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Dec 30, 2019 10:38AM
Will add to this thread once I get to a computer. Challenge 2020 here we go
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REPORTING1. Badge
2. Card
3. Yay/Nay Task -
4. Book
5. At least 175 Pages
6. Summary of the task
7. How the book fits the criteria..
8. Specifications.
Card 1: Yay- 1,2,5 Nay-3,4,6Tasks:
1- France/French Author
2- High or Epic Fantasy *** Blinding White
3- King in title or sig character
4- Orphan in title or character
5- Sheep on cover
6- Setting: month of april or April in title
Card 2: Yay- 5,6 Nay-1,2,3,4Tasks:
1- Cover 75% green
2- Best opening sequence list
3- Setting: 1900-1920
4- Genre: thriller
5- one word title, letter D
6- Genre: mythology
Card 3: Yay- 1,2,3 Nay- 4,5,6Tasks:
1- set in Michigan
2- hand/s on cover
3- Theme: Lincoln
4- YA fantasy
5- Title: "garden" in title
6- 0-40 on TBR shelf *** any in stack
Card 4: Yay- 2,4,5 Nay-1,3,6Tasks:
1- small island setting
2- book made into show or movie
3- title: "cardinal", "pope", or "priest"
4- author last name: W, S, or E
5- title: spider types- Wolf, Cellar, Huntsman, Widow, Crab, or Grass.
6- Setting: 1801-1900
Card 5: Yay- 1,2,3,5 Nay- 4,6Tasks:
1- Setting, author, or character: Florence
2- teeth/fangs on cover
3- Harvard top 100 books
4- Cover: painting
5- Title: cattle- Highland, Galloway, Longhorn, Red Poll, British White, Aberdeen Angus, South Devon
6- Food theme
Card 6: Yay- 2,4,6 Nay-1,3,5Tasks:
1- setting: florida
2- cover: earth-like planet
3- author: martin, or luthor, or initials ML
4- title: Lion, witch, wardrobe, or white
5- title: root word "search"
6- Genre: GLBT
Card 7: Yay- 1,3,5 Nay- 2,4,6Tasks:
1- theme: sports
2- WWI HF
3- title: root word "hunt"
4- book in a series of 8
5- set in russia or russian author
6- cover: wine or wine bottle
Card 8: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6Tasks:
1- Africa setting or african author
2- cover: feather, title: feather/s
3- 1st or 2nd in series
4- setting: greece or NYC
5- cover: large eye
6- publication 2010
Card 9: Yay- 3,5 Nay- 1,2,4,6Tasks:
1- theme: animal research or preservation
2- Author: homer, marge, lisa, or maggie
3- cover: airplane
4- HF: Jews in WWII
5- Bread on cover
6- Cover: ship with sails
Card 10: Yay- 2,6 Nay-1,3,4,5Tasks:
1- Cover: flag
2- Disney movie or tv adaptation
3- theme: religion
4- author name: richard or preston
5- theme: dinosaurs
6- cover: bird
Card 11: Yay- 2 Nay- 1,3,4,5,6Tasks:
1- switzerland or swiss author
2- book from badass female leads list
3- two words in title start with M
4- spain or spanish author
5- car or truck on cover
6- setting: 2010 to present
Card 12: Yay- 1,4 Nay- 2,3,5,6Tasks:
1- setting: paris
2- theme: refugees
3- main character: princess
4- character: andy or don
5- stars on cover
6- author first/last name: TLDR
Card 13: Yay- 3,4,5 Nay- 1,2,6Tasks:
1- volcano in title or in book
2- theme: dance
3- won a prize in 2007
4- zombie theme
5- on TBR with combination of digits 212
6- HF in Britain *** (saxon book)
Card 14: Yay- 3,5 Nay- 1,2,4,6Tasks:
1- Cover: large tree
2- Genre: horror
3- cover: veggies
4- book 2 in a series
5- cover: more than one woman
6- cover: horse
Card 15: Yay- 3,6 Nay- 1,2,4,5Tasks:
1- china, chinese author
2- anime/manga *** (Tomie: Junji Ito)
3- Tibet, tibetan author
4- animal POV
5- cover: butterfly
6- 1939-1949
Card 16: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6Tasks:
1- Title: North, East, South, or West
2- series of 12 or more
3- cover: shoes
4- theme: time travel
5- cover: steam train with smoke
6- setting: summer or winter
Card 17: Yay- 4,6 Nay- 1,2,3,5
Card 18: Yay- 1,3,5,6 Nay- 2,4
Card 19: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6
Hey, Marcus - nice to see you! I hope you had a good 2019.
Cherie wrote: "Hey, Marcus - nice to see you! I hope you had a good 2019." Hey!! Great to see you too. 2019 was chaos...hence my absence. But 2020 is off to a great start and I have much to look forward to. Hope you are well and thanks for saying Hi :-)
Badge 1:Card 1, Task 2, Yay, Epic Fantasy: The Burning White
Summary: read an epic fantasy book
This book is the fifth and last book in the epic fantasy lightbringer series by Brent Weeks in which the magic system is based upon individuals who can "draft" different colors of light to create magical constructs. Final battle between good and evil with a heavy Christian influence
Pages: over 900
Badge 1:Card 13, Task 6, Nay, Read historical fiction set in England: Sword of Kings
Pages: 333
Summary: read historical fiction set in England
This book is the 12th in the Saxon seris by Bernard Cornwell following the life of Uhtred of Bebbanburg as he gets wrapped up in the machinations of the first kings of England who aim to unite the country under one ruler and one faith while dealing with the Viking invasion. This book brings the dream of England one step closer
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Books mentioned in this topic
Sword of Kings (other topics)The Burning White (other topics)
