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Halloweentown 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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The film opens with Marnie Piper and her mother, Gwen, arguing over why she and her younger siblings Dylan and Sophie cannot go out for Halloween.
1. MC's first/last name starts with M
2. Author's initials in PIPER
3. Letters G, W, E, N in series title (in any order)
4. Title ends with a letter in DYLAN
5. Features siblings
6. Read a book from the Halloween Books List
7. Letters S, O, P, H, I, E in title (in any order)
8. Book is from a trilogy
9. Tagged 'Family'
10. Features an argument
**You can get 10 bonus points if you read a book that is tagged family AND is from the Halloween list.**
Marnie cannot go to a friend's costume party, and her mother offers no clear explanation.
11. Features a party
12. 'Costume' in text (pg/% & quote)
13. Author's first/last name starts with M
14. MC is a mother
Gwen's mother Agatha, or "Aggie" shows up for her annual Halloween visit.
15. MC has a nickname
16. Author published a book a year ago, this year, and plans to publish one next year
17. Features a grandmother
18. Title has at least 3 A's in it
The children are happier to see Aggie than Gwen is, as Aggie openly encourages the children to get more involved in Halloween.
19. MPG Holiday
20. 'Happier' in text (pg/% & quote)
21. MC is encouraged to do something (your interpretation)
Aggie and Gwen are secretly witches, but Gwen is determined to live a normal life as a mortal instead.
22. MC has a secret
23. MPG Witches
24. 'Mortal' in text (pg/% & quote)
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Despite objections from Gwen, Aggie is intent on training Marnie as a witch.
25. Broom on cover
26. MC trains for something
27. MC objects to something
Before heading home, Aggie reads the children a bedtime story called "Halloweentown", about a mystical place where witches, vampires and monsters of all sorts live in peace.
28. MC reads a book
29. Tagged Vampire
30. Features monsters other than a witch and a vampire.
31. 'Peace' in text (pg/% & quote)
32. Series title ends with a letter in MYSTICAL
Sophie points out a drawing of a witch in the book that resembles Marnie; Aggie does nothing to stop Marnie from imagining such a thing.
33. Read a book from the Doppelganger Books list
34. Features someone artistic
35. 'Imagine' in text (pg/% quote)
After putting the children to bed, Gwen and Aggie get into an argument, with Marie, who has sneaked downstairs, eavesdropping.
36. MC has a kid
37. MC eavesdrops on a conversation
38. Features a sneaky character (your interpretation)
39. MC sneaks out
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Gwen is angry that her mother encourages the children to enjoy Halloween, and insists Marnie will be raised as a mortal, like her father was, and not a witch.
40. Features an unhappy character (your interpretation)
41. MC is/was raised by a single parent
42. Features a character who thought they were normal (or a mortal) and then found out they were something else (a witch, vampire, etc.)
Aggie doesn't understand why Gwen wants to live without magic, and wants to train Marnie before she turns 13, as at this point without training, she would lose her powers.
43. Features magic
43. MC has powers
45. Page count has a '1' and a '3' in it (ex: 513, 351, etc.)
Aggie then asks Gwen for help. Citizens of Halloweentown have been disappearing, and while Gwen doesn't take this seriously and says it is possible that the missing have simply moved, Aggie believes that foul play is involved.
46. 'Disappear' in text (pg/% & quote)
47. Features foul play
48. Book is set in at least 2 states
49. Features a character who doesn't take anything seriously (your interpretation)
50. MC asks for help
51. Title starts and ends with a letter in HALLOWEENTOWN
When Aggie leaves to return home, Marnie and Dylan covertly follow her.
52. MC returns home
53. MC is being followed by someone
54. Letters C, O, V, E, R, T in series title (in any order)
55. Author's first/last name starts with D
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They see Aggie getting into a magical bus, and sneak onto it through the back door. When they arrive in Halloweentown, Aggie does not see Marnie and Dylan getting off the bus, and the children lose sight of her
56. Vehicle on cover
57. MC rides a bus
58. 'Magical' in text (pg/% & quote)
At the same time, Marnie and Dylan realize that Sophie has sneaked onto the bus with them. They begin looking for Aggie, and are approached by Kalabar, the mayor of Halloweentown.
59. Features a mayor
60. Features a family reunion
61. 'Sneak' in text (pg/% & quote)
62. Author's initials in KALABAR
63. MC's first name is 6 letters long
He whistles for a cab driven by Benny, a skeleton with a bad sense of humor. The children find their grandmother's mansion, and against her better judgment, Aggie decides not to take them back to their home immediately.
64. MC rides a cab
65. Bones on cover
66. MC lives in a mansion
67. Tagged 'Humor'
68. Features a character with bad judgment (your interpretation)
69. 'Skeleton' in text (pg/% & quote)
She says she will start Marnie's witch training but has to take care of "the bad thing" first.
70. MC has to take care of something (ex: a person, pet, schoolwork, or something else.)
71. 'Bad' and 'Thing' in text (pg/% & quote)
72. Letters M, A, R, N, I, E are in title (in any order)
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She shows her grandchildren what she is talking about: in her cauldron, a vision of a hooded figure appears, laughing maniacally. She says she must activate Merlin's talisman with a spell and potion to defeat the evil creature.
73. Cauldron on cover
74. Features a villain with an evil laugh
75. 'Talisman' in text (pg/% & quote)
76. Author's initials in MERLIN
77. Features a potion
78. MC says/creates a spell
79. Tagged 'Evil'
After trying, and failing, to light the talisman with "instant" potion, Aggie takes the children back to town to shop for the right ingredients. The family is introduced to Luke, a goblin who was made handsome by a "shadow creature".
80. Features a failure
81. MC goes shopping
82. MC's first/last name starts with L
83. Features a goblin
84. Shadow on cover
85. 'Handsome' in text (pg/% & quote)
He makes a clumsy pass at Marnie, which she turns down on the spot. Gwen, who had noticed her children were missing and immediately blamed Aggie, arrives in Halloweentown to retrieve them, much to Marnie's objections.
86. Features a clumsy character (your interpretation)
87. MC goes missing
88. MC is blamed for something
Gwen tells the children to say goodbye to Aggie, then takes them to the bus station, but cannot find another bus back to the mortal world according to a two-headed ticket vendor, whose two heads are constantly arguing with each other, and decides to see if the mayor can do anything to help.
89. Features a goodbye
90. 'Ticket' in text (pg/% & quote)
91. Features banter
She is shocked to see that the mayor is Kalabar, an ex-boyfriend of hers. After Kalabar briefly leaves to handle another problem, Gwen and her children see Aggie walking somewhere with Luke.
92. Features an ex
93. MC has a problem
94. 'Shock' in text (pg/% & quote)
95. Title ends with a letter in KALABAR
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Sensing Aggie might be in trouble, they follow Luke and her to an abandoned movie theater.
96. 'Abandon' in text (pg/% & quote)
97. MC goes to the theater
98. Features a character in trouble (your interpretation)
Aggie meets the hooded demon in the theater, where the missing Halloweentown citizens have been frozen in time. Aggie declines to give the talisman to the demon.
99. Tagged 'Demon'
100. 'Frozen' in text (pg/% & quote)
Gwen and the children enter the theater as Luke rushes out in fear. The demon freezes Gwen and Aggie.
101. MC is afraid of something
102. MC is attacked
The children escape and obtain the necessary ingredients–the hair of a werewolf, the sweat of a ghost, and a vampire's fang–to make the potion that will activate the talisman.
103. Features an escape
104. MPG Supernatural
105. Tagged 'Ghost'
106. Fangs on cover
107. Author's initials in SWEAT
109. Hair on cover
They then realize they must place the talisman in the large jack-o'-lantern in the center of the town to defeat the demon.
110. 'Jack-o-lantern' in text (pg/% & quote)
111. MC defeats someone or something
112. Read a book from the Large Books list
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When they arrive to install it, the demon suddenly appears and reveals himself to be Kalabar, who is bitter that Gwen (whom he used to date when she was a teenager) chose to marry a human instead of him.
113. Features a bitter character (your interpretation)
114. MC is/gets married
He starts talking to the townspeople and tries to persuade them to join him and take over the mortal world. With the help of Luke, Marnie slips past Kalabar long enough to climb up onto the jack-o'-lantern and try to place the talisman inside.
115. Features a distraction
116. Read a book from the Take Over the World Books list
Kalabar, noticing this, casts a spell to freeze her. As she is about to pass out, Marnie drops the talisman inside the jack-o'-lantern, which causes it to illuminate.
117. Lights on cover
118. MC passes out
119. 'Illuminate' in text (pg/% & quote)
This unfreezes her and everyone trapped inside the theater, and severely weakens Kalabar. Kalabar obtains the talisman and says he will use it to become the ruler of both the mortal and magical world.
120. Read a book from the Ruler Books list
121. Features a weak character (your interpretation)
Dylan is revealed to have magic powers and eventually joins Gwen, Aggie, and his sisters in confronting Kalabar and using their combined powers to defeat him. Luke is restored to his goblin appearance.
122. Features a character that comes into power towards the end of the book
123. MC's first/last name starts with D
The film ends with the family getting on the bus and blasting off to the mortal world. Gwen and Aggie decide to train Marnie as a witch and Aggie decides to stay in the mortal world to spend more time with her grandchildren.
124. Read a book from the Save the World Books list
125. Book ends with an HEA
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Participants:
♛Vanessa♛ Fangirl Faction - 15 books
Melanie - 15 books
Aly - 40 books
Alaina - 50 books
Andy Of The Blacks - 4 books
+ Andy - 20-25 books
+ Kira - 30 books
Dawn - 10 books
Christene Paula✨ - 10 books
Aneta - 5 books
Allie - 15 books
Caitlin - 8 books
Trisha - 10 books
Donna - 10 books
Hina - 8 books
Carrie Smith - 8 books
Ashlyn - 6 books
Janeylou - 12 books
❀ Crystal ✿ - PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS - 12+ books
Celia Buell - 4-5 books
DD - 7 books
Cindee - 15 books
⚚♆ Cynthia ♆⚚ - 4 books
Ashley - 12 books
akacya ♡̷̷ˎˊ - 30 books
Ellen-Arwen Tristram - 6 books
Kim - 4 books
Melany - 10 books
Esther - 4 books
Kade - 8 books
Sign me up, please. 15 books. =)
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Please sign me up for 40 books
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Please sign me up for 40 books"
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Sign me up for 10 books
I'll go with 10 since I'll be taking classes and don't know how it will affect my reading yet!
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I can't resist this one - put me down for 10
I'll be busy in October but I can'r resist this challenge so sign me up for 8 books!
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I've been out recovering from carpal tunnel surgery but I'm back. Sign me up for 8 books please
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I’m in for 7 books!
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I'm in for 4 books, thank you! :)
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Halloweentown 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 another Halloween movie challenge. First, we had Hocus Pocus, then we had The Addams Family, and now we are bringing you Halloweentown!
Just like those previous challenges, this will be based off of the movie and will be split into 7 parts. There's a total of 125 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, they will get 10 bonus points. After completing everything, the team can then start the challenge all over again.
Halloween is cool!