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Jeez, I'm so jealous. I'm not sure I even went on vacation for the past few years, much less took pictures! Maybe my son who is in the Air Force will get stationed overseas and then I'll get to go somewhere awesome.
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13. A Menace in Venice
The gang goes to visit their friend Antonio in Venice. They soon find out that a ghost is haunting him and the ghost plans to steal the ancient necklace Antonio is wearing.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with an Antonio, Anthony, Tony or Toni in the story
2. a book set in Italy
3. a book with the letters of 'ghost' in the title
4. a book that you find haunting or disquieting
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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I guess going abroad is a lot easier over here - with the distances and easy travel within the EU, it's more like going from one state to another within the US than going from the US to a different country. Fingers crossed that when travelling is possible again, you'll get a great vacation somewhere!
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Author: Samuel Shellabarger
Date Read: 01 May 2020
Task: A book set in Italy
How it Fits: Set in Italy (various locations)
Next Episode Choice: S1E15: Go Away Ghost Ship
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15. Go Away Ghost Ship
The newspaper reports that local shipping company owner C.L. Magnus's company is going out of business, because the ghost of the pirate Redbeard is haunting the harbor and looting Magnus' ships. After reading the story and consulting Magnus, the gang sets out to see if they can stop the ghost.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with an author whose name starts with 'C' or 'L'
2. a book with a red-haired character in it
3. a book with 'harbor' in the text of the book
4. a book where the MC reads a book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Der Damenfriede
Author: Gabriele Marie Cristen
Date Read: 03 May 2020
Task: A book with an author whose name starts with 'C' or 'L'
How it Fits: Author's last name starts with C
Next Episode Choice: S3E6: A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
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6. A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
The gang travel to Scotland to visit their friend Aggie MacDuff, who says people have left her castle in fear after ghost sightings. It seems the ghost plays bagpipes to call on the Loch Ness Monster to help him scare people away from the castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in Scotland or written by a Scottish author
2. a book with the tag 'Paranormal'
3. a book where character plays a musical instrument
4. a book with water on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Sweet Dreams Bake Shop
Author: J.A. Whiting
Date Read: 04 May 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E17: That's Snow Ghost
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17. That's Snow Ghost
While on a skiing vacation at Wolf's End Lodge, the kids are scared by the ghost of a Yeti, called the Snow Ghost, who is believed to turn anyone he captures into ghosts. In search of clues, the gang eventually meet a Tibetan hermit who thinks he is responsible for summoning the monster.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set during the wintertime
2. a book where a mythical creature is mentioned
3. a book where the MC lives alone
4. a book with a MC that is responsible
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Testament
Author: John Grisham
Date Read: 05 May 2020
Task: A book set during the wintertime
How it Fits: Set December 1996 to January 1997
Next Episode Choice: S1E10: Bedlam in the Big Top
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I love when that happens! It's like the stars aligned or something :)
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Polar Bear Dawn
Author: Lyle Nicholson
Date Read: 07 May 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S2E5: Haunted House Hang-Up
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5. Haunted House Hang-Up
The Mystery Machine overheats in front of an old spooky mansion, and the gang goes to look for help, but finds out that the house is being haunted by the Headless Spectre, a terrifying phantom with no head. The mystery gets even stranger when they begin to hear knocking sounds and clues leading to a treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set during the summertime
2. a book where the MC goes looking for help
3. a book a headless person on the cover
4. a book where the MC meets a stranger
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Blood Guilt
Author: Ben Cheetham
Date Read: 10 May 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E6: What the Hex Going On?
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6. What the Hex Going On?
Mystery Inc. is headed to their friend Sharon Wetherby's estate. When they arrive, Sharon's Uncle Stuart disappears, and when they find him, he says he was beckoned by the voice of the Ghost of Elias Kingston from the Kingston Mansion. The gang find themselves wrapped up in the tangle of the spooky ghoul of Elias Kingston who wants the family treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book about friends
2. a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
3. listen to an audio book
4. a book that you consider to be a treasure
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Lone Wolf
Author: Louis Joseph Vance
Date Read: 11 May 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S3E2: A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
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2. A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
While on a boat flowing down the Gulf Stream, the gang end up in the Bermuda Triangle and discover an airplane-snatching flying saucer and a trio of Skeleton Men.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'boat' in the text of the book
2. a book set along the Atlantic Ocean
3. a book from a trilogy
4. a book with a man or men on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Vault
Author: Mark Dawson
Date Read: 12 May 2020
Task: A book with a man or men on the cover
How it Fits: Man on the cover
Next Episode Choice: S2E2: Mystery Mask Mix-Up
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2. Mystery Mask Mix-Up
After attending a Chinese New Year parade, the gang goes shopping in a curio shop where Daphne buys a golden mask. The gang then visits Mr. Fong, and they soon learn from him that the mask was stolen many centuries ago from the crypt of a Chinese warlord named Zen Tuo, and now his ghost and his two phantom henchmen want it back.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'parade' in the text of the book
2. a book where someone wears a mask
3. a book where something is stolen
4. a book with two people on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The King of Torts
Author: John Grisham
Date Read: 16 May 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E11: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
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11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
3. a book with a significant character who is nobility
4. a book that is considered a classic
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Dancing with the Duke
Author: Suzanna Medeiros
Date Read: 18 May 2020
Task: A book with a significant character who is nobility
How it Fits: One MC is a duke
Next Episode Choice: S2E8: Don't Fool with a Phantom
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8. Don't Fool with a Phantom
While participating in the Johnny Sands Dance Game Show at the local TV station, the teens encounter a phantom made of wax, who steals a safe full of money and kidnaps the station manager. Is the phantom a hoax, or the result of a curse from an old station employee seeking revenge for the cancellation of his show?
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a teen-aged MC
2. a book where the MC watches TV
3. a book where the MC uses a candle
4. a book with 'revenge' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Date Read: 19 May 2020
Task: A book with a teen-aged MC
How it Fits: MC is 17
Next Episode Choice: S3E10: The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
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10. The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
While visiting Vulture’s Claw Botanical Gardens, owned by one of Velma’s friends, Professor Greer, the gang confronts a seven-foot-tall praying mantis that roams the grounds, and is scaring away Professor Greer’s associates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a garden-like cover
2. a book that you own
3. a book with a very tall character in it
4. a book with 'pray' or 'praying' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: All the Old Knives
Author: Olen Steinhauer
Date Read: 20 May 2020
Task: A book that you own
How it Fits: I own a copy
Next Episode Choice: S1E8: Foul Play in Funland
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8. Foul Play in Funland
The gang anticipate the opening of a theme park while clam collecting on a nearby beach. But when the theme park's lights come on and the rides start running, when the park is supposed to be closed, they try to find out who is doing it, and find the shenanigans are being caused by a strange man who walks like a torpedo.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book that is the first of a series
2. a book set where the main character goes to a beach
3. a book with an unusual word in the title
4. a book by a male author
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Stephen Fry in America
Author: Stephen Fry
Date Read: 27 May 2020
Task: A book by a male author
How it Fits: Male author
Next Episode Choice: S1E3: Hassle in the Castle
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3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Slippery Creatures
Author: K.J. Charles
Date Read: 02 June 2020
Task: A book set on an island
How it Fits: Set in England, which is on an island :)
Next Episode Choice: S2E4: Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
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4. Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
While out fishing, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo hook a two-million-year-old caveman frozen in a block of ice, which the gang learns was lost at sea during a violent storm. They take the caveman to the Oceanland aquarium, but when someone melts the ice block and the caveman goes on the rampage, the gang decides to stick around and investigate.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'fish' in the text of the book
2. a book a severe storm in the story
3. a book set by the ocean or sea
4. a book with the letters of 'ICE' in the title
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: In the Light of Morning
Author: Tim Pears
Date Read: 06 June 2020
Task: A book with 'fish' in the text of the book
How it Fits: "The men stand by the stream, looming hulks any fish there shrink away from, [...]" (p. 174)
Next Episode Choice: S3E15: The Warlock of Wimbledon
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15. The Warlock of Wimbledon
The gang meets Jimmy Pelton, a star tennis player, while cruising England. Jimmy has been cursed by the Warlock Anthos that if he plays in Wimbledon, he is doomed.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a character by the name of James, Jamie, or Jimmy
2. a book where the main character plays or played a sport
3. a book set in England
4. a book with 'doom' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Without a Trace
Author: R.J. Scott
Date Read: 09 June 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E4: Mine Your Own Business
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4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Dagger Before Me
Author: Heather Haven
Date Read: 10 June 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E13: Which Witch Is Which?
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13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Murder in the White House
Author: Margaret Truman
Date Read: 14 June 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S2E6: A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
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6. A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
Shaggy and Scooby's vacation in Hawaii is interrupted by a ghostly witch doctor, who warns the tourists and natives they are on the sacred grounds of the island god Mano Tiki Tia and to stay away from the cursed village. Later, the gang's guide John Simms goes missing, so it is up to the gang to search for him in the supposedly cursed village, where they eventually run into the witch doctor, and the giant statue of Mano Tiki Tia.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC goes on vacation
2. a book set on an island
3. a book with a character named John
4. a book with 'statue' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: The Last Templar
Author: Raymond Khoury
Date Read: 18 June 2020
Task: A book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1E1: What a Night for a Knight
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1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Soul of the Sword
Author: Julie Kagawa
Date Read: 20 June 2020
Task: A book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
How it Fits: Author's last name starts with K
Next Episode Choice: S1E10: Bedlam in the Big Top
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Book: Sean Brummel: Einen Scheiß muss ich
Author: Tommy Jaud
Date Read: 23 June 2020
Task: A book that is humorous
How it Fits: MPG Humor
Next Episode Choice: S3E5: The Tar Monster
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was an animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was on Saturday mornings and it aired from September 13, 1969, until October 31, 1970.
The show centers on four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in the Mystery Machine, a blue and green van decorated with orange flowers, solving mysteries.
Challenge Begins: May 1, 2020
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Take a look at the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode list.
2. Choose your first mystery and post it into your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:
Author:
Book:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:
Books must be 100 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined the first paper version shown on Goodreads. From the book's page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide.