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25.5 - Nikki's Task: A Viking Pillage
Our Treasure Trove loaded on the truck so far (approved list)Bling, precious and sparklys
Rubys Ruby Red, The Ruby Ring, The Ruby Circle
Sapphires Sapphire Blue
Emeralds
Turquoise Defending Turquoise
Silks A Study in Silks
Moonstone The Moonstone
Gold If I Pay Thee Not in Gold Gold: A History, A Hunt, A Fever
Silver The Silver Chain The Corpse with the Silver Tongue
Diamonds Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale
Lily The Golden Lily
Brass The Brass Verdict Dread Brass Shadows
Tiara The Tiara Club
Money
Onyx Onyx
Casket A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket
Iron The Iron Wyrm Affair
Glass Ghastly Glass
Coin In the Cities of Coin and Spice
Poppies Sea of Poppies
Amber
Pearls Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" Girl With a Pearl Earring
Earring
Ring The Fellowship of the Ring
Fun Things
Drums
Book A Burnable Book, If Books Could Kill, The Children's Book Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Wine Wine of Violence Blackberry Wine
Tiger Rock Paper Tiger The Tiger's Wife
Mask Beneath the Mask of Sanity
Manuscript The Maltese Manuscript The Godwulf Manuscript
Throne Throne of Glass
Record Off the Record
Prosecco Prosecco Pink
Monkeys
Horses Half Broke Horses The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
Cat A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String
Console Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Ice cream The Country of Ice Cream Star
Brownies
Shoes Don't Make Me Choose Between You and My Shoes
Marzipan Murder, Money & Marzipan
She-Wolves She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Dolls Valley of the Dolls
Buddha statue Golden Buddha
Picture The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cookies The Christmas Cookie Club
Useful Things
Knife & knives
Candle Light a Penny Candle
Paper
Butter
Lifeboat The Lifeboat
Crows
Collar Hatshepsut's Collar
Apples Apple Tree Yard
Tea
Iron
Steel
Watermelon Watermelon
Quilt The Fortune Quilt
Atlas Cloud Atlas
Clocks The Bone Clocks
Bags Evening Bags and Executions
Waistcoats Waistcoats & Weaponry
Pretzels Assaulted Pretzel
Raincoat The Monkey's Raincoat
Hat
Grapes A Touch of the Grape
Plates The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Bed Under Mr. Nolans Bed
Broomsticks Brownies and Broomsticks
Goldfinch The Goldfinch
Velvet Tipping the Velvet
Pomegranate The Shadow of the Pomegranate
Blankets
The Things We Left BehindLetters Letters To My Husband - no value
Treasure - not specific
Snacks The Snack Thief - not specific
Mona Lisa I, Mona Lisa - its a name
Kiss - hard to put on the truck
Necronomicon - not real
Fortune The Fortune Hunter - not specific
Museum The Museum of Extraordinary Things not specific
Antiquities Antiquities and Tangibles and Other Stories not specific
Ship Ship of Magic too big for the truck
Greens Bitter Greens Not specific
Stone Cutting for Stone no value
Art The Art of Being Normal too general
Flowers The Language of Flowers not specific
Petals The Crimson Petal and the White no value
Bloody Bones Bloody Bones Ewww
The Return of the King no rings
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Very unique! Now I want to know the ideas of others...and go! LOL
Gave me one of the books that I was hoping I could fit this season... (and I'm actually going to keep two books so I can finish out a trilogy I started in Winter)https://www.goodreads.com/series/9829... (Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald...sounds like some good plunder to me! lol)
Fun task/idea!
I think this works but I should probably double check. Would "knife" be considered an item valuable enough to steal? 
Edit to add: Super awesome task, by the way! I absolutely love it.
Interesting task. Would any of these work?A Burnable Book (book being the worthy item)
Light a Penny Candle (penny or candle)
Wine of Violence (wine)
Rock Paper Tiger (rock or paper or tiger)
Thanks.
Would any foods work that are non brand name- ie butter? Would the word food qualify a title or would it need to be a specific food item? Thanks!
Just for clarification...Would any (or all) of these work?
The Lifeboat (lifeboat)
Defending Turquoise (turquoise, the gem, but out of context as the title is referring to a girl)
Beneath the Mask of Sanity (mask)
Great task! (and I'd totally pillage some Tim-Tams)I've not yet tackled Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone (that's the copy of the book I'd be using, the Penguin edition has the better description of the Moonstone in it's GR blurb) - basically a giant, cursed diamond (the diamond is named the Moonstone). Might this work for pillaging? :) (and at 510 pages, I can do the one book option, right?)
Nicole wrote: "What about drums?"Drums are fine :)
Morgan wrote: "Gave me one of the books that I was hoping I could fit this season... (and I'm actually going to keep two books so I can finish out a trilogy I started in Winter)https://www.goodreads.com/series..."
A bountiful pillage indeed !
Cait wrote: "I think this works but I should probably double check. Would "knife" be considered an item valuable enough to steal? Edit to add: Super awesome..."
If you walk and don't run with the knife its fine to take off with it, and thanks :)
Kim wrote: "Interesting task. Would any of these work?A Burnable Book (book being the worthy item)
Light a Penny Candle (penny or candle)
Wine of Violence (wine..."
All would work though I think i would prefer the paper and tiger to the rock, the wine on the other hand [insert drunk emoji]
Nicole wrote: "Would any foods work that are non brand name- ie butter? Would the word food qualify a title or would it need to be a specific food item? Thanks!"Yes butter would work, but say Oreo wouldnt
Vicki wrote: "Just for clarification...Would any (or all) of these work?
The Lifeboat (lifeboat)
Defending Turquoise (turquoise, the gem, but out of context as the title is ref..."
Yes they all work and funnily enough when planning the task i tried to include for context like that but it just became a nightmare to describe and then moderate so just looking at the words now.
Angie wrote: "Would A Feast for Crows work? Crows could be stolen, and so could a feast if you're the Grinch. :P"Id take the feast over the crows!. Its a noun, we know what it is, it fits onto a truck and I'd happily have it shipped to my house :)
Deborah wrote: "
A Study in Silks with the item(s) stolen being the silk"Silk is well worthy of a pillage
Melissa wrote: "Great task! (and I'd totally pillage some Tim-Tams)I've not yet tackled Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone - basically a giant, cursed diamond (the diamond is named the Moonstone). Mig..."
Oooh you were my first Google and as a moonstone is a gem in its own right this is fine for the task !. Enjoy - perhaps with a tim-tam :)
Would Letters To My Husband - Stephanie Butland as 1 of the books (416 pages) and Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale - K.E. Saxon?
Thanks, Nikki! You and your task are super fun!
Nicole wrote: "Thanks, Nikki! You and your task are super fun!"Thank you :)
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Would Letters To My Husband - Stephanie Butland as 1 of the books (416 pages) and Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale - K.E. Saxon Its a yes to Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale but a no to Letters To My Husband. Letters just don't have a financial value, aren't generally bought and sold and are not useful so wouldnt be on a pillagers list.
Nikki- just want to double check books with main page genre children's are ok. The one I am looking at fits the rules of the challenge with a rating of MG+
Nicole wrote: "Nikki- just want to double check books with main page genre children's are ok. The one I am looking at fits the rules of the challenge with a rating of MG+"Yes books with childrens in the main genres are fine as long as they meet the ratings requirement.
Ok so I am going old school-The Ruby Ring, ruby being the thing stolen and If I Pay Thee Not in Gold, gold
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "Ok so I am going old school-The Ruby Ring, ruby being the thing stolen and If I Pay Thee Not in Gold, gold"
Both worthy hauls of a pillaging Viking - approved
Lauren wrote: "Would these two be OK?If Books Could Kill and Hatshepsut's Collar"
Both work, enjoy :)
Do
and
work? I assume you could steal apples and manuscript implies a valuable piece of writing.
Andy wrote: "Do and work? I assume you could steal apples and manuscript implies a valuable piece of writing."Food and something to read so yes :)
Dee wrote: "i'm thinking steal a throne - Throne of Glass and now sure about my second one yet"I would love a throne! Definitely worth a pillage.
Dee wrote: "Btw - I'd totally pillage Tim-tam's"I know right !. Even in real life - a dark lane, no-one around and an unlocked truckload of chocolately heaven. I think I'd definitely get let off "..but your Honour, they were Tim-Tams". No jury would convict !.
Can the pillaged item be something as generic as 'treasure'?
Diane L wrote: "Can the pillaged item be something as generic as 'treasure'?"Unfortunately no. Speaking on behalf of all Vikings, everything we take is treasure but it becomes treasure AFTER we steal it, before that it needs to be a specfic item with its own value.
Good pickup though, i'll get the task updated.
Great idea for a task. :) I had no idea how few books I read have specific nouns in the title till I looked. I'm assuming "tea" works as a food stuff. Besides it was considered quite valuable at one time, and kept under lock and key.
What about "iron" or "steel"? (I don't know which one in the series I want to read.) They could melt it down and make useful things with it...
Teri-k wrote: "Great idea for a task. :) I had no idea how few books I read have specific nouns in the title till I looked. I'm assuming "tea" works as a food stuff. Besides it was considered quite valuable at ..."
Steel, iron and tea all work. Also I like tea and there is an element of "Things Nikki likes" to this task :)
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can I read The Silver Chain - Primula Bond (has 400 pages)?"Yes, you would obviously need to read another book as well but the words silver and chain both work.
I was reading The Silver Chain - Primula Bond (has 400 pages) & Diamonds and Toads: A Modern Fairy Tale - K.E. Saxon (has 246 pages).You'd already authorised 2nd book previously x
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Like a lot of raiders in history, the Viking were known for their fondness for pillaging and taking things that didn't belong to them. So for this task, read a book with something in the title and/or subtitle that is worthy of being pillaged, nicked, pinched, stolen or misappropriated.
A few boundaries :
* It must be tangible so no things like souls, ghosts, virtues or mythical creatures.
* No humans or human-form things, so nothing like girls, kings, zombies or vampires.
* Animals, food, possessions, etc. do work, but no brand names or proper nouns. We all live in different places so while I would happily pillage a truck full of Tim-Tams, most of you don't know what chocolately heaven that would be so its makes no sense.
* The item must be moveable and able to fit on a truck. Cars and even trucks are ok, but no buildings. Yes, a house can sort of fit on a truck, but its no quick getaway.
* It must be something of value, so no twigs, air, dirt, etc. A reasonable person wouldn't be upset if dirt was stolen.
* It must be a specific item with its own value, not a general collective term like treasure or snacks.
* Plurals and possessives work.
You can read 1 or 2 books, but the page total must be at least 500 pages.
NOTE: ebooks without print versions cannot be used for tasks requiring a specific number of pages. If you read an ebook or audiobook use the page count for the mass market paperback if one exists. If there is no mass market paperback edition, use the paperback edition and if no paperback is available use the hardcover edition.
Required: Identify the item(s) and the page counts.