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Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments The challenge
The rules

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)


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Site 1, Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada
1. Location: Three Valley Gap is a ghost town near Revelstoke, BC, Canada.
Task: Read a book that is a ghost story.
The Haunting of Hill House: finished 05/25/22

2. About: The attraction shows a miner with his mule packed with tools of the trade. A mule is a cross between a female horse (mare) and a male donkey (jack).
Read a book that has a significant character named Jack, or the author is named Jack.
The Quality of Silence: finished 09/29/22

3. Souvenir: One of the first results when you search "mule" on google is the Moscow Mule, an alcoholic beverage which is often served in a copper mug.
Read a book with Moscow, Copper, or Mug in the title.
The Copper Promise

Site 2, The USSR Enterprise, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
1. Location: Vulcan, Alberta was the town I was born in and lived in until I was 5 years old.
Read a book with a significant character aged 5 or younger
Het sneeuwmeisje: finished 05/08/22


2. About: The Enterprise was the spaceship that took the Star Trek crew where no man has gone before.
Read a book with a main page genre of space opera
Dune


3. Souvenir: Red Shirt. I don't know if you want to buy a red shirt because the guy wearing the red shirt always seemed to die on the away missions.
Read a book that is at least 75% red in colour.
The Obsession: finished 09/12/22

Site 3, Spirit of the West, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1. Location: Regina, as well as being a city in Saskatchewan, is female name from the Latin word meaning "queen"
Read a book with a character who is a queen, or the title contains queen
The White Queen

2. About: Spirit of the West is a statue of Canada Geese which fly in a V formation when migrating.
Read a book written by an author whose initial of any name starts with V.
Ik kan er nét niet bij

3. Souvenir: One of the warmest blankets is a goose down comforter.
Read a book set during freezing temperatures.
Migrations 03/17/22.

Site 4, Narcisse Snake Den Sculpture, Inwood, Manitoba, Canada
1. Location: Inwood, Manitoba is neas the Narcisse Snake Dens where In the spring, more than 100,000 snakes come out of their communal winter dens for a mating frenzy before the normally anti-social creatures slither away to summer feeding grounds.
Read a book with a snake(s) are on the cover
Ninth House

2. About: These two snakes are named Sara and Sam, and are garter snakes.
Read a book with one of the following garter snake types in the title: Garter, Aquatic, Butler, Highland, Giant, Plains, Ribbon.
The Buried Giant

3. Souvenir: Snakeskin Boots. Snakeskin is used to make clothing such as vests, belts, boots or shoes or fashion accessories such as handbags and wallets.
Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cover.
Four Boots-One Journey: A Story of Survival, Awareness & Rejuvenation on The John Muir Trail: finished 10/15/22

Side trip: Camarasaurus, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
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1. Location: Drumheller is known for the coal mines and lots of dinosaur fossiles.
Read a book about paleontology or a book about dinosaurs.

2. About: In Horsethief Canyon the old horsethieves from the Wild West hid their bounty there.
Read a book about the Wild West

3. Souvenir: In Reptile World you find living, extinct and stuffed animals. Read a book abot taxidermia or where an MC is an taxidermist.


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Site 5, The Big Nickle, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1. Location: Ontario is the home of the capital city of Canada, Ottawa.
Read a book set in Canada or is written by a Canadian author.
A Tale for the Time Being

2. About: The Canadian Nickle represents 5 cents in Canadian currency.
Read a book that is one of 5 in a series.

3. Souvenir: An uncirculated minted nichol is a collector's item.
Read a book with Collect, Collector, or Collection in the title.

Site 6, Poppy Memorial, Parc des Pionniers, Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
1. Location: Many immigrants' port of entry to Canada was Quebec City via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Read a book with a theme of immigrant experience.
No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison

2. About: The idea for the Remembrance Poppy was conceived by Madame Anna Guérin of France. She was inspired by John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields.” Anna had originally founded a charity to help rebuild regions of France torn apart by the First World War, and created poppies made of fabric to raise funds.
Read a book set in France or written by a French author.

3. Souvenir: A poppy pin.
Read a book with red flowers on the cover.

Site 7, Blowhard the Bony Horse, Cardwell, New Brunswick, Canada
1. Location: The name Cardwell is taken from ancient English words that mean 'the cold stream'. When found in Scotland the name can be a variant of the much more often found name Caldwell.
Read a book with Caldwell in title (including sub-titles) or written by an author with the name Caldwell.
The Fifth Gospel

2. About: Blowhard, the poor horse, is nothing but skin and bones.
Read a book with a skeleton or skull on the cover.
De Botten van de Borinage

3. Souvenir: Bone Whistle. Bone is used to make weapons, tools, combs, whistles as well as other things.
Read a book with weapon, tool, comb, or whistle in the title.

Site 8, World's Largest Fiddle, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1. Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia. Sydney is a name of a city in Canada and Australia.
Read a book where setting of book is different than the nationality of the author.

2. About: The World's Largest Fiddle located on the Sydney waterfront next to the Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion greets visitors as they arrive via cruise ship. The fiddle and bow reach a height of 60 feet! The Big Fiddle, as many call it, was designed and constructed by Cyril Hearn in 2005
Read a book where the author's initials contain CH in any order

3. Souvenir: Fiddler's Bow
Read a book with a theme of music.

Site 9, Mermaids of St. Johns, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
1. Location: St John's Newfoundland.s name has been attributed to the Nativity of John the Baptist.
Read a book with a significant character named John.

2. In 2006 the St. Johns had a “Mermaids in the City” exhibit. They are variations of the same basic mermaid statue, with unique colors and finishes. Most of the mermaid statues have since been sold, but a few remain in the city.
Read a book with mythology as a main page genre.

3. Souvenir: A costume with a mermaid's tail.
Read a book with an animal with a tail on the cover. The full tail must be shown.

Site 10, World's Largest Hand Held Egg Beater, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1. Location: Lauretta is a settlement in the north tip of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Read a book set on an island. The island must be smaller than 200,000 km2. Use this list as a guide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

2. About: Invented by Willis Johnson, the egg beater was patented in 1884. Originally he invented the device as a mixing machine not intended to whisk the eggs only.
Read a book with Inventor/Invention in the title, or a significant character was an inventor.

3. Souvenir: Meringue Confection. Meringue is a type of dessert or candy, often associated with Swiss, French, Polish and Italian cuisines, traditionally made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar.
Read a book set in Switzerland, France, Poland or Italy.

Side trip:


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Site 11, Santa Claus House & Giant Santa, North Pole, Alaska, USA
1. Location: North Pole, Alaska - Two satellites in the Joint Polar Satellite System constellation circle the Earth from pole-to-pole 14 times each day as the planet rotates on its axis. The two satellites are separated by 50 minutes, which allows researchers to see ice moving in the Arctic using looped imagery.
Read a book set in space. May be on a spaceship or another planet.

2. About: In 1953 Davis, Alaska, changed its name to North Pole and adopted the slogan, "Where the Spirit of Christmas Lives Year Round." The town hoped to lure a toy factory that could then label its products, "Made at the North Pole."
Read a book with a theme of Christmas.

3. Souvenir: Santa's Hat - is trimmed with white fur.
Read a book where the cover is 75% white.
Mijn vriend Ben

Site 12, Fountain of Youth, Lewes, Delaware, USA
1. Location: Lewes was the site of the first European settlement in Delaware, a whaling and trading post that Dutch settlers founded on June 3, 1631 and named Zwaanendael (Swan Valley).
Read a book with Dutch in the title or from this list: The Best Dutch Literature

2. About: The tiny gazebo that marks the Fountain of Youth was built by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce in 1937. Curiously, the Fountain is now bone dry, and the rare, leftward-spiral conch shell cup that used to hang from the gazebo (said to boost the Fountain's regenerative powers) is missing.
Read a book set in the 1930's & 1940's.

3. Souvenir: Everlasting Life
Read a book where a character is immortal.

Site 13, Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord Bust, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1. Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Read a book set in Hawaii.

2. About: Hawaii Five-0 was an 1968 TV crime series set in Honolulu with Jack Lord as the lead detective.
Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural.

3. Souvenir: Lei - A lei is a garland or wreath that is worn around the neck and is generally made from flowers, though other items may be used.
Read a book where there a number of flowers on the cover.

Site 14, Shoshone Ice Caves, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
1. Location: Shoshone, Idaho - is named after the Shoshone Native American tribe, but is pronounced "show-shown", with the e silent.
Read a book about First Nations Peoples in the US, or written by an American First Nations author.

2. About: The cave can create a living glacier in a lava desert. Its ice block is about 1,000 feet long and varies from 8 to 30 feet in depth. No matter how hot it is outside, the temperature drops as soon as you enter the cave.
Read a book with Ice or Cave in the title.

3, Souvenir: Vintage Postcard - The giftshop carries vintage postcards that depict a girl ice skating.
Read a book that is in epistolary style.

Site 15, Statue of Popeye, Chester Illinois, USA
1. Location: Chester, Illinois, USA
Read a book set in Illinois.

2. About: Popeye the Sailor Man is an American cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.
Read a book where a signification character is a sailor.

3. Souvenir: Can of spinach - Popeye was reported to receive his strength from spinach.
Read a book where the cover is 75% green.

Site 16, Bewitched Statue, Salem Massachusetts, USA
1. Location: Salem, Massachusetts
Read a book set in Massachusetts

2. About: Bewitched was a tv sitcom about a housewife who was a witch and played by actress Elizabeth Montgomery. The statue shows her astride a broom and framed by a moon crescent.
Read a book in the General Paranormal Romance Genre page. Explain how you determined your book from this page. Was it on the main page, or did you follow a link from the page? If so, what link? Note, this task does not require that the genre show on the main page. But you must find your book using this page.

3. Souvenir: Black Cat. One of episodes had Endora (Samantha's mother) turn all the cats into people. After it aired, I was always looking a people trying to imagine what kind of cat they would be.
Read a book where the main character has a cat.

Site 17, Giant Dog and Taxi Cab, New York, New York, USA
1. Location: New York, New York
Read a book set in New York City.

2. About: Unveiled in July 2018, Spot the Dog is a 38-foot-tall statue of a Dalmatian puppy balancing a real New York City yellow cab precariously on its nose. The dog has a playful grin and golden toenails (Spot is a she). The taxi cab is wired so that its headlights illuminate Spot when it gets dark. When it rains, the cab's wipers turn on.
Read a book with headlights prominently on the cover.

3. Souvenir: Dog Bone
Read a book with Bone(s)in the title.

Site 18, World's Largest Chest of Drawers, High Point, North Carolina, USA
1. Location: High Point, North Carolina
Read a book that is set in North Carolina.

2. About: The original building was built in 1926 and was redesigned in 1996.
Read a book set in the 1900's.

3. Souvenir: Pair of socks
Read a book where the cover shows someone wearing a pair of socks. They must be very noticeable and obvious.

Side trip:


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Site 19, World's Largest Killer Bee, Hidalgo, Texas
1. Location: Hidalgo, Texas. When I saw the name of the town, I immediately thought of the movie Hidalgo with Viggo Mortensen. That Hidalgo was a Mustang horse that was raced in Iraq.
Read a book set in Texas AND either has a horse on the cover or there is a horse in the story.

2. About: Killer bees crossed the border at Hidalgo, Texas in 1990. The town named itself the Killer Bee Capital of the World, stating that they bring honey as well as a sting.
Read a book with a bee on the cover or in the title.

3. Souvenir: A Jar of Honey
Read a book that has something sweet in the title - Honey, Sugar, or Sweet.

Site 20, Foamhedge, Centerville, Virginia
1. Location: Centerville, Virginia
Read a book set in Virginia.

2. About: Foamhenge is a replica of Stonehenge only in Styrofoam.
Read a book that is a retelling of an original story.

3. Souvenir: Miniature replica of Stonehenge - Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles west of Amesbury.
Read a book set in prehistoric times. The book may be a time travel story where the characters travel back to prehistoric times.

Site 21, The Big Powerful Owl, Belconnen, Australia
1. Location: Belconnen, Australia - Is a suburb of Canberra and part of the Australian Capital territory.
Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author,

2. About: Located at the main entrance to Belconnen town centre, the statue cost $400,000 and was built by Melbourne sculptor Bruce Armstrong,
Read a book with the author's initials are B A, in any order.

3 Souvenir: Pet Owl
Read a book with a large eye(s) on the cover.

Site 22, Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
1. Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW
Read a book with Harbour (Harbor) in the title.

2. About: Built in 1964, it was one of Australia's first Big Things.
Read a book that it first in a series.

3. Souvenir: Banana Split - When I was a kid there were only 3 flavours of ice cream - Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry.
Read a book with Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry in the title.

Site 23, The Big Kookaburra, Kurri Kurri, Australia
1. Location: Kurri Kurri, NSW
Read a book where the title starts with the letter K. It may be preceded by "a" or "the".

2. About: Based on the native Australian bird that is found in the area. The kookaburra is used locally as a symbol for various sporting and community groups and is featured in every one of a series of murals painted in the area.
Read a book with a large bird on the cover. There may only be one bird.

3. Souvenir: The Kookaburra Song - Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry king of the bushes he, laugh kookaburra laugh kookaburra, gay your life must be, hahaha.
Read a book from Humour Genre - Use the Humour Genre Page. Explain how you determined your book from this page. Was it on the main page, or did you follow a link from the page? If so, what link? Note, this task does not require that the genre show on the main page. But you must find your book using this page.

Site 24, Big Mosquito, Hexham, Australia
1. Location: Hexham, Austalia - Hexham was named after the market town of Hexham, England with both towns being near to a Newcastle and sharing a history with one another; many of the coal miners from Newcastle upon Tyne and elsewhere in Northumberland moved to New South Wales at the time of settlement.
Read a book with a character who was a miner or the book is about mining.

2. About: Mosquitoes can act as vectors for many disease-causing viruses and parasites. Infected mosquitoes carry these organisms from person to person without exhibiting symptoms themselves.
Read a book that is dystopian dealing with pandemics.

3, Souvenir: Mosquito bite. (Like we all want to take a mosquito bite home as a souvenir.)
Read a book with animal teeth that look like they could leave a nasty bite.

Site 25, The Big Prawn, West Ballina, Australia
1. Location: West Ballina, Australia
Read a book with a direction (north, east, south, west) in the title.

2. About: Bunnings Warehouse purchased the site in 2011 and refurbished the Prawn as part of the redevelopment.
Read a book originally published in 2011.

3. Souvenir: A barbeque - any time I think of shrimp and Australia, I think of Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dungee's "shrimp on the barbie" (Sorry to our Aussie members)
Read a book with a main character or author name of Paul.

Site 26, The World's Largest Sundial, Singleton, Australia
1. Location: Singleton, Australia
Read a book with a one word title (no articles).

2. About: At the time of its creation, it was recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest sundial.
Read a book that won any category of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards from this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...

3. Souvenir: Miniature Replica of this sun dial.
Read a book with large circles on it as a graphical design.

Site 27, The Big Aboriginal Hunter, Anmatjere, Australia
1. Location: Anmatjere, Australia - The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Anmatjere had 477 people living within its boundaries of which 47.3% were male, 52.7% were female and 87.9% identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
Read a book about Australian indigenous people.

2. About: The figure is 12 meters high with the tip of the spear making it 17 meters high.
Read a book that is in a series with 12 or more books. The first 12 books must be published as the time of reading.

3. Souvenir: Spear - a spear is used for hunting and fishing.
Read a book with a hunting implement on the cover. Guns & swords are excluded.

Site 28, Big Beer Can, Ghan, Australia
1. Location: Ghan, Australia - I couldn't find much on the town of Ghan, but I did find The Ghan, which is a train excursion through the Outback between Darwin and Adelaide.
Read a book with a train prominently on the cover.

2. About: Originally the can label was West End Draught but a label change to XXXX Gold occurred sometime between 2002–2010.
Read a book the was originally published between 2002 - 2010.

3. Souvenir: Can of Beer
Read a book with an alcoholic drink on the cover.

Side trip:


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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.

Site 30, The Big Sapphire Ring, Sapphire, Queensland
1. Location: Sapphire, Queensland - At the 2016 census, the town of Sapphire had a population of 572 people.
Read a book that has less than 572 ratings at the time of reading. State the number of ratings.

2. About: Located in front of Pat's Gems. Built by Victor Saunders.
Read a book with a type of jewel in the title (amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, jade, peridodt, ruby, sapphire).

3. Souvenir: A Ring
Read a book with Ring in the title or a large ring on the cover.

Site 31, The Kelpies, Scotland
1. Location: Falkirk and Grangemouth, Scotland
Read a book set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author.

2. About: The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits).
Read a book with characters that are shapeshifters.

3. Souvenir: A horseshoe - A horseshoe is U-shaped.
Read a book where the title or author's name starts with the letter U. If it's the title, it may not be preceded by an article.

Site 32, Whimsical Statue, Swansea Marina, Wales UK

1. Location: Swansea Marina, Wales, UK
Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.

2. About: The site depicts ‘Captain Cat’ from Under Milk Wood, by welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The statue was created by sculptor Robert J R Thomas, and unveiled in 1990.
Read a book that was originally published in 1990.

3. Souvenir: Bell
Read a book with Bell in the title or on the cover.

Site 33, The Singing Ringing Tree, Lancashire, England
1. Location: Lancashire, England - is a non-metropolitan county and a ceremonial county in North West England.
Read a book that is set in England but not in a city with a population over 1, 000,000.

2. About: The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.
Read a book with Wind or Sound in the title.

3. Souvenir: Pan Flute - The pan flute is named after Pan, the Greek god of nature and shepherds often depicted with such an instrument.
Read a book set in Greece or written by a Greek author.

Site 34, Sibelius Monument, Helsinki, Finland
1. Location:
Helsinki, 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 looks like a pipe organ to me. It makes me think of the backdrop for an atmospheric movie.
Read a book from The Atmospheric List You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.

Site 35, Untitled, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Read a book set in the Netherlands or written by a Dutch author.

2. About: This relief decorates the cobblestones of the Oude Kerk ("old church"), Amsterdam’s oldest building, and seems to refer to the oldest profession, which is practiced nearby in the Red Light District.
Read a book from this list: Best Feminist Fiction You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.

3. Souvenir: Whistle - It will sound an alert if you're ever in a threatening situation.
Read a book that is a mystery dealing with crime against women.

Site 36, The Snail House, Sofia, Bulgaria
1. Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Read a book with a proper woman's name in the title.

2. About: The rainbow colours of the snail remind me of the rainbow flag which is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender.
Read a book with the genre LGBT on the main book page.

3. Souvenir: Rubber Ducky - There is a yellow rubber ducky painted on the snail. A duck is a waterfowl. Other waterfowl are geese, swan, and loons.
Read a book with duck, goose, swan, loon in the title. Plurals are allowed, including geese.

Site 37, Caso do Penedo (Stone House)
1. Location: Northern Portugal - Portugal is part of the Iberian Peninsula as well as Spain, Southern France, Andorra, and Gibraltor
Read a book set in one of the countries or territories that make up the Iberian Peninsula.

2. About: This unusual abode was constructed out of four boulders in 1974, but it could easily be mistaken for a relic of prehistoric times.
Read a book that is in a series of 4 published works

3. Souvenir: Stone House
Read a book with a house on the cover.

Site 38, Hill of Crosses
1. Location: Northern Lithuania - Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighbouring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
Read a book set in Lithuania, Poland, or Russia.

2. About: The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain.
Read a book with a theme of pilgrimage, or life changing journey.

3. Souvenir: Rosary - Rosaries can be seen hanging from the crosses at the site.
Read a book with a cross or beads on the cover.

Site 39, Giant Clothespin
1. Location: Chaudfontaine, Belgium
Read a book set in Belgium.

2. About: The piece was created for the Festival of Five Seasons and exemplifies Uysal’s style, which relies heavily on trick imagery and distorted perspectives.
Read a book with a twist. Psychological thriller and mystery must show as a main page genre.

3. Souvenir: Spring - the spring is an integral part of a clothespin.
Read a book with "spring" in the title.

Site 40, Fork of Vevey
1. Location: Vevey, Switzerland
Read a book set in Switzerland or written by a Swiss author.

2. About: The fork was initially created in 1995 by the Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Zaugg to mark the Alimentarium’s tenth anniversary.
Read a book with the letter Z in the title or author's name.

3. Souvenir: Fork
Read a book with food as a theme.

Side trip:


Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Site 3, Spirit of the West, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
3. Link: Migrations
4. Hardcover edition is 256 pages
5. Read a book set during freezing temperatures.
6. The book is set in Scotland, Greenland and Antarctica


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Woohoo! First book done. Just a reminder to include the category. Souvenir was the category for your book. :)


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2. Site 2, The USSR Enterprise, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada: location.
3. Link: Het sneeuwmeisje
4. paperback, 253 pages
5. Read a book with a significant character aged 5 or younger
6. Madison was 5 years when she was abducted. For a long part in the story she stays 5 years.


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Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments 1. Badge 1, book 3.
2. Site 1, Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada: location.
3. Link: De geesten van Hill House
4. paperback, 281 pages
5. Task: Read a book that is a ghost story.
6. The book has the genre of ghost story.


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Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments 1. Badge 1, book 4.
2. Site 2, The USSR Enterprise, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada: souvenir.
3. Link: The Obsession
4. paperback, 230 pages
5. Task: Read a book that is at least 75% red in colour.
6. The cover is almost red for 100%


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Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments 1. Badge 1, book 5.
2. Site 1, Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada: about.
3. Link: The Quality of Silence
4. paperback, 406 pages.
5. Read a book that has a significant character named Jack, or the author is named Jack.
6. One of the pursuers is named Jack and is hunting Matt, Ruby and Yasmine, with his buddy Grayling and the entend of killing the family.


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Saar The Book owl | 2652 comments 1. Badge 1, book 6.
2. Site 4, Narcisse Snake Den Sculpture, Inwood, Manitoba, Canada: souvenir.
3. Link: Four Boots-One Journey: A Story of Survival, Awareness & Rejuvenation on The John Muir Trail
4. Kindle, 237 pages
5. Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cover.
6. There are 2 pairs of boots on the cover: Four Boots-One Journey A Story of Survival, Awareness & Rejuvenation on The John Muir Trail by Jeff Alt


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