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Updated: 10/31
🎃Licha-Olivia - AMONTILLADO (11/11) C
🎃🎃 Donna - BLACK CAT (8/8) C and maybe RAVEN (5/5) C
🎃 JennH - ANNABEL LEE (10/10) C
🎃Koren - BLACK CAT (8/8) C
🎃Robin P - BLACK CAT (8/8) C
Book Concierge - BLACK CAT (6/8)
🎃Carol -THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (23/23) C
Cara - RAVEN (3/5)
SouthWestZippy - RAVEN (2/5)
Beverly - PENDULUM (7/8)
🎃 Jonquil - ELEONORA (8/8) C
🎃Diana S - BLACK CAT (8/8) C
Marilyn - RED DEATH (5/8)
The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeDuration: month of October
The Cask of AMONTILLADO
11/11 Letters
A: Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy (audiobook) (10/23/22)
M: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Original Frankenstein (10/31/22)
O: Orwell, George Animal Farm (audiobook) (10/12/22)
N: Ning (mc); A Magic Steeped in Poison Judy I. Lin (10/5/22)
T: Tillman, Don (mc); The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion (10/16/22)
I: In a Jam Kate Canterbary (10/30/22)
L: Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez (10/10/22)
L: Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelley (10/13/22)
A: Angelfall Susan Ee (10/20/22)
D: Dracula Bram Stoker (10/27/22)
O: Orwell, George 1984 (audiobook) (10/29/22)
The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeDuration: month of October --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE
BLACK CAT
✔B ~~ Big Lies in a Small Town ~~ by Diane Chamberlain ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 08Oct22
✔L ~~ The Lioness ~~ by Chris Bohjalian ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Oct22
✔A ~~ American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst ~~ by Jeffrey Toobin ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct22
✔C ~~ Black Cake ~~ by Charmaine Wilkerson ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct22
✔K ~~ Dean Koontz, author of ~~ Intensity ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 01Oct22
✔C ~~ Cleopatra and Frankenstein ~~ by Coco Mellors ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct22
✔A ~~ All Our Wrong Todays ~~ by Elan Mastai ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Oct22
✔T ~~ Tear It Down by ~~ Nick Petrie ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 18Oct22
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R ~~ Michael Robotham author of ~~ Say You're Sorry ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 21Oct22
A ~~ Jonathan Ames, author of ~~ The Wheel of Doll ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 24Oct22
V ~~ The Virgin Suicides by ~~ Jeffrey Eugenides ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 14Oct22
E ~~ Edith Eger, author of ~~ The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 15Oct22
N ~~ The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees by ~~ Matthieu Aikins ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 19Oct22
The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeDuration: month of October
✔A - The Selection by Kiera Cass 10/1/22 - America Singer
✔N - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin 10/4/22
✔N - The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs 10/18/22 - Noor Pradesh
✔A - Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie 10/8/22
✔B - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 10/8/22
✔E - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich 10/2/22
✔L - Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts by Ira Levin 10/2/22
✔L - While My Pretty One Knits by Anne Canadeo 10/10/22 - Lucy Binger
✔E - A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes 10/12/22 - Emma Lee Raines
✔E - Donut Disturb by Ellie Alexander 10/15/22
The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeDuration: month of October
B-Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector finished 10/6
L-Leif Beiley Voyage To Crusoe finished 10/19
A-Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society by Diane Wilson
C-The Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickham finished 10/1
K-Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid
C-Charles Martin When Crickets Cry finished 10/17
A-American Prince: A Memoir by Tony Curtis finished 10/25
T-Tell Edith Goodbye: A True Crime Story of Depravity and Obsession During the Great Depression by Michael Grimm finished 10/22
Finished 10/25B- Rhys Bowen - Crowned and Dangerous - 10/11
L - The Librarian of Crooked Lane - 10/2
A - American Dreamer - 10/15
C - Chloe - main character in The Marigold Chain - 10/25
K - Elle Klass author of As Snow Falls - 10/14
C - Hanna Casey, main character in The Library at the Edge of the World - 10/17
A - Ahmed, main male character in The Siren of Sussex 10/5
T -Angela Thirkell - Growing Up - 10/24
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Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
8 / 8 Completed
Black Cat
B - BYRON, Ellen / Plantation Shudders � � 24Oct22
L - Last Midwife � � 04Nov22
A - ALEXANDER, Bruce/ Murder in Grub Street � � 19Oct22
C - CHEVALIER, Tracy / A Single Thread � - 03Oct22
K - Kevin Kwan / Rich People Problems ✔� 09Oct22
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C - CISNEROS, Sandra / The House on Mango Street � � 02Nov22
A - Alda P. Dobbs / Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna � - 29Oct22
T - The Turtle Warrior � - 26Oct22
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The Macabre and Eerie Challenge - October23/23 - Done 10/28
Travis Rice - Sapphire Spring -10/6
Haunted - Chuck Palaniuk - 10/4
Elle Keaton - Real Hazard - 10/09
Midnight Lock (The)- Jeffrey Deavers - 10/1
Unkinked - M.C. Roth - 10/19
Ripples - Robert Innes - 10/1
Darcy Coates - From Below - 10/2
Elle Keaton - Feinted Love -10/23
Real Risk - Elle Keaton - 10/8
Stronger Than Longing - Katherine McIntyre - 10/2
Irving, John - The World According to Garp - 10/22
N R. Walker - Learning to Feel - 10/07
Tough Luck - Annabeth Albert - 10/14
Hidden in Darkness - Alice Winters - 10/3
Elephant Moon - John Sweeney - 10/24
Real Danger - Elle Keaton - 10/5
Undead and Unemployed - MaryJanice Davidson - 10/24
Empire Falls - Richard Russo - 10/26
Max Walker - Code Blue - 10/2
Ordinary People - Diana Evans -10/20
Robert McComman - Mine -10/09
Galen's Redemption - Parker Wiliams - 10/13
Endings and Beginnings - Parker Williams - 10/28
RAVEN (3/5)R
A Abi Dare The Girl with the Louding Voice 10/14
V Victoria Daisy Goodwin 10/25
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N Nothing Good Can Come from This Kristi Coulter (10/4)
Raven2/5
R-Real Hauntings: America's True Ghost Stories by Hans Holzer 10/27/22
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N-Nowhere for Very Long by Brianna Madia 10/8/22
Pendulum7/8
P Anne Perry, The Face of a Stranger FINISHED 10/7
E Earthcrack by Sharon Canipe FINISHED 10/10
N Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry FINISHED 10/21
D Dean Koontz, The Face FINISHED 10/17
U Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45
L Lisa Bird-Wilson, Probably Ruby FINISHED 10/3
U The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini FINISHED 10/23
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The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeOctober 2022
8/8 DONE
E Every Crooked Path Steven James 10/3
L Last But Not Leashed Eileen Brady 10/6
E Every Deadly Kiss Steven James 10/4
O Old Wounds Vicki Lane 10/8
N Not Now Kate Bold 10/10
O Old Haunts E.J. Copperman 10/3
R Ruby Fever Ilona Andrews 10/5
A Absolutely Truly Heather Vogel Frederick 10/4
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Books Read: 8/8
Black Dog by Stuart Woods (10/10/22) ⭐⭐�
Leslie Meier's Turkey Trot Murder (10/13/22 ⭐⭐�
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (10/11/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods (10/22/22) ⭐⭐�
Kurt Austin in Zero Hour by Clive Cussler (10/27/22) ⭐⭐�
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (10/29/22) 3.5 ⭐⭐�
Adele Myers's The Tobacco Wives (10/20/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐�
To the Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith (10/25/22) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Macabre and Eerie ChallengeBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
5 / 8 Completed
Red Death
�R - Rachel, one of the two main characters in My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier--10/14/22
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�D - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain--10/11/22
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�D - The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen--10/13/22
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�A - Alexis Schaitkin, author of Saint X--10/26/22
�T - Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck--10/10/22
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The Macabre and Eerie Challenge
Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
8 / 8 Completed
Black Cat
B - BYRON, Ellen / Plantation Shudders � � 24Oct22
L - Last Midwife � � 04Nov22
A - ALEXANDER, Bruce/ Murder in Grub Street � � 19Oct22
C - CHEVALIER, Tracy / A Single Thread � - 03Oct22
K - Kevin Kwan / Rich People Problems ✔� 09Oct22
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C - CISNEROS, Sandra / The House on Mango Street � � 02Nov22
A - Alda P. Dobbs / Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna � - 29Oct22
T - The Turtle Warrior � - 26Oct22
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Books mentioned in this topic
The House on Mango Street (other topics)Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna (other topics)
A Single Thread (other topics)
The Turtle Warrior (other topics)
Rich People Problems (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Sandra Cisneros (other topics)Alda P. Dobbs (other topics)
Kevin Kwan (other topics)
Bruce Alexander (other topics)
Tracy Chevalier (other topics)
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Duration: month of October
When I think of the Macabre and Eerie, I think of Edgar Allen Poe.
Spell-out one/more of the ALL-CAPPED Stories below:
The Fall of the House of USHER
The BLACK CAT
The RAVEN
The Cask of AMONTILLADO
The GOLD-BUG
The MASQUE of the RED DEATH
The Murders in the RUE MORGUE
The Pit and the PENDULUM
The Tell-Tale HEART
ANNABEL Lee
ELEONORA
Challenge Rules
� one book per letter
� use 1st letter of the (exclude A, An, The)
� use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/ LAST name
� use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRST/LAST name
For Each Book Read
� LINK to Title
� INDICATE Author
� Give DATE you finished Book
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