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October 2024
Team Challenge

You may name your ghostbusting team. Let me know in the check-in thread what you want your ghostbusting team to be known as.

Team
Denise
Ariel
Namita (end of December)
ZZ
CassieCruel (Starts January)

Important Links
Ghost Containment Unit (Check-in)
Ask Bloody Mary (Q&A)

Challenge Rules
👻Books must be a minimum of 140 pgs
👻Rereads are allowed if more than 6 months
👻Audiobooks should be a minimum of 3 hours long
👻Books may be started before the challenge starts if they are completed AFTER the start date
👻Graphic Novels must be a minimum of 200 pgs
👻No poetry or cookbooks will be accepted

Hi Team, looking forward to this! :D

Will see if I can come up with name ideas, but no promises. XD

Hello!! Checking in!

Team name suggestions:

Skeleton Crew
Ghastly Gang
Crypt Keepers
Squad Ghouls
Boo Crew
If You've Got It, Haunt It (I love this one)

I see my meager attempts at creativity aren't even needed!

Like all of these, but If You've Got It, Haunt It is pure gold. :D

Hi everyone

Denise wrote: "I see my meager attempts at creativity aren't even needed!

Like all of these, but If You've Got It, Haunt It is pure gold. :D"

Awesome, I will ask the name to be changed to If You've Got It, Haunt It

I sent Ariel a message so she can check in. Posted our team name.

Library Ghost:

The team is called to the library to investigate a ghost sighting. Wandering through the library, you notice symmetrical book stacking, ectoplasmic residue on card catalog drawers, and bookshelves falling over. Knowing you are getting close, your team continues exploring the library. As you round the corner, you see a female apparition. She is an older woman wearing a purple dress. She is reading a book and obviously thinks you guys are too loud. She shushes you. You attempt to talk to her and she scares your team away. Your team needs a plan to capture her.

Tasks (Reminder: Each of you must choose a different task)
👻Read a book with books stacked on the cover
👻Read a book with a female MC
👻Read a book with a purple cover (min 50 %)
👻Read a book where a character visits or works in a library

I can do 👻Read a book with books stacked on the cover

Pretty much any of them I can make it work.

Sorry for not checking in sooner but I am here and ready to read. <3 I can do any of the tasks listed if someone else has a more specific one they'd like to do.

I should also be able to do any of those, not 100% sure if I have anything for the purple cover one though.

Ariel, do you have a preference? How about you, ZZ?

I can do any of them.

If I have to pick, I would say the female mc or library ones.

I've got a few that fit for both female MC and works in a library, so I'll read one of those. Just let me know which task to claim once you've picked your books. :)

Jus so I am understanding correctly, we must all "choose a different task", right? If that is the case then I'll bite the bullet and claim the purple cover task because I have a book that fits.

Yep, everyone reads for a different task.

Has anyone picked what they are doing?

ZZ wrote: "Has anyone picked what they are doing?"

👻Read a book with books stacked on the cover - I have read for this task.

Completion Post: Library Ghost
Book: Death Overdue
Date Read: Oct 2
Pages: 329
Task: 👻Read a book with books stacked on the cover
How it Fits: Stacks of books on the cover

ZZ wrote: "Has anyone picked what they are doing?"

👻Read a book with a female MC & 👻Read a book where a character visits or works in a library are still available - my book works for both, so pick whichever you prefer. :)

My book works for both too.

Completion Post: Library Ghost

Book: The Library of Shadows
Date Read: 2nd-4th October
Pages: 366
Task: 👻Read a book where a character visits or works in a library
How it fits: Este (MC) works in a library.

Completion Post: Library Ghost
Book: Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly
Date Read: 04 Oct 2024
Pages: 324
Task: 👻Read a book with a female MC
How it Fits: Female MC

Ariel wrote: "If I have to pick, I would say the female mc or library ones."

Ariel, are you still reading your book?

Completion Post: Library Ghost

Book: The Fake Out
Author: Sharon M. Peterson
Date Read: 10/5-7
Pages: 386
Task: Read a book with a purple cover.
How it fits:

Namita wrote: "Ariel wrote: "If I have to pick, I would say the female mc or library ones."

Ariel, are you still reading your book?"

Just posted my completion.

I've checked us in.

Denise wrote: "I've checked us in."

Thank you Denise.

Ariel wrote: "Namita wrote: "Ariel wrote: "If I have to pick, I would say the female mc or library ones."

Ariel, are you still reading your book?"

Just posted my completion."

Thank you Ariel.

Slimer:

The team is called to the hotel to investigate a ghost sighting on the 12th floor. Team member 2 sees it eating. It is a small green, slimy, see-through ghost. You try to catch him but miss and catch the wall on fire. It takes off. Team member 1 sights it in the hallway and is slimed as it runs straight through him/her. The ghost is then found in the ballroom. Your team is making quite a mess of the ballroom as it attempts to capture this ghost. There are small fires all around the room. broken furniture and food is strewn around. Don't forget that you shouldn't cross your streams! That could be very dangerous! Can you capture him or will he get away?

Tasks (Reminder: You must each choose a different task)
👻Read a book with a green cover (min 50%)
👻Read a book with fire on the cover
👻Read a book with a food item in the title
👻Read a book that starts with a letter in BALLROOM

Yay, new tasks!

I can do any of these, so I'll pick from whichever tasks are left by the time I get home from work. :)

I’m already reading a book with a food item in the title but if someone else wants it before I finish I can do any others.

Completion Post - Slimer

Book: Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist
Author: Ali K. Mulford
Date Read: 4th-9th October
Pages: 218
Task: 👻Read a book with a food item in the title
How it fits: Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist


Edit - 11th October (In case the first one didn’t count)

Book: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
Author: Meghan Ciana Doidge
Date Read: 10th-11th October
Pages: 251
Task: 👻Read a book with a food item in the title
How it fits: Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic

I don’t know if that counts as I started reading it a couple of days ago, before the ‘Slimer’ tasks were posted.

I think this was asked in the Q&A thread and Donna said the finishing date is what counts.

I'll go with 👻Read a book that starts with a letter in BALLROOM. :)

I'll take:
👻Read a book with a green cover (min 50%)

Completion Post: Slimer
Book: One Girl in All the World by Kendare Blake
Date Read: 09 Oct 2024
Pages: 352
Task: 👻Read a book that starts with a letter in BALLROOM
How it Fits: Title starts with O

I should have my completion post up by tonight - I'm about halfway through my book.

Completion Post: Slimer

Book: The Good Daughter
Author: Karin Slaughter
Date read: 10/10
Task: Read a book with fire on cover.
Qualification:

I’ll be done with mine tomorrow.

Completion Post: Slimer

Book: A Perfect Obsession
Date Read: Oct 12
Pages: 336
Task: 👻Read a book with a green cover (min 50%)
How it Fits: 50% green as per tin eye

Check-in:

ZZ
Denise
Ariel
Namita

I have checked us in

Subway Ghost:

Walter Peck forcibly shut down your facility's protection grid causing it to explode. This releases all the ghosts you previously caught. The Subway Ghost retreated to the Subway. It emerged at street level on Broadway and Murray st. While wailing and howling, it flailed its arms and mouth tentacles frightening citizens. Can your team capture him?

Tasks
👻Read a book with a character named Walter
👻Read a book that is a frightening tale (your interpretation)
👻Read a book that has all the letters of the word TENTACLES in the title/series
👻Read a book where something explodes in the story

I picked first last time. I’ll have whatever task is leftover this time.

I'd like 👻Read a book that has all the letters of the word TENTACLES in the title/series if that's okay with everyone. :)

I'll take: 👻Read a book with a character named Walter - the book I just started as a character call Walter :)

I'll take a frightening tale so that means the leftover one is something exploding.