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September Challenge 2020 - It's a Party!
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�Cherie
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�Jane
�Janelle
�Janine
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�Jennifer
�Jonquil
�Kahlia
�Kali
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Leonie
�Li'lOwl
�Mari
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�Phrynne
�Sarah
�Sharon
�Teresa
�TheMadHatter
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�Trish
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�Brenda
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�Cherie
�Erin
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�Janelle
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�Jonquil
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�Teresa
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September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level:
11/11
1. Place in title - The Burning Island by Jock Serong (AA) 4 stars
2. Theme - Halloween- Murder in the Bayou Boneyard: A Cajun Country Mystery by Ellen Byron 4 stars
3. Friend enjoyed (Brenda) - Bridge to Burn by Rachel Amphlett AA 5 stars
4. I am looking forward to - Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb 5 stars
TRedhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler 4 stars
A All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny 5stars
LChili Cauldron Curse by Lynn Cahoon 4 stars
KThe Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall AA 3 stars
I Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews 5 stars
NScythe by Neal Shusterman 4 stars
G The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths 5 stars
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level:
11/11
1. Place in title -
2. Theme - Halloween-
3. Friend enjoyed (Brenda) -
4. I am looking forward to -




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September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
11/11
Part 1: Tasks
1) Venue-place in title
Welcome to Ord City by Adrian Deans 2.5�s 13/9/20 AA
2) Theme-Host a Murder Mystery
A Witness to Murder by Verity Bright 4�s 10/9/20
3) Guests-book friends enjoyed
Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart 5�s 11/9/20 AA
4) PARTY-looking forward to this!
The Lost Blackbird by Liza Perrat 4�s 3/9/20 AA
Spell it Out
DThe Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves 4�s 8/9/20
AAnxious People by Fredrik Backman 4�s 13/9/20
N19th Christmas by James Patterson 5�s 13/9/20
CClose to the Bone by Susan Wilkins 5�s 9/9/20
IImmortality by Anna Faversham 4�s 18/9/20
NHelix: Kill Switch by Nathan M. Farrugia 5�s 1/9/20 AA
GThe House On Findlater Lane by Helen Goltz 5�s 12/9/20 AA
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
11/11
Part 1: Tasks
1) Venue-place in title
2) Theme-Host a Murder Mystery
3) Guests-book friends enjoyed
4) PARTY-looking forward to this!




Spell it Out
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1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4 (1/1AA)
1. Venue -
2. Theme (Wedding) -
3. GR friends has really enjoyed -
4. Looking forward to -





September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4
COMPLETE!
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way. (Theme: Halloween Relevance: Horror story)
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
8/8 COMPLETED
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Earth Read a book with a place in the title.
2. Select a theme for your party. murder mystery Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way.
3. Invite your guests. Marchpane Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.




Part 2: Spell it out.
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1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
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I'll start with the following, but might adapt as I go...
September Challenge- It's a party!
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
Progress: 9/9 AA: 3/3
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue.
2. Select a theme for your party. Exotic Garden Party -
3. Invite your guests. (Brenda, Phrynne, Paromjit)
4. PARTY!




Part 2: Spell it out.
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1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
Progress: 4/4 books; 1/1 Aussie Authors
Part 1: Tasks
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- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- finished 12/09/20 - 5 stars
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- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- finished 10/9/20 - 2.5 stars
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- A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
- finished 6/9/20 - 2 stars
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- The Survivors by Jane Harper AA
- finished 5/9/20 - 3.5 stars





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
Progress: 3/4 books; 3/1 Aussie Authors
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue - place in title 🏝
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2. Select a theme for your party - The Sea
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3. Guests - A book a GR friend enjoyed 🤳
-Dominicana by Angie Cruz
4. PARTY! - Very much looking to this one! 🥳
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C No Matter Our Wreckage by Gemma Carey AA finished Sep16
A All the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony Doerr finished Sep5
K Sepulchre by Kate Mosse finished Sep11
E The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern finished Sep20




Three are definite but the K may change, lots of Kates, Katherines and Kims on my TBR

September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard 16/16
AA: 4/4
Part 1: Tasks
Wyoming Legend by Diana Palmer 5 stars
Costume Party - Leopard's Run by Christine Feehan 5 stars
Wylde by Sawyer Bennett 5 stars
Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars
Spell it Out

1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
6/8 (2/3 AA)
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
Nottingham (Nottingham #1) by Nathan Makaryk -Read 17/09
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way. Knights
Lionhearts (Nottingham #2) by Nathan Makaryk
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying #1) by Karen M. McManus -Read 04/09
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
The Survivors by Jane Harper AA




Part 2: Spell it out.
C- Indigo Owl by Charlie Archbold AA -Read 26/09
A- Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff AA -Read 13/09
K- Winter's Fire (The Rise of Sigurd #2) by Giles Kristian -Read 02/09
E- Between Wild and Ruin by Jennifer G. Edelson -Read 09/09





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Medium
5/5 (2AA)
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Some wonderful choices among your lists everyone. I can see a reoccurring theme with Jane Harper's latest :)

1st September - 30th September
Level: Easy
4/4
Completed - 21st September
🥳1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title.
The Heartwood Hotel by Kerry McGinnis *AA* 03/09 ★★★★
🥳2. Select a theme for your party. (Country Music Hoedown)
Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn 20/09 ★★★★
🥳3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your friends has really enjoyed.
Blue Monday by Nicci French 21/09 ★★★★�
🥳4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West 08/09 ★★★★�





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: 4/4 as of 30 September (Easy - 4 books, minimum one Aussie author)
Throwing a star-gazing party on the Jellicoe Road with Cherie. All welcome. BYO Book :-)
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
Review: /review/show... (5 Stars)
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way. - Stargazing
Review: /review/show... (3.5 Stars)
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed. - A book Cherie enjoyed
Review: /review/show... (4 Stars)
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
Review: /review/show... (3.5 Stars)





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
12/12
Part 1: Tasks.
1. Place in title -
2. Theme - Computer Game Characters -
3. Friend enjoyed -
4. I am looking forward to -




Part 2: Spell it out.
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I will choose: Part 1: Tasks
1/4
� 1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title.
Home (2011) - Toni Morrison 🎈🎈🎈🎈
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959) - Heinrich Böll
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
The Vivisector (1970) - Patrick White *AA*
Stephen Godin rated it 5 stars!
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
First Love and Other Novellas (1945) - Samuel Beckett





September Challenge - It’s a Party!
1st September - 30th September
Level: Easy
Progress: 0/4
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. House
In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin
2. Select a theme for your party. Housewarming
The Rich Man's House by Andrew McGahan (AA)
3. Invite your guests. PattyMacDotComma awarded this book five stars, and her review is excellent
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe (AA)
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4
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September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
5/5
Part two - SPELL IT OUT.
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1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
5/5
Part two - SPELL IT OUT.
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1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way - Chocolate.
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.





1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
3/4 books; 1/1 Aussie Authors
Part 1: Tasks
1. Venue - place in title
Le roi de Kahel By Tierno Monénembo 4�
2. Theme for party - Game of Thrones
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
3. Guests - GR friend has enjoyed
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 4�
4. PARTY! - book looking forward to
Melting Moments by Anna Goldsworthy AA 4�





9 books (3 AA)
� 1. Choose a venue. Wales 🏴
The Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave 3.5�
� 2. Select a theme for your party. Murder mystery 🩸🚓 🔪 ⚰️
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths 4.5�
� 3. Invite your guests. Patty, Marianne & Liz. 👮♂️🦹♀️🕵🏻♂�
Untrue till Death by Graham Brack 5�
� 4. PARTY! 🍾🎉🍰🍸🍕🥳
The Survivors by Jane Harper AA 5�




� G The Good Teacher by Petronella McGovern AA 4.5�
� A The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor AA 4�
� M The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk 3.5�
� E Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi 4�
� S A Single Swallow by Ling Zhang 4�






1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Hard
7/7
D - The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke(AA) READ 2/9/20 4*
A - Lost Girls by Angela Marsons READ 7/9/20 3*
N - The Silk House by Kayte Nunn(AA) READ 5/9/20 4*
C - The Last Piece by Imogen Clark READ 12/9/20 4*
I - If She Only Knew by Lisa Jackson READ 10/9/20 2*
N - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin(AA) READ 15/9/20 4*
G - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes READ 9/9/20 5*








Hard level 9/9 AA 5/5
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
The Waratah Inn by Lilly Mirren AA....read 3.5*
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way...Theme...celebrating books
The Fragments by Toni Jordan AA....read 4*
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout....read 4*
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden AA....read 4*




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M You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott....read 3*
U Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger....read 3*
S The Service of Clouds by Susan Hill....read 3*
I In the Garden of the Fugitives by Ceridwen Dovey AA....read 2.5*
C The Weekend by Charlotte Wood AA....read 3.5*






1st - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4 (1/1AA)
2. Spell It Out - CAKE -
C - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - FINISHED 20/9/20 - 4.5* (9+/10)
A - Australia: A Cultural History by John M. Rickard - AA - FINISHED 11/9/20 - 3* (7/10)
K - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim - FINISHED 16/9/20 - 4* (8/10)
E - When I'm Gone by Emily Bleeker - FINISHED 7/9/20 - 3* (6/10)





Easy: 4 books (minimum one Aussie Author) 0/4
Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Home)
Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee AA
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way. (Cruising)
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
The War Widow by Tara Moss AA





Thank you Phrynne 🍾🍾


It's a (Dog) Party!
September 2020
Level: Easy (1 AA)
🎈4/4
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title.
Bring your Dogs to the Lake!

2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way.
Gone to the Dogs Mystery Party
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
Brenda and Phrynne Love this Series!
4. PARTY!
Read a book you have been looking forward to.
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Got a few done that had been lingering on my TBR list :)
September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
Level: Easy
4/4
SPELL IT OUT





Hard: 7 or more books (minimum three Aussie authors)
8/8 DONE
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. Death at Victoria Dock Kerry Greenwood AA 9/1 ★★�
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way. Come dressed as a character from your favorite children's book. The Long-Lost Home Maryrose Wood 9/20 ★★★★
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed. Gail Wood Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuit Patricia Marcantonio 9/6 ★★�
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to. Outsider Linda Castillo 9/1 ★★★★




Part 2: Spell it out
C Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson 9/15 ★★★★�
A August Origins Alan Lee 9/24 ★★★★�
K Keri Arthur Dangerous Games AA 9/24 ★★★★
E Embraced by Darkness Keri Arthur AA 9/1 ★★�




Books mentioned in this topic
Le roi de Kahel (other topics)Melting Moments (other topics)
The Dutch House (other topics)
A Feast for Crows (other topics)
The Waratah Inn (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Ann Patchett (other topics)George R.R. Martin (other topics)
Anna Goldsworthy (other topics)
Tierno Monénembo (other topics)
Megan Abbott (other topics)
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In last month's challenge we traveled from the safety of our armchairs. This month let's cheer ourselves up with a (virtual) party!
You can do Part 1 or Part 2 or both.
Easy: 4 books (minimum one Aussie author)
Medium: 5-6 books (minimum two Aussie authors)
Hard: 7 or more books (minimum three Aussie authors)
Guidelines: HERE
Part 1: Tasks
1. Choose a venue. Read a book with a place in the title. (Can be a name or a place such as beach or house.)
2. Select a theme for your party. Now read a book which relates to that theme in some way.
3. Invite your guests. Choose a book one of your GR friends has really enjoyed.
4. PARTY! Read a book you have been looking forward to.
Part 2: Spell it out. Select a word from this list and spell it out using the first letter of the title or the first letter of the author's first or last name
cake
games
party
music
eating
talking
friends
dancing
drinking
Balloons
celebrate
gathering
socialise
entertainment
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September Challenge- It's a party
1st September - 30th September 2020
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