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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

Spell-out one/more ALL -CAPPED words/phrases listed below:

I GOT A ROCK
Linus' LETTER
SINCERITY
TRICK OR TREATING
COSTUMES
BAG OF TOYS
GREAT PUMPKIN
RESTITUTION
FOOTBALL
pile of LEAVES
HALLOWEEN Party
JACK-O'-LANTERN
LINUS & SALLY
FLYING ACE
DOGFIGHT
RED BARON
APPLE BOBBING
PUMPKIN PATCH
SNOOPY

Challenge Rules
• one book per letter
• use 1st letter in title (exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/ LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/ LAST name

For each book read
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished book

Ratings are Optional ⭐⭐⭐
HAPPY READING 📚

👏🎉Congratulations🎉👏

🎃👻 JennH
🎃👻 Jonquil
🎃👻 Koren
🎃👻 Book Concierge

🎃👻PARTICIPANTS👻🎃
Updated: 11/2/23

Licha-Olivia (8/15) TRICK OR TREATING
🎃🎃JennH (12/12) PILE OF LEAVES C
🎃🎃Jonquil (8/8) COSTUMES C
Beverly (11/12) JACK O' LANTERN
Cara (3/6) LEAVES
🎃🎃Koren (12/12) PUMPKIN PATCH C
Carol (13/15) TRICK OR TREATING
Robin P (6/8) RED BARON
Donna (0/8) RED BARON
🎃🎃Book Concierge (8/8) COSTUMES C
Diana S (0/12) GREAT PUMPKIN
Marilyn (7/8) COSTUMES
Taz (0/15) TRICK OR TREATING

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

TRICK OR TREATING: 8/15 Letters

T:
R: Robert Hoge; Ugly (10/8/23) 4*
I: Ilona Andrews Magic Burns (10/15/23) 3*
C: Charlie & Frog Karen Kane (10/3/23) 3*
K: Kate Daniels (mc) Magic Bites Ilona Andrews (10/11/23) 3*

O:
R: Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney (Currently reading)

T:
R:
E:
A: Andrews, Ilona; Magic Strikes (10/18/23) 4*
T:
I: Ilona Andrews; Magic Bleeds (10/21/23) 4*
N: Nickerson, Ally (mc); Fish in a Tree Lunda Mullaly Hunt (10/12/23) 5*
G: Gideon Jacquelyn Frank (10/15/23) 4*

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

🎃P - Peanut Butter Panic by Amanda Flower 10/2/23
🎃I - If You Read This by Kereen Getten 10/13/23
🎃L - Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews 10/7/23 - Lyndsay Murray
🎃E - Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander 10/1/23

🎃O - Murder at Archly Manor by Sara Rosett 10/6/23 - Olive Belgrave
🎃F - A Fugitive Green by Diana Gabaldon 10/30/23

🎃L - The Young Elites by Marie Lu 10/8/23
🎃E - Catch Me If You Candy by Ellie Alexander 10/5/23
🎃A - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 10/4/23
🎃V - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 10/12/23 - Eleanor Vance
🎃E - Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney 10/20/23
🎃S - Spirited Away, Volume 3 by Hayao Miyazaki 10/1/23

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
October 2023

8/8 DONE

C Colton Manhunt Jane Godman 10/7
O Overdue Elizabeth Spann Craig 10/5
S Shattered Palms Toby Neal 10/16
T Tracking His Secret Child Tara Taylor Quinn 10/3
U Unstoppable Suzanne Brockmann 10/6
M Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant Darci Hannah 10/9
E Eating the Cheshire Cat Helen Ellis 10/10
S Seams Deadly Maggie Bailey 10/4

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

12/12

J Jimmy Juliano, Dead Eleven
A Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar FINISHED 10/5
C Scott Cawthon, The Silver Eyes FINISHED 10/3
K Stephen King, Holly FINISHED 10/25
O Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill FINISHED 10/20
L Loreth Anne White, The Drowned Girls FINISHED 11/7
A Andrea Hannah, Where Darkness Blooms FINISHED 10/29
N Ninie Hammon, The Gap FINISHED 11/1
T Will Thomas, Fierce Poison FINISHED 10/26
E H.E. Edgmon, The Witch King FINISHED 10/31
R Ramona Emerson, Shutter FINISHED 10/6
N Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived by Laurence Shames FINISHED 11/2

LEAVES (3/6)

L Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo 10/17
E The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe 10/25
A Ann Napolitano Dear Edward 10/3
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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

P-Partridge, Elizabeth This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie finished 10/19
U-Under Cover of the Night: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Murder by Diane Fanning finished 10/7
M-Men We Reaped by Jessica Ward finished 10/1
P-Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's by Tim Page finished 10/21
K-Kimball, Camille What She Always Wanted: A True Story of Marriage, Greed, and Murder finished 10/31
I-Irene Pence Buried Memories finished 10/12
N-Nori, Adam Adventures of a Ghost Hunter: My Investigations Into the Darkness finished 10/7

P-People Are Unappealing: Even Me by Sara Barron finished 10/28
A-Andy Andrews The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters finished 10/4
T-Troy Ball Pure Heart: A Spirited Tale of Grace, Grit, and Whiskey finished 10/26
C-Crowley, Kieran Burned Alive: A Shocking True Story of Betrayal, Kidnapping, and Murder finished 10/27
H-Hidden Heritage: The Story of Paul Laroche by Barbara Marshak finished 10/17

It's The Great Pumpkin Charkie Brown -October
15/15

Travis Dominic - character in C.H.A.R.O.N. Gail Z. Martin
Rise and Fall - Aiden Bates - 10/1
It's Just Us - R. Phoenix & Chris McHart - 10/2
Casey Cox - Got Me Wishing - 10/3
Knight, Morticia - In the Name of the Father - 10/4

On the Double - Cara Dee 10/1
Reese Knightley - Cutting It Close - 10/17

Thornhedge - T. Kingfisher - 10/18
Reynard - character in Fire and Ermine - Andrw Grey - 10/28
Emerson, Romona - Shutter - 10/9
Aubrey Harper - A Witch's Guide to Murder - 10/10
Trumpet of the Swan - E. B. White - 10/31
It Waits in the Woods - Josh Malerman - 10/8
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman - 10/30
Got Me Looking - Casey Cox - 10/2

R: The Running Grave- Robert Galbraith both title and author work, as does main character Robin - 10/9
E: Eleanor Herman - author of Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge - 10/6
D: The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 10/3
B: Honoré de Balzac - author of Sarrasine 10/11
A: Andrew Forrester - author of The Female Detective 10/2
R: Rebecca Yarros - author of Fourth Wing
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N: Nanda, main character of Frost in May

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Challenge
Duration: month of October 2023

RED BARON: 0/8 Letters

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Begins: 01Oct23 / Ends: 31Oct23


8 / 8 completed

Costumes
C - COLLINS, Bridget / The Haunting Season ✔ – 31Oct23
O - OLSEN is main char in The Children's Blizzard ✔ – 26Oct23
S - Silvia Moreno-Garcia / Velvet Was the Night ✔ – 12Oct23
T - THAPP, Manjit / Feelings: A Story in Seasons
U - Ursula, Under ✔ – 13Oct23
M - Miranda James / Classified as Murder ✔ – 23Oct23
E - ELIZABETH is mc in Lessons in Chemistry ✔ – 14Oct23
S - Sapphire / Push ✔ – 12Oct23

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Spell-out: GREAT PUMPKIN (0/12)

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Ref Message 13

I'm spelling COSTUMES (8 books needed)

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Begins: 01Oct23 / Ends: 31Oct23

7 / 8 completed

Costumes
🎃C--Claire Keegan, author of Foster--10/4/23
🎃O--The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones--10/12/23
🎃S--Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid--10/3/23
🎃T--Toni Morrison, author of The Bluest Eye--10/19/23
🎃U--Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes--10/22/23

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🎃E--Edna, one of the main characters in Foster by Claire Keegan--10/4/23
🎃S--Shroff, Parini, author of The Bandit Queens--10/2/23

Current Progress

T- The Titan's Curse
R- Rick (Percy Jackson Author)
I- Ingredients
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T- Three Apples
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E- Everyday Smoothies
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Finished Message 6 Happy Halloween!

Update Message 13 - Challenge completed ✔ - 31Oct23

Stayed up late on 10/31 to finish this month's challenge. Message #9