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Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Duration: October 1 through October 31, 2019

This month we are visiting Count Dracula's Castle.
Don't forget your necklace of garlic and your crucifix. :s

Spell - out one of the following words you may see going or staying at the castle.


Transylvania
Borgo Pass
Wolves
**(Jonathan) Harker
Count Dracula
Evil Soul
Children of the Night
No Mirrors
Un - Dead
The Brides
Vampires
**(Glowing) Red Eyes
Coffins
Gypsies
Chains
Fangs
** the word in the (*) is optional

Challenge Rules
○ one book per letter
○ books must be 100+ pages
○ use the first letter of the title (exclude ( A, An, or The)
○ or use the first letter of Author's 1st/last name
○ List: book title, author's name, date read, rating is optional

Participants

☆☆Carol - CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT 18/18 (COMPLETED)
☆☆Donna - COUNT DRACULA 12/12 (COMPLETED)
Diana S - VAMPIRES 0/8
☆☆Book Concierge - CHAINS 6/6 (COMPLETED)
Licha-Olivia - FANGS 4/5
Jaret - WOLVES 1/6
☆☆Koren - FANGS 5/5 (COMPLETED)
Marilyn - CHAINS 5/6
☆☆ Olivermagnus - COUNT DRACULA 12/12 (COMPLETED)
JennH - HARKER 5/6

18/18 - Finished 10/28/19

Claire Douglas - Last Seen Alive -10/5/19
Hendricks Greer - An Anonymous Girl- 10/03/19
Irish Thoroughbred- Nora Roberts -10/15/19
Linwood Barclay - Elevator Pitch -10/6/19
Demon of Mansfeld Manor - (The) S.A. Jacobs - 10-1-19
Robb. J.D. - Vendetta in Death -10/02/19
Elizabeth George Speare - The Witch of Blackbird Pond -10/9/19
Nyctophobia - Christopher Fowler - 10/2/19
Oswald, james -Written in Bones -10/25/19
Fenney, Alice - Sometimes I Lie - 10/09/19
Thomas Perry - Poison Flower -10/12/19
Hanna Kent - The Good People -10/15/19
Enemy Women - Paulette Jiles -10/26/19
North, Alex The Whisper Man 10/24/19
Ivey, Evelyn -The Snow Child -10/28/19
Girls Like Us - Christina Alger - 10/23/19
Heyer, Georgette -Friday's Child -10/15/19
Turton, Stuart - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle -10/16/19

Challenge Completed!
October 18
12 out of 12

✔C ~~ The Cabin at the End of the World ~~ by Paul Tremblay ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Oct19
✔O ~~ Oliver, Lauren, author of ~~ Vanishing Girls ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 15Oct19
✔U ~~ The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan ~~ by Jenny Nordberg ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct19
✔N ~~ The Night Tiger ~~ by Yangsze Choo ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 18Oct19
✔T ~~ Today Will Be Different ~~ by Maria Semple ~~ 2 Stars ~~ 03Oct19
✔D ~~ Demian Vitanza, author of ~~ This Life or the Next ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 01Oct19
✔R ~~ Roadwork ~~ by Richard Bachman ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 12Oct19
✔A ~~ The Age of Light ~~ by Whitney Scharer ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 06Oct19
✔C ~~ The Child ~~ by Fiona Barton ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 08Oct19
✔U ~~ Updike, John, author of ~~ Rabbit, Run ~~ 2.5 Stars ~~ 10Oct19
✔L ~~ Lalami, Laila, author of ~~ The Other Americans ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct19
✔A ~~ Antonio Iturbe, author of ~~ The Librarian of Auschwitz: Based on the True Story of Dita Kraus ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18Oct19

Spell-out: VAMPIRES
Books Read: 0/8

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Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Oct19 / Ends: 31Oct19

6 / 6 completed

Chains
C - Carlos Ruiz Zafón / The Prisoner of Heaven ✔ - 14Oct19
H - HYZY, Julie / Grace Among Thieves ✔ - 11Oct19
A - All the Stars in the Heavens ✔ - 06Oct19
I - I'd Kill For That ✔ - 15Oct19
N - Nella Larsen / Passing ✔ - 07Oct19
S - Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery ✔ - 13Oct19

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Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Oct19/Ends: 31Oct19

Fangs: 4/5

F: Rise of the Evening Star Brandon Mull (10/14/19)
A: American Princess Stephanie Marie Thornton
N: Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe Preston Norton (10/31/19)
G: Goldberg, Lee and Janet Evanovich The Job The Job (10/6/19)
S: Goldin, Megan The Escape Room (10/7/19)

(1/6 completed)

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes 2 stars 10/1/2019
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Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Duration: October 1 through October 31, 2019


F-Farmelo, Graham The Strangest Man finished 10/4
A-Aunapu, Greg- Without A Trace finished 10/2
N-Neenah Ellis-If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians finished 10/20
G-Golabek, Mona- The Children Of Willesden Lane finished 10/1
S-Salman Rushdie The Golden House finished 10/12

Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Begins: 01Oct19/Ends: 31Oct19

Chains
5/6 completed

✔C - Cleeves, Ann, author of Blue Lightning--10/6/19
✔H - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood--10/21/19
✔A - American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee
✔I - Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein--10/11/19
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✔S - S. C. Gwynne, author of Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History--10/12/19

Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
October 1 - 31, 2019

Count Dracula

C - Catherine Coulter - The Final Cut - 10/16/19 - 10/16/19
O - Old Bones - Douglas Preston - 10/26/19
U - An Unfamiliar Murder - Jane Isaac - 10/22/19
N - Nadia Hashimi - The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - 10/5/19
T - Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony - Libbie Hawker - 10/7/19
D - The Doomsday Key - James Rollins - 10/17/19
R - Karen Rose - You Belong to Me - 10/10/19
A - Assaulted Caramel - Amanda Flower - 10/29/19
C - Rachel Caine - Sword and Pen - 10/24/19
U - Uncharted - Anna Hackett - 10/3/19
L - The Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager - 10/21/19
A - Adrian McKinty - The Chain - 10/31/19

I wrapped up this challenge today! Thanks for the fun!

Update Message # 6 - Challenge completed!

Donna wrote: "Challenge Completed!
October 18

C ~~ The Cabin at the End of the World, Oct 5, 2019, 4 stars
O ~~ Oliver, Lauren, author of Vanishing Girls
U ~~ [book:The Undergrou..."

Just need for you to update the dates read on some of your letters
Cool and Congrats

Book Concierge wrote: "Update Message # 6 - Challenge completed!"

Congrats BC on completing your challenge! :D

Diana S wrote: "Donna wrote: "Challenge Completed!
October 18

C ~~ The Cabin at the End of the World, Oct 5, 2019, 4 stars
O ~~ Oliver, Lauren, author of Vanishing Girls
U ~~ [book..."

There you go! Updated to correct format.

Challenge complete!

Donna wrote: "Diana S wrote: "Donna wrote: "Challenge Completed!
October 18

C ~~ The Cabin at the End of the World, Oct 5, 2019, 4 stars
O ~~ Oliver, Lauren, author of [book:Vanishing Girls|2246..."

Thanks Donna :D
And Congrats again on completing your challenge!

Koren wrote: "Challenge complete!"

Congrats Koren on completing this month challenge! :D

Ugh, I thought I posted.

Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
Duration: October 1 through October 31, 2019

H - The Wife Between Us by Hendricks, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen 10/16/19
A - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 10/4/19
R - Recursion by Blake Crouch 10/23/19
K - Phantoms by Dean Koontz 10/26/19
E - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 10/30/19
R - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan 10/11/19

Carol wrote: "18/18 - Finished 10/28/19

Claire Douglas - Last Seen Alive -10/5/19
Hendricks Greer - An Anonymous Girl- 10/03/19
Irish Thoroughbred- Nora Roberts -10..."


OMG. Way to go, Carol!

Congrats Carol!!!! for completing your challenge!

Olivermagnus wrote: "Castle of the Carpathian Mountains Spell-out Challenge
October 1 - 31, 2019

Count Dracula

C - Catherine Coulter - The Final Cut - 10/16/19 - 10/16/19
O - [book:Old B..."

Congrats Olivermagnus for completing your challenge!!!!