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ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1 thru September 30, 2021

September 13 is Roald Dahl Birthday.

Here are some words that represent Roald Dahl

Spell-out one/more of the following ALL-CAPPED words below.

BRITISH Author
WALES
(R.A.F.) fighter PILOT
SECRET AGENT
SCREENWRITER
PATRICIA Neal
5 CHILDREN
CHOCOLATE Historian
MEDICAL Inventor
JAMES and the Giant Peach
CHARLIE and the Chocolate Factory
THE BFG
The WITCHES
MATILDA

CHALLENGE RULES
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use 1st letter of title (exclude A, An, or The)
• or use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• Link to title
• Indicate Author
• give DATE you finished book

☆☆☆ ratings are optional

Happy Reading :D

♡♡CONGRATULATIONS♡♡
☆Challenge Completed☆
♡Book Concierge♡
♡Donna♡
♡Jonquil♡
♡Koren♡
♡Carol ♡
♡JennH♡

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 9/30/21

☆☆Jonquil - MATILDA & WITCHES (14/14) C
☆☆Donna - CHOCOLATE (9/9) C
☆☆Book Concierge - WALES (5/5) C
☆☆Carol - CHARLIE AND THE CHOCLATE FACTORY (28/28) C
☆☆Koren - MEDICAL (7/7) C
Licha-Olivia - CHOCOLATE (4/9)
☆☆JennH - WITCHES & MATILDA (14/14) C
Marilyn - WALES (3/5)
Diana S - JAMES & CHARLIE (0/12)

ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
September 1 thru September 30, 2021

DONE


M Murder for Lunch Haughton Murphy 9/3
A Alec's Royal Assignment Amelia Autin 9/6
T That Darkness Lisa Black 9/10
I Ice Blue Emma Jameson 9/17
L Lucy Burdette A Scone of Contention 9/13
D Dark Chocolate Demise Jenn McKinlay 9/2
A August Snow Stephen Mack Jones 9/14

W What Has Mother Done? Barbara Petty 9/11
I It's Your Party, Die If You Want to (LIV and Di in Dixie Mystery) Vickie Fee 9/15
T Time of Death J.D. Robb 9/1
C Coral Cottage Jan Moran 9/1
H Heather Blake A Witch Before Dying 9/15
E Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 9/17
S Shades of Wicked Jeaniene Frost 9/13

ROALD DAHL DAY CHALLENGE
September 1 thru September 30, 2021

Found 9 / 9 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE

✔C ~~ Chris Whitaker, author of ~~ We Begin at the End ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 02Sep21
✔H ~~ How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog ~~ by Christina Hunger ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Sep21
✔O ~~ Omotoso, Yewande, author of ~~ The Woman Next Door ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 07Sep21
✔C ~~ Cargill, C. Robert, author of ~~ Day Zero ~~ 4.5 Stars ~~ 09Sep21
✔O ~~ The Other Mrs. ~~ by Mary Kubica ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 24Sep21
✔L ~~ Liars and Saints ~~ by Maile Meloy ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Sep21
✔A ~~ American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century ~~ by Maureen Callahan ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 23Sep21
✔T ~~ This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare ~~ by Gabourey Sidibe ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 11Sep21
✔E ~~ Every Last Fear ~~ by Alex Finlay ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Sep21

ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Sept21 / Ends: 30Sept21

5 / 5 completed

S*P*E*L*L out

WALES
W - Wedding Date ✔ – 02Sep21
A - AZEVEDO, Francisco / Once Upon a Time in Rio ✔ – 07Sep21
L - Lily King / Writers & Lovers ✔ – 08Sep21
E - ESCANDON, María Amparo / L.A. Weather ✔ – 17Sep21
S - Save Me the Plums ✔ – 02Sep21

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ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE - September
28/28 - COMPLETED - 9/29

Carriger, C.L. The Sumage Solution - 9/1
Henry, Christina - Near the Bone - 9/14
Alafair Burke - The Better Sister - 9/15
Robert Innes - Spotlight - 9/11
Life Among the Savages - Shirley Jackson 9/2
I, Witness - Niki MacKay -9/19
Engineer (The) - C.S. Poe -9/3

Ander, Lexi - A New Beginning (Sumeria's Magi, #1) -9/16
Nina LaCour - Watch Over Me -9/4
Dangerous Thing, A - Josh Lanyonv-9/11

Trance - Adam Southfield - 9/16
Hell You Say,The - Josh Lanyon- 9/17
Elizabeth Carpenter - 11 Missed Calls -9/18

Chelsea Mueller - Prom House - 9/6
Hard Sell - Hudson Lin -9/27
Odd Child Out - Gilly MacMillan - 9/21
Cook, Lyndsey Rogers - Learning to Speak Southern - 9/8
Lanyon, Josh - Murder at Pirate's Cove - 9/5
Amanda Robson - Obsession - 9/20
Tic-Tac-Mistletoe - N.R. Walker - 9/28
Eric Richards - Lie In Wait -9/26

Fatal Shadows - Josh Lanyon - 9/10
American Fairytale - Andriana -9/25
Carriger, G.L.- Enforcer Enigma - The -9/3
Thief River Falls - Brian Freeman - 9/29
The Omega Objection - G.L. Carriger
Ripper, Kris - The Love Study -9/22
Yes, Daddy - Jonathan Park-Ramage - 9/7

ROALD DAHL DAY CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1 thru September 30, 2021
7/7

M-M. William Phelps She Survived: Melissa finished 9/2
E-Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Norton finished 9/28
D-David McGee Go, Cat, Go!: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, the King of Rockabilly finished 9/10
I-An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff finished 9/22
C-The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger finished 9/4
A-Amber Hunt See How Much You Love Me: A Troubled Teen, His Devoted Parents, and a Cold-Blooded Killing finished 9/25
L-Lit by Mary Karr finished 9/4

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ROALD DAHL DAY CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1 thru September 30, 2021

9/9

CHOCOLATE Historian

C: Crais, Robert; Suspect (9/4/21)
H: Hidden Kingdom (The); Tui T. Sutherland (10/4/21)
O: Olsen, Gregg; A Wicked Snow (10/11/21)
C: Christian McKay Heidicker; Scary Stories for Young Foxes (9/9/21)
O: Once a Laird Mary Jo Putney (10/21/21)
L: Lost Heir (The); Tui T. Sutherland (9/7/21)
A: Alexander, Victoria; The Lady Travelers Guide to Scoundrels & Other Gentlemen (10/27/21)
T: Tui T. Sutherland; The Dark Secret (10/7/21)
E: Elephant’s Girl (The); Celesta Rimington (9/22/21)

ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
Duration: September 1 thru September 30, 2021

✔W - Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
✔I - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman 9/19/21
✔T - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 6/13/21
✔C - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 9/7/21
✔H - Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang 9/4/21
✔E - Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart 9/3/21
✔S - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 9/11/21

✔M - Murder under Cover by Kate Carlisle 9/15/21
✔A - At Bertram's Hotel: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie 9/12/21
✔T - A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes 9/19/21
✔I - It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake 9/29/21
✔L - An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena 9/2/21
✔D - Drama by Raina Telgemeier 9/12/21
✔A - Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu 9/17/21

ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Sept21 / Ends: 30Sept21

3 / 5 completed

S*P*E*L*L out

WALES
✔W-- Walls, Jeanette, author of The Silver Star--9/7/21
A
✔L-- Last Looks by Howard Michael Gould--9/4/21
E
✔S-- Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book--9/18/21

Roald Dahl Day Challange

Spell-out: JAMES & CHARLIE (0/12)

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Update message # 6 - Challenge completed - 17Sep21


ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Sept21 / Ends: 30Sept21

5 / 5 completed

S*P*E*L*L out

WALES
W - Wedding Date ✔ – 02Sep21
A - AZEVEDO, Francisco / Once Upon a Time in Rio ✔ – 07Sep21
L - Lily King / Writers & Lovers ✔ – 08Sep21
E - ESCANDON, María Amparo / L.A. Weather ✔ – 17Sep21
S - Save Me the Plums ✔ – 02Sep21

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ROALD DAHI DAY CHALLENGE
September 1 thru September 30, 2021

DONE

M Murder for Lunch Haughton Murphy 9/3
A Alec's Royal Assignment Amelia Autin 9/6
T That Darkness Lisa Black 9/10
I Ice Blue Emma Jameson 9/17
L Lucy Burdette A Scone of Contention 9/13
D Dark Chocolate Demise Jenn McKinlay 9/2
A August Snow Stephen Mack Jones 9/14

W What Has Mother Done? Barbara Petty 9/11
I It's Your Party, Die If You Want to (LIV and Di in Dixie Mystery) Vickie Fee 9/15
T Time of Death J.D. Robb 9/1
C Coral Cottage Jan Moran 9/1
H Heather Blake A Witch Before Dying 9/15
E Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger 9/17
S Shades of Wicked Jeaniene Frost 9/13

Finished! message #8

Done! :)

Congrats to all who were able to finish their challenge this month! :D

Challenge completed!