October 2024: Grim Grinning Ghosts

[Donna, Curator of Challenge Terrors]

One Month Challenge
October 2024

Remember all those Disney songs that you loved as a kid? Our challenge this month is all about one of those. This month, we are going with the theme song from The Haunted Mansion. You do not have to complete all of these and you may repeat tasks. Open the link below and use the crane to pick a number. Read for the task associated with that number. So grab a spot and start playing!!

Crane
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Grim Grinning Ghosts
(Spoken)
When hinges creak in doorless chambers
And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls
Whenever candle lights flicker where the air is deathly still
That is the time when ghosts are present
Practicing their terror with ghoulish delight

(Sung)
When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake
Spooks come out for a swinging wake
Happy haunts materialize
And begin to vocalize
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize

Now don't close your eyes and don't try to hide
Or a silly spook may sit by your side
Shrouded in a daft disguise
They pretend to terrorize
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize

As the moon climbs high o'er the dead oak tree
Spooks arrive for the midnight spree
Creepy creeps with eerie eyes
Start to shriek and harmonize
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize

When you hear the knell of a requiem bell
Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell
Restless bones etherialize
Rise as spooks of every size
Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize
Mwahahahahahahahaha!
(repeat three times)

If you would like to join our jamboree
There's a simple rule that's compulsory
Mortals pay a token fee
Rest in peace, the haunting's free
So hurry back, we would like your company

Hurry back...hurry back...
Be sure to bring your death certificate
If you decide to join us
Make final arrangements now
We've been...dying...to have you


If you would like to hear the song, click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTNt6...


Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

[Jenny]

Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

Spin-18 The Terraformers 2 Oct
Spin-1 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 6 Oct
Spin-5 Perdido Street Station 7 Oct
Spin 15- Calculating God 8 Oct
Spin 10- Nothing But Blackened Teeth 14 Oct
Spin 16- City of Golden Shadow 16 Oct
Spin 15- Fourth Wing 22 Oct
Spin-5 House of Gold 20 Oct
Spin-1 An Unkindness of Ghosts 26 Oct
Spin 6- The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water 26 Oct

[Angie ☯]

[Richard]

HOB - October 2024: Grim Grinning Ghosts

✅ Total: 20/20

1. Title - all the letters of HINGES
7/10 - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Chris Hadfield - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

2. Cover - candle
3/10 - 77 Outrageously Effective Anti-Aging Tips & Secrets, Amy Waldow - ⭐️⭐️


3. Char - a ghost
5/10 - Spooky New England: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore, S.E. Schlosser - ⭐️
"the ghost of the duke occasionally glides through the walls" p.12

4. Cover - tombstone
16/10 - Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side, Julia Shaw - ⭐️⭐️⭐️


5. Text - 'Quake'
1/10 - The Science of The Big Bang Theory: What America's Favorite Sitcom Can Teach You about Physics, Flags, and the Idiosyncrasies of Scientists, Mark Brake - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a stellar quake of the sun’s core" p.67

6. Title - double letters
1/10 - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, Sam Kean - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
spOOn

7. Title - 'Haunts'
20/10 - Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe, J.W. Ocker - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

8. Cover - someone grinning
6/10 - Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis, Violet Ramis Stiel - ⭐️⭐️⭐️


9. Tagged - 'Ghosts'
19/10 - A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural, D.K. Publishing - ⭐️⭐️

10. Char - in disguise
3/10 - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Dorothy’s lover would arrange to meet her in the nearby woods for secret trysts, disguised as a forester so that he wouldn’t attract attention." p.93

11. Cover - moon
15/10 - End the Insomnia Struggle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep, Colleen Ehrnstrom - ⭐️⭐️


12. Text - 'Midnight'
1/10 - Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, Michael Paul Mason - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Doug went to bed around midnight" p.102

13. A book that you think is creepy
2/10 - A Dark Night in Aurora: Inside James Holmes and the Colorado Mass Shootings, William H. Reid - ⭐️⭐️

14. A book that you got for free
2/10 - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures, Malcolm Gladwell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Library

15. Plot - a death
2/10 - Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century, Charles Shaar Murray - ⭐️⭐️
"his old friend and former pianist Vernon ‘Boogie Woogie Red’ Harrison died of kidney failure, at the age of 66." p.198

16. Title - all the letters of DYING
15/10 - UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology, Gale - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
uxl eNcyclopedIa of worlD mytholoGY

17. Cover - bones
4/10 - Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World, Edward Dolnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️


18. Cover - tree
3/10 - Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion, Michael Taylor - ⭐️⭐️⭐️


19. Plot - celebration
2/10 - Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, Rachel Dratch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"My first event there was the twenty-fifth anniversary show" p.43

20. Cover - crypt or grave
14/10 - Travels of Terror: Strange and Spooky Spots Across America, Kelly Florence - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[CassieCruel]

Tasks

1/20


1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover - - finished 2/10
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

First pick: 11
Second pick: 2

[Sammy]

In!

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Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover


Finished books:

6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS - Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir - gEEk
13. Read a book that you think is creepy - The Last House on Needless Street
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover - The Haunting of Hill House
15. Read a book where a death occurs - Swan Song
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text - Follow You Home
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title

[valeria]

Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover
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12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
Happy Death Day 19/10 4* ch37. I have a midnight call with a Saudi prince. You wanted me to attract the killer’s attention,

2. Read a book with a candle on the cover

[Caraina]

October 2024: Grim Grinning Ghosts
Duration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024

Completed: 14/20

Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake 10/28/24
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris 10/30/24
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross 10/6/24 (pg. 107 - …felt the ground quake beneath his boots.)
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS Murder in a Dark Gloom: A Parker Photography Cozy Mystery - Suzanne Bolden 10/2/24
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover For the Love of Pumpkins: Small Town Holiday Romances - Joi Copeland 10/24/24
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 10/8/24
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation) Of Beast and Beauty - Chanda Hahn 10/21/24
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover Bride - Ali Hazelwood 10/31/24
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text Hello Stranger - Katherine Center 10/18/24 (pg. 193 – Had she shown up at his door at midnight in a bustier and garters?)
13. Read a book that you think is creepy The Woman in Black - Susan Hill 10/27/24
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count) When You Find Me - P.J. Vernon 10/20/24
15. Read a book where a death occurs First Fate - Kendall Talbot 10/2/24
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage - Jennifer Ashley 10/23/24
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover October Joy - Melanie Wilber 10/13/24
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), Bibliotherapist]

Grim Grinning Ghosts
October 1-30

Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover
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Pick 1: 15. Read a book where a death occurs

[LaurLa]

Grim Grinning Ghosts
October 2024

My Grim Grinning Ghosts Challenge (msg 10)

Spinner
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Books read🚦14


Spin #1🚦5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
🚥she felt herself quake beneath his touch. [loc 115.7]
🚥One Dakota Night🚦10.02 ★★★


Spin #2🚦14. Read a book that you got for free
🚥free from amazon
🚥Hell On Heels🚦10.09 ★★★


Spin #3🚦19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
🚥Rebecca and friends celebrate her first track meet win
🚥Play🚦10.10 ★★★★


Spin #4🚦18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
🚥trees on cover
🚥Cold Shadows🚦10.13 ★★★


Spin #5🚦5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
🚥even if it had earthquake proportions. [loc 413.9]
🚥Come Home to Me🚦10.14 ★★★★


Spin #6🚦9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
🚥tagged 2 times
🚥Rock-a-Bye Bones🚦10.16 ★★★★


Spin #7🚦12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
🚥in fact did some midnight bottles [loc 383.4]
🚥The Overdue Life of Amy Byler🚦10.17 ★★★★


Spin #8🚦16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
🚥all letters of DYING in title
🚥In Love by Design🚦10.17 ★★★★


Spin #9🚦6. Read a book with double letters in the title
🚥double F
🚥The Graham Effect🚦10.20 ★★★★


Spin #10🚦15. Read a book where a death occurs
🚥Katie/Isabelle's kidnappers are killed
🚥Luther's Return🚦10.22 ★★★


Spin #11🚦3. Read a book with a ghost character
🚥Jane's aunt Jettie is a ghost along with Mr. Wainwright
🚥Nice Girls Don't Live Forever🚦10.23 ★★★★


Spin #12🚦17. Read a book with bones on the cover
🚥skull on cover
🚥Apprentice to the Villain🚦10.28 ★★★★


Spin #13🚦10. Read a book where someone is in disguise
🚥Madison disguises her self with a mud face mask
🚥Kill the Crazy🚦10.30 ★★★


Spin #14🚦8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
🚥cover model is grinning
🚥Twice Tempted🚦10.31 ★★★

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Grinning Ghosts
Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
The Bartered Brides
Completed 10/12/24
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title
like the word SPOOKS
A Caribbean Mystery
7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
The Case of the Spellbound Child
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)
11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
The Jane Austen Book Club completed 10/4/24
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration
of some sort in the story
Eleven on Top completed 10/2/24
Wedding in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

[🌻 📚 Nichole 📚 🌻]

Tasks
1. Read a book with all the letters of HINGES in the title
2. Read a book with a candle on the cover
3. Read a book with a ghost character
4. Read a book with a tombstone on the cover
5. Read a book with the word QUAKE in the text
6. Read a book with double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS

7. Read a book with the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. Read a book with someone grinning on the cover
9. Read a book tagged GHOSTS
10. Read a book where someone is in disguise (your interpretation)

11. Read a book with a moon on the cover
12. Read a book with the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. Read a book that you think is creepy
14. Read a book that you got for free (library books count)
15. Read a book where a death occurs
16. Read a book with all the letters of DYING in the title
17. Read a book with bones on the cover
18. Read a book with a tree on the cover
19. Read a book with a jamboree or a celebration of some sort in the story
20. Read a book with a crypt or grave on the cover

[Jonquil]

Grim Grinning Ghosts
October 2024

1. HINGES in the title Death at the Sign of the Rook Kate Atkinson 10/4
2. a candle on cover
3. ghost character Ghost Gone Wild Carolyn G. Hart 10/9
4. a tombstone on cover
5. the word QUAKE in the text
6. double letters in the title like the word SPOOKS Spoon to be Dead Dana Mentink 10/6
7. the word HAUNTS in the title or series
8. someone grinning on cover
9. tagged GHOSTS
10. where someone is in disguise MC Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island Susan M. Boyer 10/17
11. moon on cover
12. the word MIDNIGHT in the text
13. you think is creepy Resisting Her Rebel Hero Lucy Ryder 10/22
14. you got for free One Hell of a Cruise Michelle Ann Hollstein 10/20
15. where a death occurs Olive You to Death Lynn Cahoon 10/1
16. letters of DYING in title An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good Helene Tursten 10/1
17. bones on cover
18. a tree on cover
19. a jamboree or a celebration of some sort - meal on opening night of community theater Shakespeare Festival Sticks and Scones Ellie Alexander 10/5
20. crypt or grave on cover

[LaurLa]

Finished with 14 this month!
Updated post: My Grim Grinning Ghosts Challenge (msg 10)