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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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Just a couple more days until #HauntedShelf is finished! This is your last chance to finish a book, get those bingos, and check in on the Cluedo game to earn some extra points #GrimReaders

**Report your final points total by Sunday 2nd November**

That is ALL of your points, everything you‘ve got from readathons, games, word searches etc. Take the time to get everything added up then either make a post or comment below.

Thanks for playing!

Bookwormjillk Thank you! 1w
Bookwormjillk Okay, the count is in. I had 2,081 for the second half giving me a total of 3,484. Thanks so much for being our captain! Go Grim Readers! 6d
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CSeydel @Bookwormjillk 🎉 Thanks Jill! Great job! 💀🎃 (edited) 6d
MatchlessMarie 2942 total. Thanks!! 🖤👻 5d
CSeydel @MatchlessMarie Excellent! Thank you! 5d
Skygoddess1 Added another 616 for a total of 1454 for the month. Thank you for hosting @CSeydel 5d
hes7 4,435 total for me! 5d
CSeydel @Skygoddess1 Excellent! Hope had fun 🧡🤎💀 5d
CSeydel @hes7 Great! Thank you! Hope you had fun 💀🖤🎃 5d
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PaperbackPirate
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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👻 Late halfway point check-in!

I have 427 points so far and I‘m having a blast!
Thank you @CSeydel and @PuddleJumper !

#HauntedShelf #GrimReaders

🍂 Photo taken in Flagstaff, Arizona 2 weeks ago

CSeydel Wonderful! 💛💛 2w
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2w
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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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Hey #GrimReaders, it‘s time for the mid-month points check-in! Please tally your points and either post an update on your profile and tag me, or post your points in the comments. How‘s everyone doing? Having a good time?
#HauntedShelf

zezeki I will count my points tomorrow morning, is that okay? 3w
hes7 I‘m at 2,425 currently 3w
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CSeydel @zezeki Anytime is fine! 3w
CSeydel @hes7 very nice! 3w
Bookwormjillk I have 1,403 so far 3w
MatchlessMarie 1550 points so far 3w
peanutnine I'm at 4427 so far 3w
CSeydel @peanutnine Wow, way to go! 3w
Skygoddess1 838 for me 3w
TheDaysGoBy I just have 52 so far. I need to be better about joining readathons because I‘m reading loads and should really get more credit for it 😂 3w
Gissy I will post mine this weekend. I have read a couple of books and made some readathons. Let‘s see how many points I have 😳 2w
CSeydel Thanks @Gissy 2w
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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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PaperbackPirate I‘m working on my points and came up with a question. When it says “per readathon” does that mean 20 points for reading in 2 readathons or 10 points per hour read during a readathon? Also is #HauntedShelf considered a readathon? Thank you in advance! 5d
CSeydel @PaperbackPirate I think it‘s 20 points for 2 readathons? @PuddleJumper is that right? I was not counting Haunted Shelf itself - but I don‘t know why not! 5d
CSeydel Ok yes Haunted Shelf counts, and all the bingo cards, any Buddy reads, bookspin - all of it counts under “number of readathons” 5d
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PuddleJumper @PaperbackPirate We simplified it this year so no multiplying 😅 2 readathons would be an additional 20pts and if you read for 2 hours that would be 30pts extra too. Readathons are anything so Haunted Shelf, bookspinbingo etc 5d
PaperbackPirate Thank you so much @CSeydel and @PuddleJumper ! 🙌🙌 5d
CSeydel Thanks Jo! 5d
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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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#HauntedShelf #GrimReaders

Book Cover Scavenger Hunt!
Find book covers that match the prompts. They can be from your own collection, from a bookstore or library, or from your e-book archive.

They are open to interpretation. For example ‘Orange‘ could mean an orange cover, the word orange, or the fruit orange.

15pts per cover found with a maximum of 465pts to earn. Post throughout October.

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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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#HauntedShelf #GrimReaders Book Chain!
Teams create a chain or list of books where each book has something in common with the book before it, e.g.:
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice – Dracula by Bram Stoker (Has a vampire character) - The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (Published 1897 same year as Dracula) – The Witch King by Martha Wells (Surname is Wells)

Post each book as a new comment to the game post. 10pts per book. Infinite points

CSeydel Starting with The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf Has 'The Witches' in the title. 1mo
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OutsmartYourShelf Published in same year {1975] 1mo
JenReadsAlot Salem in title 1mo
zezeki Book by Jod Picoult 1mo
hes7 about sisters 1mo
JenReadsAlot Same author (and my favorite book this year!) 1mo
hes7 “women” in the title 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf Another book in same series 1mo
hes7 “silver” in the title 1mo
CSeydel Authors name is Dani : 1mo
zezeki Another book with a car crash 1mo
hes7 character plays the cello 1mo
hes7 “mom” in the title 1mo
zezeki Nonfiction book talking about relationship to food 1mo
hes7 “hunger” in the title 1mo
zezeki Games in the title 1mo
hes7 mysterious inheritance + puzzles 1mo
zezeki Book that talks about addiction 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf Same genre (wartime mystery) 1mo
CSeydel MC reads minds 1mo
PuddleJumper Author's name is Ruth 1mo
PaperbackPirate Magic in the title 1mo
PuddleJumper Character called Will 1mo
hes7 authors named jess 1mo
zezeki Book with summer in the title 1mo
PuddleJumper Italian in title 1mo
hes7 involves italy 4w
PuddleJumper Vines in title 4w
JenReadsAlot Same author first name 4w
JenReadsAlot Thief in title 4w
CSeydel Made into a movie starring Matt Damon 4w
CindyMyLifeIsLit Has Bourne in title and written by Robert Ludlum! Also starred Matt Damon 4w
CSeydel Also published in 1986 and later made into a movie 4w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Cassandra Clare (Prince in title) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Cassandra Clare (same author) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Anthony Burgess (Clockwork in title) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by George Orwell (dystopian and banned) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by George Orwell (same author) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Arthur Miller (also an allegory) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (includes witches from Salem Witch Trials) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Anne Rice (because witches!!) 3w
PuddleJumper Anne Rice but make it vampires 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Anne Rice (author and vampires) 3w
CindyMyLifeIsLit by Christopher Buehlman (vampires!) 3w
CSeydel And with that, the game is officially over! Thanks everyone for playing - and don‘t forget to add up your points! 3w
CSeydel ~ ~ T H R E A D C L O S E D ~ ~ 3w
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Amiable
Good Dirt | Charmaine Wilkerson
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Mehso-so

I wanted to like this story of a family and a treasured heirloom‘s place in the family‘s history that stretched across centuries, generations and geography. But the way the story was told was meandering and disjointed, with multiple POVs that sometimes went off tangent or seemed superfluous to the narrative arc.

Suet624 Did I mention already that she was here in Vermont at the Vermont studio Center and did a reading which I was unable to attend due to a dumb Board meeting. 🥴 1mo
Amiable @Suet624 No! That stinks. 🙁 Have you read her first book, “Black Cake”? I have not and am wondering if it‘s any good. 1mo
Suet624 No, I haven‘t read that. The VSC has artists and writers that come for residency programs and it‘s always fun to sit at the town café and try to figure out who will become famous for their work. Or who already is. 1mo
CBee @Amiable I loved Black Cake! 1mo
Amiable @CBee Good to know! 👍🏼 1mo
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PaperbackPirate
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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I have a list of recommendations based on scare factor to satisfy every reader.

🔪 Strange Magic by Syd Moore - I love this series - unlikely sleuths, a witch museum, light romance, & a lot of feminism
🔪🔪 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - unreliable narrator meets psychological thriller
🔪🔪🔪 Misery by Stephen King - psychological thriller with the dial turned up + the gore too
🔪🔪🔪🔪 NOS4A2 by Joe Hill - scariest book I‘ve ever read

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CSeydel
The Grim Reader | Margaret Welch
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Happy Friday, #GrimReaders! We still have a while until the #HauntedShelf starts, but I wanted to share my Team Lead Picks so you can start planning your October reading. Of course I chose books where Death is a character!

You‘ll get 15 bonus points for reading any of these, on top of whatever other points they count for.

ImperfectCJ I love your logo! 2mo
JenReadsAlot Oh I haven't read Christopher Moore in years so might check that one out! 2mo
CSeydel @ImperfectCJ Hey thanks! 2mo
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CSeydel @JenReadsAlot Yay! Yeah, I thought it sounded clever and original. I feel awkward calling these “favorites” since I haven‘t read them yet myself, but I‘m hoping to read them all during the event. 2mo
willaful I'm definitely going to listen to the Moore. 2mo
AllDebooks Just ordered Reaper Man from the library. Can't beat Sir TP. 2mo
Gissy I signed up late so I don‘t know in which group i am but im enjoying all recommendations 😃 2mo
CSeydel @gissy you are with me in #GrimReaders 2mo
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