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October 2022 Monthly Challenge - A Variety of Holidays
Begins: 01Octp22 / Ends: 31Oct22

There's more to October than Halloween. Let's honor some other October holidays and clear some books off the tbr while we're at it!


Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.

Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)

Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.

Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).

World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The)



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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.

A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Book with a BLUE cover: - ✔ - 31May19


If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

Have Fun!

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Reserved for list of participants.

CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post.

Beverly ✔ Completed

JennH

Koren ✔ Completed

Sheila

TerriS ✔ Completed

Tessa ✔ Completed

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Let's see if this one sticks. I posted earlier today and it told me it was posted, but when I went to check it this evening, the entire post was missing. S*I*G*H.

October 2022 Monthly Challenge - A Variety of Holidays
Begins: 01Octp22 / Ends: 31Oct22
5/5

Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.
Lisa Bird-Wilson is Cree and our protagonist, Ruby, is a woman of Cree heritage who was adopted as a baby and is searching for her family and heritage. Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson FINISHED 10/3

Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune FINISHED 10/5

Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry FINISHED 10/7

Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).
Earthcrack by Sharon Canipe
page 151 "Darren Steele drained the last of his beer and signaled the bartender for another." FINISHED 10/10

World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The)
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg FINISHED 10/14

October 2022 Monthly Challenge - A Variety of Holidays
Begins: 01Octp22 / Ends: 31Oct22


5 / 5 completed

Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. - Author and main char are both part of the Ojibwe nation - The Porcupine Year ✔ – 30Nov22

Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER - ✔ – 17Dec22

Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF - M E - Mary Ellis / The Turtle Warrior ✔ – 26Oct22

Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text - pg 15 - "He sips on his longneck beer from start to finish…" - I Am the Messenger ✔ – 10Nov22

World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE - Cold Millions ✔ – 14Nov22

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October 2022 Monthly Challenge - A Variety of Holidays
Begins: 01Octp22 / Ends: 31Oct22

5/5

✔Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann, 4****s, 2-26-23
Main character: Mollie Burkhart, Osage woman.

✔Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd, 3***s, 10-4-22


✔Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.
The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller, 4****s, 11-18-22

✔Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith, 4****s, 10-1-22
Robin: I bought lager. Do you want some?
Strike: Which has more calories, Beer or Wine?
Robin: Calories, You?
Strike: I’ve got to get some of this weight off.


✔World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The).
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout, 4****s, 10-26-22

October 2022 Monthly Challenge

✔Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 10/29/22 - main characters Nizhoni & Mac Begay - Navajo; author Rebecca Roanhorse - Ohkay Owingeh, tribe of Pueblo people, and African American

✔Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray 10/25/22


✔Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.
Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower 10/9/22

✔Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).
A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes 10/12/22 - p113 - "I took a long drink of the old sour beer."

✔World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The)
Deathtrap by Ira Levin 10/2/22

October 2022 Monthly Challenge - A Variety of Holidays
Begins: 01Octp22 / Ends: 31Oct22

Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.-true, translated accounts by Indigenous people that lived through during the mid-1860's in Minnesota.


Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)-Voyage To Crusoe by Leif Beiley finished 10/19


Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.-Beautifully Cruel by M. William Phelps

Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).-Say You Love Satan by David St. Clair finished 10/9 p. 22 Kerouac hung out with the kids in that bar and they all got high on beer and booze.

World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The)-The Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickam finished 10/1

I'm in.

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Indigenous Peoples Day - Read a book written by or whose MAIN character is an indigenous person. Explain how your book fits. Please link to the author if using that option.--Dangerous Curves: The Ultimate Curvy Collection by Skye Eagleday--finished 12/11/2022--Bree and Delia are a quarter Native Nation. Author's bio states she is Native Nation.

Navy Day - Ocean / Sea on the COVER (post the cover image)

Canadian Thanksgiving - Author's first and last initials found in MAPLE LEAF. Middle initials (if used) may be ignored. Letters may be used only so often as they appear in the target phrase.--Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower--finished 10/25/2022

Oktoberfest - Someone drinks beer in text (quote the passage).--A Ghost in Shining Armor by Therese Beharrie--pg. 15--Levi turned. It came from a lanky guy hunched over his beer at the bar.

World Ballet Day - Title begins with a letter in DANCE (exclude leading articles: A, An, The)--Ecstasy by Anne Weale--finished 10/14/2022

I think I've got everyone linked. But ... if I missed you, please let me know.

(I'm on a road trip vacay right now with only intermittent internet connection. So I may not respond immediately.)

Updated message #4: Challenge complete

Finished! #8

You are on a roll, Koren!

NOTE ... I have tried FOUR times to post the November challenge. It looks like it posts. Then when I refresh the page so I can add the "reserved for participants" post ... my original post is GONE.

S*I*G*H

I'm gonna let GR rest and try again later tonight.

FINALLY ... The November challenge is HERE. Thanks for your patience.

Update Message # 5 - Challenge completed ✔ - 17Dec22

Woohoo! Good job, BC! Goes to show, it's never too late to read a good book ;)

I'm finally finished with this one -- but it was worth the wait! :)

YAY, Terri S! Perseverance pays off....