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Badge 2, Book 3Card: 10, Geography Yay
Link: Doom Castle
Pages: 322
Task: The book is set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author
Fits: It is both set in Scotland and written by a Scottish author
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 4Card: 13, Science Yay
Link: Swordland
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 304 pages
Task: The book is on your tbr as any combination of digits found in 212.
Fits: It was number 121 on my TBR
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 5Card: 29, Science Yay
Link: The Murder Bag
Pages: 464
Task: The genre is crime that is solved by the police. "Crime" needs to be on the main book page and it's required that you explain that it is a police procedural
Fits: Crime is on the main book page and it is about a series of murders solved by the police
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 5Card: 28, Art/Literature Nay
Link: Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 224 pages
Task: Genre is a retelling of a fairy tale
Fits: Has fairy tale retelling on the main book page
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 6Card: 19, Science Nay
Link: Haunted Hideout
Pages: I read the kindle version, Amazon has the paperback listed with 179 pages
Task: The word "Electric" (exact) is in the title, or there is lightning on the cover
Fits: It has lightning on the cover
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 7Card: 9, Sport Yay
Link: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Pages: 304
Task: The genre is non-fiction or humour
Fits: It has both non-fiction and humour on the main book page
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 8Card: 11, Sport Nay
Link: The Final Minute
Pages: 392
Task: The book is set in 2010 to present day
Fits: Takes place in 2014/2015
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 9Card: 26, History Yay
Link: Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Collection
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 236 pages
Task: Read an anthology of Poe's stories, or a book about Poe
Fits: It has all of Poe's writing included
Specifications: N/A
Badge 4, Book 1Card: 11, History Nay
Link: Make Me
Pages: 512
Task: Two of the words in the title start with the letter M
Fits: Both words of the title start with M
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 10Card: 24, Geography Yay
Link: I Bought a Mountain
Pages: 256
Task: There are mountains on the cover
Fits: There are indeed mountains on the cover
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 6Card: 2, Science Yay
Link: Dracula
Pages: 548
Task: The title is one word only, and starts with the letter "D"
Fits: One word that starts with D
Specifications: N/A
Badge 4, Book 2Card: 3, Sport Nay
Link: The Plague Charmer
Pages: 562
Task: The book is positioned 0-40 on your Goodreads TBR shelf
Fits: It was number 1 on my TBR shelf
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 11Card: 30, Entertainment Nay
Link: Golden Fox
Pages: 466
Task: There is a fox on the cover, or the word "Fox" is in the title
Fits: Fox is in the title
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 12Card: 22, Art/Literature Nay
Link: Frankenstein
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 335 pages
Task: The genre is classic science fiction
Fits: Classic and science fiction are listed on the main book page
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 13Card: 17, Entertainment Nay
Link: While My Pretty One Sleeps / Loves Music, Loves to Dance / The Anastasia Syndrome)
Pages: The whole book is 647, Loves Music Loves to Dance is 318 pages
Task: The title has the word "Tango" or "Dance" in it
Fits: Dance is in the title
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 14Card: 12, Science Nay
Link: Red Notice: How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardcover has 380 pages
Task: There are stars on the cover
Fits: There are stars on the cover, the amazon page shows the cover on my version:
Amazon link
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 7Card: 8, Science Yay
Link: Set Me On Fire: A Poem For Every Feeling
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 240 pages
Task: The cover has a large eye on it
Fits: There is a large eye on the cover
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 15Card: 18, Entertainment Nay
Link: Feminist Theorists
Pages: 402
Task: The cover has a face in profile
Fits: The cover has a face in profile
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 16Card: 25, History Nay
Link: Bring Up the Bodies
Pages: 482
Task: The book is set in the 1500's
Fits: Set in 1535 and 1536
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 8Card: 6, Geography Yay
Link: An Alligator in the Bathroom…And Other Stories: Memoirs of an RSPCA Inspector in Yorkshire
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 288 pages
Task: There is an Alligator or Crocodile on the cover or in the title
Fits: There is both an alligator in the title and on the cover
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 17Card: 23, Geography Nay
Link: The Murders of the Black Museum 1870-1970
Pages: 608
Task: The setting is a museum
Fits: Set and inspired by the Black Museum
Specifications: N/A
Badge 2, Book 18Card: 20, Entertainment Nay
Link: Spy Line
Pages: 288
Task: The book is set in the 1980's
Fits: It's set in 1987
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 9Card: 2, Art/Lit Nay
Link: Deliver Us From Evil
Pages: 598
Task: Genre is Thriller
Fits: Thriller is on the main book page (2020-07-21)
Specifications: N/A
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Badge 4, Book 3Card: 22, Entertainment Nay
Link: Our Final Warning: Six Degrees of Climate Emergency
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardcover has 384 pages
Task: The theme of the book is survival that does not involve war situations.
Fits: The book is about what is likely to happen if we do nothing about our climate impacts at different levels.
Specifications: Each chapter is separated into different degress of warming (1 deg C, 2 deg C etc.) and how these changes will affect our ability to feed ourselves, find fresh drinkable water, survive outside in summer, where we are able to live (reducing availability of habitable zones) as well as what increased storm numbers and intensities and changes in storm patterns might mean for the survival of different communities and humanity as a whole.
Badge 4, Book 4Card: 21, Geography Nay
Link: The Outsider
Pages: 496
Task: The book was originally published in 2018
Fits: First published May 2018
Specifications: N/A
Badge 4, Book 5Card: 19, Sport Nay
Link: Bizarre Botany: An A-Z Adventure Through the Plant Kingdom
Pages: 178
Task: The cover has plants other than trees or bushes on it
Fits: There are flowering plants on the cover that are not trees or bushes
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 10Card: 7, Sport Yay
Link: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Pages: 442
Task: Book is set in Prehistory up to Birth of Christ
Fits: Covers the Greek myths, all prior to the birth of christ
Specifications: N/A
Badge 4, Book 6Card: 21, Entertainment Nay
Link: Bloody Lessons
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 313 pages
Task: The cover is 75% pink
Fits: The cover is pink
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 11Card: 8, Sport Nay
Link: John Craven's Countryfile Handbook
Pages: 304
Task: The book is originally published in 2010
Fits: Originally published in 2010
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 12Card: 7, History Yay
Link: Night of the Hunted
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 232 pages
Task: The title contains a word in which "hunt" is a root word. Eg - hunt, hunter, hunting, etc
Fits: Title contains the word hunted
Specifications: N/A
Badge 3, Book 13Card: 2, History Yay
Link: The Wildfire Season
Pages: 439
Task: There is fire on the cover
Fits: There is fire on the cover (approved 19/03/2020)
Specifications: N/A
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