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Challenges: Year Long Main 2023
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Leslie's Using Cross Words in 2023
BADGE 1Puzzle 1, Task 2 ~ The Whispers of War
Puzzle 2, Task 10 ~ The Flatshare
Puzzle 3, Task 3 ~ I've Got Your Number
Puzzle 4, Task 8 ~ Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend
Puzzle 5, Task 4 ~ Kathleen, Please Come Home
Puzzle 6, Task 9 ~ Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
Puzzle 7, Task 3 ~ Whiskey Sour
Puzzle 8, Task 8 ~ What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir
Puzzle 9, Task # ~ Kiss the Girls
Puzzle 10, Task 1 ~ The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova
Puzzle 11, Task 8 ~ Deck the Hounds
Puzzle 12, Task 1 ~ The Librarian Spy
1. Badge 1, Book 12. Puzzle 5, Task 4
3. Kathleen, Please Come Home
4. Hardcover edition ~ 208 pages
5. Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
6. First MPG listed is Young Adult
1. Badge 1, Book 22. Puzzle 2, Task 10
3. The Flatshare
4. Audiobook (Hardcover edition ~ 394 pages)
5. Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Adult Books list
6. On page 3 of the list
1. Badge 1, Book 32. Puzzle 3, Task 3
3. I've Got Your Number
4. Audiobook (Hardcover edition ~ 448 pages)
5. Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
6. MPG - Humour
1. Badge 1, Book 42. Puzzle 4, Task 8
3. Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend
4. Kindle edition ~ 298 pages
5. Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
6. Title starts with D
1. Badge 1, Book 52. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. The Whispers of War
4. Audiobook [Hardcover ~ 336 pages]
5. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
6. MPG of Historical Fiction and set in England
1. Badge 1, Book 62. Puzzle 12, Task 1
3. The Librarian Spy
4. Audiobook [Paperback, 400 pages]
5. Read a book that shows shelves or stacks of books on the cover.
6. The cover shows Ava and Elaine both standing in front of shelves of books.
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1. Badge 1, Book 72. Puzzle 8, Task 8
3. What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir
4. Audiobook [Paperback, 291 pages]
5. Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
6. Author's last name starts with N and I have never read her before. In fact, I believe this is her first/only book.
1. Badge 1, Book 82. Puzzle 6, Task 9
3. Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today
4. Audiobook [Hardcover, 256 pages]
5. Read a book where the title is in a script font on the cover.
6. The title Enough Already is in a script font.
1. Badge 1, Book 92. Puzzle 11, Task 8
3. Deck the Hounds
4. Audiobook [Hardcover, 368 pages]
5. Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover.
6. There are puppies on the cover.
1. Badge 1, Book 102. Puzzle 7, Task 3
3. Whiskey Sour
4. Paperback, 292 pages
5. Read a book with a type of liquor in the title.
6. Whiskey is in the title.
1. Badge 1, Book 112. Puzzle 9, Task 9
3. Kiss the Girls
4. Audiobook [Paperback - 481 pages]
5. Read a book where a word in the title contains kiss
6. Kiss in the title
1. Badge 1, Book 122. Puzzle 10, Task 1
3. The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova
4. Audiobook [Paperback - 304 pages]
5. Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
6. Moon in the title
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BADGE 2Puzzle 1, Task 1 ~ American Dirt
Puzzle 1, Task 3 ~ The Chandler Legacies
Puzzle 1, Task 4 ~ Truly Devious
Puzzle 1, Task 5 ~ The Husbands
Puzzle 1, Task 6 ~ Two Can Keep a Secret
Puzzle 1, Task 7 ~ The Villa
Puzzle 1, Task 8 ~ The Longest Ride
Puzzle 1, Task 9 ~ Sail
Puzzle 1, Task 10 ~ Beyond That, the Sea
Puzzle 9, Task 1 ~ Invisible
Puzzle 9, Task 2 ~ Sweet Little Lies
Puzzle 9, Task 3 ~ Red Velvet Cupcake Murder
Puzzle 9, Task 4 ~ A Harvest of Thorns
Puzzle 9, Task 5 ~ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Puzzle 9, Task 6 ~ Testimony
Puzzle 9, Task 7 ~ The Party Crasher
Puzzle 9, Task 8 ~ The Woman in Cabin 10
Puzzle 9, Task 10 ~ Blueberry Muffin Murder
1. Badge 2, Book 12. Puzzle 1, Task 1
3. American Dirt
4. Paperback - 386 pages
5. Read a book set in Mexico.
6. Set in Acapulco, Mexico
1. Badge 2, Book 22. Puzzle 9, Task 7
3. The Party Crasher
4. Kindle - 352 pages
5. Read a book written by a British author.
6. Author, Sophie Kinsella , is British.
1. Badge 2, Book 32. Puzzle 9, Task 5
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
4. Paperback - 226 pages
5. Read a book with an unreliable narrator.
6. #11 on the Books with Unreliable Narrators List.
1. Badge 2, Book 42. Puzzle 1, Task 7
3. The Villa
4. Kindle - 288 pages
5. Read a book set in Italy.
6. Set in Orvieto, Italy
1. Badge 2, Book 52. Puzzle 9, Task 3
3. Red Velvet Cupcake Murder
4. Kindle - 369 pages
5. Read a book whose cover is 75% dark red.
6. According to TinEye - 77.6% Red
1. Badge 2, Book 62. Puzzle 1, Task 9
3. Sail
4. Hardcover - 388 pages
5. Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
6. Sailboat on the cover.
1. Badge 2, Book 72. Puzzle 1, Task 3
3. The Chandler Legacies
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
6. The book takes place At Chandler, an elite boarding school.
1. Badge 2, Book 82. Puzzle 9, Task 2
3. Sweet Little Lies
4. Kindle - 371 pages
5. Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.
6. MC, Finn, owns the pub O'Riley's. It is significant in the story.
1. Badge 2, Book 92. Puzzle 1, Task 5
3. The Husbands
4. Kindle - 348 pages
5. Read a book set in Texas
6. Book is set in Texas
1. Badge 2, Book 102. Puzzle 1, Task 4
3. Truly Devious
4. Kindle - 432 pages
5. Read a book that is included in a series of 5 primary works series
6. First book of five in the Truly, Devious series.
1. Badge 2, Book 112. Puzzle 9, Task 4
3. A Harvest of Thorns
4. Kindle - 368 pages
5. Read a book with thorns on the cover or in the title.
6. The word "Thorns" is in the title
1. Badge 2, Book 122. Puzzle 1, Task 6
3. Two Can Keep a Secret
4. Kindle - 331 pages
5. Read a book with a photograph on the cover.
6. Photograph on the title.
1. Badge 2, Book 132. Puzzle 9, Task 6
3. Testimony
4. Hardcover- 320 pages
5. Read a book with a gate on the cover or in the title.
6. The cover shows the gates into Avery Academy, a boarding school.
1. Badge 2, Book 142. Puzzle 9, Task 8
3. The Woman in Cabin 10
4. Kindle - 350 pages
5. Read a book that is set in the ocean on a ship or submarine.
6. The book takes place on a cruise ship in the North Sea
1. Badge 2, Book 152. Puzzle 1, Task 10
3. Beyond That, the Sea
4. Kindle - 351 pages
5. Read a book with "sea" in the title.
6. The word Sea is in the title.
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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).
If you finish all 7 badges, you will have read 120 books.
As we did for the 2022 challenge, you must complete each badge in order. You may not read out of order. You may not start a badge 2, 3, 4, etc book until you are finished badge 1 and so on with each badge.