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Prompts1. Any book from your TBR!
2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration. You can find examples below:
*All Hallows' Eve (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Awuru Odo, Nigeria (Igbo)
*Día de los Muertos, Mexico (Christian) (https://bookriot.com/dia-de-muertos-b...)
*Gai Jatra, Nepal (Hindu)
*Obon Festival, Japan (Buddhist)
*Pchum Ben, Cambodia (Buddhist)
*Pitru Paksha, India (Hindu)
*Samhain, Ireland and Scotland (Celtic/Pagan) (https://irishmyths.com/2021/09/27/bes...)
*Walpurgisnacht, Germany (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Yulanpen, China (Buddhist/Taoist)
Hola!PROGRESS: 6/8
PAGES: 1,719
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❎1. Any book from your TBR!
❎2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
❎3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
❎4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
❎6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
❎7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration. You can find examples below:
➡️*All Hallows' Eve (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Awuru Odo, Nigeria (Igbo)
*Día de los Muertos, Mexico (Christian) (https://bookriot.com/dia-de-muertos-b...)
*Gai Jatra, Nepal (Hindu)
*Obon Festival, Japan (Buddhist)
*Pchum Ben, Cambodia (Buddhist)
*Pitru Paksha, India (Hindu)
*Samhain, Ireland and Scotland (Celtic/Pagan) (https://irishmyths.com/2021/09/27/bes...)
*Walpurgisnacht, Germany (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Yulanpen, China (Buddhist/Taoist)
🎃 SPOOK-A-THON: INDIVIDUAL READ-A-THONDuration: October 28 - 31, 2022
Tracking
October 28 -- 924 pages | 6 titles
October 29 -- 559 pages | 2 titles
October 30 -- 700 pages | 3 titles
October 31 -- 448 pages | 2 titles
TOTAL: 2,631 pages | 13 titles
1. Any book from your TBR!
🎃 135 pages Never Odd or Even - Oct. 30
🎃 1:54 | 96 pages Recitatif: A Story - Oct. 31
2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
🎃 3:10 | 152 pg. The Cat Who Went Bump in the Night - Oct. 28
🎃 3:51 | 180 pg. The Ghost Who Wasn't There - Oct. 28
🎃 3:33 | 172 pg. The Dog Who Barked Fire - Oct. 28
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
🎃 9:53 | 328 pg. The Moonlight Child (last 50% = 164 pg. | 296 minutes) - Oct. 28
🎃 6:54 | 256 pg. The Familiar Dark - Oct. 29
🎃 13:49 | 352 pg. The Final Girl Support Group - Oct. 31
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
🎃 10:15 | 304 pg. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Oct. 30
Link to #8 - Scotland and Germany settings.
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
🎃4:52 | 261 pages An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - Oct. 30
Link to #8 - An event happens on All Saints Day.
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
🎃 128 pg. The Pretenders - Oct. 28
🎃 128 pg. Inheritance - Oct. 28
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies, etc.
🎃 8:29 | 303 pg. Kitty Takes a Holiday (werewolf) - Oct. 29
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration.
Spookathon possible reads(won't get to read all of these but I want to give myself some options)
Yellowface [Y]/The Marriage Act [MA] (any book from TBR)
Personal Tracking
* 28 October: Pages read = 180 (BF 180), Time spent reading = 1.75 hours
* 29 October: Pages read = 399 (BF 83 + CBB 316), Time spent reading = 4 hours, Books completed = Blood Faerie (a book with non-human characters)
* 30 October: Pages read = 501 (CBB 221 + HH 280), Time spent reading = 5.25 hours, Books completed = Children of Blood and Bone (a book with a strong female lead)
* 31 October: Pages read = 137 (HH 137), Time spent reading = 1.25 hours, Books completed = Hush, Hush (a book about other paranormal themes)
* Total pages read = 1,217. Total time spent reading = 12.25 hours. Total books completed = 3
My timezone= BST/GMT
Progress: 1/81. Any book from your TBR!
2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.) CryoBurn
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration. You can find examples below:
*All Hallows' Eve (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Awuru Odo, Nigeria (Igbo)
*Día de los Muertos, Mexico (Christian) (https://bookriot.com/dia-de-muertos-b...)
*Gai Jatra, Nepal (Hindu)
*Obon Festival, Japan (Buddhist)
*Pchum Ben, Cambodia (Buddhist)
*Pitru Paksha, India (Hindu)
*Samhain, Ireland and Scotland (Celtic/Pagan) (https://irishmyths.com/2021/09/27/bes...)
*Walpurgisnacht, Germany (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Yulanpen, China (Buddhist/Taoist
This is going to be so much fun! I aim to read at least 5 books.Any TBR book:
✔ A Real Basket Case (10/29/22)
✔ The Bungalow Mystery (10/30/22)
Flowerbed of State
Spooky genre:
Mexican Gothic
POSSIBILITIES:
Any TBR book:
Don't Call Me Cupcake
Glazed Murder
The Godwulf Manuscript
Murder on a Starry Night
The Perfectionists
The Woods
Spooky genre:
The Claw
The First Horror
Recommendation:
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Strong female lead:
Pride and Prejudice
Paranormal themes:
Closed for the Season
The Boxcar Children Spooky Special
Non-human characters:
Marked
2022 Spook-a-Thon: Individual ReadathonDuration: October 28 to October 31, 2022
Oct. 28: 183 pages of Flowers In The Snow
Oct. 29: 154 pages of Run Rose Run
Oct. 30: 79 pages of Run Rose Run
Oct. 31: 155 pages of Run Rose Run
Oct. 31: 51 pages of The Finders
Total page count for this event: 622
2. Halloweentown: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
✔ (Oct. 28)---
3. Tower Of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
(Oct. 31) 51 pages read.
✔(Oct. 31)---
I have so many books out from the library right now. Probably all my reading will be from my TBR. But I will try to get a few spooktober options read as well.1. Any book from your TBR!
2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Read a book that has been recommended to you
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration.
1. Any book from your TBR!2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
🎃Fangs
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
🎃Carrie
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
🎃Night of the Mannequins
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong female lead
🎃Throne of Glass
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration. You can find examples below:
🎃The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Daily Tracking:
Friday the 28th: Pages- 102 // Audio Hours- .82 // Books- 1
Saturday the 29th: Pages- 169 // Audio Hours- 0 // Books- 0
Sunday the 30th: Pages- 215 // Audio Hours- .5 // Books- 2
Monday the 31st: Pages- 115 // Audio Hours- 3 // Books- 2
TOTALS:
Books: 5
Audio Hours: 4.32
Pages: 601
Hola! PROGRESS: 1/8 (240 PAGES)
I've read (I mean, I listened to) my first book La ridícula idea de no volver a verte and I loved it!
The book is a narrative halfway between a personal memoir and a very special biography of Marie Curie. It is about the death of a loved one and the grieving process that follows. It includes the personal diary of Madam Curie and it's just beautiful.
I've just finished my second book: ❎6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
2022 Spook-a-Thon: Individual ReadathonDuration: October 28 to October 31, 2022
10/28I finished my first book today as I listened to CryoBurn on audio. The cover of this book has this Halloween orange title, so I'm counting it for prompt 2.
Pages Read: 345
Read my first book for this spook-a-thon October 28.Orange and Black cover. The kindle edition I read states 194 pages. The story itself was actually 183 pages. So, my page count would be 183, I guess.
message #8
10/29/2212:25 a.m.
I finished my first TBR book: A Real Basket Case. It was not very good but I am soooo glad to be able to finally clear it off my huge mountain of books.
Because of work and other things, I only managed 1.75 hours of reading during Day 1. However, I was still able to complete 180/263 pages of Blood Faerie (a book with non-human characters). Got more time to read today so I will definitely finish Blood Faerie and make some progress on another book.
Spook-a-ThonOctober 28-31
Perfect timing for me! My reading has been very limited during October and this should help me catch up a bit!
1. Any book from your TBR!
TBD
2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [
4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
5. The Final Girl: Read a book with a strong feSyd Mooremale lead
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Read a book about phantoms, ghosts, or other paranormal themes
Strange Sight (Essex Witch Museum Mystery #2) by
7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
8. Cultural Celebrations: Read a book that A) Takes place in the location of or B) Is centered around another culture’s Halloween-like celebration. You can find examples below:
*All Hallows' Eve (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Awuru Odo, Nigeria (Igbo)
*Día de los Muertos, Mexico (Christian) (https://bookriot.com/dia-de-muertos-b...)
*Gai Jatra, Nepal (Hindu)
*Obon Festival, Japan (Buddhist)
*Pchum Ben, Cambodia (Buddhist)
*Pitru Paksha, India (Hindu)
*Samhain, Ireland and Scotland (Celtic/Pagan) (https://irishmyths.com/2021/09/27/bes...)
*Walpurgisnacht, Germany (Christian with Celtic/Pagan roots)
*Yulanpen, China (Buddhist/Taoist)
I HAVE ALREADY READ IT, BUT Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas WOULD BE PERFECT!
On Day 1, I read:- the last half of The Moonlight Child which I started on Thursday
- first two comics in the Cemetery Girl trilogy
- a box set of Eli Carter & the Ghost Hackers cozy mysteries with Halloween colored covers
That makes 6 titles for 924 pages. Details in Message #4.
Hola!Update Day 2
PROGRESS: 3/8 books
PAGES: 535
❎2. Halloween Town: Read a book with Halloween-themed colors on the cover (black, orange, green, purple, red, etc.)
Day 2: read 399 pages. Finished one book and am over halfway through Children of Blood and Bone for the strong female lead prompt
Hola!Update Day 3
PROGRESS: 4/8
PAGES: 839
❎3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psychological, etc.)]
I finished one more book, making my total 2 so far lol I am so impressed by the people who have read so many pages. And I admit it. I'm a little jealous too ;) haha
Day 3 and Day 4: I finished two books Children of Blood and Bone and Hush, Hush. I have a few more hours left f Day 4, I won't be able to finish another book but I'm hoping to get started on one of my November books to add a few more pages to my total
Hola!My final update:
PROGRESS: 6/8
PAGES: 1,719
❎4. Trick-or-Treat!: Have someone else choose your book/Read a book that has been recommended to you
❎7. Creature Feature: Read a book featuring non-human characters such as werewolves, vampires, zombies , etc.
Hope you enjoyed your books like me! 👻
I read 3 books. Not as many as I planned but I'll happily take it lol TY for this fun event!
Carmen wrote: "Hola!Update Day 3
PROGRESS: 4/8
PAGES: 839
❎3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body horror, psycholog..."
I am reading [book:Mexican Gothic|53152636] right now. It's interesting but I'm not sure what to make of it. How did you like it?
It's not quite midnight yet, but I won't be getting anymore reading done tonight.Total page count for this event is 622.
Page count for the month is 1200+. I average about 900 pages, most months, so I'm happy with my spook-a-thon numbers. 😊
I had plenty of free time during this readathon while my daughters were away for a cosplay convention, and my husband was busy doing his own thing. I took full advantage of the opportunity and read a mix of novels, two comics, a short story, a children's mystery, and a trio of cozy mysteries, so I was able to finish with 13 titles and 2,631 pages. I thoroughly enjoyed this event, bailey. Thanks for the spooky push!
Tracking
October 28 -- 924 pages | 6 titles
October 29 -- 559 pages | 2 titles
October 30 -- 700 pages | 3 titles
October 31 -- 448 pages | 2 titles
TOTAL: 2,631 pages | 13 titles
And just like that our Spook-a-Thon has come to a close! It looks like we were all able to boost our reading numbers for the end of October and have some fun at the same time! I will be posting a wrap-up thread in a few days and if you participated in the activities for this event, the answers for the horror novel guessing game can be found at the bottom of this post.Thank you all SO MUCH for participating in this event and I hope to see you all in our 2023 readathons next year :)
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D.L. wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Hola!Update Day 3
PROGRESS: 4/8
PAGES: 839
❎3. Tower of Terror: Read a book from a spooky genre [horror, slasher, thriller, mystery, horror subgenres (gothic, splatterpunk, body ho..."
Well, I had some doubts about how to rating this book. At last I gave it 3 stars, but I think 2.5 it would be more accurate.
I started reading it with high expectations, but I never had the right feelings about it. It's readable and entertaining but, for me, it's not the great horror/gothic novel it's supposed to be.
I finished two of my four chosen books for this challenge within the time period. I started reading the third book, but didn’t finish it until today.
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Recitatif (other topics)The Dog Who Barked Fire (other topics)
The Pretenders (other topics)
The Cat Who Went Bump in the Night (other topics)
The Ghost Who Wasn't There (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Yangsze Choo (other topics)Syd Moore (other topics)
Taylor Jenkins Reid (other topics)
Aiden Thomas (other topics)
2022 Spook-a-Thon: Individual Readathon
Duration: October 28 to October 31, 2022
Welcome to the 2022 Spook-a-Thon individual reading challenge! Within this thread, you can track your reading habits for the weekend and talk with other participants about books you’re reading and other readathon related topics. Feel free to reserve yourself a post in this thread and continue updating it whenever you add pages/hours/titles to your readathon log. There is no pressure to post in here but we’d love to get a good conversation going to keep up everyone’s reading momentum!