Esther puzzling reads of 2023

[Esther]

spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Esther]

reserved

[Esther]

badge 1

Puzzle #1, Task 2, A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
Puzzle #2: Task 4, La jeune fille à la tresse
Puzzle #3: Task 6, In the Woods
Puzzle #4: Task 5, The Farm
Puzzle #5: Task 7, Yarshagumba
Puzzle #6: Task 2, Kitty's Greatest Hits
Puzzle #7: Task 4, The Dead House
Puzzle #8: Task 10, When She Dreams
Puzzle #9: Task 5, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Puzzle #10: Task 8, Piranesi
Puzzle #11: Task 8, Scents and Sensibility
Puzzle #12: Task 7, Blood Countess

[Esther]

badge 2
Puzzle #10:
Task 1: When the Moon Was Ours
Task 2: Varina
Task 3: In the Labyrinth of Drakes
Task 4:Spider's Bite
Task 5: The Last Light of the Sun
Task 6: Servant of the Underworld
Task 7: La sorcière du palais
Task 8: badge 1
Task 9: Swimming with Horses
Task 10: La Princesse des glaces

Puzzle #12:
Task 1:The Cartographers
Task 2:Soul Taken
Task 3:Train d'enfer pour Ange rouge
Task 4:The Ink Black Heart
Task 5:Triptych
Task 6: The Mercies
Task 7: badge 1
Task 8:Embassy Wife
Task 9: Desert Heat
Task 10: Mefaits d'hiver

[Esther]

badge 3

Puzzle 3

Task 1: The Overstory
Task 2: Et soudain le chasseur sortit du bois
Task 3: Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Task 4: Maple
Task 5: Rien…
Task 6: badge 1
Task 7: L'héritage des Cathares
Task 8: Exiles
Task 9: Out of the Black Land
Task 10 L’internat

Puzzle 11

Task 1: The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
Task 2: The Thief
Task 3: La Femme sans tête
Task 4: Storm Watch
Task 5: The Spaceship Next Door
Task 6: Littoral
Task 7: The Apprentice
Task 8: badge 1
Task 9: Les caves du Vatican
Task 10: Later

[Esther]

badge 4

Puzzle 1
Task 1: Notre otage à Acapulco
Task 2: badge 1
Task 3: A Deadly Education
Task 4: La Princesse au petit moi
Task 5: Cimetière d'étoiles
Task 6: Opération Iskra
Task 7: The Surgeon's Daughter
Task 8: All the Pretty Horses
Task 9: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Task 10 Murder on the Spanish Seas

Puzzle 8
Task 1: Arizona Tom
Task 2: 22 Seconds
Task 3: The Flight Attendant
Task 4: A World of Curiosities
Task 5: The Reversal
Task 6: Murder by the Book
Task 7: Le silence des pélicans:
Task 8: Girls of Paper and Fire
Task 9: Enclave
Task 10: badge 1

[Esther]

badge 5

puzzle 4
Task 1: Prince of Fire
Task 2: Light from Uncommon Stars
Task 3: La Revanche du petit juge
Task 4: Ma vie de pingouin
Task 5: badge 1
Task 6: The Chosen and the Beautiful
Task 7: The Bone Orchard
Task 8: The Deepest Grave
Task 9: Dragonfish
Task 10: The Good Sister

puzzle 4

Task 1: The Messenger
Task 2: The Perfect Assassin
Task 3: The Disciple of Las Vegas
Task 4: The Gilded Ones
Task 5: Meurtre dans la pénombre
Task 6: La Submersion du Japon
Task 7: badge 1
Task 8: Deep Storm
Task 9: Web of Lies
Task 10: River Road

[Esther]

badge 6

puzzle 2
Task 1: Deuils de miel
Task 2: Mark of the Thief
Task 3: Dead Things
Task 4: badge 1
Task 5: Ashes to Ashes
Task 6: Christmas Cupcake Murder
Task 7: Fatal Rounds
Task 8: Les cavaliers
Task 9: Terreur dans le Downtown Eastside
Task 10: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

puzzle 6
Task 1: Heart of Barkness
Task 2: badge 1
Task 3: Jade War
Task 4: Stasi Child
Task 5: Les gardiens de la lagune
Task 6: Million Dollar Demon
Task 7: Un mensonge de trop
Task 8: Witch King
Task 9: Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
Task 10: Ceci n'est pas un fait divers

[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 6, Task 2
3. Kitty's Greatest Hits
4. Audiobook (Trade Paperback, 318 pages)
5. Read a book with someone wearing jeans on the cover.
6.

[Margo]

good luck esther!

[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle 12, Task 7
3. Blood Countess
4. Audiobook (Hardcover, 293 pages)
5.Read a book with a female title in the title
6. Countess

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 7, Task 1
3. La jeune fille à la tresse
4. 301 pages, Hardcover
5.Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
6. Set in the years 1938-1944

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Puzzle 8, Task 10
3. When She Dreams
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 320 pages)
5. Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover
6.

[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
4.ebook (Hardcover, 262 pages)
5. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
6. Set in London, 1923. MGG has MPG Historical Fiction.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Puzzle 9, Task 5
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
4.audiobook (Paperback, 226 pages)
5. Read a book with an unreliable narrator
6. I was not too sure about my own definition of it so I google it. I found this site (https://www.masterclass.com/articles/...) that says "The naif’s narrative abilities are impacted by inexperience or age. In Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 15-year-old Christopher weaves the tale of his supposedly deceased mother and the murder of his neighbor’s dog. Both his age and his Asperger’s syndrome color his narrative, and how he comprehends the world around him."

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Cherie]

Good one, Esther! I would not have thought of that one.
Too bad I already read it. :o)

[Esther]

Cherie wrote: "Good one, Esther! I would not have thought of that one.
Too bad I already read it. :o)"

I thank google for tis one. :)

[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Puzzle 11, Task 8
3. Scents and Sensibility
4.ebook (Hardcover, 320 pages)
5. Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover.
6.

[Cherie]

I thought about reading the 2nd Chet and Bernie story but I already own too many dog books. I am finally going to read The Art of Racing in the Rain.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

Cherie wrote: "I thought about reading the 2nd Chet and Bernie story but I already own too many dog books. I am finally going to read The Art of Racing in the Rain."

I hope you enjoy "The Art of Racing in the Rain" as much as I did.

[Esther]

So sorry. Bad planning on my part.
Reassignment: From message 13`:
1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 7, Task 1
3. La jeune fille à la tresse
4. 301 pages, Hardcover
5.Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
6. Set in the years 1938-1944

to

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 2, Task 4
3. La jeune fille à la tresse
4. 301 pages, Hardcover
5. Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads
6. Currently has a 4.21 ratings.

[Esther]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Puzzle 3, Task 6
3. In the Woods
4. 608 pages, Paperback
5. Read a book that is number 50 on your TBR or other personal shelf
6. It was #50 of my "want to read" shelf.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 1, Book 9
2. Puzzle 4, Task 5
3. The Farm
4. audiobook (Paperback, 400 pages)
5. Read a book where all the initials of the author are included in RSTU in any order
6. Tom Rob Smith (3 out of 4,... do I get a cookie?)

[Esther]

1, Badge 1, Book 10
2. Puzzle 10, Task 8
3. Piranesi
4. ebook (Hardcover, 245 pages)
5. Read a book from this list: Symbolism Books
6. Currently at the bottom of page 2 of the list

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 1, Book 11
2. Puzzle 7, Task 4
3. The Dead House
4. paperback, 464 pages
5. Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
6. Set in Wales

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 1, Book 12
2. Puzzle 5, Task 7
3. Yarshagumba
4. 240 pages, Paperbacks
5. Read a book that is set in the Himalayans
6. Set in the Himalaya, mostly in Nepal.

[Esther]

Badge 1 done!

[Cherie]

Congratulations, Esther!

[Pragya]

Woohoo, Congrats Esther!

[Pragya]

Esther wrote: "1, Badge 1, Book 12
2. Puzzle 5, Task 7
3. Yarshagumba
4. 240 pages, Paperbacks
5. Read a book that is set in the Himalayans
6. Set in the Himalaya, mostly in Nepal."

I went to check out this book and saw your rating. :(
Hope the next one is a 5 star. You deserve it after that dud.

[Janice, Moderator]

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Congrats on finishing your first badge.

[Esther]

thanks!!!

[Esther]

Pragya wrote: "I went to check out this book and saw your rating. :(
Hope the next one is a 5 star. You deserve it after that dud."

yeah. Call me an optimist. I thought it would improve. When i got ready to give up, i realized I had a 100 page left. So I figured I may as well finish it as it was a quick read. At least I got my badge out of it.

[Pragya]

Esther wrote: "Pragya wrote: "I went to check out this book and saw your rating. :(
Hope the next one is a 5 star. You deserve it after that dud."

yeah. Call me an optimist. I thought it would improve. When i go..."

I love how you are looking at that thin silver lining. :D

[Margo]

Go Esther!

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 1
2. Puzzle 12, Task 2
3. Soul Taken
4. ebook (Hardcover, 389 pages)
5. Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB
6. Patricia Briggs

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 2
2. Puzzle 10, Task 2
3. Varina
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 356 pages)
5. Read a book that is about the Civil War in the US
6. portrait of Varina Howell (wife of Jefferson Davis)

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 3
2. Puzzle 10, Task 6
3. Servant of the Underworld
4.ebook (Paperback, 432 pages)
5. Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette
6. MC is a priest with vows of celibacy.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 4
2. Puzzle 10, Task 3
3. In the Labyrinth of Drakes
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 352 pages)
5. Read a book that has dragons in it.
6. Lay trent is a naturalist that study dragons.

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 5
2. Puzzle 12, Task 10
3. Mefaits d'hiver
4. ebook (Paperback 351 page)
5. Read a book originally published in 2015
6. Published in September 2015