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message 1: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments Hope I do better this year!


message 3: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 7, Task 9
3. Jamaica Inn
4. Audio but 320
5. Inn in the Title
6. Jamaica INN


message 4: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle 6, Task 1
3. Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life
4. Audio but 320 (yup that's 2 in a row...)
5. Dog as main character
6. Peety is a rescue who is center of book.


message 5: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Look at you go, Beth. It's only been a day ha!


message 6: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 5, Task 7
3. The Far Field
4. Audio but 432
5. Set in the Himalayas
6. Set in Kashmir (she walks up 4000 feet on one day at one point)


message 7: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Puzzle 12, Task 5
3. Shattered Mirror
4. Audio but 339
5. something broken in pieces on cover
6. Shattered Mirror (Eve Duncan, #23) by Iris Johansen


message 8: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments Pragya wrote: "Look at you go, Beth. It's only been a day ha!"

At this rate I will get the first badge in the first week, but sadly, I will be back at work today, so that rate of progress stops now. :-(


message 9: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Beth wrote: "1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 5, Task 7
3. The Far Field
4. Audio but 432
5. Set in the Himalayas
6. Set in Kashmir (she walks up 4000 feet on one day at one point)"


I hadn't heard of this. What did you think about it, Beth?


message 10: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Beth wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Look at you go, Beth. It's only been a day ha!"

At this rate I will get the first badge in the first week, but sadly, I will be back at work today, so that rate of progress stops no..."


Uh oh. :(


message 11: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments Pragya wrote: "I hadn't heard of this. What did you think about it, Beth?"

I really liked it! Debut novel.


message 12: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Beth wrote: "Pragya wrote: "I hadn't heard of this. What did you think about it, Beth?"

I really liked it! Debut novel."


Thanks, Beth. It's on my TBR now.


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message 14: by Beth (last edited Jan 08, 2023 08:24PM) (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. Spies
4. Audio but 234
5. MPG Hist Fic set in England
6. MPG Hist Fic in the England of WWII


message 15: by Beth (last edited Jan 08, 2023 08:24PM) (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Puzzle 9, Task 8
3. The Cruel Sea
4. Audible but 520
5. Set in the ocean on a ship or sub
6. Set in Atlantic on ship guarding convoys during WWII


message 16: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59896 comments 🔆


message 17: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Puzzle 2, Task 3
3. The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son
4. Audible but 240
5. Person on cover both arms showing.
6. The Puzzle Solver A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son by Tracie White


message 18: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Puzzle 10 Task 9
3. Swimming in the Dark
4. Audible but 191
5. On Swimmy list
6. #28 on list


message 19: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Puzzle 11, Task 1
3. Hell Is Empty
4. Audio but 309
5. Read a book that is 7th in a series
6. This is #7 in Walt Longmire series


message 20: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Puzzle 8, Book 1
3. Heresy
4. Audible but 480
5. MPG Western
6. It's second category on MP


message 21: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Puzzle 4, Task 8
3. The Collective
4. Audible but 338
5. Title starts with ABCDE
6. The COLLECTIVE


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message 23: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 12 !
2. Puzzle 3, Task 8
3. The Stolen Hours
4. Audio but 320
5. 3rd or 9th in series
6. It's 3 in the Joe Talbert series


message 24: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 25: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge2, Book 1
2. Puzzle 2. Task 8
3. Vanity Fair
4. Audio but 867
5. Top hat or beard on cover
6. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray


message 26: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 27: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Puzzle 2, Task 4
3. The Story of a New Name
4. audio but 471
5. Higher than 4.1 on GR
6. 4.42


message 28: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Puzzle 2, Task 9
3. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
4. Audio but 418
5. Ankle on cover
6. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels, #3) by Elena Ferrante


message 29: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Puzzle 8, Task 6
3. Murder in an Irish Bookshop
4. Audio but 258
5. Storefront on cover
6. Murder in an Irish Bookshop (Irish Village Mystery, #7) by Carlene O'Connor


message 30: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 31: by Cherie (new)

Cherie (crobins0) | 21536 comments Beth - The books in your Irish Village Mystery series cover a number of tasks in the challenge puzzles.
Do you think they need to be read in order?


message 32: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments Cherie wrote: "Beth - The books in your Irish Village Mystery series cover a number of tasks in the challenge puzzles.
Do you think they need to be read in order?"


I'm not feeling like the they do. My guess is that if I can find one that does the cozy food thing, I will end up reading that one too. Not usually such a cozy person, so that will be just checking a box when I get to it.


message 33: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Puzzle 2, Task 1
3. Falling Man
4. 246
5. Set in 21st Century
6. Starts on 9/11.


message 34: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 35: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. Puzzle 2, Task 2
3. Quo Vadis
4. Audible but 589
5. About Roman Empire
6. Rome burns in this one, Nero is a jerk


message 36: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 37: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. Puzzle 8, Task 5
3. Blood Defense
4. Audio but 400
5. Legal Thriller
6. Listed as LT on MP


message 38: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 39: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 8
2. Puzzle 8, Task 2
3. The Fortnight in September
4. Audio but 304
5. Measure of time in title
6. FORTNIGHT in September


message 40: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 9
2. Puzzle 2 Task 5
3. The Sea, the Sea
4. Audio but 528
5. Repetition of word in title
6. The SEA, The SEA


message 41: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 10
2. Puzzle 2, Task 6
3, A Christmas Garland
4. Audio but 208
5. Christmas Theme
6. part of Anne Perry's Christmas series. Attorney tries to save innocent man in an army trial in India over Christmas.


message 42: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 43: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 11
2. Puzzle 8, Task 7
3. Family Matters
4. audio but 434
5. Set in city beginning with M
6. Set in Mumbai


message 44: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Puzzle 2, Task 7
3. Over Your Shoulder
4. Audio but 320
5. Shoulder or Round in title
6. Over Your SHOULDER


message 45: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 46: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 13
2. Puzzle 8, Task 2
3. The Flight Attendant
4. Audio but 345
5. Flight attendant character
6. Main character is Flight Attendant


message 47: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 14
2. Puzzle 8, Task 8
3. How High We Go in the Dark
4. Audio but 304
5. Author whose last name starts with N who I haven't read
6. Sequoia Nagamatsu was new to me.


message 48: by Janice, Moderator (new)

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message 49: by Beth (new)

Beth (eparks4232) | 2556 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 15
2. Puzzle 8, Task 9
3. Zone One
4. Audio but 259
5. Dystopian zombie book
6. Both on main page


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