GB: Spooktacular Story Sleuths (continuing)

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I think the weird coincidence is that You want a book for hellhounds!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

and what is wrong with hellhounds? I think hellhounds are fun!

[Preeti]

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I think the weird coincidence is that You want a book for hellhounds!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

The things we do for challenges 😆
But luckily, this is a book I was already curious about and I need it for another challenge with Death as an MC.
by Piers Anthony

[Richard]

Ghost: Vinz Clortho the Keymaster/Zuul the Gatekeeper/Gozer the Destroyer

Book: Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life
Author: Jan Black
Date Read: Nov 3rd
Task: Cover - gate
How it Fits:

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Preeti wrote: "Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I think the weird coincidence is that You want a book for hellhounds!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

The things we do for challenges 😆
But luckily, this is a book I was already curious about ..."

lol. Good job, Preeti!

[Preeti]

Ghost: Vinz Clortho the Keymaster/Zuul the Gatekeeper/Gozer the Destroyer
Task: 👻Read a book with demon/hell hounds
Book/Author: On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality #1) by Piers Anthony
Date Read: Nov 7
How It Fits: The book features plenty of demons and hellhounds.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Hey Anna -- just checking to see which of the remaining 2 you want. :)

[bamaace83]

Oh man! I'm sorry. I can take either of those two with books from this week. This week just has been insane.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Sorry -- I forgot to check back -- I have one for

👻Read a book with someone who tries to destroy something (your interpretation)

If you can do the one for Key

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion
👻Read a book with someone who tries to destroy something (your interpretation)
Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

Read 11/9
The killer tries to destroy the life of a mystery writer by using her stories to murder innocent people.

[bamaace83]

Sheesh! I'm catching up. I also have to find where my key book went....

[bamaace83]

Completion
Task: Read a book with a key on the cover
Book: Between Never and Forever by Shain Rose
Read 11-26-24
How it fits: key on cover

[bamaace83]

I'm so sorry for keeping us behind. This month will be better!

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

The Traveler (Stay Puft Marshmallow Man):



Your team failed to take out Gozer the destructor. The traveler has come. Choose its form. Team members 1,2 & 4 kept their minds blank but team member 3 couldn't. The traveler has taken the form of a hundred-foot Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Remember that sometimes rules are meant to be broken... so cross those streams! Can you take out the marshmallow man?



Tasks

👻Read a book with a white cover (min 50%)

👻Read a book with a character who is a sailor

👻Read a chunky book (min 700 pages)

👻Read a book with a character who travels a lot (can be for fun or work)

[Richard]

I can do the chunky book today.

[Richard]

Ghost: The Traveller

Book: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Author: Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
Date Read: Dec 2nd
Task: Pages - 700+
How it Fits: 1,011 pages

[bamaace83]

I have a white cover book that won't take me as long to finish if that works. Good job on that chunky book!

[Richard]

bamaace83 wrote: "Good job on that chunky book!"

Thanks. Was pretty interesting.

[Preeti]

Patti, that leaves the sailor and the travelling character. I will wait for you to pick and then take whichever is left over as none of my current books work for any of the tasks anyway.

[Preeti]

Donna has left this message:

So I believe one team has gotten to ghost 13 out of 26. The challenge is set to end at the end of December. I allowing teams to continue on as a full team ONLY. You may replace a player, steal from a team that has broken apart, etc to continue on after December. There must be 4 players to continue on at the end of the month. I think some of you have figured out why... teehee.

Do you all want to continue? My vote is Yes.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I'll take travels a lot. I think I probably finished one already for it.

If everyone else wants to keep going, I'll stay. But i feel like this has been a struggle -- at least for me.

I will keep going if all 3 of you want to though.

[Richard]

I'm going to pass on continuing past the end of the Dec. Hope that's okay with people.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Richard wrote: "I'm going to pass on continuing past the end of the Dec. Hope that's okay with people."

Totally fine, Richard!! :)

[bamaace83]

I’ll continue on. The winter is usually easier for me to stay on track with me reading.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Ok -- so we will need one more to continue. I will tell Donna

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "Ok -- so we will need one more to continue. I will tell Donna in the Q & A"

FYI... there are a couple of backups that never got to play. You may consider reaching out to one of them if you have no idea who to ask. They are listed on the signup page.

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Backups
Fallon
Alicja

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Donna -- Lanelle ended up getting back to me anyway and she'd like to join us in January, as Richard is leaving at the end of December. Hope that's ok.

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

You can have anyone you want join you in January.

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

I will mark it down when I get home.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion / The Traveler
👻Read a book with a character who travels a lot (can be for fun or work)
Nantucket White Christmas by Pamela M. Kelley

Read 12/10
Philippe travels a lot for work and has no desire for a serious relationship

[Preeti]

Ghost: The Traveler (Stay Puft Marshmallow Man)
Task: 👻Read a book with a character who is a sailor
Book/Author: Billy Budd: Sea Adventure Novel by Herman Melville
Date Read:
How It Fits: The majority of the characters including the titular MC, Billy Budd, are sailors.

[bamaace83]

Ghost: The Traveler (Stay Puft Marshmallow Man)
Task: Read a book with a white cover
Book/Author: The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan
Date read: 12/6
How It Fits: White cover

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Scoleri Brothers:



The Scoleri Brothers, Nunzio & Tony are a ghostly pair of psychopathic brothers. They are killers who were sentenced in 1948 by Judge Stephen "the Hammer" Wexler for murder and sentenced to death by execution. The execution was performed at Ossining Prison via the electric chair. It's been over 40 years and some negatively charged Psychomagnotheric slime (or mood slime) among some court exhibits has manifested the Scoleri brothers in their ghostly electric chairs. Can you and your team capture them?



Tasks

👻Read a book with a hammer on the cover

👻Read a book with a character who has to go to court or works in a courtroom

👻Read a book with all the letters of JUDGE in the title

👻Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)

[Preeti]

Could I take the "40 in page count" task? My next book has a page count of 400 pages. Thanks.

[Richard]

I can do the Judge one.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I can do hammer on the cover

[bamaace83]

Cool, I think I have a courtroom book lined up.

[Richard]

Ghost: Scoleri Brothers

Book: How Humans Judge Machines
Author: Cesar A. Hidalgo
Date Read: Dec 15th
Task: Title - 'judge'
How it Fits: 'Judge' in title

[Preeti]

Ghost: Scoleri Brothers
Task: 👻Read a book with 40 intact in the page count (example 340 pages)
Book/Author: The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Date Read: Dec 18
How It Fits: 40 in the page count: 400 pages

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Ghost: Scoleri Brothers
👻Read a book with a hammer on the cover
Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey

Read 12/19
The female cover model is holding a hammer

[bamaace83]

I'll have mine done tonight but probably won't get it posted until tomorrow.

[bamaace83]

Ghost: Scoleri Brothers
👻Read a book with a character who has to go to court or works in a courtroom
Book: Legal Affairs by Sawyer Bennett
Read: 12-21-24
How it fits: Multiple lawyers in this book who work in a courtroom

[Donna, Chief Inspector]

Army of Ghosts {Jogger Ghost, City of Albany Ghost Train, Cinema Ghost, Mink Coat Ghost, Washington Square Ghost, Titanic Ghost}





There are several calls across the city and your team is kept busy with these calls. There is a jogger ghost in Central Park, some random floating heads, the City of Albany Ghost train that derailed in the 1920s, a cinema ghost, a mink coat ghost, the Washington Square ghost, and the Titanic ghost. Your mission is to get things under control before the city is overwhelmed by ghosts.



Tasks

👻Read a book with a train on the cover

👻Read a book set in Washington state

👻Read a book with all the letters of TITANIC in the title

👻Read a book where someone goes to a movie

[Richard]

I'm reading a book that works for Titanic, if that's ok?

[Preeti]

I'd like to read for "train on the cover", unless anybody else wants this task.

[bamaace83]

Sure that sounds good to me on both of those. Patti, which one do you want to take?

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Hey Anna. I’ll take set in Washington state if that’s ok with you ;)

[bamaace83]

Sure. I’ll see what I can find.

[Richard]

Ghost: Army of Ghosts
Book: Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism
Author: Pierre Novellie
Date Read: Dec 23rd
Task: Title - all the letters of TITANIC
How it Fits: why CAN'T I jusT enjoy thIngs

[Preeti]