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Challenges: Year Long Main 2022
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2022 is almost here
I’m getting excited! So many great guesses. I would do any of them!
If we need a book with a bus on the cover for any "routes" that might come up and you love Mma Ramotswe as much as I do, here is a book for our TBR list. It is the newest story in the No. 1 Ladie's Detective Agency, set in Botswana, Africa. I just downloaded the ebook to my Nook tablet.The Joy and Light Bus Company
Oh ok. I went down the wrong track there. Can’t wait for the reveal.
Smart thinking Cherie!I came across
last week. Maybe it's a sign!
The interactive element is awesome. I am glad it’s going to be a feature next year. It keeps me on my toes.
Peggy wrote: "Smart thinking Cherie!I came across
last week. Maybe it's a sign!"That looks really cute, Peggy. I've never read any of her books. I see that a couple of them are included with the Audible membership. Have you read her books before?
ROFL! This thread is funny.
@Kristie: I hadn't even heard of this author before. I think I came across it in a daily deal email, and the title and cover jumped out at me so that I still remembered it when I read Cherie's post.
For some reason the challenge makes me think of the board game Ticket to Ride.
Saar The Book owl wrote: "For some reason the challenge makes me think of the board game Ticket to Ride."i love ticket to ride and there are so many variations
I don't think I've ever heard of ticket to ride.
Marie (UK) wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "For some reason the challenge makes me think of the board game Ticket to Ride."i love ticket to ride and there are so many variations"
Yes, Ticket To Ride would be great.
Janice wrote: "ROFL! This thread is funny."well, with all work you do for this challenge, you deserve to be entertained.
I am still thinking bus rides, train, trips. but i guess we will know soon enough.
I've never heard of that board game either.
Oh I love that game... although I am not going to lie... the junior edition is more my speed.
Ticket to Ride is infamous in our house for making one of our most mild mannered friends stand up and unleash a torrent of fury and swearing at her husband about what a despicable human he was (he's not, he's one of my favourite people on earth). I think he blocked her trains from getting to Moscow.
They are still happily married and now have two children. But I have never witnessed anything like it, and we no longer play the train game with those two lol
This said, it is one of the best entry board games there is for people who don't usually play Euro games. I still really enjoy it.
Rusalka wrote: "Ticket to Ride is infamous in our house for making one of our most mild mannered friends stand up and unleash a torrent of fury and swearing at her husband about what a despicable human he was (he'..."Having played the game and getting blocked, I totally feel her pain. Love the game, but oh my goodness, it can be frustrating!!
I love it too! We have a 2-3 player version.
I play Ticket to Ride with my daughter and her boys. We just call it “the train game” and I didn’t realize that this was what you were talking about until I Googled it just now. 😊
Cherie wrote: "I play Ticket to Ride with my daughter and her boys. We just call it “the train game” and I didn’t realize that this was what you were talking about until I Googled it just now. 😊"We've played it as well, also I had to google to recognize it. It's called One Way Ticket in Finnish.
Cherie wrote: "I play Ticket to Ride with my daughter and her boys. We just call it “the train game” and I didn’t realize that this was what you were talking about until I Googled it just now. 😊"I always have to think a second too, as we also call it the train game!
Leslie wrote: "Having played the game and getting blocked, I totally feel her pain. Love the game, but oh my goodness, it can be frustrating!!"Oh yes!!
Hmm... Busses and passports... No idea what is happening, but I'm excited! Didn't read a single book for the 2021 challenge, so hopefully I can participate next year. Also, when are they going to upgrade the app?!?!? It would be so much easier for me to participate if I could use the app.
Too funny, Rus! Those games can get to the best of us. lol
Laura (Lclwags) wrote: "Hmm... Busses and passports... No idea what is happening, but I'm excited! Didn't read a single book for the 2021 challenge, so hopefully I can participate next year. Also, when are they going to u..."Laura, I hear you! Everything would be easier if that blasted app worked better:(
Janice wrote: "Peggy wrote: "14 badges to earn? ;-)Soooooo Janice... any suggestions on which weekend I should block for gophering?"
Probably end of November, beginning of December. I've been dragging my heels..."
You know what? I've never even noticed that you did that!
Lynn wrote: "You know what? I've never even noticed that you did that!"Which? Change my avatar or drag my heels? Or both?
Over the last few years, I've changed my avatar to match the theme of the annual challenge. This year, it was Mona Lisa. Last year, Marilyn Monroe (movies), Trivia was mirrored images of question marks forming a heart. Oh, and an archer for zodiac (because I'm Sagittarius). Maybe next year it will be the Starship Enterprise.
Janice, you're such a tease!! lol
Wait. Do you need a passport to travel to space???
Sandra wrote: "Wait. Do you need a passport to travel to space???"I guess we should ask that question of Jeff Bezos and William Shatner. :) Did you know that William Shatner is 90 years old? I was shocked to read that. I thought he was younger.
Janice wrote: "Lynn wrote: "You know what? I've never even noticed that you did that!"Which? Change my avatar or drag my heels? Or both?
Over the last few years, I've changed my avatar to match the theme of th..."
Gosh! Is that another clue?
If RT stands for round trip, maybe one badge is to go on a round trip from country to country and end up at the starting point? (A book for each adjacent country to be chosen and formed using some rule or other ? That would be my type of challenge (LOL)
Enterprise... Space is too obvious. Possibly more in the theme of 'To BOLDLY go where no-one has gone before...'(Edited because I missed out Boldly - quick, before Cherie gets on my case LOL)
Annerlee wrote: "If RT stands for round trip, maybe one badge is to go on a round trip from country to country and end up at the starting point? (A book for each adjacent country to be chosen and formed using some ..."Or .... there are bus journeys (No of bus on the front R1 to R23 or something) and they have a starting point and a destination. The challenge is finding a book to represent the stops along the way...
Can't stop musing about this challenge! Also - I s'pose I need to get the 2021 tied up pretty quickly
Cherie wrote: "If we need a book with a bus on the cover for any "routes" that might come up and you love Mma Ramotswe as much as I do, here is a book for our TBR list. It is the newest story in the No. 1 Ladie's..." On the TBR list as of now. That's potentially a very useful cover. And I need to visit Mma Ramotswe again soon. I miss her.
Annerlee wrote: "Enterprise... Space is too obvious. Possibly more in the theme of 'To BOLDLY go where no-one has gone before...'(Edited because I missed out Boldly - quick, before Cherie gets on my case LOL)"
Exactly! She will get on your case. :)
The board game is called Ticket to Ride in Belgium and their are different variations in the stores, like: Ticket to Ride Junior, Ticket to Ride Europe.In one of the other groups on Goodreads I'm in, they did a book version of the game. Was really fun!
Jenn wrote: "when I start second guessing everything that I read "because maybe I should save this for the 2022 challenge . . . ."I just finished 2021, and I am right there. "Oh, now I can read anything! But wait, I might need them in 2022....!" I think my solution will be to binge on all the books that aren't 175 pages (I do have some) and can never work for a challenge...
Janice wrote: "I've never heard of that board game either."SOOOOO much fun. But can be addictive with all the expansions. And there is an ipad version that you can play against bots (in the middle of the night while listening to audiobook for challenge when you should be sleeping...).
lol, Beth. I'm sure no one here would ever do that. ;)
Beth wrote: "Janice wrote: "I've never heard of that board game either."SOOOOO much fun. But can be addictive with all the expansions. And there is an ipad version that you can play against bots (in the middl..."
I shall check that out! Thanks. :)
Beth wrote: "Janice wrote: "I've never heard of that board game either."SOOOOO much fun. But can be addictive with all the expansions. And there is an ipad version that you can play against bots (in the middl..."
There is? I need to look for that.
I still need 8 books to get my first badge. The goal was 2 badges, but that was a bit utopian.
Lol, that was my goal too Saar. I'm only one book away from badge 1 though, so pretty sure I'll get there. And then plenty of weeks to focus on gophering for the new challenge!Anyone else regularly checking Janice's avatar for the new hint?
Peggy wrote: "Anyone else regularly checking Janice's avatar for the new hint?"Ever since this topic was started!
Hahaha, good! Always glad when it's not just me ;-)
My goal was also two badges, but I still have five books to read for badge one. I'm not sure how I failed so hard this year. lol However, I still have the books on my reading plan before the end of the year, so maybe I can still pull it off? Optimism at its finest. lol Yes, we need to keep checking on the avatar. :)
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