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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Janice Joins Jeopardy for Trivia Testing 2020
Badge 2, Book 141. Card 23 - Sport, Nay
2. Link - The Confession
3. Pages - Read Paperback = 464 pgs
4. Task - Cover has a wild animal on it.
5. There is a bunny rabbit on the cover.
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Badge 2, Book 151. Card 6 - Art/Lit, Yay
2. Link - The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Paperback = 290 pgs
4. Task - Title has the word Lion, Witch, Wardrobe, or White
5. The word Lion is in the title.
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Badge 2, Book 161. Card 5 - Entertainment, Yay
2. Link - River Marked
3. Pages - Read Kindle, Paperback = 326 pgs
4. Task - Genre is Paranormal Fantasy
5. The mbp shows Paranomal Fantasy shelved by over 1200 people.
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Badge 2, Book 171. Card 30 - Geography, Nay
2. Link - Clockwork Princess
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Paperback = 563 pgs
4. Task - Cover shows a famous landmark or building
5. The girl on the cover is standing on Blackfriar's Bridge with St, Paul Cathedral behind her.
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Badge 2, Book 181. Card 7 - Science: Yay
2. Link - Egg & Spoon
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover = 475 pgs
4. Task - Set in Russia or author is Russian
5. Set in Tsarist Russa
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Janice wrote: "Badge 2, Book 172. Link - Clockwork Princess"
Oh - that is awesome. I read the first book in the trilogy but still need to read #2 before I get to this one. I may never get to it, but who knows. I added the title to my spreadsheet.
Cherie wrote: "Did you like Egg & Spoon? I got burned out on the author...Congratulations on finishing Badge 2!"
Thanks, Cherie!
I found it too cutie-pie, Honeybun. There were too many ah-ha moments that begged for the reader to stop and admire his cute turn of phrases.
Janice wrote: "I found it too cutie-pie, Honeybun. There were too many ah-ha moments that begged for the reader to stop and admire his cute turn of phrases..."Yeah, I might need to eliminate it from my want to read list.
Badge 3, Book 131. Card 3 - Science, Yay
2. Link - In the Barren Ground
3. Pages - Read Kindle - Paperback 394 pgs
4. Task: The title contains the name of one of the following a types of beetle: Ladybug, Scarab, Longhorn, Ground, Stag, Firefly.
5. "Ground" is in the title.
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Badge 3, Book 141. Card 3 - Entertainment, Nay
2. Link - The Body Reader
3. Pages - Read Kindle - Paperback 302 pgs
4. Task: The title contains the word "body"
5. "Body" is in the title.
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Badge 3, Book 151. Card 26 - Sport, Yay
2. Link - Home From The Vinyl Cafe: A Year Of Stories
3. Pages - Read Paperback 256 pgs
4. Task: There is a telegraph pole, telephone pole, or power pole on the cover.
5. There is a power pole on the cover:
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Badge 3, Book 161. Card 18 - Art/Lit, Yay
2. Link - Fool's Fate
3. Pages - Read Audiobook - Paperback = 914 pgs
4. Task: The cover is 75% blue
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Badge 3, Book 171. Card 28 - Sport, Nay
2. Link - If It Bleeds
3. Pages - Read Audiobook - Paperback = 528 pgs
4. Task: The cover has a housecat on it.
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Badge 3, Book 181. Card 18 - History, Nay
2. Link - Interpreter of Maladies
3. Pages - Read Paperback = 198 pgs
4. Task: The book is a prize winner of one of the following awards: Pulitzer, Audie, National Book, Booker, Hugo, Nebula, Edgar, Rita, Scotia Giller, or Bram Stoker Award.
5. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000.
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Thanks Sarah. Badge 3 is a little daunting. I try to plug everything I read into the challenge and I'm afraid I might read a bunch of books before I complete 5 cards.
You still have more than half the year left though. To be honest , I'm feeling daunted by badge 2. I didn't expect to get that far. But its possible.I'm getting behind on Stephen King's books now. They are always so expensive when they come out and seem to hold their value. The Institute hasn't been reduced at all. And the ebook library never seems to have any King books weirdly.
I've been using my credits on Audible to get King's books. The price for a credit is always the same. The ebooks are more expensive.
That is a good idea. I'm trying really hard though to keep audible for non fiction stuff. I already have a tonne of books to read on my kindle, I don't want the same to happen on audible too.
I've got a ton of books on both! LOL!
Badge 3, Book 191. Card 29 - Art/Lit Yay
2. Link - Abandon
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover = 406 pgs
4. Task: Title is a single word starting with the letter "A".
5. Self evident. :)
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You're flying Janice! I missed that you got badge 2 - late congrats - and you well on your way to no 3. Go you 💃💃💃
Thanks Margo. I have lots of books allocated to the third badge, but they are scattered over a whack of cards. There are only 3 or 4 cards that show any promise. This is a tougher way of doing the challenge. Last year, any book read counted. This year, you have to fill up cards. I shall certainly apply that strategy next year too. Makes it a challenge.
I agree regarding the challenge of collecting for badges 3 onward. But, it does seem awkward in the reporting, badge 3-book 4 may wind up being badge 4-book 6, only to later become badge 5-book 12 🤪 I don’t envy you trying to keep track of this mess as we move along lol
It's not bad. Everything read gets counted as badge 3. When 5 cards are filled, those not included in those cards gets moved to badge 4. It's easier than trying to track badges 3, 4 and 5 simultaneously.
I can see that it's eas8er than having us track badges 3, 4, 5 at the same time but I would have bet you'd have opted to return to the simpler method next year. I agree with Jenn thet this way is much more interesting for the participants but I wonder if you will change your mind once we all start moving things at roughly the same time? I'm trying to imagine the knots we will end up up in - well, me anyway 😂
It's easy. I filter the report so I have Margo (example), then Badge 3. (No other badge comes up - just badge 3). I highlight the cells with green for the completed badges. Then I just change the uncoloured 3's to a 4. Bingo! Bango! Done!
Haha, I just read the last two post and was just starting to figure out the “if” equations to make it flow lol 😂
I let my son figure out all the ifs. :) (view spoiler)
Actually the conditional formulas are only for the task criteria: If Yay, then task is… If Nay, then task is....., If blank, then leave blank. The rest are just lists that can be filtered to pretty much whatever I want.
Cherie wrote: "LOL on Abandon!"Yess i laughed too. Perhaps I'll hold offf reading it then. I'm surprised ass every other book I've read by him has been fantastic and I've given 5 stars.
Sarah wrote: "Cherie wrote: "LOL on Abandon!"Yess i laughed too. Perhaps I'll hold offf reading it then. I'm surprised ass every other book I've read by him has been fantastic and I've given 5 stars."
This book is so different from the Wayward Pines trilogy, it's hard to realize they were written by the same author. This one is non-stop violence.
Badge 3, Book 201. Card 16 - Sport Yay
2. Link - Lover Enshrined
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Paperback = 560 pgs
4. Task: Originally published in 2008
5. First published on June 3, 2008.
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Badge 3, Book 211. Card 16 - Art/Lit Nay
2. Link - What the Wind Knows
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover = 418 pgs
4. Task: Time Travel
5. The protagonist time travels from 2001 to 1921.
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Badge 3, Book 221. Card 12 - Entertainment Yay
2. Link - Murder on Black Swan Lane
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Paperback = 340 pgs
4. Task: Anagram Angelina Jolie to make at least a 4 letter word that is found in your title.
5. "Lane" is a 4 letter work found in Angelina Jolie, and is a word in the title.
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Badge 3, Book 231. Card 18 - Science Yay
2. Link - Eon
3. Pages - Read eBook, Paperback = 512 pgs
4. Task: Asteroid on the cover.
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I have a couple of cards with only one book left to read. Most of the books I've read are scattered amongst a bunch of cards. I'm trying to focus on the cards where I've got the most tasks completed.
Badge 3, Book 241. Card 12 - Science Nay
2. Link - The Girl and the Stars
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover = 480 pgs
4. Task: There are stars on the cover.
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Badge 3, Book 251. Card 28 - Entertainment Nay
2. Link - Age of Legend
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover = 480 pgs
4. Task: Title has the word Legend or Legendary.
5. The title has the word Legend.
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Badge 3, Book 261. Card 13 - History, Yay
2. Link - The Night Watch
3. Pages - Read Hardcover = 472 pgs
4. Task: Was an award winner in 2007 (any award)
5. Won the Golden Crown Literary Award for Lesbian Dramatic/General Fiction (2007)
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Badge 3, Book 271. Card 29 - History, Yay
2. Link - The Library of Legends
3. Pages - Read Audiobook. Paperback = 400 pgs
4. Task: Set in modern day China.
5. Set in the 1940's
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Badge 3, Book 281. Card 20 - Art/Literature, Yay
2. Link - A Curious Beginning
3. Pages - Read Audiobook. Hardcover = 337 pgs
4. Task: Set between 1880 and 1889
5. Set in 1887
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Badge 3, Book 291. Card 14 - Entertainment, Nay
2. Link - The Bone Houses
3. Pages - Read Audiobook. Hardcover = 352 pgs
4. Task: Horror Genre
5. Shelved as horror by 353 people
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Badge 3, Book 301. Card 8 - Art/Lit, Yay
2. Link - The Amateur Marriage
3. Pages - Read Paperback = 342 pgs
4. Task: Read a book between 300-350 pages
5. Book is 342 pages
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Badge 3, Book 311/5 cards completed
1. Card 16 - Geography, Yay
2. Link - Krampus: The Yule Lord
3. Pages - Read Audiobook, Hardcover= 357 pgs
4. Task: Read a book set at Christmas
5. The book is set during Christmas and is about Santa Claus & Krampus, the Yule Lord.
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That is one ugly book cover! Sure doesn’t make me want to read it anyway. 😉
Wow, you are motoring Janince! You must be close to badge 3 now. One card completed must feel good!
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Badge 3, Book 12
1. Card 22 - Sport, Nay
2. Link - The Last Emperox
3. Pages - Read audiobook - HC 320 pgs
4. Task: Theme is about a royal family.
5. The book is about the ruling "emperox" and the political intrigues of the ruling class.
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