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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Badge 2, Book 23 of 24Book Book 31 - Red Sparrow
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Anna Karenina
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Pages 864
Criteria and Specifications Read a book set in Russia or written by a Russian author. The book is by Leo Tolstoy, set in Russia.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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Badge 2, Book 24 of 24Book Book 19 - The Jungle Book
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Age of Anger: A History of the Present
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Pages 416
Criteria and Specifications Read a book set in India or by an Indian author. This book is written by Pankaj Mishra, an Indian intellectual.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Congrats on finishing badge 2!
Janice wrote: "Congrats on finishing badge 2!"Thanks Janice. I've already started on badge 3.
Badge 3, Book 1 of 36Book Book 14 - The Girl in the Spider's Web
Task 5 - Genre
Book Link The Shadow of the Wind
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Pages 506
Criteria and Specifications Read a book that is Historical Mystery. Use this genre page as a tool. Required - explain how the book fits this genre.
The book is a mystery (of an author's life) set in postwar Barcelona, 1945.
My Review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Faiza wrote: " Badge 3, Book 2 of 36Book Book 15 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Notes From A Small Island: Journey Through Britain
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Oh gosh! I hate to tell you this, but I discounted Great Britain as being an island. Technically it is, but the land mass is much larger than what I was going for in the task and it contains more than one country.
I hope that you can use this book for another task.
Janice wrote: Oh gosh! I hate to tell you this, but I discounted Great Britain as being an island. Technically it is, but the land mass is much larger than what I was going for in the task and it contains more than one country. I hope that you can use this book for another task.
Hey Janice. I revisited the original challenge questions, and it only mentions "island", with no other specifications. I wish this had been mentioned (which would discount New Zealand too).
I google searched if Britain was an island, and almost everywhere it says it is (with the exception of an article published in 2003).
I've also tried to fit the book in another task but alas! None exist. (I've already done the memoir one).
We've had several discussions about this in the discussion thread in the last few days. I have consistently disallowed Britain in this challenge and in past challenges. Have you done Non-fiction? Is it set at least 50% in Scotland? There's a river on the cover; is there enough of a river setting? There's a train on the cover. Have you done that task?
Janice wrote: "We've had several discussions about this in the discussion thread in the last few days. I have consistently disallowed Britain in this challenge and in past challenges. Have you done Non-fiction?..."
I haven't been following the discussions. I've done the Scotland and train challenge, but yes there were plenty of river settings. I'll change it to that task now.
Thanks Janice!
Badge 3, Book 2 of 36Book Book 32 - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Notes From A Small Island: Journey Through Britain
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Pages 384
Criteria and Specifications Read a book set near a river or creek. There is plenty of river setting in the book - Thames, Stour, River Taw, river in Inverness etc.
My Review
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I'm so relieved that you could slot that in another task. I've updated the task to reflect the discussions and will aim to be more clear next year. Eventually, I'll get it right.
Badge 3, Book 3 of 36Book Book 18 - Juliet, Naked
Task 3 - Actor
Book Link The Creative Curve: How the Intersection of the Familiar and the Unknown Leads to Breakout Success
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Pages 320
Criteria and Specifications Read a book with a sign on the cover. There is an exclamation and star sign on the cover.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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Badge 3, Book 4 of 36Book Book 10 - Fahrenheit 451
Task 5 - Genre
Book Link Cat's Cradle
Book Cover
Pages 306
Criteria and Specifications Read a Classic Sci-Fi book. The genre must be listed on the book's main page
My Review
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Badge 3, Book 5 of 36Book Book 23 - Mary Poppins
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Brave New World
Book Cover
Pages 384
Criteria and Specifications Read a book set in London, England.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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Badge 3, Book 6 of 36Book Book 19 - The Jungle Book
Task 3 - Actor
Book Link Catch-22
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Pages 546
Criteria and Specifications Read a book by an author with the name Joe or Joseph. The Author's name is Joseph Heller.
My Review
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Badge 3, Book 7 of 36Book Book 17 - The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link The Lies of Locke Lamora
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Pages 752
Criteria and Specifications Read a book that is set in a fantasy world. This book is set in the fantasy world of Camorr.
My Review
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Badge 3, Book 8 of 36Book Book 13 - Forever My Girl
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
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Pages 344
Criteria and Specifications Read a book set in Texas. The book is set in Texas in the late 1800's.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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Badge 3, Book 9 of 36Book Book 16 - The Hate U Give
Task 5 - Genre
Book Link The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Book Cover
Pages 274
Criteria and Specifications Read a book that is Realistic Fiction. Explain how the book fits this genre.
Realistic Fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.
The Penderwick sisters, along with their dog Hound, are on summer vacations in Arundel. Their mischiefs, behaviors and well-intentioned albeit poorly thought-out plans are realistic in nature.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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Badge 3, Book 10 of 36Book Book 12 - First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Task 4 - Setting
Book Link Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Pages 224
Criteria and Specifications Read a book that is set in Space.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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I might have to bid adieu to this task without completing Badge 3. I'll do my best to continue with my readings on and off but it seems unlikely that I'll be able to pursue the much coveted Third Badge. I will however continue keeping tabs on the progress of my fellow readers, esp Cherie and Janice. :)
Hope to join you guys next year. Can't wait for December gophering!
Hopefully you can plug away at it. We still have 4 months left. I'll probably post the new challenge towards the end of November.
The Yearly Challenge is such fun. I’m looking forward to seeing the new one too.
Badge 3, Book 11 of 36Book 30 - Ready Player One
Task 2 - Author
Book Link Global Governance Diplomacy: The Critical Role of Diplomacy in Addressing Global Problems
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Pages 280
Criteria and Specifications Revisit the Zodiac Challenge and read ONE of the tasks for Aries. Read a book where the cover is 70% red. The cover of this book is somewhat 70% red in color, if you take all the flag colors and carpet in account too.
My Review
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I have enjoyed checking your book titles, Faiza! See you in the next challenge threads. ;o)
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Book Book 26 - Mortal Engines
Task 2 - Author
Book Link The Martian Chronicles
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Pages 305
Criteria and Specifications Read a book that is classified as Alternative Fiction or Speculative Fiction. Explain how your book fits that designation.
Speculative fiction consists of the supernatural, futuristic or other imaginative themes. In this book, the author imagines a settlement on Mars far more advanced than any other civilization. There are elements of futuristic technology with interstellar travel. In many short stories, the Martians appear as supernatural beings as well, perhaps due to their altered state of existence after centuries of living on the Red Planet.
A selection of my favourite passages from the book
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