Marcus' Puzzling Progress Thread

[Marcus]

Yay 2023 Challenge here we go!

[Marcus]

Part 1:
Puzzle 1, Task 2: HF set in England- The Winter King*
Puzzle 2, Task 4: GR rating >4.1- All the Little Live Things*
Puzzle 3, Task 5: someone protecting someone else- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena*
Puzzle 4, Task 5: RSTL-author name- Cruel Summer*
Puzzle 5- Task 4: YA main- Morning Star*
Puzzle 6, Task2: Jeans on cover- City of the Dead*
Puzzle 7, Task 10: - psudonym The Regulators*
Puzzle 8, Task 1: Western- Out Of Range*
Puzzle 9, Task 7: British author- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances*
Puzzle 10, Task 6: Unmarried character- Field of Dishonor*
Puzzle 11, Task 8: Dog on cover- Caliban Cove*
Puzzle 12- Task 2: Author PB- Golden Son*

[Marcus]

Part 2:
Puzzle 2 (less task 4)-
Task 1: 21st century- The Kaiju Preservation Society*
Task 2: Roman Empire- The Eagle in the Sand*
Task 3: one person on cover, both arms- Flag in Exile*
Task 5: duplicated title words- Guards! Guards!
Task 6: christmas theme- A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth
Task 7: shoulder OR round in title- The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer*
Task 8: beard or top hat on cover- Cold as Hell*
Task 9: ankle on cover- The Quest
Task 10: first five pages of adult list-(page 2) The Ocean at the End of the Lane*

Puzzle 3 (less task 5)-
Task 1: environment- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures*
Task 2: Russia- Dr Zhivago*
Task 3: Humor- What the Hell Did I Just Read*
Task 4: name of tree- Wolf Willow*
Task 6: TBR #50 (1/19/23)- Children of Time*
Task 7: Major Journey- Code: Veronica*
Task 8: Book 3 or 9 in series- Mockingjay
Task 9: Ancient Egypt- Warlock
Task 10: Large door on cover- The Curator*

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Part 3: Puzzle 10, Puzzle 11

Puzzle 10 (less task 6):
Task 1: Moon- Gardens of the Moon
Task 2: Civil War-
Task 3- Dragons- The Rage of Dragons
Task 4- Knife on cover- Inversions
Task 5- sails on cover- Facets of Faraway
Task 7- plot twists- Excession
Task 8- symbolism list- The Trial
Task 9- swimmy list- Live and Let Swim
Task 10- swedish-

Puzzle 11 (less task 8):
Task 1- Book 7 in series- The Lost Metal
Task 2- Fool list- Norse Mythology
Task 3- 16th century-
Task 4- new in 2023- Holly
Task 5- alien character- Look to Windward
Task 6- "play"- Much Ado About Nothing
Task 7- set in Boston-
Task 9- cave or bat in title- The Caves of Steel
Task 10- car on cover-

[Marcus]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 2, Task 4
3. All the Little Live Things
4. 345 pages, soft cover
5. Read a book with GR rating >4.1
6. Rating for this book currently: 4.12

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 2
Puzzle 4, Task 5
Cruel Summer
204 pages, paperback
Author name containing the letters: RSTL
Author Name: Wesley Southard

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Badge 1, Book 3
Puzzle 11, Task 8

256 pages, paperback
Dog on book cover
Exp: see cover above with picture of dog head, on of the infected dogs, well known to the Resident Evil franchise

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 4
Puzzle 10, Task 6
Field of Dishonor
416 pages, paperback
Main character bachelor/bachelorette
exp: protagonist of series, Honor Harrington is unmarried and has a boyfriend who unfortunately was murdered in this novel making her as single as possible :(

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 5
Puzzle 8, Task 1
Out Of Range
320 pages, paperback
Genre: Western
Exp: Western genre third listed on main page

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Badge 1, Book 6
Puzzle 9, Task 7
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
310 pages, paperback
Author: British
Exp: Neil Gaiman is british

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Badge 1, Book 7
Puzzle 12, Task 2
Golden Son
430 pages, audiobook
Author name initials: PB
Exp: author- Pierce Brown

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 8
Puzzle 7, Task 10
The Regulators
512 pages, audiobook
Author writing under a pseudonym
exp: Stephen King wrote this book using his pseudonym Richard Bachman

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 9
Puzzle 3, Task 5
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
416 pages, paperback
Someone protecting someone else
Exp: main character Akmed a failed physician takes daughter of neighbor (Havaa) to a local hospital where doctor Sonja will hopefully keep her safe from the ongoing war in Chechnya

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Badge 1, Book 10
Puzzle 6, Task 2

352 pages, paperback
Someone wearing jeans on cover
Exp: see above

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Badge 1, Book 11
Puzzle 1, Task 2
The Winter King
431 pages, e-book
HF set in England
Exp: book one of trilogy regarding the arthurian legend as told by Bernard Cornwell with main page genre of HF

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 1, Book 12
Puzzle 5, Task 4
Morning Star
524 pages, audiobook
Genre: YA on main page
Exp: this book has YA in position #5 on the main page

[Janice, Moderator]

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Congrats on earning Badge 1. Please remember to request your badge in the appropriate thread.

[Marcus]

Badge 2, Book 1
Puzzle 2, Task 1
The Kaiju Preservation Society
258 pages, hardcover
Setting: 21st Century
Exp: start of this book takes place in 2020 and moves forward through the years of the great covid pandemic

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 2, book 2
Puzzle 2, Task 3

443 pages, paperback
Cover: person on cover with both arms visible
Exp: see cover above :)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 2, Book 3
Puzzle 2, Task 10
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
181 pages, e-book
Task: read a book listed in the first five pages of the adult reading list
Exp: this book was found on page 2 of the list

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Badge 2, Book 4
Puzzle 3, Task 2
Doctor Zhivago
592 pages, audiobook
Task: read a book set in Russia
Exp: this book mainly follows the title character who is a Russian physician over the course of his adulthood. Whole of the book is set in Russia

[Marcus]

Finishing all the books today :)

Badge 2, Book 5
Puzzle 3, Task 6
Children of Time
600 pages, e-book
Task: read book #50 from your TBR list
Exp: this book was in position #50 on my TBR when i started the challenge

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 2, Book 6
Puzzle 2, Task 8

419 pages, e-book
Task: Read a book with a beard or tophat on cover
Exp: man with beard front and slightly off center :)

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Badge 2, Book 7
Puzzle 3, Task 3
What the Hell Did I Just Read
375 pages, audiobook
Task: read a book with genre humor
Exp: third listed genre on the main page is Humor and quite funny it was :)

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Badge 2, Book 8
Puzzle 3, Task 10

480 pages, hardcover
Task: read a book with a door on the cover
Exp: see above, red door front and center :)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 2, Book 9
Puzzle 2, Task 2
The Eagle in the Sand
516 pages, e-book
Task: read a book of the Roman Empire
Exp: The Eagle series follows two roman centurions as they are sent on various tasks for the Roman Empire

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Badge 2, Book 10
Puzzle 3, Task 1
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
366 pages, softcover
Task: read a book about the environment
Exp: This book is utterly fascinating and takes a deep dive about how important the kingdom of fungi are to the rest of life on our planet both in being instrumental in where we are now but the potential for them to help us solve many of our current environmental problems in the future. High recommend to anyone...love this book

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Marcus]

Badge 2, Book 11
Puzzle 2, Task 7
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
992 pages, audiobook
Task: read a book with round or shoulder in title
Exp: Round is in title

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Badge 2, Book 12
Puzzle 3, Task 7
Code: Veronica
256 pages, soft cover
Task: read a book in which a character has a major journey
Exp: Main character Clare Redfield must first escape the lab where she is being held then takes a flight away which crashes in a secret base in Antarctica and must fight her way out and then leave to head back to her home in the US...so she travels between three continents :)

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