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Updated: 9/29/24
🍂🍄Book Concierge - WIDOWER (7/7) C
🍂🍄Jonquil - HOUSEKEEPER (11/11) C
JennH - REBECCA & MANDERLEY (13/16)
SouthWestZippy - CRUEL (1/5)
Licha-Olivia - ARISTOCRAT (8/10)
Diana S - MRS DE WINTER (1/11)
Carol - WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP (14/18)
Cara - MANDERLEY (4/9)
Marilyn - WIDOWER (4/7)
Koren - AFFAIRS (4/7)
🍂🍄 Beverly - MANDERLEY (9/9) C
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Begins: 01Sep24 / Ends: 30Sep24
7 / 7 completed
✔ Widower
W - What Would Frida Do? ✔ - 05Sep24
I - The Invisible Man ✔ – 28Sep24
D - Demon Copperhead ✔ – 24Sep24
O - Orbiting Jupiter ✔ – 14Sep24
W - WILKERSON, Charmaine Wilkerson / Black Cake ✔ – 15Sep24
E - Eyes of Prey ✔ - 04Sep24
R - Reptile Room ✔ – 21Se
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September 2024: A Gothic Romance11/11 DONE
H Haunting License Carol J. Perry 9/11
O One Simple Wish Kay Correll 9/17
U Under a Veiled Moon Karen Odden 9/1
S Story of a Murder Harper Lin 9/17
E Echoes of Memory Sara Driscoll 9/1
K Kindred in Death J.D. Robb 9/8
E Everybody Loves Polar Bears LoLo Paige 9/21
E Echo Road Kendra Elliot 9/6
P Pandora's Box Luke Christodoulou 9/10
E Elvis and the Grateful Dead Peggy Webb 9/21
R Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Witch of Wild Things 9/19
A Gothic Romance ChallengeDuration: month of September
🏡R - milk and honey by Rupi Kaur 9/14/24
🏡E - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/16/24
🏡B - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett 9/16/24
🏡E - Evil Flowers: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug 9/17/24
🏡C - Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs 9/15/24
🏡C- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 9/20/24
🏡A - Sugar and Spice by Sarah Mlynowski 9/22/24 - Abby
🏡M - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 9/15/24
🏡A - Persuasion by Jane Austen 9/27/24
🏡N - We Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day by Ivana Bodrožić 9/21/24 - Nora
🏡D - The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis 9/3/24
🏡E - Eragon by Christopher Paolini 9/30/824
🏡R - Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen 9/20/24
🏡L - Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs 9/22/24
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A Gothic Romance2/5--Did not finish
C-A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron-9/6/24
R-Ruined by Ruth Everhart
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A Gothic Romance ChallengeDuration: month of September
8/10 Letters
A: Adams, Lyssa Kay; Isn't It Bromantic? (9/5/24)
R: Regan, Lisa; Vanishing Girls (9/10/24)
I: It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover (9/20/24)
S: Snow, Nicole; The Darkest Chase (9/15/24)
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O: Out of Control Suzanne Brockmann (9/28/24)
C: Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us (9/30/34)
R: Richard Osman: The Man Who Died Twice (9/24/23)
A: Adams, Lyssa Kay; A Very Merry Bromance (9/22/24)
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Spell-out: MRS DE WINTER (1/11)
Books Read:
M- My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (9/12/14) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE: A GOTHIC ROMANCE15/18
Widdershins - Jordon L. Hawk - 9/11
Honey London - Chief Executive Daddy - 9/1
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Roping his Daddy - A.W. Scott - 9/1
Little Surprise - A. W. Scott - 9/13
Worth the Chance - Kate Hawthorne - 9/3
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Night Shift - Robin Triggs - 9/2
Dear Edward - Ann Napolitano - 9/6
Charlie Cochet - Home for the Howlidays - 9/7
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Under the Never Sky - Veronia Rossi - 9/25
Roberts, Nora - Three Fates -9/4
Test Drive - Riley Hart - 9/20
So Long at the Fair - Christine Schiltz - 9/2
Hart, Riley - Broken Pieces - 9/5
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Phonix, Nora - No Angel - 9/3
Manderley 4/9M Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris 9/5
A Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession Laurence Leamer 9/4
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D Gabe Dunn Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together 9/12
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R Richard Russo Empire Falls 9/12
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Begins: 01Sep24 / Ends: 30Sep244/ 7 completed
Widower
W-- The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn--9/2/24
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O--Olan, main character in The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck--9/17/24
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E-- The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee--9/4/24
R--Rainey, main character in Absolution by Alice McDermott--9/24/24
A-Ancestry Discoveries: What Happens Under the Sheets Doesn't Stay There by Annette Becklund finished 9/23F-Family Reins: The Extraordinary Rise and Epic Fall of an American Dynasty by Billy Busche finished 9/2
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I-It Takes a Worried Man by Brenden Halpin finished 9/28
R-Rodney Rothman Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature Retirement finished 9/12
S-Sarah Perry After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search finished 9/27
A Gothic Romance ChallengeDuration: month of September
9/9
M Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook FINISHED 9/2
A Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M.C. Beaton FINISHED 9/6
N Natalie D. Richards, 49 Miles Alone FINISHED 9/30
D Tananarive Due, The Reformatory FINISHED 9/19
E Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69 FINISHED 9/22
R Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You FINISHED 9/10
L The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston FINISHED 9/5
E Martin Edwards, The Coffin Trail FINISHED 9/28
Y Filson Young,Titanic FINISHED 9/21
September 2024: A Gothic Romance11/11 DONE
H Haunting License Carol J. Perry 9/11
O One Simple Wish Kay Correll 9/17
U Under a Veiled Moon Karen Odden 9/1
S Story of a Murder Harper Lin 9/17
E Echoes of Memory Sara Driscoll 9/1
K Kindred in Death J.D. Robb 9/8
E Everybody Loves Polar Bears LoLo Paige 9/21
E Echo Road Kendra Elliot 9/6
P Pandora's Box Luke Christodoulou 9/10
E Elvis and the Grateful Dead Peggy Webb 9/21
R Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Witch of Wild Things 9/19
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September 2024: A Gothic Romance
Begins: 01Sep24 / Ends: 30Sep24
7 / 7 completed
✔ Widower
W - What Would Frida Do? ✔ - 05Sep24
I - The Invisible Man ✔ – 28Sep24
D - Demon Copperhead ✔ – 24Sep24
O - Orbiting Jupiter ✔ – 14Sep24
W - WILKERSON, Charmaine Wilkerson / Black Cake ✔ – 15Sep24
E - Eyes of Prey ✔ - 04Sep24
R - Reptile Room ✔ – 21Se
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Updated message #14: Challenge completed
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Coffin Trail (other topics)49 Miles Alone (other topics)
Demon Copperhead (other topics)
What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly (other topics)
Orbiting Jupiter (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Martin Edwards (other topics)Natalie D. Richards (other topics)
Charmaine Wilkerson (other topics)
Christopher Paolini (other topics)
Jane Austen (other topics)
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Duration: month of September
Rebecca (A Gothic Romance)
Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED words below:
YOUNG Woman
Lady's COMPANION
MONTE CARLO
ARISTOCRAT
WIDOWER
MAXIM DE WINTER
CORNWALL
MANDERLEY
The second MRS DE WINTER
Whirlwind COURTSHIP
MRS DANVERS
HOUSEKEEPER
Annual COSTUME BALL
Haunted MEMORIES
FIRST WIFE
REBECCA
CRUEL
AFFAIRS
PERFECT WIFE
SAILBOAT
JACK FAVELL
Boating ACCIDENT ?
GREAT FIRE
Challenge Rules
• one Book per letter
• use 1st letter in TITLE (exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/ LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name
FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished Book
Ratings are Optional ⭐⭐⭐
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