The Great Halloween Pumpkin Hunt

Happy (early) Halloween!

We've written 15 autumnal clues for you to solve. Read and solve each clue, and find the page on LibraryThing that matches your solution. When you find the right solution, you’ll see a banner at the top of your screen announcing that you’ve found a pumpkin.

Go here for the hunt!

You have just over one week—until Thursday, October 31st at 5pm EDT—to find as many pumpkins as you can.

Use this thread to brag, ask for and give hints, etc

As in past hunts, we'll be awarding profile badges to anyone who finds at least one pumpkin, upgrading accounts to lifetime memberships for anyone who finds at least five, and anyone who finds all 15 will be entered into a drawing for a LibraryThing or TinyCat t-shirt of their choice.

Important: When giving hints, please use the spoiler tag. To mark something as a spoiler, start your message like this:

<spoiler>

And end it like this:

</spoiler>

Troubleshooting

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Happy hunting!

P.S. Hats off to @conceptDawg for the adorable "Flaminghost" illustration! He's made many of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple years. We get a kick out of them, and we hope you do, too!

Five found in five minutes. That's good enough a start. I may hunt a few more before going to sleep, but right now I have other places on the web to haunt.

Oooh, so much fun. I've found a few, but I'll take a closer look at the rest when I get home from work.

#7 has me stumped ...

ETA: Never mind ... got it!

13/15 done yet 7 and 14 remain elusive

7: romance, vermont, witches, murder, knitting shop, supernatural, cop... no combination came up with the right book so far...

>5 cwebb: A tagmash for vermont,witches found #7 easily for me.

If you don't know how to do a tagmash: search for the two words separated by a comma, click on Tags on the left side of the search results page, then click on "See a tagmash".

I haven't found #14 yet either.

Oh, thanks that helped. I was trying other search engines, which helps with quite some of the clues, but definitely not #7

For 14, note the name given, and consider something which might be "drawn" for. Also note the rhyming scheme.

I've found them all except number 5. I think I might be stuck on one idea to the extent that I can't see any other thoughts. I've got it in my head that it's some sort of book series that ends in "quest" and is some sort of King Author retelling, so now I can't think of anything outside of those parameters, and nothing I've looked at that fits those parameters has gotten me a pumpkin.

>8 mhormandl: Thanks! The rhyme actually hindered rather than helped me.

>9 Zoes_Human: Joanne is better known by her initials. And you are trying to rhyme the wrong word.

8 out of 15 so far! These are so much fun I wish they'd do them more often.

I have solved #5, but I cannot seem to hit on just the right LT entry. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

>13 aliciapr: In this case you are looking for the series, not an individual book.

Yes! But I still cannot find just the right entry. I'm clearly doing something wrong! :(

#4 is the only one I can't figure out on my own.

Finally got the right search combination! Thanks!

That one was easy. Think of some author with the name Joanne and a famous series, that also made some movies

#4 It is about someone who formed a company with some fruit as name And that is all I got.

Okay, I need a clue for #1, please.

Can anyone give me a subtle hint for #2?

>20EdwinKort Huh. Well, I found the book, but I don't understand how it connects to the theme. Thanks!

#4 I don't really know what it has to do with Halloween, but here's a clue: look into the daughter of the former leader of the company mentioned.

>22ShyPageSniffer It's all in the clue: "full moon," "howl," "not human"....

For #1 Think witches

Question for staff:



There is a missing piece of CK information that would make Clue #4 much more "fair" (in that you could get to the page of the relative if you know the name of the company founder if the relationship were entered properly). It doesn't seem right that the "diffiiculty level" of the hunt be changed mid-stream, though, by adding this information, since those of us who already did it were forced to resort to Google and others would not be if that information were present. Should we hold off on making this edit, or roll it back if we see it made, until the hunt is over?

Any clues on 13?

I'm stuck on 3 and 11, otherwise got them all! (really need to finish this so I can get back to work, lol)

>27 EdwinKort: Thanks. I was groping for that, but I distinctly dislike that author, so have a blind spot.

amanda4242:



The first four lines should suggest a word. Search for it, along with the two words suggested by the final line. (No quotes or anything, just a site search of those three words.)

For 11, I just googled some of the proper nouns.

>30 LAKobow: #3 is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe about a man being walled up.

#11 Google "lesbian necromancers in space" and you'll get the title of the book.

>30 LAKobow: a clue for number 3 a tale by a writer, famous for his short horror stories, whose name is one of the answers to another clue - this story takes place in a catacomb

Thanks to LT for this latest treasure hunt, and to the clue-givers who helped me complete it!

LAKobow:

#3 is by the author you must have identified in #6.

I'll need to think a bit about LT hints for #11 that aren't a total giveaway - I knew that one off the bat. You could of course google for some key words from the clue, but you knew that already.

>32 lorax: Thanks!

I can't figure out #14.

>1 kjgormley:

If you’re not seeing banners, . . .

I'm seeing banners when I get to the right page, but I am not seeing a banner announcing the hunt.

#14 Prolific horror writer, 1948 classic

I know the answer to #2 generically but I can't seem to find the right synonym -- or else I'm off base entirely.

This isn't really a spoiler, but just in case, for #15 try an advanced search on Amazon

Thanks for explanation. 👏

Link to change version is wrong. Use http://www.librarything.com/more/widgets

>41 susanbooks: Look for a tag, in its singular form.

>44 shadrach_anki: "In their blood" in the clue, is misleading then.

>44 shadrach_anki: If it weren't rude, this would be in all caps! Thank you! the "they" was throwing me . You just helped me finish my first hunt ever!

Great fun, as always, and this time I found most of the clues almost immediately. Thanks for some help with #14 and #11!

>45 2wonderY: great minds . . .

I have found 14. I'm stuck on #2. Good luck to all pumpkin hunters!!

I always absolutely stink at lease. I only have 5 of them! Oh well, at least they are just for fun!

Got the lot in the end. #8 and #14 gave me the most trouble. For #8 Googling the first line put me on the right track. #14 I had to come here...

Managed to google enough to find them all.
Another fun hunt. Thanks!

>40 MM_Jones: Thanks. I've read two of Shirley Jackson's works this year, but not that one, thought it's on my list, so I feel a bit ashamed I didn't get it.

Oh, yay, the Halloween hunt!

I've found 10 pumpkins and been distracted by needed separations and combinations. In here, I'm going to rest while picking up clues for the remaining four.

One pumpkin I found that I don't understand is #4. What does that answer have to do with Halloween?

>28 lorax: I'm hoping that may be fixed now instead of left for later, when everyone will likely forget.

>55 aspirit: Based on the clue...it doesn't have anything to do with Halloween. But apples are an autumn harvest, and Halloween is in autumn in the northern hemisphere, so a memoir written by the daughter of the founder of Apple could be said to have a vague seasonal connection.

Stuck on #15 and #2.

I thought #15 might be the author of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, but I don't think so?

>57 toast_and_tea: try an advanced Amazon search limited to 1973

>56 shadrach_anki: Is that all?

The last hunt had a related answer. Out of all the thousands of alternatives with a stronger connection, bringing up the family again feels... off. I was thinking there must be Halloween connection that wasn't mentioned in the first reviews.

Anway, I'm done! My pumpkin patch contains 15 pumpkins.

>32 lorax: thanks for the hint on #13. That clue gave me trouble.

>57 toast_and_tea: a web search on "house that ticks book" can also bring up the answer for #15.

For #2, think of a popular shapeshifter.

Great fun! Number 5 was the last pumpkin in my patch. Rotter made me think of zombies. Oh, well!

Excellent hunt! I got them all without hints, but had to google a couple.

Well!

I got them all without needing any hints! I impressed myself. ;-)

But I was surprised that nearly all were authors or titles, and very few from other parts of the site.

I was stuck on #2, not anymore, found thanks to >44 shadrach_anki:

Now all pumpkined out. Just don't pumpkin spice me... :)

I wouldn't have known about the Hunt if I hadn't seen it on Facebook. I miss email notifications.

I got all but #2. For the most part this hunt was easier than previous ones, but I still need help with #2. Thanks to my fellow hunters.

Yeah! 15 pumpkins in my pumpkin patch. Many thanks for another fun treasure hunt.

>66 sundance: Did anyone receive an email about this hunt? I'm not seeing one, either.

>67 Micheller7: for #2 you are looking for a tag, singular, that matches the description given

I agree with >55 aspirit: The connection of #4 to Halloween is rather...indirect.

I finally got the last one, #5, but I don't get the meaning of the first line of the clue, "Dear Joanne already used the rhymes." Huh? What do rhymes have to do with anything?

The answers were coming fast except for #2. I had to enlist my husband's help (he knows nothing about LT or tags) but he got it immediately.

OMG, I got them all! This is the first time I've gotten any clues on any of the hunts. I needed help with one of them because I'd never read that book/author. Yay!

Thanks once again to the powers-that-be for putting this together. Love these!

(So bummed I missed the Pride one.)

>69 aspirit:

No email, no banner.

ETA: Just got the October State of the Thing, which includes info about this hunt.

Got them all now, though I was all over the place on number 14 - my brain went down a Jackson's Hole/Jackson's Whole rabbithole and I was searching for a title/place/book called Jackson's ________ that rhymed with Prosperity.

It wasn't until I backed off and really read the first line that I realized what it must be.

Oh, and I got number 11 spoiled by twitter, which was what told me the hunt had been posted, but I'd just started reading the book, which so far is a very good read.

So excited! First time I have got all the answers without having to come here for clues.
Great hunt again!

Just turned to the contest an hour ago--had 8 without reference and 5 more with google's help narrowing down choices or coming up with names I couldn't remember ( had read #7 but couldn't recall title or author). Still stumped on #4 and #5. I'm sure I should know #4 but haven't a clue on #5. I'll go read this thread now.

ETA Thanks for the hints on these two. I'd not have gotten #4 without them and I SHOULD have gotten #5 but the clue seems remarkably obscure.

I’m sure that I’m close on #2 but just can’t get there - suggestions please? Two authors under pseudonym with initials CA?

>70 raidergirl3: someone else provided shape shifter/>.
I tried that and there were so many results, I could not come up with the correct one. Can you give me another clue.

And >73 VivienneR: can your husband help me too? Please.

>79 ronincats: #4 "Electronic Apples" is a reference to Apple computers.

#5 Daniel Radcliffe played the title character in the film adaptations of this series.

>80 amac121212: #2 A tag for a classic monster. Watch out for singular/plural!

>80 amac121212: This one is under tags--what creature is the clue describing?

>83 amanda4242: The last two lines made sense of the answer, but I don't know what the first two lines mean (other than the reference to the author).

>80 amac121212: A 1981 movie had an American one in London.

Got number 2 finally!!! I was spelling it wrong and using plural. Thanks for the help.

>86 Taphophile13: Thanks - finally got it with your clue. I was hung up on sea monsters. That's 15 pumpkins!

Yay, thanks for another great hunt! I got them all without clues, but did use google search for some.

#2 Oh good grief!

Well for an obvious answer that was singularly problematic...!

Well, I've got all 15 at last! It started off well, but I got stuck on the last three, and #13 most of all, for ages because I was under the impression cats had seven lives, not nine, which threw off googling. Thanks for the hunt!

Still stuck #12

I thought #12 was Anne Rice, but nothing comes up.

And... found this one too ;)

For #12 You're on the right track: once you're on Anne Rice's author page, you might have to click on a couple of titles before you find the right work.

All done!
Thanks for another great hunt

>92 EdwinKort: #12 is a book, not the author of the book

I had fun solving the other clues but I've hit a wall with #14 - any other hints?

>96 queen_ypolita: #14 The name in the clue is the author. It's a horror novel, so check for that. And the title sort of rhymes with the last word in line 3

That was a great clue - thank you!

>11 2wonderY: OMG Thank you. I'm literally wearing a house sweatshirt RIGHT NOW. I was so locked into the wrong idea that I couldn't see around it.

I had the same trouble and also finally figured it out!

My, that was fun! Thanks to the wonderful minds that came up with this delightful scavenger hunt.

Got them all except 5 & 8. Any hints?

>102 mjdred: for #5, the series, one of the best known fantasies in the world, rhymes with the second to last line. For #8, you might need to first correctly guess the author of the horror book about a doctor and his monster. The answer is her mother, who was also an author.

>102 mjdred: and >103 aspirit: For #5: If you don't know who the author's mother is, scroll down the author's page and look at the Common Knowledge section. There's a link to the mother's page under Relationships

I received the notice in my October State of the Thing email - thank you.
Really enjoyed the Hunt. Just tricky enough to get me thinking, but not so much that I was stumped for too long.
I do confess that #2 had me stymied, until I realized what format the answer had to be.
So, I'm done for this year. Sorry to have missed last year's. Looking forward to next year's.

Happy Hallowdays!

I've shredded through these (although I was a bit stymied by #15 at first - I thought it was a different author/different house), except for one of them:

1) I can *never* remember how to code posts for spoilers (hint, hint, it might be nice to provide a link for that at the top), so I'll try to do this without spoiling
2) I KNOW the answer for #10 - it's pretty much a no-brainer, but I've scoured, author pages, tags, common knowledge and I get NADA - any help?

>106 ferness:
To mark something as a spoiler is in the first post, just above Troubleshooting. It probably should be bolded so people see it.

DOH! Thank you - schussted right past that!

>106 ferness: It sounds like you should have found it as You are looking for the author page for #10

That's what I would have thought, too.

Edit: I had to refresh the page twice to get the banner to come up - didn't have to do that with any of the other pages. But all good now - thank you!

Oh oh oh, a new hunt! Yay! (Glad I checked my email) (Totally not posting this before actually starting to hunt....)

Got 'em all! Thanks to the folks here for the help with #4 and #7. I actually clicked on the answer to #7 yesterday maybe three times and it wasn't acknowledged until I insisted today. I also had to click on the correct answer to #10 in four different locales before it was acknowledged as correct. I knew I was right!

Thanks! Got them all!

Wow! The logic behind #4’s relationship to Halloween is really tenuous! That’s the only one I had to find a clue on. Oh well, got ‘em all now. Thanks for a fun couple of hours!

Thank you!!!

#4 & #14 caused me most problems but thanks to some clues here I was able to get them all in the end. Thanks for the hunt and those that have helped.

Thanks everyone, that was more difficult for me than it should have been.

Can someone help me out with # 8. I'm quite sure that the answer is the name of the mother of the author of Frankenstein , but when I search for that , I cannot I don't get a pumpkin. I've tried the author, books with the title of the author and tags etc. What am I missing ? Or am I on the wrong track altogether? I've got all the rest and #8 seems so obvious, but I'm not finding a pumpkin. Thanks in advance.

>118 vancouverdeb: Look to the author's parentage, as literature ran in her family.

>118 vancouverdeb: you have #8 correct. The answer is the author page. Some members have said they'd need to refresh a page once or twice to see the pumpkin, and you might be experiencing the same glitch.

#4 was the most wretched thing ever. It has absolutely no bearing on Halloween/horror, and even knowing who it was about, and even after checking on wikipedia, it still took forever to find that. Please do not ever do another thing like that again.

>118 vancouverdeb: It is the author page for the mother of the author of Frankenstein. I went via the the author page for Frankenstein and then scrolled down to the CK. Under "Relationships" is a link to the mother's page.

That is the one I need help on also.

>119 mstrust: That much I knew , but thanks so much!

>120 aspirit:
>122 PawsforThought:

Thanks so much, looking for the author's page was what I needed to know Thanks so much! 15 pumpkins found.

Such a fun search and thanks so much to everyone who created the hunt, and conceptdawg for the cool image.

I'm clicking on the "here" link but the page it takes me to doesn't have the word "design" anywhere on the page. I'm having no luck participating in the Halloween Treasure Hunt. Can someone help? Thanks so much.

>125 akpugluv: Design? Why would there be anything about design on the hunt page?

I went off in a totally different direction for #4, the only one I didn't get without help. No wonder I couldn't figure it out.

The first part didn't make sense to me so I focused in on:

once a man built a box of MAGIC SAND
and then a whole EMPIRE appeared.
then his DAUGHTER penned her thoughts
on that KINGDOM MANY HOLD QUITE DEAR.
her MEMOIR'S not directly straight autumnal

Hmm, Magic Kingdom, built on sand, and Diane Disney Miller's The Story of Walt Disney is said to be more memoir that biography.

What's this? Where's my pumpkin? And what does this have to do with Halloween? Ha!

I still haven't been able to figure out what book and/or author for #2. I know what it is supposed to be and know it is in singular form, not plural, but just haven't found the right book or author. I got 14 pumpkins, which is much better than I thought I would get. So, I am calling it a day on the pumpkin hunt. Congrats to all who found all 15!! Congrats to all who found any!! Good luck to those just starting!!

>128 kathieintheburg: You're looking for a tag.

>121 .Monkey.: & >127 Morphidae: The person the book is about and their family hosted an annual "haunted garden" Halloween trick-or-treat event in Palo Alto. They were hugely into the holiday and apparently it was a massive blow-out shindig that is sometime credited with inspiring the Silicon Valley Halloween craze. I haven't read the book, so I have no idea if this shows up in it or not, but that's the connection.

>78 JayneCM: me too! So much fun, thanks LT :-) And my TBR list grew, again.

>125 akpugluv:

You're correct, the link to switching to the new page design is wrong in the initial post, MarthaJeanne posted the correct link for changing versions at >43 MarthaJeanne:, it is on the widget page

http://www.librarything.com/more/widgets

Got all but 3 by the time I had to leave for work, literally spent my entire work-day thinking about #1 because it's short and seems so simple but it was completely stumping me. .... It still is, lol. I'm using Google as well as LT search, but I'm trying to hold off on looking at clues in this thread just yet. I'd love to get them all without thread-clues!

#15 is an older series, and the first book was just made into a movie starring Jack Black

Thank you, >129 Taphophile13:!!! I got the last pumpkin. The funny thing is, I put that in as a tag and got nothing yesterday.

Got all 15! Thanks to the clever hints here and the magic of searching for all the combinations of things. :)

>130 Zoes_Human: I had no idea the Silicon Valley went through a Halloween craze. Thank you for this explanation!

>77 Aquila:
I spent a long time Googling completely wrong ideas on #14 too. I got stuck on that first line and figured it *must* be some religious book. I even ended up at a 'search the bible verse' website, lol.

Thank you! I wouldn't have gotten it on my own.

# 15 - no need for google search find the author name by searching for a book title involving a 'house that goes tick'

>11 2wonderY: Thank you - that was the last clue I needed! I was trying to rhyme the second line, of course (rhymes and rest don't come close to rhyming...I was trying to make it a limerick with a bad first line, I think).

Got all of them, with some Google help - in a couple cases (4, 12...) I knew vaguely what it was but had no author or book name to hang an LT search on. Though Black Spot led me astray to Treasure Island for a while...

I had all but #5 before I came to the thread, and I had _no_ idea what that was. I've actually only read the first book (yeah, I'm weird). And I got #6 by accident, on my way to #3 - awkward.

And for a bunch of them, I read the clue and the book popped up full-fledged - I'd read it or at least run across it multiple times. 1, 9, 13, 15 I searched by typing in the title directly.

I found 8 very very specific - literally follow the lines of the clue and you're there. It could have been a lot vaguer - something about creation or even "spawn" would have fit the theme and been a lot harder to figure out.

>133 Heather19: If you're still stuck on #1 and decide to stop struggling then you might need a broomstick to fly away from your old thoughts along with a black cat to comfort you when you realise what this title is.

>138 aspirit: You're welcome. To be honest, I'm not even quite sure what a "Halloween craze" means. I'm imagining something like my local Vermont Street Halloween blowout but with better tech and more money.

This was my first hunt and it was so much fun!! Got all 15 thanks to all these helpful hints but I'm really proud of the ones I got using my Librarian skills. Happy Halloweeeeen!

First time I've deciphered all the clues to a hunt! Too easy or am I getting better at this?

Stuck on #3. Got title and author but can't seem to find the right page (work/tag/CK). Help, please?

#6 he died in Baltimore it's Edgar Allan Poe

>134 LongDogMom:
Oh thank you ... THAT was the clue that I needed to find this pumpkin!

#9 pumpkin
A true believer is our Linus

>148 kanwarpal_singh:

SPOILER ... jimminy ... don't just give the answer!!!

>147 passion4reading:
re: # 3 ... Could you be spelling the title incorrectly? I got it immediately.

>125 akpugluv:
In the original post: Click on the stand alone sentence: Go here for the hunt!

ugh. I have everything but #13. Any hints besides nine lives?

ETA: I GOT IT!

>154 Aleveria: For #13 The number and the unit of measurement the viscuous liquid the previious lines of the clue hint at should give an indication of this title by an author with the first name indicated.

How to reach pumpkin then

the location listed is an author's name . . . that should help you narrow it down :)

I got #7. It sounded familiar.

>155 AHS-Wolfy: AHS-Wolfy

Thanks for the help! And apparently the unit has to be plural for the search to bring up the answer!

>152 BookConcierge: Maybe it's not the correct title? I thought it was small animal of a certain colour, but this just doesn't want to work.

Without everyone's help I was stuck on the box of magic sand I spent about twenty minutes trying to figure out how to connect it to George R R Martin b/c of "Sandkings" . Thanks so much for doing these, Tim, et al. These are as fun as they are frustrating.

Thank you. As someone earlier said, I don't like this author and just didn't think of it/him/her.

Re: Clue #4 (Lorax) ~ I didn't have any trouble, using the fruit, the main guy's surname and the word 'memoir' as a tagmash.
And I'm usually rubbish at a lot of the clues in these hunts, so if I could find it, despite the CK glitch, maybe it is ok?

Okay, #2 has me stumped. I can think of what it is referring to but can't seem to hone in on a specific book or author.

>164 keahn: You need to look for a tag page, not a book or author.

Yay! Got them all except #4 in less than an hour, and the clues for that one helped me to finish.

I got all them now. I was super stuck on #15 for the longest time.
If anyone still needs help, let me know.

ShyPageSniffer I am still stuck on #2

I am still stuck on #2

Ok, I am not finding any pumpkins. I have solved a few of them but nothing... I clicked on the "new" link and still nothing. Will someone send me the answer to #1 just so I can see if I am actually wrong or my computer is doing something? Thanks.

Not sure how to do that. Or maybe I don't know that I know how?

>156 kanwarpal_singh: >170 hbfl:

Have you tried clicking 'Use the new design' at the bottom of the widget page?
https://www.librarything.com/more/widgets

Solved all of them except #2 and #5
I know I'm on the right track for #2 but can't seem to find the right page.
#5 is just a mystery to me.

Time to read through past comments and see if someone has the hint I need.

UPDATE: solved #2
UPDATE: also solved #5

When you find the right page, a pop-down banner at the top of the page indicates that you found it and has a link back to the hunt page.
https://www.librarything.com/work/6131457
hope this is the right forum code (crosses fingers)

Okay. You don't even want to know how long it took me to finally figure #2 out with your spoiler clue...but I DID. :D

I accidentally found #6 when I was looking for #3 and on #8 I was sure it was Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde because I didn't see the word "girl" in the rhyme so that one took me forever until I finally got the right person. This was a great hunt though! Thanks to the creators of it. Super fun!

>156 kanwarpal_singh: You don't reach the pumpkin by giving the answers here in the comments. You reach the pumpkins by finding the page on this website where the pumpkin is hidden. The pumpkins are hiding at the top of the pages and "pop down" when you go there. Then you will see a green tick mark by the clue on the Halloween Hunt page and a count of all the pumpkins you have found on that page also.

This page is for giving extra clues not for giving answers.

Finally got them all! Thank you >97 PawsforThought:! Your clue got me #14, which was the most difficult one for me.
And thank you to LT for another fun hunt!

I got them all! Thank you for the hunt, it was another fun time.

Look series

I just got the last one! But I could only figure out the final three with some very helpful hints from this message board. Thanks y’all and Happy Halloween!

I'm still looking for the right terms for #13.

That's the hunt that's giving me the most trouble, even though I think that I know what the "Viscous, dripping exsanguinated red__" refers to. Maybe I am also wrong about what the last line of the clue is hinting at, other than the author's name.

BTW, if you reply with an extra hint/clue, please can you reference this post by using #182 (substitute the # sign with the > character)? Thanks.

it was adapted into a movie

children's book

>183 TempleBethElSalinas:, if you were talking about #13 pumpkin, I'm confused! The hint says, "This book looks at..."
Or were you replying to some other post?

it hints at the title also

>182 SandyAMcPherson: #13 is a book, written by a Rose (first name), with nine and blood in the title. I found it with a search for those title words

Thanks so much >188 FAMeulstee:!
I had those key words but that specific book never came up because I was using the number and the wrong units. I was also probably really too tired by then! These hunts are so addictive!

I was sure it was a book by Brunonia Barry but they take place in Massachusetts. No idea!

This hunt was SO much fun! Thanks!

This was a blast! Thanks for those who provided some subtle hints...#2 and #7 had me stumped but the collective brain was awesome! Thank you! Hope you all get your pumpkins!

hi, do what I did and go outside the square ie: I put in those words to Google. Worked a charm groan.

Stuck on #1 and #2. I know #2 is referring to an animal but can’t figure out which book or author

>194 Linje: #1 is a Roald Dahl book.

#2 is a tag for a classic monster. Watch out for plural/singular!

I've found 11 pumpkins and I'm going to be satisfied with that. I've read through all of the almost 200 comments/clues. I enjoyed it for awhile, but not now, even though I'm pretty sure I've found the answers, I'm apparently not getting to just the right page. This was fun and easy enough to be enjoyable.

Thanks for the hints. Got them all.

Thank you all for the hints! I found all 15!

>156 kanwarpal_singh:
You need to use the 'search site' feature in the upper right corner of the webpage.

Find the "answer" to each of the riddles ... and when you do, you'll get a pumpkin.

DO NOT give the answer here.

Please edit your post to delete the answer. That spoils the game for other people.

>160 passion4reading:
# 3 has nothing to do with an animal ... Read the clue again ... think of the answer to # 6, and a story involving building a wall

Got them all, great fun yet again! Thanks and Happy Halloween LT!

I just finished! Ironically, the hardest one was #5! I'm still not sure exactly which one I clicked on to get it; I may not have seen the banner. Thanks, Lorax.

7-witches and spells

That was not so difficult. I found them all in a few hours. Loved the search!

That was a fun hunt ^^ Used a few clues from here for help; thanks everyone.

Thanks for another fun set of riddles! #5 threw me a curve and took a long time to solve. It helps if you've read the books! :)

Finally! I have finished the hunt, many thanks for all who gave clues to #14. It really got me baffled. Many thanks for the creators of the pumpkin hunt, it was great fun.

I have all of them. Thanks for the suggestions.

I am stuck at 4,8,15 any help?

I just found this hunt today, but it's not working in safari or firefox. I am using the new design. What's up? I don't get any banners or anything.

>127 Morphidae: I did the same thing!

Great fun, thanks for another marvelous amusement. I needed hints for #s 2 and 7, but got the rest on my own.

Yay, Library Thing!

Got em all except for 2 and 15.

I get that 2 is about werewolves but that doesn't narrow it down much

Solved all of the puzzles on my own, only need help with #2. Can anyone please help? I can guess it is werewolves, but that does not narrow down. The hint shapeshifter in this forum did not help. Tried all combinations of the keywords extracted from the puzzle. But still stuck!

>215 magicians_nephew: >216 Dr-Tan: look at msg >70 raidergirl3:

Dr-Tan think singular not plural

>215 magicians_nephew: & >216 Dr-Tan: It's not a book or author page. It's a tag so you should be looking in the common knowledge section on the left side of the screen when you search.

Thanks I'm in the fifteen pumpkin club now. Hinting helped

Got 14/15 on my own . . . will now check the hints for #4.
Always enjoy these. Thanks!!!

Okay. #4 is a groaner (I hope that's not considered a spoiler) . . . thanks for the hints.

Finally got all 15!!!

This page was HUGE help.

I got 14 on my own. New record!

Still stuck on #4 though.

EDIT: Got it with the one clue I found. Took a bit of a "circuitous" route to find it.

Love the flaminghost up there, by the way. ;)

> 168 It's a famous horror creature. Michael J. Fox played one in the 80s. It's a single word.

>196 bcrowl399: Which are you stuck on?

>212 al.vick: I had the same problem before I switched to chrome. Have you switched to the New Design on LT yet?

>212 al.vick: is the hunt page showing that you've found pumpkins?

https://www.librarything.com/hunt_2019-11.php

One problem I had in the previous hunt is that a book would be the correct answer, but the banner wouldn't show because I was on an edition (a member's) page instead of the general work page for the book. The word "/book/" was in the page address. To see the pumpkin, I'd click on "Main page" to go the general page.

That might not be the problem you're dealing with. Every hunt, someone reports that the banners won't show up but the found items are recorded on the hunt page.

Got them all, FINALLY!!! So excited some were very hard but such a fun search. Enjoy everyone.

I know what #11 is, I just finished reading it, but it's not giving me the you found the right answer banner.

Anyone know what to do?

Edit: Never mind. Searching for it, rather than just clicking on the copy in my library, made the banner show up.

apparently it was just that I expected a banner about the hunt being on. I did get the pumpkins banner on the answer pages. So I guess eveything is okay.

I'm stuck on #3. I know the author, but none of the titles I type in are working. Hint? Please?

UPDATE: Just figured it out. Thanks anyway.

Thanks for all the hints. I held off peeking until I was down to the last three, which for me were 8, 13, and 15, and then I had to look for extra clues. Got 'em all now.

I do love the hunts. The versification is, shall we say, a little off the vertical, poetically speaking, but somehow that adds to the entertainment.

I'm still struggling finding the right one.

>231 al.vick: Did you happen to hit "dismiss" on the banner at any point? I did that last time I was in and it hasn't shown up since.

magicians_nephew, your hint has worked. many thanks. #2 was the trickiest one I have to say. I am done now!

I've got them all, It was so funny
thanks for hints especially 4

>200 BookConcierge: Thanks for the tip! Finally got there. Clearly the short stories are due for a re-read.

I found 13 of 15 before coming here, so I suppose that's something!

>234 xhollishx: Which clue(s) are you struggling with?

First time I've tried one of these. Got all except #2 and really struggled with that. Then I'm damned if I didn't solve it by accident! A bit annoying, that ...

I'm still stuck on #9. . . . I feel like I'm missing something really obvious, but I have no idea where to look.

>242 msoul13: Think Snoopy.

Yay, got all 15 pumpkins!!! That was fun! I hope LT will do the same for the holiday season 2019!

For #9

It is a cartoon shown on TV right before Halloween.

>245 tammyhennig: tammyhennig Aha . . . Found it! Thank you!

Question...how do I tag someone to help them out with hints?

>248 tammyhennig: All you need to do is type the greater than symbol > and the post number.

>235 WeeTurtle: hmm...maybe.

I'm stuck on 5. I get the clue but can't find the page.

I am also stuck on #5. I know the author, I know the series, I know the character in question even, but darned if I know which book it is.

edit: OH for the love of

>251 lesaneace:, >252 SubtleHouse: for #5 look for the series, not one of the books!

So excited to see #15! I grew up in the town where he grew up and set his books, so he's always been a big deal there :-)

Thank you

#2 was driving me crazy. I finally found the right combo but have no idea what it was. Looked up and had all my pumpkins

Same here

Hurray! I finished the hunt, thanks to some of the hints you guys gave here. (I felt a little silly on a couple for not getting them on my own once I figured out what they were referring to! XD) Thanks for a fun time, LT!

Gosh, I love these hunts! Thanks, team! Also thanks to all the helpers here providing hints for when I am clueless!

>257 michelynn2016: I am so stuck on this on #2 what combos where you using?

>241 alaudacorax: I need help with #2, it's my last one and I can't get the right combo. Please help!

>260 andsoitgoes: For #2 You're looking for a tag (not a book, author or series) of one of the classsic monsters. When you realise what it is you might be howling at the moon

Thanks!

>260 andsoitgoes: Singular vs. Plural matters for this one.

Guys, could I get a little with 7 & 13? I'm about to lose my mind.
edit: Got 13!
edit 2: Oh my god also got 7 in a minute, I'm so happy right now.

Thank you for the explanation of a tagmashing on this site. Everyone recommends them but rarely explains how to get there.

Got them all! Some I knew right away, some took a bit of googling, and the rest I got with the help of you guys and your hints! Thank you!

>262 AHS-Wolfy:
>264 Zoes_Human: Thanks! I finally got it!

This hunt is complete.

Hi! A few "End of Hunt" things:

1) Our 5 t-shirt winners selected from the over 800 of you who found all 15 pumpkins are: @K.Lorraine, @Ally.Rose39, @djryan, @papyri, and @JudithElaine. Congratulations! I will be in contact with those winners soon about prize arrangements.

2) Profile upgrades are done for anyone who found at least 5 pumpkins. If you have a free account and found at least 5 pumpkins, you have been upgraded to a Lifetime account.

Thanks all for playing!

>249 macsbrains: Thank you!! :)

I still haven't received my badge, have I been missed off the list? 🤔🙀

I don't believe they've been awarded yet, they are coming! They have to be awarded manually for our Hunts, and we're right smack in the middle of our busy holiday season, so thanks for your patience. :)