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[Kabrada]

Would a road with just one lane suffice for task #10?

I am thinking of this one:

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm on the fence with this one. It looks like a narrow street in an European village. It is only one lane, so it's a little hard to have "lanes" clearly marked. It looks to me that the street is bordered with gutters as apposed to line painting, so I'm going to say no. I don't think it quite meets the criteria. Sorry.

[Katrisa]

will this work for card on cover? The whole cover is a card

[Janice, Moderator]

That's an interesting cover. It would be a shame to not use it for this task, so go for it.

[Katrisa]

cool! I did have another book slotted for this task but I bought this series during the audible sale and I hoped it would work :)

[Kabrada]

Janice wrote: "I'm on the fence with this one. It looks like a narrow street in an European village. It is only one lane, so it's a little hard to have "lanes" clearly marked. It looks to me that the street is bo..."
I will hopefully find another book, but just to explain: The (definitely narrow, definitely village-y and most certainly British) road is marked on the left and right with double yellow lines, indicating that no parking is allowed.

[Janice, Moderator]

Twist my arm, Kabrada. If there are painted line and not gutters, you can use it.

[Kabrada]

If there was any arm twisting, it was by no means intentional. I'll be reading (listening to) the book anyway, but being able to use it for completing a task makes me look forward to it even more. ;)

(Here is the image in a large version:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6...)

[Janice, Moderator]

No worries - go ahead Kabrada.

[Naomi]

for the task about the Himalayans - does the book need to be set in the mountains or just in one of the listed countries?

[Janice, Moderator]

It needs to be set in one of the listed countries. Note that Tibet was annexed by China, so if you chose a book set in Tibet, consider it part of China.

[Esther]

Sorry for being a nuisance. . I am doubting myself here... are the lanes visible enough for task 10?

[Kira]

Would this work for lanes on cover?

[Janice, Moderator]

Esther wrote: "Sorry for being a nuisance. . I am doubting myself here... are the lanes visible enough for task 10?
"

You can see the line painting that designates the edge of the lane, so you are good to go.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kira wrote: "

Would this work for lanes on cover?"

No, sorry. There doesn't appear to be any line painting on that laneway.

[Esther]

Janice wrote: "Esther wrote: "Sorry for being a nuisance. . I am doubting myself here... are the lanes visible enough for task 10?
"

You can see the line painting that designates t..."

Yeah!!!!!!!!

[Kira]

Janice wrote: "Kira wrote: "

Would this work for lanes on cover?"

No, sorry. There doesn't appear to be any line painting on that laneway."

ooops thanks Janice! I'll look for something that has already been approved lol!

[Kabrada]

Before I struggle some more with my current book,

I thought I'd better ask whether tarot cards are actually even considered to be playing cards?
Otherwise I'd DNF the book...

[Janice, Moderator]

Quick, get a good book and DNF this one. I'm planning on reading Cards on the Table for this one.

[Kabrada]

That does definitely sound like a much better choice, Janice!

[Katrisa]

Janice wrote: "Quick, get a good book and DNF this one. I'm planning on reading Cards on the Table for this one."
I am on board with your ruling Janice but I do have to say that I totally used to play solitaire games with my tarot cards lol :)

[Janice, Moderator]

That's interesting Katrisa. Maybe we can do a task requiring divination cards on the cover....

[Kabrada]

The Playing Card task seems to be jinxed for me. I went through this thread and through all the individual challenge reporting threads to look for books others had read for this task.
There were few that interested me from what the blurb said - and now one of them (Peg and Rose Solve a Murder) was a DNF after only three chapters.

(Having read all the Poirot novels sometime in the 1980's, I am leaving a re-read of that one for last, in case everything else fails.)

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope you find something that appeals to you Kabrada.

[Kabrada]

Well, I did find something and am now about halfway through . I started on the Fethering series a few years ago and read the first four books. This one is #6. Having no memories whatsoever of the first four books might be a plus in this case - the main character is a rather annoying person. But I'll definitely finish this one!

[Janice, Moderator]

Good luck with it Kabrada.

[Kabrada]

Thanks. I am done with this one, yay!