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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Jayme's "It's All Trivial" 2020
Badge 4, Book 271. Card 11 - Yay, History
2. Link –The Stationery Shop
3. Read the hardcover edition - 320 pages
4. The book is set in Iran or written by an Iranian author
5. The majority of the book is set in Tehran, Iran.
6. No specifications.
★★★
Badge 4, Book 281. Card 5 - Yay, History
2. Link – Dealing with Dragons
3. Read the PB edition - 208 pages
4. select from Harvard Book Store Top 100 Books list. Required: specific position of book on the list.
5. it is #59 as of 8/15/20
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 291. Card 21 - Nay, Art/Lit
2. Link – Upright Women Wanted
3. Read the hardcover edition -176 pages
4. The genre is dystopia.
5. It has dsytopia on the main page
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Hope you are feeling better and on the mend, Janice. :)
✔️Thanks Jayme. I'm feeling much better. I just have an inflamed muscle in my neck for which I had to get pain killers.
Badge 4, Book 301. Card 27 - Nay, Entertainment
2. Link – The Lost Wife
3. Read the PB edition - 368 pages
4. Read a book that the theme is WWII.
5.The book takes place in Prague and Terezin concentration camp during WWII.
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 311. Card 29 - Yay, ScienceThe Brutal Telling
2. Link –
3. Read the PB edition - 386 pages
4. Read a book that the genre is police procedure.
5. This book is #5 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series. He is the head of homicide department in Quebec.
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 321. Card 7 - Yay, Science
2. Link – Lost Roses
3. Read the hardback edition - 432 pages
4. Read a book that is set in Russia, or written by Russian author.
5. The book is set in Russia during the Russian Revolution and WWI
6. No specifications.
★★
Badge 4, Book 331. Card 9 - Nay, Science
2. Link – Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
3. Read the paperback edition - 334 pages
4. There is a significant character who is an astronaut or space explorer
5. This book is all about what it takes to be an astronaut and astronaut training and vomiting in space (an entire chapter on vomiting in space).
6. No specifications.
★★★
Badge 4, Book 341. Card 4 - Nay, Entertainment
2. Link – The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
3. Read the hardcover edition - 400 pages
4. the word "Vampire" or "Angel" is in the title
5. The title has the word "vampires"
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 351. Card 9 - Nay, Geography
2. Link –The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species
3. Read the hardcover edition - 304 pages
4. The theme is animal research or preservation.
5. This book is about KP2 an orphaned Hawaiian monk seal and how he aided science research and awareness to save his critically endangered species.
6. No specifications.
★★★★
This was a wonderful story.
Badge 4, Book 361. Card 27 - Nay, Science
2. Link – The Lake House
3. Read the hardback edition - 495 pages
4. The word "Lake" is in the title.
5. It is.
6. No specifications.
★★★
Badge 4, Book 371. Card 7 - Nay, Geography
2. Link – The Orphan Master's Son
3. Read the hardcover edition - 443 pages
4. Setting is North or South Korea
5. Setting is North Korea
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 381. Card 7 - Yay, History
2. Link – Hunted
3. Read the hardcover edition - 376 pages
4. The title contains a word in which "hunt" is a root word. Eg - hunt, hunter, hunting, etc.
5. It does. (hunt)ed
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 391. Card 14 - Nay, Entertainment
2. Link – Fever Dream
3. Read the hardback edition - 192 pages
4. Read a book where the genre is horror.
5. This book is definitely horror (listed on the main page) and weird and creepy. I will have nightmares.
6. No specifications.
★★★
Badge 4, Book 401. Card 21 - Yay,Science
2. Link – Anxious People
3. Read the hardcover edition - 352 pages
4. The book is set in Sweden or is written by a Swedish author
5. The book is set in Sweden and written by a Swedish author - Fredrik Backman
6. No specifications.
★★★★★
5 stars!! Sounds great. I'm looking forward to this book.
Janice wrote: "5 stars!! Sounds great. I'm looking forward to this book."It is sooo good. One of my favorite reads this year.
I'm overdue for a 5 star read. Lately, there have been a lot of 3 stars. I should punt this one higher onto my priority list.
Badge 4, Book 411. Card 8 - Nay, Sport
2. Link – Bury Your Dead
3. Read the hardcover edition - 371 pages
4. Read a book that was published in 2010.
5. It was published Sept 28, 2010.
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 421. Card 5 - Nay, Sport
2. Link – Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
3. Read the hardcover edition - 284 pages
4. Theme of the book is food
5. Food is listed on the GR main page
6. No specifications.
★★★★
42 books in and finally finished my first card for badge 4! lol
Badge 4, Book 431. Card 11 - Yay, Art/Lit
2. Link –A Moveable Feast
3. Read the hardcover edition - 208 pages
4. Read The Sun Also Rises or another book by Hemingway.
5.I read a different book.
6. No specifications.
★★
Jayme wrote: "42 books in and finally finished my first card for badge 4! lol ..."LOL! It is hard. I haven't made it yet, but I am close. I just got three library books yesterday, and I picked the wrong one to start this morning. I am really enjoying it though, so I think I will keep on reading it. I will have to shuffle another of the books that I have started to the back burner. I own it, so it is can wait. The other of the three, I only got because it was available and I want to read it.
Cherie wrote: "Jayme wrote: "42 books in and finally finished my first card for badge 4! lol ..."LOL! It is hard. I haven't made it yet, but I am close. I just got three library books yesterday, and I picked th..."
We can do it!! I thought I would be finished with badge 4 by now, but I keep being side tracked by books I put on hold during the intense quarantine and they are all popping up now. I'm also in a class and we are remodeling the guest bathroom and bedroom. My goal is by the end of November, but it could be December. I like to have December challenge free though
Badge 4, Book 441. Card 4 - Yay, Science
2. Link – Into the Tall, Tall Grass
3. Read the hardcover edition - 336 pages
4. The word of one of the following types of spiders is in the title: Wolf, Cellar, Huntsman, Widow, Crab, or Grass.
5. "Grass" is in the title.
6. No specifications.
★★★★
Badge 4, Book 451. Card 4 - Nay, Sport
2. Link – Still Life with Murder
3. Read the kindle edition - PB has 300 pages
4. Set in the 19th century (1801 - 1900)
5. The story takes place between 1864-1868
6. No specifications.
★★
Badge 4, Book 461. Card 4 - Nay, History
2. Link – Salsa with the Pope
3. Read the e-book - PB edition has 256 pages
4. The word, "Cardinal", "Pope" or "Priest" is in the title
5. "Pope" is in the title.
6. No specifications.
★
Oh, one star. I won’t be adding that one to my task list. I was just about to click on the book link to see what it was about. 🙄
Cherie wrote: "Oh, one star. I won’t be adding that one to my task list. I was just about to click on the book link to see what it was about. 🙄"Cherie - It was really bad - cringe worthy - politically incorrect. I kept waiting for the redemption angle - nope the MC was still horrible, but didn't think she was. If I didn't need it for the challenge, I would have DNF.
Badge 4, Book 471. Card 11 - Nay, Science
2. Link – Drowning With Others
3. Read the hardcover edition - 379 pages
4. Read a book with a car or truck on the cover.
5.
6. No specifications.
★★★
You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
Books mentioned in this topic
My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream (other topics)The Cruelest Month (other topics)
This Tender Land (other topics)
Lure of Obsession (other topics)
Deacon King Kong (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Fredrik Backman (other topics)Anne Enright (other topics)
1. Card 7 - Nay, Sport
2. Link – Writers & Lovers
3. Read the hardcover edition - 320 pages
4. Cover has a glass of wine, or bottle of wine on it.
5.
6. No specifications.
★★★