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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Cherie's Trivial Choices in 2020
Janice - I need to boot up my laptop again. I’ve been staring at it all day and just shut down to eat dinner. I guess I should not have posted at 12:30 am last night. Thanks for the catch, Esther!
I have read 95 books for this challenge so far, but only 94 books are showing on my "yearly-challenge" shelf. I was only showing 91 yesterday and I fixed/found three that were missing. Unfortunately, I did not include the dates read in my spreadsheet. I know the one missing must be in the badge three list. Good thing I have my iPod and can scroll the posts.
Cherie wrote: "I have read 95 books for this challenge so far, but only 94 books are showing on my "yearly-challenge" shelf. I was only showing 91 yesterday and I fixed/found three that were missing. Unfortunatel..."I hope you can find the missing one. I wish the challenge results would show as a list rather than covers. I think it would be easier to review them as a list.
I finally found it! I fixed a few things along the way too (dates read and missing and a few duplicates). Whew!Yes, I would not mind a list for the challenge results either, but some would be soooo long. I really had not been paying attention to the reading challenge list all that much. I said I would read 160 books this year, but I am only a few books away from that. All of the audiobooks available from my library have really added up. Good for killing off series too.
There was an apple update to GoodReads a couple of weeks ago, and I have noticed a funny lag when I update a book on my iPod app when I am finished. It does not always bring up the book right away so that I can enter a review. I have to go find it in the challenge list and edit it then. It seems to be affecting the reading date for some of the books. The three that I found first were missing the dates read and the last one I forgot to add Storm Front to my "yearly-challenge" shelf. I kept overlooking it for the others that were missing yesterday. I am all good now and I can go start reading Sold on a Monday. I bought it at Costco a few years ago and it has been patiently waiting to be read.
1. Badge 3, Book 662. & 3. Card 8, Art/Literature-Yay
4. Sold on a Monday
★★★.5
5. I read the pb that I own. The pb is 344 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The edition you read has 300-350 pages.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book has 344 pages.
8. Specifications: none.
I bought this book for the cover. It is set at least 50% in Pennsylvania, but I really want to read the book I have planned for that task, so I am reporting it here, where I have had it all along.
1. Badge 3, Book 672. & 3. Card 21, Art/Literature-Nay
4. Rebel
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The hc is 376 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The Genre is dystopia.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: Dystopia is on the MBP.
8. Specifications: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Another YA series killed. The author could have left this series as a trilogy and it would have been fine, but I guess she was not ready to leave her characters and her world of the future. I really should have given this three stars, but the narration was very good with the dual narrators.
Cherie wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 662. & 3. Card 8, Art/Literature-Yay
4. Sold on a Monday
★★★.5
5. I read the pb that I own. The pb is 344 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The edition you read has 300-..."
I'm glad you stuck with it. I thought it would be something else too, but by the end I liked it.
1. Badge 3, Book 682. & 3. Card 19, Sport-Yay
4. Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★
5. I read the ebook from my library. The hc is 304 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The cover depicts a person with flaxen coloured hair (yellowish).
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book cover shows a little girl with blond hair.
8. Specifications:
Initially, it was a pretty stupid story, but it got better and by the ending, I was able to stop rolling my eyes so much.
🎧 better late... Every time I’m on my iPod, I forget to look.
1. Badge 3, Book 692. & 3. Card 6, Science-Nay
4. The Searchers
★★★★
5. I read the ebook that I own. The pb is 336 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The title contains a word in which "search" is the root word. Eg - Search, Searches, Searched, Searching, etc.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The title contains Searchers.
8. Specifications: none.
The movie was different than the book, but the John Wayne character was the same. I am glad I finally got a chance to read the book. The book was less visceral than the movie.
My last book for Card 19 is waiting for me at my library, but the library pick up is closed today due to high winds. ;o(
Oh I remember that movie from way back. I know it’s daggy, but I like John Wayne movies.😁 I’ve put the book on my TBR. Thanks, Cherie.PS those high winds must really be vicious.
Shirley wrote: "Oh I remember that movie from way back. I know it’s daggy, but I like John Wayne movies.😁 I’ve put the book on my TBR. Thanks, Cherie.PS those high winds must really be vicious."
We had a power outage for several hours Monday evening. The fir tree on the south side of my house dropped fir cones on my roof all evening. I don't think many are left now though. I think the library pick up is closed because their set up is outside the entrance - right in the path of the wind. I can understand why they are closed. My neighbors across the street had to rescue their trash cans last night. My neighbor's blue spruce dropped a few small branches in my back yard, but that is all. The weather station is reporting winds ENE 24mph and it is 80 degrees F (27C). It is an odd weather pattern that we do not get very often.
Sounds like it’s just as well you don’t get that too often.
Well, that was fun, I lost my post for book 70. I guess I get a do over.
1. Badge 3, Book 702. & 3. Card 2, Art/Literature-Nay
4. The Fifth Woman
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The pb is 438 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Genre is Thriller.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: Thriller is listed on the MBP by 99 users.
8. Specifications: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
This story was not as suspenseful as some of the previous books in the series, but still, it was shocking at times. I really like the character of Kurt Wallander and the narration by Dick Hill. My library does not have #7 in either audiobook nor ebook format, so I recommended them. Hopefully, they will choose to purchase them both. Funny, they have #8 though, but I do not want to skip. The stories do build on the previous ones.
1. Badge 3, Book 712. & 3. Card 28, Art/Literature-Nay
4. Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
★★★★
5. I read an ebook from my library. The hc is 304 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Genre is a retelling of a fairy tale.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: Retelling is listed on the MBP.
8. Specifications: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
This book was a retelling of the story of Rumpelstiltskin. I liked it better than Jack.
Cherie wrote: "Well, that was fun, I lost my post for book 70. I guess I get a do over."I hadn't tracked book 70. Something ate your post?
1. Badge 3, Book 722. & 3. Card 19, History-Nay
4. My Name Is Mary Sutter
★★★★★
5. I read the hc from my library. The hc is 364 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The story is about the American Civil War.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The book is about the American Civil War.
8. Specifications:Mary Sutter is a midwife who dreams of being a surgeon but no medical school will accept her. War has been declared and President Lincoln has just called for volunteers for a three month campaign. Mary's brother volunteers and Mary sees an add for volunteer nurses from a woman named Dorothea Dix. Mary goes to Washington City and that was the beginning of the story.
It was an amazing story. Thank you, Janice for another opportunity to read another one that I had put off for too long.
Janice - Book 72 finishes the 25th book that I needed to apply for badge 3. I hope your list matches mine. I am moving 47 books over to my badge 4 list. The list is in Message 8 on my first page of the thread.
Cherie wrote: "Janice - Book 72 finishes the 25th book that I needed to apply for badge 3. I hope your list matches mine. I am moving 47 books over to my badge 4 list. The list is in Message 8 on my first page of..."Hmm... I have 70 books listed under badge 3. I'll have to do a comparison.
Found them!! Congrats on finishing the 3rd badge! :)
Awesome, Janice! I will post for my badge in the morning, when I boot up my laptop.Thank you.
Congrats Cherie and you almost have badge 4! :)
Jayme wrote: "Congrats Cherie and you almost have badge 4! :)"Seems like it, huh? Unfortunately, they are all over the place.
I have 9 cards that still require two books and 8 cards that require three books to be finished. That is 21 books to finish 10 cards.. I already own some of them, but not all, so it means tracking the rest of them down and hoping my library has them. If it happens - it happens. My original goal was to get Badge 3 - and I am very happy!
Thank you, Janice, Jenn, Jayme, Shirley, Roz and Vicki. I appreciate everyone's support!
Cherie wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Congrats Cherie and you almost have badge 4! :)"Seems like it, huh? Unfortunately, they are all over the place.
I have 9 cards that still require two books and 8 cards that require ..."
I'm in the same boat, but I am trying to get badge 4 knocked out by mid November. I like having November and December freed up with less challenges.
1. Badge 4, Book 482. & 3. Card 4, Science, Sport-Yay
4. The Dry Grass of August
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook from my library. The pb is 289 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The word of one of the following types of spiders is in the title: Wolf, Cellar, Huntsman, Widow, Crab, or Grass.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: "Grass" is in the title.
8. Specifications: none
Another book I have wanted to read is off of my list. I really enjoyed the audiobook and the narrator, Karen White. As a story of its time and setting, it brought back some uncomfortable memories a couple of times.
1. Badge 4, Book 492. & 3. Card 1, Geography-Yay
4. Never Anyone But You
★★★★
5. I listened to an audiobook and read along with an ebook from my library. The hc is 320 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Set in France or written by French author.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The story is set in France.
8. Specifications: none
I liked the story. I had never heard of the two main characters, but they were real. The story was mostly fiction. I really liked the way the author put the story together. I will probably read more of his work. Kate Reading was the narrator of the audio book. She really brought the characters to life.
1. Badge 4, Book 502. & 3. Card 29, Art/Literature-Nay
4. Changeling
★★★★
5. I read a text book that I own. The pb is 256 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The book is set in Austria or Italy.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The story is set in Italy in 1453.
8. Specifications: none
The story is the first book in the Order of Darkness series. It was a good story, well written. I think the target audience is more YA. The story was more fiction than historical. The author said she enjoyed writing it as a change from her more historical fiction work. I do not know if I will read any more of the series, but I could if I stumbled across any more books.
1. Badge 4, Book 512. & 3. Card 2, Entertainment-Yay
4. The Red Badge of Courage
★★★
5. I read an ebook from my library The hc is 176 pages.
6. Task Requirement: The theme is the American Civil War.
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The story in this book takes place at the battle in Chancellorsville, Virginia. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
8. Specifications: none.
I thought I had read this book, a long, long time ago, and maybe I did. Parts, where the "young soldier", his name was Henry, was wandering around after running away from the first battle that his regiment, the 304th had fought in, were slightly familiar. I really thought it was dry, but not as gruesome as I thought it would be. I am glad I am done with my two Civil War tasks now.
Until Janice puts another Civil War task on the 2021 Challenge 😂
Shirley wrote: "Until Janice puts another Civil War task on the 2021 Challenge 😂"LOL! Anything could happen. I've only written 20% of the tasks.
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2. & 3. Card 5, Sport-Nay
4. The Late Bloomers' Club
★★★★
5. I read the hc I own. The hc is 325 pages.
6. Task Requirement: Theme of the book is food. Yum!
7. State how the book fits the criteria: The MC in the story owns The Miss Guthrie Diner in Guthrie, Vermont. The diner is a central figure in the town. When Peggy-the-cake-lady, is killed in a car accident, Nora and her sister Kit, find out that they have inherited Peggy's property and by default, her cake business. Unfortunately, neither of them bake. Along comes Max and teaches Nora how to bake a burnt sugar cake with maple icing. It was a lovely story and the author, who is a pastry chef in Boston, gave the recipe for the cake and the frosting at the end of the book.
8. Specifications:none.
Food was a theme, but Chick Lit/Romance was the genre. It hit the spot and I admit, I cried, twice.
edited 8/25 to add book link