Help for 2024 Challenge

[Viji]

Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "Janice wrote: "Viji wrote: "I am about to complete Badge 1. I started planning books for Badge 2.

I want to read The Tomb of the Honey Bee for the task:
Checkpoint 3: ..."

I will start posting the books for Badge 1 in my thread soon and make sure that I follow the directions while posting. Thanks for the help.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks.

[Sam]

Janice wrote: "I'm going to make an official change here.
CP 3 in Chasing Dracula task change: A Savory Food must be on the cover. It may not be "on the hoof", so a cute goose or calf on the cover is not going t..."

Can I just check whether we are able to count liquids under the banner of food or are we following the strict food/drink separation for this one?

[Janice, Moderator]

Let's stick to food/drink separation.

[Sam]

Janice wrote: "Let's stick to food/drink separation."

Cool (damn), thanks Janice

[Lanelle]

I've been looking through my books for a bridge on the cover and found this -


I think it's a very fancy bridge. Maybe. Opinions, please?

[Janice, Moderator]

It looks like an old stone bridge to me.

[Lanelle]

Janice wrote: "It looks like an old stone bridge to me."

Awesome. Thanks, Janice.

[Nistha]

Verifying Ghosts MPG for The Dead Romantics (as its the last one).

[Kristie, Moderator]

Nistha wrote: "Verifying Ghosts MPG for The Dead Romantics (as its the last one)."

Verified

[Ariane]

Hello,
I have a question for Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia Checkpoint 3 - Opatija: Read a book where the character goes on holiday to a beach resort.

In my book Something in the Water, they go to a beach resort, the story starts there, but then they go back home before the middle of the book.
Does the main book setting have to be the beach resort? Or the fact that they go there is enough? Thank you!

[Janice, Moderator]

We generally use a 50% guideline for setting. If they were at the beach 50%, it will work.

[Ariane]

Janice wrote: "We generally use a 50% guideline for setting. If they were at the beach 50%, it will work."

Thanks!

[Yvette]

Hi I just wanted to check if this cover of Murder on the Orient Express is acceptable for Auckland Checkpoint 1: Read a book with a large tram, train, vehicle, or plane on the cover. This museum is about historical travel, so what is needed are OLD CLASSIC vehicles

[Janice, Moderator]

Yvette wrote: "Hi I just wanted to check if this cover of Murder on the Orient Express is acceptable for Auckland Checkpoint 1: Read a book with a large tram, train, vehicle, or plane on the cover. This museum is..."

Yes, it will work.

[Katrisa]

Hi Janice for the book about vikings can it be a Norse mythology based book? This is the one I am thinking of
Truth and Other Lies

[Janice, Moderator]

That sounds like an interesting book, but I don't think it address the Viking warriors - their quest to discover and conquer new lands

[Katrisa]

Janice wrote: "That sounds like an interesting book, but I don't think it address the Viking warriors - their quest to discover and conquer new lands"

So no to Norse mythology in general? Just real life Vikings?

[Katrisa]

Oh nevermind I just found this one in my Chirp library which will for sure fit
The History of the Vikings: Norse Sagas, Medieval Marauders, and Far-Flung Settlements
It's only Audio but it is 10 hours long so it will work

[Katrisa]

Hey, I have a question I started a book in paper form but switched to Audio when I had to run errands. My paper copy is 256 pages but the audio is 5h 58min. I didn't even think to check the audio time since the book was long enough. I didn't realize I was 2 minutes short until I was posting it. Can i still use it? It was half and half eyeballs and audio

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, go ahead Katrisa.

[Katrisa]

Thanks! I am awash in books and that tidbit slipped by. I more often go between kindle and audio but not so much between paper and audio. I had planned to just read with my eyes but ended up having to leave the house and I didn't want to put the book down lol!

[Marie (UK)]

Can I check this works for wine in a glass - checkpoint 4 elderlings

wine in a glass on cover Russian Red: A Wine Flights of Murder Thriller worried that the writing obscures it

Also I have Death at the Sign of the Rook in my plans which is an ARC
the HB is stated at over 300 pages but the kindles (as in my ARC) have no page numbers. I don't know how to report it

[Janice, Moderator]

The Russian Red will work for wine glass. Death at this Sign has a few books with pages indicated around 350ish, so I'll accept that.

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "The Russian Red will work for wine glass. Death at this Sign has a few books with pages indicated around 350ish, so I'll accept that."

thank you Janice

[Kristie, Moderator]

Marie (UK) wrote: "...Also I have Death at the Sign of the Rook in my plans which is an ARC
the HB is stated at over 300 pages but the kindles (as in my ARC) have no page numbers. I don't know how to report it..."

NetGalley has the Kindle ARC listed as 336 pages. Since Janice already approved it, maybe you can use that to report.

[Katrisa]

Hi Janice! I just want to check that this will work for "Read a book with a tall man made structure on it". I wasn't sure if it had to be like a skyscraper or not


And one more - is this stormy enough? I think there is lightning in those clouds.

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes to both.

[Katrisa]

Thanks janice!

[Nistha]

For El Camino task

Read a book with a large tram, train, vehicle, or plane on the cover. This museum is about historical travel, so what is needed are OLD CLASSIC vehicles


Can I use the below? I am not sure if just plane on cover would work or it should be related to old classic vehicles

[Janice, Moderator]

It needs to be related to old classic vehicles. An old bomber plane with propellers would work but not a commercial jet airplane.

[Marie (UK)]

Please can you verify
The Quantum Thief for MPG space Opera

I have had to change my books as the last one either dropped it as MPG Or never had Space opera on (i found it on Space opera Shelf and maybe just assumed).

Don't want to have to rearrange again thanks

[Janice, Moderator]

Marie (UK) wrote: "Please can you verify
The Quantum Thief for MPG space Opera

I have had to change my books as the last one either dropped it as MPG Or never had Space opera on (i found it on Space ..."

Verified.

[Nistha]

Janice wrote: "It needs to be related to old classic vehicles. An old bomber plane with propellers would work but not a commercial jet airplane."

Hmm, gotcha, I am struggling a bit with this one. Does the below work? (not 100% on vintage cars)

[Janice, Moderator]

It's kind of hard to tell. The cover gives off kind of a 50's/60's feel, so I'll verify it.

[Nistha]

Janice wrote: "It's kind of hard to tell. The cover gives off kind of a 50's/60's feel, so I'll verify it."

Perfect, thanks Janice!

[Fee]

Would you accept The City We Became for Manatee Observation deck? It’s a bridge, and you also see the water, but you see the bridge's underside.

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, that will work Fee.

[Katrisa]

For the farseer name task can we use any of the names? Like Lantern or Promise? As they seem to be more nouns than traits. Also there is one called Constance can we use constant as I assuming that is the trait they are referencing? Or in the same vein is Patient ok for Patience?

[Katrisa]

For the illness task can the illness be a mental illness? This is the book I am thinking of
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
As someone who lives with a borderline I can attest that it definitely interferes with the ability to do normal things

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "For the farseer name task can we use any of the names? Like Lantern or Promise? As they seem to be more nouns than traits. Also there is one called Constance can we use constant as I assuming that ..."

The task states that it needs to be a quality, like Chivalry, Dutiful, Shrewd, Regal, etc.

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "For the illness task can the illness be a mental illness? This is the book I am thinking of
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
As someone who lives w..."

Yes, mental illness may be included.

[Katrisa]

For the Athens task are you looking for a nonfiction book or can it just be set in ancient Greece like this one

[Marie (UK)]

JUST checking iif i do 2 treks from same category e.g. Pilgrimages

Do i have to complete all of the first badge before moving onto the other

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "For the Athens task are you looking for a nonfiction book or can it just be set in ancient Greece like this one
"

It can be any genre, unless specified. So you're good.

[Janice, Moderator]

Marie (UK) wrote: "JUST checking iif i do 2 treks from same category e.g. Pilgrimages

Do i have to complete all of the first badge before moving onto the other"

You can do three treks simultaneously for a badge, as long as the treks are in order. So you can read book 1, 2 & 3 of one trek, then book 1 of a second trek, then book 1,2 of the 3rd trek. Jump back to trek one and read book 4 and 5 etc.

Does that make sense?

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "JUST checking iif i do 2 treks from same category e.g. Pilgrimages

Do i have to complete all of the first badge before moving onto the other"

You can do three treks simultaneou..."

thanks Janice

[Jayme, Moderator]

Hi Janice - for Inspired by literature: Nala and Dean - Bucharest leg - task - Read a book where a serious illness changes a person's ability to maintain normal activities.
Could I read a book where the person suffers a traumatic brain injury that changes her life? Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes, absolutely.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Yes, absolutely."

Thanks, Janice :)