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Agnieszka and Scooby-Doo Solve a Mystery
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First thank you for coming up and leading the challenge, thank a huge thank you for pairing me up with Scooby Doo - I was so much hoping for that - especially since I'm reading the Target Practice series and enjoying it mostly for Moo a 'dalmatian' great dane as vital character - he's so fun.I'll do the challenge in the episode order, so let's start with What a Night for a Knight :-)
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1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Wow! You are faster than I can think *grins* THANK YOU!My candidates:
Das Memphis-Dossier=The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry ?* 5/? - a historical thriller-mystery by a B-author
Five Spot by Cindy Blackburn ?* 5/? a cozy-mystery by a B-author
The Forgotten by David Baldacci ?* 5/? - a thriller-mystery by a B-author
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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*snort* Not these days. I'm definitely slowing down. I just happened to be sitting at the computer :)
Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Wow! You are faster than I can think *grins* THANK YOU!"*snort* Not these days. I'm definitely slowing down. I just happened to be sitting at the computer :)"
I was still changing my previous message while you posted my first task. That was really great!
I hope you and your dear are all well in this crazy times. I'm so glad it appears the worst is behind us in Germany and Poland and hope it will stay that way.
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All my family are just fine. Thank you. Well, maybe not my oldest daughter. She's having to home-school 4 kids. She's struggling!
Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "I hope you and your dear are all well in this crazy times. I'm so glad it appears the worst is behind us in Germany and Poland and hope it will stay that way."All my family are ..."
WOW homeschooling four kids that's tough. Though it's much more common in the states and from what I read you have much better resources and support for parents homeschooling their children. In German (due to old Nazi laws) it's entirely impossible and so nobody has an idea what and how to do it here.
I'm still not good at timely reporting grrrAuthor: Dana Stabenow
Book: The Singing Of The Dead
Date Read: 5/7
Task: a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page (& a historical book)
How it Fits: This book is a mystery with two mystery plot lines - one of them a historical one
Next Episode Choice: 2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo
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2. A Clue for Scooby Doo
At Rocky Point Beach, the gang encounter the ghost of an old sea diver. A sailor claims it to be the ghost of Captain Cutler, who, according to legend, died at sea many years ago when his boat got wrecked and he is getting his revenge.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set by the sea or ocean
2. a book where the main character spends time on a boat
3. a ghost story
4. a book where someone gets revenge
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostAuthor: Cindy Blackburn
Book: Five Spot
Date Read: 5/14
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPGs: Mystery > Cozy Mystery & Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1 E3. Hassle in the Castle
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5. Decoy for a Dognapper
When Mystery Inc. hear about a series of dognappings, they investigate. But when Scooby is dognapped, mistaken for another dog, the gang track him to a secret hideout in the desert where they face a witch doctor and a ghostly Indian on horseback.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
2. a book that is part of a series
3. a book where a kidnapping occurs
4. a book where a doctor is a significant part of the story
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E5. Decoy for a Dognapper - Oops, I realised only now I got a different episode. So let's try again with Episode 3 *grins*Author: Nana Malone
Book: Cheeky Prince & Cheeky Royal
Date Read: 5/14 (#0.5) & 5/15 (#1)
Task: 2. Read a book that is part of a series
How it Fits: Royals Undercover #0.5 & #1
Next Episode Choice: S1 E3. Hassle in the Castle
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*sigh* It's so frustrating when I make a simple mistake like this.
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3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Completion Post S1 E5. Decoy for a Dognapper - Oops, I realised only now I got a different episode. So let's try again with Episode 3 *grins*"*sigh* It's so frustrating when I m..."
No worries we are no machines so mistakes and errors are (unfortunatelly) part of our lives. You're still doing exceptionally great work in my oppinion!
A question to #1. a book where the main character gets lost.I started a couple of days ago Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World and read just now chapter 14: Dewey's Great Escape where he sneaks out of the library and not beeing used to the outside world he gets lost for three days.
Other than that he's a sheltered library (indoors only) cat. Would that work for you?
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I think everyone would be much happier if they only realized how true that statement is. They might not be so harsh on themselves and others around them. Thank you!
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I started a couple of days ago Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World and read just now chapter 14: Dewe..."
That works just fine.
Lanelle wrote: "I think everyone would be much happier if they only realized how true that statement is. They might not be so harsh on themselves and others around them. Thank you!"You're welcome. BTW it took only ;-) 15 years therapy to get to that point and even now sometimes I forget it and pounce on my errors.
Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "A question to #1. a book where the main character gets lost.
I started a couple of days ago Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World and read just no..."
Great in that case I'm off to continue the book.
Completion Post S1 E3. Hassle in the CastleAuthor: Vicki Myron
Book: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Date Read: 5/18
Task: 1. Read a book where the main character gets lost
How it Fits: Dewey snook out of the library and not beeing used to the outside world got lost for three days.
Next Episode Choice: S1 E4. Mine Your Own Business
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Well, however you got it, I appreciate you sharing your wisdom :)
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4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E4. Mine Your Own BusinessAuthor: Sara Ney & Meghan Quinn
Book: Love Sincerely Yours
Date Read: 5/26
Task: 4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
How it Fits: I take the subway home, getting bumped and bruised by every other New Yorker trying to make the busy commute. (loc. 1776)
Next Episode Choice: S1 E6. What the Hex Going On?
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6. What the Hex Going On?
Mystery Inc. is headed to their friend Sharon Wetherby's estate. When they arrive, Sharon's Uncle Stuart disappears, and when they find him, he says he was beckoned by the voice of the Ghost of Elias Kingston from the Kingston Mansion. The gang find themselves wrapped up in the tangle of the spooky ghoul of Elias Kingston who wants the family treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book about friends
2. a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
3. listen to an audio book
4. a book that you consider to be a treasure
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E6. What the Hex Going On?Copy template:
Author: Rachel Linden
Book: The Enlightenment of Bees
Date Read: 6/15
Task: 2. Read a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
How it Fits: E-title
Next Episode Choice: S1 E7. Never Ape an Ape Man
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7. Never Ape an Ape Man
The gang take jobs as extras on the set of Daphne's uncle, John Maxwell's, movie set of The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain. But, a real apeman has been sabotaging the movie and Mystery Inc. need to catch this ape before he causes the movie to end permanently.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets a job
2. a book that has been made into a movie
3. a book that has been tagged 'Realistic Fiction'
4. a book that is the last of its series
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E7. Never Ape an Ape ManCopy template:
Author: Kim Edwards
Book: Die Tochter des Fotografen=The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Date Read: 6/24
Task: 2. Read a book that has been made into a movie
How it Fits: was made into movie see The Memory Keeper's Daughter (IMDB)
Next Episode Choice: S1 E8. Foul Play in Funland
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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8. Foul Play in Funland
The gang anticipate the opening of a theme park while clam collecting on a nearby beach. But when the theme park's lights come on and the rides start running, when the park is supposed to be closed, they try to find out who is doing it, and find the shenanigans are being caused by a strange man who walks like a torpedo.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book that is the first of a series
2. a book set where the main character goes to a beach
3. a book with an unusual word in the title
4. a book by a male author
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E8. Foul Play in FunlandAuthor: David Baldacci
Book: The Forgotten
Date Read: 6/28
Task: 2. Read a book set where the main character goes to a beach & 4. Read a book by a male author & 5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: a mystery (5) by a male author (4) set near or on a beach in Florida (2) :-D
Next Episode Choice: S1 E9. The Backstage Rage
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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9. The Backstage Rage
The gang investigate an abandoned theater where they face a spooky phantom and his puppets, all connected to a counterfeiting operation!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets left behind
2. a book where the main character goes to a theater
3. a book where a face is the focus of the cover
4. a book whose title has double letters in its title (puppet)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E9. The Backstage RageAuthor: David Baldacci
Book: No Man's Land=No Man's Land
Date Read: 7/23
Task: 1. Read a book where the main character gets left behind & 5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: a mystery (5) & major spoiler (view spoiler)
Next Episode Choice: S1 E10. Bedlam in the Big Top
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown
that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E10. Bedlam in the Big TopAuthor: Jana Deleon
Book: Gator Bait
Date Read: 8/3
Task: fits four of the five tasks :-)
1. Read a book with 'stumble' in its text
3. Read a book that is humorous
4. Read a book that you purchased
5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits:
1. Celia stumbled in, clutching the remains of her handbag. pp 15-16
3. It's very fun & even has MPG: Humor
4. Unfortunatelly apart from book 1 you have always to pay the full price for the books in this series and with 5,99€ they're not cheap but worth the money
5. It's a cozy mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1 E11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
3. a book with a significant character who is nobility
4. a book that is considered a classic
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E11. A Gaggle of Galloping GhostsAuthor: Jana Deleon
Book: Hurricane Force
Date Read: 8/5
Task: 5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: 5. MPG Mystery & Cozy Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1 E12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
While visiting a museum, the gang learn about the legend of Ankha, a 3000-year-old mummy. Legend had it that the mummy will come back alive and turn people to stone if he is removed from his tomb. Shaggy later finds a coin inside his pocket from the exhibit, and when the gang go back to return it, they find the mummy has come to life and turned the professor to stone, and now he wants Shaggy's coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a historical book
2. a book that you purchased
3. a book with a teacher as a character
4. a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
I've noticed my way of preparing a completion post in advance made you think I already read it. Sorry for the confusion - in future I keep those hidden behind spoiler tags until I'm finished with the book. Sorry again.Completion Post S1 E12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
Author: J.D. Robb
Book: Naked in Death
Date Read: 8/6
Task: fits three of the five tasks
2. Read a book that you purchased
4. Read a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits:
2. I bought it 6/10/18 for 2,99€
4. J.D. Robb is Nora Roberts' pen name for this series
5. MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1 E13. Which Witch Is Which?
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E13. Which Witch Is Which?Author: Jana Deleon
Book: Fortune Hunter
Date Read: 8/8
Task: 4. Read a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book & 5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: it's a cozy mystery (MPG mystery & cozy mystery) & Gertie [...] clapped her hands. “We have a crime to investigate.” loc. 172
Next Episode Choice: S1 E14. Spooky Space Kook
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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14. Spooky Space Kook
The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle
2. a book set on a farm
3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
4. a science fiction book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E14. Spooky Space KookAuthor: Jana Deleon
Book: Later Gator
Date Read: 8/10
Task: 1. Read a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle & 5. Read a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: it's a cozy mystery (MPG mystery & cozy mystery) & (view spoiler)
Next Episode Choice: S1 E15. Go Away Ghost Ship
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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I'll be able to post things tomorrow morning before I check out of the hotel and then I'll be two days driving home.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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15. Go Away Ghost Ship
The newspaper reports that local shipping company owner C.L. Magnus's company is going out of business, because the ghost of the pirate Redbeard is haunting the harbor and looting Magnus' ships. After reading the story and consulting Magnus, the gang sets out to see if they can stop the ghost.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with an author whose name starts with 'C' or 'L'
2. a book with a red-haired character in it
3. a book with 'harbor' in the text of the book
4. a book where the MC reads a book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Lanelle wrote: "Hooray! I've finally been able to connect to the internet! I had no idea how dependent I'd become to having the internet available.I'll be able to post things tomorrow morning before I check out ..."
I'm glad you're fine! When I changed the provider and had no internet connection for a couple of weeks I noticed it as well. Luckily we still had a Starbucks in the city so I went there as often as I could.
Completion Post S1 E15. Go Away Ghost Ship
Author: Kathleen Brooks
Book: Bluegrass State of Mind
Date Read: 8/13
Task: fits three of the tasks
2. a book with a red-haired character in it
4. a book where the MC reads a book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: romantic suspense with MPG mystery, red-haired female MC, who studies for ther Kentucky bar examen the Green Book and reads afterwards two books borrowed from Miss Lilly who owns the B&B she's staying at
Next Episode Choice: S1 E16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
Scooby-Doo is named in the will of Colonel Beauregard Sanders, an eccentric millionaire whose life he saved several years earlier. The only way to claim the inheritance is for Scooby, and the other four heirs to stay the night in the Colonel's mansion - which they quickly learn is haunted by two phantom shadows.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC inherits something
2. a book with a wealthy significant character
3. a book with a military person in the story
4. a book with a shadow on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
I hope you had a good trip!Completion Post S1 E16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
Author: Kathleen Brooks
Book: Dead Heat
Date Read: 8/16
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG: Mystery
Next Episode Choice: S1 E17. That's Snow Ghost (last episode of the 1st season)
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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17. That's Snow Ghost
While on a skiing vacation at Wolf's End Lodge, the kids are scared by the ghost of a Yeti, called the Snow Ghost, who is believed to turn anyone he captures into ghosts. In search of clues, the gang eventually meet a Tibetan hermit who thinks he is responsible for summoning the monster.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set during the wintertime
2. a book where a mythical creature is mentioned
3. a book where the MC lives alone
4. a book with a MC that is responsible
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion Post S1 E17. That's Snow GhostAuthor: Kathleen Brooks
Book: Bluegrass Undercover
Date Read: 8/17
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG: Mystery, though it fits also following tasks:
1. a book set during the wintertime - starts in late summer, ends in Winter
3. a book where the MC lives alone - both MCs lived alone for most of the book
4. a book with a MC that is responsible - fits both MCs again
Next Episode Choice: S2 E1. Nowhere to Hyde
page minimum!: 100+ pages
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was an animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was on Saturday mornings and it aired from September 13, 1969, until October 31, 1970.
The show centers on four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in the Mystery Machine, a blue and green van decorated with orange flowers, solving mysteries.
Challenge Begins: May 1, 2020
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Take a look at the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode list.
2. Choose your first mystery and post it into your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:
Author:
Book:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:
Books must be 100 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined the first paper version shown on Goodreads. From the book's page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide.