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October 2026 - Reading is Fun
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October 2026—Reading is Fun
Minimum Requirement = 1 Book
Read = 4 Books (Books numbered in curly brackets are rereads, so I'm not counting them.)
Challenge Completed :-)
(a) Read a book whose title or cover features a school, university, college, library, or bookstore
OR (b) Read a book whose title or author's first or last name begins with an "R"
✔(1) A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni
✔{2} A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni
✔{3} In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni
✔(4) What She Found by Robert Dugoni
✔{5} One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni
✔(6) A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni
✔(7) One Split Second by Robert Dugoni
OR (c) Read a book that has won a literary award (please specify which one)
OR (d) Read a book whose cover shows someone reading a book
OR (e) Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Minimum Requirement = 1 Book
Read = 4 Books (Books numbered in curly brackets are rereads, so I'm not counting them.)
Challenge Completed :-)
(a) Read a book whose title or cover features a school, university, college, library, or bookstore
OR (b) Read a book whose title or author's first or last name begins with an "R"
✔(1) A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni
✔{2} A Cold Trail by Robert Dugoni
✔{3} In Her Tracks by Robert Dugoni
✔(4) What She Found by Robert Dugoni
✔{5} One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni
✔(6) A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni
✔(7) One Split Second by Robert Dugoni
OR (c) Read a book that has won a literary award (please specify which one)
OR (d) Read a book whose cover shows someone reading a book
OR (e) Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
October 2026 - Reading is FunMinimum Requirement = 1 Book
Read: 1 Book
Challenge Status: Ongoing
(a) Read a book whose title or cover features a school, university, college, library, or bookstore
OR (b) Read a book whose title or author's first or last name begins with an "R"
(TBR) The Marked Son by Simon Gervais & Ryan Steck
OR (c) Read a book that has won a literary award (please specify which one)
(TBR) Still Life by Louise Penny:
Awards:
---The CWA "New Blood" Dagger Award (UK): Awarded by the Crime Writers' Association for the best first crime novel by a previously unpublished author
----The Anthony Award (US): Won for Best First Novel at the Boucheron World Mystery Convention.
---The Barry Award (US): Won for Best First Novel, presented by the editors of Deadly Pleasures mystery magazine.
----The Dilys Award (US): Awarded by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association to the mystery title that booksellers most enjoyed selling.
OR (d) Read a book whose cover shows someone reading a book
OR (e) Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
✔️ Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne. Andrew Mayne is the professional pseudonym and stage name for Andrew Harter. - 13 Oct 2026
Books mentioned in this topic
The Marked Son (other topics)Still Life (other topics)
Looking Glass (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Simon Gervais (other topics)Ryan Steck (other topics)
Louise Penny (other topics)
Andrew Mayne (other topics)



(a) Read a book whose title or cover features a school, university, college, library, or bookstore
OR (b) Read a book whose title or author's first or last name begins with an "R"
OR (c) Read a book that has won a literary award (please specify which one)
OR (d) Read a book whose cover shows someone reading a book
OR (e) Read a book by an author who uses a pseudonym