Margo is going on a Read Trip

[Margo]

1. Badge 2, Book 178
2. Site 6, souvenir
3. The Good Sister⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 309 pages
5. Read a book with red flowers on the cover.
6. Red flowers on cover

[Margo]

1. Badge 2, Book 19
2. Site 23, souvenir
3. The Rosie Project⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 295 pages
5. Read a book from Humour Genre
6. I followed the link as directed. One of the lists indicated was "best beach reads 2015". This book was number 4 on that list.

[Margo]

I have only one book left to read for badge 2 but according to this reporting thread, I've only reported 19 titles, not 20. Of calamity!!!

Tomorrow I'll figure out where I've gone wrong and sort it out.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "1. Badge 2, Book 178
2. Site 6, about
3. The Good Sister⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 309 pages
5. Read a book with red flowers on the cover.
6. Red flowers on cover
[boo..."

Souvenir?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "1. Badge 2, Book 19
2. Site 23, souvenir
3. The Rosie Project⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 295 pages
5. Read a book from Humour Genre
6. I followed the link as directed..."

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[Rusalka, Moderator]

FYI, if the site 6 book is in the souvenir spot (which I assume) - you're missing a location for the side trip, and for souvenir for 13

[Margo]

Thanks Rus, this is the one I was missing 😃

1. Badge 2, Book 20
2. Side trip, location
3. Seven Worlds One Planet: Natural Wonders from Every Continent ⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 320 pg
5. Location: Many naturalist visit this park to see rare insects and plants. Read a book that can be classed as nature writing, justification required. Use this list for ideas https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2....
6. I found this book in the Nature section of my local library. If is a brief history of how the continents formed and how different the animals are in each continant.


Reported in message 91

[Margo]

Rusalka wrote: ".Souvenir?."

Whoops again - I'm keeping you on your toes!

Site 23 task has been corrected to souvenir.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Alright, I think we have gotten ourselves all confused.

- Rosie Project is done.
- Updated The Good Sister to site 6 to souvenir
- Badge 2, Book 20, Side trip, about - we already have a book for about which is The Four Winds. Should it be location?
- I've also noticed we don't have a book for you for Site 6, About. So by our spreadsheet, if the above book gets moved/fixed, you still have 2 books to report in badge 2.

[Margo]

Oh crap, I'm really making a pigs ear of this. I'm too tired these days to concentrate properly. I've just finished my last book for badge 2 and I think I'll call it a day on the challenge now. It's not fair that you should have to sort out my mess.

I'll sit down and sort this out sometime over the next few days, sort this mess out and report my final book.

Sorry.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

No no no no. It's not a problem at all, AND I made mistakes too :D We're all learning together, and it's really not a burden. It was just me looking at Janice's awesome spreadsheet that makes it easy to see that highlighted it.

Great you've finished badge 2, take your time to sort out the reporting and just let us know. And please jump into badge 3 when you're ready, we'd love for you to keep joining in if you want to.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh, Margo! Don't give up! You are doing so well with the challenge. (I'm only half way through badge one. lol)

Honestly, I think we should be able get this sorted pretty easily. Can you post what you think you have reported so far? Just make one post below as if you were reporting for a badge, then maybe we can work together to see what's missing from this thread and compare to our tracking spreadsheet.

[Janice, Moderator]

I may have missed something on the spreadsheet too, so we do need to reconcile what it shows with what you have on your records. I make mistakes, and lots of them, too. Don't be discouraged. Sleep on it and things will look better in the morning.

[Margo]

so sorry guys, mum has been ill so I've been very busy and stressed. I'm in dentist waiting room now so can't chat but I will be back later.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm sorry to see that your mom has been ill, Margo. Completely understandable. I'm sure you're feeling stressed and probably a bit overwhelmed. Take your time. We can always work out this confusion later. Hugs!

[Janice, Moderator]

I noticed your absence, Margo. I hope your mom gets better soon. Hugs!

[Margo]

Thanks for your kindness. She is responding to the antibiotics and she's a hard nut to crack.

At the same time, I'm in the middle a root canal and my jaw got infected. That is a lot better now too and thank god I can eat again! I had a check up today and dentist thinks she'll be able to finish the work next week. It was a minor thing but hurt like hell the timing couldn't have been worse. It was at at the height of this perfect storm that I made my nonsense post.

Hopefully this weekend I'll get a chance to sort myself out with challenge. I'm reading very little at the moment and what I have read has been "off challenge " LOL Probably will start badge 3 when things calm down another little bit.

@Janice - it's so great to see you back and sounding so Janice-like!
The mod-squad did an amazing job while you were out and a special shout for Rusalka who had the dubious pleasure of moderating my thread 😂

[Peggy]

I'm glad your mom is getting better and your teeth are better. My partner had a similar thing a few weeks ago with a root canal and infected jaw.

[Jayme, Moderator]

I hope you feel better soon Margo. Hugs to you and your mom.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm glad you're getting yourself sorted Margo and that everyone is healing. Yes, the mods did a wonderful job at filling in for me.

[Margo]

Badge 2 - 7 sites: 6 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (21) complete:

Site 6
Location, Devotion
About, Holy Fools
Souvenir, The Good Sister

Site 8
Location, Commodus
About, Rewind
Souvenir, The Madonna of Bolton

Site 13
location, Sharks in the Time of Saviors
about, The Stranger You Know
souvenir, After the Silence

site 23
location, The Kind Worth Killing
about, Year One
souvenir, The Rosie Project

Site 33
Location, The Outcast Dead
About, No Promises in the Wind
Souvenir, Natalie Haynes Stands Up For the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome, Series 1-4

Site 36
Location, Again, Rachel
About, Cinderella Is Dead
Souvenir, A Wild Winter Swan

side trip 2
location, Seven Worlds One Planet: Natural Wonders from Every Continent
about, The Four Winds
souvenir, Plain Bad Heroines

[Margo]

I know I haven't reported the last one I've read which are The [book:After the Silence but the rest should have been reported - except that the numbers don't tally.

I will go through the thread and find the missing book, it might take a while but I'll get there!

[Margo]

OK, I've found it. The unreported book is which I finished 29th April 2022.

I will report that now along with the last challenge book I read.

Also I had reported site 13 about as location so I corrected that, see message 87.

[Margo]

1. Badge 2, Book 20
2. Site 6, about
3. Holy Fools⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, 368 pages, Hardcover
5. Read a book set in France or written by a French author.
6. Book is set in France

[Margo]

1. Badge 2, Book 21
2. Site 13, souvenir
3. After the Silence⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 448 pages
5. Read a book where there a number of flowers on the cover
6. Book has 3 flowers on cover

[Margo]

Incorrectly posted in message 84

1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Site 13, location about (edited 16/5/22)
3. The Stranger You Know⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, 484 pages, Hardcover
5. Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural.
6. MC is a London police officer. Mystery is listed on MBP

[Margo]

Hope I've got it right now.

[Janice, Moderator]

Okay - I think I have it all figured. I'm showing all 21 books for badge 2 on the tracker which means, you've finished badge 2! Woot! Does that agree with your records?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yay, Margo! Looks like you got it all sorted. :) Glad your mom is doing better with the antibiotics and you’ll be able to finish your dental work soon. I just had some dental work done today too. It’s no fun to say the least.

[Margo]

Thanks Janice, and yes I'm good to go. So sorry I got into such a mess. I'll request the badge now.

[Janice, Moderator]

No worries. We got it all sorted. :)

[Margo]

1. Badge 3, Book 1
2. Site 31, about
3. Crowbones⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 384 pages
5. Read a book with characters that are shapeshifters.
6. "The Others" are all shapeshifters. The series is about a society ruled by these supernatural being. Humans have to find a way to live in peace with these powerful beings. The MC is human but most of the other characters are not. They shift to human form when dealing with people but otherwise they are in the form of animals or forces of nature.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Margo]

Monaghan
This flying pig was built to recalls a local legend of the 6th century; attempts by Saint Maeldoid to build a monastery at Concra were thwarted when a black pig kept carrying the stones to another site on the far side of Lough Muckno. Eventually the saint gave up and built his monastery on this new site, now the center of Monaghan town.

1. Badge 3, Book 2
2. Side trip 3, Location
3. Matrix⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, 260 pages, Hardcover
5. Thanks to that pig, Monaghan town grew up around the Monastery, the ruins of which can still be seen today. Read a book set in a monastery or convent.
6. Set in a convent.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Margo]

1. Badge 3, Book 3
2. site 31, souvenir
3. Utopia Avenue⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, 574 pages, Hardcover
5. Read a book where the title or author's name starts with the letter U.
6. Title starts with U

[Margo]

1. Badge 3, Book 4
2. site 31, location
3. The Lighthouse Witches⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback, 350 pages
5. Read a book set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author
6. Most of this Story is set a fictional Scottish Island called Lòn Haven.

[Janice, Moderator]

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Nice! Back to back 5 stars!

[Margo]

1. Badge 3, Book 5
2. site 22, about
3. Dragonflight⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback, 299 pages
5. Read a book that it first in a series.
6. First in Dragon Riders of Pern series

[Margo]

1. Badge 3, Book 6
2. site 1, about
3. The Burning Girls⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 333 pages
5. Read a book that has a significant character named Jack, or the author is named Jack.
6. The MC is the Rev. Jack Brooks

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Margo]

Badge 3, Book 7
2. site 10, location
3. The Mermaid of Black Conch ⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback, 187 pages
5. Read a book set on an island.
6. Set on the imaginary Caribbean island of Black Conch.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Margo]

Badge 3, Book 8
2. site 10, about
3. Washington Black ⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 334 pages
5. Read a book with Inventor/Invention in the title, or a significant character was an inventor.
6. both washington and his mentor titch were inventors. among other thinks they invented flying machines based on the ignition of hydrogen and a way to oxygenate fish tanks to allow long distance transpost of sea creatures (note, this is fictional).

[Margo]

Badge 3, Book 9
2. site 10, souvenir
3. The Other Einstein⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 304 pages
5. Read a book set in Switzerland, France, Poland or Italy.
6. set in switzerland

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Margo]

Badge 3, Book 10
2. side trip 3, about
3. The Turn of the Key⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 337 pages
5. Read a book written by a Scottish author or set in Scotland.
6. Set in Scotland

[Margo]

Badge 3, Book 11
2. site 2, location
3. Room⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover, 321 pages
5. Read a book with a significant character aged 5 or younger
6. The narrator of this story is 5 years old

[Margo]

Hey Janice,
I read for the monthly read and may want to use it for site 4, souvenir (Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cover) but I'm having trouble finding reads I fancy for the other tasks. I was going to hold off on reporting it as I may decide to go with a different site, is that OK?

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "Hey Janice,
I read for the monthly read and may want to use it for site 4, souvenir (Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cove..."

Yes, you don't need to report it immediately after finishing it. But having said that, you can't use it for Badge 4 or 5 if you don't use it for 3 because once you start a new badge, all books read prior to that badge are history.