Challenges

Challenge: Halloween Word Search

Rules:

Books must be read between Oct 1-Oct 31st. One point for every word found. Must included book and page number found. Five words per book. Five points for every 1000 pages read. Books must be 100 pages long. No graphic novels, mangas, or DNFs.

Words:

  1. Spooky
  2. Black
  3. Orange
  4. Witch
  5. Spell
  6. Potion
  7. Wizard
  8. Magic
  9. Ghost
  10. Werewolf
  11. Vampire
  12. Pumpkin
  13. trick or treat
  14. Cat
  15. Broom
  16. Cauldron
  17. Slayer
  18. Monster
  19. Light
  20. Dark
  21. Costume
  22. Halloween
  23. Halloween Party
  24. Night
  25. Fright
  26. Horror
  27. Thriller
  28. Zombie
  29. Frankenstien
  30. Dracula
  31. Invisible Man
  32. Elm
  33. Nightmare
  34. angel
  35. demon
  36. ritual
  37. sacrifice
  38. candy
  39. corn
  40. Hocus Pocus
  41. red
  42. apple
  43. mummy
  44. Casper
  45. spider
  46. tree
  47. leaves
  48. fall
  49. camp
  50. crystal
  51. lake
  52. cider
  53. scarecrow
  54. haunted house
  55. mansion
  56. knight
  57. smoky
  58. fog
  59. cemetery
  60. grave
  61. headstone
  62. hex
  63. necromancer
  64. undead
  65. fangs
  66. claws
  67. bite
  68. scar
  69. scare
  70. blood
  71. cross
  72. jack o lantern
  73. decorations
  74. exorcism
  75. slim
  76. knife
  77. Freddy Kruger
  78. darkness
  79. clue
  80. mask
  81. phantom
  82. tower
  83. fairy
  84. tale
  85. crow
  86. haunt
  87. poltergeist
  88. bat
  89. green
  90. boo
  91. goblin
  92. games
  93. skeleton
  94. scary
  95. coffin
  96. web
  97. straw
  98. broomstick
  99. moon
  100. creepy

Points

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Challenges

Challenge: Halloween Movie Madness

About:

I want to start a challenge for the holidays. The first on of course is Halloween. The challenge is to read a book that incorporates an subcategory to one of ten Halloween themed movies.

Rules:

Only one book to an subcatecory. Books must be longer than 100 pages. No graphic novels or mangas. No rereads. DNFs do not count. If all movie categories completed, may start over. All books must be read from Oct 1- Oct 31

Point system:

1 point for every book read.
5 points if movie category completed
5 points for every 1000 pages
1 point if book has a mostly black or mostly orange color

Movie Categories

Halloween (1978)

  • Has a pumpkin on the cover
  • Has a knife on the cover
  • Brother/sister conflict
  • Climax happens on Halloween night
  • Author’s last name is Carpenter

The Amityville Horror (1979)

  • Has a haunted house
  • Based on a true story
  • Family moves and has a new beginning
  • MC last name starts with L
  • Priest as a character

Get Out (2017)

  • H and h are an Interracial couple
  • MC is a minority
  • MC deals with a suspicious family
  • Author’s last name Washington
  • H and h visit h’s parents

Child’s Play (1988)

  • MC has a kid
  • Doll on the cover
  • A character practices voodoo
  • MC is a single mom
  • Book is one of six in a series

Trick ‘r Treat (2007)

  • Part of an anthology
  • One in five series
  • MC is obsessed with Halloween
  • MC goes trick or treating
  • Cover is mostly orange

Children of the Corn (1984)

  • Corn on the cover
  • Involve a plot were adults die/are killed
  • Involves a cult
  • Based in Nebraska
  • Involves evil children

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

  • Classified as folklore
  • Author’s last name Crane
  • Horses on the cover
  • Based in 1700s New England
  • Town has a secret

A Quiet Place (2018)

  • MC is deaf
  • Dystopia
  • Plot has aliens that come to earth
  • H or h deal with the loss of a child
  • MC is pregnant

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

  • Involves a serial killer
  • Dreams are part of the plot
  • MCs is a group of teenagers
  • h name is Nancy
  • Character’s name is Freddy

The Craft (1996)

  • h is the new girl
  • witches
  • Deals with an obsessive boyfriend
  • MCs are teenage girls
  • MC gets betrayed by friends

Points

Subcategory finished-
Category finished-
Pages read (0)-
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Total-