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something. - The Cider Shop Rules - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/09/21 pg.27 “Despite my solid, horrific reasoning for being LATE, I still felt awful.”
The Cider Shop Rules (A Cider Shop Mystery, #3) by Julie Anne Lindsey

BONUS
Mabon is a pagan harvest festival which is celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year – around September 21st through September 24th. Also known as Harvest Home, this holiday marks the middle of the harvest cycle – when both the days and nights are of equal length.

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 4: by Frankie (last edited Sep 01, 2021 08:43PM) (new)

Frankie Johnson Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.

International Bacon Day – Sept 4
National Salami Day – Sept 7

National Cheese Pizza Day – Sept 12
Loc.1377"... plates of the cheese pizza he'd ordered..."
Fatal Invasion-Marie Force 9/01

or National Pepperoni Pizza Day – Sept 20
National Guacamole Day – Sept 16
National Dumpling Day – Sept 26
National Corned Beef Hash Day – Sept 27

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Sept 12
National Chai Day – Sept 21
Drink Beer Day – Sept 28
National Coffee Day – Sept 29

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

National New Hampshire Day – Sept 7
California Admission Day – Sept 9
National Virginia Day – Sept 14
National New York Day – Sept 21
National North Carolina Day – Sept 28

Action
In order of me every day... September 5 is Be Late for Something Day.

️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

BONUS
Mabon is a pagan harvest festival which is celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year – around September 21st through September 24th. Also known as Harvest Home, this holiday marks the middle of the harvest cycle – when both the days and nights are of equal length.

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 5: by JoAnne (last edited Oct 01, 2021 11:20AM) (new)

JoAnne Love the photo! Guac is my fav!!

Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
Read: 8


♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon Saving Sandcastles Meredith Summers 9/2/21
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza Sea Glass Cottage Vickie McKeehan 9/19/21
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake Starlight Dunes Vickie McKeehan 9/4/21
Chai Day
Beer Obsession Helen Hardt 9/10/21
Coffee Paws in the Action: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs Max Parrott 9/6/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire
California The Dressmaker's Dowry Meredith Jaeger 9/8/21
Virginia
New York I Flipping Love You Helena Hunting 9/9/21
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

Late for work Carter Reed Tijan 9/12/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 6: by Tari (last edited Sep 22, 2021 07:46AM) (new)

Tari (thann) Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Books read: 6

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon

The Coloring Crook Krista Davis 9/15/21
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

Chocolate Milkshake
Chai Day
Beer
Coffee Reading Between the Crimes Kate Young 9/7/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

New Hampshire
California
Virginia
Make Room for Murder Amerie Brand 9/19/21
New York
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

Her mail route-Deadly Delivery Tonya Kappes 9/2/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.

Both are 232 pages
Buried in the Sand T.J. Costello 9/10/21
Publishable by Death A.C.F.Bookens 9/11/21


message 7: by Ed (last edited Jan 11, 2022 10:56AM) (new)

Ed Lehman | 2945 comments *****COMPLETED 12/29/21*****

Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
✔Bacon- p.145- Martin Chuzzlewit- several characters sit down together for dinner including Mr. Pecksniff- "...boiled beef, roast veal, bacon, pies and abundance of such heavy vegetables as are favourably known by housekeepers..." - Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens-11/26/21-
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake
Chai Day
✔Beer-p.181-Typical: Stories by Padgett Powell-10/18/21
-"...burned them and drank beer and thought the rest of his novel..." 10/18/21
✔Coffee-p.549- The Last Chronicle of Barset-"The eggs were eaten and the coffee was drunk..." 10/18/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire
California- Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez- 12/29/21
Virginia
New York
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.-p.104- That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton-12/3/21-Bryon is late bringing Cathy home because they stayed out looking for her brother.

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 8: by ChrisGA (last edited Sep 29, 2021 12:52PM) (new)

ChrisGA Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

❎Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Cheese Pizza Crêpe ExpectationsSarah Fox9/8/21


❎Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Coffee For Whom the Bread RollsSarah Fox 9/4/21

❎❎Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
North Carolina A Garden to Die ForT. Lockhaven 9/8/21

❎Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.
Emil late for his lectures. Misfortune and Gouda Blake Pierce 9/23/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length. 304pp.
Silence of the Lamb's WoolBetty Hechtman 9/28/21
Wound Up in MurderBetty Hechtman 9/.29/21


message 9: by Vanessa (last edited Sep 07, 2021 06:50PM) (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) JoAnne wrote: "Love the photo! Guac is my fav!!

Me too!! Can't get enough!!


message 10: by Vanessa (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) WELCOME ALL!


message 11: by Shelly (new)

Shelly Hi Vanessa,
In the challenge, do we do one task from each category or all of the tasks to be counted as complete?


message 12: by Tari (new)

Tari (thann) Completed

Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Books read: 6

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon

The Coloring Crook Krista Davis 9/15/21
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

Chocolate Milkshake
Chai Day
Beer
Coffee Reading Between the Crimes Kate Young 9/7/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

New Hampshire
California
Virginia
Make Room for Murder Amerie Brand 9/19/21
New York
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

Her mail route-Deadly Delivery Tonya Kappes 9/2/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.

Both are 232 pages
Buried in the Sand T.J. Costello 9/10/21
Publishable by Death A.C.F.Bookens 9/11/21


message 13: by Kim (new)

Kim (kmyers) Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21
Complete 9.22.21
12 books

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon - Nothing to See Here. Kevin Wilson. 9.9.21
Pepperoni Pizza - South of the Buttonwood Tree. Heather Webber. 9.15.21
Dumpling - A Cup of Silver Linings. Karen Hawkins. 9.12.21

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake - Christmas in Winter Hill. Melody Carlson. 9.13.21
Coffee - A Likely Story. Jenn McKinlay. 9.9.21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire - I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away. Bill Bryson. 9.18.21
New York - Speak. Laurie Halse Anderson. 9.14.21
North Carolina - The Wright Brothers. David McCullough. 9.15.21

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.
The Forgotten Road. Richard Paul Evans. 9.13.21 (the MC is late for his flight, which then crashes)

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length. (400 pages)
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage. Eleanor Henderson. 9.8.21
The Seed Keeper. Diane Wilson. 9.5.21


message 14: by ChrisGA (new)

ChrisGA finished
Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

❎Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Cheese Pizza Crêpe ExpectationsSarah Fox9/8/21


❎Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Coffee For Whom the Bread RollsSarah Fox 9/4/21

❎❎Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
North Carolina A Garden to Die ForT. Lockhaven 9/8/21

❎Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.
Emil late for his lectures. Misfortune and Gouda Blake Pierce 9/23/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length. 304pp.
Silence of the Lamb's WoolBetty Hechtman 9/28/21
Wound Up in MurderBetty Hechtman 9/.29/21


message 15: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne FINISHED
Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
Read: 8


♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
Bacon Saving Sandcastles Meredith Summers 9/2/21
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza Sea Glass Cottage Vickie McKeehan 9/19/21
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake Starlight Dunes Vickie McKeehan 9/4/21
Chai Day
Beer Obsession Helen Hardt 9/10/21
Coffee Paws in the Action: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs Max Parrott 9/6/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire
California The Dressmaker's Dowry Meredith Jaeger 9/8/21
Virginia
New York I Flipping Love You Helena Hunting 9/9/21
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.

Late for work Carter Reed Tijan 9/12/21

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 16: by Shelly (new)

Shelly FINISHED!

Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21



I don't know about you, but I love a weird holiday. Give me a reason to celebrate all day, every day! This monthly challenge is inspired by those obscure, bizarre, plain ol' wacky holidays out there. Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

4/4

0 BONUS

✅Food
Pack on the Calories Month!
♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.

International Bacon Day – Sept 4
National Salami Day – Sept 7
National Cheese Pizza Day – Sept 12 or National Pepperoni Pizza Day – Sept 20
🍎National Guacamole Day – Sept 16 - Natural Thorn Killer - Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 09/05/21 pg. 148 “I brought the works. Chips and GUACAMOLE, their famous chili verde salsa, and chicken and beef tamales.”
Natural Thorn Killer (Rose City Mystery #1) by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley
National Dumpling Day – Sept 26
National Corned Beef Hash Day – Sept 27

✅Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.

National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Sept 12
National Chai Day – Sept 21
Drink Beer Day – Sept 28
🍎National Coffee Day – Sept 29 - Burden of Poof - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/07/21 loc. 145 “poured myself a cup of COFFEE.”
Burden of Poof (Bonnie & Clyde Mysteries, #1) by Julie Anne Lindsey

✅Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.

National New Hampshire Day – Sept 7
California Admission Day – Sept 9
🍎National Virginia Day – Sept 14 - The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit - Krista Davis 09/02/21 - Old Town, Virginia
National New York Day – Sept 21
National North Carolina Day – Sept 28
The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #14) by Krista Davis

Action
In order of me every day... September 5 is Be Late for Something Day.

🍎♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something. - The Cider Shop Rules - Julie Anne Lindsey 09/09/21 pg.27 “Despite my solid, horrific reasoning for being LATE, I still felt awful.”
The Cider Shop Rules (A Cider Shop Mystery, #3) by Julie Anne Lindsey

BONUS
Mabon is a pagan harvest festival which is celebrated on the Autumnal Equinox each year – around September 21st through September 24th. Also known as Harvest Home, this holiday marks the middle of the harvest cycle – when both the days and nights are of equal length.

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


message 17: by Vanessa (new)

Vanessa (nesshawk) Great job, all!


message 18: by Ed (new)

Ed Lehman | 2945 comments *****COMPLETED 12/29/21*****

Obscure Holiday Monthly Challenge – September 2021
Dates: 09/01/21 - 09/30/21

Celebrate these holidays this month with a reading challenge to fit. Remember, whether these holidays are for real isn't the point... reading a book to fit a wacky task is!

No page minimums! Just have FUN!

Food
Pack on the Calories Month!

♦️ Read a book where a character eats one of the following foods.
✔Bacon- p.145- Martin Chuzzlewit- several characters sit down together for dinner including Mr. Pecksniff- "...boiled beef, roast veal, bacon, pies and abundance of such heavy vegetables as are favourably known by housekeepers..." - Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens-11/26/21-
Salami
Cheese Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Guacamole
Dumpling
Corned Beef Hash

Beverage
♦️ Read a book where someone drinks one of the following beverages.
Chocolate Milkshake
Chai Day
✔Beer-p.181-Typical: Stories by Padgett Powell-10/18/21
-"...burned them and drank beer and thought the rest of his novel..." 10/18/21
✔Coffee-p.549- The Last Chronicle of Barset-"The eggs were eaten and the coffee was drunk..." 10/18/21

Location
♦️ Read a book that takes place in one of the following US States.
New Hampshire
California- Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez- 12/29/21
Virginia
New York
North Carolina

Action
️♦️ Read a book where a character is late for something.-p.104- That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton-12/3/21-Bryon is late bringing Cathy home because they stayed out looking for her brother.

BONUS

♦️ Read two books that are the exact same page length.


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