October 2016 Scavenger Hunt

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Each month we will give you a list of 50 themed words to find in your books.

There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.

*Any genre/format is fine. Re-reads are OK. No page minimum.*

For each word please list the book, date read, page number/location and sentence where you found it.

EXAMPLE -
Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles (1/10/16)
I had a weakness for apple pie, heavy on the cinnamon... (loc. 245)

It’s October so our theme this month is...



Choose your Level:
Spooky – 10-20 words
Scary – 21-40 words
Blood Curdling – 41-50 words

DURATION: 1st October 2016 - 31st October 2016

**Books must be started and finished within this time frame.**

***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***

Happy Halloween Hunting!

Word List

1. Apple
2. Banshee
3. Bats
4. Blood
5. Bones
6. Boo
7. Broomstick
8. Candles
9. Candy
10. Cat
11. Cauldron
12. Cemetery
13. Cobwebs
14. Coffin
15. Corpse
16. Costume
17. Creepy
18. Demon
19. Devil
20. Dracula
21. Fangs
22. Ghost
23. Ghoul
24. Graveyard
25. Halloween
26. Haunted
27. Horror
28. Monster
29. Mummy
30. Nightmare
31. October
32. Party
33. Phantom
34. Pumpkin
35. Rats
36. Scary
37. Scream
38. Skeleton
39. Skull
40. Spider
41. Spooky
42. Treat
43. Trick
44. Undead
45. Vampire
46. Warlock
47. Werewolf
48. Wicked
49. Witch
50. Zombie

[[deleted user]]

My spot!

Level: Blood curdling - 41 - 50 words
Progress: 50/50

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling (2/10/16)

1. Apple - ...they had finished their apple pie... (pg 217)
2. Banshee - The banshee made a rasping noise... (pg 104)
3. Bats - ...a cloud of fluttering live bats... (pg 119)
4. Blood - ...oozing blood all over the floor. (pg 162)
5. Bones - "She regrew half my bones last year" (pg 92)
7. Broomstick - ...Harry's spellbooks, wand, cauldron and broomstick... (pg 8)
8. Candles - Candles were burning in brackets... (pg 32)
10. Cat - "It was either a very big cat or quite a small tiger" (pg 49)
11. Cauldron - ...Harry's spellbooks, wand, cauldron and broomstick... (pg 8)
15. Corpse - "...a headless corpse or a flesh-eating slug?" (pg 101)
17. Creepy - ...Kappas, creepy water-dwellers... (pg 107)
18. Demon - "Water demon," said Lupin (pg 116)
22. Ghost - Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost... (pg 120)
25. Halloween - "End of October. Hallowe'en" (pg 109)
26. Haunted - "...the most severely haunted building in Britain." (pg 61)
27. Horror - Harry closed his eyes in horror. (pg 211)
28. Monster - ...The Monster Book of Monsters... (pg 15)
29. Mummy - ...a blood-stained, bandaged mummy... (pg 104)
30. Nightmare - "You had too much to eat, Ron - had a nightmare..." (pg 197)
31. October - "End of October. Hallowe'en" (pg 109)
32. Party - ...the party went on all day... (pg 195)
34. Pumpkin - ...the last morsels of pumpkin tart... (pg 73)
35. Rats - ...a vast cage of sleek black rats... (pg 48)
36. Scary - "Did the scary old Dementor frighten you..." (pg 69)
37. Scream - Malfoy let out a high-pitched scream... (pg 90)
38. Skeleton - "...like a skeleton..." (pg 200)
39. Skull - "The skull...danger in your path..." (pg 82)
40. Spider - A giant spider, six feet tall... (pg 104)
43. Trick - Was it a trick? (pg 254)
45. Vampire - Harry had never met a vampire... (pg 34)
46. Warlock - ...wild-looking warlocks... (pg 42)
47. Werewolf - "...how we distinguish between the werewolf and the true wolf?" (pg 128)
49. Witch - ...who had been a witch and wizard themselves... (pg 8)
50. Zombie - ...arms outstretched like a zombie. (pg 207)

The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley (4/10/16)

6. Boo - "It's me, Ambrose. A ghost from the past. Boo." (pg 130)
9. Candy - ...would reap baskets of candy... (pg 181)
12. Cemetery - ...pulled into a small cemetery. (pg 267)
13. Cobwebs - "I was using one of the cobwebs as a hammock" (pg 321)
41. Spooky - "Nice and spooky. (pg 426)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling (6/10/16)

21. Fangs - "...swapped its fangs for winegums..." (pg 296)
23. Ghoul - ...howls from the ghoul who lived in the attic. (pg 138)
24. Graveyard - ...in a dark and overgrown graveyard... (pg 552)
42. Treat - Why? To give him a treat? (pg 248)
48. Wicked - "You are a wicked girl." (pg 470)

The Killing Room - Richard Montanari (8/10/16)

19. Devil - The devil walks these streets. (pg 4)
20. Dracula - "Kind of a Spencer Tracy meets Dracula?" (pg 348)
33. Phantom - Another phantom killer in the city of Philadelphia. (pg 18)

The Wizard Of Dark Street - Shawn Thomas Odyssey (10/10/16)

14. Coffin - "Looks like you just crawled out of a coffin." (loc. 1299)
16. Costume - The first was a girl dressed in a black witch's costume... (loc. 1099)

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova (19/10/16)

44. Undead - "It is the expression of the undead." (pg 289)

[Joann]

Some of these look tough, so I'm going to try for scary 21-40. Found a book with lots in it, so I'm going to change and try for the Blood Curdling level.

Progress: 47 / 50

1. Apple Jane Eyre p.137 “...with APPLE trees…”
2. Banshee Practical Magic p. 9 “..howling like BANSHEES.”
3. Bats Practical Magic p. 48 “...BATS in the garden.”
4. Blood Practical Magic p.163 “She reads about BLOOD and bones.”
5. Bones Practical Magic p.163 “She reads about blood and BONES.”
6. Boo Practical Magic p. 8 “...turn and shout “BOO”....”
7. Broomstick The Halloween Tree audiobook page? 50% “It's hard to ride a BROOMSTICK.”
8. Candles Practical Magic p.271 “Bring the CANDLES over.”
9. Candy Practical Magic p.9 “....eating CANDY bars.”
10. Cat Practical Magic p. 12 “After the CAT incident…”
11. Cauldron Practical Magic p.229 "...use the big cast-iron CAULDRON.."
12. Cemetery Haunted Ground p.105 “..out the CEMETERY gate.”
13. Cobwebs Practical Magic p. 81 “...covered with COBWEBS and dust.”
14. Coffin Jane Eyre p.155 “...the COFFIN, the hearse…”
15. Corpse Jane Eyre p.279 “..cold like a CORPSE.”
16. Costume Jane Eyre P.116 “...suited the COSTUME exactly.”
17. Creepy Practical Magic p. 149 “This is way to CREEPY…”
18. Demon Practical Magic p. 9 “...a gang of DEMONS…”
19. Devil Practical Magic p. 90 “...a pact with the DEVIL.”

20. Dracula

21. Fangs Damsel Under Stress p. 43 “...sprout horns and FANGS…”
22. Ghost Practical Magic p. 274 “What do you mean, a GHOST.”
23. Ghoul Jane Eyrep.173 “...like an ogre or a GHOUL…”
24. Graveyard Haunted Ground p.104 “..gravel path through the GRAVEYARD."
25. Halloween Practical Magic p. 37 “...as HALLOWEEN drew near.”
26. Haunted Jane Eyre P.44 “...in the dark and HAUNTED chamber.”
27. Horror Jane Eyre p. 131 “..HORROR shook all my limbs.”
28. Monster Practical Magic p. 37 “...rowdy MONSTERS traipsing…”
29. Mummy The Halloween Tree - audiobook ch.1 “Mummy! Cried the boy inside.”
30. Nightmare Practical Magic p. 149 “...without NIGHTMARES or fears…”
31. October Practical Magic p. 282 “In the beginning of OCTOBER, ….”
32. Party Practical Magic p. 264 “All the parents attended the PARTY…”
33. Phantom Jane Eyre p. 179 “..the most PHANTOM like of all.”
34. Pumpkin Still Life - p.29 “...turkey and PUMPKIN pie.”
35. Rats Jane Eyre p.245 “..barns are haunted by RATS.”
36. Scary Maid for Love p.29 “She was kind of SCARY.”
37. Scream Practical Magic p. 51 “She started to SCREAM.”
38. Skeleton Jane Eyre p. 47 “..showed only ranks of SKELETONS..”
39. Skull Practical Magic p. 21 “nailed a SKULL of horse to the fence.”
40. Spider Practical Magic p. 60 “When someone steps on a SPIDER..”
41. Spooky Practical Magic p. 8 “...boys made SPOOKY goblin noises.”
42. Treat Practical Magic p. 200 “....feeding it to Buddy as a special TREAT.”
43. Trick Practical Magic p. 54 “..a nasty TRICK of Antonia’s.”
44. Un dead Library of Souls p.44 “...pack of UNDEAD princesses.”
45. Vampire Crossed Bones p.358 “...like inviting a VAMPIRE into your house.”

46. Warlock
47. Werewolf

48. Wicked Practical Magic p. 9 “...dark, WICKED nights.”
49. Witch Practical Magic p. 10 “A WITCH, after all, was accompanied by…”
50. Zombie Damsel Under Stress p. 12 “..something out of a ZOMBIE movie.”

[[deleted user]]

Good luck Joann :)

[Barbara ★]

I read a lot of paranormal books so I'm shooting for Scary.

50/30 FOUND

The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher 10/1
6. Boo - ("Boo" Gwendolyn shouted), p238
13. Cobwebs - (spread like giant cobwebs), p13
14. Coffin - (a mass the size of a small coffin), p129
27. Horror - (Gwen watched in horror), p344
32. Party - (dispatched Kettle with an armed shore party), p123
38. Skeleton - (concealing her skeleton smile), p385
39. Skull - (the coats skull-shaped silver buttons), p16
40. Spider - (it's segmented body was something like a spider), p342

Ready, Scrap, Shoot - Joanna Campbell Slan 10/2
5. Bones - (shocked at how pronounced her bones were), p10
16. Costume - (Anya's so excited about her costume), p17
8. Candles - (to light the Shabbas candles), p218

Mister X - John Lutz 10/3
4. Blood - (later might come the blood), p69
15. Corpse - (ever seen a corpse before), p109
17. Creepy - (definitely something creepy about her), p192
18. Demon - (a demon roused from its dreams), p96
35. Rats - (like rats in a cage), p174
41. Spooky - (spooky. spooky.), p62
50. Zombie - (bumping into each other like zombies), p292

Bear Meets Girl - Shelly Laurenston 10/5
9. Candy - (gifts for her - flowers, candy), p64
21. Fangs - (panting hard, fangs out), p57
30. Nightmare - (my life was kind of a nightmare), p94
36. Scary - (the guy was really scary looking), p13
37. Scream - (feel free to scream), p231
43. Trick - (probably did the trick), p12
49. Witch - (go toe-to-toe with the witch), p98

Captive Spirit - Anne Windsor 10/7
7. Broomstick - (with a broomstick for a bat), p211
19. Devil - (start about vampires and werewolves and devils), p112
22. Ghost - (did anyone see a ghost), p7
24. Graveyard - (bones banging in a graveyard wind), p267
26. Haunted - (a tired haunted sadness), p46
28. Monster - (the death-monster slid towards him), p76
34. Pumpkin - (Duncan would be turning into a pumpkin), p117
48. Wicked - (wicked claws and fangs), p21

What a Ghoul Wants - Victoria Laurie 10/8
23. Ghoul - (since we joined the cast of Ghoul Getters), p131
33. Phantom - (what black phantom?), p240

A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin 10/10
1. Apple - (keep the bad apples from the good), p402
3. Bats - (the skeleton of gigantic bats), p454
42. Treat - (come to treat with His Grace), p580
46. Warlock - (the warlock's said), p483

The Sleeping Beauty - Mercedes Lackey 10/11
11. Cauldron - (with a big cauldron of water), p35

Ghost Story - Jim Butcher 10/15
10. Cat - (she vanished Cheshire Cat style), p199
12. Cemetery - (run out of cemetery space pretty fast), p56
45. Vampire - (hurled by a vampire assassin), p28
47. Werewolf - (back and forth between the two werewolf girls), p556

The Devil Wears Kilts - Suzanne Enoch 10/17
2. Banshee - (screeching like a banshee), p16

Sentenced to Death - Lorna Barrett 10/22
31. October - (pumpkin festival in October), p76

Spell Bound - Kelley Armstrong 10/22
29. Mummy - (like a half-wrapped mummy), p305

Tall, Dark & Dead - Tate Hallaway 10/18
20. Dracula - (you've obviously never read Dracula), p51
25. Halloween - (during my halloween ritual), p182
44. Undead - (opposed to being glamorously undead), p88

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[[deleted user]]

Good luck Barbara :)

[Creative Caprice]

October Scavenger Hunt
Duration: Oct 1/16-Oct 31/16
Completed: 46/50

1. Apple "...in this case apple." Loc 127.9 Secondhand Spirits

2. Banshee

3. Bats "...brewed with three drowned bats..." Loc 366.4 Secondhand Spirits

4. Blood "...sometimes needed as a blood payment." Loc 366.4 Secondhand Spirits

5. Bones "...read about black cat bones..." Loc 432.8 Secondhand Spirits

6. Boo "Don't you listen to her, Oscar Boscar Boo." Loc 28 Secondhand Spirits

7. Broomstick "Sorry. No broomsticks." Loc 423.6 Secondhand Spirits

8. Candles: "But the candles were burning..." Loc 379.5 Secondhand Spirits

9. Candy "...from the hard candy I keep..." Loc 382.1 Secondhand Spirits

10. Cat "...pure white cat snuggled in his lap..." Loc 165.6 Secondhand Spirits

11. Cauldron "Fill the cauldron about halfway..." Loc 216.3 Secondhand Spirits

12. Cemetery "...wrote the name and address of the cemetery..." Loc 281.6 Secondhand Spirits

13. Cobwebs "Cobwebs adorned the corners..." Loc 208.6 Secondhand Spirits

14. Coffin "He reached out to gently touch the closed coffin. Loc 150.2 A Cup of Murder

15. Corpse "...all of us walk over interred corpses ..." Loc 457.3 Secondhand Spirits

16. Costume "...hunkered down in a leafy costume... Loc 160 Secondhand Spirits

17. Creepy "...I felt the creepy sensation..." Loc 200.4 Secondhand Spirits

18. Demon "...Jessica back from the demon." Loc 176.9 Secondhand Spirits

19. Devil "...in league with the devil." Loc 198.7 Secondhand Spirits

20. Dracula

21. Fangs "I hissed, baring my fangs. Venom

22. Ghost "...I happen to know of a nice ghost..." Loc 204.7 Secondhand Spirits

23. Ghoul

24. Graveyard "This was a new section of the graveyard ..." Loc 402. 2 Secondhand Spirits

25. Halloween "...broke in there on Halloween... Loc 288.9 Secondhand Spirits

26. Haunted "...for a theme park's haunted house." Loc 32.6 Secondhand Spirits

27. Horror "On its heels came horror. Loc 119.9 Secondhand Spirits

28. Monster "...should go looking for this monster. Loc 183 Pumpkintown Perils: A Cozy Mystery Collection

29. Mummy "Mummy married an Englishman..." Loc 304.1 Murder on the Minneapolis

30. Nightmare "...given her a nightmare. Loc 76.6 Secondhand Spirits

31. October "His skin was unnaturally cool, even for October ..." Loc 43.5 Venom

32. Party "...is to get ready for the wedding party. Loc 135.1 Secondhand Spirits

33. Phantom "All this without mentioning demons and ghostly phantoms? Loc 86 Secondhand Spirits

34. Pumpkin "Lock the door when you leave, Pumpkin Loc 23.9 Venom

35. Rats "Or rats in the attic." Loc 206.1 Secondhand Spirits

36. Scary "...seen as a scary freak anymore." Loc 71.5 Secondhand Spirits

37. Scream "....horrifying scream a few moments ago..." Loc 48.1 Secondhand Spirits

38. Skeleton "A bunch of old skeleton keys..." Loc 160.8 Dead Bolt

39. Skull "Skulls, bones and wax-sealed bottles..." Loc 328 Secondhand Spirits

40. Spider "...he was bald with a spider web tattoo..." Loc 43.2 Venom

41. Spooky "The road had been dark and spooky ..." Loc 25.2 Venom

42. Treat "We should treat ourselves..." Loc 158.2 Secondhand Spirits

43. Trick "...sometimes did the trick. Loc 140.9 Secondhand Spirits

44. Undead "..on the dead and the undead ..." Loc 202 Secondhand Spirits

45. Vampire "...and dress up as a vampire..." Loc 162.5 Secondhand Spirits

46. Warlock "Warlock means 'oath-breaker'..." Loc 14.4 Secondhand Spirits

47. Werewolf

48. Wicked "...music that accompanied the Wicked Witch..." Loc 259.3 Secondhand Spirits

49. Witch "...for a natural witch from a small Texas town." Loc 21.9 Secondhand Spirits

50. Zombie "I do believe it's called a Zombie. Loc 159 Pumpkintown Perils: A Cozy Mystery Collection

Books Used:

1. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell 10/31/16 ****
2. Pumpkintown Perils: A Cozy Mystery Collection by Aubrey Law 10/23/16 *
3. Venom by Kristen Middleton 10/12/16 ***
4. Murder on the Minneapolis by Anita Davison 10/07/16 ****
5. A Cup of Murder by Cam Larson 10/17/16 ***
6. Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell 10/20/16 ****

[[deleted user]]

Welcome to the challenge Creative Caprice :)

[Cheryl]

1st October 2016 - 31st October 2016
Scary – 21-40 words

Words Found: 50/50

Word List
1. Apple - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...like a spoiled apple. Pg 336
2. Banshee - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...believing the wind in the eaves is a banshee? Pg 189
3. Bats - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct I’m seeing bats in my own belfry… pg 203
4. Blood - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct "Someone with bad blood, or a grudge.” pg 204
5. Bones - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...that made his bones cold. Pg 267
6. Boo - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct No one will boo you… pg 121
7. Broomstick - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...fell away to broomsticks. Pg 465
8. Candles - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct “She’s got to have a flashlight, or candles.” pg 350
9. Candy - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...offered you candy. Pg 81
10. Cat - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct “If we don’t eat it, my cat will." pg 151
11. Cauldron - Eyes of Autumn 14 Oct He stirred the contents of the cauldron. Pg 217
12. Cemetery - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...shows up on the cemetery gates. Pg 169
13. Cobwebs - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct There were cobwebs festooned… pg 256
14. Coffin - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The girl’s coffin was filled with wild roses… pg 274
15. Corpse - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct Her little face was a ghastly corpse white… pg 391
16. Costume - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...young woman in a skintight costume… pg 270
17. Creepy - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct "Creepy place, isn’t it?" pg 40
18. Demon - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct … the possibility of demon visitation. Pg 274
19. Devil - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...and marks of the devil. Pg 428
20. Dracula - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct “The name of the book is Dracula." pg 435
21. Fangs - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ... showing his fangs… pg 138
22. Ghost - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The ghost of those days seemed to crowd in on her… pg 181
23. Ghoul - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The plastic ghoul was walking through a plastic graveyard... Pg 222
24. Graveyard - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct "Off to the graveyard at sunset,” pg 227
25. Halloween - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The days shortened, moving toward Halloween, pg 284
26. Haunted - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...demons that had haunted him, pg 375
27. Horror - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...my yearning turn to horror pg 390
28. Monster - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...she sees what a monster he is… pg 430
29. Mummy - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...the entire set of Aurora plastic monsters—wolfman, mummy, Dracula… pg 79
30. Nightmare - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...seems like a madman’s nightmare now. Pg 164
31. October - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct the brisk, steely air of October… pg 278
32. Party - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct You are the only person in this little party… pg 290
33. Phantom - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct "Have you ever seen Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera?” pg 430
34. Pumpkin - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...had squashed Miranda’s head to a bloody pumpkin. Pg 462
35. Rats - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct They reached the bottom, and the rats closed in. pg 462
36. Scary - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct Oh, scary eyes. Pg 156
37. Scream - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...then whistled out in a soundless scream. Pg 160
38. Skeleton - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ... a skeleton in its closet. Pg 41
39. Skull - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct This time the pipe struck his bald skull… pg 265
40. Spider - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...the spider now made his home. Pg 303
41. Spooky - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ... it was a spooky old place. Pg 43
42. Treat = Red Winter 18 Oct Her favorite treat was chocolate… location 949
43. Trick - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...he saw himself using a trick… pg 260
44. Undead - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...the rising of the Undead, pg 274
45. Vampire - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct Where there are no witches or incubi or vampires,” pg 277
46. Warlock - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct ...that venerable white warlock, was dead. Pg 159
47. Werewolf - Eyes of Autumn 14 Oct Vampire? Werewolf? Alien? Pg 90
48. Wicked - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The wicked cross lay against the east wall, pg 420
49. Witch - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct The witch grass grew wild and tall… pg 24
50. Zombie - 'Salem's Lot 10 Oct …like the zombies in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. Pg 470

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Cheryl :)

[[deleted user]]

It's the first, time to start hunting!

[Kimberly]

October 2016 - 31st October 2016
Scary – 21-40 words

Word List
1. Apple: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 287 "I'm an apple fan."

2. Banshee
3. Bats

4. Blood: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 255 "I felt the blood drain out of my head."

5. Bones
6. Boo

7. Broomstick: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 315 "I didn't even have a broomstick."

8. Candles: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 251 "There were white candles in a box in the kitchen."

9. Candy: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 289 "When I was in school, I'd been concentrating on candy."

10. Cat: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 279 "A black cat with bright gold eyes at on the windowsill and watched as I followed Frank into the living room."

11. Cauldron: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 189 "I was expecting instructions for standing out under the full moon with a bubbling cauldron, or something."

12. Cemetery
13. Cobwebs
14. Coffin
15. Corpse

16. Costume: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 227 "Everyone will be in costume and it will be completely staged, far from the second floor and any reference to their grandfather."

17. Creepy: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 250 "Okay, that sounded kind of creepy."

18. Demon

19. Devil: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 6 "For goodness' sakes, you scared the devil out of me and all for no good reason."

20. Dracula
21. Fangs

22. Ghost: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 133 "I love ghost stories."

23. Ghoul
24. Graveyard

25. Halloween: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 192 "And you really should have seen this place at Halloween."

26. Haunted: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 27 "In fact, the apartment still held so many of his things even his scent haunted it."

27. Horror: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 196 "I do know a whole lot of horror movies would be about five minutes long if somebody just let the cop check the spooky basement first."

28. Monster:All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 315 "I felt as if I were part of the mob chasing Frankenstein's monster."

29. Mummy

30. Nightmare: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 197 "Holding the cat between me and the nightmare, I clomped down the last steps and straight into a tidal wave of cold and dark."

31. October

32. Party: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 220 "Let's say a Great Gatsby party."

33. Phantom
34. Pumpkin

35. Rats: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 158 "It might just be rats."

36. Scary: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 182 "They were mostly good ones, but they were scary strong."

37. Scream: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 242 "There was a sudden scream and the band stopped as everyone took note of the water and the old man floating facedown, wearing nothing but boxers covered in red hearts."

38. Skeleton: All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo pg. 1 " Not that Joe Jessop was a skeleton .... yet."

39. Skull: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 320 "With a howl fit to wake the dead, he launched himself right at the back of Ellis Maitland's skull."

40. Spider

41. Spooky: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 199 "I was pretty sure even spooky magic cats needed their shots."

42. Treat

43. Trick: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 170 "And I'd just tried pretty much the same trick on Brad, and it hadn't work any better."

44. Undead
45. Vampire
46. Warlock
47. Werewolf
48. Wicked

49. Witch: A Familiar Tail by Delia James pg. 138 "Was he trying to tell me he knew Grandma BB was a witch, like Julia?"

50. Zombie

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Kimberly! Good luck :)

[[deleted user]]

I got REALLY lucky with my first book! I suspected Harry Potter might be a good source for some of these words but I wasn't expecting to find two thirds of them in one book!

[Sara]

I'm going to give this a shot. What fun!

1. Apple The Night Circus p. 111 "When the apples will fall. . ."
2. Banshee Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 299 ". . .howling like a banshee."
3. Bats
4. Blood Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward p, 282 (and many other pages) "The CA19-9 is a blood test..."
5. Bones The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 7 ". . .the chicken bones. . ."
6. Boo
7. Broomstick
8. Candles The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 7 "I am writing this by the light of three candles".
9. Candy
10. Cat Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward p. 321 "Tina the cat, Patrick's sleeping buddy. . ."
11. Cauldron The Night Circus p. 107 ". . . you can see that it sits in a wide black cauldron."
12. Cemetery The Night Circus p. 113 ". . .through fields and woods and cemeteries."
13. Cobwebs Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p.107 ". . .with cobwebbed sconces in wall sconces. . ."
14. Coffin The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 34 "I'll be put in a coffin, Bonaparte said."
15. Corpse The Lemonade War p. 163 "He lay as still as a three-day old corpse."
16. Costume The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 78 "We'll get Leroy to make alterations to your costume. . ."
17. Creepy Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward p. 268 "It was kind of a creepy thought to have some uknow person sitting outside your bedroom door all night".
18. Demon Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures p. 171 ". . . inhabited by the devil or a demon."
19. Devil The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 47 "The devil, he cursed, halting abruptly."
20. Dracula
21. Fangs
22. Ghost The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 32 ". . .an eerie, ghostly sight."
23. Ghoul Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 106 ". . .from squatters or ghouls or whatever. . ."
24. Graveyard Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 46 ". . .to ask where the graveyard was. . ."
25. Halloween Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 89 "Is this about that one Halloween?"
26. Haunted The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 40 "Perhaps if I wrote this evening out, it will stop haunting me>"
27. Horror Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 39 ". . .that tentacle-mouthed horror in the woods."
28. Monster No Talking
29. Mummy Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 250 ". . .mummied up in a blanket. . ."
30. Nightmare The Night Circus, p. 506 "But dreams have a way of turning into nightmares."
31. October Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward p. 135 "You know, in October 2007, four months before Patrick was diagnosed. . ."
32. Party The Night Circus p. 201 "Are you avoiding the inclement weather party?"
33. Phantom
34. Pumpkin The Night Circus p. 63 ". . . each one the size of a rather large pumpkin."
35. Rats The Lemonade War p. 148 "That RAT!"
36. Scary Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 84 ". . .the sight of a scary house."
37. Scream The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 41 "Stop! I heard myself scream."
38. Skeleton The Last Great Dance on Earth ". . .ghoulish skeleton. . ."
39. Skull Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 114 ". . .revealing grinning skulls for faces."
40. Spider Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 272 ". . .to make a hideous spider-man of a third."
41. Spooky
42. Treat The Night Circus, p. 255 ". . .give them lots of treats."
43. Trick The Last Great Dance on Earth p. 14 "She knows all sorts of tricks."
44. Undead
45. Vampire
46. Warlock
47. Werewolf
48. Wicked Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 223 "And if you think we're wicked. . ."
49. Witch The Night Circus p. 285 "I think she's a witch."
50. Zombie Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children p. 71 ". . .like a zombie from a shallow grave."

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Good luck Sara!

[[deleted user]]

Joann wrote: "Found a book with lots in it, so I'm going to try for the Blood Curdling level. ..."

It's great when that happens isn't it? Fantastic start!

[Cheryl]

I'm finished! (see message 9). I feel like I cheated as I found almost all of them in my first book, Salem's Lot. Lots of scary stuff in that book!

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Cheryl wrote: "I'm finished! (see message 9). I feel like I cheated as I found almost all of them in my first book, Salem's Lot. Lots of scary stuff in that book!"

Congratulations Cheryl! It's not cheating - just good book choices. You're braver than me though, I wouldn't read Salem's Lot!!

[[deleted user]]

Finished! (post 2)

[Barbara ★]

I can't believe I found them all.

50/30 FOUND

The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher 10/1
6. Boo - ("Boo" Gwendolyn shouted), p238
13. Cobwebs - (spread like giant cobwebs), p13
14. Coffin - (a mass the size of a small coffin), p129
27. Horror - (Gwen watched in horror), p344
32. Party - (dispatched Kettle with an armed shore party), p123
38. Skeleton - (concealing her skeleton smile), p385
39. Skull - (the coats skull-shaped silver buttons), p16
40. Spider - (it's segmented body was something like a spider), p342

Ready, Scrap, Shoot - Joanna Campbell Slan 10/2
5. Bones - (shocked at how pronounced her bones were), p10
16. Costume - (Anya's so excited about her costume), p17
8. Candles - (to light the Shabbas candles), p218

Mister X - John Lutz 10/3
4. Blood - (later might come the blood), p69
15. Corpse - (ever seen a corpse before), p109
17. Creepy - (definitely something creepy about her), p192
18. Demon - (a demon roused from its dreams), p96
35. Rats - (like rats in a cage), p174
41. Spooky - (spooky. spooky.), p62
50. Zombie - (bumping into each other like zombies), p292

Bear Meets Girl - Shelly Laurenston 10/5
9. Candy - (gifts for her - flowers, candy), p64
21. Fangs - (panting hard, fangs out), p57
30. Nightmare - (my life was kind of a nightmare), p94
36. Scary - (the guy was really scary looking), p13
37. Scream - (feel free to scream), p231
43. Trick - (probably did the trick), p12
49. Witch - (go toe-to-toe with the witch), p98

Captive Spirit - Anne Windsor 10/7
7. Broomstick - (with a broomstick for a bat), p211
19. Devil - (start about vampires and werewolves and devils), p112
22. Ghost - (did anyone see a ghost), p7
24. Graveyard - (bones banging in a graveyard wind), p267
26. Haunted - (a tired haunted sadness), p46
28. Monster - (the death-monster slid towards him), p76
34. Pumpkin - (Duncan would be turning into a pumpkin), p117
48. Wicked - (wicked claws and fangs), p21

What a Ghoul Wants - Victoria Laurie 10/8
23. Ghoul - (since we joined the cast of Ghoul Getters), p131
33. Phantom - (what black phantom?), p240

A Dance With Dragons - George R.R. Martin 10/10
1. Apple - (keep the bad apples from the good), p402
3. Bats - (the skeleton of gigantic bats), p454
42. Treat - (come to treat with His Grace), p580
46. Warlock - (the warlock's said), p483

The Sleeping Beauty - Mercedes Lackey 10/11
11. Cauldron - (with a big cauldron of water), p35

Ghost Story - Jim Butcher 10/15
10. Cat - (she vanished Cheshire Cat style), p199
12. Cemetery - (run out of cemetery space pretty fast), p56
45. Vampire - (hurled by a vampire assassin), p28
47. Werewolf - (back and forth between the two werewolf girls), p556

The Devil Wears Kilts - Suzanne Enoch 10/17
2. Banshee - (screeching like a banshee), p16

Sentenced to Death - Lorna Barrett 10/22
31. October - (pumpkin festival in October), p76

Spell Bound - Kelley Armstrong 10/22
29. Mummy - (like a half-wrapped mummy), p305

Tall, Dark & Dead - Tate Hallaway 10/18
20. Dracula - (you've obviously never read Dracula), p51
25. Halloween - (during my halloween ritual), p182
44. Undead - (opposed to being glamorously undead), p88

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[[deleted user]]

Congratulations Barbara. I'll post your badge in the Hall of Fame soon :)

[Joann]

Didn't find them all, but surpassed my goal by finding 47 / 50.

[[deleted user]]

Congrats Joann, still a level 3 badge :)

[[deleted user]]

'Hall of Fame' badges have been awarded to

Me (post #2)
Joann (post #3)
Barbara (post #5)
Cheryl (post #9)

for this challenge. Only level 3 badges have been awarded so far as there's still a few hours left for you to find those last few tricky words!

Don't worry if you haven't got around to updating your post yet, just be sure and comment in the next couple of days to let me know when you're done (and which level you're claiming).

[[deleted user]]

Badges have now been awarded to

Kimberly (post #12) - level 2
Sara (post #15) - level 2

If you actually got level 3 but just hadn't updated yet, just let me know and I'll change it.

Caprice (post # 7) I know you had some problems updating this month so just let me know when you've done. No pressure :)

[Creative Caprice]

Completed 46/50! Banshee, Dracula, Ghoul and Werewolf remained unfound.

See message for details:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[[deleted user]]

Well done Caprice! I'll get your badge posted :)

[Denise S]

Finished

October 2016

doing three years later

Hard Times by Charles Dickens 1.5.20

3. Bats “a bat crossing and recrossing” p. 391
5. Bones “muscular action among all the small bones in her throat” p. 96
10. Cat “the cat sat mopy on the ashy forge” p. 168
12. Cemetery “between the lying-in hospital and the cemetery” p. 224
14. Coffin “four bearers of a homely coffin” p. 175
15. Corpse “a corpse before me?” p. 26
18. Demon “a kind of agreeable demon who had only to hover over him” p. 324
19. Devil “I’m a devil” p. 201
22. Ghost “immediately gave up the ghost” p. 199
26. Haunted “it had haunted him in bygone times” p. 186
28. Monster “you ungrateful monster” p. 44
32. Party “with this accession to his party” p. 73
33. Phantom “it is a black phantom that may urge me on” p. 125
35. Rats “beset with rats and creeping things”Careless Love p. 51
37. Scream – “fell upon her knees and began to scream” p. 95
38. Skeleton – the skeleton of Sleary’s Circus” p. 452
43. Trick “she had slipped from him by a trick” p. 141
48. Wicked “for your wicked imaginations” p. 437


Careless Love by Peter Robinson 1.7.20
1. Apple – “after Apple cruelly discontinued the iPod Classic” p. 17
4. Blood “no bruises, cuts or traces of blood” p. 2
8. Candles “lit by dozens of candles on low tables” p. 55
16. Costume “She also wore…some costume jewelry” p. 112
17. Creepy “I don’t know. Creepy.” P. 265
27. Horror “that more resembled a horror film scene” p. 82
29. Mummy “finish your homework or your mummy will be angry with you” . 174
39. Skull “crack open his skull if he fell at the wrong angle” p. 62
42. Treat “my treat” p. 114

The Gazebo by Patricia Wentworth 1.8.20

7. Broomstick “The Chief will certainly suspect a lurking broomstick” Loc 1578
13. Cobwebs – “in the corners there were cobwebs” Loc 1388
45. Vampire “If people could only prolong their lives by being vampires” Loc 770

Me, Myself & Prague: An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia by Rachael Weiss 1.10.20

41. Spooky “wondering if I’d have a spooky feeling of déjà vu p. 8

Field of Blood by Denise Mina 1.12.20

9. Candy “her hand lost in her candy floss hair” p. 170
30. Nightmare “taking him to their hearts and private kinky nightmares.” P. 58
36. Scary – McVie stopped doing the scary thing” p. 156
40. Spider “spindly spider plant on the bookshelf” p. 249

The House Of Splendid Isolation by Edna O'Brien 3.5.20

2. Banshee “It was more like a banshee than a child” p. 49

The Bawdy Basket by Edward Marston 2.7.20

11. Cauldron – “a cauldron of noise and merriment” p. 138
49. Witch – “The burnt a witch over there” p. 72

Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

23. Ghoul – “some ghoul dragging winding sheets” p. 43
25. Halloween “each of them wearing a Halloween mask” p. 83

Jigsaw by Ed McBain 1.2120

21. Fangs – their sharp fangs dripping blood” p. 45
24. Graveyard – “a graveyard of vagrants and drunks” p. 103

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 1.12.20

31. October “one October day the temperature drops 50 degrees in four hours” p. 363

The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story by Joy Reid 1.23.20

50. Zombie “ “white Americans showed they were not obedient zombies” p. 85


Word List

6. Boo
20. Dracula
34. Pumpkin
44. Undead
46. Warlock
47. Werewolf