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Listopia Madness - October 2023
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*1 bonus point if your book is on 2 of the lists in message 1
*1 bonus point if your book is on one of these lists & used in any one of the challenges listed below
*2 bonus points if your book is on one of these lists & used in multiple challenges listed below
*2 bonus points if your book is on 2 lists & used in any of the challenges listed below
*3 bonus points if your books is on 2 lists & used in multiple challenges listed below
*4 bonus points if you buddy read a book on any list with at least 1 other person (Sign up here)
Challenges Accepted for Bonus points
HOB Monster Hunt
Titan Monster Roundup
Spider Web Reading Challenge
The Name Game
Murder She Wrote
Halloween Hall of Fame
IN!📗Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒Couldn't put it down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓Books With Place Names in the Title
Total points: 106
1. Rivers of London 📓#41 & 📒#2700 - 3 points + 1 point for 2 lists
2. The Villa in Italy 📓#360 - 3 points + 1 point for titans
3. FantasticLand 📙#344 - 1 point
4. The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett 📕#5480 - 1 point
5. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 📙#28 & 📕#57 - 3 points & 1 point for 2 lists
6. They're Watching 📒#1247 - 3 points
7. Skyward - 📕#835 - 5 points + 2 points for Monsters and Titans
8. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 📕#1910 - 7 points + 2 points for monsters and titans
9. Coraline 📙#8 &📕#433 - 1 point + 1 point for 2 lists
10. Solaris 📕#73 - 1 point
11. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 📗#30 & 📙#137 - 1 pouint + 1 point for 2 lists
12. Starsight📕#3174 - 3 points
13. How to Sell a Haunted House📙#789 - 3 points + 2 points for Titans and Murder she wrote
14. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 📓#6 &📒#169 - 3 points & 1 point for 2 lists
15. Cytonic 📕#4525 - 3 points
16. A Column of Fire 📒#876 - 10 points + 2 points for monsters and titans
17. Something Wicked This Way Comes 📗#21 & 📙#12 - 1 point + 2 points for 2 lists and Murder she Wrote
18. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 📕#2282 - 5 points + 2 points for Monsters and Murder she Wrote
19. The Wasp Factory 📗#283 & 📒#2206 - 1 point & 1 point for 2 lists
20. Old Man's War 📕#46 - 3 points
21. Make Room! Make Room!📕#2130 - 1 point
22. The Swarm 📕#4838 - 7 points + 2 points for monsters and titans
23. Under Locke📒#568 - 3 points
24. More Than Human 📕#212 - 1 point
25. The October Country 📙#18 - 3 points
26. Kulti 📒#794 - 5 points & 2 points for monsters and titans
27. The Picture of Dorian Grey📙#21 - 1 point
28. Undead and Unwed 📕#3160 - 1 point
Titans: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Monsters: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Murder she wrote: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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October📗 Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘 Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙 Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒 Couldn't put it down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓 Books With Place Names in the Title
Total points: 77
1. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlein 📕#2983 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point (HHOF 10/1 2 points
2. Starman Jones Robert A. Heinlein 📕#2983 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point (HHOF 10/2 2 points
3. Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein 📕#240 - 1 page point - 10/3 1 point
4. Redshirts by John Scalzi 📕#673 - 1 page point - 10/5 1 point
5. Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein 📕#401 - 1 page point - 10/5 1 point
6. The Darwath Trilogy: The Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, and The Armies of Daylight by Barbara Hambly 📕#401 - 10 page points, 1 bonus point ( HHOF)- 10/6 11 points
7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein 📕#689 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point ( HHOF) - 10/7 2 points
8. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 📕#74 - 5 page points, 1 bonus point ( MSW) - 10/11 6 points
9. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey 📕#271 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point ( MSW) - 10/13 2 points
10. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn 📒#1743 Couldn’t Put It Down: Entertaining & Fast Paced - 1 page point - 10/13 1 point
11. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey 📕#8129 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point ( HHOF) - 10/15 2 points
12. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn 📒#1743 Couldn’t Put It Down: Entertaining & Fast Paced - 3 page points - 10/16 3 points
13. Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey 📕#541 3 page points - 10/16 3 points
14. Killashandra by Anne McCaffrey 📕#989 - 3 page points, 1 bonus point ( MSW) - 10/19 4 points
15. Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey 📕#1045 3 page points - 10/20 3 points
16. Timeline by Michael Crichton 📒#1325 & 📕#8143 - 5 page points, 3 bonus points (2 lists, 2 challenges MSW & HHOF) - 10/21 8 points
17. Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch 📒#1201 & 📕#1290 - 3 page points, 3 bonus points (2 lists (3, actually), 2 challenges MSW & HHOF) - 10/23 6 points
18. The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee 📕#1661 - 1 page point, 2 bonus points (2 challenges MSW & HHOF) - 10/27 3 points
19. Bellwether: A Novel by Connie Willis 📕#2080 - 1 page point, 1 bonus point (HHOF 10/28 2 points
20. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness 📗#11 & 📙#74 - 5 page points, 3 bouns points (2 lists, 2 challenges MSW & HHOF) - 10/30 8 points
21. Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn 📒#1704 3 page points, 2 bonus points (MSW & HHOF) - 10/31 5 points
22. My Cameron by M.A. Innes 📘#223 - 1 page point - 10/31 1 point
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Duration: October 1 - 31, 2023
October Listopia Lists | Total Points: 72
📗 Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘 Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙 Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒 Couldn't Put It Down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓 Books With Place Names in the Title
Books Read:
📕 #6888 ~ Spells for Forgetting ~ 10/3 ~ 358 pgs | 3 pts + 2bp
📕 #527 ~ The Waste Lands ~ 10/6 ~ 721 pgs | 7 pts + 2bp
📕 #2799 ~ An Echo in the Bone ~ 10/11 ~ 1186 pgs | 10 pts + 2bp
📕 #15 & 📒 #113 ~ Animal Farm ~ 10/12 ~ 154 pgs | 1 pts + 1bp
📕 #130 & 📒 #415 ~ A Wizard of Earthsea ~ 10/14 ~ 210 pgs | 1 pts + 1bp
📗#30 & 📙#139 ~ The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories ~ 10/14 ~ 178 pgs | 1 pts + 1bp
📕 #4 & 📒 #106 ~ Fahrenheit 451 ~ 10/16 ~ 194 pgs | 1 pts + 1bp
📗#21 & 📙#7 ~ The Haunting of Hill House ~ 10/17 ~ 246 pgs | 1 pts + 1bp
📙#776 ~ How to Sell a Haunted House ~ 10/19 ~ 433 pgs | 3 pts + 1bp
📕 #5311 ~ City of Lies ~ 10/23 ~ 503 pgs | 5 pts + 2bp
📒 #2312 ~ Lover Avenged ~ 10/24 ~ 737 pgs | 7 pts + 2bp
📒 #1212 & 📓#149 ~ Trapper Road ~ 10/26 ~ 428 pgs | 3 pts + 2bp
📕 #1924 ~ Across the Ocean ~ 10/29 ~ 129 pgs | 1 pts
📗#12 & 📙#70 ~ A Discovery of Witches ~ 10/31 ~ 720 pgs | 7 pts + 3bp
Bonus Point details
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I have to say, Donna, that your List picks for October aren't giving me much to work with, lol.I'm going to have to count on the winners' Lists, I think. If I'm one of the winners, this may be the month for me to pick a very, very long List....
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Donna wrote: "LOL, I'm sorry. They can't all be tentacle sex."Alas, so true!
Listopia Madness - October 2023📗Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙Best Books to Read for Halloween!
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📓3
Total Points:
1. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling 10/7 📗 #1
Donna wrote: "That was quick, Sammy. I didn't even have the bonuses figured out before you signed up. LOL"You gave me a whole 14 minutes, lol! Caught it on my last check before bed 😁
Truitt_T wrote: "I have to say, Donna, that your List picks for October aren't giving me much to work with, lol.I'm going to have to count on the winners' Lists, I think. If I'm one of the winners, this may be th..."
Ditto. I have a whopping 2 books on those lists this month. and of course they'll have to fit with both Turf and wheels! 😜😖😂
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You gave me a whole 14 minutes, lol! Caught it on my last check before bed 😁"
14 minutes is not really that much time when you are working with a migraine and a crew like mine who insist on interrupting me every 5 minutes despite me telling them that I have a migraine. I had a teen and my brother (who might as well be a teen) yapping in my ear the whole time. Who can focus with all that racket?
That sounds like my life! lol. Only in my house the biggest culprit is my husband 😂
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Oh on some days it is my husband as well. He gets his fair share in as well.
Men... Who'd have 'em? lol.Typical... I only have a couple of books left to go in the Murder she Wrote challenge 😂
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October Listopia Lists
Total Points: 19
👹Monster Hunt Thread
📗Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒Couldn't Put It Down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓Books With Place Names in the Title
Read
📕#897: Sleeping Giants, 320pgs + 👹 = 4pts
📕#1783 & 📒819: Half-Blood, 406pgs + 👹 = 5pts
📒#1898: It's in His Kiss, 407pgs + 👹 = 4pts
📒#70: My Sister's Keeper, 423pgs = 3pts
📒#1148: On the Way to the Wedding, 496pgs = 3pts
Reading/Planned
I'm in!=====
📗 Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘 Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙 Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒 Couldn't put it down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓 Books With Place Names in the Title
Total points: 19
Read:
1. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward 📙 #216- 3 page points (341 pages), 3 points
2. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - 📗#21 & 📙#7 - 3 page points (304 pages) + 2 bonus points (2 lists & used in "Murder She Wrote" challenge => 5 points
3. Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie - 📙 #84 - 3 page points (336 pages) + 1 bonus point (used in "Murder She Wrote" challenge) => 4 points
4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 📙#105 - 3 page points (320 pages) + 1 bonus point (used in "Murder She Wrote" challenge) => 4 points
5. The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - 📗 #1 - 3 page points (308 pages)
Reading/Planned:
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I'm in :DOctober Listopia Lists
👹https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
📗Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
📘Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
📙Best Books to Read for Halloween!
📕Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
📒Couldn't Put It Down: Entertaining & Fast Paced
📓Books With Place Names in the Title
Total Points: 11
Completed
📕#143 & 📓#149 - Galapagos - 338 pages, read 10/11/2023. (+3 two lists, multiple challenges) = 6 pts
📒#62 - Daisy Jones & The Six - 369 pages, read 10/22/2023. (+2 one list, multiple challenges) = 5 pts
In-Progress
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I feel you Ashley! I was also pretty disappointed The Buried Giant wasn't on the best SFF list, because it really should be, regardless of using it for points or not, lol.
There are books I was certain would be on the SF&F list, but aren't. I guess I'll be adding a few after the month is over.
Yet
is on the list!It was entertaining enough, but there is no universe where this should be on the list and loads of others I've been reading aren't, lol.
Sammy wrote: "Yet is on the list!It was entertaining enough, but there is no universe where this should be on the list and loads of othe..."
All it takes is one person....
Although I suppose it's possible there are some people who really do think these books are the best out there. What can you do?
Educate them? 😂In all seriousness, if it gets people reading, I don't care if it's a great book or not. 😁
Sammy wrote: "Educate them? 😂In all seriousness, if it gets people reading, I don't care if it's a great book or not. 😁"
Truth. And I have to admit that I have some sentimental favorites that aren't going to win any prizes, lol.
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Very much on a roll! I've been struggling this month SO hard.
OK, I feel like a total idiot. I never went back and looked at the revised Bonus Point rules. Sigh.
I'm really enjoying the lists this month (though I'm fairly certain that between wheels and turf and monsters and titans and this I'm going to have a serious split personality thing going on when it's all over!).Question is..? Can I crack the 100 points? Running out of both list books and month! lol.
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(I'll be lucky to break 20! 🤣😆🤣)
You can do it Ashley!I've just started a Halloweeny 3-pointer, so just need to find 3 more points somewhere after that!
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Truitt, you are doing great as well!
I have 1 book that fits....LOLOL!
Going to go through them again and see if I've accidentally read something that fits or if I can fit something in.
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In true over-achiever fashion, I found a 5-pointer. So that should bring me to 102 when done, and will probably be used for monster/titan tasks too if I can make it fit 😁Definitely a good month for list books, lol.
Angie ☯ wrote: "Damn, Sammy!!! You'd better read one more to get 100! That's impressive.Truitt, you are doing great as well!
I have 1 book that fits....LOLOL!
Going to go through them again and see if I've acci..."
You'll probably surprise yourself and find a couple. Or not. the lists are fickle that way 😂
Sammy wrote: "In true over-achiever fashion, I found a 5-pointer. So that should bring me to 102 when done, and will probably be used for monster/titan tasks too if I can make it fit 😁Definitely a good month f..."
I don't know how you're doing it, Sammy!
And thanks, Angie - I was lucky I got to pick one of the lists this month, or I wouldn't have done very well, lol,
Truitt_T wrote: "I don't know how you're doing it, Sammy!"Re-reads for turf and wheels this month, mostly. And occasionally by reading an awful lot of dubious stuff for team challenges too... 😂
Woohoo! 104 points! And with 3 days to spare.That's probably me for this month, lol.
Sammy wrote: "Woohoo! 104 points! And with 3 days to spare.That's probably me for this month, lol."
HA!!!! You overachiever, you - you're at 105!
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Spells for Forgetting: A Novel (other topics)
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Monthly Challenge: October 2023
Welcome to our monthly Listopia Madness challenge. It is a relatively simple challenge. Every month you will get 3 listopia lists from me and 3 from the winners of the previous month. *Please note that if you do not respond in a reasonable amount of time that the 4th place person (and so on) will replace you until we get 3 lists.
How it works
📘You will read as many books as you want from as many of the lists provided as you want.
📘You will score each book using the point system provided below
📘You will keep a running tally of your total in your post (try to keep your books in one comment, if possible for easy tracking)
📘I will contact the 3 highest-scoring readers at the end of the month and they will each choose one listopia list to be included in the next month's challenge.
Challenge rules:
📘No graphic novels, poetry or cookbooks allowed.
📘Standard Rules Apply
Book Points
Listopia Lists
Reads for Spooky Season & Fall Vibes
Best Monster/Bizarre Erotica Book
Best Books to Read for Halloween!
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Provided by September 1st place winner: Truitt
Couldn't put it down: Entertaining & Fast PacedProvided by September 2nd place winner: Angie
Books With Place Names in the TitleProvided by September 3rd place winner: Sammy
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