Stamp my Passport with a BADGE! Report Thread

[Janice, Moderator]

Your passport is stamped, Roz!

[Sam]

Good work Roz! :-)

[Dawn]

Finally finished!!


ASIA:
Thailand:
✓ a. Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
The Windup Girl- Read a book set in Thailand
Richard II - Read a book in which a King is a significant character
- Take Home Item – Pottery Shard: Read a book with a bowl or cup on the cover.

China:
✓ b. The Great Wall
The Three-Body Problem- Read a book set in China
The Sentimentalists- Read a book in which there is an army
East Lynne- Take Home Item – Brick: Because the Great Wall is colossal and made of bricks, read a chunkster that is more than 500 pages

AFRICA
South Africa:
✓ a. Vredefort Dome
The Story of an African Farm- Read a book set in South Africa
World of Trouble- Read a book in the post-apocalyptic genre
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress- Take Home Item - Piece of Meteorite: Read a book set in space

EUROPE:
Italy:
✓ a. Venice and its Lagoon
The Venus Throw- Read a book set in Italy
The Venice Experiment: A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad- Read a book set in Venice
- Take Home Item – Gondolier’s Scarf: Read a book with a predominantly red cover (70%)

[Cherie]

Fantastic, Dawn! Congratulations. I love seeing the books everyone has read for the sites they chose for their challenge. I have read two of your books, but I am looking forward to checking all out the others.

[Dawn]

Not very many of them ended up being something I'd recommend, so beware!

[Cherie]

Dawn wrote: "Not very many of them ended up being something I'd recommend, so beware!"

LOL! I found one on my TBR list (the Venice book), but did not add any of the others. I have finished at least one book from the sites you chose for your first badge. Are you going to try to complete the other three YLTO continents for the 2nd badge?

[Dawn]

The Venice one is cute but very amateur in writing style. So while I liked it, I wouldn't spend any money on it.

I'm contemplating the second badge, I had intended to do that at the beginning but it's taken me so long to get this far I'm not sure if I will end up doing it.

[Tasha]

congrats, Dawn!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your passport has been stamped, Dawn. :)

[Dawn]

Thank you, thank you!

[Sam]

Congratulations Dawn! :-D

[Susan]

Great job, Dawn!!

[Almeta]

All Continents Sweep
Finished: All continents, 1 site each, 3 tasks under those sites.

1. NORTH AMERICA:
b. Grand Canyon National Park -
✈ - Arizona Ghost Flower 7 Sep
✈ - river in it The Knife of Never Letting Go 22 Aug
✈ - Arrowhead: First Nations Effigies Choctaw nation 5 Sep

2. SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador:
a. Galápagos Islands
✈ - about Galápagos Galápagos 18 Jun
✈ - Flamingo Florida Roadkill 17 Apr
✈ - Egg the main character is a baker Wicked Appetite 1 Jul

3. EUROPE:
Italy:
a. Venice and its Lagoon
✈ - Italy - Dying on the Vine 30 Jan
✈ - Venice The Evil Of The Day 28 Mar
✈ - Gondolier’s Scarf: red cover The Shadow Tracer 3 Jul

4. AFRICA
Botswana:
a. Tsodilo
✈ - set in Botswana The Screaming of the Innocent 22 Mar
✈ - set in Prehistoric Times Raptor Red 20 Jun
✈ - Quartz: the title begins with Q Quiet Belief in Angels 3 Mar

5. Asia
Afghanistan:
a. Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
✈ - set in Afghanistan The Kite Runner 6 Apr
✈ - there are caves Evil Under the Sun 13 Sep
✈ - cover is predominantly blue The Killer Next Door 10 Jan

6. Australia/South Sea Islands
Tasmanian Wilderness
✈ - set in Australia - The Potato Factory 16 Sep
✈ - where prison is significant The Investigation, Jung-Myung Lee 12 Feb
✈ - Tasmanian Devil: Paranormal Fantasy (think devils) The Dirt on Ninth Grave 9 Apr


Off to South America!

[Cherie]

Sweet, Almeta! Congratulations!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Almeta! :)

[Lilisa]

I finished the six continents - message 200 plus the two below!

Asia - India - Mountain Railways of India
- The Mountain of Light
- In the Land of the Long White Cloud
- Train to Pakistan

Australia/South Sea Islands - New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

- The Bone People
- The Book of Life
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted, Lilisa. :)

[Cherie]

Yay, Lilisa!

[Lilisa]

Janice wrote: "Your badge has been posted, Lilisa. :)"

Awesome - thanks for the fantastic challenge, Janice! Yay Cherie :-) I'm cheering you on as you get to every site!

[Almeta]

Finished all sites!☺


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☆★1. NORTH AMERICA:
Canada:

Dinosaur Provincial Park
✈ -a. Piece of petrified bone: “bone” in the title The Bone Garden 19 Mar

b. Glacier Bay
✈ set in British Columbia - Overexposed 16 Aug

✈ - c. Historic District of Old Québec - set in Quebec A Fatal Grace 25 Mar

✈ - d. Red Bay Basque Whaling Station - Fiddle: musical instrument- Passenger 24 Jul

United States of America:
✈ - a. Yellowstone National Park - Montana Chasing Fire 5 May

✈ - b. Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona Ghost Flower 7 Sep
✈ - river in it The Knife of Never Letting Go 22 Aug
✈ - Arrowhead: First Nations Effigies Choctaw nation 5 Sep

✈ -c. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - coconut in title Coconut Cowboy 14 Sep

✈ - d. Carlsbad Caverns National Park - “Bat” in title, The Bat 10 Feb

-Mexico & Caribbean:
✈ - a. Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche - Mexico Signal to Noise 14 May

✈ b. Agave Landscape - set in Mexico Skull Duggery 8 Sep

✈ - c. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve - butterfly in title Poor Butterfly 3 Sep

✈ - d. Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System in Caribbean On Stranger Tides 4 Sep
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☆★2. SOUTH AMERICA:

Brazil:
✈ - a. Iguaçu National Park - set in Brazil A Vine in the Blood 4 Sep

b. Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea
✈ - main character is a photographer Troll: A Love Story 29 Jul

Argentina:
✈ -a. Qhapaq Ñan, - time on the road Whistling Past the Graveyard 8 Apr

✈ - b. Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas - set in Argentina Needle in a Haystack 22 Sep

Chile:
✈ - a. Rapa Nui National Park - set in Chile The Neruda Case: A Novel 27 Aug

✈ -b. Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works - Rita Award Scorched 19 Sep

Cuba:
✈ - a. Old Havana character smokes. 
Aloha from Hell (Maledictions, Lucifer's favorite cigarettes) 18 Aug

Peru:
✈ - a. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3 Sep

✈ - b. Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana
- set in space. Look Out For Space 7 Jul

c. Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
✈ - pottery on the cover The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier 23 Aug

Ecuador:

a. Galápagos Islands
✈ - about Galápagos Galápagos 18 Jun
✈ - Flamingo Florida Roadkill 17 Apr
✈ - Egg the main character is a baker Wicked Appetite 1 Jul

✈ - b. Qhapaq Ñan, - someone is weaving textiles A Simple Murder 20 Mar
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☆★3. EUROPE:

France:
✈ - a. Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc set in France - The Perfume Collector 11 Apr

Austria:
✈ - a. Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg - Austria A Matter of Breeding 2 Apr

Belgium:
✈ - a. Stoclet House - Rose in the title The Apothecary Rose 10 Sep

Denmark:
✈ - a. Stevns Klint - set in Denmark The Purity of Vengeance 30 Aug

Germany:
✈ - a. Frontiers of the Roman Empire - spears as weapons. The Blade Itself 31 Mar

Greece:
✈ - a. Archaeological Site of Olympia - Greek mythology The Song of Achilles 2 Jan

Iceland:
✈ a. Surtsey - set in Iceland Burial Rites 20 Jul

Italy:
a. Venice and its Lagoon
✈ - Italy - Dying on the Vine 30 Jan
✈ - Venice The Evil Of The Day 28 Mar
✈ - Gondolier’s Scarf: red cover The Shadow Tracer 3 Jul

Netherlands:
a. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
✈ -set in the Netherlands The Dinner Club 15 Aug

Poland:
✈ - a. Auschwitz Birkenau Poland The Devil's Arithmetic 25 May

Spain:
✈ - a. Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) - about a pilgrimage - The Alchemist 1 Apr

United Kingdom (Britain, North Ireland & Scotland):
✈ - a. Tower of London England Dodger 14 Feb

✈ b. Giant's Causeway and Coast - North Ireland or Ireland The Pig Did It 3 Jan

✈ c. New Lanark - set in Scotland The Orkney Scroll 10 Jun
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☆★4. AFRICA

Botswana:
a. Tsodilo
✈ - set in Botswana The Screaming of the Innocent 22 Mar
✈ - set in Prehistoric Times Raptor Red 20 Jun
✈ - Quartz: the title begins with Q Quiet Belief in Angels 3 Mar

Democratic Republic of Congo:
a. Okapi Wildlife Reserve - feather on the cover
✈ - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender 20 Jun

Ethiopia:
a. Konso Cultural Landscape
✈ - set in Ethiopia ☭ Cutting for Stone 17 Jun
✈ - Involving agriculture All Over Creation 7 May
✈ - Wood is in the title The Enchanted Wood 13 Apr

Gambia:
✈ - a. Kunta Kinteh Island - word “Ivory” in the title, The Ivory Grin 1 Sep

Kenya:
✈ - a. Kenya Lake System - cover hot pink Tilt-a-Whirl 15 Jan

Madagascar:
✈ - a. Rainforests of the Atsinanana - frog on the cover Science Fair 7 Jan

Mali:
✈ a. Timbuktu - about books. Beyond Life 22 Mar

Nigeria:
✈ - a. Osogbo Sacred Grove - mask on cover Mrs. Pollifax on Safari 29 Jan

Senegal:
✈ - a. Island of Gorée - in a series. Mission Canyon Evan Delaney #2) 4 Feb

South Africa:
✈ -a. Vredefort Dome - post-apocalyptic genre The Fireman 29 Jun

Egypt:
✈ - a. Memphis and its Necropolis - “Scarab” in the title The Clockwork Scarab 24 Apr

Morocco:
✈ - a. Medina of Marrakesh -olive in a drink Casino Royal 8 May
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☆★5. Asia

Afghanistan:
a. Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
✈ - set in Afghanistan The Kite Runner 6 Apr
✈ - there are caves Evil Under the Sun 13 Sep
✈ - cover is predominantly blue The Killer Next Door 10 Jan

China:
✈ -a. Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
there are dragons A Malady Of Magicks 21 Jun

✈ - b. The Great Wall - a chunkster The Map of the Sky with 591 pages 26 Jan

✈ -c. Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
- set in China The Terracotta Army 29 Apr

India:
✈ - a. Taj Mahal set in India The Case of the Missing Servant 9 Jul

✈ - b. Mountain Railways of India -“train” in the title The Girl on the Train 21 Apr

Iran:
✈ - a. Persepolis - set in Iran/Persia, - The Blood of Flowers 13 Jul

Japan:
✈ - a. Hiroshima Peace Memorial set in Japan The Earthquake Bird 25 Aug

✈ -b. Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites -seamstress Mademoiselle Chanel 28 Aug

Mongolia:
✈ - a. Orkhon Valley - music theme 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas 4 Apr

Nepal:
✈ - a. Lumbini character is Buddhist Lunch with Buddha 3 May

Thailand:
✈ - a. Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Cockroaches 8 Mar
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☆★6. Australia/South Sea Islands

Australia:
✈ - a. Great Barrier Reef - set on the ocean Captain Blood 6 Mar

✈ - b. Kakadu National Park - teeth on the cover Sharp Teeth 19 Jun

✈ - c. Lord Howe Island Group - with a Bird on the cover All the Bright Places 23 Feb

d. Tasmanian Wilderness
✈ - set in Australia - The Potato Factory 16 Sep
✈ - where prison is significant The Investigation, Jung-Myung Lee 12 Feb
✈ - Tasmanian Devil: Paranormal Fantasy (think devils) The Dirt on Ninth Grave 9 Apr

✈ - e. Shark Bay, Western Australia - “Shark” in the title Sharks Never Sleep:r 2 May

✈ -f. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - cover is red Dark Lover 26 Mar

✈ -g. Sydney Opera House - set in Australia Matthew Flinders' Cat 18 Jul

✈ -h. Macquarie Island - set in Antarctica At the Mountains of Madness 1 Sep

New Zealand:
✈ - a. Te Wahipounamu – fantasy genre Babayaga 5 Feb

Papua New Guinea:
✈- a. Kuk Early Agricultural Site - death as a significant theme. Mort 16 Apr

Philippines:
a. Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
✈- agriculture is a significant theme When Rain Clouds Gather 21 Aug

Singapore:
a. Singapore Botanical Gardens
✈ - set in Singapore Aunty Lee's Delights 1 Mar
✈ - a garden is a significant location The Garden of Evening Mists 2 May

[Lori Z]

Wow, Almeta, way to go! Congratulations!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Awesome, Almeta! Your badge is on your wall.

[Lilisa]

Amazing Almeta! Congrats - what a feat!

[Lanelle]

Congratulations, Almeta!

[Camilla]

Congratulations Almeta! Nice travelling!

[Cherie]

Awesome, Almeta! Congratulations!!!

[Almeta]

Thank you everyone.

AWESOME BADGE!

[Mariab]

Congrats!!!!

[Sandra, Moderator]

AWESOME! Congrats, Almeta!

[Mariab]

Ok.
I have finished it too:

5. ASIA:

China:
b. The Great Wall
- Read a book set in China; I read Snake Agent
- Read a book in which there is an army: I read El ejercito perdido.
- Take Home Item – Brick: Because the Great Wall is colossal and made of bricks, read a chunkster that is more than 500 pages The Golem and the Jinni

Japan:
b. Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
- Read a book set in Japan I read a Comic Book (all 8 bands) Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1
- Read a book with a character that is a seamstress or tailor, or has a clothing sweat shop. I read A Gathering of Shadows
- Take Home Item – Silkworm Egg: Read a book with the word “silk” in the title/sub-title Silk and Shadows

6. AUSTRALIA/SOUTH SEA ISLANDS:
Australia

g. Sydney Opera House
- Read a book set in Australia. I read Beauty from Pain
- Read a book set in a harbour city Bite Me
- Take Home Item – Concert Program: I read: Infinity + One

New Zealand:
a. Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
- Read a book set in New Zealand. I read Just This Once
- Read a book in the fantasy genre (sorry, can’t help but think of the Lord of the Rings movies) I read A Darker Shade of Magic
- Take Home Item – Chunk of Glacier Ice: Read a book where there is snow/ice on the cover, or “snow” or “ice” is in the title. I read Fires of Winter

[Mariab]

I didn't thought, I would read the sites for Asia or Australia/South Sea Islands, I was aiming more toward Europe or America... so are travels, you never know where you will end... and enjoy it!

Now I can devote myself to collect SOUVENIRS in every site (my personal challenge), that is, only the third task in each site.

[Lori Z]

Congrats, Mariab! Good luck with your souvenir collecting!

[Mariab]

Thanks!! :-))

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall Mariab.

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Mariab!!

[Tasha]

Congrats guys! I'm impressed!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Congrats, Mariab!

[Mariab]

Thanks!!!

[Annerlee]

Here are my 4 completed sites

Site 1: The Great Wall, China
Read a book set in China: In the Pond
Read a book in which there is an army: Player Piano
Take Home Item – Brick: a chunkster with 500+ pages: Summer of Night

Site 2: Surtsey, Iceland
Book Set in Iceland: Arctic Chill
Book with a Volcano: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Lava Rock: Black rock on the cover: Die Haarteppichknüpfer

Site 3:Canada: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
- Read a book set in Alberta: Obasan
- Read a book about dinosaurs (living or fossils): Jurassic Park
- Take home item – Piece of petrified bone: Read a book that has the word “bone” in the title: The Bone Clocks

Site 4: Macquarie Island site (Australia/ South Sea Islands)
- Read a book set in Antarctica: Murder in the Antarctic
- Read a book about exploration: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
- Take Home Item – Penguin: Read a classic published by Penguin Classics: Dracula

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Annerlee. :)

[Annerlee]

Janice wrote: "You've been badged, Annerlee. :)"
Thank you !! I'm so happy : D

[Almeta]

Wow, everyone is winding things up pretty early.

CONGRATULATIONS!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Annerlee!

[Sam]

Congratulations everyone, seems we're really globe trotting now! :-)

[Tasha]

Congrats, Annerlee!

[Susan]

Wow! You are all traveling up a storm!! BIG congratulations to Almeta, Lilisa, Mariab and Annerlee! I can't wait to take some time and check out some of the books on your lists.

[Mariab]

YAY, Cheers, Annerlee!
Great books!

[Suzanne]

I did it!

Site 1 - The Great Wall
The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall - completed 01/19/16
Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground by Marie Jakober Underground - completed 04/15/16
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson - completed 05/17/16

Site 2 - Lord Howe Island Group
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton completed 03/01/16
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich completed 05/28/16
The Gravity of Birds by Tracy Guzman - completed 01/24/16

Site 3 - Vredefort Dome
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay - completed 08/31/16
The Twelve by Justin Cronin - completed 03/26/16
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - completed 02/08/16

Site 4 - Macquarie Island
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Simple completed 06/03/16
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose - completed 02/21/16
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - completed 02/22/16

Site 5 - Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason Stearns completed 07/23/16
A Far Off Place by Laurens Van der Post completed 03/12/16
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend by Bob Drury completed 08/17/16

Site 6 - Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
A Year in Japan by Kate Williamson completed 09/18/16
The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles completed 04/27/16
Journeys on the Silk Road: A Desert Explorer, Buddha's Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World's Oldest Printed Bookby Joyce Morgan completed 09/28/16

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Suzanne. :)

[Lilisa]

Yay, congrats Suzanne!