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message 1: by Pragya (last edited Jan 01, 2023 07:20AM) (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Maybe this year I will be consistent enough to finish the yearly challenge. LOL

Challenge Rules

Challenge Main

Report each book as follows:

1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. List the Puzzle number and Task number
3. Link to book read. Link to the title and not to the cover.
4. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
5. Give a very brief summary of the task.
6. State how the book fits the criteria. Any requirements must be included in this section (cover link if cover task, picture link if interactive task, etc.)

Sample: I’ve read 5 books in the Badge 1 section:

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 1, Task 1
3. Link – Ghost Story
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 567 pages
5. Read a book that is a ghost story.
6. As the title indicates, this is a ghost story. "Ghosts" also show on the main book page as a genre.


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Peggy (pebbles84) | 15868 comments Good luck Pragya! I read your books for puzzles 2, 5 and 11 and enjoyed all of them a lot :)


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Peggy wrote: "Good luck Pragya! I read your books for puzzles 2, 5 and 11 and enjoyed all of them a lot :)"

Thanks, Peggy. Glad to hear that!


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle 12, Task 1
3. Link – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
4. Kindle Edition, 338 pages
5. Cover- Shelves or stacks of books
6. The cover shows a stack of books.


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message 11: by Pragya (last edited Jan 14, 2023 01:41AM) (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle 10, Task 7
3. Link – The Maid
4. Read on Kindle, 280 pages
5. Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb
6. This mystery thriller book had lots of plot twists and turns. (view spoiler)


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle 2, Task 10
3. Link – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
4. Read on Kindle, 398 pages
5. Read a book from the first 5 pages of this list. It must be tagged as "adult" on the main book page.
6. Tagged as adult on main book page, there in the list, shelved 2147 times as adult


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Puzzle 3, Task 3
3. Link – Has Anyone Seen My Pants?
4. Kindle edition, 289 pages
5. Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
6. "Humor" shows on the main book page as a genre.


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Puzzle 11, Task 2
3. Link – Assassin's Apprentice
4. Paperback, 460 pages
5. Read a book from this list Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters
6. The book is there in the above list.


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Puzzle 1, Task 2
3. Link – The Serpent's Tale
4. Read Kindle Edition, 384 pages
5. Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
6. It is a Historical fiction set in England (near Oxford).


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message 19: by Pragya (last edited Jan 31, 2023 07:28AM) (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Puzzle 7, Task 10
3. Link – Grave Goods
4. Kindle Edition, 364 pages
5. Read a book where the author writes under a pseudonym. State the author's name and pseudonym.
6. Pen Name - Ariana Franklin. Name -Diana Norman


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message 21: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Puzzle 4, Task 8
3. Link – Anyone But Ivy Pocket
4. Hardcover edition is 304 pages
5. Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
6. As the title indicates, the book starts with A


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Puzzle 9, Task 7
3. Link – A Murderous Procession
4. Kindle edition is 350 pages
5. Read a book written by a British author.
6. Ariana Franklin was a British writer.


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Puzzle 8, Task 8
3. Link – Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
4. Kindle edition is 243 pages
5. Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
6. Laurie Notaro I haven't read before


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Puzzle 5, Task 1
3. Link – Spare
4. Kindle edition is 409 pages
5. Read a book that is set in at least 3 different countries across the globe.
6. England, Africa, Afghanistan, Canada


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message 27: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Puzzle 6, Task 1
3. Link – Travels with Charley: In Search of America
4. Kindle edition is 237 pages
5. Read a book with a dog as a significant character.
6. Charley, the dog, is a significant character in the book.


message 28: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59889 comments 🔆

Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)


message 29: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments Thank you, Janice! I'm so glad I could finish it this early in the year. Looking forward to completing at least another badge.


message 30: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59889 comments That's doable. Good luck.


message 31: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. Puzzle 2, Task 4
3. Link – I Must Betray You
4. Audiobook, 321 pages
5. Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads.
6. Rating 4.43


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Puzzle 5, Task 4
3. Link – The Sun Is Also a Star
4. Audiobook, 344 pages
5. Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
6. Young adult genre


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Puzzle 2, Task 5
3. Link – What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
4. Paperback, 188 pages
5. Read a book with duplicated (or more) words in the title.
6. "Talk About" Duplicated


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Puzzle 5, Task 8
3. Link – A Child Called "It"
4. Paperback, 184 pages
5. Read a book with Child in the title or author's name is Child.
6. Child in the Title


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments If only Birds in Flight Birds in Flight by Anni Taylor cover could have shown both arms or set exclusively in 20th century. Sigh.


message 38: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59889 comments 🔆

I couldn't make Birds in Flight fit either.


message 39: by Pragya (last edited Apr 19, 2023 08:49AM) (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Puzzle 5, Task 7
3. Link – Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
4. Kindle, 221 pages
5. Read a book that is set in the Himalayas (India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal)
6. The stories are based in China


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. Puzzle 5, Task 9
3. Link – The Golden Couple
4. Kindle, 329 pages
5. Read a book where the main character is a businessman or businesswoman.
6. The main character is a therapist in solo private practice.


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message 42: by Pragya (last edited May 03, 2023 11:02AM) (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. Puzzle 5, Task 6
3. Link – The Color of Air
4. Audiobook, 304 pages in hardcover edition
5. Read a book where there is a volcano in the story or there is a volcano on the cover.
6. Mauna Loa volcano erupts and forms an important backdrop to the story, also mentioned in the blurb.


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 8
2. Puzzle 2, Task 3
3. Link – The House of Eve The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
4. Audiobook, 320 pages in paperback edition
5. Read a book with one person on the cover. Both arms must be showing.
6. Both arms showing


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 9
2. Puzzle 2, Task 9
3. Link – Elizabeth Is Missing Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
4. Audiobook, 275 pages in paperback edition
5. Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
6. Ankle on the cover


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 10
2. Puzzle 2, Task 1
3. Link – Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria
4. Audiobook, 288 pages in hardcover edition
5. Read a book that is set in the 21st century.
6. Set in 2011 and after


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Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 11
2. Puzzle 5, Task 10
3. Link – A Wanted Man A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher, #17) by Lee Child
4. 427 pages in paperback edition
5. Read a book with a road on the cover where the lanes can clearly be identified.
6. Cover has road with lanes clearly seen


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message 49: by Pragya (new)

Pragya  (reviewingshelf) | 4026 comments 1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Puzzle 2, Task 8
3. Link – The Opposite of You (Opposites Attract, #1) by Rachel Higginson
4. 302 pages in kindle edition
5. Read a book with a beard or top hat on the cover.
6. Beard on the cover


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