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October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*L
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Our challenge participants:
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Beverly ✔ Completed
Carolyn ✔ Completed
JennH
Koren ✔ Completed
Sheila
TerriS
Tessa
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CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post
Beverly ✔ Completed
Carolyn ✔ Completed
JennH
Koren ✔ Completed
Sheila
TerriS
Tessa
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October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
P - With a Tangled Skein by Piers Anthony 10/26/25
R - Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen 10/21/25
I - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2 by Sui Ishida 10/5/25
N - NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority by Marshall Karp 10/14/25
C - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas 10/19/25
E - Weyward by Emilia Hart 10/2/25
S - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa 10/4/25
S - Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire 10/7/25
October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*L
Begins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
2 / 5 completed
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E - Emily Henry / People We Meet on Vacation ✔ – 13Oct25
A - AMATO, Carmen / Cliff Diver ✔ – 30Oct25
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Begins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
2 / 5 completed
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E - Emily Henry / People We Meet on Vacation ✔ – 13Oct25
A - AMATO, Carmen / Cliff Diver ✔ – 30Oct25
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October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
P-Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter by Sidney Poitier finished 10/24
U-The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators Among Us by Gregg O. McCrary finished 10/22
M-Mirror Touch: Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain by Joel Salinas finished 10/26
P-Please Don't Kill Mommy!: The True Story of a Man Who Killed His Wife, Got Away With It, Then Killed Again by Fannie Weinstein finished 10/29
K-Knowles, Tina Matriarch: A Memoir finished 10/18
I-Ilise Carter When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice finished 9/10
N-Neal, TW Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii finished 10/3
October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
9/9
T Tom Cox, The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends FINISHED 10/9
O Colleen Oakley, The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise FINISHED 10/20
M Freida McFadden, The Housemaid FINISHED 10/19
B Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman FINISHED 10/3
S Megan Shepherd, Malice House FINISHED 10/6
T The Thirteenth Child, Erin A. Craig FINISHED 10/29
O Nnedi Okorafor, Death of the Author FINISHED 10/25
N The Names by Florence Knapp FINISHED 10/11
E E.M. Carroll, A Guest in the House FINISHED 10/11
October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
6/9
T - To Let by John Galsworthy, 4****, 10-24-25
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M - More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen, 4****s, 10-12-25
B - Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace, 4****s, 10-7-25
S - She by H. Rider Haggard, 4****s, 10-15-25
T - Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart, 4****s, 10-29-25
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E - Evans, Virginia, The Correspondent, 5*****s, 10-12-25
October 2025 mini challenge: HALLOWEEN S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
C Complex 13
01/10O Once Upon A Christmas Eve
19/10S The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
07/10T Rune Academy: The Witch's Curse: A Magical Paranormal YA Academy Series
Tara Shelley29/10U An Unexpected Home,
03/10M Maddie's Recipe of Mysteries,
07/10E Enter the Witch: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery,
8/10
I think I've got everyone linked to this point. If I missed you, please DO let me know.
Enjoy the challenge!
Enjoy the challenge!
Carolyn wrote: "Update message #8,
challenge complete"
Sorry, Carolyn, but...
Your 'T' book doesn't work. Leading articles: A, An, The are NOT counted in the spell. And the author first or last initial is not 'T'. either.
challenge complete"
Sorry, Carolyn, but...
Your 'T' book doesn't work. Leading articles: A, An, The are NOT counted in the spell. And the author first or last initial is not 'T'. either.
Book Concierge wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Update message #8, challenge complete"
Sorry, Carolyn, but...
Your 'T' book doesn't work. Leading articles: A, An, The are NOT counted in the spell. And the author first or last..."
No worries, I will get one of the other books I read for October
Carolyn wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Update message #8, challenge complete"
Sorry, Carolyn, but...
Your 'T' book doesn't work. Leading articles: A, An, The are NOT counted in the spell. And t..."
There you go fixed
Books mentioned in this topic
Touch Not the Cat (other topics)Rune Academy: The Witch's Curse: A Magical Paranormal YA Academy Series (other topics)
People We Meet on Vacation (other topics)
Cliff Diver: An Acapulco Police Procedural Mystery (other topics)
Death of the Author (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Mary Stewart (other topics)Tara Shelley (other topics)
Carmen Amato (other topics)
Emily Henry (other topics)
Nnedi Okorafor (other topics)
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Begins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Oct25
SPELL ONE (or more) of the words below.
You may use: the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.
(The LAST initial is the final element of a name with a space before it. So Kate DiCamillo has a last initial of D. But Daphne du Maurier has a last initial of M)
Word choices :
apple
cider
costume
ghost
jack-o-lantern
pirate
princess
pumpkin
tombstone
treat
vampire
witch
(You may also spell a word of your choice that you feel represents Halloween; tell us about it.)
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RULES OF THE CHALLENGE
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.
A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Spell BLUE:
B - Nickolas BUTLER / Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ - 03July25
L - Lucky in Love ✔ - 23July25
U - The Unteachables ✔ - 31July25
E - Elizabeth Strout / My Name Is Lucy Barton ✔ - 15July25
If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.
Have Fun!
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