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Challenges: Year Long Main 2023
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Pragya Puzzling It Out
Badge 1Puzzle 1, #2:
Puzzle 2, #10:
Puzzle 3: #3
Puzzle 4: #8
Puzzle 5: #1
Puzzle 6, #1
Puzzle 7, #10
Puzzle 8, #8
Puzzle 9, #7:
Puzzle 10: #7:
Puzzle 11, #2:
Puzzle 12, #1:
Badge 2Puzzle 2
Puzzle 2, #1 Sisters of the War: Two Remarkable True Stories of Survival and Hope in Syria
Puzzle 2, #2: Pompeii
Puzzle 2: #3 The House of Eve
Puzzle 2: #4 I Must Betray You
Puzzle 2: #5 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Puzzle 2, #6 Crewel Yule
Puzzle 2, #7 The Round House
Puzzle 2: #8 The Opposite of You
Puzzle 2, #9 Elizabeth Is Missing
Puzzle 5
Puzzle 5, #2: Perfect on Paper
Puzzle 5, #3: Cards on the Table
Puzzle 5: #4 The Sun Is Also a Star
Puzzle 5: #5 The Boy in the Suitcase
Puzzle 5, #6 The Color of Air
Puzzle 5, #7 Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Puzzle 5: #8 A Child Called "It"
Puzzle 5, #9 The Golden Couple
Puzzle 5: #10 A Wanted Man
Good luck Pragya! I read your books for puzzles 2, 5 and 11 and enjoyed all of them a lot :)
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!
1. Badge 1, Book 12. Puzzle 12, Task 1
3. Link – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
4. Kindle Edition, 338 pages
5. Cover- Shelves or stacks of books
6. The cover shows a stack of books.
1. Badge 1, Book 22. 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)
1. Badge 1, Book 32. 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
1. Badge 1, Book 42. 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.
1. Badge 1, Book 52. 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.
1. Badge 1, Book 62. 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).
1. Badge 1, Book 72. 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
1. Badge 1, Book 82. 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
1. Badge 1, Book 92. 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.
1. Badge 1, Book 102. 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
1. Badge 1, Book 112. 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
1. Badge 1, Book 122. 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.
🔆Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)
Thank you, Janice! I'm so glad I could finish it this early in the year. Looking forward to completing at least another badge.
1. Badge 2, Book 12. 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
1. Badge 2, Book 22. 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
1. Badge 2, Book 32. 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
1. Badge 2, Book 42. 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
🔆I couldn't make Birds in Flight fit either.
1. Badge 2, Book 52. 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
1. Badge 2, Book 62. 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.
1. Badge 2, Book 72. 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.
1. Badge 2, Book 82. Puzzle 2, Task 3
3. Link – The House of Eve
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
1. Badge 2, Book 92. Puzzle 2, Task 9
3. Link – Elizabeth Is Missing
4. Audiobook, 275 pages in paperback edition
5. Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
6. Ankle on the cover
1. Badge 2, Book 102. 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
1. Badge 2, Book 112. Puzzle 5, Task 10
3. Link – A Wanted Man
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
1. Badge 2, Book 122. Puzzle 2, Task 8
3. Link –
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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Books mentioned in this topic
Pompeii (other topics)Pompeii (other topics)
The Round House (other topics)
Crewel Yule (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Laurie Notaro (other topics)Ariana Franklin (other topics)
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.