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October - December 2024

This is a simple challenge. You read books centered around a Buzzword. You earn points based on the point system below. Who will win the first ever Buzzword badges?

Buzzword
Haunting

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points


For example (if WINTER is our Buzzword):

Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon = 1 point for title
OR
Fire in the Blood by Dale Ibitz = 1 point for author last name
OR
Winter Swans by Danica Winters (Series: Nymph) = 1 point for title, 1 points for author, 1 point for series, 2 points for winter in title = 5 points



To sign up simply start yourself a post to track what you've read during the challenge.

Here is a template for your post:

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Points:
Books read:

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Challenge Rules posted 1/21/24 because I forgot to post them
📘Standard Rules Apply
📘You may use or drop articles A, An or The
📘Any books posted (anything posted 1/21 or before) prior to my posting of these rules are exempt so don't worry if those books don't fit these rules.

Buzzword Badges

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HAUNTING

Running total 118

1-Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments 1
2-An Unkindness of Ghosts 1
3-The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water 1
4-The Naturalist Society 1
5-All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault 2
6-Light from Uncommon Stars 1
7-Can You Forgive Her? 1
8-House of Gold 1
9-Translation State 2
10-The Eight 2
11-The Woman in White 1
12-The Road Trip 1
13-City of Golden Shadow 1
14-To Reign in Hell 1
15-Quicksilver 1
16-The Unraveling 1
17-Nothing But Blackened Teeth 1
18-Magic Bites 1
19-Trust Your Eyes 1
20-Boy, Snow, Bird 1
21-Catfishing on CatNet 1
22-The Impossible Fortress 1
23-The Ministry of Time 1
24-Hope for the Best 2
25-The Toast of Time 2
26-The Terraformers 2
27-The Blighted Stars 1
28-Akata Witch 2
29-A Quantum Love Story 1
30-A Head Full of Ghosts 2
31-Heretical Fishing: A Cozy Guide to Annoying the Cults, Outsmarting the Fish, and Alienating Oneself 2
32-The Sorrows of Young Werther 2
33-Iron Flame 1
34-Summerlost 1
35-We'll Prescribe You a Cat 1
36-The Blue, Beautiful World 1
37-The Wrong Unit 1
38-Digging In 1
39-Avery 1
40-The Man Who Sold the Moon 2
41-New Boy 2
42-The Wisterious Witch: A Cozy Mystery 2
43-The Spooky Course: A Sugarbury Falls Mystery 1
44-Too Spooked for Witch: Vampire and Halloween Panic 1
45-The Scent Keeper 1
46-A Trail Through Time 2
47-The Stars My Destination 2
48-No Time Like the Past 2
49-The Spellshop 1
50-What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 1
51-Anna Karenina 2
52-Two-Step Devil 1
53-Lies, Damned Lies, and History 1
54-And the Rest Is History 2
55-The Big Time 1
56-Ivanhoe 1
57-The Endless Vessel 1
58-Tomes Apprentice 1
59-The Time Pedaler 1
60-The Daedalus Rift: A Time Travel Adventure 2
61-The Man Who Folded Himself 1
62-The Thing in the Snow 2
63-Children of Time 1
64-The Mysterious Affair at Styles 2
65-The Hexologists 1
66-The Illustrated Man 1
67-Home 2
68-A Brief History of Seven Killings 1
69-The Christmas Cat 1
70-The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth 2
71-The Vegetarian 2
72-A Christmas Carol 1
73-Children of Ruin 1
74-The Woman Who Married a Cloud 1
75-The Borrower 1
76-Children of Memory 1
77.Keeper 1
78.The Secret History 1
79. The Dark Flood Rises 1
80.The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa 1
81.The Unfortunates 1
82. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 1
83.The Iliad 2
84.The God of the Woods 1
85.The Scavenger Door 1
86.The Safekeep 1
87.The Weight 1
88.Absolution 1
89.How to Steal a Galaxy 1
90.Ghostdrift 1
91.The Echo of Old Books 1
92.The Summer that Melted Everything 2

HOB - 2024 Q4: Buzzwords

Total Points: 93

Buzzword: Haunting

1. 1/10 - What Makes Love Last?: How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal, John M. Gottman - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
2. 1/10 - Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, Michael Paul Mason - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. 1/10 - Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Brent E. Turvey - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. 2/10 - What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures, Malcolm Gladwell - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. 2/10 - Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, Rachel Dratch - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. 3/10 - Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion, Michael Taylor - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. 3/10 - The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever, David M. Friedman - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. 3/10 - 77 Outrageously Effective Anti-Aging Tips & Secrets, Amy Waldow - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
9. 4/10 - Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Gayle Wald - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
10. 4/10 - Cuba Libre!: Che, Fidel, and the Improbable Revolution That Changed World History, Tony Perrottet - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. 5/10 - Off the Record: A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports, Allison Samuels - 1 - ⭐️
12. 5/10 - The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions, Thomas McNamee - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
13. 6/10 - Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis, Violet Ramis Stiel - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. 6/10 - How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Navigating Autism and ADHD, Jess Joy - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15. 6/10 - Abandoned Cold War Places: Nuclear Bunkers, Submarine Bases, Missile Silos, Airfields and Listening Posts from the World's Most Secretive Conflict, Robert Grenville - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
16. 6/10 - American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot, Craig Ferguson - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
17. 7/10 - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Chris Hadfield - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
18. 8/10 - Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter, Richard V. Greene - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. 8/10 - How to think ahead in chess : the methods and techniques of planning your entire game, I.A. Horowitz - 3 - ⭐️⭐️
20. 8/10 - Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity, Devon Price - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
21. 8/10 - A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future, David Attenborough - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
22. 9/10 - Talking Zen: Reflections on Mind, Myth, and the Magic of Life, Alan W. Watts - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
23. 9/10 - The New Yale Book of Quotations, Fred R. Shapiro - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
24. 11/10 - Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History, Antonio J. Méndez - ⭐️⭐️
25. 11/10 - Horror Films of the 1980s, John Kenneth Muir - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. 11/10 - Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor, Travis M. Andrews - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
27. 11/10 - Appalachian Home Cooking: History, Culture, and Recipes, Mark F. Sohn - 1 - ⭐️
28. 12/10 - Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898, Ada Ferrer - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
29. 12/10 - Being Hindu: Understanding a Peaceful Path in a Violent World, Hindol Sengupta - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
30. 12/10 - Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault, Pierre Hadot - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
31. 12/10 - A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits—Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mission: Impossible, and More, Paul Hirsch - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
32. 12/10 - The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling, Adam Kucharski - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
33. 12/10 - Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth, Glenn Dixon - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. 13/10 - A Thesaurus of English Word Roots, Horace Gerald Danner - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35. 13/10 - Beyond Obsession: The Shocking True Story of a Teenage Love Affair Turned Deadly, Richard Hammer - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
36. 14/10 - Asian Pickles: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Preserves from Korea, Japan, China, India, and Beyond A Cookbook , Karen Solomon - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. 14/10 - Travels of Terror: Strange and Spooky Spots Across America, Kelly Florence - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
38. 14/10 - Unsafe Thinking: How to be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most, Jonah Sachs - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
39. 14/10 - Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks, Stephen Davis - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. 14/10 - The Anthology of Rap, Adam Bradley - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
41. 15/10 - Candy Freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America, Steve Almond - 1 - ⭐️
42. 15/10 - UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology, Gale - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
43. 16/10 - Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups - 1 - ⭐️
44. 16/10 - The Hebridean Baker: Recipes and Wee Stories from the Scottish Islands, Coinneach MacLeod - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
45. 16/10 - Offline: Free Your Mind from Smartphone and Social Media Stress, Imran Rashid - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
46. 16/10 - Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman, Hedy Lamarr - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
47. 17/10 - Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty, Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
48. 17/10 - Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food, Rachel Herz - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
49. 17/10 - The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square, Ned Sublette - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
50. 17/10 - Watch Your Back: Nine Proven Strategies to Reduce Your Neck and Back Pain Without Surgery, Ken Hansraj, MD - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. 18/10 - To Be Gifted and Learning Disabled: Strength-Based Strategies for Helping Twice-Exceptional Students With LD, ADHD, ASD, and More, Susan Baum - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
52. 18/10 - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience, Hillary Rodham Clinton - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
53. 18/10 - The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World, James Rickards - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
54. 18/10 - 100 Side Hustles: Unexpected Ideas for Making Extra Money Without Quitting Your Day Job, Chris Guillebeau - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
55. 18/10 - Michael: My brother, lost boy of INXS, Tina Hutchence - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
56. 18/10 - Bark!: The Science of Helping Your Anxious, Fearful, or Reactive Dog, Zazie Todd - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
57. 19/10 - The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, Anne-Marie O'Connor - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
58. 19/10 - Why Sinéad O'Connor Matters, Allyson McCabe - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
59. 19/10 - The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue: Remarkable Hope for Depression, COVID, AIDS & other Viruses, Alzheimer’s, Autism, Cancer, Heart Disease, Cognitive ... Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction), Mark Sloan - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
60. 19/10 - A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural, D.K. Publishing - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
61. 19/10 - The Art & Science of Respect: A Memoir by James Prince, James Prince - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
62. 19/10 - Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog: Life Advice For The Imperfect Human, Dan Ariely - 1 - ⭐️
63. 20/10 - The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength, Jennifer B. Kahnweiler - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
64. 20/10 - The Supernatural Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls, Alexander C. Irvine - 2 - ⭐️⭐️
65. 20/10 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, Malcolm Gladwell - 1 - ⭐️
66. 20/10 - Clem Beckett: Motorcycle Legend and War Hero, Rob Hargreaves - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
67. 20/10 - The Vagina Business: The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women's Health, Marina Gerner - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
68. 21/10 - Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: Recover from Emotional Abuse, Recognize Narcissists & Manipulators and Break Free Once and for All, Don Barlow - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
69. 21/10 - It Starts with One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, Jason Lipshutz - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
70. 21/10 - The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs, Alexa Clay - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
71. 21/10 - The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age, Hal Brands - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
72. 22/10 - How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie - 1 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
73. 22/10 - Underexposed!: The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made, Joshua Hull - 2 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
74. 22/10 - A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up, Margaret Wappler - 1 - ⭐️⭐️
75. 22/10 - The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health, Gale Cengage Learning - 2 - ⭐️⭐️

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Buzzword 10/1/24 - 12/31/24

🍁🍁🍁 HAUNTING 🍁🍁🍁

(100 pages minimum)
Points:
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

🍁Total points 5
🍁Number of books 3

Books:

The Mother, T.M. Logan, title + author 2
The Haunted House: by Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens, title + author 2
The Memory Library, Kate Storey, title 1

Buzzwords
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2024

Buzz Word: Haunting
Pages Read: 23,170
Points: 103

Books Read:
1. Random in Death ~ 10/2 | pgs | S | 1 pt
2. Encore in Death ~ 10/4 | pgs | S | 1 pt
3. The Ministry of Time ~ 10/5 | 344 pgs | T | 1 pts
4. The Assassin Next Door ~ 10/5 | 324 pgs | T | 1 pts
5. The Marked ~ 10/5 | 180 pgs | T | 1 pts
6. N/A
7. Hood's Caper ~ 10/7 | 162 pgs | T | 1 pts
8. Dead as a Dodo ~ 10/10 | pgs | A | 1 pts
9. Payback in Death ~ 10/13 | pgs | S | 1 pts
10. The Outlaw Demon Wails ~ 10/13 | pgs | T - S - A | 3 pts
11. Rolling in the Deep ~ 10/14 | pgs | A | 1 pts
12. The Road Trip ~ 10/18 | pgs | T | 1 pts
13. Shutter ~ 10/18 | pgs | S | 1 pts
14. Hidden Pictures ~ 10/19 | pgs | T | 1 pts
15. Archangel's Blade ~ 10/20 | pgs | T - S - A | 3 pts
16. Nothing But Blackened Teeth ~ 10/20 | 130 pgs | T | 1 pts
17. The Salt Grows Heavy ~ 10/20 | 105 pgs | T | 1 pts
18. Changes ~ 10/22 | pgs | S | 1 pts
19. 23 1/2 Lies ~ 10/22 | pgs | T | 1 pts
20. The Bridges of Madison County ~ 10/23 | pgs | T | 1 pts
21. The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion ~ 10/23 | 130 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
22. The Ugly Duckling ~ 10/24 | pgs | T - A | 2 pts
23. Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six ~ 10/25 | 402 pgs | A | 1 pts
24. In the Spirit of Spindrift House ~ 10/26 | pgs | T - A | 2 pts
25. Blossoms, Barbeque & Blackmail ~ 10/26 | 160 pgs | A | 1 pts
26. The Final Girl Support Group ~ 10/27 | pgs | T - A | 2 pts
27. N/A
28. Divine Evil ~ 10/30 | pgs | A | 1 pts
29. Jackets, Jack-O-Lantern, & Justice ~ 10/30 | 154 pgs | A | 1 pts
30. Nobody's Ghoul ~ 10/31 | pgs | T | 1 pts
31. Witch You Wouldn't Believe ~ 11/1 | 192 pgs | S | 1 pts
32. Horribly Haunted in Hillbilly Hollow ~ 11/1 | 176 pgs | T | 1 pts
33. The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow ~ 11/1 | 164 pgs | T | 1 pts
34. The Fallen Girls ~ 11/2 | 326 pgs | T | 1 pts
35. A Dastardly Death in Hillbilly Hollow ~ 11/3 | 162 pgs | T | 1 pts
36. The Spellshop ~ 11/5 | 384 pgs | T | 1 pts
37. Uncaged Love ~ 11/5 | 162 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
38. Ice Shards ~ 11/5 | 128 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
39. Passions in Death ~ 11/9 | 363 pgs | S | 1 pts
40. Outview ~ 11/10 | 352 pgs | S | 1 pts
41. An Echo in the Bone ~ 11/11 | 1186 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
42. Honor-bound Witch ~ 11/12 | 248 pgs | T | 1 pts
43. The Daedalus Rift ~ 11/13 | 107 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
44. Wrong Place Wrong Time ~ 11/14 | 368 pgs | A | 1 pts
45. Skin Game ~ 11/15 | 320 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
46. The Big Time ~ 11/15 | 129 pgs | T | 1 pts
47. New Witch on the Block ~11/16 | 256 pgs | T | 1 pts
48. The Mysterious Affair at Styles ~ 11/18 | 269 pgs | T - S - A | 3 pts
49. The Unquiet Bones ~ 11/19 | 351 pgs | T | 1 pts
50. Girl Gone Missing ~ 11/20 | 208 pgs | T | 1 pts
51. Obsession in Death ~ 11/20 | 417 pgs | S | 1 pts
52. The Perfect Child ~ 11/22 | 371 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
53. Death in Paradise ~ 11/22 | 192 pgs | S | 1 pts
54. Murder on the Orient Express ~ 11/23 | 313 pgs | S - A | 2 pts
55. The Professor Woos the Witch ~ 11/24 | 370 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
56. The Ruins ~ 11/24 | 432 pgs | T | 1 pts
57. Pumpkin Pies & Potions ~ 11/25 | 366 pgs | A | 1 pts
58. The Three Secret Cities ~ 11/29 | 481 pgs | T | 1 pts
59. The Rising ~ 11/30 | 228 pgs | T | 1 pts
60. Left Behind ~ 12/7 | 484 pgs | A | 1 pts
61. The God of the Woods ~ 12/7 | 490 pgs | T | 1 pts
62. The Secret History ~ 12/7 | 646 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
63. Ten Days in a Mad-House ~ 12/12 | 159 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
64. Turkey in the Snow ~ 12/13 | 102 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
65. The Christmas Cowboy Hero ~ 12/15 | 318 pgs | T - S - A | 3 pts
66. The Afterlife of Holly Chase ~12/20 | 400 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
67. The Next Grave ~ 12/24 | 348 pgs | T | 1 pts
68. How to Steal a Galazy ~ 12/25 | 192 pgs | T | 1 pts
69. Ghost Story ~ 12/26 | 608 pgs | T - S | 2 pts
70. The Outsiders ~ 12/27 | 220 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
71. The Survivors Club ~ 12/27 | 528 pgs | T - A | 2 pts
72. Hidden Deep ~ 12/28 | 321 pgs | T - S - A | 3 pts
73. A Cold Dark Place ~ 12/29 | 350 pgs | T - S - A | 2 pts
74. The Nothing Girl ~ 12/30 | 334 pgs | T - A | 2 pts

IN!

Haunting

Points: 185
Books read: 127


1. Why Is Nothing Ever Simple? - author - 1 point
2. The Moving Finger - author + title - 2 points
3. The Toast of Time - title, series + author - 3 points
4. Exit Strategy - seties - 1 point
5. Fugitive Telemetry - series - 1 point
6. The Time Machine - title + author - 2 points
7. The Shadow Sister - title + series - 2 points
8. Oryx and Crake - author = 1 point
9. Sunrises to Santiago: Searching for Purpose on the Camino de Santiago - author - 1 point
10. Curse on the Land - author - 1 point
11. The Sisters Brothers - title - 1 point
12. Grief is the Thing with Feathers - title - 1 point
13. Murder on the Italian Riviera - author - 1 point
14. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - author - 1 point
15. The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas - title - 1 point
16. All Quiet on the Western Front - title + series - 2 points
17. The Last House on Needless Street - title - 1 point
18. Flame in the Dark - author - 1 point
19. Circle of the Moon - author - 1 point
20. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens - author - 1 point
21. The War of the Worlds - author + title - 2 points
22. 84, Charing Cross Road - author - 1 point
23. The Haunting of Hill House - title + buzzword - 3 points
24. The Bookshop - title - 1 point
25. The Small Hand - title + author - 2 points
26. Gold Mine - title - 1 point
27. Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History - title + author - 2 points
28. Confessions of a Curious Bookseller - author - 1 point
29. In a Glass Darkly - title - 1 point
30. The Goldfinch - title + author - 2 points
31. Moby-Dick - author - 1 point
32. The Road Trip - title - 1 point
33. Horns - title + author - 2 points
34. Heart Strings - title - 1 point
35. Book: Torch - title _ author - 2 points
36. Nightwood - title - 1 point
37. The Perfectly Imperfect Woman - title - 1 point
38. The Black Tulip - title + author - 2 points
39. Transference - title, series & author - 3 points
40. Can You Forgive Her? - author - 1 point
41. The Final Girl Support Group - title + author - 2 points
42. The Red and the Black - title - 1 point
43. Jew ish - author - 1 point
44. Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under - author - 1 point
45. The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau - title, series & author - 3 points
46. A Thousand Splendid Suns - title + author - 2 points
47. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond - author - 1 point
48. True History of the Kelly Gang - title - 1 point
49. Midnight Crossroad - author - 1 point
50. There There - title + author - 2 points
51. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - title + author(s) - 2 points
52. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean - title + author - 2 points
53. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century - author - 1 point
54. Descartes: A Very Short Introduction - author - 1 point
55. A Corpse at St Andrews Chapel - title + series - 2 points
56. Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon - author - 1 point
57. Hallowe'en Party - title, series & author - 3 points
58. Pumpkin Everything - series - 1 point
59. Pumpkins in Paradise - series - 1 point
60. The Great Gatsby - title - 1 point
61. The Picture of Dorian Gray - title - 1 point
62. The Brothers Karamazov - title - 1 point
63. Elizabeth and the Clan of Dragons - author - 1 point
64. 1984 - author - 1 point
65. Hidden Blade - title - 1 point
66. Autumn Chills - title + author - 2 points
67. The Spellshop - title - 1 point
68. Cryptids - author - 1 point
69. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - title, series & author - 3 points
70. Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other - author - 1 point
71. All the Light We Cannot See - title + author - 2 points
72. Orbiting Jupiter - title - 1 point
73. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter - title - 1 point
74. And Then She Vanished - author + title - 2 points
75. Best Kept Secret - author - 1 point
76. The Tax Inspector - title - 1 point
77. I Am Number Four - title - 1 point
78. Someday, Maybe - author - 1 point
79. Doing Time - series + author - 2 points
80. Hard Time - title, series + author - 3 points
81. Saving Time - series + author - 2 points
82. About Time - title, series + author - 3 points
83. Killing Time - series & author - 2 points
84. Fae Curse - author - 1 point
85. Satellite - author - 1 point
86. Towards Zero - title + author - 2 points
87. Absolutely and Forever - title + author - 2 points
88. The Pearl Sister - title + series - 2 points
89. The Moon Sister - title + series - 2 points
90. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - title + author - 2 points
91. Little Sister - series - 1 point
92. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - title + author - 2 points
93. The Betrothed - title + author - 2 points
94. This Charming Man - title - 1 point
95. Shameless - author - 1 point
96. Stella Maris - series - 1 point
97. Coming Home to the Highlands - author + series - 2 points
98. The Seaside Detective Agency - title - 1 point
99. Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend - title, series & author - 3 points
100. The Stand - title - 1 point
101. A Man on the Moon - Title + author - 2 points
102. The Secret History - title + author - 2 points
103. The Old Curiosity Shop - title - 1 point
104. Naamah's Kiss - title - 1 point
105. The Charterhouse of Parma - title - 1 points
106. Tree of Smoke - title - 1 point
107. The Sun Sister - title + series - 2 points
108. Middlemarch - author - 1 point
109. The Missing Sister - title + series - 2 points
110. The Way of Kings - title + series - 2 points
111. The Man With No Face - title - 1 point
112. The Last Letter - title - 1 point
113. The Boar's Nest: Sue Brewer and the Birth of Outlaw Country Music - title - 1 point
114. The Faerie Queene - title - 1 point
115. That Bonesetter Woman - title - 1 point
116. Great Mythologies of the World - title + author - 2 points
117. The Swarm - title - 1 point
118. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - title + series - 2 points
119. Celtic Myths and Legends - author - 1 point
120. The First Men in the Moon - title + author - 2 points
121. The Accidental Dating Experiment - title - 1 point
122. The Meet Cute Method - title - 1 point
123. Nemesis Games - title + series - 2 points
124. How to Keep House While Drowning - title - 1 point
125. Death Around the Bend - author - 1 point
126. Starship Troopers - author - 1 point
127. Poor Things - author - 1 point

2024 Q4: Buzzwords
Duration: October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Buzzword
Haunting

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

Points: 40
Books read: 40

1. Jett - Lisa Lang Blakeney 10/2/24 (Series) �� 1 pt
2. First Fate - Kendall Talbot 10/2/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
3. Rush - Lisa Lang Blakeney 10/3/24 (Series) �� 1 pt
4. Freak - Lisa Lang Blakeney 10/4/24 (Series) �� 1 pt
5. The Wedding People - Alison Espach 10/5/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
6. The Heiress - Rachel Hawkins 10/7/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
7. A Cowboy for Keeps - Jody Hedlund 10/8/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
8. Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 10/8/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
9. Archangel's Storm - Nalini Singh 10/9/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
10. A Superior Death - Nevada Barr 10/10/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
11. More Myself: A Journey - Alicia Keys 10/11/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
12. Frozen Footprints - Therese Heckenkamp 10/12/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
13. One True Mate - Julie Trettel 10/13/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
14. Iron Lake - William Kent Krueger 10/14/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
15. The Bee and the Orange Tree - Melissa Ashley 10/15/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
16. The Apprentice - Tess Gerritsen 10/17/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
17. Hello Stranger - Katherine Center 10/18/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
18. Of Beast and Beauty - Chanda Hahn 10/21/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
19. When the Apricots Bloom - Gina Wilkinson 10/22/23 (Author) �� 1 pt
20. Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich 10/22/24 (Title) �� 1 pt
21. Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage - Jennifer Ashley 10/23/24 (Author) �� 1 pt
22. The Amber Photograph - Penelope J. Stokes 10/25/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
23. Guidebook to Murder - Lynn Cahoon 10/27/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
24. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill 10/27/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
25. Affinity - Sarah Waters 10/27/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
26. Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake 10/28/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
27. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris 10/30/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
28. Bride - Ali Hazelwood 10/31/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
29. Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries - Tonya Kappes 11/1/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
30. Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts - Tonya Kappes 11/1/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
31. Worship - Trilina Pucci 11/2/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
32. A Harvest of Hope - Lauraine Snelling (Title �� 1 pt)
33. The Sinner - Tess Gerritsen 11/4/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
34. Heaven Adjacent - Catherine Ryan Hyde 11/5/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
35. Dangerous Games - Keri Arthur 11/6/24 (Author �� 1 pt)
36. The 3-0: Based on a True Story of the Largest Police Corruption Scandal in New York City's History - The Dirty Thirty - Ted Dekker 11/7/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
37. Unfortunately Yours - Tessa Bailey 11/10/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
38. No Virgin Island - C. Michele Dorsey 11/10/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
39. Hems and Homicide - Elizabeth Penney 11/11/24 (Title �� 1 pt)
40. Summer Magic - T.M. Cromer 11/11/24 (Series �� 1 pt)
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Q4 Buzzwords
October-December 2024

My Buzzwords Challenge (msg 10)

Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

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October Buzzword Books🚦27 points
(view spoiler)[
🚥The Hippopotamus Pool🚦10.02 ★★★★🚦title🚦series🚦2 points
🚥Hold on to My Heart🚦10.03 ★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥How Much I Want🚦10.07 ★★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Hell On Heels🚦10.07 ★★★🚦title🚦series🚦2 points
🚥Play🚦10.10 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Come Home to Me🚦10.14 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Rock-a-Bye Bones🚦10.16 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥The Overdue Life of Amy Byler🚦10.17 ★★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥In Love by Design🚦10.19 ★★★★🚦title🚦author🚦series🚦3 points
🚥The Graham Effect🚦10.20 ★★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Luther's Return🚦10.22 ★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Nice Girls Don't Live Forever🚦10.23 ★★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥With This Ring🚦10.26 ★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Apprentice to the Villain🚦10.28 ★★★★🚦title🚦author🚦series🚦3 points
🚥How Much Is That Couple In The Window?🚦10.28 ★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥Twice Tempted🚦10.31 ★★★🚦title🚦series🚦2 points
(hide spoiler)]

November Buzzword Books🚦29 points
(view spoiler)[
🚥Enslaved🚦11.03 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥This Beautiful Thing🚦11.04 ★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥The Gargoyle Gets His Girl🚦11.05 ★★★★🚦title🚦series🚦2 points
🚥Dual Abduction🚦11.09 ★★★🚦series🚦1 point
🚥Things We Never Got Over🚦11.10 ★★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Network Effect🚦11.11 ★★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥The Girl in the Woods🚦11.13 ★★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥Murder in the East End🚦11.15 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Steel's Edge🚦11.17 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥Delayed Satisfaction🚦11.18 ★★★🚦series🚦1 point
🚥The Loneliest Man in the Mountains🚦11.20 ★★★🚦title🚦author🚦series🚦3 points
🚥His Brother's Wife🚦11.20 ★★★🚦title🚦author🚦2 points
🚥The Lady Most Willing...🚦11.23 ★★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Quiet Man🚦11.23 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
🚥A Match Made for Thanksgiving🚦11.24 ★★★🚦title🚦series🚦2 points
🚥Cinnamon Spiced Omega🚦11.25 ★★★🚦author🚦series🚦2 points
🚥One Night Stand with Benefits🚦11.25 ★★★★🚦author🚦series🚦2 points
🚥Intimate Strangers🚦11.26 ★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Guest Night on Union Station🚦11.28 ★★★🚦title🚦1 point
🚥Building Strength🚦11.29 ★★★★🚦author🚦1 point
(hide spoiler)]

December Buzzword Books🚦31 points
(view spoiler)[
🎀Hurricane After Dark🎄12.02 ★★★★🎄title🎄series🎄2 points
🎀Jingle Wars🎄12.05 ★★🎄series🎄1 point
🎀Fall Into Me🎄12.07 ★★★★🎄series🎄1 point
🎀The Christmas Cookie House🎄12.07 ★★★🎄title🎄author🎄2 points
🎀The Woman by the Lake🎄12.10 ★★★★🎄title🎄author🎄2 points
🎀Shadowed Steel🎄12.14 ★★★★🎄series🎄author🎄2 points
🎀Her Naughty Holiday🎄12.14 ★★★★🎄title🎄author🎄2 points
🎀Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend🎄12.15 ★★★★🎄title🎄author🎄series🎄3 points
🎀Brax🎄12.15 ★★★🎄series🎄1 point
🎀Inky🎄12.20 ★★★🎄title🎄author🎄series🎄3 points
🎀All I Want for Christmas Eve🎄12.22 ★★★🎄title🎄author🎄2 points
🎀Spark🎄12.23 ★★★🎄author🎄1 point
🎀His Hardest Choice🎄12.24 ★★★🎄title🎄1 point
🎀Through the Glen🎄12.25 ★★★★🎄title🎄series🎄2 points
🎀How the Grump Saved Christmas🎄12.27 ★★★★🎄title🎄1 point
🎀The RSVP🎄12.28 ★★★★🎄title🎄series🎄2 points
🎀Kiss of a Duke🎄12.29 ★★★🎄series🎄1 point
🎀Zander🎄12.30 ★★★★🎄series🎄1 point
🎀Nobody's Perfect🎄12.31 ★★★★🎄title🎄1 point
(hide spoiler)]

RUNNING TOTAL🚦87

Haunting

HAUNTING

Points:
Books read:

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Individual
October - December 2024

This is a simple challenge. You read books centered around a Buzzword. You earn points based on the point system below. Who will win the first ever Buzzword badges?

Buzzword
Haunting

Point System
Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

Books read:22
Total Points:28

1. Twisted Games-Ana Huang (Twisted Series) Title+Author+Series =3pts-11/3/24
2. Dead Until Dark-Charlaine Harris Author=1pt-10/11/24
3. Twilight (Twilight saga) Title+Series =2pt-10/13/24
4. This Delicious Death title=1pt-10/13/24
5. Fake Flame-Adele Buck-author-1pt-10/17/24
6. Veiled in Moonlight-C.J. Archer-author=1pt-10/24/24
7. Living Dead in Dallas-Charlaine Harris-author=1pt-10/28/24
8. Love on the Brain-Ali Hazelwood Author=1pt-11/1/24
9. Charlaine Harris-Club Dead-11/4/24 (1 pt)
10. Glass Houses-11/9/24 (1pt)
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone(Series-Harry Potter)-11/11/24 (2 pts)
12. Colleen Hoover-Maybe Now-11/15/24 (1pt)
13. Abby Jimenez-Life’s Too Short-11/16/24 (1 pt)
14. Charlaine Harris-Dead to the World-11/17/24 (1 pt)
15. Charlaine Harris-Dead as a Doornail-11/21/24 (1 pt)
16. In Death Series-Conspiracy in Death-11/25/24 (1 pt)
17. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men-11/26/24 (1 pt)
18. Not in Love-Ali Hazelwood-12/4/24 (2 pts)
19. Charlaine Harris-Definitely Dead-12/19/24 (1 pt)
20. Colleen Helme-Deadly Escape-12/20/24 (1 pt)
21. Icebreaker-Hannah Grace-12/29/24 (2pts)
22. Tessa Bailey-Fangirl Down-12/31/24 (1 pt)

Buzzword: Haunting
Duration: October 1-December 31, 2024


Title start letter: 1 point
Author initial: 1 point
Series start letter: 1 point
Buzzword in title: 2 points

10/01 - The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson [word+title] 3pts
10/03 - The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah [initial] 1pt
10/07 - The Once and Future Witch - Alix E Harrow [initial] 1pt
10/08 - The Enemy (It Happened in Charleston #2)- Sarah Adams [initial+series] 2pts
10/11 - All Downhill With You (Honeywood #1) - Julie Olivia [title+series] 2pts
10/14 - The Fiction Between Us (Honeywood #2) - Julie Olivia [series] 1pt
10/19 - You, Again - Kate Goldbeck [initial] 1pt
10/22 - Our Ride to Forever (Honeywood #3) - Julie Olivia [series] 1pt
10/25 - XOXO - Axie Oh [initial] 1pt
11/27 - The C*ck Down the Block - Amy Award [initial] 1pt
11/02 - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern [title] 1pt
11/08 - The Blue Bistro - Elin Hilderbrand [initial] 1pt
11/12 - When Life Gives You Vampires - Gloria Duke [initial] 1pt
11/21 - Wildfire - Hannah Grace [initial] 1pt
11/25 - Funny Story - Emily Henry [initial] 1pt
11/26 - Winter Storms - Elin Hilderbrand [initial] 1pt
11/28 - The Righteous - Renee Ahdieh [initial] 1pt
12/01 - Uncommon Type - Tom Hanks [initial] 1pt
12/15 - Archer's Voice - Mia Sheridan [title]1pt
12/17 - The Office BFFs - Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey [initial] 1pt
12/18 - Daydream - Hannah Grace [initial] 1pt
12/24 - Happy Place - Emily Henry [title*initial] 2pts

TOTAL POINTS: 27

Finished the quarter at 87!
Updated post: My Buzzwords Challenge (msg 10)


RUNNING TOTAL🚦87