Esther puzzling reads of 2023

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 6
2. Puzzle 10, Task 1
3. When the Moon is Low
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 384 pages)
5. Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
6. Moon in title

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 7
2. Puzzle 12, Task 4
3. The Ink Black Heart
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 1,408 pages)
5. snow, bald, black, Barbary, spider, blue, emperor,
Read a book with one of the aforementioned words in the title.
6. Black in title

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 8
2. Puzzle 12, Task 9
3. Desert Heat
4.ebook (Paperback, 384 pages)
5. Read a book set in Arizona.
6. Set inn Bisbee, Arizona

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 9
2. Puzzle 10 Task 4
3. Spider's Bite
4.ebook (Mass Market Paperback, 395 pages)
5. Read a book with has a knife on the cover.
6.

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 10
2. Puzzle 10 Task 5
3. The Last Light of the Sun
4.audiobook (Paperback, 501 pages)
5. Read a book with a ship on the cover that is flying its sails.
6.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 11
2. Puzzle 12 Task 3
3. Train d'enfer pour Ange rouge
4.audiobook (Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages)
5. Read a book that has a pregnant a character or a new born baby in it
6. MC's wife has been kidnapped. (view spoiler)[We learned after a while that is because she is pregnant. While she is not a MC or only there at the end, her presence and the baby to be are in Sharko's thoughts at every page. (hide spoiler)]

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 12
2. Puzzle 10 Task 10
3. La Princesse des glaces
4.audiobook (Paperback, 381 pages)
5. Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.
6. yes to both

[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 13
2. Puzzle 12 Task 1
3. The Cartographers
4.ebook/ audiobook (Hardcover, 392 pages)
5. Read a book that shows shelves or stacks of books on the cover
6.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 14
2. Puzzle 10 Task 9
3. Swimming with Horses
4.ebook (Paperback, 368 pages)
5. Read a book from a this list.: Swimmy Titles
6. Number 46 on the list.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 15
2. Puzzle 10 Task 7
3. La sorcière du palais
4. Paperback, 312 pages
5. Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blur
6. blurb mentions the police investigation has " multiples rebondissements." (multiple twists)

[Esther]

This completes puzzle 10,

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 16
2. Puzzle 12 Task 5
3. Triptych
4. ebook (Hardcover, 393 pages)
5. Read a book with something broken in pieces on the cover.
6. ]

note: cover approved on the help thread (post #73)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 17
2. Puzzle 12 Task 8
3. Embassy Wife
4. ebook (Hardcover, 384 pages)
5. Read a book set in Africa
6. Set in Namibia

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 2, Book 18
2. Puzzle 12 Task 6
3. The Mercies
4. ebook (Hardcover, 345 pages)
5. Read a book about the persecution of witches
6. witch hunt in a small village in Norway in 1617.

[Esther]

This completes puzzle 12 and badge 2.

[Janice, Moderator]

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Congrats on finishing Badge 2.

[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 1
2. Puzzle 11 Task 2
3. The Thief
4. audiobook (Paperback, 280 pages)
5. Read a book from this list Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters
6. number #1 on the list

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 2
2. Puzzle 3, Task 8
3. Exiles
4. ebook (Hardcover, 356 pages)
5. Read a book that is the third or ninth book in a series.
6. 3rd if the Aaron Falk series

[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 3
2. Puzzle 3, Task 5
3. Rien…
4. ebook (paperback, 562 pages)
5. Read a book where someone is protecting someone else
6. Dufaux (police) is entrusted with the protection of a teenager after the death of her father.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 3
2. Puzzle 11, Task 1
3. The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
4. audiobook (paperback, 562 pages)
5. Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series.
6. Amelia Peabody #7

[Esther]

Recap 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:
Task 7:
Task 8: badge 1
Task 9:
Task 10:

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 5
2. Puzzle 11, Task 3
3. La Femme sans tête
4. ebook (312 pages, Mass Market Paperback)
5. Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600)
6. Set in 1581

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 6
2. Puzzle 11, Task 5
3. The Spaceship Next Door
4. ebook (353 pages, Paperback)
5. Read a book where a significant character is an alien
6. There is one. It's a bit of a spoiler tough..

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 7
2. Puzzle 11, Task 4
3. Storm Watch
4. audiobook (Hardcover, 353 pages)
5. Read a book that was/is a new release in 2023.
6. Released February 28, 2023

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 8
2. Puzzle 3, Task 1
3. The Overstory
4. 502 pages, Paperback
5. Read a book about the environment.
6. it is. And environment is also in the MPG.

[Esther]

Recap puzzle 3

Task 1: The Overstory
Task 2:
Task 3: Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Task 4: Maple
Task 5: Rien…
Task 6: badge 1
Task 7:
Task 8: Exiles
Task 9:
Task 10

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 9
2. Puzzle 3, Task 3
3. Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
4. ebook (Hardcover, 357 pages)
5.Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
6. humour is on its MPG

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 10
2. Puzzle 3, Task 4
3. Maple
4. 240 pages, Paperback
5. Read a book with the name of a tree in the title from this site
6. Maple

[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 11
2. Puzzle 11, Task 10
3. Later
4. audiobook (Paperback, 248 pages)
5. Read a book with a car on the cover
6.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Esther]

1, Badge 3, Book 12
2. Puzzle 11, Task 9
3. Les caves du Vatican
4. audiobook (Paperback, 250 page)
5. Read a book with "Cave" or "Bat" in the title
6. Les caves du Vatican

[Janice, Moderator]

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