Jane Reads Missed the Bus and is Trying to Catch Up

[Jane Reads]

2022 Annual Challenge - YLTO Goes on a Road Trip


General Rules

List of Sites

Badge 1: 4 roadside attractions and 1 side trip [15 books]

[Jane Reads]

Side Trip #1

The Grave of the Foot of James A. Reid - Salisbury, NC, USA
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/7369?



In 1893, James Reid had a late night encounter with a freight train that left him with a severed foot. Reid survived his injury; not wanting to just dispose of his foot, he gave it a proper burial in the Old Lutheran Cemetery, complete with a ceremony and a headstone. The inscription reads "Foot of James A. Reid - Severed by a Freight Train on Nov. 25, 1893."

Reid lived for another seven years, dying at the age of 95. The rest of his body lies buried seven miles away from his foot, in a cemetery at Trading Ford Baptist Church.

1. Location - Read a book set in North Carolina, or in any city named Salisbury.

2. About - Read a book with a grave or tombstone on the cover.

3. Souvenir - To remember your visit, be sure to purchase a Foot keychain on your way out of the cemetery.
Read a book with a foot (or feet) on the cover, or with foot (or feet) in the title.

[Jane Reads]

Jane Reads Missed the Bus and is Trying to Catch Up with the 2022 Road Trip Challenge


Report each book as follows:
1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. List the Site Number & Category.
3. Link to book read. Link to the title and not to the cover.
4. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
5. Give a very brief summary of the task.
6. State how the book fits the criteria. Any requirements must be included in this section (cover link if cover task, picture link if interactive task, etc.)

Sample: I’ve read 5 books in the Badge 1 section:
1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Site 1, Location
3. Link to 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.
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When you finish a badge requirement, you will need to post in the Year Long Reporting Thread as follows:

WoF Name Jane Reads

Badge One
1. Site #, Category, link to Title
2. Site #, Category, link to Title
3.
4…… etc.

[Jane Reads]

Badge 1 Completed
15/15 books read


Site 11
(view spoiler)[Site 11, Santa Claus House & Giant Santa, North Pole, Alaska, USA
1. Location: North Pole, Alaska -
Read a book set in space. May be on a spaceship or another planet.
2. About: Where the Spirit of Christmas Lives Year Round.
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. (hide spoiler)]
Location: Gravity
About: Apple Cider Slaying
Souvenir: Yankee Doodle Dead


Site 13
(view spoiler)[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
Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural.
3. Souvenir: Lei
Read a book where there a number of flowers on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
Location: The Blessed Event
About: Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw
Souvenir: Piece of My Heart

Site 28
(view spoiler)[Site 28, Big Beer Can, Ghan, Australia
1. Location: Ghan, Australia - The Ghan, which is a train excursion
Read a book with a train prominently on the cover.
2. About: The can label was changed 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. (hide spoiler)]
Location: Candy Cane Caper

About: Maid of Murder
Souvenir: A Riesling to Die


Site 32
(view spoiler)[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 statue was 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. (hide spoiler)]
Location: The Case of the Disgraced Duke
About: Real Murders
Souvenir: Christmas Cow Bells


Side Trip 1
(view spoiler)[Side Trip #1

The Grave of the Foot of James A. Reid - Salisbury, NC, USA
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/7369?



In 1893, James Reid had a late night encounter with a freight train that left him with a severed foot. Reid survived his injury; not wanting to just dispose of his foot, he gave it a proper burial in the Old Lutheran Cemetery, complete with a ceremony and a headstone. The inscription reads "Foot of James A. Reid - Severed by a Freight Train on Nov. 25, 1893."

Reid lived for another seven years, dying at the age of 95. The rest of his body lies buried seven miles away from his foot, in a cemetery at Trading Ford Baptist Church.

1. Location - Read a book set in North Carolina, or in any city named Salisbury.

2. About - Read a book with a grave or tombstone on the cover.

3. Souvenir - To remember your visit, be sure to purchase a Foot keychain on your way out of the cemetery.
Read a book with a foot (or feet) on the cover, or with foot (or feet) in the title. (hide spoiler)]
Location: Partners in Lime: A Beachfront Cozy Mystery
About: Ghost a la Mode

Souvenir: Dead Over Heels

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Side Trip 1, Location
3. Partners in Lime
4. eBook, 336 pages; paperback is 336 pages
5. Read a book set in North Carolina, or in any city named Salisbury.
6. Book is set in Charm, North Carolina.

[Janice, Moderator]

✔️

Woot! You're on the board!

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Site 32, Location
3. The Case of the Disgraced Duke
4. eBook, 299 pages; paperback is 262 pages
5. Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
6. Book is set in Wales.

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Site 28, Souvenir
3. A Riesling to Die
4. eBook, 220 pages; paperback is 220 pages
5. Read a book with an alcoholic drink on the cover.
6. Cover has a glass of wine on it.

[Janice, Moderator]

✔️

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Site 28, About
3. Maid of Murder
4. eBook, 235 pages; hardcover, 281 pages
5. Read a book that was originally published between 2002 - 2010.
6. Book was first published in 2010.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Site 13, About
3. Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw
4. eBook, 336 pages; paperback, 352 pages.
5. Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural.
6. Book is listed as Mystery on main book page. Main character is police chief; he and his officers investigate and solve several shootings.

[Janice, Moderator]

✔️

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2, Site 11, About
3. Apple Cider Slaying
4. eBook, 320 pages; paperback, 313 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Christmas.
6. Main character plans a Winter Festival and prepares a Cider Shop for its grand opening at Christmastime.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Site 11, Souvenir
3. Yankee Doodle Dead
4. Paperback, 273 pages
5. Read a book where the cover is 75% white.
6. Cover is 80.9% white.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Site 32, About
3. Real Murders
4. eBook; hardcover is 175 pages
5. Read a book originally published in 1990.
6. Real Murders was originally published in 1990.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Site 13, Location
3. The Blessed Event
4. eBook; paperback, 346 pages
5. Read a book set in Hawaii.
6. Book takes place in Mahina, Hawaii.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Side Trip, About
3. Ghost a la Mode
4. eBook; paperback is 312 pages
5. Read a book with a grave or tombstone on the cover.
6. Book has a tombstone on the cover.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Site 11, Location
3. Gravity
4. eBook; paperback, 342 pages
5. Read a book set in space.
6. A majority of the book is set on the International Space Station.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Site 13, Souvenir
3. Piece of My Heart
4. eBook; hardcover, 319 pages
5. Read a book with a number of flowers on the cover.
6. There are many small white flowers on the cover.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 13
2. Site 28, Location
3. Candy Cane Caper
4. eBook; paperback, 294 pages
5. Read a book with a train prominently on the cover.
6. Cover features a large train engine.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 14
2. Site 32, Souvenir
3. Christmas Cow Bells
4. eBook; paperback, 336 pages
5. Read a book with Bell in the title or on the cover.
6. Bell is in the title and on the cover of book.

[Janice, Moderator]

✔️

You're almost there! Woot!

[Jane Reads]

1. Badge 1, Book 15
2. Side Trip, Souvenir
3. Dead Over Heels
4. Hardcover, 267 pages
5. Read a book with a foot (or feet) on the cover, or with foot (or feet) in the title.
6. Cover has a foot on the cover.

[Janice, Moderator]

✔️

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing the first badge. It's great that you were able to finish even though you started so recently! Well done.