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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Cherie's Trivial Choices in 2020
Janice - I corrected the entry above, for badge 2 book 3 in the original post (Message 99).
1. Badge 2, Book 52. & 3. Card 17, History-Yay
4. Iron Kissed
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 278 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The title has the word "Iron" in it. Sub-titles are included in this task.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The title has "Iron" in it.
8. Specifications: none.
I was excited to be able to get back to Mercy Davidson's beginnings after skipping several titles and reading #8 out of sequence.
1. Badge 2, Book 62. & 3. Card 27, History-Yay
4. The Deep
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from Audible. The hc is 176 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover has a whale on it, or the word "Whale" is in the title.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The cover has a large whale on it.
8. Specifications:
.Eerie and strange but a really well done story. The mood was very somber but I liked it.
1. Badge 3, Book 32. & 3. Card 2, Sport-Yay
4. Norse Mythology
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 299 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Puck was a mythical god. The genre of the book needs to be mythology.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The Main Book page has Fantasy> Mythology listed.
8. Specifications: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I really love the Norse Gods and stories as Neil Gaiman tells them.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 32. & 3. Card 2, Sport-Yay
4. Norse Mythology
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 299 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Puck was a mythical go..."
I listened to this one last year, loved it.
1. Badge 3, Book 42. & 3. Card 19, Geography-Nay
4. Daisy Jones & The Six
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 355 pages.
6. Task Requirement: There are lips on the cover.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The cover has lips.
8. Specifications:
I thought it was great!
1. Badge 2, Book 72. & 3. Card 24, Science-Nay
4. Bone Crossed
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The first pb is 300 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover has a tool on it. Does not include cutlery or writing implements
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book cover shows Mercy Thompson in her garage, with a tire iron over her shoulder.
8. Specifications:
My second Mercy Thompson series book I am using for the challenge. I really liked this one, and listened to it twice. I like Stephen, the vampire, in the story.
1. Badge 3, Book 52. & 3. Card 17, Geography-Yay
4. Hag-Seed
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 301 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Set in Canada or written by a Canadian author. .
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The author, Margaret Atwood is Canadian.
8. Specifications: none.
It was a great story! I love the Hogarth books. I need to read more.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 52. & 3. Card 17, Geography-Yay
4. Hag-Seed
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 301 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Set in Canada or written..."I really liked that one too, Cherie.
1. Badge 3, Book 62. & 3. Card 23, Entertainment-Nay
4. Magpie Murders
★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 498 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover depicts one of these animals: Elephant, Sheep, Bird, or Turtle.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book cover has a Bird on it.
8. Specifications:
It was a long, long audiobook. There were over thirty characters between the story-inside-a-story format. It was interesting, but whew, not a great toppler book. The two audiobook narrators were very good though.
Hopefully, I can get back on track for my badge two books with my next toppler finish.
Long book for a toppler read! Good on your for trying. I have it down for "title with two words starting with the letter M".
Yes, I thought about using it for the MM task but I own another book for that task. I am going to read The Monogram Murders: the Brand New Hercule Poirot Mystery. I may read it next.
1. Badge 2, Book 82. & 3. Card 5, History-Nay
4. Beloved
★★★
5. I read an ebook from my library. The hc is 324 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize in Literature winner.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
8. Specifications:
I did not particularly like the story. It was interesting though, but difficult to read in places, where there was no punctuation at all. It was a strange story about a black woman who tried to kill her children when a group of white men came to take her and her children back into slavery after she had escaped into the free north. It was much more than that, but the underlaying theme was that she loved her children too much to want to see them go back and be used, as she and her family had been.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 2, Book 82. & 3. Card 5, History-Nay
4. Beloved
★★★
5. I read an ebook from my library. The hc is 324 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Read a book written by a Nobel Prize in Liter..."I think there was a TV movie or series quite a while ago, which I saw. I think Oprah Winfrey was in it. Very sad story.
1. Badge 3, Book 72. & 3. Card 14, History-Nay
4. The Spook in the Stacks
★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 313 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover has a pumpkin on it, because I bet you answered like me - pumpkin.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The cover has pumpkins on it.
8. Specifications:
It was an okay cozy mystery. I was just glad to find a book with a pumpkin on it. I actually answered "potato" for the question. I should have known better. This is where "turnip head" came from. I guess they used to grow pretty big turnips in the old days.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 72. & 3. Card 14, History-Nay
4. The Spook in the Stacks
★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 313 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover has ..."
I was just thinking of gophering for this task today. You only gave this 2 stars though. Bummer.
1. Badge 2, Book 92. & 3. Card 3, Geography-Nay
4. Dragon Curse
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 432 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The book is any book in a series of 5 primary works. 7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book is #4 in the Unwanteds Quests series. Book 5 was published Feb 4th. That is all that is published so far.
8. Specifications: none.
I have enjoyed the series, which is a follow-on to the Unwanteds Series. I will have to wait until my library acquires the audiobook for #5 now.
Janice wrote: "Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 72. & 3. Card 14, History-Nay
4. The Spook in the Stacks
★★
I was just thinking of gophering for this task today. You only gave this 2 stars though. Bummer. :..."
I just really do not enjoy these kinds of cozy mysteries. You may enjoy it more. The audiobook narrator was fine. I just thought it was a stupid story.
This is the only other book I found to fit the task, but my library did not have it.
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Now, I can finish The White Lioness that I started for Card 5. It finally became available again. Unfortunately, it will be another badge 3 book because I posted Beloved first.
1. Badge 3, Book 82. & 3. Card 5, Science-Yay
4. The White Lioness
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 500 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The title contains one of the following British cattle breeds: Highland, Galloway, Longhorn, Red Poll, British White, Aberdeen Angus, South Devon. Any word in the list is allowed, regardless if the breed is two words.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book title contains the word "white".
8. Specifications: none.
This is my third Wallander book, and the longest one yet. It was a fascinating story that took place in Sweden and South Africa and revolved around the murder of a woman in Sweden and a plot to kill Nelson Mandela, It was published a year before he ran for office in South Africa.
Cherie wrote: "I just really do not enjoy these kinds of cozy mysteries. You may enjoy it more. The audiobook narrator was fine. I just thought it was a stupid story. ."I'm not a huge fan of cozy mysteries. I prefer gritty mysteries. If a cozy tickles my funny bone like the Miss Fortune series, I'll be all over it though.
I found Hallowe'en Party
Unfortunately, my library doesn't carry an edition with that cover. I could buy the kindle edition from Amazon, but I don't want to buy. I'll wait until I have to make a decision.
Oh! Speaking of Miss Fortune, there is Swamp Spook
But it's book #13, and I've only read as far as book 4. It's not likely I'll get 9 books done between now and then. But, it's hard to say what a motivated person can do.
Janice wrote: " I found Hallowe'en Party. Unfortunately, my library doesn't carry an edition with that cover. I could buy the kindle edition from Amazon, but I don't want to buy. I'll wait until I have to make a decision..."I had already read that one, Janice. I think I had a paperback that I had bought at a library sale. Let me look and see if I still have it in a bag. I may have given it away. I really liked it.
I have found that most cozy mystery series do not need to be read in order, if it is only one that you need for a challenge. The characters just do not change that much over time.
Other series, like Mercy Thompson, really need to be read in order. I had read the first book, and then accidently got book #8 and listened to it, before I realized that a significant event had happened. It has been fun going back to pick them up in order to see what had happened.
1. Badge 3, Book 92. & 3. Card 1, Entertainment-Nay
4. The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 488 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Read a book that is in a trilogy. It may be 1, 2, or 3.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book is #3 in the trilogy of The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club.
8. Specifications: none.
I have really enjoyed the humor and great imagination of the author in the creation of this trilogy and the awesome characters - all daughters of famous evil fathers. I have laughed out loud at the dialogue in the narration. Kate Reading gave a very talented performance in all three books. This last one wandered on a little too much, but on the whole it is a solid 4 star trilogy.
1. Badge 3, Book 102. & 3. Card 8, History-Nay
4. Rogue
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 444 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The book is first or second in a series.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book is 2nd in the Talon Saga, a five book series by Julie Kagawa.
8. Specifications: none.
I've now posted more books for Badge 3 than for Badge 2.
I had planned on reading In the Woods for this task, but another unplanned audiobook download manages to bump another book. After the first book in the series, I was not planning on adding the series to my Serial Killer list, but this second book has changed my mind. It was much better than the first book of the series.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 102. & 3. Card 8, History-Nay
4. Rogue
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Me too. And I have enough different cards that I will be transferring them to badge 4. My holds from the library have all become available and it is messing with my planned reading schedule to finish badge 2. My reading is all over the place!!
Jayme wrote: "Me too. And I have enough different cards that I will be transferring them to badge 4. My holds from the library have all become available and it is messing with my planned reading schedule to finish badge 2. My reading is all over the place!! ..."It is all good, I guess. It is hard to waste one, if it fits a task, even when you have to bump off another book that had been "planned". That is how I see it, anyway. We just keep posting books until we come up with enough to fill up a card. So far, I have not read more than two books on any one card. At some point we have to finish the 18 books for Badge 2, because we cannot apply for Badge 3 until the previous requirement is met. I guess we keep posting books for Badge 3 until 5 cards are completely done. It could get messy having to move them around for badge 4 then. I think I can track mine pretty well, but it seems like other people do not keep a list. At least as far as I can tell, anyway. I really never thought to go beyond Badge 3 because I cannot usually read that many books in a year. Unless we start assuming some more discipline, we are going to have a lot of tasks left over. I have a couple of cards that I do not really want to read any books for, even though I found titles for the tasks.
1. Badge 3, Book 112. & 3. Card 8, Sport-Nay
4. Silver Borne
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 342 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The book is originally published in 2010.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book was published March 30th 2010.
8. Specifications: none
Don't read this unless you have read the book.
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1. Badge 2, Book 102. & 3. Card 11, Science-Nay
4. The Man Who Smiled
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 325 pages.
6. Task Requirement: There is a car or truck on the cover.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The cover of the book has a car on it.
8. Specifications:
This is my 4th Kurt Wallander series book. I really like the narrator, Dick Hill.
1. Badge 2, Book 112. & 3. Card 15, Entertainment-Yay
4. The Samurai's Garden
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The pb is 211 pages. (The pb linked has the same cover as the audiobook from my library.)
6. Task Requirement: Read a book set in Japan or weitten by a Japanese author.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book is set in a small costal village called Tarumi.
8. Specifications: none.
Another happy audiobook selection when I was looking for something to listen to. The story takes place over the course of a year in 1937-1938. The Japanese are invading China. The young man in the story has tuburlocsis and is sent from Hong Kong during the sweltering summer to go stay in the small fishing village on the coast of Japan. The family owns a tiny house, maintained by a long time family retainer, who lives there alone to take care of the house and garden. The story was beautifully narrated by David Shih.
1. Badge 2, Book 122. & 3. Card 4, Sport-Nay
4. The Limehouse Text
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 337 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Set in the 19th century (1801-1900).
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The story in the book is set in London in 1885.
8. Specifications: none.
The story talks place in Limehouse, an ugly and poor area of London of the 1880s. Dark, dirty, dank and dangerous except when the Chinese are celebrating Chinese New Year, then it is less dirty and dark but still dangerous.
I think this is the first time in quite a while that GR did not have a matching audiobook cover. I can usually find the same cover on an audiobook as on a hardcover or paperback copy. Good thing the cover did not matter for this task.
1. Badge 3, Book 122. & 3. Card 29, Geography-Nay
4. The Starless Sea
★★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from Audible and followed along in the hc text book. The hc is
6. Task Requirement: The cover has a key on it.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book has several gold keys on the cover.
Specifications:
I was confused listening to only the audiobook, so I borrowed a copy of the text from my library. It was much better after that, but still confusing. By the end, though, I loved it. Beautiful writing and totally interesting characters. So much other literary imagery thrown in and great quotes. I'm glad I joined the buddy read.
Oops, that would be amazing. I think the longest book for me, so far was one of the Outlander series books @ just under 1500 pages or something like that. I’ve read one other almost that long but can’t recall the name of it.There was 498 pages in The Starless Sea. I think I was correcting 489 to 498 and left the 8 in. ☹️
Off the top of my head, I would assume that It is my longest one in the 1100 range. I think I might do Les Misérables for the yearly challenge. So that will shoot me up to the nearly 1500 mark.I haven't read any of the Outlander books, I didn't realize they were that long.
Some of them are quite long, but The Fiery Cross is the longest that I know of. An Echo in the Bone is over 1000 pages. The first couple are not quite so long. I have #6 "planned" for a slot on my challenge. It has been a long time since I read #5 but I still remember what was going on. I read Les Miserables a long time ago. (I have been thinking of listening to the audiobook.) I think The Count of Monte Cristo was quite a long one. The copy in my high school library was printed on tissue thin paper and was over 1000 pages too.
If I do Les Mis, it's going to be via audiobook, it would take me all year to read it with the time that i currently have for reading. Lol
1. Badge 2, Book 132. & 3. Card 10, Entertainment-Nay
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
★★★★★
5. I read the hardcover first edition @ 388 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The genre is Children's Middle Grade.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The genre is Children's Middle Grade.
8. Specifications: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
This book is the beautiful hardcover edition I won in a GoodReads give away. It is a Newbury Medal winner in 2017. It was a wonderful story and beautifully illustrated.
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2. & 3. Card 27, Science-Yay
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
★★★★
5. I read the ebook. The hc is 338 pages.
6. Task Requ..."
I think this is Card 29?