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Edison (other topics)Under the Water (other topics)
Twice in a Blue Moon (other topics)
The Giver of Stars (other topics)
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1.1 At Dracula's Castle
Read a book whose author's last name initial is in the word VAMPIRE.
1.2 Listopia: Modern Gothic
Read a book listed in the list above. Tell us the page # and location #.
1.3 Candy Corn
Complete on of the following tasks:
a. TOP: Read a book with a predominately YELLOW cover (Show cover).
b. MIDDLE: Read a book with a predominately WHITE cover (Show cover).
c. BOTTOM: Read a book with a predominately ORANGE cover (Show cover).
ex.
1.4 The Power of ONE Word
October's word is HAUNTED/HAUNTING.
Read a book with the word HAUNTED/HAUNTING in the title.
ex. Help for the Haunted or The Haunting of Hill House
1.5 OKTOBERFEST
Read a book that was published in October (any year). List date it was published.
1.6 (Tessa's task) Favorite Author
This month's author is Stephen King
Read a book written by this author.
1.7 (Tessa's Task) SPOOKY Reads
Read a book with main page genre of: HORROR or GOTHIC
Two Point Tasks
2.1 Surprise Me
Read 2 books
Go to link: Surprise Me Task
2.2 Read Through the Alphabet
Read 2 books
1. Letter L
Read a book with a title that starts with the Letter L (exclude A, An, The).
2. Letter M
Read a book with a title that starts with the Letter M (exclude A, An, The).
2.3 (Linda C's Task) Harvest Time
Read 2 Books
1. Read a book that has the bounty of a garden on its cover (show cover)
Ex: cornucopia, apples, fall gourds, squash, etc) or features an autumn scene.
2. Read a book that features a farmer or farming or has a farm/ranch scene on the cover (show cover) or has the word FARM in the text of the book (specify text and page/location number)
2.4 (Tessa's Task) Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Read 2 Books
1. Read a book with something PINK on the cover.
2. Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is in: BREAST CANCER
Three Points Task
3.1 (Linda C's Task) Iconic Halloween Symbols
Read 3 books
1. Ghosts
Read a book featuring a ghost/spirit or has a ghost or graveyard on the cover or has a white cover (60%) - (show cover).
2. Witches
Read a book featuring a witch/witches or has the author's first and last name initials in WITCHES
3. Jack O' Lantern
Read a book with a jack o' lantern on the cover or that has the first letter of every word in the book title in JACK O' LANTERN (must be at least 3 word title – and A, And, The count).
Five Point Task
5.1 Boris Karloff's Movies
Read 5 Books
Three of my favorite Boris Karloff's movies are THE MUMMY (1932) FRANKENSTEIN (1931) & The RAVEN (1963)
Spell-out one of the following words: EGYPT (Imhotep lived in ancient Egypt), ALIVE (from Dr. Frankenstein's famous line "It's Alive") & RAVEN.
For example: spell-out: EGYPT
Edmund Morris's Edison
Giver of Stars (The) by JoJo Moyes
Year Without a Name (A) by Cyrus Grace Dunham
Pen, Paul - Under the Water
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren