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October - The Addams Family Challenge!
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This challenge will only take place during the month of October. That means, books will be accepted from October 1st to October 31st. Winners will be announced on November 1st.
If you start a book before October, you will only be able to count the pages that you read in October for this challenge. If the page amount is over 100 pages, you can still count it towards a category.
When signing up, please mention the number of books you plan on reading for the month of October. This number will be easier for me to make teams match up a bit more evenly.
For example,
Alaina - 50 books
Felicia - 10 books
Andy - 15 books
Aly - 50 books
Jennifer - 25 books
**You will not be penalized if you go over or under your number.**
The general challenge rules can be found here.
Page Points
1 - 50 pages → 0.25 pts (will only count for page points)
51 - 99 pages → 0.5 pts (will only count for page points)
100 - 149 pages → 1 pt
150 - 249 pages → 2 pts
250 - 349 pages → 3 pts
350 - 449 pages → 4 pts
450 - 549 pages → 5 pts
550 - 649 pages → 6 pts
650 - 749 pages → 7 pts
750 - 849 pages → 8 pts
850 - 949 pages → 9 pts
950+ pages → 10 pts
Buddy Reads will DOUBLE your points.
BOTM will TRIPLE your points.
If you have any questions about this challenge, please click the link here: Q&A
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Gomez Addams laments the 25-year absence of his brother Fester, who disappeared after the two had a falling out.
1. MC's first/last name starts with G
2. Author's initials in ADDAMS
3. MC is in their twenties
4. Letters F,E,S,T,E,R in the series title (in any order)
5. Tagged 'Gothic'
6. Page count has the numbers 2 and 5 in it (Ex: 235)
7. 'Disappear' in text (pg/% & quote)
8. Features siblings
9. Title is only 3 words
10. Black cover (75%)
**You can get 10 bonus points if you read a book that is tagged gothic AND has a black cover.**
Gomez's lawyer Tully Alford owes money to a loan shark/con artist Abigail Craven, and notices that her adopted son Gordon closely resembles Fester.
11. Read a book from the Lawyer Books List
12. Features an adoption
13. MC is a con artist
14. 'Money' in text (pg/% & quote)
15. Letters G,O,R,D,O,N in title (in any order)
Tully proposes that Gordon pose as Fester to infiltrate the Addams household and find the hidden vault where they keep their vast riches.
16. House on cover
17. MC pretends to be someone else
18. 'Hidden' in text (pg/% & quote)
19. Features a proposal
Tully and his wife Margaret attend a séance at the Addams home led by Grandmama in which the family tries to contact Fester's spirit.
20. MPG Magic
21. 'Spirit' in text (pg/% & quote)
22. Read a book from the Best Books with Witches list
23. Title has an accent letter in it (any edition can be used)
24. Features a grandparent
Gordon arrives, posing as Fester, while Abigail poses as a German psychiatrist named Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss and tells the family that Fester had been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for the past 25 years until she found him in some tuna nets.
25. 'Doctor' in text (pg/% & quote)
26. MC has an accent
27. Tagged 'Mystery'
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Gomez takes him to the family vault to view home movies from their childhood.
28. Read a book from the Books Made into Movies list
29. Features a flashback
30. MPG Family
Gordon learns the reason for the brother's falling-out was due to Gomez being jealous of Fester's success with women. He ended up wooing the conjoined twins Flora and Fauna Amor away from him out of envy.
31. Features twins
32. Title starts with a letter in ENVY
33. 'Jealous' in text (pg/% & quote)
34. MC is a lady's man (your interpretation)
35. Title has the word 'AND' in it
Gomez starts to suspect that Fester is an impostor when he is unable to recall important details about their past.
36. Features a suspicious character (your interpretation)
37. 'Past' in text (pg/% & quote)
38. MC is caught in a lie
Gordon attempts to return to the vault but is unable to get past a booby trap.
39. Letters V,A,U,L,T in series title (in any order)
40. 'Trap' in text (pg/% & quote)
41. Features a failed attempt at something
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Morticia reminds Fester of the importance of family among the Addamses and of their vengeance against those who cross them.
42. MC's first/last name starts with M
43. Read a book from the Vengeance Books list
44. Author's initials in CROSS
Fearing that the family is getting wise to their con, Abigail (under the guise of Dr. Pinder-Schloss) convinces Gomez that his suspicions are due to displacement.
45. Hyphenated title
46. Letters F,E,A,R in title (in any order)
47. Titles starts with a letter in GOMEZ
Gordon grows closer to Wednesday and Pugsley and helps prepare a swordplay sequence for a school play.
48. 'Wednesday' in text (pg/% & quote)
49. Sword on cover
50. Set in school
51. Features a play
52. Author's initials in PUGSLEY
53. Title has a weekday in it (Ex: The Sunday Philosophy Club)
Abigail tries to convince Gordon to skip the play but he decides to go anyway.
54. Letters P,L,A,Y in series title (in any order)
55. 'Skip' in text (pg/% & quote)
56. Read a book from the Book Titles Based on Lines of Poetry or Plays list
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After the play, the Addamses throw a large party with their extended family and friends. While everyone is having fun, Abigail plans to use this distraction to break into the vault.
57. Features a party
58. MC dances
59. 'Reunion' in text (pg/% & quote)
60. Title ends with a letter found in COUSIN
Wednesday overhears this plan and escapes to the family cemetery.
61. Read a book from the Cemetery Books list
62. Title starts with a letter in LIAR
63. Author's initials in ESCAPE
64. MC's first/last name starts with W
Tully learns that Fester is the executor of the Addams estate and Gomez doesn't actually own the property.
65. 'Estate' in text (pg/% & quote)
66. MC gets betrayed
67. Author's initials in HOUSE
68. Title has a name in it (Ex: Christmas at Emelia's)
With the help from Addamses' neighbor, Judge George Womack, Tully procures a restraining order against the family and bans them from the estate.
69. Features a restraining order
70. Title had the word 'BAN' in it
71. Letters F,A,M,I,L,Y in series title (in any order)
72. Features a judge
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While Abigail, Gordon, and Tully try repeatedly and unsuccessfully to get past the booby trap blocking access to the fault, the Addamses are moving into a motel and finding jobs.
73. Set at a motel/hotel
74. MC gets their first job
Morticia tries to be a preschool teacher.
75. MC is a teacher
76. Features a kid
Wednesday and Pugsley sell toxic lemonade.
77. Drink on cover
78. 'Lemonade' in text (pg/% & quote)
Thing becomes a courier.
79. 'Thing' in text (pg/% & quote)
80. Package on cover
Gomez sinks into depression and lethargy.
81. Read a book from the Depression Books list
82. Features a lethargic character (your interpretation)
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Morticia returns to the Addams family home to confront Gordon but ends up being captured and tortured by Abigail and Tully.
83. MC gets captured/kidnapped
84. Features a confrontation
85. MPG Thriller
86. Title ends with a letter found in TULLY
Thing observes the torture and heads off to inform Gomez.
87. Read a book from the Torture Books list
88. Features a rescue
89. Hand on cover
90. 'Observe' in text (pg/% & quote)
Abigail ends up threatening Gomez in order to get him to surrender the family fortune.
91. 'Surrender' in text (pg/% & quote)
92. MC is rich
93. Features a threat
Fed up with his mother's behavior and constant berating, Gordon turns against her.
94. Features revenge
95. 'Mother' in text (pg/% & quote)
96. MC gets berated (your interpretation)
Using a magical book, he unleashes a hurricane into the house.
97. Title has the word STORM in it
98. Letters H,U,R,R,I,C,A,N,E in series title (in any order)
99. Book on cover
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Lightning strikes Gordon on the head. Tully and Abigail get launched out of a window and unsurprisingly end up in open graves that were dug up by Wednesday and Pugsley.
100. 'Grave' in text (pg/% & quote)
101. Window on cover
Seven months later, on Halloween to be exact, Gordon states he was really Fester all along.
102. Page count has 7 in it (Ex: 171)
103. Features a holiday
Fester suffered from amnesia and recovered his memories after the lightning strike. So the tuna nets and Bermuda Triangle was all true.
104. Features a love triangle
105. 'Tuna' in text (pg/% & quote)
106. Lightning on cover
With the family whole again as they play "Wake the Dead"
107. Features a game
108. 'Wake' and 'Dead' in text (pg/% & quote)
Then Morticia informs Gomez that she is pregnant.
109. 'Baby' in text (pg/% & quote)
110. MC gets pregnant
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Participants:
Alice - 6 books
Emma - 35 books
+ Ruthie - 3 books
Melanie - 15 books
Trisha - 5 books
Saige - 10 books
Andy - 35-40 books
Caroline - 4 books
❀ Crystal ✿ - 15 books
Charanya - 5-10 books
Aly - 50 books
Ta || bookishbluehead - 15 books
Cindee - 20 books
Linnea - 6 books
Mariem - 15 books
Batoul - 8-10 books
The Gryffindorable Fox - 10 books
♛Vanessa♛ - 12 books
Charlotte - 10-15 books
April - 15 books
Celia B - 3-4 books
⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ - 10 books
Alaina - 50 books
Tayla - 4 books
Jude: The Epic Reader - 15 books
Aneta - 5 books
Vicki - 20 books
Connie - 10-15 books
Ashlyn - 2-6 books
ikram - 5 books
Kim - 4 books
Rebel - ?? books
BookWorm - 3 books
I'm in! I'll probably read around 6 books.
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LOL just like the Hocus Pocus one last year. Also, added 😄
Alaina wrote: "Andy wrote: "So many parts! Should be fun tho!"LOL just like the Hocus Pocus one last year. Also, added 😄"
i dont even remember last week let alone last year LMAO
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LOL just like the Hocus Pocus one last year. Also, added 😄"
i dont even remember last week let alone last year LMAO"
haha yeah that happens a lot to me too.
I'm in for 5-10 books , please.Thanks :)
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I would like to join. I think I am in for 10
I'm in for 12 books, please. =)
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The Addams Family Challenge
With October being around the corner, and the pumpkin spice is already out, we need fall more than ever.
Now we are all kinds of excited to bring you this beautiful and wicked challenge your way. Especially since The Addams Family is probably my family's most favorite Halloween movie ever!
This challenge is based on the movie and is split into 7 parts. There's a total of 110 tasks that are spread throughout them as well. Only one book will be counted per task, but the parts themselves do not need to be done in order.
For example, if someone reads the following:
Then they just completed a task for Part 1 and Part 3.
Once a team has completed all the tasks for a part they will get 5 bonus points. If a team completes all the tasks for this challenge, then they can start the challenge all over again. They will also get 10 bonus points for completing the whole thing as well.
We are Addamses!