Stamp my Passport with a BADGE! Report Thread

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Jannene. :)

[Cherie]

Yay, Jannene! Congratulations on finishing the four sites challenge!

[Annerlee]

Jannene wrote: "I completed Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa. Please stamp my badge ..."

Well done Jannene!

[Jannene]

Thanks everyone. I was afraid that I would never finish it!

[Sam]

Congratulations to all the recent finishers! :-D

[Lori]

Applying for a Badge (Site Completed in Each Continent)

NORTH AMERICA (Mexico)
1. The Fragrance of Surrender: Inspirational Women's Fiction
2. Mayan Blood
3. The Calendar

SOUTH AMERICA (Peru)
1. When Mountains Walked
2. Miranda Warning
3. Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck

EUROPE (France)
1. Madame Picasso.
2. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
3.The Hangman's Daughter

AFRICA (Morocco)
1. Garment of Shadows
2. Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
3. The Olive Tree

ASIA (Afghanistan)
1. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. The Android's Dream

AUSTRALIA
1. The Australian's Society Bride
2. Italian Shoes
3. Love in the Time of Cholera

[Cherie]

Yay, Lori! Congratulations! Some great reads on your list. Some I have read and some I have on my TBR yet. Did you like The Android's Dream?

[Sam]

And I have somehow managed to visit every site...I shan't try and show them all here (unless you really want me too!) but they're all on my thread

[Lori]

Congratulations, Sam, that is impressive!!! I'm not even going to try for the every site award.

[Lanelle]

Janice, I've earned the two bonus badges, all 6 continents and one task in each site. Here's a link to my thread - Lanelle's List of Layover Locations.
I hope my system makes sense to you :)

[Sam]

Thanks Lori, I didn't expect to finish it to be honest but thought it was worth a go.

And congratulations Lanelle!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Lanelle!

[Lanelle]

Thank you, Sam and Cherie. It's been fun finding books for this challenge.

[Liz]

I FINALLY finished my 4 sites. Please badge me! :)

New Zeland: Te Wahipounamu
1. Faces in the Water
2. Uprooted
3. Sister

China: The great wall
1. Women of the Silk
2. The Last Kingdom
3. The Woman in White

Italy: Venice and its Lagoon
1. Cleopatra's Daughter
2. The Passion
3. I, Robot

Child: Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
1. The House of the Spirits
2. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
3. Salt to the Sea

[Janice, Moderator]

Ok, I think I got everyone - Lori, Sam, Lanelle (2), Liz.

Please let me know if I've given the correct badges to the correct people.

[Lanelle]

Thank you for the badges, Janice. They're wonderful.

[Cherie]

Way to go, Liz!!!

[Sharon]

Finished part 3 of the challenge, to read one book from every site. The list is on my page, here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Part 1 and 2 reported earlier.

With 6 weeks to spare! Can't wait to see next year's challenge.

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Sharon. :)

[Cherie]

Awesome, Sharon!

[Tasha]

I finished the challenge! I visited 4 sites, read 12 books. :)

COMPLETED 4 sites, 12 books

1) North America ~ Historic District of Old Quebec (3/3 completed) Finished

c. Historic District of Old Québec - FINISHED
✔ read a book set in Quebec The Beautiful Mystery
✔ read about immigrants coming to the new world Fever
✔ Take home item - French Food: Read a book that has French food it in (bring home a taste of old France). Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes


2) Europe ~ France (3/3 completed) FINISHED

France ~ Finished
a. Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
✔ Read a book set in France The Nightingale
✔ Read a book about painting The Muralist
✔ Take Home Item: - Piece of Charcoal: Read a book with a dark grey or black cover (70%) The Night Watch
 

3) Africa ~ South Africa (3/3 completed) FINISHED

South Africa ~ Finished
a. Vredefort Dome
✔ Read a book set in South Africa We Are Not Such Things: The Murder of a Young American, a South African Township, and the Search for Truth and Reconciliation
✔ Read a book in the post-apocalyptic genre Oryx and Crake
✔ Take Home Item - Piece of Meteorite: Read a book set in space The Sparrow

4) Australia/South Sea Islands ~ Lord Howe Island Group (2/3)

Australia ~ FINISHED
c. Lord Howe Island Group
✔ Read a book set in Australia The Hypnotist's Love Story
✔ Read a book set on an island And Then There Were None
✔ Take Home Item – Bird: Read a book with the word “Bird” in the title, or a bird on the cover Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl

Thanks for a great challenge, Janice!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Tasha. I'm glad you enjoyed the challenge. :)

[Tasha]

thanks, Janice! It's a beautiful badge.

[Lilisa]

Congrats Tasha! :-)

[Tasha]

thanks, lilisa!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Tasha!

[Beth]

Ok, I have finished the whole thing. I'm PhillyBeth on the wall.

First 4 sites with all parts and remaining 2 continents: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

All the other sites, one task each:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Cherie]

Awesome, Beth!!!

[Tasha]

Thanks, Cherie!

Congrats, Beth!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Beth. :)

[Sam]

Congratulations to all the latest completees! (I'm sure that's a word...)

[Tasha]

haha...thanks! :)

[Katie]

Thanks!

[Peggy]

I finished the 6 continents sweep :)

First 4 sites are in message 221.

Two other continents:

North America
Mexico & Caribbean, c. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The Exquisite and Immaculate Grace of Carmen Espinoza
Seriously Mum, Where's That Donkey?
The Dry Grass of August

Asia (mainland)
India, b. Mountain Railways of India
The Leaving of Things
True Grit
The Girl From the Train

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Peggy.

[Peggy]

So quick! Thanks!!

[Cherie]

Great work, Peggy!

[Beth]

That thanks above was from me. I had logged in as Katie and forgotten!

[Tasha]

Congrats, Peggy!

[Camilla]

Finished the all sites sweep. First four sites reported in msg #176, the additional two sites in #182, and link to my planning page https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... where all the completed sites + books are. Read books are marked with a ✔ and a date.

[Cherie]

Awesome, Camilla!!!!!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Camilla. :)

[Camilla]

Thank you Janice!

[Sarah]

I have finished 4 sites. I really thought i wouldn't make it.

3. Europe
Denmark:
a. Stevns Klint
1) Set in Denmark - Mercy COMPLETED
2) Asteroid hits/threatens Earth - Leviathan Wakes COMPLETED
3) About fossils - Jurassic Park COMPLETED



4. Africa
South Africa
a. Vredefort Dome
1. Set in South Africa - Marabou Stork Nightmares COMPLETED
2. Post-apocalyptic genre The Fireman COMPLETE
3. Set in space - Caliban's War COMPLETED



5. Asia
China
b. The Great Wall
1) Set in China - The Three-Body Problem COMPLETED
2) There is an army - The Twelve COMPLETED
3) More than 500 pages. - Under the Dome COMPLETED



6. Australia / South Sea Islands
c. Lord Howe Island Group
1) Set in Australia - Big Little Lies COMPLETED
2) Set on an island - Shutter Island - COMPLETED
3) Bird on the cover - The Last Town COMPLETED



Please may I have a badge?

[Janice, Moderator]

You certainly may have a badge, Sarah. It's on your wall. :)

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "You certainly may have a badge, Sarah. It's on your wall. :)"

Thanks Janice.

[Annerlee]

I've finally finished my 6 site continent sweep and it's 'only' December !!

Please could I have a badge...?

S.America - Brazil:
Iguaçu National Park
- A book set in Brazil... The Boys from Brazil
- Waterfall on the cover or in the story The Ice Palace
- Take Home Item – Rainbow on the cover The Wonderful Wizard of Oz




N America - Canada:
a. Dinosaur Provincial Park:
- Read a book set in Alberta Obasan
- About dinosaurs (living or fossils) Jurassic Park
- Take home piece of petrified bone: the word “bone” in the title The Bone Clocks

Europe - Iceland:
a. Surtsey:
- Read a book set in Iceland Arctic Chill
- Read a book about a volcanoJourney to the Centre of the Earth
- Take Home Item – lava: A black rock on the cover. Die Haarteppichknüpfer



Africa - South Africa:
a. Vredefort Dome:
- Read a book set in South Africa July's People
- Read a book in the post-apocalyptic genre The Stand
- Take Home Item - Meteorite: Set in space William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

Asia - China - The Great Wall
- Read a book set in China In the Pond
- Read a book in which there is an army. Player Piano
- Take Home Item – Brick: read a chunkster >500 pages. Summer of Night

Australia / S Sea Islands - Macquarie Island
- Book set in Antarctica Murder in the Antarctic
- 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

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Sarah and Annerlee! You did it!

[Annerlee]

Cherie wrote: "Congratulations, Sarah and Annerlee! You did it!"

Thank you Cherie. And congrats to you too Sarah!

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been badged, Annerlee.