Kira solves the puzzles

[Kira]

Puzzle Me This

Crossword puzzles will be the rage in YLTO for 2023. Sharpen your pencils and get ready to decipher.

For this challenge, there will be 12 Crossword puzzles, and 10 tasks each. I originally intended to give you gifs of the puzzles I used and the solutions, but they didn't translate too well so I opted to scrap them. They were small and blurry. Instead, I have given the clue in italics, and the answer in spoilers if you're tempted to solve them.

The Challenge:

To complete this challenge and earn a badge, you must read 12 books. You will select one task from each puzzle.

Subsequent Challenges:

If you complete the challenge, there are subsequent challenges you may attempt.

There will be 7 badges this year.
Badge 2 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 puzzles (18 books).
Badge 3 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 4 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 5 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 6 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 7 - read all the remaining tasks for the last 2 puzzles (18 books).

[Kira]

WoF - Kira's Treasures - Requesting Badge 1

1. Puzzle 1, Task 2 : Would I Lie to the Duke
2. Puzzle 2, Task 6 : A Merry Little Meet Cute
3. Puzzle 3, Task 3 : You May Kiss the Bridesmaid
4. Puzzle 4, Task 7 : Bone Crossed
5. Puzzle 5, Task 8 : The Perfect Child
6. Puzzle 6, Task 6 : Death by Coffee
7. Puzzle 7, Task 1 : Lilac Girls
8. Puzzle 8, Task 9 : Reclaimed
9. Puzzle 9, Task 10 : Homicide and Halo-Halo
10. Puzzle 10, Task 10 : A Man Called Ove
11. Puzzle 11, Task 3 : Murder at Whitehall
12. Puzzle 12, Task 2 : Cry Wolf

[Kira]

WoF - Kira's Treasures - Requesting Badge 2

1. Puzzle 1, Task 1 : The Murmur of Bees
2. Puzzle 1, Task 3 : Stay True
3. Puzzle 1, Task 4 : The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain
4. Puzzle 1, Task 5 : How to Walk Away
5. Puzzle 1, Task 6 : The Cat Who Went To Paris
6. Puzzle 1, Task 7 : The Villa
7. Puzzle 1, Task 8 : The Cowboy's Christmas Reunion
8. Puzzle 1, Task 9 : Up at Butternut Lake
9. Puzzle 1, Task 10 : The House in the Cerulean Sea

10. Puzzle 8, Task 1 : Sweet Love and Country Roads
11. Puzzle 8, Task 2 : The Day of the Jackal
12. Puzzle 8, Task 3 : The Woman in 3B
13. Puzzle 8, Task 4 : Blackmail and Bibingka
14. Puzzle 8, Task 6 : The Darkest Flower
15. Puzzle 8, Task 7 : Scene of the Grind
16. Puzzle 8, Task 8 : Blood Sugar
17. Puzzle 8, Task 9 : Little Fires Everywhere
18. Puzzle 8, Task 10 : The Heiress Gets a Duke

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Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[2. Four letters: Actor Pitt : Brad Pitt (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 12, Task 2
3. Link – Cry Wolf
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 294 pages
5. Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB.
6. Author's initials are PB - Patricia Briggs

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[7. Five letters: Ribs, for example : Bones (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle 4, Task 7
3. Link – Bone Crossed
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 300 pages
5. Read a book with Bone(s) in the title.
6. Bone in the title

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[8. Five letters: Adorable child : nothing comes to mind apart from cute lol! (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 5, Task 8
3. Link – The Perfect Child
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 370 pages
5. Read a book with Child in the title or author's name is Child.
6. Child in the title

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[6. Five letters: Santa _____ is coming to town : Claus (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Puzzle 2, Task 6
3. Link – A Merry Little Meet Cute
4. Hardcover, 418 pages
5. Read a book with a Christmas theme.
6. Christmas romance book

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[10. Five letters: A Person from Stockholm : Swede (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 10, Task 10
3. Link – A Man Called Ove
4. I read kindle edtion, pb is 339 pages
5. Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.
6. Set in Sweden

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[10. Seven letters: Onion or mushroom on pizza : Topping (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Puzzle 9, Task 10
3. Link – Homicide and Halo-Halo
4. Paperback, 279 pages
5. Read a cozy mystery with food as the main theme.
6. Culinary cozy mystery book

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[3. Three words, total 15 letters: 21, by adding : sixteen plus five (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Puzzle 11, Task 3
3. Link – Murder at Whitehall
4. I read large print, paperback is 290 pages
5. Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600)
6. Set in 1559

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[9. Six letters: Horror movie menace : Zombie (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Puzzle 8, Task 9
3. Link – Reclaimed
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 270 pages
5. Read a book with genre dystopia and tagged zombies. Both words must be on the MBP.
6. Science Fiction > Dystopia and Horror > Zombies are MPGs

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[2. Two words, total 6 letters: Town Crier's words : hear ye (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. Link – Would I Lie to the Duke
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 353 pages
5. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
6. Historical fiction is 4th MPG and set in England, 1817

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[3. Three words, total 15 letters: Crack up after a joke : Laughing out loud?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Puzzle 3, Task 3
3. Link – You May Kiss the Bridesmaid
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 205 pages
5. Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
6. Humor is 4th MPG

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[6. Four letters: Great Lake : Erie (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Puzzle 6, Task 6
3. Link – Death by Coffee
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 205 pages
5. Read a book set in Ohio.
6. Set in Pine Hills, Ohio

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[1. Two words, total 15 letters: Plugged in bedding : Electric Blanket (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Puzzle 7, Task 1
3. Link – Lilac Girls
4. Paperback, 502 pages
5. Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
6. About 70% of the book is set between 1939 and 1946

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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It looks like you've finished badge 1. Congrats. Go ahead and request the badge. I still have to create it and will post when I can. Just continue on.

[Kira]

Thank you Janice! :D

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[4. Two words, total 11 letters: Letter deliverer : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. Puzzle 8, Task 4
3. Link – Blackmail and Bibingka
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 270 pages
5. Read a book where a letter has a significant role.
6. The blackmail letters Tita Rosie receives throughout the book are important to the plot.

My Review

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Kira!

Thanks for the Ohio book link - I did not have one yet. :o)
I had Death by Coffee set for the book shelves task (Puzzle 12, Task 1) - you could read book #2 for this (Death by Coffee).

[Roz]

I'm definitely coming back to you when I'm stumped for a book on my own. Love that you included such detailed reviews.

[Kira]

Cherie wrote: "Congratulations, Kira!

Thanks for the Ohio book link - I did not have one yet. :o)
I had Death by Coffee set for the book shelves task (Puzzle 12, Task 1) - you could read book #2 for this (Death ..."

I planned to do that Cherie, I am hoping to get through this whole series in this year so I'll be trying to fit the book into as many prompts as possible!

[Kira]

Roz wrote: "I'm definitely coming back to you when I'm stumped for a book on my own. Love that you included such detailed reviews."

I am glad you find them helpful Roz, one of my resolutions this year is to write review for every book I read!

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[8. Five letters: Not in a million years : Never (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Puzzle 8, Task 8
3. Link – Little Fires Everywhere
4. Hardcover, 338 pages
5. Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
6. This is my first book by Celeste Ng

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[8. 3. Six letters: University Grounds : Campus (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Puzzle 1, Task 3
3. Link – Stay True: A Memoir
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 304 pages
5. Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
6. Set at Berkeley University

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[6. Six letters: Photographer's Device : Camera (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Puzzle 1, Task 6
3. Link – The Cat Who Went to Paris
4. Paperback, 192 pages
5. Read a book with a photograph on the cover.
6. Norton's passport photograph on the cover


My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[6. Six letters: Store's customer : Client (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Puzzle 8, Task 6
3. Link – Scene of the Grind
4. I read kindle edition, paperback in 222 pages
5. Read a book with a store front on the cover.
6. Coffeeshop front on the cover


My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[10. Five letters: Gown for example : Dress (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. Puzzle 8, Task 10
3. Link – The Heiress Gets a Duke
4. I read kindle edition, paperback is 295 pages
5.Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover.
6. Woman wearing gown on cover


My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[2. Three words, total 6 letters|: Be Right with you : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. Puzzle 8, Task 2
3. Link – The Day of the Jackal
4. I read large print, paperback is 358 pages
5.Read a book with a measure of time in the title
6. Day in title

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[9. Five letters: Vessel that is paddled : Canoe (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 8
2. Puzzle 1, Task 9
3. Link – Up at Butternut Lake
4. I read large print, paperback is 357 pages
5.Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
6. Boat on cover


My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[7. Two words, 15 letters: Coffee Gadget : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 9
2. Puzzle 1, Task 7
3. Link – The Villa
4. I read kindle edition, hardcover is 288 pages
5.Read a book set in Italy.
6. Set in Orevito, Italy

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[4. Two words, 13 letters: Snack Food Gadget : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 10
2. Puzzle 1, Task 4
3. Link – The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain
4. Paperback, 183 pages
5. Read a book that is included in a series of 5 primary works series
6. #1 in Grub-and-Stakers series with 5 primary works

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[1. Five letters Old West pursuit party : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 11
2. Puzzle 8, Task 1
3. Link – Sweet Love and Country Roads
4. Paperback, 274 pages https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/8887...
5. Read a book with mpg of Western.
6. Westerns is the 6th MPG

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[3. Two words, total 14 letters: Passenger plane staffer : Flight attendant (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Puzzle 8, Task 3
3. Link – The Woman in 3B
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 212 pages
5. Read a book where a flight attendant is a character
6. One of the MCs Alice is a flight attendant

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[8. Five letters: Rodeo Rope : ?? (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 13
2. Puzzle 1, Task 8
3. Link – The Cowboy's Christmas Reunion
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 200 pages
5. Read a book with a significant character that is a cowboy.
6. Male MC Kade Delgado is a cowboy

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[10. Thre letters: Salty body of water : Sea (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 14
2. Puzzle 1, Task 10
3. Link – The House in the Cerulean Sea
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 396 pages
5. Read a book with "sea" in the title.
6. Sea in title

My Review

[Kira]

Puzzle solved: (view spoiler)[1. Four letters: Filled tortilla : Taco (hide spoiler)]

1. Badge 2, Book 15
2. Puzzle 1, Task 1
3. Link – The Murmur of Bees
4. I read kindle edition, pb is 476 pages
5. Read a book set in Mexico.
6. Set in a small town in northern Mexico called Linares.

My Review

[Janice, Moderator]

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