Stamp my Passport with a BADGE! Report Thread

[Lori Z]

I have completed 6 sites, one for each continent.
4 sites reported in message #69.


AFRICA
Botswana:
a. Tsodilo
1. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 4/11/16
2. The Dinosaur Four 4/8/16
3. Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch 4/2/16

AUSTRALIA/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Australia:
e. Shark Bay, Western Australia
1. The Husband's Secret 4/28/16
2. Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence 4/23/16
3. Surrounded By Sharks 4/13/16

[Susan]

Awesome, Lanelle, Beth and Lori Z!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged Lori!

[Lori Z]

Susan wrote: "Awesome, Lanelle, Beth and Lori Z!"

Thanks, Susan!

[Lori Z]

Janice wrote: "You've been badged Lori!"

Love the badge, Janice, thank you!

[Ariane]

Good job, Lori!

[Lori Z]

Thanks Ariane

[KimeyDiann]

I'm behind on congratulating all of you world travelers. Great work to Naomi and Lanelle! Beth and Lori Z, awesome job making it to all 6 continents! Congrats to you all!

[Lori Z]

Thanks KimeyDiann!

[Susan]

Susan G's Travels of a Couch Potato
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

OK! I've completed the second part of the challenge and have visited all six continents (See Message 65 for the first part).

AFRICA: Mali -- Timbuktu
Hacking Timbuktu 4/14/2016
Moo 4/26/2016
The Bookman’s Tale 5/10/2016

ASIA: India -- Taj Mahal
The Case of the Missing Servant 3/31/2016
The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie 3/31/2016
The Winter People 4/3/2016

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Susan. :)

[Ariane]

Congratulations Susan!

[Naomi]

I have completed 3 more sites to bring continent total to 6.

See message 86 for other 3 continents.

1. NORTH AMERICA:
USA
a. Yellowstone National Park
Winterkill
Called Again: Love and Triumph on the Appalachian Trail
Savage Run
 
2. SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
b. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works

The Dancer and the Thief: A Novel
Concealed in Death
Fates and Furies

5. ASIA:
China
b. The Great Wall
A Loyal Character Dancer
The Man in the High Castle
The Quiet Game

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Naomi! Good work. :)

[Susan]

Ariane wrote: "Congratulations Susan!"

Thanks, Ariane! Now I'm trying to work my way through the rest of the sites. Slow going but I'm making some progress.

[Naomi]

Thank you :)

[Lori Z]

Congratulations Naomi!!

[Ariane]

Congratulations Naomi!

[Cherie]

I did it! My four sites.

1. NORTH AMERICA
Canada - Dinosaur Provincial Park
1 Under This Unbroken Sky
2 The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science
3 The Bone Garden

3. EUROPE
France - Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc
1 The Nightingale
2 Death of an Artist: A Mystery
3 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

4. AFRICA
Egypt - Memphis and its Necropolis
1 Crocodile on the Sandbank
2 Cleopatra
3 The Clockwork Scarab

6. AUSTRALIA/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Australia - Lord Howe Island Group
1 Burning For Revenge Tomorrow #5
2 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3 The Redbreast

[Naomi]

Congrats Cherie!

[Lori Z]

Congratulations Cherie!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Cherie!

[Cherie]

Thank you all!

[Lilisa]

Congrats Cherie!

[Susan]

Woo hoo! Way to go, Cherie!

[Ariane]

Congratulations Cherie!

[Deborah]

Cherie - that's fabulous! Some interesting looking books there too!

I just noticed the bit about doing at least one site out of every continent, which I had done a while back - am now challenging myself to try to complete every single site in the challenge overall. Don't think I will achieve it but I can but try! :)

[Cherie]

Thanks, Deborah!

Completing all of the tasks on all the contents for the challenge would be awesome indeed!

Six months later, I am still "challenged" to find books for every task in every site so far. I am still gophering. I just can't stand the blank spaces. I wonder if anyone has actually done it yet? If I were willing to just find a book, it would be ok, but I want to be willing to read it too.

I am going to give the old school try for one book for the remaining tasks after I complete the last two tasks for my missing continents though.

[Deborah]

Oh, it has to be a book one would be willing to read! Feel free to saunter through my World Cruise and see if anything meets your approval - I found a couple of good ones in your Australia section and I am sure I can return the compliment even though we don't have similar main genres. I am still working on finding books as I add site after site. I am almost completely done with Europe and hardly started in Africa.

[Cherie]

Africa is tough! :0)

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Six months later, I am still "challenged" to find books for every task in every site so far. I am still gophering. I just can't stand the blank spaces. I wonder if anyone has actually done it yet? If I were willing to just find a book, it would be ok, but I want to be willing to read it too...."

The extra recognition is that every site gets visited for at least one book. You don't need to do every task for every site unless that's a personal challenge.

[Cherie]

Just a personal challenge to find a book for all of them, Janice. One more book and I will be there. All of the sites will be highlighted in green instead of blue on my spreadsheet. ^_^

[Deborah]

And a personal challenge for me to try and cover them all - at just one book for the remainder of sites, that should be manageable - I'm still going to try and do the lot though!

Hey, Janice - can we do this again next year with a different bunch of World Heritage sites????? *pretty please*

[Janice, Moderator]

I'll consider it Deborah. There's certainly enough sites, and I missed Russia all together. No promises though.

[Deborah]

*looks hopeful* I'd be happy to help :)

[[deleted user]]

I have completed 4 sites

North America, Canada, Glacier Bay
- Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic
- Love Bats Last
- Diamond Legacy

South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- Once Upon a Time in Rio: A Novel
- The Stone Prince
- Love and Rumors

Europe, UK, Giant's Causeway
- Love and Shenanigans
- The Sword of Summer
- The Viscount's Christmas Temptation

Australia, Lord Howe Island Group
- Saving Wishes
- Highlander Untamed
- Höns och andra fjäderfän

[Janice, Moderator]

This is your first badge in the group? Awesome! I set up your wall of fame and posted your first badge. :)

[Susan]

Way to go, Sofia!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Sofia!

[[deleted user]]

Yeah, it's my first :D
Thanks everyone!

[Jayme, Moderator]

I have completed four sites - Happy Me!!!

Site 1 - Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile, South America)
book 1: The House of the Spirits
book 2: Scandal in Spring
book 3: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Site 2- Persepolis (Iran, Asia)
book 1: Iran Awakening
book 2: Crocodile on the Sandbank
book 3: Speak

Site 3 - Konso Cultural Landscape (Ethiopia, Africa)
book 1: Cutting for Stone
book 2: The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
book 3: Mrs. Hemingway

Site 4 - Lord Howe Island Group (Australia)
book 1: The Idea of Perfection
book 2: Letters from Skye
book 3: The Nest

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted Jayme. :)

[Jayme, Moderator]

That's a beautiful badge, Janice. And this is a great challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm glad you're enjoying it Jayme. Will you tackle the "all continents" for an extra badge?

[Janice, Moderator]

Woohooo! I finished my four sites:


1.- North America: Dinosaur Provincial Park - Canada
a. Green Grass, Running Water (set in Alberta)
b. Jurassic Park (about dinosaurs)
c. The Bone Garden (bone in title)

2. - Europe: Tower of London - England
a. The Killer Next Door (set in England)
b. Hatshepsut's Collar (about the Tower of London)
c. Red Queen (crown on cover)

3. - Asia: Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang - China
a. Lost in Translation (set in China)
b. His Majesty's Dragon (there be dragons)
c. Throne of Jade (jade title)

4. - Australia: The Tasmanian Wilderness
a. The Rainbow and the Rose (set in Tasmania)
b. The Wicked Girls (Prison is significant.)
c. One Foot in the Grave (paranormal fantasy)

Now I'm off to give myself a badge.

[Camilla]

Nice work Janice! I have the same book read for the crown task.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks Camilla

[Trudy]

Four sites complete! Now, I need only two more books to complete all six continents.

North America - Mexico - Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The Jaguar's Children (book set in Mexico)
The Vision of Emma Blau (book about migration)
The Gift of Rain (butterfly on cover)

Europe - UK - New Lanark
Letters from Skye (book set in Scotland)
Coal River (book about child labour)
Astonishing Splashes of Colour (book with wool or clothing made from wool on cover)

Africa - Ethiopia - Konso Cultural Landscape
Sweetness in the Belly (book set in Ethiopia)
Harvest (book involving agriculture)
Norwegian Wood (book with word "wood" in title)

Asia - China - Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Waiting (book set in China)
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (book in which there are endangered animals)
The Call of the Wild (middle grade/young adult book in which an animal plays a significant role)

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, TrudyAn. :)

[Trudy]

Thanks, Janice!