Duration: 1st October – 31st December 2019
Number of books: 21
Hosted by:My Vampire Book Obsession

Our next quarterly kit will be for those of you that have found a witch or two hiding in your towns! This kit is designed to kill the witch before she manages to curse you, slip a potion into your drink or use a spell! Beware we will be using some magic to kill the witch

🔥 Wood to make a bonfire to burn the witch at the stake
‣Read a book with a fire on the cover
‣Read a book with all the letters of wood in the title
‣Read a book where you can find the author’s initials in bonfire
Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang

🔥 A box of matches or a torch to light bonfire when you burn the witch at the stake
‣Read a book with “torch” in the text
‣Read a book where a character starts a fire
‣Read a book with the word bonfire in the title or series name
Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke

🔥 Nine bent nails for the witch killing Potion
‣Read a book that is the #9 in a series
‣Read a book that has a 9 in the page number
‣Read a book with a character you consider “bent”
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (Count Olaf)

🔥 Some hair of the witch you want to kill for the witch killing Potion
‣Read a book with a person with long hair on the cover
‣Read a book where a character gets a hair cut
‣Read a book with a title that starts from a letter in the word hair
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

🔥 Wool Fibers for the witch killing Potion
‣Read a book with a piece of clothing that is “probably” made of wool
‣Read a book with all the letters of wool in the title
‣Read a book with the word “sheep” in the text
Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow

🔥 Leaves and prickly grass for the witch killing Potion
‣Read a book with grass or leaves on the cover
‣Read a book with an outdoor scene and no people on the cover
‣Read a book with a green cover
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

🔥 Urine for the witch killing Potion
‣Read a book with a title that starts with a letter from urine
‣Read a book where a character uses a restroom in the book
‣Read a book with a yellow cover
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

🔥 Medium Size stones to stone the witch
‣Read a book with a rock/stone on the cover
‣Read a book with a grey cover
‣Read a book that has a title that begins with the letter S
Coyote Speaks by Ari Berk & Carolyn Dunn

🔥 Rope to form a noose to hang the witch
‣Read a book with rope on the cover
‣Read a book with the word “noose” in the text
‣Read a book with all the letters of hang in the title
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

🔥 Weights to tie around the witch so she’ll sink
‣Read a book where a character lifts weights
‣Read a book where a character ties something
‣Read a book with something round on the cover
IT by Stephen King (balloons)

🔥 A River to throw the witch in so she will drown
‣Read a book with a body of water on the cover
‣Read a book with a blue cover
‣Read a book where a character goes swimming
West by Edith Pattou

🔥 An Iron Knife
‣Read a book with a knife on the cover
‣Read a book with the letters of iron on the title
‣Read a book where the MC gets stabbed
At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost

🔥 Silver Chains
‣Read a book with something silver on the cover
‣Read a book where someone gets chained up or cuffed
‣Read a book where the MC uses a silver weapon
The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla by Nikola Tesla

🔥 Salt
‣Read a book with a white cover
‣Read a book where the MC works with food
‣Read a book with the word salt in the text
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell

🔥 Power Sealing Spell
‣Read a book where the MC can use magic
‣Read a book with an MPG of paranormal
‣Read a book where all the letters of spell are in the author’s name
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2: Love Bites edited by Trisha Telep

🔥 Witch Catcher (Collar like took to catch a witch)
‣Read a book with a witch on the cover
‣Read a book where a character wears a collar around their neck
‣Read a book where the MC works in law enforcement
Killing Moon by Rebecca York

🔥 Witch Killing Bullets
‣Read a book where the MC is shot
‣Read a book with all the letters of bullet in the title
‣Read a book with an MPG of suspense
The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson

🔥 Gun for the witch killing bullets
‣Read a book with a gun on the cover
‣Read a book with a title that starts with a letter from gun
‣Read a book where someone kills a witch
The Falconer by Elizabeth May

🔥 Rowan Wood
‣Read a book with a two word title
‣Read a book where the author’s first name starts with an R
‣Read a book with a tree on the cover
The Coyote Road edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling

🔥 Curse Bag
‣Read a book with some type of purse/bag on the cover
‣Read a book where a character is cursed
‣Read a book with an MPG of magic
Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair

🔥 Protection Spell
‣Read a book with an MPG of fantasy
‣Read a book where someone casts a spell
‣Read a book where the MC protects another character
A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair

Duration: 1st October – 31st December 2019
Number of books: 6
Hosted by:My Vampire Book Obsession

I am 

, your guide through this god forsaken wasteland.
The treasure you seek lies in the great dragon’s crypt far below the graves. You will encounter several trials on the way. Pray you are strong enough to defeat them.

Rules
Complete at least 5 tasks
Rereads are allowed
No minimum page count
One book per task
All genres welcome

Duration
October 1st – December 31st

‣ Read a book with a person dressed in black on the cover – The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
‣ Read a book with fire or a flame on the cover – The Falconer by Elizabeth May
‣ Read a book with Dracula as a character – At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost
‣ Read a book with beings that can fly – Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke

‣ Read a book with a monster in the story – IT by Stephen King
‣ Read a book with blue on the cover – The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
‣ Read a book tagged urban fantasy – Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
‣ Read a book an animal on the cover – West by Edith Pattou

‣ Read a book with a character that drinks blood – The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2: Love Bites edited by Trisha Telep
‣ Read a book with a personification of death in the story – Coyote Speaks by Ari Berk & Carolyn Dunn
‣ Read a book with a seasonal theme (halloween, christmas, etc.) – Wolfsbane and Mistletoe edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
‣ Read a book with a single point of view – A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair

‣ Read a book with a building on the cover – Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang
‣ Read a book with only one person on the cover – Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
‣ Read a book with paranormal beings – Xoe by Sara C. Roethle
‣ Read a book mentioned on any list on Goodreads – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Asian American Books)

‣ Read a book where good wins over evil – Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair
‣ Read a book tagged romance – Mate Set by Laurann Dohner
‣ Read a book you discovered from a blogger/vlogger/reviewer – To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon
‣ Read a book because you want to! – African Myths & Tales by Flame Tree Studios

Duration: 1st October – 31st October 2019
Number of books: 7
Hosted by:Crazy Challenge Connection

Elizabeth Taylor’s Marriages
Duration: October 1- October 31, 2019
Source: Wikipedia

Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress, who is known as one of Hollywood’s greatest female screen legends. Other than her beauty (she had dark hair and eyes so blue they appeared violet surrounded by dark double eyelashes), she was most known for her many marriages.

1. Elizabeth Taylor was 18 when she married Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr., heir to the Hilton Hotels chain, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills on May 6, 1950. MGM studios organized the large and expensive wedding, which became a major media event. In the weeks after their wedding, Taylor realized that she had made a mistake; not only did she and Hilton have few interests in common, but he was also abusive and a heavy drinker. She was granted a divorce in January 1951, eight months after their wedding.
-Read a book in which the main character has a nickname; tell us the nickname OR read a book whose author’s first or last name starts with M or G. – IT by Stephen King (Big Bill)

2. Taylor married her second husband, British actor Michael Wilding – a man 20 years her senior – in a low-key ceremony at Caxton Hall in London on February 21, 1952. She had first met him in 1948 while filming The Conspirator in England, and their relationship began when she returned to film Ivanhoe in 1951. Taylor found their age gap appealing, as she wanted “the calm and quiet and security of friendship” from their relationship; he hoped that the marriage would aid his career in Hollywood. They had two sons. As Taylor grew older and more confident in herself, she began to drift apart from Wilding, whose failing career was also a source of marital strife. When she was away filming Giant in 1955, a gossip magazine caused a scandal by claiming that he had entertained strippers at their home. Taylor and Wilding announced their separation in the summer of 1956, and were divorced in 1957.
– Read a book in which a couple has a greater than 10 year age gap; tell us the ages OR read a book which was originally published in February, any year; tell us the original publication date. – Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow (Dante is approximately late 20s. Jaf is 100s of years old)

3. Taylor married her third husband, theater and film producer Mike Todd, in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, on February 2, 1957. They had one daughter. Todd, known for publicity stunts, encouraged the media attention to their marriage; for example, in June 1957, he threw a birthday party at Madison Square Garden, which was attended by 18,000 guests and broadcast on CBS. His death in a plane crash on March 22, 1958, left Taylor devastated.
-Read a book in which a party takes place; tell us the circumstances OR read a book with a page count containing the number “18”; tell us the page numbers. – The Falconer by Elizabeth May (the many balls which Alieana is forced to attend)

4. She was comforted by Todd’s and her friend, singer Eddie Fisher, with whom she soon began an affair. As Fisher was still married to actress Debbie Reynolds, the affair resulted in a public scandal, with Taylor being branded a “homewrecker”. Taylor and Fisher were married at the Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas on May 12, 1959; she later stated that she married him only due to her grief. While filming Cleopatra in Italy in 1962, Taylor began an affair with her co-star, Welsh actor Richard Burton, although Burton was also married. Rumors about the affair began to circulate in the press, and were confirmed by a paparazzi shot of them on a yacht in Ischia. Taylor was granted a divorce from Fisher on March 6, 1964, in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
-Read a book in which there is a rebound affair; explain the circumstances OR read a book in which the title starts with a letter in HOMEWRECKER; disregard A, An and The. – A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair (Justin’s parents’ marriage)

5. She married Richard Burton nine days after her divorce from Todd in a private ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Montreal. Taylor and Burton starred together in 11 films, and led a jet-set lifestyle. They divorced for the first time in June 1974, but reconciled, and remarried in Kasane, Botswana, on October 10, 1975. The second marriage lasted less than a year, ending in divorce in July 1976.
–Read a book in which the main character lives a jet-set lifestyle (spends a lot of money and travels a lot) OR read a book that takes place in a country other than the US; tell us the country. – African Myths & Tales by Flame Tree Studio

6. Soon after her final divorce from Burton, Taylor met her sixth husband, John Warner, a Republican politician from Virginia. They were married on December 4, 1976, after which Taylor concentrated on working for his electoral campaign. Once Warner had been elected to the Senate, she started to find her life as a politician’s wife in Washington, D. C. boring and lonely, becoming depressed, overweight, and increasingly addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol. Taylor and Warner separated in December 1981, and divorced a year later in November 1982.
– Read a book which includes a politician character; tell us who OR read a book with an alcoholic beverage on the cover; show us the cover.

7. After the divorce from Warner, Taylor dated actor Anthony Geary, and was engaged to Mexican lawyer Victor Luna in 1983–1984, and New York businessman Dennis Stein in 1985. She met her seventh – and last – husband, construction worker Larry Fortensky, at the Betty Ford Center in 1988. They were married at the Neverland Ranch of her long-time friend Michael Jackson on October 6, 1991. The wedding was again subject to intense media attention, with one photographer parachuting to the ranch and Taylor selling the wedding pictures to People magazine for $1 million, which she used to start her AIDS foundation. Taylor and Fortensky divorced in October 1996.
-Read a book in which the main character is divorced OR read a book whose publisher’s name starts with a letter in AIDS; tell us the publisher’s name. – The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

Duration: 21st September – 20th December 2019
Number of books: 7
Hosted by:Crazy Challenge Connection

FALL 2019 SCAVENGER CHALLENGE: NFL’s 100th SEASON
DURATION : September 21 – December 20, 2019

Baseball may always be called America’s “national pastime,” but in recent decades, the NFL (National Football League) has become a national obsession. Pro football is by far the most popular sport in America, its tens of millions of impassioned fans turning the NFL into a rapidly growing multibillion-dollar business.

This season, the NFL is celebrating its 100th season, and we’ve created this challenge to join in the celebration. The challenge consists of two parts, but you do NOT need to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. You do, however, need to choose a conference for Part Two when you sign up for the challenge.

PART ONE:

1. The National Football League today is the most profitable and valuable economic force in sports, easily eclipsing baseball, basketball, and all other competitors in the American sports-business universe. The NFL – by far the richest sports league in the world – generates close to $15 billion in revenue, with teams worth an average $2.5 billion. At this time, the league’s most valuable teams are Dallas, New England, New York (Giants), and Los Angeles (Rams).
🏈 Read a book set in Dallas, Boston, New York City or Los Angeles; tell us the city OR a book with an intact “15” in the total number of pages; tell us how many pages – Sucker Bet by Erin McCarthy (Los Angeles)

2. In August 1920, representatives of four Ohio football teams – the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, and Dayton Triangles – met in a Canton automobile showroom to form a new professional football league. Initially called the American Professional Football Association, the organization was eventually renamed the National Football League in 1922. The following month, several additional teams, all from the Great Lakes region, joined the original four Ohio clubs in the new NFL. When league play began, member teams included the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Columbus Panhandles, Dayton Triangles, Hammond Pros, Muncie Flyers, Rochester Jeffersons, Buffalo All-Americans, Rock Island Independents, Decatur Staleys, Racine Cardinals, Chicago Tigers, and Detroit Heralds.
🏈 Read a book set in one of the Great Lakes States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin) OR a book whose title contains the letters NFL (in any order, not necessarily all in the same word) – Flying Blind by Deborah Cooke

3. In the first matchup between NFL teams, on October 3, 1920, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Columbus Panhandles by a score of 14–0.
🏈 Read book #1 of a series; tell us the series name OR a book originally published in October (of any year); tell us the year – A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair

4. The Green Bay Packers joined the NFL in 1921. In a league with high franchise turnover, the Packers eventually became the oldest surviving franchise.
🏈 Read the book on your to-read list that has the oldest publication date; tell us the date OR a book with a color word in the title – To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon

5. An NFL game aired on television for the first time in 1939, with NBC producing a local broadcast of a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. Since fewer than 1,000 TV sets were known to exist in New York at the time, it is unclear whether anyone actually watched the broadcast.
🏈 Read a book that has been made into a television series/show/movie; tell us the name of the series/show/movie if it’s different from the book title OR a book with fewer than 1000 GR ratings; tell us how many ratings – Fairy Tales from Around the World by Andrew Lang

6. The Los Angeles Rams were the first team to use a logo, painting yellow horns onto their leather helmets in 1948. The Eagles followed by adding wings to their hats in the early 1950s, then the Colts adopted horseshoes in 1954. Dallas entered the league with its lone star insignia in 1960, and the old-time franchises finally joined the logo era a year later, when the Bears’ C, the Packers’ G, and the Giants’ lower-case ny all appeared for the first time.
🏈 Read a book whose title begins with C, G or N (disregard A, An and The) OR a book whose cover is very simple; post the cover – Fantasy by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries, Emma Holly & Elda Minger

7. Texas oilmen Lamar Hunt and Bud Adams, rebuffed in their attempts to acquire NFL franchises for Houston and Dallas, announced plans to form a new football league to rival the NFL. Their new league, called the American Football League (AFL), began play in 1960 with eight teams.
🏈 Read a book published in the 1960s; tell us the year OR a book featuring a character who found a way to work around a rejection of some kind; briefly explain, using spoiler tags if necessary – Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Rachel’s rejection from Nick’s family)

8. In 1965, for the first time, more people polled in a national survey choose pro football than baseball as their favorite sport.
🏈 Read a book featuring a professional athlete; tell us who OR a book from a “most popular” list; post a link to the list – IT by Stephen King (Goodreads Best Horror Novels #2)

9. NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle announced in June 1966 that the NFL and AFL had reached an agreement to merge into a single league by 1970. In the meantime, the two leagues’ champions met each January in a new AFL-NFL World Championship Game. That game quickly became known as the Super Bowl. The AFL-NFL merger took full effect as the AFL formally went out of existence and the NFL assumed its modern two-conference structure. Most old NFL teams formed the National Football Conference (NFC), while the old AFL clubs (plus a few NFL teams moved over to maintain numerical balance) formed the American Football Conference (AFC).
🏈 Read a book whose title has changed since its original publication; tell us both titles OR a book you added to your list in January of any year; tell us the year – The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis

10. The NFL’s Green Bay Packers easily defeated the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs to win the first Super Bowl in January 1967. More than 32,000 tickets went unsold for the game, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, but the game drew more television viewers than any previous sporting event. Today, the average face value of Super Bowl tickets is around $1,000, while the price of a 30-second commercial aired during the Super Bowl is around $5 million and the Super Bowl is usually the highest-rated television broadcast of the year.
🏈 Read the book on your to-read list with the highest average GR rating; tell us the rating OR a book with a 00 in its position on your to-read list (100, 200, etc.), sorted by date added, oldest to newest; tell us the position – Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

PART TWO:
The NFL is divided into two conferences, the NFC (National Football Conference) and the AFC (American Football Conference). For the second part of this challenge, refer to the conference you chose when you signed up for the challenge and complete the following tasks. You may complete them in any order, and you do NOT need to choose between author and title task now, you may fill them in as you go.

* For any eight teams in the conference, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in the name of the team’s head coach; be sure to post a link to the author’s GR page

* For the remaining eight teams, read a book where the first letter of every word in the title (ALL words count!, 3-word minimum) can be found in the team’s full name (including the city). You can only use a letter as many times as it appears in the team name. For example, for Minnesota Vikings, your title can have three words that start with N, but only one word that starts with E.

NFC TEAMS:
CHICAGO BEARS | head coach = Matt Nagy – At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost
DETROIT LIONS | head coach = Matt Patricia – Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
GREEN BAY PACKERS | head coach = Matt LaFleur – The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony
MINNESOTA VIKINGS | head coach = Mike Zimmer – The Falconer by Elizabeth May
DALLAS COWBOYS | head coach = Jason Garrett – Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair
NEW YORK GIANTS | head coach = Pat Shurmur – Beowulf for Cretins: A Love Story by Ann McMan
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES | head coach = Doug Pederson – Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
WASHINGTON REDSKINS | head coach = Jay Gruden – The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson
ATLANTA FALCONS | head coach = Dan Quinn – Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
CAROLINA PANTHERS | head coach = Ron Rivera – Among the Pigeons by John L. Read
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS | head coach = Sean Payton – Company Town by Madeline Ashby
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS | head coach = Bruce Ariens – The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
ARIZONA CARDINALS | head coach = Kliff Kingsbury – China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
LOS ANGELES RAMS | head coach = Sean McVay – Red as Blood by Tanith Lee
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS | head coach = Kyle Shanahan (ignore the 49) – The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | head coach = Pete Carroll –