Leslie's Walk To Remember - 2024

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[Leslie]

YLTO Goes Hiking - 2024

The Challenge will be for 16 books, and we are all going to hike with Frodo and Samwise through Mordor. In order to complete the challenge, you need to complete these 16 books. We'll call this Badge One.

[Leslie]

BADGE 1

Start
1. Home or Away by Kathleen West ~ 14 Jan 2024
2. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West ~ 28 Jan 2024
3. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty ~ 31 Jan 2024

Checkpoint 1
4. Chocolat by Joanne Harris ~ 15 March 2024
5. In a Single Moment by Imogen Clark ~ 31 Mar 2024
6. The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin ~ 15 Apr 2024

Checkpoint 2
7. Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon ~ 24 April 2024
8. Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan ~ 29 April 2024
9. What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard ~ 03 May 2024

Checkpoint 3
10. A Haunting in Venice: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie ~ 05 May 2024
11. Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams ~ 11 May 2024
12. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman ~ 14 May 2024

Checkpoint 4
13. Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods ~ 29 May 2024
14. Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks ~ 21 June 2024
15. Us by David Nicholls ~ 27 June 2024

Finish
16. Bachelor Girl by Kim van Alkemade ~ 9 July 2024

[Leslie]

Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Quest....

Start - Bag End Hobbiton.

Bag End was a smial (underground dwelling) in Hobbiton. It was the residence of the Baggins family.

Task: Read a book with home, homeward, or homebound in the title.

Checkpoint 1 - Bree

Bree was the first stop that Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin made on their quest, and it will be our first Way Stop on our trip. There, they met Strider for the first time.

Task - Read a book that is the 1st book of a series of 4 (that represents Frodo, Sam, Merry & Pippin).

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell

Rivendell is a valley in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, representing both a homely place of sanctuary and a magical Elvish otherworld.

Task: Read a book with "Sanctuary" or "Valley" in the title, or subtitle.

Checkpoint 3 - Moria

Khazad-dûm, latterly known as Moria (The Black Chasm, The Black Pit), was the grandest and most famous of the mansions of the Dwarves. There, for many thousands of years, a thriving Dwarvish community created the greatest city ever known.

Task: Read a book with a cover that is 75% black.

Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate

The Black Gate was built by Sauron after he chose Mordor as a land to make into a stronghold. He built it of iron.

Task: Read a book with "Iron" in the title.

Finish - Mount Doom

Mount Doom was obviously a stratovolcano, composited by alternating layers of ash and lava. Towering at only 4500ft, it was relatively short.

Task: Read a book that is between 400 and 450 pages.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Start - Bag End Hobbiton
3. Home or Away by Kathleen West
4. Hardcover edition ~ 368 pages
5. Read a book with home, homeward, or homebound in the title.
6. Has the Word HOME in the title

[Janice, Moderator]

And you're off and running - or should I say hiking?

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Hike - Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:
3. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West
4. Kindle edition ~ 384 pages
5. Connection: Written by the same author as previous book.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Hike - Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:
3. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
4. Kindle edition ~ 474 pages
5. Connection: Apple on the cover. Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes also had an apple on the cover.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Checkpoint 1 - Bree
3. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
4. Paperback edition ~ 320 pages
5. Read a book that is the 1st book of a series of 4.
6. First of the Chocolat series which has 4 primary works.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Bree - First stop on their quest.
3. In a Single Moment by Imogen Clark
4. Kindle edition ~ 385 pages
5. Connection: Previous book (Chocolat) and this book both have MPG of Historical Fiction.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Bree - First stop on their quest.
3. The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
4. Kindle edition ~ 315 pages
5. Connection: Previous book (In a Single Moment) and this book both have Orange covers. In A Single Moment = 80.6% and The Lies That Bind = 82.9%

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. 2 - Rivendell - Second stop on their quest.
3. Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon
4. Kindle edition ~ 418 pages
5. Read a book with "Sanctuary" or "Valley" in the title, or subtitle.
6. "Valley" in title.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. 2 - Rivendell - Second stop on their quest.
3. Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
4. Kindle edition ~ 243 pages
5. Connection: Previous book Valley of the Moon and this book are tagged Women's Fiction.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. 2 - Rivendell - Second stop on their quest.
3. What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard
4. Paperback edition ~ 259 pages
5. Connection: Previous book Valley of the Moon and this book have MPG of Contemporary.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Checkpoint 3 - Moria
3. A Haunting in Venice: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
4. Paperback edition ~ 259 pages
5. Read a book with a cover that is 75% black.
6. According to TinEye, cover is 85% black

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. 3 - Moria - Third stop on their quest
3. Cocoa Beach by Beatriz Williams
4. eBook edition ~ 400 pages
5. Connection: Previous book A Haunting in Venice: A Hercule Poirot Mystery and this book have MPG of Mystery.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. 3 - Moria - Third stop on their quest
3. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
4. Kindle edition ~ 368 pages
5. Connection: Previous book Cocoa Beach and this book is that both have a single female on the cover.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 13
2. Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
3. Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods
4. Kindle edition ~ 404 pages
5. Read a book with "Iron" in the title.
6. The word Iron is in the title

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 14
2. Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
3. Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks
4. Kindle edition ~ 359 pages
5. Connection: Previous book The Codebreaker's Secret and this book both have MPG of Romance

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 15
2. Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
3. Us by David Nicholls
4. Kindle edition ~ 389 pages
5. Connection: Previous book Dreamland and this book both have one word titles.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 16
2. Finish - Mount Doom
3. Bachelor Girl by Kim van Alkemade
4. Kindle edition ~ 432 pages
5. Read a book that is between 400 and 450 pages.
6. Page Count: 400<432<450

[Janice, Moderator]

Bit of a typo on msg 21 - should be book 16.

Woohoo! Gratz on finishing badge 1.