You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion
Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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MAZZA 57 Trivial in 2020
Card : 191. Geography: KAVA YAY
2. Entertainment: Daniel Clowes YAY
3. History: Elizabeth 1 NAY
4: Art/Literature: , an astronaut, YAY
5: Science: Tattoo marker NAY
5/6
Card : 23
1. Geography: James Smithson YAY
2. Entertainment: Flintstones YAY
3. History: Great Dane YAY
4: Art/Literature: Princess Diana YAY
5: Science: Crab Nebula YAY
6: Sport: koala, YAY
6/6
Card : 24
1. Geography: Vesuvius YAY
2. Entertainment: Jones YAY
3. History: Ann Frank YAY
4: Art/Literature: Irish YAY
5: Science: Dynamite YAY
6: Sport: Sashimi YAY
6/6
Card : 25
1. Geography: Brad Pitt YAY
2. Entertainment:John Carpenter YAY
3. History: Jacques Cartier YAY
4: Art/Literature: Percy Bysshe Shelley NAY
5: Science: Sinkhole YAY
6: Sport: Coppertonem YAY
5/6
Card : 26
1. Geography:Tagine YAY
2. Entertainment: Colin Firth YAY
3. History: Edgar allen Poe YAY
4: Art/Literature: Italy, India and Indonesia YAY
5: Science: Coffee NAY
6: Sport: highland Games YAY
Card : 27
1. Geography: South Sudan YAY
2. Entertainment: Band of Brothers YAY
3. History: Whale YAY
5: Science: Aral Sea YAY
6: Sport: Fishing YAY
Card : 28
1. Geography: Cuba YAY
2. Entertainment: Barbara Streisand YAY
3. History: Kraft foods NAY
4: Art/Literature: Into The Woods YAY
5: Science: Orchids YAY
6: Sport: In Top Hat NAY
You are smoking, Marie. Look at all the Yah's. I think you need to go on Jeopardy! as a contestant.
Janice wrote: "You are smoking, Marie. Look at all the Yah's. I think you need to go on Jeopardy! as a contestant."I am no good under stress but with a glass of wine I suddenly get clever
Marie (UK) wrote: "Janice wrote: "You are smoking, Marie. Look at all the Yah's. I think you need to go on Jeopardy! as a contestant."I am no good under stress but with a glass of wine I suddenly get clever"
Hmmm. That happens to me too!☺lol!
Marie (UK) wrote: "I am not finding this easy should have got more wrong lol so far my hays have got me two ancient tasks and who nows how many strange words to find in the title .I am aiming for 1 task per card an..."
That's a good approach. I'm going to focus on the 1st two badges as well.
I'm sorry you feel disheartened. Maybe ask for recommendations in the thread set up for the card(s) in question.
Marie (UK) wrote: "i think getting the question right has made everything more difficult how do you search for character names it is very disheartening to have got so many right and then be unable to even start to fi..."Searching for character names is probably the most difficult of the gophering tasks. I usually depend on luck to happen, unless the name is in the title of the book. I think I need to find an Andy or Don character. I do not have any ideas at this time, but we may luck out. Claire is easy. I have been waiting two years to get to my next Outlander series book.
I'm trying to slot in books that I own or are available at the library. I'm just plugging in obvious ones and will deal with the others if I need to in order to fill a card. It will take me a few months to earn the first two badges anyway and I can worry about completing cards at a later date.
Marie (UK) wrote: "I should keep a list of the character names i need so that if they pop up I can have an AHA moment. I am trying to make my books fit both here and SRC I am also doing other yearly challenges. I rea..."I did SRC for a couple of challenges, but started to burn out on the gophering.
1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)2. List Card
3 Specify Yay or Nay, and Category
4. Link to book read. REQUIRED: If the cover is part of the task, link the cover of the edition you read as well.
5. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
6. Give a very brief summary of the task.
7. State how the book fits the criteria.
8. Specifications required in the task. Some tasks require that you report a specific thing. IE – a task requires that you read a book from a Listopia. You need to identify which position number the book is on the list so that it can be verified.
BADGE 1
1. Badge 1, book 1 2. List Card = 10
3 YAY - SPORT
4. Gingerbread
5. 272 Pages
6. The cover has a bird on it
7. Bird on Cover
8.
Hey! I don't have my tracking spreadsheet set up yet. LOL! I should have known to be prepared.
Janice wrote: "Hey! I don't have my tracking spreadsheet set up yet. LOL! I should have known to be prepared."Oh dear Janice I will try to slow down but am not good at it
LOL! Don't worry. I'll get caught up to you soon. This year I'm adding "notes" to each task on the spreadsheet so that when my mouse hovers over it, the task will be revealed. It saves on space, and I can quickly verify if the task being reported is correct. I'm almost ready to go live with it. It's just time consuming to set it up.
1. Badge 1, book 22. Card 18
3 Art/Literature: NAY
4. The Death of Bees
5. 336 pages
6. cover mainly blue
7.cover over 75% blue
8.
#19a6cb 36.0 % Pacific Blue (Blue)#262750 34.2 % Paua (Blue)
#f3f6f7 9.3 % White Smoke (White)
#0f79b4 8.8 % Curious Blue (Blue)
#6fc4dc 4.9 % Viking (Blue)
#1b4e7e 2.8 % Endeavour (Blue)
#bce6ee 1.8 % Onahau (Blue)
#986ead 1.3 %
You are smoking along already, Marie. Wow!
Lightening fast out of the gate, Marie! - this will give us good ideas for books by watching what you post to your thread!
Anne ✨ wrote: "Lightening fast out of the gate, Marie! - this will give us good ideas for books by watching what you post to your thread!"i have found this more difficult Anne but i have something for each of the first 2 badges so far. I really enjoyed The Death of Bees but Gingerbread was so confusing i might never get over it
1. Badge 1 Book 32. CARD 27
3. Art/ Lit YAY
4. Anne of Avonlea
5. 421 pages
6. The book is set in one of the 4 Maritime Provinces of Canada
7. Set in Prince Edward Island
Marie (UK) wrote: "1. Badge 1, book 22. Card 18
3 Art/Literature: NAY
4. The Death of Bees
5. 336 pages
6. cover mainly blue
7.cover over 75% blue
8.
#19a6c..."You did the YAY task. The NAY task was drum on cover or "drum" as a root word in title.
I will swop it around sorry1. Badge 1, book 2
2. Card 8
3 Art/Literature: NAY
4. The Death of Bees
5. 336 pages
6. edition you read is between 300 - 350 pages
7. edition i read has 336 pages
1. Badge 1 book 42. Card 17
3. Geography YAY
4. Mrs. Mike
5. 320 pages
6. Set in Canada or by Canadian Author
7. Set in Canadian Wilderness
Marie (UK) wrote: "I will swop it around sorry1. Badge 1, book 2
2."
No problem. I think it's going to be an easy mistake to make.
What did you think of Mrs. Mike? I read that one a few years ago and it's HF set in my area. I had some issues with the historical inaccuracies in the book. Still, it was an interesting read.
Janice wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "I will swop it around sorry1. Badge 1, book 2
2."
No problem. I think it's going to be an easy mistake to make.
What did you think of Mrs. Mike? I read that one a few years ..."
I wasn't keen to be fair. I cant see myself reading any more in the series
No, one book in the series was enough for me as well. I think the fascination for me was that it was set in my area.
1. Badge 1 Book 5 2. Card 20
3. Art / Lit YAY
4. Stalking Jack the Ripper
5. 337 Pages
6. Set between 1880 and 1889
7. Set in 1888
8. Each chapter is dated starting with August 1888
1. Badge 1 Book 62. CARD 12
3. Entertainment YAY
4. Long Way Down
5. 306 pages
6. Make a 4-letter word or greater from "Angelina Jolie" and read a book with that word in the title.
7. word made is LONG
This is a fabulous, very clever book and a very quick read
✔️ It sounds really interesting Marie. Imagine a whole book taking place in a matter of seconds.
1. Badge 1 Book 72. CARD 11
3. Task 6 Video Games YAY
4. . Machines Like Me 07/01/2020
5. 320 pages
6. MPG is Science Fiction
7. MPG is Science Fiction
This is another great book
1. Badge 1 Book 82. CARD 4
3. Task 1 Geography NAY
4. The Island of Dr. Moreau
5. 184 pages
6. Set on a Small Island
7. Unnamed Island Setting
1. Badge 1 book 92. CARD 5
3. TASK 6 YAY
4. Indexing
5. 404 pages
6. Title is one word only
7. Title is "Indexing'
1. Badge 1 Book 102. CARD 9
3. TASK 6 YAY
4. Lost Dog: A Love Story
5. 288 pages
6. Genre is non fiction or humour
7. MPG is non-fiction
Just two more to go for the first badge!
1. Badge 1 Book 112. CARD 18
3. TASK 6 YAY
4. A Long Petal of the Sea
5 353
6. Originally published in another language
7. original language is Spanish
1. Badge 1 Book 122. CARD 29
3. Task 2 Entertainment YAY
4. [book:Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened|17571564
5 371
6. The book won a Goodreads award in any year.
7. Goddreads Humour award 2013
Is there a link for requesting badges
Janice is still working on the link. She's been out with the flu, so she's been very busy catching up with everything. :)
Congrats on finishing the first badge! I will make a Badge Request thread right away. Sorry!
Janice wrote: "Congrats on finishing the first badge! I will make a Badge Request thread right away. Sorry!"no rush Janice hope you are feeling better soon
Jayme wrote: "Janice is still working on the link. She's been out with the flu, so she's been very busy catching up with everything. :)"Thanks Jayme
I feel a little more human every day.
Janice wrote: "I feel a little more human every day."that great Janice it has been a bad year here for Pneumonias and flu
TRACKING for BADGE 21. CARD 1 Task6 Sport NAY All The Rage
2. CARD 19 Task 6 Sport YAY Beyond the Sea
3. CARD 2 Task 5 Science YAY Dominicana
4. CARD 14 Task 6 Sport YAY Divorce Hotel
5. CARD 16 Task 6 Sport YAYStrangers in Death
6. CARD 23 Task 6 Sport YAY Cooking the Books
7. CARD 3 TASK 2 NAY The Body: A Guide for Occupants
8. CARD 15 Task 2 YAY Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
9. CARD 30 Task 4 ART /LIT YAY Tagged for Murder
10. CARD 7 TASK 2 YAY The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
11. CARD 26 TASK 2 Entertainment YAY Frenchman's Creek
1. Badge 2 Book 12. CARD 1
3. TASK 6 SPORT NAY
4. All The Rage
5. 416 pages
6. Takes place in month of april
7. Events take place in month of April starts 01 April 2018 Page 6 Adam Fawley 1 April 2018 09.15
1. Badge 2 Book 22. CARD 19
3. TASK 6 Sport YAY
4. Beyond the Sea
5. 304 pages
6. Someone with flaxen coloured hair
7. Women with flaxen coloured hair
8.
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All books must be 175 pages long
1 question from 12 different cards for badge 11 question from each of 18 remaining cards for badge 2
5 complete cards for badge 3
another 10 complete cards for badge 4
The rest for badge 5 = 75 books / 15 cards
Report each book as follows:
1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. List Card
3 Specify Yay or Nay, and Category
4. Link to book read. REQUIRED: If the cover is part of the task, link the cover of the edition you read as well.
5. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
6. Give a very brief summary of the task.
7. State how the book fits the criteria.
8. Specifications required in the task. Some tasks require that you report a specific thing. IE – a task requires that you read a book from a Listopia. You need to identify which position number the book is on the list so that it can be verified.
WOF Name MAZZA57
BADGE 1
1. Card 10 - Task 6 - YAY SPORT
2. CARD 8 Task 4 ART/LIT NAY The Death of Bees
3. CARD 27 Task 4 YAY Art / Lit Anne of Avonlea
4. CARD 17 Task 1 Geography NAY Mrs. Mike
5. CARD 20 Task 4 ART / LIT YAY Stalking Jack the Ripper
6. CARD 12 Task 2 Entertainment YAY Long Way Down
7. CARD 11 Task 6 Video Games YAY. Machines Like Me
8 CARD 4 task 1 Geography NAY. The Island of Dr. Moreau
9. CARD 5 Task6 Sport YAY Indexing
10. CARD 9 Task 6 SPORT YAY Lost Dog: A Love Story
11. CARD 18 Task 6 Sport YAY A Long Petal of the Sea
12. CARD 29 Task 2 Entertainment YAY [book:Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened|17571564