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I love this monthโs newsletter!! Very spooky ๐ป
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Thank you! We aim to please and spook! ๐๐ป May your October be filled with thrilling reads and delightful frights! What are you most excited to read this month?
No idea! Iโm a mood reader and Iโve signed up for a few buddy reads but happy to be in October
Ashley wrote: "an irrational fear of masked killers"Sounds like a rational fear to me... ๐คก
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Also, agree with Richard that that seems like a very rational fear LOL
Greetings, Boo-tiful bookworms! As the veil between worlds thins, we've conjured up some spine-tingling updates and hair-raising reads to haunt your October nights!
A quick reminder... Goodreads Notification Necromancy
The spirits at Goodreads have performed some dark magic on their notification system:
๐ป Email notifications have vanished into thin air
๐ป To summon notifications, cast a spell by checking the "Notify me when people comment" box at the bottom of each thread
๐ป For an avalanche of notifications, adjust your profile settings, but beware - you might awaken challenges you never meant to join!
๐ป The "digest" potion remains available in your profile cauldron, with daily, weekly, or opt-out incantations
September Victors
Raise your wands and cast a celebratory spell for our ghostly champions:
๐ Team Ventnor Verse Venturers: These literary sorcerers bewitched their way to victory in the Bookopoly challenge!
๐ Listopia Legends: Our top three necromancers of book lists are...
๐1st: Maple Maestro of Book Lists Sammy (142 points)
๐2nd: Harvest Moon Bibliographer Jenny (90 points)
๐3rd: Pumpkin Spice Page Curator Angie โฏ (48 points)
๐ TBR Busters Extraordinaires: These brave souls exorcised the most tomes from their shelves...
๐1st: Scallywag โกRisa (79 points)
๐2nd: Scurvy Dogs LaurLa and Angie โฏ (74 points)
๐3rd: Landlubber Jenny (63 points)
๐ Water Balloon Wars Awards: Congratulations to the Spectacular Splooshers for their haunting hydro victory! And a ghostly shout-out to Richard, our phantom of the water balloons, who somehow managed to dominate every category. Is he a water wizard or just a very wet target? The mystery remains unsolved! ๐ฆ๐ป
๐ Winning Team: Spectacular Splooshers
๐ Most Hits: Richard
๐ Most Misses: Richard
๐ Most Hits Taken: Richard
Congratulations to all our September victors! May your reading powers continue to grow stronger as we enter the haunted month of October!
(Impossible) Disney Challenge Bewitching Bonus Task for October
Prepare to be hexed! This month's bonus task is all about Hocus Pocus! From October 1st to 31st, 2024, your mission (should you dare to accept it) is to conjure up a book featuring witch sisters. Mount your broomsticks and fly through the pages of a wickedly good tale!
Spine-Chilling Buddy Reads
Gather 'round the cauldron for some terrifyingly good reads this October:
๐ Main Buddy Read: "The Final Girl Support Group" by Grady Hendrix
Warning: May cause nightmares and an irrational fear of masked killers!
๐ Kindle Unlimited/Low Cost Buddy Read: "Hidden Pictures" by Jason Rekulak
Perfect for those who like their scares with a side of affordability!
4th Quarter Series Buddy Read Winner
The spirits have spoken! Our 4th Quarter Buddy Read series is the Cash Blackbear Mysteries by Marcie R. Rendon. Join us as we unravel the mysteries in Book 1: "Murder on the Red River."
October's Cursed Challenges
Duration: October 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024 (When the veil is thinnest)
Dare to join these terrifying trials:
๐ป Birth Flower Individual Challenge (Marigold: The flower of the dead)
๐ป Listopia Madness (Where book lists come alive!)
๐ป Grim Grinning Ghosts (Read if you dare!)
๐ป TBR Busters (Exorcise those unread books from your shelves!)
4th Quarter Challenge: Buzzwords
Prepare to be possessed by our 4th Quarter Challenge: Buzzwords! This supernatural challenge will haunt you from October through December 2024.
October's Reading Rituals
Summon your reading powers for these ghoulish gatherings:
๐ Fall Readathon: Sept 23 - Dec 20, 2024 (A season-long sรฉance with books)
๐ October Readathon: All month long (31 days of literary terror)
๐ Week Long RAT: October 20-26, 2024 (Seven nights of page-turning fright)
๐ Weekend RAT: October 18-20, 2024 (48 hours of bookish bewitchment)
๐ 24 HR RAT: October 12, 2024 (One day to read them all... if you dare!)
Reminders from Beyond the Grave!
๐ป HOB Group News & Upcoming Challenges Thread (The announcement thread is for challenge & member news. Please don't post there. Only mods should be posting there. Keep it clear of chatter, lest you awaken angry spirits!)
๐ป Don't forget about our HowTo folder. It is full of helpful Howto items to guide you around Goodreads. We get asked a lot of questions that are already answered in this tome of knowledge!
๐ป Please note that the Goodreads app doesn't always show everything in the thread. As your mods, we have tried to accommodate this but we can't fix everything. Our members should use a PC whenever they can to avoid being cursed with missing information.
May your October be filled with delightfully spooky stories and things that go bump in the night! Happy haunting, bookworms! ๐ป๐๐
Your spectral mods,
Donna, Namita, Amanda, Ashley, Michelle, Trina, Bobbi & Angie