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Coffee Time Cafe Challenge
Duration: month of September

Cooler Weather is coming! It's Coffee Time!

Spell-out one/more ALL-CAPPED Coffees listed below.

AMARETTO
Salted CARAMEL
CINNAMON
PISTACHIO
EGG NOG
GINGERBREAD
HAZELNUT
LAVENDER
MATCHA
MOCHA
PEPPERMINT
PUMPKIN Spice
TOFFEE
VANILLA
White CHOCOLATE
RASPBERRY

Challenge Rules
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter of 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
Enjoy! ☕

PARTICIPANTS


☕🍵🍂 Jonquil - PEPPERMINT (10/10) C
Book Concierge - MOCHA (1/5)
☕🍵🍂 Licha-Olivia - CINNAMON & PUMPKIN (15/15) C
☕🍵🍂 Robin P - AMARETTO (8/8) C
☕🍵🍂 Beverly - AMARETTO & CARAMEL (15/15) C
Diana S - MATCHA & HAZELNUT (1/14 )
☕🍵🍂 Carolyn - LAVENDER (8/8) C
☕🍵🍂 Carol - WHITE CHOCOLATE (14/14) C
☕🍵🍂 SouthWestZippy - MOCHA (5/5) C
JennH - SALTED CARAMEL (12/13)
Susan - CINNAMON (3/8)
☕🍵🍂 Cara - WHITE CHOCOLATE (14/14) C
☕🍵🍂 Koren - VANILLA (7/7) C

Congratulations!


👏🥂 Jonquil
👏🥂 Robin
👏🥂 Carolyn
👏🥂 Carol
👏🥂 SouthWestZippy
👏🥂 Licha-Olivia
👏🥂 Cara
👏🥂 Beverly
👏🥂 Koren

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge

10/10 DONE

P Peking Duck and Cover Vivien Chien 9/6
E Evening Star Sigmund Brouwer 9/11
P Poison and Pudding Kat Bellemore 9/8
P Patty Blossom Carolyn Wells 9/14
E Even in Arcadia Cecil Fayne 9/13
R Red Rising Pierce Brown 9/6
M Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues Emily Brightwell 9/1
I I Did Warn Her Sian Gilbert 9/2
N Not They Who Soar Amanda Flower 9/1
T Two Tiny Heartbeats Fiona McArthur 9/3

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge
Begins: 01Sep25 / Ends: 30Sep25


1 / 5 completed


Mocha
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C - Chris Bohjalian / The Lioness ✔ – 24Sep25
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Coffee Time Cafe Challenge-September 2025

15/15 letters

C: Cabot, Meg (Jenny Carroll) Reunion (6/6/25)
I: It Takes a Psychic Jayne Castle (9/7/25)
N: Nora Roberts Year One 9/10/25)
N: Nora Roberts Of Blood and Bone (9/12/25)
A: Amor Towles Table for Two (9/4/25)
M: Maisey Yates The Holiday Heartbreaker(9/2/25)
O: One True Loves Taylor Jenkins Reid (9/13/25)
N: Nora Roberts The Rise of Magicks (9/24/25)

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P: Paulette Jiles News of the World (9/20/25)
U: Ursula K. LeGuin A Wizard of Earthsea (9/18/25)
M: Meg Cabot (Jenny Carroll) Darkest Hour (9/19/25)
P: Priscilla Oliveras Island Affair (9/26/25)
K: Koontz, Dean The Crooked Staircase (9/15/25)
I: Into the Water Paula Hawkins (9/30/25)
N: Nina Jarrett Long Live the Baron (9/22/25)

Coffee Time Challenge

A - Annelise Ryan - A Death in Door County - 9/19
M - Paul Murray - The Bee Sting - 9/3
A - Anarchy and Old Dogs - 9/16
R - Robert Galbraith - The Hallmarked Man 9/9
E - Elly Griffiths - A Room Full of Bones - 9/7
T - The Turn of the Screw - 9/11
T - Robert Thorogood - Murder on the Marlow Belle - 9/20
O - Our Man in Havana - 9/10

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge
Duration: month of September

15/15

A Al Roker, The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 FINISHED 9/4
M Michael Skidgell, The Hartford Circus Fire: Tragedy Under the Big Top FINISHED 9/16
A Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz FINISHED 9/13
R Sheila Roberts, Welcome to Moonlight Harbor FINISHED 9/12
E Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson FINISHED 9/22
T The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong FINISHED 9/21
T Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton FINISHED 9/24
O O Pioneers! by Willa Cather FINISHED 9/10

C The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan FINISHED 9/28
A Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko FINISHED 9/19
R Kathy Reichs, Monday Mourning FINISHED 9/28
A Annelise Ryan, Beast of the North Woods FINISHED 9/19
M Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera FINISHED 9/17
E Ellie Alexander A Cup of Holiday Fear FINISHED 9/30
L Last Seen by J.T. Ellison FINISHED 9/13

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge

Spell-out: MATCHA & HAZELNUT (0/14)

SPELL-OUT: MATCHA (0/6) 🍵

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SPELL-OUT: HAZELNUT (1/8) ☕


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E -Elena Ferrante's The Story of a
New Name (9/12/25) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Coffee Time Cafe Challenge

L The Left Hand of Agnes: A Mystery Short Story 28/09 Finished

A What You Are Looking For Is in the Library Michiko Aoyama 26/09 Finished

V The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab 17/09 Finished

E All He Takes Ella Swift 09/09 Finished

N Before the Fall Nicole Zoltack 05/09 Finished

D Unforgettable Cowboy Debra Clopton 05/09 Finished

E Low Tide Murder K.J. Emrick 12/09 Finished

R Reactive Helen Vivienne Fletcher 05/09 finished

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge - September
14/14
Weeks, Sarah -Save Me a Seat - 9/3
Hit or Miss, to Kill or Kiss - Romeo alexander- 9/1
I'm Straight, Right? - Romeo Alexander - 9/5
Two Cabins, One Lake - Shayne Marlow - 9/6
Elizabeth Goddard - Cold Light of Day - 9/4
Charish Reid - I'll Come Back f[book:Pup Fictionor You|59719581] -9/1
Hideaway Inn - Phillip Williima Stover - 9/2
Old Country - Matt & Harrison Query -10/10
Chuck Wendig - The Staircase in the Woods - 9/10
Only Purple House in Town - Ann Aguirre - 9/24
Lauren Berenson - Pup Fiction -9/1
Armstrong, William - Sounder -9/5
The Toll - Cherie Priest - 9/13
E.M. Lindsay - Blank Canvas - 9/9

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge

5/5
M--My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds by Hannah Pick-Goslar-9/4/25
O--The Pharisee's Wife by Janette Oke-9/11/25
C--The City & the City by China Miéville--9/16/25
H--Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and beyond by Henry Winkler--9/26/25
A--Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney-9/21/25

☕Coffee Time Cafe Challenge☕
Duration: month of September

I do love Mocha, but Salted Caramel has caught my eye.

☕S - The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/6/25
☕A - Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9/8/25 - Ambrosius Goldenloin
☕L - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik 9/2/25 - Will Laurence
☕T - Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 by Sui Ishida 9/8/25
☕E - Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano 9/8/25
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☕C - Chemistry by Weike Wang 9/7/25
☕A - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 9/13/25
☕R - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 9/21/25
☕A - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 9/28/25
☕M - The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 9/8/25
☕E - Shot Through the Book by Eva Gates 9/11/25
☕L - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire 9/9/25 - Katherine Lundy

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☕Coffee Time Cafe Challenge☕
Duration: September

C
I - I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb - 9/4/25
N
N
A - Anothony Horowitz - The Sentence is Death - 9/11/25
M - Marino, Pete - The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell - 9/9/25
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N

CHOCOLATE (9/9)


C Cal Newport Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout 9/23
H Honey Isabel Banta 9/8
O Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson 9/10
C Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson 9/11
O The Original Daughter Jemimah Wei 9/6
L Lock Every Door Riley Sager 9/3
A The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity 9/19
T Tokyo Ever After Emiko Jean 9/8
E Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert 9/5

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge
Begins: 01Sep25 / Ends: 30Sep25

4 / 5 completed

MAJOR
M--Sy Montgomery, author of How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals--9/2/25
A--Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life--9/3/25
J--Jane Harper, author of The Dry--9/15/25

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R--Ruth, main character in Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso--9/8/25

Coffee Time Cafe Challenge
Duration: month of September

V-Valerie Jarrett Finding My Voice: When the Perfect Plan Crumbles, the Adventure Begins finished 9/15
A-American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice by Daniel Stone
N-Nora McInerny Purmont It's Okay to Laugh finished 9/17
I-I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her by Joanna Connors finished 9/21
L-Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell: A Story of Murderous Faith by Lori Hellis finished 9/8
L-Lori Hellis Children of Darkness and Light: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell: A Story of Murderous Faith finished 9/8
A-Ann Moses Meow! My Groovy Life with Tiger Beat’s Teen Idols finished 9/12

Finished! Message #18.

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Finished, message # 10

Updated comment #8: Challenge Complete.

Challenge completed!