Crazy Challenge Connection - Fall Seasonal Scavenger Challenge - Oktoberfest Finished

Fall Seasonal Scavenger Challenge - Oktoberfest hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads

I have now completed this challenge and it has been fun. I like that there are several options for each task.

List of books at the bottom of this post.

FALL SEASONAL SCAVENGER CHALLENGE - OKTOBERFEST
Duration: September 20 - December 20, 2014

Time to get your party face on!! Raise a glass and join in the fun!

1. The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Louis to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Theresienwiese—"Therese's fields"—in honor of the crown princess; although locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the "Wies'n."
❅ Read a book that was published in October (any year) OR read a book in which a wedding takes place OR read a book whose cover shows a field / meadow / orchard / vineyard.

2. Horse races in the presence of the royal family concluded the popular event. The decision to repeat the festivities and the horse races in the subsequent year gave rise to the tradition of the annual Oktoberfest, which now begins in late September and lasts until the first Sunday in October. The horse races were last held in 1960, but the festival still takes place on the "Theresienwiese."
❅ Read a book featuring a horse or horse racing, or with a horse on the cover OR read a book with a royal character or royal family OR read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in THERESIEWIESE (Discount a, an, the – 2 word minimum).

3. Today, Oktoberfest has become the world's largest beer festival, and is still held annually in Munich, Germany. The 16-day party attracts over 6 million people every year who consume 1.5 million gallons of beer, 200,000 pounds of pork sausage, and 480,000 spit-roasted chickens during the two-week extravaganza.
❅ Read a book that takes place in Germany OR read a book featuring any kind of festival, fair, or circus OR read a book with a “6” in its total page count.

4. While the event reinforces stereotypical images of beer-loving, meat-loving Germans dressed in dirndls and lederhosen, visitors to the annual event come from all over the world. Oktoberfest is in fact one of Munich's largest and most profitable tourist attractions bringing over 450 million euros to the city's coffers each year.
❅ Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing a costume or uniform of any kind OR read a book that takes place in a traditional tourist city/area (tell us where) OR read a book with any form of money shown on the cover or included in the title.

5. The largest Oktoberfest held outside of Germany takes place each year in the twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada, where a large ethnic German population resides. The largest such event in the United States is Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati in Ohio, which boasts half a million visitors each year.
❅ Read a book that takes place anywhere in Canada OR read a book that takes place in Ohio OR read a book whose title contains the letter “z.” (Z may be anywhere in the title; it does not have to start a word)

6. The Costume and Riflemen's Procession takes place on the first Sunday of the festival, in which some 7000 performers -- groups in traditional costumes and historical uniforms, marching bands, riflemen, thoroughbred horses and other livestock, old-fashioned carriages, and numerous floats -- parade through the streets of Munich's city center showcasing the diversity of local, regional, and national customs.
❅ Read a book in which a parade takes place OR read a book that takes place in a large international city (Those participants living in the USA, cannot use a US city) OR read a book where a character belongs to an organized group of some kind (i.e. professional group, religious group, recreational group).

7. When the city began allowing beer on the fairgrounds, makeshift beer stands began cropping up, and their number increased steadily until they were eventually replaced by beer halls in 1896. The beer halls, like the beer tents of today, were sponsored by the local breweries. The mayor of Munich opens Oktoberfest at noon on the first day of the fair when he drives the wooden tap into a barrel of beer and proclaims: O'zapft is! ("It's tapped!").
❅ Read a book with any kind of beverage on the cover OR read a book whose publication year includes one of the numbers 1,8,9, or 6 OR read a book whose title ends with an exclamation mark.

8. Oktoberfest beer is a variety called Märzen (March), which is darker and stronger than traditional beer, and contains up to 6% alcohol. Before the advent of modern refrigeration techniques, this type of beer was brewed in March (as its name suggests) and allowed to age through the summer, so that it was ready to drink by late summer or early fall.
❅ Read a book that takes place over the summer OR read a "dark" book - either a dark cover or dark content OR read a book with a character whose first name starts with any of the letters in MARCH.

9. Like all German beer, the Oktoberfest beer is brewed according to strict German standards (called the Reinheitsgebot which have been in effect since 1516) that precisely define the four ingredients allowed in the brewing of beer: barley, hops, malt, and yeast.
❅ Read a book with a strict character OR read a book with a four word title OR read a book with any type of ingredient / spice / herb is listed in the title or shown on the cover (this could be anything from a picture of an apple to make apple pie to nutmeg to basil).

10. Just 6 Munich breweries - Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, and Spaten - are permitted to serve beer at the festival. 14 larger and several smaller beer tents and beer gardens provide enough seating for 98,000 visitors at a time. Beer is served by the Maß, a one-liter mug, and costs between 9 and 10 euros. Beer maids and waiters must be able to carry 10 of these beer-filled mugs at a time.
❅ Read the 6th book in a series OR choose one of the breweries and read a book where the first letter in each title word may be found in the brewery name (a,an, the DO count – 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which one of the major characters is a waiter /waitress / bartender.

11. Oktoberfest is known as much for its traditional folk music as it is for its beer drinking. Folk music, marches, and polkas make up the typical oompah music for which Germany is famous. As the evening wears on, the music becomes louder and more and more people begin to sing, linking arms and swinging beer mugs from side to side, some standing and swaying and dancing on benches or tables. Before each break, the band will offer up "ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit", a toast to contentment, congeniality, and relaxation.
❅ Read a book where music is a major theme OR read a book whose title or author name contains a double “oo” OR read a book that makes you feel content, congenial, and relaxed.

12. German folk music is not the only sound you will hear emanating from the massive beer tents. International hits like "New York, New York", "Country Road", "YMCA" and even disco- and rock-inspired tunes come from the beer tents.
❅ Read a book whose title is also the title or famous line from a song OR read a book outside your “traditional” genre OR read a book whose author’s last name starts with Y,M,C, or A.

13. Oktoberfest visitors won’t lack for a good meal. Readily available all over the fairgrounds are Hendl, whole chickens grilled on a spit, roasted meats, especially pork, and potato dumplings are served up with the traditional red cabbage and apple dish (Blaukohl). Sauerkraut and soft pretzels are found on just about every menu.
❅ Read a book whose cover shows a meal, picnic or buffet OR read a book with a red cover OR read a book that almost everyone seems to be reading (a best seller).

14. For those with a sweet tooth, typical dessert dishes include Dampfnudel, a steamed honey-dumpling served with vanilla sauce, apple strudel, and Kaiserschmarrn, a sugared pancake with raisins. Also available is a variety of sweet snacks scattered across the Wies’n. From pan-roasted, sugar-glazed almonds (gebrannte Mandeln) to cotton candy (Zuckerwatte), from glazed fruits to ice cream.
❅ Read a book with a character known for their sweet tooth OR read a book whose cover features a dessert or candy OR read a book featuring a baker or candy maker (not a cook).

15. Between events and beer tents, guests can traverse the 103 acre Oktoberfest grounds to ride a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or water slide, navigate their way through a labyrinth, visit a haunted house, be entertained by numerous types of performers, take a look at the flea circus, stop off at one of dozens of game booths, or take a festival tour, among other things.
❅ Read a book takes place in an amusement park OR read a book featuring a performer of some kind (does not have to be professional) OR read a book in which some kind of game is played (real games, not mind games).

16. The last day of Oktoberfest is the first Sunday in October. Over the past 200 years, Oktoberfest has been canceled 24 times due to cholera epidemics and war.
❅ Read a book that is first or last in a series OR read a book whose publication date contains a “2” and a “4” OR read a book with a war or disease epidemic as part of the plot.

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1. ❅ Read a book that was published in October (any year) OR read a book in which a wedding takes place OR read a book whose cover shows a field / meadow / orchard / vineyard.
The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards (the same couple gets married 3 times)

2.❅ Read a book featuring a horse or horse racing, or with a horse on the cover OR read a book with a royal character or royal family OR read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in THERESIEWIESE (Discount a, an, the – 2 word minimum):
Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen 

3.❅ Read a book that takes place in Germany OR read a book featuring any kind of festival, fair, or circus OR read a book with a “6” in its total page count:
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (326 pages)

4.❅ Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing a costume or uniform of any kind OR read a book that takes place in a traditional tourist city/area (tell us where) OR read a book with any form of money shown on the cover or included in the title.
The Magician by Michael Scott (Paris)

5. ❅ Read a book that takes place anywhere in Canada OR read a book that takes place in Ohio OR read a book whose title contains the letter “z.” (Z may be anywhere in the title; it does not have to start a word)
The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison (Cincinnati, Ohio)

6. ❅ Read a book in which a parade takes place OR read a book that takes place in a large international city (Those participants living in the USA, cannot use a US city) OR read a book where a character belongs to an organized group of some kind (i.e. professional group, religious group, recreational group).
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (Father Gomez belongs to the Consistorial Court)

7.❅ Read a book with any kind of beverage on the cover OR read a book whose publication year includes one of the numbers 1,8,9, or 6 OR read a book whose title ends with an exclamation mark.
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl  (published 1948)

8.❅ Read a book that takes place over the summer OR read a "dark" book - either a dark cover or dark content OR read a book with a character whose first name starts with any of the letters in MARCH.
Monsters by C. Gockel (Amy is main character)

9.❅ Read a book with a strict character OR read a book with a four word title OR read a book with any type of ingredient / spice / herb is listed in the title or shown on the cover (this could be anything from a picture of an apple to make apple pie to nutmeg to basil).
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

10.❅ Read the 6th book in a series OR choose one of the breweries and read a book where the first letter in each title word may be found in the brewery name (a,an, the DO count – 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which one of the major characters is a waiter /waitress / bartender.
The Enchantress by Michael Scott

11.❅ Read a book where music is a major theme OR read a book whose title or author name contains a double “oo” OR read a book that makes you feel content, congenial, and relaxed.
True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer

12.❅ Read a book whose title is also the title or famous line from a song OR read a book outside your “traditional” genre OR read a book whose author’s last name starts with Y,M,C, or A.
Magic Rising by Camilla Chafer

13.❅ Read a book whose cover shows a meal, picnic or buffet OR read a book with a red cover OR read a book that almost everyone seems to be reading (a best seller).
quiet storm by Romanus Gabriel

14.❅ Read a book with a character known for their sweet tooth OR read a book whose cover features a dessert or candy OR read a book featuring a baker or candy maker (not a cook).
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge (main character a baker)

15.❅ Read a book takes place in an amusement park OR read a book featuring a performer of some kind (does not have to be professional) OR read a book in which some kind of game is played (real games, not mind games).
The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild

16.❅ Read a book that is first or last in a series OR read a book whose publication date contains a “2” and a “4” OR read a book with a war or disease epidemic as part of the plot.
Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer (published June 2nd 2014)


List of books:

1. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 
2. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge 
3. Monsters by C. Gockel
4. The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards
5. Magic Rising by Camilla Chafer
6. Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer
7. Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen 
8. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
9. True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
10. quiet storm by Romanus Gabriel 
11. The Magician by Michael Scott
12. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
13. The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison 
14. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent 
15. The Enchantress by Michael Scott 
16. The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild

The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild

Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, two children run away to search for their uncle who works for a circus and find that they can become a part of the hard work and colorful performances of the tenting season. From Goodreads.

Peter and Santa are orphans and have been brought up by their aunt who didn't give them a very good schooling but taught them that they were better than everyone else. When they run away to avoid separate orphanages and come to the circus they find out how little they know. Peter has a very tough time of it and is very annoying till he find his love of horses.
It is a book of growing up, finding out what you want in life and the hard work to get there. This is a children's story and of course has a happy ending.

This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory - R5: Team Challenge SSS
Crazy Challenge Connection A-Z Locations - 2014
Novel Books & Reading Challenges Tower Teams III

The Enchantress by Michael Scott

The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.
San Francisco:
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.
But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?
Danu Talis:
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it’s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.
Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what—or who—the twins will be fighting for.
Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.
But will the twins of legend stand together?
Or will they stand apart—one to save the world and one to destroy it? From Goodreads.

This book starts exactly where book five stopped and it is full of surprises. This book is a bit confusing at times as some of the characters are both in present time in San Francisco and back in time in Danu Talis 10.000 years earlier.
This book was really good as it was full of twists and turns that I did not expect. Also some of the bad guys might not be as bad as they seem and some redeem themselves.

This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection A-Z Locations - 2014
Novel Books & Reading Challenges - Baby Got Book
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (O-owl)
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon
Novel Books & Reading Challenges Tower Teams III 

My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

She doesn't see dead people, but...
She senses when someone near her is about to die. And when that happens, a force beyond her control compels her to scream bloody murder. Literally.
Kaylee just wants to enjoy having caught the attention of the hottest guy in school. But a normal date is hard to come by when Nash seems to know more about her need to scream than she does. And when classmates start dropping dead for no apparent reason, only Kaylee knows who'll be next... From Goodreads.

This had a slow start and I thought it was boring. But luckily it picked up and there was a couple of events at the end that I hadn't seen coming and that is always good.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection: 1000 Member Celebration!
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Crazy Challenge Connection - Bookshelf Battle Team Challenge #4
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection A-Z Locations - 2014

The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison

At long last... The final book in the New York Times bestselling Hollows series by Kim Harrison!
Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more.
But power demands responsibility, and world-changers must always pay a price. That time is now.
To save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires, to keep the demonic ever after and our own world from destruction, Rachel Morgan will risk everything. From Goodreads.





In some way it is sad it is finished but after 13 books it is okay and this book was a good finale. As usual Rachel had to save the world, the Everafter and Ivy's soul.
I have enjoyed all thirteen books in this series and now they are finished I might have to look into Kim Harrison's other series.
This series should be read in order as every book in one way or another is a continuation of the book before.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Sub-Genre Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon
Dewey's Read-a-Thon October 2014

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Lyra and Will are helped by friends old and new as they continue their perilous journey. The great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison reappears, as does Dr Mary Malone, creator of the amber spyglass. Then there are the tiny, dragonfly-riding Gallivespians, and the wheel-borne Mulefa with their ability to see the mysterious substance Dust.
As childhood slips away from them, Lyra and Will face new dangers - including the daemon-destroying Spectres and a journey into the world of the dead. The pair must play their part in the climax of a war for the future of all worlds. From Goodreads.

I have really enjoyed listening to His Dark Materials. I am still not completely taken with audio books but this series where Philip Pullman has read the books and a full cast have read the characters has just been absolutely brilliant. These books must be read in order.

This book qualifies for:
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (L-zorilla)
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9
FrightFall Read-a-Thon 2014 

The Magician by Michael Scott

After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenelle is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Niccolo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenelle. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage, they age one year-their magic becoming weaker and their bodies more frail. For Flamel, the Prophecy is becoming more and more clear.
It's time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there's only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel's old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain-alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world's only hope-if they don't turn on each other. From Goodreads.




This is my kind of book, though it is more than twice as long as my last book it felt shorter. The twins Josh and Sophie together with Nicholas Flamel and others are fighting mythical creatures. We know who the bad guys are but then again it is not all black and white. Also Josh is having a hard time accepting that Sophie has been awakened and he hasn't. I am looking forward to continuing this series.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: 2014 Chubby Chunkster
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Crazy Challenge Connection - Bookshelf Battle Team Challenge #4
The Challenge Factory - R4: Team Challenge SSS
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon

Quiet storm by Romanus Gabriel

Becky Douglas and Eugene Thompson have one thing in common: they hate romance. Becky derives pleasure from hurting men. She has broken quite some hearts and will not hesitate to break more should she have the opportunity. Eugene always has one question: if he doesn’t give his heart to any woman how can his heart be broken by any woman? When these two meet, their refusal to respect each other is natural. From Goodreads.

This was a quick read but unfortunately not great. I usually don't get bothered by spelling mistakes but in this book they annoyed me. Becky and Eugene hate romance but of course end up loving each other. I am glad I did not pay for this book.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
The Challenge Factory - R4: Team Challenge SSS
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge

True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer

"I have a television so I know what a family is supposed to look like but mine is nothing like that. To begin with, both my parents are dead. Not the kind of dead where you bury them in the ground, say some nice words, cry a lot and then never see them again. Nope, when they died they refused to ‘go into the light’ or whatever it is you’re supposed to do when you die. Instead, they came back home. As ghosts. Have you ever been sent to your room by a parent who has no corporeal form? I have and it sucks..."
Xandra Illuminata Smith has lived for the last three years with ghosts as parents but her life gets even stranger after her seventeenth birthday when she finds out that her mother is actually a Witch in hiding and her biological father, whom she knew nothing about, is a Fairy and King of the Fae realm.
Xandra is the first Witch Fairy to be born in thousands of years for very good reason. No one should be able to control that much magic and Xandra was never meant to be born at all but her mother has managed to keep her hidden away until now.
The Witches want her dead and the Fairies want her blood, for only her blood will reopen the gateway to the Fae realm and allow them back into this realm to take revenge on humans and Witches alike for having banished them hundreds of years ago.
Xandra has very little time to learn how to use her powerful Witch and Fairy magic that has been bound since her birth while running from the Fairies who managed to jump realms and want to take her blood to set the others free. She needs someone to teach her and her parents enlist the help of one powerful Fairy who claims to want to keep the realms closed to each other. He will help keep her safe and alive as she learns, at least that's what he says... From Goodreads.

This is a cute and also fun young adult book. Xandra doesn't want magic to be true and suddenly has to fight for her life while learning to use her witch / fairy powers. And, yes there is a bit of romance as well. Being a YA book, it was an easy read. I might read a few more books in this series this month.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge
2014 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Crazy Challenge Connection - Sub-Genre Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

The thrilling second book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, read by the author and a full cast.
In this stunning sequel to Northern Lights, the intrepid Lyra Silvertongue and her daemon, Pantalaimon, find themselves in a shimmering, haunted other world - Cittagazze where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky.
Here she meets twelve-year-old Will Parry, a fugitive from a third universe. Will has found a small window between Cittagazze and Oxford that brings him into this strange new realm.
Will's father, an explorer, disappeared years ago, but recently some odd characters have started asking questions about him, and now, having accidentally killed one of them, Will is wanted by the police.
Armed with the subtle knife, a tool that cuts any material (including that which separates universes) and Lyra's alethiometer, the children set out to find John Parry, with adults of various stripes in desperate pursuit. From Goodreads.

This is really good. This was a re-read (listen) for me but it is so long ago since I read it that it seems new. I am also enjoying this special audio with all the different voices for the characters.
Lyra and Will become friends and have to survive together. Luckily they get help from Lyra's friends. 

This book qualifies for:
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9
FrightFall Read-a-Thon 2014

Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen

A disillusioned heiress swaps her credit cards for a pitchfork and shovel in a desperate attempt to escape her grandfather’s iron-fisted control. However, at the track she must earn the respect of an uncompromising horse trainer who has little tolerance for greenhorns, especially one he’s been forced to hire.
Mark Russell never expected his rookie groom to have the spunk or savvy to last at his demanding race barn. Or that his reluctant respect would turn to desire. But as the forbidden attraction between them sizzles, manipulation and murder threaten not only his horses but also their lives. And suddenly a Breeders’ Cup win is the very least of his worries. From Goodreads.

This was an okay romance but it is their relationship with the horses I like more and I am not even a horse person. Jessica is okay but she is quite manipulative at the same time as she is trying to be independent. Mark doesn't want pretty females working at his stables but is pressured by Jessica's grandfather to do so.
It is a romance so of course it has a happy ending.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Yahtzee Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
The Challenge Factory - R4: Team Challenge SSS
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014 
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9
FrightFall Read-a-Thon 2014

Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer

All is well in Stella’s world. For the first time in a very long time she feels safe and secure in the knowledge that she’s put the Brotherhood behind her. However, she’s desperately searching for an answer that will set her ex-boyfriend free from a dangerous pact he agreed to in order to protect her, and ensure the survival of the witches. So when her old friend Etoile asks her to run a few secret errands prior to the swearing in of the High Council, Stella cautiously agrees. However finding a dead man on her doorstep, clutching a torn note bearing only her name, doesn't figure into any of her plans. Who is he and what does he want?
With neighbour and old flame Gage in tow, they head north to discover more about the dead man. There they are plunged into a mystery that appears to span every faction of the supernatural world, and more danger than they could possibly imagine. Just what is it that the werewolves, demons, and witches are searching for and how far will they go to gain the ultimate prize?
With the High Council inauguration drawing close, Stella must race against time to save what could be their only hope of peace, draw out the enemies in their midst, and find the answers she is so desperately searching for.  From Goodreads.

Another really good book in the Stella Mayweather series. It all starts nice and cosy but that quickly changes and the book is full of intrigues and secrets. I knew from another reader that this book would end in a cliffhanger, I just didn't realise how big a cliffhanger. I will definitely get the last book in the series as soon as it gets published in December.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Yahtzee Challenge
The Challenge Factory - September 2014 Creature ~ Witches!
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014 
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (E-vulture)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9
FrightFall Read-a-Thon 2014

Magic Rising by Camilla Chafer

For Stella, the Witches’ Council Summit is supposed to be about getting to know her fellow witches but instead she finds herself on trial for murder. The accusations may be evidence of a sinister plot at work or they may be a ruse to draw attention away from the mounting tensions as the witches vie for supremacy. Reaching out to her boyfriend Evan for help would be reassuring… if he wasn’t oddly unreachable, working a case even his closest friend doesn't know anything about
As the ominous reasons behind the trial come to light, an assassin unleashes a terrifying campaign against the Council candidates. With tensions running high and accusations flying faster than a backfiring spell, the witches are forced to gather together for safety, but that might just lead to an implosion as the culprit is sought.
Plus there’s the small matter of an ancient talisman the werewolves want, a talisman that they say was stolen, but the more she investigates, the more it appears that it isn’t the simple artefact they claim it to be.
With Evan still missing and her world more complicated than ever, the choices Stella must make might confirm her place as a formidable witch in her new world or leave her excommunicated… forever. From Goodreads.

I am totally into this series at the moment and I am going to read the next one right away. In this one Stella finally starts acting more independently and I am looking forward to the next book.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Yahtzee Challenge
The Challenge Factory - September 2014 Creature ~ Witches!
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014 
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (E-Umbrellabird)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9

The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards

Camille Chandler is a tabloid journalist whose career is right on track--until her boss sees a curious ad in the L.A. Trades.
Wanted: Single actress for an extended gig abroad.
France's mega-rich playboy Julian de Laurent is up to something and Camille's boss expects her to find out what. Who knew the eccentric gazillionaire was looking to hire a temporary wife?
When Camille refuses to accept Julian's proposal--and secretly write a juicy tell-all about the de Laurent family--she's fired and left financially destitute, forcing her to entertain Julian's proposal for real.
But what'll happen at the end of the contract period, after Camille has spent six months as the wife of a man she learns is capable of stealing her heart? From Goodreads.






This was an okay romance. Not very plausible but a quick, cosy read.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
Jumble Your Genres Reading Challenge 2014
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (E-seal)
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9

Monsters by C. Gockel

After being attacked by a serial killer, saved by Loki — so-called God of Mischief, Lies and Chaos — dragged to Alfheim, losing every cent in her bank account, and caring for her grandmother, Amy Lewis has lost her scholarship to veterinary school. But it’s alright. She has a plan. If she manages to keep her day job as a receptionist, and her night job as a vet tech, she may be able to get her scholarship reinstated and save enough money for the dreaded ‘miscellaneous fees.’
Too bad her day boss is unbearable...
Agent Steve Rogers has political aspirations, but when a suitcase nuke turns out to be something much worse and so-called Norse gods start showing up in his life, he has a priority shift.
Meanwhile, Loki’s priorities and plans haven’t changed at all. He wants Asgard to burn. Of course, earthly pleasures can be so distracting.
These three disparate characters have little in common, but they’ll have to join forces to save earth from trolls, wyrms, frost giant invasions, and an old evil growing beneath Chicago’s streets.
In this second volume of “I Bring the Fire,” chaos comes to our world and decides to stay. The nine realms will never be the same. From Goodreads.

Book 1 in this series had a very abrupt ending and I knew I wanted to read the second. Unfortunately it often takes me a long time to get to the next in the series, this time over a year. This meant I actually went back and read the last chapter in the first book just to remind myself of the story.
In this second book Loki is trying to free Cera, an entity, that has been captured on earth by the help of Odin. Amy is mad at Loki but of course also in love with him. This book introduce Steve, an agent, who is part of the team looking after the entity. I now need to read the third book.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory - R4: Team Challenge SSS
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Crazy Challenge Connection - Sub-Genre Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (L-wolf)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #9

Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth. From Goodreads.

This was okay. I liked Jade the baker, the shape shifters and the vampire. It was very easy to read ( I read it in an evening), unfortunately the mystery is no mystery. It is clear from very early on who the villain in the story is.
I am not quite sure if I want to continue this series. This was a free book but the next books need to be cheaper before I buy them.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory - September 2014 Creature ~ Witches!
The Challenge Factory - R4: Team Challenge SSS
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

"Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come?...Reply at once." That is how six brave & inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory.
On a primitive raft made of 40' balsa logs & named Kon-Tiki in honor of a legendary sun king, Heyerdahl & five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on similar craft.
Life on the raft was strange & wonderful. Perhaps the most amazing part of the whole voyage was that not once during the 101 days were the men bored. The always present danger of storms (& the storms themselves), the eternal, ever-changing sea & sky, & their own ingenuity took care of that. & the huge company of fish. They encountered the rare whale shark--"Walt Disney, with all his powers of imagination, could not have created a more hair-raising monster"--& they were the 1st men ever to see a live snake mackerel.
On every page of this true record--from the actual building of the raft thru all the dangerous & comic adventures on the sea to the spectacular crash-landing & the native islanders' hula dances--each reader will find a wholesome & spellbinding escape from the 20th century. From Goodreads.

This was quite interesting, all of it. The whole preparation, the trip itself and the end of the trip. Thor Heyerdahl and his companions survived an impossible trip. I am impressed by this undertaking. Now I want to watch the film.

This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Bookshelf Battle Team Challenge #4
Crazy Challenge Connection - Oktoberfest
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection - Let's Play Jeopardy!
Crazy Challenge Connection Bard of Avon

Crazy Challenge Connection - Fall Seasonal Scavenger Challenge - Oktoberfest Start

Fall Seasonal Scavenger Challenge - Oktoberfest hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads

Since I discovered different reading challenge groups on Goodreads I have been taking part in more and more challenges. I like those challenges that set you different tasks. Actually I like most challenges.

FALL SEASONAL SCAVENGER CHALLENGE - OKTOBERFEST
Duration: September 20 - December 20, 2014

Time to get your party face on!! Raise a glass and join in the fun!

1. The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the October 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Louis to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to join in the festivities which were held over five days on the fields in front of the city gates. These famous public fields were named Theresienwiese—"Therese's fields"—in honor of the crown princess; although locals have since abbreviated the name simply to the "Wies'n."
❅ Read a book that was published in October (any year) OR read a book in which a wedding takes place OR read a book whose cover shows a field / meadow / orchard / vineyard.

2. Horse races in the presence of the royal family concluded the popular event. The decision to repeat the festivities and the horse races in the subsequent year gave rise to the tradition of the annual Oktoberfest, which now begins in late September and lasts until the first Sunday in October. The horse races were last held in 1960, but the festival still takes place on the "Theresienwiese."
❅ Read a book featuring a horse or horse racing, or with a horse on the cover OR read a book with a royal character or royal family OR read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in THERESIEWIESE (Discount a, an, the – 2 word minimum).

3. Today, Oktoberfest has become the world's largest beer festival, and is still held annually in Munich, Germany. The 16-day party attracts over 6 million people every year who consume 1.5 million gallons of beer, 200,000 pounds of pork sausage, and 480,000 spit-roasted chickens during the two-week extravaganza.
❅ Read a book that takes place in Germany OR read a book featuring any kind of festival, fair, or circus OR read a book with a “6” in its total page count.

4. While the event reinforces stereotypical images of beer-loving, meat-loving Germans dressed in dirndls and lederhosen, visitors to the annual event come from all over the world. Oktoberfest is in fact one of Munich's largest and most profitable tourist attractions bringing over 450 million euros to the city's coffers each year.
❅ Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing a costume or uniform of any kind OR read a book that takes place in a traditional tourist city/area (tell us where) OR read a book with any form of money shown on the cover or included in the title.

5. The largest Oktoberfest held outside of Germany takes place each year in the twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada, where a large ethnic German population resides. The largest such event in the United States is Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati in Ohio, which boasts half a million visitors each year.
❅ Read a book that takes place anywhere in Canada OR read a book that takes place in Ohio OR read a book whose title contains the letter “z.” (Z may be anywhere in the title; it does not have to start a word)

6. The Costume and Riflemen's Procession takes place on the first Sunday of the festival, in which some 7000 performers -- groups in traditional costumes and historical uniforms, marching bands, riflemen, thoroughbred horses and other livestock, old-fashioned carriages, and numerous floats -- parade through the streets of Munich's city center showcasing the diversity of local, regional, and national customs.
❅ Read a book in which a parade takes place OR read a book that takes place in a large international city (Those participants living in the USA, cannot use a US city) OR read a book where a character belongs to an organized group of some kind (i.e. professional group, religious group, recreational group).

7. When the city began allowing beer on the fairgrounds, makeshift beer stands began cropping up, and their number increased steadily until they were eventually replaced by beer halls in 1896. The beer halls, like the beer tents of today, were sponsored by the local breweries. The mayor of Munich opens Oktoberfest at noon on the first day of the fair when he drives the wooden tap into a barrel of beer and proclaims: O'zapft is! ("It's tapped!").
❅ Read a book with any kind of beverage on the cover OR read a book whose publication year includes one of the numbers 1,8,9, or 6 OR read a book whose title ends with an exclamation mark.

8. Oktoberfest beer is a variety called Märzen (March), which is darker and stronger than traditional beer, and contains up to 6% alcohol. Before the advent of modern refrigeration techniques, this type of beer was brewed in March (as its name suggests) and allowed to age through the summer, so that it was ready to drink by late summer or early fall.
❅ Read a book that takes place over the summer OR read a "dark" book - either a dark cover or dark content OR read a book with a character whose first name starts with any of the letters in MARCH.

9. Like all German beer, the Oktoberfest beer is brewed according to strict German standards (called the Reinheitsgebot which have been in effect since 1516) that precisely define the four ingredients allowed in the brewing of beer: barley, hops, malt, and yeast.
❅ Read a book with a strict character OR read a book with a four word title OR read a book with any type of ingredient / spice / herb is listed in the title or shown on the cover (this could be anything from a picture of an apple to make apple pie to nutmeg to basil).

10. Just 6 Munich breweries - Augustiner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, and Spaten - are permitted to serve beer at the festival. 14 larger and several smaller beer tents and beer gardens provide enough seating for 98,000 visitors at a time. Beer is served by the Maß, a one-liter mug, and costs between 9 and 10 euros. Beer maids and waiters must be able to carry 10 of these beer-filled mugs at a time.
❅ Read the 6th book in a series OR choose one of the breweries and read a book where the first letter in each title word may be found in the brewery name (a,an, the DO count – 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which one of the major characters is a waiter /waitress / bartender.

11. Oktoberfest is known as much for its traditional folk music as it is for its beer drinking. Folk music, marches, and polkas make up the typical oompah music for which Germany is famous. As the evening wears on, the music becomes louder and more and more people begin to sing, linking arms and swinging beer mugs from side to side, some standing and swaying and dancing on benches or tables. Before each break, the band will offer up "ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit", a toast to contentment, congeniality, and relaxation.
❅ Read a book where music is a major theme OR read a book whose title or author name contains a double “oo” OR read a book that makes you feel content, congenial, and relaxed.

12. German folk music is not the only sound you will hear emanating from the massive beer tents. International hits like "New York, New York", "Country Road", "YMCA" and even disco- and rock-inspired tunes come from the beer tents.
❅ Read a book whose title is also the title or famous line from a song OR read a book outside your “traditional” genre OR read a book whose author’s last name starts with Y,M,C, or A.

13. Oktoberfest visitors won’t lack for a good meal. Readily available all over the fairgrounds are Hendl, whole chickens grilled on a spit, roasted meats, especially pork, and potato dumplings are served up with the traditional red cabbage and apple dish (Blaukohl). Sauerkraut and soft pretzels are found on just about every menu.
❅ Read a book whose cover shows a meal, picnic or buffet OR read a book with a red cover OR read a book that almost everyone seems to be reading (a best seller).

14. For those with a sweet tooth, typical dessert dishes include Dampfnudel, a steamed honey-dumpling served with vanilla sauce, apple strudel, and Kaiserschmarrn, a sugared pancake with raisins. Also available is a variety of sweet snacks scattered across the Wies’n. From pan-roasted, sugar-glazed almonds (gebrannte Mandeln) to cotton candy (Zuckerwatte), from glazed fruits to ice cream.
❅ Read a book with a character known for their sweet tooth OR read a book whose cover features a dessert or candy OR read a book featuring a baker or candy maker (not a cook).

15. Between events and beer tents, guests can traverse the 103 acre Oktoberfest grounds to ride a Ferris wheel, roller coaster, or water slide, navigate their way through a labyrinth, visit a haunted house, be entertained by numerous types of performers, take a look at the flea circus, stop off at one of dozens of game booths, or take a festival tour, among other things.
❅ Read a book takes place in an amusement park OR read a book featuring a performer of some kind (does not have to be professional) OR read a book in which some kind of game is played (real games, not mind games).

16. The last day of Oktoberfest is the first Sunday in October. Over the past 200 years, Oktoberfest has been canceled 24 times due to cholera epidemics and war.
❅ Read a book that is first or last in a series OR read a book whose publication date contains a “2” and a “4” OR read a book with a war or disease epidemic as part of the plot.

CHALLENGE RULES

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♣ Unless otherwise noted, books must be at least 150 pages long.

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1. ❅ Read a book that was published in October (any year) OR read a book in which a wedding takes place OR read a book whose cover shows a field / meadow / orchard / vineyard.
The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards (the same couple gets married 3 times)

2.❅ Read a book featuring a horse or horse racing, or with a horse on the cover OR read a book with a royal character or royal family OR read a book where the first letter of each title word may be found in THERESIEWIESE (Discount a, an, the – 2 word minimum):
Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen 

3.❅ Read a book that takes place in Germany OR read a book featuring any kind of festival, fair, or circus OR read a book with a “6” in its total page count:
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (326 pages)

4.❅ Read a book where someone on the cover is wearing a costume or uniform of any kind OR read a book that takes place in a traditional tourist city/area (tell us where) OR read a book with any form of money shown on the cover or included in the title.
The Magician by Michael Scott (Paris)

5. ❅ Read a book that takes place anywhere in Canada OR read a book that takes place in Ohio OR read a book whose title contains the letter “z.” (Z may be anywhere in the title; it does not have to start a word) The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison (Cincinnati, Ohio)

6. ❅ Read a book in which a parade takes place OR read a book that takes place in a large international city (Those participants living in the USA, cannot use a US city) OR read a book where a character belongs to an organized group of some kind (i.e. professional group, religious group, recreational group).
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (Father Gomez belongs to the Consistorial Court)

7.❅ Read a book with any kind of beverage on the cover OR read a book whose publication year includes one of the numbers 1,8,9, or 6 OR read a book whose title ends with an exclamation mark.
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl  (published 1948)

8.❅ Read a book that takes place over the summer OR read a "dark" book - either a dark cover or dark content OR read a book with a character whose first name starts with any of the letters in MARCH.
Monsters by C. Gockel (Amy is main character)

9.❅ Read a book with a strict character OR read a book with a four word title OR read a book with any type of ingredient / spice / herb is listed in the title or shown on the cover (this could be anything from a picture of an apple to make apple pie to nutmeg to basil).
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent

10.❅ Read the 6th book in a series OR choose one of the breweries and read a book where the first letter in each title word may be found in the brewery name (a,an, the DO count – 3 word minimum) OR read a book in which one of the major characters is a waiter /waitress / bartender.
The Enchantress by Michael Scott

11.❅ Read a book where music is a major theme OR read a book whose title or author name contains a double “oo” OR read a book that makes you feel content, congenial, and relaxed.
True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer

12.❅ Read a book whose title is also the title or famous line from a song OR read a book outside your “traditional” genre OR read a book whose author’s last name starts with Y,M,C, or A.
Magic Rising by Camilla Chafer

13.❅ Read a book whose cover shows a meal, picnic or buffet OR read a book with a red cover OR read a book that almost everyone seems to be reading (a best seller).
quiet storm by Romanus Gabriel

14.❅ Read a book with a character known for their sweet tooth OR read a book whose cover features a dessert or candy OR read a book featuring a baker or candy maker (not a cook).
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge (main character a baker)

15.❅ Read a book takes place in an amusement park OR read a book featuring a performer of some kind (does not have to be professional) OR read a book in which some kind of game is played (real games, not mind games).
The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild

16.❅ Read a book that is first or last in a series OR read a book whose publication date contains a “2” and a “4” OR read a book with a war or disease epidemic as part of the plot.
Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer (published June 2nd 2014)


List of books:

1. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 
2. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge 
3. Monsters by C. Gockel
4. The Marriage Bargain by Sandra Edwards
5. Magic Rising by Camilla Chafer
6. Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer
7. Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen 
8. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
9. True of Blood by Bonnie Lamer
10. quiet storm by Romanus Gabriel 
11. The Magician by Michael Scott
12. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
13. The Witch with no Name by Kim Harrison 
14. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent 
15. The Enchantress by Michael Scott 
16. The Circus Is Coming by Noel Streatfeild