The Book Monsters discussion

Rules
1. All challenges must be completed in the month it is for.
2. This Challenge is just for fun, so make sure you enjoy yourself and all the books you will be reading!
3. All books must be at least 100 pages long to count for any of the tasks, unless otherwise noted in the task.
4. Re-reads count, unless otherwise noted in the task.
5. Audio books and electronic books (unabridged), such as Kindle, all count for this Challenge. Page counts will be according to the Good Reads page count.
6. The member with the most points will win a prize from a stack of giveaway books. If there is a tie in points, it will be defined by most pages read next.

Tasks:
1. Read the monthly read and add to the discussion. (10 points)
2. Read a book in the monthly genre: Science Fiction is September's genre. (5 points)
3. Halloween is comin!. Read a book that is about a creature you are going to dress up as, or a historical figure etc. If you aren't planning on dressing up I'll count the following: ghosts, goblins, ghouls, fairies, werewolves, and vampires. (5 points)
4. Winner's choice task: October's special task is to read a novel featuring a haunted or mystical house.The novel can be YA, Teen or Adult. (5 points)

Extra points:
After you have completed a task, you may complete it again with a different book that fits the same task for 1 point per book read for the task.

Also, if you start or contribute to a discussion under the genre boards for task 2-4, you can claim 5 points.

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Leave any questions below and when you post points please include the task, title, author, and page count. Thanks!

October's special task is to read a novel featuring a haunted or mystical house.The novel can be YA, Teen or Adult. An example would be



Hope you enjoy this challenge!

Would you count the graveyard book as anything? I'm halfway through. I have to finish it by wed for my new book group I'm trying. If i can get motivated to finish it. I think unlike most fans of scifi/fantasy I'm just not much of a gaiman fan. I can't get into this book. And I have many hours of sewing to do to finish my costume and that is way more tempting!! :)

The closest I've come to any of these categories is Wild & Steamy, where one of the stories is about a were-fox. I also read Love Lies Bleeding, where there may have been a ghost haunting the cabin where the main character was staying, but I'm not 100% sure. Sorry. Will try to do better next month.

+10 added to monthly discussion
+5 science fiction book -- "Touch" by Jus Accardo (262 pages)
+5 read about ghosts -- "The Name of the Star" by Maureen Johnson (370 pages)

total = 20

I've just been busy reading some other books higher on my list than my current scifi. I won't do better in November though because it is nanowrimo! Just a warning!

Do true ghost stories count? I read Ghosts of Hershey and Vicinity, it's 160 pages and it is a book about true ghost stories. I also read Ghosthunters And The Totally Moldy Baroness!, it's 140 and it's about a group of ghosthunter trying to rid a haunted castle of a ghost. Would either of these count?

+10 added to monthly discussion
+5 read science fiction (long long sleep)
+1 read science fiction (glow)
+5 read about vampires (jessica rules the dark side)
+1 vampires (evernight)
+1 faeries (faerie ring)
+1 banshee (my soul to take)
+1 witch (spellbound)

:)

Monthly Genre:
+5 Alien In the Family by Gini Koch

Halloween:
+5 Dark Sins and Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven: 288 pages or

+1 Hot As Hades by Alisha Rai: 111 pages (both Greek god/goddess mythology)

+1 Body of Sin by Eve Silver: 384 pages (Underworld god mythology)

+1 Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel: 480 pages (zombie)

+1 Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison: 305 pages (shapeshifter)

+1 Chosen By Fate by Virna DePaul: 302 pages (wraith/spirit)

Forgot page count for Alien In The Family: 457 pages

Lillie wrote: "Monthly Genre:
+5 Alien In the Family by Gini Koch

Halloween:
+5 Dark Sins and Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven: 288 pages or

+1 Hot As Hades by Alisha Rai: 111 pages (both Greek god/goddess myt..."

Great job so far guys! Make sure to add any last reads by the end of Monday! :)

Halloween:
+5 Dead of Night (I'm dressing as a zombie!)
+1 In the Forests of the Night (goblins)
+1 Witch Eyes (witches)

Winner's Choice
+5? Anna Dressed in Blood (Haunted House)

Monthly Genre: Sci-Fi
+5 The Pearl Wars by Nick James

Scoreboard:

Coranne: 25 points
Ashley: 20 points
thekams: 17 points
Lillie: 15 points
Eden: 10 points

Great job! I'll be messaging Coranne soon to find out the task and to send her out a book. :)