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message 1: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 02:36PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments It's 2022, and we're finally off..
on a road trip of a lifetime.





Roll up! Roll up! All aboard the charabanc!
Get yer best frocks on, we’re off on a sharabang tour!

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message 2: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 02:33PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Badge 1 - 5 sites: 4 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (15
Badge 2 - 7 sites: 6 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (21)
Badge 3 - 9 sites: 8 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (27)
Badge 4 - 11 sites: 10 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (33)
Badge 5 - 13 sites: 12 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (39

Sample report

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Site 1, Location
3. Link – Ghost Story
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 567 pages
5. Read a book that is a ghost story.
6. As the title indicates, this is a ghost story. "Ghosts" also show on the main book page as a genre


message 3: by Annerlee (last edited May 10, 2022 01:35PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Trip 2

Site 29, Big Books, Alice Springs, Australia

1. Location: Alice Springs, Australia - Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell).
Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice or Stuart. Spelling is exact.

2. About: The BIG Books were a part of a 2018 instalment to renovate and update the Alice Springs public Library.
Read a book that was originally published in 2018.

3, Souvenir: A book
Read a book that was mentioned in another book. Required that the original book naming the one you read is noted.


message 4: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 12:21PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Trip


message 5: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 12:21PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Trip


message 6: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 12:21PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Tripped!


message 7: by Annerlee (last edited Nov 27, 2021 02:41PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments The plan is to take one destination at a time. I thought I’d start in Finland.

Read a book set in Finland or written by a Finnish author.

2. About: It consists of series of more than 600 hollow steel pipes welded together in a wave-like pattern. Read a book with dark stormy waves on the cover.

3. Pipe Organ - The Sibelius Monument.
Read a book from The Atmospheric List from the first 6 pages. List the page number and position on the list.

Help for site 34


message 8: by Cherie (new)

Cherie (crobins0) | 21536 comments Love it! I will boldly go where I haven’t been before.


message 9: by Margo (new)

Margo | 11629 comments Annerlee wrote: "The plan is to take one destination at a time. I thought I’d start in Finland..."

That's an environmentally friendly way to do things, none of that zipping around in circles :-D Love the old cartoons!


message 10: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59894 comments LOL! Love the cartoons!


message 11: by Annerlee (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Me too. They're examples of the traditional cheeky postcards you send home from the seaside (in the UK at least). I really enjoyed picking them out.


message 12: by Annerlee (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Margo wrote: "Annerlee wrote: "The plan is to take one destination at a time. I thought I’d start in Finland..."

That's an environmentally friendly way to do things, none of that zipping around in circles :-D L..."


Yes. And I felt I was zig-zagging to and fro between museums and badges this year (driving Janice crazy in the process) so I'm trying to show more discipline in 2022...

We'll see how far I get with it - LOL


message 13: by Annerlee (last edited Mar 16, 2022 12:07PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Site 22 About
3. The Mote in God's Eye
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback edition is 560 pages
5. Read a book that is first in a series.
6. Book is number 1 in the Moties series.

Site 22, Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia


message 14: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59894 comments ✔️

This would be the first book, right? So Badge 1, Book 1? It kind of threw me for a loop with you reporting it as Book 5.


message 15: by Annerlee (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Oops. Back to my old copy paste tricks (already!) Sorry...


message 16: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59894 comments LOL!


message 17: by Annerlee (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Site 22 Souvenir - banana split
3. Crazy as Chocolate
4. Paperback edition has. 243 pages
5. Read a book with vanilla, strawberry or chocolate in the title
6. Book title involves chocolate

Crazy as Chocolate by Elisabeth Hyde

Site 22, Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia


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Rusalka (rusalkii) | 19206 comments ✔️


message 19: by Annerlee (last edited May 10, 2022 01:32PM) (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Badge 1, Book 3

2. Site 22 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
3. Harbour
4. Paperback edition has 650 pages
5. Read a book with harbour in the title
6. Book title IS harbour
Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist


message 20: by Annerlee (new)

Annerlee | 2871 comments Badge 1, Book 4

2. Site 29, Big Books, Alice Springs, Australia
3. Billy Summers
4. Read on audiobook. Hardback has 515 pages
5. Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice or Stuart. Spelling is exact.
6. Book features Alice Maxwell as a main character
Billy Summers by Stephen King


message 21: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59894 comments ✔️

Just a reminder that you need to tell me the category (location, about, or souvenir). I was able to figure it out. :)


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