London Lori and the Perplexing Puzzles

[LoriLovesBooks]

Puzzle 1

1. Read a book set in Mexico.
2. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
3. Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
4. Read a book that is included in a series of 5 primary works series.
5. Read a book set in Texas.
6. Read a book with a photograph on the cover.
7. Read a book set in Italy.
8. Read a book with a significant character that is a cowboy.
9. Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
10. Read a book with "sea" in the title.

Puzzle 2
1. Read a book that is set in the 21st century.
2. Read book about the Roman Empire.
3. Read a book with one person on the cover. Both arms must be showing.
✔️4. Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads. - Playing with Fire
5. Read a book with duplicated (or more) words in the title. Articles such as 'the', and conjoiners like 'and' are not included.
6. Read a book with a Christmas theme.
7. Read a book with shoulder or round in the title.
8. Read a book with a beard or top hat on the cover.
9. Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
10. Read a book from the first 5 pages of this list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Puzzle 3
1. Read a book about the environment.
2. Read a book set in Russia.
3. Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
4. Read a book with the name of a tree in the title from this site: http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/tree/list...
5. Read a book where someone is protecting someone else.
6. Read a book that is number 50 on your TBR or other personal shelf.
7. Read a book where the main character sets forth on a major journey.
✔️8. Read a book that is the third or ninth book in a series. - The Faceless Ones
9. Read a book set in ancient Egypt.
10. Read a book with a large door on the cover.

Puzzle 4
1. Read a book with a significant character who is a painter.
2. Read a book with a character who is a maid servant whose responsibilities would include ironing clothing.
3. Read a book with one or more of the following barnyard animals on the cover - Chickens, Cattle, Sheep, Ducks, Goats, or Pigs.
4. Read a book with the theme of tourism.
5. Read a book where all the initials of the author are included in RSTU in any order.
6. Read a book that is a coming-of-age story.
7. Read a book with Bone(s) in the title.
✔️8. Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE. - Eight Detectives
9. Read a book set in Nevada.
10. Read a book with a wreath of flowers or a hedge of flowers on it. There may also be a flower bed full of flowers.

Puzzle 5
1. Read a book that is set in at least 3 different countries across the globe.
2. Read a book that contains the word - error, mistake, or perfect in the title.
3. Read a book that has at least one playing card on the cover.
✔️4. Read a book that is main page genre of young adult. - Dark Days
5. Read a book set in Denmark, or written by a Danish author.
6. Read a book where there is a volcano in the story or there is a volcano on the cover.
7. Read a book that is set in the Himalayans (India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal).
8. Read a book with Child in the title or author's name is Child.
9. Read a book where the main character is a businessman or businesswoman.
10. Read a book with a road on the cover where the lanes can clearly be identified.

Puzzle 6
1. Read a book with a dog as a significant character.
2. Read a book with someone wearing jeans on the cover.
3. Read a book with the name of a gem in the title: https://www.britannica.com/list/9-gem...
4. Read a book set in Germany.
✔️5. Read a book that was set in the 60's of any century. - Things in Jars
6. Read a book set in Ohio.
7. Read a book where there is a character that is a teacher.
8. Read a book where the initials of the author are W and M (in any order).
9. Read a book where the title is in a script font on the cover.
10. Read a book where the cover has flowers WITH stems.

[LoriLovesBooks]

Puzzle 7
1. Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
2. Read a book where a main character is a fireman.
3. Read a book with a type of liquor in the title.
4. Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
5. Read a book where the cover has only the title and author's name.
✔️6. Read a book with Ed or Edward as a main character or author. - Sense and Sensibility
7. Read a book with Hill in the title or the author's name.
8. Read a book with mpg of poetry.
9. Read a book with Inn in the title or subtitle.
10. Read a book where the author writes under a pseudonym.

Puzzle 8
1. Read a book with mpg of Western.
2. Read a book with a measure of time in the title.
3. Read a book where a flight attendant is a character.
4. Read a book where a letter has a significant role.
5. Read a book that it is a legal thriller.
6. Read a book with a store front on the cover.
✔️7. Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M. - The Stranger Times
8. Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
9. Read a book with genre dystopia and tagged zombies. Both words must be on the MBP.
10. Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover.

Puzzle 9
1. Read a book with Invisible in the title.
2. Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.
3. Read a book whose cover is 75% dark red.
4. Read a book with thorns on the cover or in the title.
5. Read a book with an unreliable narrator.
6. Read a book with a gate on the cover or in the title.
✔️7. Read a book written by a British author. - The Heron's Cry
8. Read a book that is set in the ocean on a ship or submarine.
9. Read a book where a word in the title contains kiss - may be imbedded.
10. Read a cozy mystery with food as the main theme.

Puzzle 10
✔️1. Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title. - The Girl Who Drank the Moon
2. Read a book that is about the Civil War in the US. - North and South
✔️3. Read a book that has dragons in it. - The Voyage of the Basilisk
4. Read a book with has a knife on the cover. Tableware not included. It must be a weapon. - Killers of a Certain Age
5. Read a book with a ship on the cover that is flying its sails. - The Loving Spirit
✔️6. Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The character must remain unmarried through the entire book. - The House of Silk
✔️7. Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb. - The Twyford Code
✔️8. Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Piranesi
✔️9. Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... - Learning To Swim
✔️10. Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author. - Anxious People

Puzzle 11
✔️1. Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series. - Murder at St Anne's
✔️2. Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... - Howl's Moving Castle
✔️3. Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600). - Dissolution
✔️4. Read a book that was/is a new release in 2023. - The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
✔️5. Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world. - Doctor Who: Forever Autumn
✔️6. Read a book that is tagged as "play". - Alan Bennett: Plays: Twelve Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
✔️7. Read a book set in Boston. - A Drink Before the War
✔️8. Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover. - Dumb Witness
9. Read a book with "Cave" or "Bat" in the title. - The Crystal Cave
✔️10. Read a book with a car on the cover. At least one wheel must be pictured. - Lost in a Good Book

Puzzle 12
1. Read a book that shows shelves or stacks of books on the cover.
✔️2. Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB. - Jane and Prudence
3. Read a book that has a pregnant character or a new born baby in it.
4. Read a book with one of these words in the title: snow, bald, black, Barbary, spider, blue, emperor, monkey
5. Read a book with something broken in pieces on the cover.
6. Read a book about the persecution of witches.
7. Read a book with a female title in the title (Dame, Lady, Duchess)
8. Read a book set in Africa.
9. Read a book set in Arizona.
10. Read a book originally publishing in 2015.

[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 4, Task 8
3. Eight Detectives
4. Kindle 341 pages (Hardcover 304 pages)
5. Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
6. Title starts with E

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle 2, Task 4
3. Playing with Fire
4. Kindle 404 pages (Hardcover 389 pages)
5. Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads.
6. Average rating is 4.3

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 6, Task 5
3. Things in Jars
4. Kindle 417 pages (Hardcover 369 pages)
5. Read a book that was set in the 60's of any century.
6. Set in 1863

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Puzzle 7, Task 6
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. Kindle 404 pages (Paperback 409 pages)
5. Read a book with Ed or Edward as a main character or author.
6. MC: Edward Ferrars

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 3, Task 8
3. The Faceless Ones
4. Kindle 436 pages (Hardcover 395 pages)
5. Read a book that is the third or ninth book in a series.
6. 3rd in the Skulduggery Pleasant series

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Puzzle 9, Task 7
3. The Heron's Cry
4. Paperback 400 pages
5. Read a book written by a British author.
6. Ann Cleeves is British

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Puzzle 11, Task 5
3. Doctor Who: Forever Autumn
4. Kindle 258 (Hardcover 256 pages)
5. Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world.
6. The Doctor is an alien.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Puzzle 8, Task 7
3. The Stranger Times
4. Paperback 432
5. Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M.
6. Set in Manchester, England

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Puzzle 10, Task 6
3. The House of Silk
4. Hardcover 294
5. Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The character must remain unmarried through the entire book.
6. Sherlock Holmes is a bachelor.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Puzzle 12, Task 2
3. Jane and Prudence
4. Kindle 253 (Paperback 222)
5. Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB.
6. Author is Barbara Pym

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Puzzle 5, Task 4
3. Dark Days
4. Kindle 419 (Hardcover 415)
5. Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
6. MPG young adult

[Janice, Moderator]

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One to go!

[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. Crooked Heart
4. Paperback 352
5. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
6. MPG historical fiction and set in England

[Janice, Moderator]

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Congrats on earning the first badge. :)

[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. Puzzle 11, Task 2
3. Howl's Moving Castle
4. Paperback 302
5. Read a book from the Jesters, Fools and Tricksters list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
6. Number 3 on the list

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Puzzle 10, Task 8
3. Piranesi
4. Kindle 273 (Hardcover 245)
5. Read a book from the Symbolism Books list
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
6. Book is the second last book listed on page 2

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Puzzle 10, Task 1
3. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
4. Kindle 260 (Hardcover 388)
5. Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
6. Moon is in the title and on the cover

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Puzzle 11, Task 8
3. Dumb Witness
4. Kindle 276 (Paperback 317)
5. Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover.
6. Dog on cover

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Puzzle 11, Task 3
3. Dissolution
4. Kindle 481 (Paperback 456)
5. Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600).
6. Set in 1537

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. Puzzle 11, Task 10
3. Lost in a Good Book
4. Kindle 388 (Paperback 399)
5. Read a book with a car on the cover. At least one wheel must be pictured.
6. Car with wheel on cover.

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. Puzzle 10, Task 10
3. Anxious People
4. Kindle 352 (Hardcover 336)
5. Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.
6. Set in Sweden and author Fredrik Backman is Swedish

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 8
2. Puzzle 11, Task 4
3. The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
4. Kindle 186 (Paperback 254)
5. Read a book that was/is a new release in 2023.
6. Published 5th January 2023

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 9
2. Puzzle 11, Task 6
3. Alan Bennett: Plays: Twelve Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas
4. Audiobook 12 hours and 42 minutes (no paper version)
5. Read a book that is tagged as "play".
6. Tagged as plays

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 10
2. Puzzle 11, Task 1
3. Murder at St Anne's
4. Kindle 283 (Paperback 283)
5. Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series.
6. 7th book in the Yorkshire Murder Mysteries series

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 11
2. Puzzle 10, Task 9
3. Learning To Swim
4. Kindle 378 (Paperback 384)
5. Read a book from this list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
6. 39th on the list

[Janice, Moderator]

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[LoriLovesBooks]

1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Puzzle 10, Task 3
3. Voyage of the Basilisk
4. Kindle 370 (Hardcover 348)
5. Read a book that has dragons in it.
6. The MC studies dragons.

[Janice, Moderator]

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