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message 1: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (last edited Sep 06, 2023 11:49AM) (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
🕸️Welcome to your Web!🕸️
Duration: September 1st to October 31st, 2023

You've been caught in the HOB Spider's Web! Work your way out by completing tasks! But, BEWARE! There will be "sticky", unknown traps to deal with! Bonus Tasks are hidden throughout the web, and if you're caught, you'll need to complete the task before continuing on - SOMETIMES THIS INCLUDES ANY OTHER HOB CHALLENGES YOU MAY BE PARTICIPATING IN!

📌VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT! Make sure that you have notifications turned on, so that you don't miss updates, bonus task notices, etc!! If you don't know how to do this, here is a HOW-TO!

Challenge Rules:
Standard Challenge Rules apply, plus...
🕸️Rereads DO count for this challenge BUT must have been read more than a year ago.
🕸️One book per prompt/task.
🕸️Follow your own time zone. If you finish the book between the challenge dates in your time zone, it counts.
🕸️ Please NOTE! This Challenge uses Google Sheets for tracking. - PLEASE KEEP THIS AS UP-TO-DATE AS POSSIBLE FOR SCORES TO POPULATE CORRECTLY! Of course, it's not necessary to update constantly but try to update as often as your schedule reasonably allows. Scores will be announced weekly on Sunday, so at minimum, ensure you update each week by Saturday evening!

Task Rules:
You must be able to justify how your book fits the prompt. Creativity is encouraged, but please hold to the task/prompt.
🕷️Cover Color must be more than 50% (https://labs.tineye.com/color/)
🕷️List page number, percentage, or chapter for word in text
🕷️Cover Items should be shown or mentioned in your post (ie cover image)
🕷️Short explanation for other tasks for proof of task completion
When you complete a book, please post a completion post here with your justification. Something simple is fine.

The Challenge Scoresheet can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

YOUR personal spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
It is important that you DO NOT ADD page counts to your spreadsheet until you have completed the book. If you add it before, it will show points you have not yet earned on the scoresheet. I will be checking this weekly, and removing them when needed.


message 2: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
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message 3: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 03, 2023 11:41AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments ✨✨✨

September TBR


Completion Post

Monster :
Task :
Book:
Pages :
Date Read :
How it fits :

Review :

Total Bonus Points:


message 4: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 25, 2023 11:40PM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post
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message 5: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 01, 2023 06:39AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Werewolves #5
Task : with a character that is an ALPHA (your interpretation)
Book: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Pages : 363 +3
Date Read : September-1-2023
How it fits : Elizabeth (view spoiler)

Review : 4.5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 3


message 6: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 01, 2023 06:40AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Ghost #1
Task : with an MC that can see/hear/talk to GHOSTS
Book: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Pages : 255 +1
Date Read : September-1-2023
How it fits : mc/all characters can see the ghosts of the girl sitting in one of the chair in the cafe

Review : 5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 4


message 7: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 01, 2023 06:40AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Mummies #4
Task : with a vital organ metioned in the text (heart, brain, etc)
Book: Breaking Silence by Linda Castillo
Pages : 302 +3
Date Read : September-1-2023
How it fits : 7% "I see faith on their young faces, and my heart breaks, because I know faith often goes unrewarded.“

Review : 4.5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 7


message 8: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your books are...



christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Ghost #5
Task : includes a seance
Book: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Pages : 468 +3
Date Read : September-2-2023
How it fits : includes a seance 74% "She wondered if this was what it felt like for her mother and her aunts and her mother’s friends when they were doing a séance or a reading."

Review : 4⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 10


message 10: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your book is...


PS, I edited your spreadsheet to reflect the correct bonus points. You get 1 point per additional challenge you use the book in (this will populate automatically when you select the challenge) and you get 5 bonus points when you complete a section (like all the spider tasks). For some reason, your M column was adding additional bonus points.



christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Ashley wrote: "Congratulations! Your book is...


PS, I edited your spreadsheet to reflect the correct bonus points. You get 1 point per additional challenge you use the book in (this will populate automatically ..."


Okay thanks, I was confused about that.


christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Jack-o-lantern #5
Task : with a title that begins with O
Book: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Pages : 352 +3
Date Read : September-3-2023
How it fits : title starts with "O"

Review : 5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 13


message 13: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your book is...



christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Demons #4
Task : hell in text
Book: The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda
Pages : 339 +3
Date Read : September-4-2023
How it fits : 23% “Hell if I know. But whatever it is, it’s enough to get someone interested in a horrible accident from a decade ago.”

Review : 4⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 16


message 15: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your book is...



message 16: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod


In order to get out, you must complete the following task! You may not complete ANY OTHER TASKS in your challenge until this task is completed!

Read a book with a Red Cover


message 17: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 08, 2023 06:40AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Caught in a trap
Task : Read a book with a Red Cover
Book: The Girl in the Steel Corset
Pages : 473 pages
Date Read : 9/8
How it fits : red cover
The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1) by Kady Cross

Review : 3.5 ⭐

Total Bonus Points: 19


message 18: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 10, 2023 03:54AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Withches
Task : cat on the book
Book: Murder at the Mansion by Alison Golden
Pages : 226
Date Read : 9/8
How it fits : cat on cover and cat on the book

Review : 3.5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 20


message 19: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 10, 2023 03:55AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Spider
Task : silk in text
Book: Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
Pages : 434
Date Read : 9/9
How it fits : 25% "An extraordinary green silk jacket that feels like a nectarine and makes me think of a specific oak tree at the bottom of the garden where I grew up."

Review : 4.5⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 23


message 20: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your books are...



message 21: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 11, 2023 06:54AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Ghost #4
Task : Ghost in title
Book: The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Pages : 416
Date Read : 9/10
How it fits : THe GOlden enclaveS

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 26


message 22: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your book is...



christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Demons #3
Task : with 3-6's in the page count & publication date
Book: Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Pages : 336
Date Read : 9/12
How it fits : 336 pages

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 29


christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Demons #2
Task : demon in title
Book: Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
Pages : 258
Date Read : 9/14
How it fits : last call: a true story of love, lust, and MurDEr in queer New yOrk

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 30


message 25: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Sep 16, 2023 10:59PM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Mummy #5
Task : need to be bandaged characters
Book: Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Pages : 416
Date Read : 9/14
How it fits : Jacqueline needs to be bandaged as she was shot

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 33


christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Completion Post

Monster : Spider #2
Task : with an 8 in the page count
Book: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Pages : 448
Date Read : 9/15
How it fits : 448 pages

Review : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Total Bonus Points: 36


message 27: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Congratulations! Your books are...



message 28: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (last edited Oct 03, 2023 02:08PM) (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod


In order to get out, you must complete the following task! You may not complete ANY OTHER TASKS in both your Titan Round Up challenge and your Spider Web Challenge until this task is completed! However, if you are clever and can figure out how to use your book for both this task and your current Titan Round Up challenge task, that's allowed.

First letter of the title is "Z"


christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 565 comments Task:First letter of the title is "Z"
Book: Zoo by James Patterson
Pages: 395
Fits: stqrts with Z


message 30: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (last edited Oct 06, 2023 06:25AM) (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Hi Christene! Did you read the book or are you just listing your plans? You didn't add it to your SS!


message 31: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod


Ahhh! The infamous October Friday the 13th!
What a great reason for a BONUS TASK! Complete this task within 5 days and receive page points, your regular bonus points for using the book in additional challenges PLUS ... wait for it... 13 bonus points! You don't want to miss out on this one!

"Read a book with the word "Superstitious" or "Superstition" in the text or the title."

Note: If you're working on a Trap Task, you may complete this task before or after your trap task!


message 32: by Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger (new)

Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5622 comments Mod
Wheel Spin BONUS Task!
You have until the end of the challenge to complete this bonus task. You are free to complete this task while completing your main tasks!




When Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things, dies, he leaves his house, fortune, and his prized collection of ghosts.

Read a book where someone dies and leaves behind a will (major or minor character accepted).
Worth Page Points PLUS 6 Bonus Points


A space has been added to your spreadsheet!


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