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Lost in a Good Book Maze
I don't know how I missed this challenge last year. But it looks fun. Made myself a romance maze.
Leslie Ann wrote: "I would like easy please"You can create your own on the maze website: https://maze.meic.dev/ :)
Going to PASS on Task: Read a book that is an against all odds / survival story (Going East)Pax from Hacked, 154 pages
Angel from Devil's Own - 306 Pages
Sebastian from The Enchanter's Flame, 364 pages
Sebastian from The Enchanter's Soul, 276 pages
So, I started a crime/mystery/thriller maze as I'm almost done (hopefully, lol) with my original maze. I made my first oops! I need to go south, found a book with "alibi" in the text and was very excited that I was able to find the book, read it, and went to report it. This is when I realized it was a B title! 🤦🏼♀️ Have my next book lined up and confirmed pages, task, and title this time!
Kristie wrote: "So, I started a crime/mystery/thriller maze as I'm almost done (hopefully, lol) with my original maze. I made my first oops! I need to go south, found a book with "alibi" in the text and was very e..."I have done that so many times! But luckily I noticed before hitting the button, lol.
Sometimes my brain balks at thinking about both the task and the direction 😆
Sammy wrote: "Kristie wrote: "So, I started a crime/mystery/thriller maze as I'm almost done (hopefully, lol) with my original maze. I made my first oops! I need to go south, found a book with "alibi" in the tex..."Yes! I usually catch it before I read, but my brain said... so, you think you can coordinate TWO do you??? lol
H - Hooked by Emily McIntireE - Eyes on me by Sara Cate
L - The Lightning Thief by Robert Venditti
P - Praise by Sara Cate
Could someone help me by deleting a mistake I have done?Glow: Five Steps to Create the Life You Dream About by Georgie Crawford (174 pages)
Read by: BARBARA
Added: April 4, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Task: Read a book that starts with the letter D
I simply uploaded the wrong book because it does not start with D. Could you delete this action and revert my step? Thanks!
Lol, I don't remember my password. Can you reset it?
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I'm sorry, we don't keep a record of the passwords. If you forget your password you'll need to make a new account and a new maze. (One of the slight hiccups of this being not a professionally run website).
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Glow: Five Steps to Create the Life You Dream About by Georgie Crawford (174 pages)
Read by: BARBARA
Added: April 4, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Task: ..."
From the FAQ
I did my first task wrong.
No worries, just read a book that works for the task and the direction you want to go and carry on from there.
AKA read something that does work for the task, then move on. No need to delete anything.
Sophie wrote: " Marla wrote: "Lol, I don't remember my password. Can you reset it?"I'm sorry, we don't keep a record of the passwords. If you forget your password you'll need to make a new account and a new maze. ..."
Nope, it's on me, I didn't use one of my "normal" passwords and I didn't write it down. I actually saved the password on the browser, but Goodreads is currently not working well on Firefox. I'll just have to switch browsers to update this challenge...I wonder if I could create a new maze...heh, heh, I can!
Lost in a Good Book Maze #2Started: 4/1/24
Genre: Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Completed:
https://maze.meic.dev/maze/192/
🏆 ▲ North - Book title starts with A-M
🏆 ▼ South - Book title starts with N-Z
🏆 ► East - Even number of pages
🏆 ◄ West - Odd number of pages
Task #1: Read a book from: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
#88 The Brutal Telling | #247 A Merciful Truth
Title:
Author:
Read:
Pages:
Reader: Marla
Direction: ► East - Even number of pages
How it Fits:
Title:
Author:
Read:
Pages:
Reader: Marla
Direction:
How it Fits:
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I'm sorry, we don't keep a record of the passwords. If you forget your password you'll need to make a new accoun..."
And I've just been shown that we can change passwords - sorry for the delay. If you want to change it for one of your standard ones, send me a private message and I can do that.
Sophie wrote: "Barbara wrote: "Could someone help me by deleting a mistake I have done?Glow: Five Steps to Create the Life You Dream About by Georgie Crawford (174 pages)
Read by: BARBARA
Added: April 4, 2024, ..."
uh, I never thought about doing that! Thank you (:
My Task: Read a book that is in the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" Listopia List. I looked at the first 100 books on the list and I've read 68 of them. There are a few I still want to read... eventually. Just not now. P Promises and Pomegranates Sav R. Miller 4/9
A Broken Whispers Neva Altaj 4/10
S Things We Never Got OverLucy Score 4/9
S Monster Bully Sam Crescent 4/8
Lyndi (mibookobsession) wrote: " I looked at the first 100 books on the list and I've read 68 of them. "Impressive!
Why don't I ever get that task?! I'm actively working my way through that list, lol.
My next book I plan to read from the list is A Tale of Two Cities but 3rd shift life is draining me right now and I can't seem to concentrate on anything too serious. Obviously, the books on my skip list don't require much concentration lol!
I guess A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens' few more serious books. Probably why it isn't my favourite, lol. Gimme David Copperfield any day 😁Having said that, my current non-list book A Spot of Bother is supposedly easy to read and hilarious. I'm finding it tedious and not even remotely funny. I'm so glad I only paid 60p for it! 😆
Finally finished the last book for this skip...Task: "Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as want (to read) - plurals and spelling acceptable"
Direction: East (even page count)
M - Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy - title (384 pg)
I - Im Westen nichts Neues - title (336 pg)
S - A Conjuring of Light - ALN: Schwab (624 pg)
S - Babel - CLN: Swift (560 pg)
First challenge: Best Paranormal Romance Series Gag! What a bummer of a start!
My trick if it's a list on a topic I don't enjoy, is to look for the books that don't belong that inevitably make their way on there. There are quite a few on this list, including The Shining!
Sammy wrote: "My trick if it's a list on a topic I don't enjoy, is to look for the books that don't belong that inevitably make their way on there. There are quite a few on this list, including [book:The Shining..."Hahaha yep I do that all the time! It does feel like it's against the spirit of the challenge AND I get mad at all the people voting for the wrong books.... but I'd much rather reread Sense and Sensibility than anything else on the chick lit list 🙃
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I thought my next task would be easy (Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as overdrive) but most of the books are popular and even the first book in the list All the Light We Cannot See was only shelved overdrive 90 times, nowhere near the first page of genres. After skimming through 16 pages of list options and down to 20 shelved I'm skipping again H Heart of a Monster Shain Rose 316p 4/12
E The Ever Queen L.J. Andrews 452p 4/11
L Love of a Queen Shain Rose 338p 4/13
P (Perfectly Imperfect series) Hidden Truths Neva Altaj 266p 4/12
Forfeiting because I can't seem to find anything to fit this task.Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 2002 - plurals and spelling acceptable
Direction: East
P - Persuasion
A - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
S - Sunlight on a Broken Column
S - Sacred Games
I finished my original maze finally. only took two years LOL. It was medium but I might go a bit easier next time. I see there are new choices for new mazes. Is there a spot where the themes to choose from are listed?
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If you press on the create a maze button, the drop down under category has them all.
They are:
General - all the tasks used so far
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Romance
Horror
Historical
Mystery/Thriller/Crime
As an aside, as I am aware that romance readers usually tend to read exclusively either MF or LGBT+, I kept the tasks gender neutral throughout, except for I think maybe one or two in the whole set, so they should be suitable regardless of what preferences romance readers have 😊
Task: Read a book shelved (listed on the first page on GR) as 2007 - plurals and spelling acceptableI haven't seen anything like this, so
H- The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith 12/4 5★
E- Murder is a Piece of Cake by Elaine Viets 10/4 3★
L- August Falling by Les Zig 16/4 3.5★
P- Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett 13/4 5★
I can't even with this one... Task: Read a book with the name of the tarot card "Death" in the text or title
Direction: East
S - Sacred Games
K - Kafka on the Shore
I - Immortality
P - Persuasion
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Sophie wrote: "I'd be surprised if death isn't a word in one of those books. It doesn't need to refer to the tarot card, just the word."Aah okay - I think I just saw the work tarot and went "how do I..."
Sophie wrote: " Marla wrote: "Sophie wrote: " Marla wrote: "Lol, I don't remember my password. Can you reset it?"I'm sorry, we don't keep a record of the passwords. If you forget your password you'll need to ma...
And I've just been shown that we can change passwords - sorry for the delay. If you want to change it for one of your standard ones, send me a private message and I can do that."
Sophie, can you friend me so I can PM you? Thanks.
I am starting a new maze for mystery/thriller but still doing 10 x 10 and easy. I did medium last time and it took me forever.
Skipping this one and headed West (odd number of pages)Task: Read a book which features the Disguised As Opposite Gender trope
HALT:
H: Hijinks with a Hellhound by Louisa Masters - 251 pages
A: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami - 147 pages
L: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood - 389 pages
T: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett - 309 pages
Skipping Task: Read a book whose author died this year
Direction: South
P : Peripeteia
A : The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
S : Smoke & Summons
S : The Scourge of Muirwood
When I got this task a few weeks ago, I tried to find something that fit but there were no books that appealed to me.
Only just past 3 months into the year, simply skipping the task was... let's just say... a lot more palatable... than the idea of waiting to see if an author with an appealing book would DIE soon... AMIRITE?!?!
Looking for a rec for a good portal/crossworlds fantasy with an N-Z title if anyone has one?Not The Ten Thousand Doors of January, because A: I read it already and
B: It's the worst example of a portal fantasy out there... The portals are never used! LOL!
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Nothing else off the top my head, but give me some time!
Sophie wrote: "The Magician’s Nephew - but you'll almost certainly have read it.Nothing else off the top my head, but give me some time!"
Not since I was a kid! I absolutely adored them as a little 'un, but I've been kind of afraid to re-read Narnia, as I've been worried it might spoil the fond memories I have of them. These days I struggle a lot more with the patronising tone most kids books have.
I think it’s a little YMMV on how much a person likes it but if you enjoy children’s lit you can try The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson. (Sorry I’m on mobile rn and am not sure how to do the nice goodreads links on it lol)
Sammy wrote: "Looking for a rec for a good portal/crossworlds fantasy with an N-Z title if anyone has one?Not The Ten Thousand Doors of January, because A: I read it already and
B: It's the wo..."
Have you read the Wayward Children series yet? #1 starts with E but #2 starts with T and I wouldn't say you have to read the first one first. They're only going through a portal once or twice though, if I remember correctly.
Not sure if this wold work as the MC gets pulled to a different world once and then can't leave, also doesn't start with a letter after N. But is well worth the read. Magic and the Shinigami Detective
Three moves ago my task was 2006 shelf, and afew days ago I got tasked with 2005 shelf. I haven't found any that I want to read right now so I'm skipping. H Darling Girls Sally Hepworth 4/22
E Grey E.L. James 4/24
L Things We Left BehindLucy Score 4/22
P Extinction Douglas Preston 4/23
Thanks guys, I'll have a look into those. If all else fails, I can re-read The Reluctant Swordsman, which was the book that started my love for both portal fantasy and the author Dave Duncan when I fished it out of the 20p bargain bin in a second hand book shop almost 25 years ago!But while that would help me complete the task, it wouldn't help me find new awesome stories to read 😁
Sammy wrote: "Thanks guys, I'll have a look into those. If all else fails, I can re-read The Reluctant Swordsman, which was the book that started my love for both portal fantasy and the author Dave ..."The Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale? Of course The Starless Sea, but I'm assuming you've read it. I can't think of any others that start with the bottom half of the alphabet.
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You can use it for both - that's clever book choices.