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TBR Busters: October 2025Theme: Zombies
1. The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow - 320 pages - 3 Points
2. Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson - 10/4/25 - 178 Pages - 1 Point
3. Shadow Game by Vin Strong - 10/5/25 - 200 Pages - 1 Point
4. Stay Out of the Woods: Strange Encounters by Tom Lyons - 10/6/25 - 1 point
5. My Midlife Crisis, My Rules by Robyn Peterman - 10/8/25 - 296 Pages - 1 Point
6. My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi - 10/9/25 - 206 Pages - 1 Point
7. The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf by Heather G. Harris - 550 Pages - 5 Points
8. The Vampire and the Case of her Dastardly Death by Heather G. Harris - 10/12/25 - 168 Pages - 1 Point
9. Haunted Mohawk Valley by Dennis Webster - 10/13/25 - 115 Pages - 1 point
10 - Hana's Suitcase: The Quest to Solve a Holocaust Mystery by Karen Levine 10-14-25 - 146 pages - 1 point
11. Murder of Crows by Annie Bellet - 10/15/25 - 163 pages - 1 point
12. Better Off Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles - 10/16/25 - 400 Pages - 3 points
...BONUS POINTS - 2 - The playhouse had a play that they were practicing for that was a zombie wedding
13. The Gravedigger’s Son by Darynda Jones - 10/17/25 - 1 point
14. Sprinkles and Secrets by Lisa Schroeder - 10/18/25 - 1 Point
15. Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia C. McKissack - 10/21/25 - 1 Point
16. The Mangroves by John L. Campbell - 10/22/25 - 156 Pages - 1 Point
17, Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts - 10/23/25 - 438 pages - 3 points
18. Salt Lake City by Al Halsey - 10/28/25 - 205 Pages - 1 Point
Bonus 2 Point - Zombies in the story that attack Jeremiah and his friends
19. Final Girls by Riley Sager - 10/29/25 - 352 Pages - 3 Points
20. Relict by Chris McInally - 10/31/25 - 126 Pages - 1 point
21. Rogues: A Bigfoot Thriller by Ahimsa Kerp - 10/31/25 - 167 Pages - 1 point
Total Points - 37
IN!📕 Books with unforgettable Characters https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
📘 Great Debut Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Total points: 134
1. The Family Experiment - 3 points
2. Candy for My Orc Boss - 1 point
3. The Big Fix - 1 point
4. Wrinkly Olympics - 1 point
5. Project VIP: The Lonely Heart Attack Club - 1 point + "A sleep deprived zombie" ch 1 + 2 points
6. Impact Winter - 1 point
7. Impact Winter Season 2 - 1 point
8. Sweet Talk - 1 point + "Another middle of the night zombie" ch 2 + 2 points
9. Unexpected Mate - 1 point
10. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - 3 points + "Even the zombie ball works" p23 + 2 points
11. Maybe This Time - 1 point
12. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame - 3 points
13. Guardian Outcast - 1 point
14. Mistress of the Art of Death - 5 points + 📘#85 + 1 point
15. Bad Moon - 3 points + 📕#6545 + 1 point + (view spoiler) + 2 points
16. Missing You - 3 points + 📕#2442 + 1 point + "on that zombie television show" p288 + 2 points
17. A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons - 3 points
18. X Marks the Spot - 1 point
19. Walking: One Step at a Time - 1 point
20. The Driving Lesson - 1 point
21. The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls - 1 point
22. Bird Box - 3 points + 📕#1062 + 1 point + "films about voodoo, zombies" p423 + 2 points
23. The Book of Doors - 3 points 📕#718 + 1 point
24. The Great Zoo Of China - 5 points 📕 #4698 + 1 point
25. Someone in the Attic - 3 points
26. Service Model - 3 points 📕#373 + 1 point + "A plague or zombies or something" ch 18 + 2 points
27. The Perfect Marriage - 3 points 📕#6672 + 1 point
28. Mask of the Deer Woman - 3 points 📕#6790 + 1 point
29. The Cabin at the End of the World - 1 point 📕#4615 + 1 point
30. Jim Wood: Woodbreak, Book 1 - 1 point
31. Bacchanal - 3 points 📘#436 + 1 point
32. Wish I Never Met Her: The Dating App Horrors Series - Book III - 1 point
33. The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew - 3 points
34. The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide to Destruction and Mayhem - 1 point
35. 1066 and Before All That: The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England - 1 point
36. The Fair Maid of Bohemia - 3 points
37. The Landlord of Hummingbird House - 1 point
38. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways - 3 points
39. Bedlam - 5 points + "you're not zombie cop" p589 + 2 points
40. The Chapel of Bones - 3 points
41. The Folklore of Discworld - 3 points + talks about Reg the zombie + 2 points
43. Blood of Elves - 3 points + 📕#5237 + 1 point
44. Unconditional - 1 point + "she felt like a zombie" ch10 + 2 points
45. The Demons of Wychwood - 1 point
46. Asimov's Mysteries - 1 point
47. Saturday - 1 point + 📕#3064 + 1 point
48. Murder on the Minnesota - 3 points
49. The Stars, Like Dust - 1 point + 📕#3638 + 1 point
TBR Busters: October 2025Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
📕 Books with unforgettable Characters https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
📘 Great Debut Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Total Points: 80
1. The Haunting of Hill House, 182pgs, 10/1/25, 1pt +📕1 bonus point(#2364)
2. A Line to Kill, 375pgs, 10/2/25, 3pts
3. Behind Closed Doors, 293pgs, 10/4/25, 1pt +📕1 bonus point (#93) + 📘1 bonus point (#1270)
4. The Corrections, 568pgs, 10/6/25, 5pts + 📕1 bonus point(#2388)
5. Blow Fly, 467pgs, 10/7/25, 3pts
6. Things You Won't Say, 352pgs, 10/8/25, 3pts
7. The German Wife, 448pgs, 10/9/25, 3pts
8. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, 262pgs, 10/10/25, 1pt
9. The Giver, 208pgs, 10/10/25, 1pt + 📕1 bonus point (#91)
10. Ninth House, 461pgs, 10/14/25, 3pts, +2 Zombie Bonus +📕1 bonus point(#1889), “Bettie Page zombie girl in heels”,
11. Maybe in Another Life, 342pgs, 10/14/25, 3pts
12. Key Lime Pie Murder, 342pgs, 10/15/25, 3pts
13. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, 482pgs, 10/17/25, 3pts + 📕1 bonus point (#254)
14. Southbound, 480pgs, 10/17/25, 3pts
15. Sisters of the Lost Nation, 338pgs, 10/18/25, 3pts
16. Boy, Snow, Bird, 308pgs, 10/21/25, 3pts
17. Baby Teeth, 304pgs, 10/21/25, 3pts + 2 Zombie Bonus, “No zombies lurched down the street.”
18. Dragonsong, 192pgs, 10/22/25, 1pt
19. Shatter Me, 338pgs, 10/22/25, 3pts + 📕1 bonus point(#1519)
20. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, 448pgs, 10/27/25, 3pts +📕1 bonus point(#3041) V.E. Schwab
21. The Pumpkin Spice Café, 384pgs, 10/28/25, 3pts, +2 Zombie Bonus, “…full on zombie and start eating eats others brains for breakfast”
22. The Stepford Wives, 144pgs, 10/29/25, 1pt
23. Steve Jobs, 630pgs, 10/30/25, 5+ 📕1 bonus point(#1793)
24. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 302pgs, 10/31/25, 3pts
TBR Busters: October 2025Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits
The Mill House Murders, 10/28/25
Points: 46Go the Distance
Off to a bad tart BONUS
William
Hansel and the Gingerbread Queen
The Gate of the Feral Gods BONUS
Unbirthday
The House on Buzzards Bay
Just Desserts
Seesaw Monster
Esperance
The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan
Hopefully Ever After
Mardi Gras and Magic
Death on the Island
From Snow
The Wind in the Willows
You Better Watch Out
Mother Knows Best
TBR Busters: October 2025Total books: 18 Total points: 54
1. Aisle Kill Him by Steve Higgs Read 02/10/2025 530 pages =5 points
2. Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza Read 02/10/2025 346 pages=3 points
3. Haunted Hibiscus by Laura Childs Read 08/10/2025 336 pages =3 points
4. The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup Read 09/10/2025 519 pages =5 points
5. In Cold Blood by Jack Hunt Read 12/10/2025 404 pages =3 points
6. King Rat by Alex Smith Read 12/10/2025 425 pages = 3 points
7. Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas Read 14/10/2025 444 pages=3 points
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Read 18/10/2025 324 pages =3 points
9. Bones Behind the Wheel by E.J. Copperman read 18/10/2025 334 pages = 3 points
10. Draculas by Blake Crouch Read 19/10/2025 326 pages = 3 points
11. Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian Read 23/10/2025 368 pages = 3 points
12. Odyssey by Stephen Fry Read 23/10/2025 448 pages = 3 points
13. Cold Case Investigations by Xanthé Mallett Read 23/10/2025 288 pages = 1 point
14. A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters read 26/10/2025 397 pages = 3 points
15. Playing to Win: The Definitive Biography of John Farnham by Jeff Apter Read 26/10/2025 362 pages = 3 points
16. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson Read 29/10/2025 433 pages =3 points
17. Herne Bay Howlers by Steve Higgs Read 31/10/2025 235 pages =1 point
18. The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle Read 31/10/2025 306 pages=3 points
Running total- 71📕 Books with unforgettable Characters
📘 Great Debut Novels
1- Supernatural Academy: Year One 355 3
2- To Clutch a Razor 229 1
3- Broken Ground 422 3
4- What Stalks the Deep 179 1
5- Bad Moon 464 3+📕#6545 + 1 point +2=6
6- The Ritual 418 3+2=5
7- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself 482 3
8- Love Forms 288 1
9- We Are All Guilty Here 469 3
10- The City and Its Uncertain Walls 449 3
11- Out of Time 464 3
12- Good and Evil and Other Stories 192 1
13- Tilt 229 1
14- Big Machine 370 3
15- Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar 208 1
16- Sliver of Truth 355 3
17- The Hallmarked Man 929 10
18- The Book of Love 620 5
19- The Unveiling 320 3
20- Queen Demon 400 3
21- All the Sinners Bleed 338 3 +📕5821 +1=4
22- Usher's Passing 540 5
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Posted mine in the November thread! LOLOL
TBR Busters
Duration: October 1 - 31, 2025
Theme: Zombies (2 bp)
Books Read | Total Points: 85
1. Glimmer of Hope ~ 10/4 | 292 pgs | TBR Mar25 | 1pts
2. Dead Spark ~ 10/4 | 259 pgs | TBR 2019 | 1pts + 2bp
3. Driving Mr. Dead ~ 10/5 | 194 pgs | TBR 2019 | 1pts
4. Bad Moon ~ 10/6 | 464 pgs | TBR Jul25 | 3pts + 3pb |📕
5. Raising a Demon ~ 10/9 | 290 pgs | TBR 2022 | 1pts
6. The Big Dark Sky ~ 10/11 | 390 pgs | TBR 2022 | 3pts
7. A Discovery of Witches ~ 10/12 | 830 pgs | TBR 2020 | 8pts
8. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret ~ 10/13 | 240 pgs | TBR 2024 | 1pts
9. Monday is Murder ~ 10/13 | 148 pgs | TBR 2020 | 1pts
10. Girl, Hunted ~ 10/13 | 196 pgs | TBR 2023 | 1pts
11. All the Sinners Bleed ~ 10/14 | 352 pgs | TBR 2024 | 3pts + 1bp |📕
12. Your Heart Belongs to Me ~ 10/16 | 434 pgs | TBR 2019 | 3pts
13. The Names ~ 10/16 | 336 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts
14. A Good Day for Chardonnay ~ 10/17 | 416 pgs | TBR 2020 | 3pts
15. Gold, Silver, and Bombs ~ 10/18 | 195 pgs | TBR 2019 | 1pts
16. Devil and the Deep Blue Lake ~ 10/22 | 246 pgs | TBR 2022 | 1pts
17. The Great Zoo Of China ~ 10/23 | 539 pgs | TBR 2017 | 5pts +1bp |📕
18. Valley of Angels ~ 10/23 | 250 pgs | TBR 2022 | 1pts
19. Mask of the Deer Woman ~ 10/25 | 327 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts + 3bp |📕
20. The Perfect Marriage ~ 10/26 | 368 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts + 1bp |📕
21. The Fall of the House of Usher ~ 10/26 | 256 pgs | TBR 2016 | 1pts
22. Hallowe'en Party ~ 10/27 | 320 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts
23. The Ritual ~ 10/27 | 434 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts +2bp
24. The Boyfriend ~ 10/28 | 370 pgs | TBR 2024 | 3pts
25. Usher's Passing ~ 10/29 | 540 pgs | TBR Sep255 | 5pts
26. Not Quite Dead Yet ~ 10/30 | 385 pgs | TBR Sep25 | 3pts
27. The Shifter Romances the Writer ~ 10/31 | 376 pgs | TBR 2020 | 3pts
28. The Cabin at the End of the World ~ 10/8 | 336 pgs | TBR 2023 | 3pts + 1bp |📕
Mod
🧟 Theme Bonus: Zombies (+2 pts)
📕 Listopia Bonus: Unforgettable Characters, Great Debut Novels
TBR Books Completed: 4
Points: 15
TBR Books:
trying to finish the Dungeon Crawler Carl series to current this month...
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (534pgs), completed 1-Oct-2025 (5pts + 🧟 = 7pts)
The Gate of the Feral Gods
The Butcher's Masquerade
This Inevitable Ruin
HOB Formal Group Reads:
The Henna Artist (384pgs), completed 2-Oct-2025 (3pts)
The Forest of Enchantments
Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October: 🔗
Ring Shout (185pgs), completed 2-Oct-2025 (1pt)
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls (482pgs), completed 8-Oct-2025 (3pts + 📕 = 4pts)
Want to Read shelf:
If We Were Villains
TBR Busters October 2025total: 42
theme bonus: zombies
list bonus:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
1. False Witness | 448 | 10.3.25 = 3pts
2. The Witch's Orchard | 320 | 10.11.25 = 3pts
3. The Art of a Lie | 304 | 10.4.25 = 3 pts
4. The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver | 320 | 10.4.25 = 3 pts
5. Boundary Waters | 416 | 10.20.25 = 3pts
6. Parable of the Sower | 345 | 10.25.25 = 3 pts
7. Cop Town | 416 | 10.11.25 = 3pts
8. The Ink Black Heart | 1391 | 10.17.25 = 10 pts
9. Drowning | 304 | 10.23.25 = 3 pts
10. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye | 347 | 10.21.25 = 3pts
11. The Wasp Factory | 256 | 10.28.25 = 1 pt
12. Red Rabbit | 455 | 10.31.25 = 3pts
13. The Unquiet Bones 351 pages | 10.31.25 = 3 points + 1 bonus (unforgettable #443) = 4 points
14. The Unspoken | 296 | 10.26.25 = 1 pt
TBR Busters October 2025Theme: Zombies
Total Points: 23 pts
1. The Odyssey | 10/22/25 | 541 pgs--5 pts, on books with unforgettable characters list - 1 extra point => 6 total pts
2. Gulliver’s Travels | 10/21/25 | 306 pgs = 3 pts
3. Accidentally Wedded to a Werewolf | } 10/21/25 | 320 pgs | 3 pts
4. `The Little Book of Self-Care for Pisces: Simple Ways to Refresh and Restore—According to the Stars | 10/18/25 | 3 pts
5. The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis | 10/19/25 | 1 pt
6. Sunshine Nails | 10/25/25 | 1 pt
7. A Discovery of Witches | 10/30/25 | 5 pts = on great debut novels list - 1 bonus point - 6 total points
(view spoiler)
TBR Busters October 2025👻🧟🧟 Theme Bonus: Zombies (+2 pts)
📕 Books with unforgettable Characters
📘 Great Debut Novels
TBR Books Completed: 17
Points: 64
1. Nightmares and Dreamscapes/Stephen King - 836 pages - 7 points
2. Shoulder Season/Christina Clancy - 336 pages - 3 points
3. We Are the Brennans/Tracey Lange - 274 pages - 1 points
4. The Last One at the Wedding/Jason Rekulak - 338 pages - 3 points
5. Deception Point/Dan Brown - 556 pages - 5 points + 1 bonus 📕#976 = 6 points
6. The Tommyknockers/Stephen King - 747 pages - 7 points + 1 bonus 📕#2482 = 8 points
7. Unmissing/Minka Kent - 252 pages - 1 point
8. As Old as Time/Liz Braswell - 496 pages - 3 points
9. It's Always Something/Gilda Radner - 252 pages - 1 point
10. Oath Sworn/K.N. Banet - 356 pages - 3 points
11. The Moon Sister/Lucinda Riley - 742 pages - 7 points
12. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe/John Guy - 642 pages - 5 points
13. The Unquiet Bones/Loreth Anne White - 351 pages - 3 points+ 1 bonus 📕#443 + 4 points
14. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame/Victor Hugo - 510 pages - 5 points
15. The Paradise Problem/Christina Lauren - 352 pages - 3 points
16. Mr. Dickens and His Carol/Samantha Silva - 271 pages - 1 point
17. A Thousand Ships/Natalie Haynes - 368 pages - 3 points
TBR Busters: October 2025Duration: October 1, 2025 – October 31, 2025
Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed
Point System
Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
Listopia Bonus
📕1 bonus point if your book is on the listopia list below (list provided by Listopia Madness September 1st place winner: )
(list coming soon)
Total Points: 148
1. A Simple Lie - Mary Bush 10/1/25 | 314 pgs. | 3pts.
2. Learning to Speak Southern - Lindsey Rogers Cook 10/2/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
3. Black Cloud Rising - David Wright Faladé 10/2/25 | 304 pgs. | 3pts.
4. Infection - J.T. Sawyer 10/3/25 | 274 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in the book)
5. Grown - Tiffany D. Jackson 10/4/25 | 380 pgs. | 3pts.
6. Stolen Tongues - Felix Blackwell 10/4/25 | 318 pgs. | 3pts.
7. Running Barefoot - Amy Harmon 10/5/25 | 439 pgs. | 3pts.
8. The Forgetting Tree: A Novel - Tatjana Soli 10/5/25 | 432 pgs. | 3pts.
9. In Bloom: Three Delightful Love Stories Perfect for Spring Reading - Fern Michaels 10/6/25 | 322 pgs. | 3pts.
10. The Spanish Daughter - Lorena Hughes 10/6/25 | 352 pgs. | 3pts.
11. Felony at the Fall Festival: A Molly Montgomery Cozy Mystery - Tessa Aura 10/7/25 | 130 pgs. | 1pt.
12. The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco 10/7/25 | 411 pgs. | 3pts.
13. 12 Hours of Halloween: a novel - Edward Trimnell 10/7/25 | 210 pgs. | 1pt.
14. Ten - Gretchen McNeil 10/7/25 | 320 pgs. | 3pts.
15. The Man Made of Smoke - Alex North 10/8/25 | 307 pgs. | 3pts.
16. The Storyteller - Jodi Picoult 10/10/25 | 478 pgs. | 4pts. (Listopia: Books With Unforgettable Characters)
17. You Will Be Mine - Natasha Preston 10/11/25 | 316 pgs. | 3pts.
18. Appalachian Daughter - Mary Jane Salyers 10/11/25 | 204 pgs. | 1pt.
19. Meant to Be - Emily Giffin 10/12/25 | 368 pgs. | 3pts.
20. The Beach at Painter's Cove - Shelley Noble 10/13/25 | 432 pgs. | 3pts.
21. Turbo Twenty-Three - Janet Evanovich 10/14/25 | 344 pgs. | 3pts.
22. The Forgotten Hours - Katrin Schumann 10/14/25 | 361 pgs. | 3pts.
23. Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Eye-Opening Memoir of Survival, Abuse, and Redemption in the Music Industry - Karrine Steffans 10/15/25 | 224 pgs. | 1pt.
24. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury 10/15/25 | 319 pgs. | 4pts. | (Listopia: Books With Unforgettable Characters)
25. Silent Partner - Jonathan Kellerman 10/15/25 | 512 pgs. | 5pts.
26. Hate Hex - Gina LaManna 10/16/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
27. Halloween Kills: The Official Movie Novelization - Tim Waggoner 10/16/25 | 268 pgs. | 1pt.
28. The Warmest December - Bernice L. McFadden 10/16/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
29. Forbidden Falls - Robyn Carr 10/17/25 | 384 pgs. | 3pts.
30. Ghost Mother - Kelly Dwyer 10/18/25 | 336 pgs. | 3pts.
31. The Rainbow Cedar - Gerri Hill 10/18/25 | 306 pgs. | 3pts.
32. Dear Sister - Ruth Harrow 10/19/25 | 418 pgs. | 3pts.
33. Eradication - J.T. Sawyer 10/19/25 | 180 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in book)
34. Extinction - J.T. Sawyer 10/19/25 | 208 pgs. | 3pts (Zombies in book)
35. Gulf Coast Reunion - Maggie Miller 10/20/25 | 255 pgs. | 1pt.
36. Fatal Winter - Lyn Cote 10/20/25 | 154 pgs. | 1pt.
37. Kimono Suicide - Kay Hadashi 10/20/25 | 409 pgs. | 3pts.
38. Librarian Witch - Ella Hendricks 10/21/25 | 340 pgs. | 3pts.
39. Annihilation - J.T. Sawyer 10/21/25 | 195 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in book)
40. The Alpha Solution - J.T. Sawyer 10/21/25 | 193 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in book)
41. Fallout - J.T. Sawyer 10/22/25 | 212 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in book)
42. Finding Allie - Meli Raine 10/23/25 | 202 pgs. | 1pt.
43. Chasing Allie - Meli Raine 10/23/25 | 193 pgs. | 1pt.
44. Keeping Allie - Meli Raine 10/24/25 | 249 pgs. | 1pt.
45. Pumpkin Pies & Potions - Polly Holmes 10/24/25 | 366 pgs. | 3pts.
46. Cursed - Tara Brown 10/24/25 | 268 pgs. | 1pt.
47. Lucifer - Ava Martell 10/25/25 | 212 pgs. | 1pt.
48. First Wave - J.T. Sawyer 10/25/25 | 198 pgs. | 2pts. (Zombies in Book)
49. Existence - Abbi Glines 10/25/25 | 202 pgs. | 1pt.
50. The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden 10/26/25 | 352 pgs. | 4pts. | (Listopia: Books With Unforgettable Characters)
51. A Touch Of Ruin - Scarlett St. Clair 10/26/25 | 448 pgs. | 3pts.
52. The Favorites - Layne Fargo 10/27/25 | 448 pgs. | 3pts.
53. A Killing Cold - Kate Alice Marshall 10/27/25 | 304 pgs. | 3pts.
54. Unfated Mates - Lexie Talionis 10/28/25 | 298 pgs. | 1pt.
55. An Unfated Mates Tale: Preston & Ethan - Lexie Talionis 10/28/25 | 222 pgs. | 1pt.
56. The Bumpy Road: Farm Life in the Great Depression - Quentin F. Veit 10/28/25 | 235 pgs. | 1pt.
57. Ink and Shadows - Ellery Adams 10/29/25 | 304 pgs. | 3pts.
58. The Longest Day - J.T. Sawyer 10/30/25 | 103 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in Book)
59. No Place To Hide - J.T. Sawyer 10/30/25 | 155 pgs. | 3pts. (Zombies in Book)
60. The Swimmer - Loreth Anne White 10/31/25 | 349 pgs. | 4pts. | (Listopia: Books With Unforgettable Characters)
💀 TBR Busters: October 2025 💀Total Points: 70
TBR:
1. Headless Hollow - 176 pages| 1 Oct | 1 pt
2. The Poisoner - 442 pages| 2 Oct | 3 pt
3. Of Swamp & Sea, Volume One - 256 pages| 4 Oct | 1 pt
4. The Wolf King - 475 pages| 5 Oct | 3 pt
5. Arcana Academy - 553 pages| 5 Oct | 5 pt
6. Fairydale - 772 pages| 6 Oct | 7+2 = 9 pt
"Ghosts? Demons? Zombies?" (86).
7. Beauty & Rage - 148 pages | 7 Oct | 1pt
8. The Last Witch - 352 pages | 8 Oct | 3pt
9. The Night Prince - 499 pages | 9 Oct | 3pt
10. Sweet Briar - 234 pages | 11 Oct | 1pt
11. Run & Hide: A Dark Halloween Romance - 210 pages | 13 Oct | 1+2 = 3pt
"server mumbles from behind his zombie mask" (30).
12. The Savage and the Swan - 349 pages | 13 Oct | 3pt
13. Little Stranger - 265 pages | 15 Oct | 1+2 = 3pt
"make me look like less of a zombie" (222).
14. Smile for the Cameras - 320 pages | 16 Oct | 3pt
15. Forged in Blood - 374 pages | 18 Oct | 3pt
16. Nocturnal - 337 pages | 20 Oct | 3pt
17. The Isle in the Silver Sea - 384 pages | 21 Oct | 3pt
18. The Dark Lord's Guide to Dating - and Other War Crimes - 532 pages | 22 Oct | 5pt
19. For Whom the Belle Tolls - 695 pages | 23 Oct | 5pt
20. We Are Always Tender With Our Dead - 304 pages | 28 Oct | 3pt
21. A Weave of Lies - 611 pages | 31 Oct | 5pt
22. Game of Hell - 162 pages | 31 Oct | 1pt
TBR Busters: October 2025TBR Books Completed: 31
Points: 112
Math:
1. The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America | 333 p. | 1 Oct | 3 pts (3)
2. Once You're Mine | 308 p. | 1 Oct | 3 pts | + 2 🧟♀️ "Zombie show reference." ch. 36 (8)
3. Now You're Mine | 258 p. | 1 Oct | 1 pt (9)
4. Meet Me at Midnight | 356 p. | 2 Oct | 3 pts (12)
5. Leave Before I Love You | 302 p. | 2 Oct | 3 pts (15)
6. You're Next | 366 p. | 3 Oct | 3 pts | + 2 🧟♀️ "...maybe our parents were zombies now and walked their own asses out of the funeral home." p. 303. (20)
7. Fierce King | 284 p. | 4 Oct | 1 pt (21)
8. Fierce Queen | 286 p. | 5 Oct | 1 pt (22)
9. The Unhoneymooners | 429 p. | 6 Oct | 3 pts | + 2 🧟♀️ "... this is the wedding day equivalent of a road full of advancing, flaming zombies." p. 35 (27)
10. Brains: A Zombie Memoir | 182 p. | 7 Oct | 1 pt | + 2 🧟♀️ (30)
11. Morbidly Yours | 330 p. | 7 Oct | 3 pts (33)
12. Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat | 246 p.| 7 Oct | 1 pt (34)
13. The Book of Azrael | 572 p. | 8 Oct | 5 pts | + 2 🧟♀️ "'So, I’m not going to be a weird, decaying zombie or anything?'" p. 529 | + 1 📕 Book #224, see page 3 of list (42)
14. Cultural Approaches to Disgust and the Visceral | 242 p. | 9 Oct | 1 pt | + 2 🧟♀️ "In addition, horror and supernatural genres featuring aliens, zombies, vampires, and devouring predators invite disgust when the threat and contamination posed by such beings is revealed at points of suspense." p. 22 (45)
15. The Throne of Broken Gods | 728 p. | 13 Oct | 7 pts | (52)
16. How to Be an Antiracist | 307 p. | 13 Oct | 3 pts | (55)
17. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa | 402 p. | 14 Oct | 3 pts | + 2 🧟♀️ "'They would stagger onto the battlefield like zombies, high and drunk, and get picked off by the enemies." ch. 1 (60)
18. Love in Bloom | 368 p. | 15 Oct | 3 pts (63)
19. The Sequel | 293 p. | 15 Oct | 1 pt (64)
20. Grant | 1097 p. | 16 Oct | 10 pts (74)
21. The Kiss Quotient | 323 p. | 17 Oct | 3 pts | + 1 📕 Book #3274, see page 33 of list (78)
22. The Bride Test | 320 p. | 20 Oct | 3 pts (81)
23. The Heart Principle | 351 p. | 21 Oct | 3 pts (84)
24. For the Fans | 546 p. | 22 Oct | 5 pts when finished | + 2 🧟♀️ "...once hot-stuff popular girls become white-wine-and-Xanax-guzzling zombies..." p. 25 (91)
25. Fierce Betrayal | 340 p. | 22 Oct | 3 pt (94)
26. Fierce Obsession | 288 p. | 23 Oct | 1 pt (95)
27. The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America | 490 p. | 24 Oct | 3 pts (98)
28. Unfortunately Yours | 373 p. | 26 Oct | 3 pts (101)
29. Unseen: How I Lost My Vision but Found My Voice | 272 p. | 28 Oct | 1 pts + 2 🧟♀️ "Usually it was cooked spaghetti made to feel like mushy zombie brains or dead worms." (104)
30. We Dissent: Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion | 220 p. | 29 Oct | 1 pts (105)
31. The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt | 773 p. | 31 Oct | 7 pts (112)
NOT SCORED:
I have included books which were listed on my different TBR lists, including, but not limited to, GR, Libby, Audible, Kindle, etc. Books excluded from scoring:
1. Miranda in Milan | 204 p. | 4 Oct | not on tbr
2. Casket Case | 396 p. | DNFed |
3. The Dinner List | 281 p. | 14 Oct | not on tbr
4. The Shift | 279 p. | 15 Oct | not on tbr
5. Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief | 136 p. | 20 Oct | not on tbr
6. Hookah Smoking Caterpillar | 204 p. | 21 Oct | not on tbr
7. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination | 627 p. | 28 Oct | begun in Sept.30.
8. Butter | 448 p. | 31 Oct | not on tbr
My spot Total points: 20
Bonus points:
Books:
1. The Games of Enemies and Allies - 3/10/25 - 350 pages - 3 points
2. Crown of Shadows - 5/10/25 - 359 pages - 3 points
3. Discovery - 11/10/25 - 276 pages - 1 point
4. Crown of Moonlight - 16/10/25 - 354 pages - 3 points
5. The Queen's Crown - 19/10/25 - 356 pages - 3 points
6. Hunted - 21/10/25 - 314 pages - 3 points
7. The King's Captive - 24/10/25 - 340 pages - 3 points
8. Forged - 29/10/25 - 296 pages - 1 point
TBR Sept 30 39 /2481 ( some books maybe on multiple lists goodread , libby , hoopla audible , kindle, physical ... not counting audible only )DNF = 4
total points : 91
theme : zombies
1 Tell Me You're Sorry 5
2 Lethal White 5
3 Brain Damage 3
4 Connie: A Memoir 3
5 Practical Magic 1
6 So My Ex-Boyfriend is a Serial Killer 1
7 The Final Wife 1
8 Find Her 3
9 It 10
10 Open Book 3
11 Murder at the Vicarage 1
12 Poisoned Blood: A True Story of Murder, Passion, and an Astonishing Hoax 5
13 Before the Coffee Gets Cold 1
14 The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life 1
15 The Hand on the Wall 3
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 1
16 The Box in the Woods 3
17 Nine Liars 3
18 This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today 3
19 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 3
20 The Intruder 3
21 I Am Ozzy 3
22 Home Before Dark 3
23 Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man 1
24 Saving Noah 1
25 The Girl Who Left 1
26 The Things We Cannot Say 3
27 Tales from the Cafe 1
28 No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding 3
29 A Mother Would Know 3
30 No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson 3
31 The Bedroom Window 3
32 Husband and Wife 3
33 How to Survive Your Murder 1
I'm in! TBR Busters October 2025Total Points: 7 pts
1. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow | 10/01/25 | 3 pts +1pt for Listopia
2. Yellowface | 10/03/25 | 3 pts
3. X-rated (in-progress)
4. Children of Fallen Gods (in-progress)
TBR Busters: October 2025Duration: October 1, 2025 – October 31, 2025
Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed
Point System
Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
Listopia Bonus
📕1 bonus point if your book is on the listopia list below (list provided by Listopia Madness September 1st place winner: )
(list coming soon)
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TBR Busters: October 2025Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits
1. To Clutch a Razor - 10/1 -1
2. Frankenstein in Baghdad - 10/2 - 1
3. The Usual Desire to Kill: A Novel-10/5
4. Road Out of Winter-10/6
Sorry to be annoying, can I ask for a point of clarification? Can we expand our TBRs as the challenge is ongoing? If we are reading something that wasn't on our different TBRs at the beginning of the month, is that allowed for points?
Mod
Each person pretty much determines what they want to use as their TBR for each month of this challenge.
I pick anything that was on my TBRs before the start of the current month. I know others choose a month and or year and read anything prior to that date...and there are some who will count anything that was on their TBR before they read it (so as long as they didn't just find it and start reading it the same day). I think whatever you determine for the month is what you use for this month and you can change it for next month.
Donna - please correct me if I am wrong.
Angie ☯ wrote: "Hey again, KC!Each person pretty much determines what they want to use as their TBR for each month of this challenge.
I pick anything that was on my TBRs before the start of the current month. I..."
Angie, thank you so much for the insight! I was trying to ascertain if I could make a book I found today for another challenge work. While I was hoping for synergy, it may be a moot point since I don't think I am reading the book in question anymore at this time, regardless. I feel like I have a better sense of the rules of the road!
I'm one of those people that normally only reads books that have been on my tbr for at least a few months for this challenge.However, as I've not been allowed to buy any books this year, my tbr is dwindling fast! So I'm joining the majority of folk with the "books added before the start of the month", so at least I can use all the freebies I added to my library over the past couple of months 😆
Mod
Each person pretty much determines what they want to use as their TBR for each month of this challenge.
I pick anything that was on my TBRs before the start of the current month. I..."
Yes, that sums it up, Angie.
Mod
Sorry, I had mine picked out yesterday, but obviously Angie was awake when you were sorting it. And I answered your message before I did anything else on GR 😆I'll have another in a few minutes.
TBR - October 1-31, 2025Points: 37
10/01 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower[152]❤
10/06 Time's Convert (All Souls #4) by Deborah Harkness[448]❤❤❤
10/07 The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer[329]❤❤❤
10/11 The Black Bird Oracle ( All Souls #5) by Deborah Harkness[444]❤❤❤
10/13 The Briar Club by Kate Quinn[432]❤❤❤
10/16 By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult[528]❤❤❤❤❤
10/18 Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe[304]❤❤❤
10/21 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower[229]❤
10/25 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors[352]❤❤❤
10/27 House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City #3) by Sarah J. Maas[835]❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
10/29 The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden[325]❤❤❤
10/30 A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon[101]❤
10/31 Besieged by Diana Gabaldon[118]❤
Mod
Donna wrote: "Sorry, forgot to tell everyone that the listopia was added."The second link doesn't seem to be working.
Elizabeth wrote: "Donna wrote: "Sorry, forgot to tell everyone that the listopia was added."The second link doesn't seem to be working."
It's in my post too, and i'll drop it here for you:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Mod
TBR BUSTERSOctober 2025
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TBR
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✅maybe:
Currently Reading
The Deathless One - Brich meinen Fluch 48%
Searching for Sunshine 406/483
Shameful 7%
Read
11 OCT The Shadow of What Was Lost | James Islington 693 pages 5 points + 2 (view spoiler)
13 OCT Leave Me Behind | K.M. Moronova 464 pages 3 points
15 OCT Das Reich der Verdammten | Jay Kristoff 1000 pages 10 points
Mod
The Unlikely Heir by Jax Calder - 24-Oct-25 - 408 Pages | 3pts
Black and Brown by AE Via - 04-Oct-25 - 395 Pages | 3pts
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - 17-Oct-25 - 435 Pages | 3pts
The Night Of by Tal Bauer - 06-Oct-25 - 292 | 1pts
Green Ravens by AE Via - 11-Oct-25 - 323 Pages | 3pts
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - READ - 336 Pages | 3pts
Bad Bishop by Layla Reyne - 13-Oct-25 - 229 Pages | 1pts
Total Points: 17
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2nd (R): Sammy 134
3rd (Bub): K.C. 112
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October 2025
This is a relatively simple challenge. You will just read books from your TBR. The competitive aspect comes from the fact that you are competing against other members. Each book will be worth points. See the chart below for the point value. There will be badges for the top 3 highest scorers. I will award them at the end of the month. Make sure you update your scores. I will give you an extra day to update your scores. Now go work on those TBRs!
Sample tracking post
Total Points: 4 pts
1. Fortune's Fool | 10/3/25 | 3 pts
2. Give and Hazard All | 10/4/25 | 1pt
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Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed
Point System
Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.
Theme Bonus
Theme: Zombies
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
Listopia Bonus
📕1 bonus point if your book is on the listopia list below (list provided by Listopia Madness September 1st place winner: )
Books With Unforgettable Characters List provided by Angie
Great Debut Novels List provided by Sammy