2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Find words shown in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month. You are not restricted to a single book. Read as many books to find every word on the list. Books of any size can be used for this game. You may read in any format, hardback, paperback, audio or e-book. If listening to a book, I suggest using Google Books to “preview” to find the page number of the found word. Please read the entire book before posting that you’ve found the word. You can save your spot and return to edit as you find words while reading. Happy Hunting.

Example of your post
safe - I Know This Much Is True, pg125, "...I had to keep him safe" - 9/4

Word List:
• Ghost
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

October Word Search

Word List:
• Ghost - The Haunting of Hill House, pg4, "...nineteenth century ghost hunters..." - 10/1
• Witch - The Haunting of Hill House, pg134, "An old witch in the tower..." - 10/1
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster - The Haunting of Hill House, pg39, "...small creature swallowed whole by a monster..." - 10/1
• Demon
• Curse - The Haunting of Hill House, pg91, "...piece of furniture, curseed and the the door..." - 10/1
• Coffin - The Corrections, pg228, "A man who sells coffins for a living." - 10/6
• Tomb - The Haunting of Hill House, pg112, "Like the doorway of a tomb..." - 10/1
• Spirit - The Haunting of Hill House, pg139, "Perhaps the spirit of the poor little..." - 10/1
• Shadow - The Haunting of Hill House, pg35, "...into the deep shadows of the polished floor." - 10/1
• Creepy - The Corrections, pg17, "And it's a little creepy..." - 10/6
• Haunted - The Haunting of Hill House, pg4, "disturbances in a house commonly known as haunted." - 10/1
• Possessed - The Haunting of Hill House, pg68, "Theodora has shown herself possessed of some telepathic ability..." - 10/1
• Spell- The Haunting of Hill House, pg131, "...as if were - fallen under a spell." - 10.1
• Potion
• Scream - The Haunting of Hill House, pg42, "No one can hear you if you scream in the night..." - 10/1
• Blood - The Haunting of Hill House, pg61, "...murder me for in cold blood is uranium." - 10/1
• Web The Corrections, pg28, "....posted them on the web" - 10/6
• Bat - The Haunting of Hill House, pg45, "...I swear I saw bats in the woodwork downstairs." - 10/1
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

👻🎃Spooky Word Search🎃👻
(I'm going to do this as a reading challenge, one book for one word. I won't manage them all but I'll have fun finding what I can)

• Ghost - ‘...do the “Holy Ghost Two-Step” as…' page 129 of The Hate U Give (finished 2 Oct)
• Witch - ‘...by the painting, which featured a witch surrounded by…’ page 133 of Rotherweird (finished 5 Oct)

• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

👻🦄🎃Spooky Word Search🎃🦄👻

• Ghost
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

Word List:
• Ghost-- Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories, p.147, “…tell ghost stories (we both believe in ghosts) so tingling they chill you in July…” --10/6
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster-- The Reluctant Outlaw, p157 (e-book), "Forgive those monsters? Impossible!" --10/1
• Demon
• Curse The Reluctant Outlaw, p343 (e-book), "Hit bit out a curse and..." --10/1
• Coffin Wyoming Promises, p.8 (e-book), "“…this ‘guest’ would use the last remaining coffin he had made.” --10/4
• Tomb
• Spirit -The Reluctant Outlaw, p14 (e-book), "For God has not given us a spirit of fear..." --10/1
• Shadow - Miss Minerva's Pirate Mishap, p95 (e-book), "The tension was palpable even before a shadow fell over Marcus..." --10/2
• Creepy
• Haunted--The Reluctant Outlaw, p250 (e-book), "I was haunted by James's face." --10/1
• Possessed --The Reluctant Outlaw, p343 (e-book), "...she took comfort in the strength and capability she knew he possessed." --10/1
• Spell--The Reluctant Outlaw, p104 (e-book), "Why don't you rest a spell?" --10/1
• Potion--Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories, p109, “The Houngan…could dispense their power in a potion.” --10/6
• Scream-- The Reluctant Outlaw, p343 (e-book), "She wanted to scream at Evan to stop..." --10/1
• Blood--The Reluctant Outlaw, p327 (e-book), "An innocent man was gunned down in cold blood." --10/1
• Web-- The Reluctant Outlaw, p130 (e-book), "Please don't let there be any spiders in those webs..." --10/1
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

Susan wrote: "Find words shown in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month. You are not restricted to a single book. Read as many books to find every word on the list. Books of any size can be used for t..."


I just want to make sure I am doing this correctly. We can use word forms but not synonyms or parts of closed compound words? (i.e. "screamed" for "scream" and "webs" for "web" but not closed compound words like "spiderweb" or "cobweb" for "web" or "blueblood" for "blood" unless the book uses them as open or hyphenated compound words like "spider web" or "blue-blood")

👻🎃Spooky Word Search🎃👻

Word List:
• Ghost
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

🎃👻🦇💀Spooky Word Search💀🦇👻🎃

Word List:
• Ghost Weyward p78 "ghost of a scent" 10/2/25
• Witch Weyward p274 "witch who ate Hansel" 10/2/25
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster Weyward p58 "I am the monster." 10/2/25
• Demon
• Curse Weyward p245 "it as her curse" 10/2/25
• Coffin
• Tomb Weyward p161 "tomb, is padlocked shut" 10/2/25
• Spirit Weyward p45 "spirit than even the bread" 10/2/25
• Shadow Weyward p11 "been her constant shadow." 10/2/25
• Creepy
• Haunted Weyward p138 "haunted her throughout" 10/2/25
• Possessed Weyward p79 "possessed of his usual" 10/2/25
• Spell Weyward p23 "spell its name" 10/2/25
• Potion
• Scream Weyward p125 "scream back in London" 10/2/25
• Blood Weyward p4 "blood pounds at the" 10/2/25
• Web Weyward p139 "web in the corner" 10/2/25
• Bat Weyward p225 "bat lamenting its broken" 10/2/25
• Black Cat The Key Lime Crime location 398 "her black cat, who had curled up" 10/3/25
• Cauldron Weyward p274 "brewing potions in a cauldron" 10/2/25
• Graveyard Weyward p162 "through the graveyard" 10/2/25

👻🎃Spooky Word Search🎃👻

• Ghost Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 87, It was like Melanie’s ghost 02/10
• Witch Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 13, Know she was a witch 02/10
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 46, Paulette was a monster 02/10
• Demon Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 129, she-demon! Larry supplied 02/10
• Curse Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 80, Muttering a curse 02/10
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 87, but she knew spirits 02/10
• Shadow Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 196, passed into the large shadow 02/10
• Creepy Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 137, have been nothing more than innocent, if creepy, gawker. 02/10
• Haunted
• Possessed Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 235, it seemed possessed 02/10
• Spell Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 7, the spell would have worn off 02/10
• Potion
• Scream No Quarter: Wenches - Volume 1, MJL Evans & GM O’Connor, Page 109, There was a brief Scream 05/10
• Blood Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 192, her blood - and her magic 02/10
• Web Pawsitively Poisonous, Melissa Erin Jackson, Page 45, her own tangled web 02/10
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

Fun! I just finished a book today so I'm searching the ebook for all the words.

• Ghost: Thunderhead pg. 153 "So then am I in the presence of a ghost?"
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton: Thunderhead pg. 42 "A skeleton crew staffed the twenty-four-hour food concessions and recharging stations."
• Monster: Thunderhead pg. 213 "I would be the very monster that mortal man feared..."
• Demon: Thunderhead pg. 240 "...her appetite returning with the freeing of her demons."
• Curse: Thunderhead pg. 226 "Rowan tried to curse at him."
• Coffin
• Tomb: Thunderhead pg. 452 "... taken from the Tomb of Rameses II..."
• Spirit: Thunderhead pg 9 "Brahms felt his spirit crumble."
• Shadow: Thunderhead pg 49 "I guess whoever holds the torch casts the darkest shadow."
• Creepy
• Haunted: Thunderhead pg. 44 "Every mansion was a haunted one."
• Possessed
• Spell: Thunderhead pg. 355 "... any of them who had been caught by Goddard's spell..."
• Potion
• Scream: Thunderhead pg 301 "If I had a mouth, I might open it to scream."
• Blood: Thunderhead pg. 226 "His blood is getting all over my white carpet!"
• Web: Thunderhead pg 401 "The scythedom's seat of power was a web of bureaucracy"
• Bat: Thunderhead pg. 150 "A fluttering bat in the eaves above could sound like a dragon taking wing."
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard: Thunderhead pg 148 "While on her graveyard shift, she'd be lucky if one or two people showed up."

👻🎃Spooky Word Search🎃👻

• Ghost
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

Ooh, this seems fun!

Word List:
✅• Ghost - “The trees were white, like ghosts in the night” (53)📖
✅• Witch - “Eventually, I settled on a black and silver book that felt more like a witch’s grimoire than anything else, but it suited the pen the best.” (82)📖
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
✅• Monster - “Not exactly the monster everyone thought I’d be.” (79)📖
✅• Demon - “A demon lord running errands.” (8)📖
✅• Curse - “I sank onto a chair, tossing the cursed story back on the table.” (15)📖
• Coffin
• Tomb
✅• Spirit - “A story spirit in our shop?” (10)📖
✅• Shadow - “A shadow daddy in the flesh.” (47)📖
• Creepy
✅• Haunted - “No, it started even before that when the town thought the library was haunted.” (192)📖
• Possessed
✅• Spell - “It’s got a few other spells we probably don’t want to see though.” (209)📖
✅• Potion - “I clutched my bag, wishing I had magical defense potions in here instead of books, snacks, and healing herbs.” (85)📖
✅• Scream - “Screams of delight crashed over me as the entire library filled with excitement.” (21)📖
✅• Blood - “Her cheek was swollen and there was a tiny smear of blood on her skin.” (93)📖
✅• Web - “I strung the hay between all the characters, making a web of motives, none of which really stood out that much stronger than the others.” (185)📖
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard

Books read for it:
⏳📖 Myths and Manuscripts: A Cozy Fantasy Bound with Love

👻🎃Spooky Word Search🎃👻

Word List:
• Ghost-"The Gift" pg.29 "I went looking for the ghost"
• Witch
• Vampire
• Zombie
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon
• Curse
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit
• Shadow
• Creepy
• Haunted
• Possessed
• Spell
• Potion
• Scream
• Blood-"Brain Damage" pg. 187 "I've become a living blood factory.
• Web
• Bat
• Black Cat
• Cauldron-"The First Witch of Boston" pg.2 "This time of year, its as hot as the cauldrons of hell it is."
• Graveyard

Spooky Word Search

17/25

Word List:
• Ghost Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 28 "...seeing a ghost in a photograph?" FINISHED 10/5

• Witch Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 23 "...a witch was spying on her..." FINISHED 10/5

• Vampire Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 175 "...bloodless, like a vampire." FINISHED 10/5

• Zombie

• Werewolf

• Skeleton The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends by Tom Cox page 26 "...and the skeleton of another." FINISHED

• Monster Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 282 "...every day with that monster?" FINISHED 10/5

• Demon Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 65 "...about demons and ghosts..." FINISHED 10/5

• Curse Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 86 "...some sort of curse..." FINISHED 10/5

• Coffin Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 12 "...the tiny coffin..." FINISHED 10/5

• Tomb

• Spirit Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 38 "...in touch with the spirit realm..." FINISHED 10/5

• Shadow Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 65 "...seeing a large shadow..." FINISHED 10/5

• Creepy Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 180 "...find it a bit creepy." FINISHED 10/5

• Haunted Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 25 "...yarn about a haunted house..." FINISHED 10/5

• Possessed Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 212 "...I believe she is possessed..." FINISHED 10/5

• Spell Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 243 "...we need to break the spell." FINISHED 10/5

• Potion The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends by Tom Cox page 63 "...no need for the magic potion..." FINISHED

• Scream Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 119 "...shrill as a scream." FINISHED 10/5

• Blood Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 22 "...blood welling up..." FINISHED 10/5

• Web Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 192 "...web spiders hiding in the corners..." FINISHED 10/5

• Bat Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce page 101 "Seagulls or bats or foxes..." FINISHED 10/5

• Black Cat The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends by Tom Cox page 24 "...I buried an old black cat..." FINISHED

• Cauldron The Good, the Bad and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat and Other Whiskery Friends by Tom Cox page 63 "...having fallen into a cauldron..." FINISHED

• Graveyard

Word List:
• Ghost - Fifty Shades Darker, pg264, "There's no sign of Ghost Girl." - 10/6
• Witch - Fifty Shades Darker, pg524, "Perhaps the evil witch had a point." - 10/6
• Vampire
• Zombie - Fifty Shades Darker, pg241, "I stand paralyzed like a complete zombie,..."- 10/6
• Werewolf
• Skeleton
• Monster
• Demon - Fifty Shades Darker, pg411, "...you've forced him to confront some of his demons..." - 10/6
• Curse - Fifty Shades Darker, pg370, "...ignoring the moans and curses emanating from the bastard..."- 10/6
• Coffin
• Tomb
• Spirit - Fifty Shades Darker, pg318, "...he stays with me, chatting, trying to lift my spirits,..." - 10/6
• Shadow - Fifty Shades Darker, pg287, "...I stand in the shadows, listening."- 10/6
• Creepy - Fifty Shades Darker, pg264, "...I have a creepy sense that I am being watched...- 10/6
• Haunted - Fifty Shades Darker, pg401, "...and a haunted look crosses her face."- 10/6
• Possessed - Fifty Shades Darker, pg476, "She's normally so self-possessed."- 10/6
• Spell - Fifty Shades Darker, pg342, "...and he's caught in my spell."- 10/6
• Potion
• Scream - Fifty Shades Darker, pg266, "...and inside I am screaming, Back off!"- 10/6
• Blood - Fifty Shades Darker, pg241, "...my heart pounding, my blood pumping,..." - 10/6
• Web
• Bat - Fifty Shades Darker, pg349, "...he drives like a bat out of hell..."- 10/6
• Black Cat
• Cauldron
• Graveyard