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SEPTEMBER

1. First Day of Fall

September 22nd marks the first official day of the fall season! This is marked by the autumnal equinox. After the autumnal equinox, the sun is rising later and nightfall comes sooner, and it stays this way until winter begins.

a. Read a book that contains a 2 in the page number.
The Lending Library Completed
b. Read a book published in September, October, or November.
Millicent Glenn's Last Wish: A Novel Completed
c. Read a book in which a significant event takes place at night.
The Moonlight Child Completed

2. National Read a Book Day

Our favorite holiday!

a. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Crow Trap by Ann Cleves Completed
b. Read a book that is the next in a series you've already started.
The Downside of Dachshunds Completed
c. Read a book that can be read in one day.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke Completed

3. Fall or Autumn?

Do you call this season fall or autumn? According to Merriam-Webster, the word autumn is the older of the two, but many poets used the term "the fall of the leaves", which was eventually shortened to "fall". Whatever you call it, it is upon us! (You can read more about the differences between fall and autumn here.)

a. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in FALL or AUTUMN.
A Feather to Fly With Completed
b. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F.
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know Completed
c. Read a book that shows leaves on the cover.
The Suicide House Completed

4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein

Famous poet Shel Silverstein was born on September 25, 1930. While most know him for his silly poetry in Where the Sidewalk Ends, few people know that he is also a Grammy winner. He wrote Johnny Cash's famous hit song "A Boy Named Sue", and earned a Grammy for this songwriting.

a. Read a humorous book.
Ideas: Awakening Completed
b. Read a book written between 1930 and 1999.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late Completed
c. Read a book by an author named Sue or with a character named Sue (reasonable variations like Susan, Susanne, or Suzette are allowed.)
Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home Completed

OCTOBER

1. Pumpkin Spice Everything

Pumpkin Spice is an American spice blend that is used in baking pumpkin pie. It is generally a blend of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice. When Starbucks introduced the Pumpkin Spice Latte, the use of pumpkin spice in fall drinks and food rose to popularity.

a. Read a book that has orange on the cover.
It Is Wood, It Is Stone Completed
b. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SPICE.
The Stationery Shop Completed
c. Read a book in which food plays a role in the book.
Hedda Stein-Sun's UnRemembered Islands Completed

2. October Birthday: R.L. Stine

R.L. Stine was born on October 8, 1943 in Ohio. He's best known for his Goosebumps series, which have frightened and delighted kids since 1992. He's also written for TV shows and has published humorous books, and his favorite thriller is Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

a. Read a children's or YA book.
Angelfall Completed
b. Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in GOOSEBUMPS.
Educated by Tara Westover Completed
c. Read a book by R.L. Stine or Ray Bradbury.
Dangerous Girls Completed

3. World Mental Health Day

In 1992, the World Federation of Mental Health created World Mental Health Day, celebrated on October 10 each year. The primary objective of this day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts in support of mental health.

a. Read a book where one of the author's initials is found in MENTAL HEALTH.
A Wild Winter Swan Completed
b. Read a book featuring a healthcare worker.
The Red Thumb Mark Completed
c. Read a book featuring a character who struggles with their mental health.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Completed

4. Halloween

Halloween, or All Hallow's Eve, is celebrated the night before the Christian holiday of All Souls Day. Traditions for Halloween vary, but often include a mixture of fall and fantastical activities.

a. Read a horror book.
The Girl Behind the Gates Completed
b. Read a book in which the main character has a disguise.
The Body at the Tower Completed
c. Read a book that won or was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award or the Shirley Jackson Award.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Completed

NOVEMBER

1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

Why is this a holiday? We aren't sure. But we will celebrate with a bar of our favorite chocolate, if only because now we have a great excuse.

a. Read a book that has brown on the cover.
Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts Completed
b. Read a book featuring a main character whose name starts with a letter in HERSEYS.
Murder in Chianti Completed
c. Read a book featuring an eccentric ("nutty") character.
Last Chance to See Completed

2. November for Beginners

In her poem "November for Beginners", Rita Dove describes the gloominess and in-between feeling of the month of November, and looks forward to spring. To read more about Rita Dove, click here.

a. Read a book whose title features at least one word that is mentioned in the poem (word must be 4 letters or longer).
Hard Rain Completed
b. Read a collection of poetry or a book written in verse.
Clap When You Land Completed
c. Read a book by an author who won or was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Award, NAACP Image Award, or a National Book Award.
There There Completed

3. But it's spring?

It's only autumn in the northern hemisphere. While we descend into the cold winter days, our southern friends are welcoming the sunshine and springtime. "In spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood

a. Read a book with a green or yellow cover.
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction Completed
b. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SMELL LIKE DIRT.
Trials of Artemis Completed
c. Read a book found on one of these lists:
- Modern Mrs. Darcy's Springtime Reading List
Persuasion Completed

4. November Birthday: C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle

Two novelists most well known for their ability to transport children to new worlds were born on the same day - November 29! Lewis, born in 1898, is best known for his Narnia series and Christian writings. L'Engle, born in 1918, is best known for her Time Quintet series, which many believe have Christian underpinnings.

a. Read a fantasy novel.
The Girl and the Ghost Completed
b. Read a book with religious themes.
The Screwtape Letters Completed
c. Read a book written by either C.S. Lewis or Madeleine L'Engle.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Completed

Completed Prompts Round 1 Finished 9/26/2020

September 1. First Day of Fall
b. Read a book published in September, October, or November.
Millicent Glenn's Last Wish by Tori Whitaker
How it fits the prompt: It will be published in October 2020

September 2. National Read a Book Day
a. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves
How it fits the prompt: I haven't read this author's work before

September 3. Fall or Autumn?
c. Read a book that shows leaves on the cover.
The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea
How it fits the prompt:


4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein
a. Read a humorous book.
Awakening by Amanda M. Lee
How it fits the prompt:
Humorous paranormal college story

October 1. Pumpkin Spice
a. Read a book that has orange on the cover.
It Is Wood, It Is Stone by Gabriella Burnham
How it fits the prompt:


October 2: October Birthday: R. L. Stine
b. Read a book in which the title starts with a letter in GOOSEBUMPS.
Educated by Tara Westover
How it fits the prompt: E is a letter in Goosebumps

October 3. World Mental Health Day
c. Read a book featuring a character who struggles with their mental health.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
How it fits the prompt: A major character struggles with shell shock (PTSD) after WW1

October 4. Halloween
a. Read a horror book.
The Girl Behind the Gates by Brenda Davies
How it fits the prompt: This novel is based on a real woman who was incarcerated in a mental institution for the "defect" of being pregnant before marriage. She spent over 40 years there, suffering unspeakable abuse at times at the hands of sadistic nurses and aides, including the death of her newborn daughter to deliberate neglect. A real horror novel, more horrible for being based on reality.

November 1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
c. Read a book featuring an eccentric ("nutty") character.
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams
How it fits the prompt: Douglas Adams (the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) does a number of eccentric things while traveling the globe in search of endangered animals in this travelogue

November 2. November for Beginners
b. Read a collection of poetry or a book written in verse
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
How it fits the prompt:
Novel in verse

November 3. But it's spring?
a. Read a book with a green or yellow cover.
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger
How it fits the prompt:


November 4. November Birthday: C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle
a. Read a fantasy novel.
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
How it fits the prompt:
The story of a young girl and her best friend, a pelesit (a ghostly companion with a dark side)

Completed Prompts Round 2

September 1. First Day of Fall
a. Read a book that contains a 2 in the page number.
The Lending Library by Aliza Fogelson
How it fits the prompt:
Book has 295 pages

September 2. National Read a Book Day
c. Read a book that can be read in one day.
Aunt Dimity and the Duke by Nancy Atherton
How it fits the prompt:
Read in one day

September 3. Fall or Autumn?
a. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in FALL or AUTUMN.
A Feather to Fly With by Joyce Harmon
How it fits the prompt:
Title starts with an A and F (depending on whether you count the initial article)

September 4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein
c. Read a book by an author named Sue or with a character named Sue (reasonable variations like Susan, Susanne, or Suzette are allowed.)
Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill
How it fits the prompt:
Author is named Susan

October 1. Pumpkin Spice
b. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SPICE.
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
How it fits the prompt:
Title starts with an S

October 2: October Birthday: R. L. Stine
a, Read a children's or YA book.
Angelfall by Susan Ee
How it fits the prompt:
YA fantasy

October 3. World Mental Health Day
a. Read a book where one of the author's initials is found in MENTAL HEALTH.
A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire
How it fits the prompt:
Maguire starts with an M

October 4. Halloween
b. Read a book in which the main character has a disguise.
The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
How it fits the prompt:
Mary, the main character, is disguised as a boy

November 1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
b. Read a book featuring a main character whose name starts with a letter in HERSEYS.
Murder in Chianti by Camilla Trinchieri
How it fits the prompt:
One of the main characters is named Salvatore

November 2. November for Beginners
a. Read a book whose title features at least one word that is mentioned in the poem (word must be 4 letters or longer).
Hard Rain
How it fits the prompt:
Has rain in the title

November 3. But it's spring?
c. Read a book found on one of these lists:
Persuasion by Jane Austen
How it fits the prompt:
On the Modern Mrs. Darcy's Springtime Reading List

November 4. November Birthday: C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle
b. Read a book with religious themes.
The Screwtape Letter s by C.S. Lewis
How it fits the prompt:
Religious theme - demonic temptations of a Christian

Completed Prompts Round 3

September 1. First Day of Fall
c. Read a book in which a significant event takes place at night.
The Moonlight Child by Karen McQuestion
How it fits the prompt:
Protagonist witnesses a very young child washing dishes late at night at a neighbor who supposedly only has a teenage son.

September 2. National Read a Book Day
b. Read a book that is the next in a series you've already started.
The Downside of Dachshunds by A.G. Henley
How it fits the prompt:
Next book in the Love & Pets series

September 3. Fall or Autumn?
b. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with A or F.
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
How it fits the prompt:
Ahmed starts with A

September 4. September Birthday: Shel Silverstein
b. Read a book written between 1930 and 1999.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
How it fits the prompt:
Originally published in 1964

October 1. Pumpkin Spice
c. Read a book in which food plays a role in the book.
Hedda Stein-Sun's UnRemembered Islands
How it fits the prompt:
Baking contest is a key event

October 2: October Birthday: R. L. Stine
c. Read a book by R.L. Stine or Ray Bradbury.
Dangerous Girls by R.L. Stine
How it fits the prompt:
Written by R. L. Stine

October 3. World Mental Health Day
b. Read a book featuring a healthcare worker.
The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin Freeman
How it fits the prompt:
Main character is a medico-legal expert

October 4. Halloween
c. Read a book that won or was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award or the Shirley Jackson Award.
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
How it fits the prompt:
Won Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction; also the Shirley Jackson Awards Board of Directors Award was given to Ruth Franklin in recognition of the biography
Nancy Campbell Allen
November 1. National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
a. Read a book that has brown on the cover.
Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts by
How it fits the prompt:


November 2. November for Beginners
c. Read a book by an author who won or was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Award, NAACP Image Award, or a National Book Award.
There There by Tommy OrangeSue London
How it fits the prompt:
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

November 3. But it's spring?
b. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the phrase SMELL LIKE DIRT.
Trials of Artemis by Sue London
How it fits the prompt:
Author's initials are S and L

November 4. November Birthday: C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle
c. Read a book written by either C.S. Lewis or Madeleine L'Engle.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
How it fits the prompt:
Written by C. S. Lewis

Finished all of the prompts!