Marnie meanders through middle earth 2024

[Janice, Moderator]

Marnie wrote: "Janice…I would have waited to read closer to Halloween but this challenged bumped it up.
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It's sort of like reading Christmas books in July.

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 7
2 checkpoint 2 Munich
3 The Passion of Artemisia
4 9+ hours / 315 pages
5 Read a book with character/ author named Susan
6 Susan Vreeland
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 8
2 checkpoint 2 (2/3)
3 Lady Clementine (set in London)
4 322 pages
5 connection Famous historical woman
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 9
2 checkpoint 2 (3/3)
3 The Ministry of Time
4 352 pages
5 connection set in London
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 10
2 checkpoint 3 Budapest
3 Murder with Macaroni and Cheese
4 288 pages/ 8 ish hours
5 read a book with savory food on cover
6
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 11
2 checkpoint 3(2/3)
3 The Guncle Abroad
4 320
5 connection both are second books in a series
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 12
2 checkpoint 3 (3/3)
3 Funny Story
4 11 plus hours/395 pages
5 connection Funny in the title connected to mpg humor The Guncle Abroad
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 13
2 checkpoint 4 (1/3)
3 Wolf Pack
4 381 pages/ 9+ hours
5 wolf on cover or title
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[Janice, Moderator]

Have you read other books in the series, Marnie? I see this is book 19. I know that often with mystery series you can get away with reading them out of order.

[Marnie]

I have read others in this series. I started in order but needed the wolf for this challenge. It was easy to read out of order. I’m reading the Andy Carpenter series out of order when needed too. Sorry for the delay answering. I’m traveling now…

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 14
2 checkpoint 4 (2/3)
3 Jury of One
4 423 pages
5 connection genre mystery
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1 badge 3 book 15
2 checkpoint 4 (3/3)
3 The Madness of Crowds
4 436 pages/ 15 hours audio
5 connection mystery
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[Janice, Moderator]

Marnie wrote: "I have read others in this series. I started in order but needed the wolf for this challenge. It was easy to read out of order. I’m reading the Andy Carpenter series out of order when needed too. S..."

I'm reading the Hercule Poirot series out of order and they could all be standalones.

Safe travels.

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 16
2 Finish Bucharest
3 One Dog Night
4 387 pages/8 hours audio
5 mpg crime
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[Marnie]

1 Badge 3 book 17
2 start Bearns (1/3)
3 The White Coat Diaries( contemporary mpg)
4 304 pages/ 12+ hours audio
5 yellow flower on cover
6
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 18
2 start (2/3)
3 The Rom-Commers
4 336 pages
5 connection mpg contemporary
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 19
2 start (3/3)
3 Here One Moment
4 512 pages
5 connection mpg contemporary
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 20
2 checkpoint 1 Buck
3 The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
4 450 pages
5 read from nautical list
6 this was 132
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 21
2 checkpoint 1 (2/3)
3 The Full Moon Coffee Shop
4 240 pages / audio 7 + hours
5 connection mpg fantasy
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Janice, Moderator]

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities would fit right in, right down to the cat.

[Marnie]

Janice wrote: "At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities would fit right in, right down to the cat."

It absolutely would fit but I finished my challenge book first which fits too. First read gets reported lol

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 22
2 checkpoint 1(3/3)
3 Life As We Knew It
4 337 pages
5 connection mpg fantasy
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Next up The Briar Club
I have been on the waiting list for a while for this one and it just came available and by chance has a character named Grace which is what I need for the next task. Feeling lucky lol

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 23
2 checkpoint 2 Rippon
3 The Briar Club
4 15+ hours / 423 pages
5 Grace as a significant character/author
6 Grace was the central character in this boarding house
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[Janice, Moderator]

Oh I'm thrilled to see you give this 5 stars. I just bought the audiobook this morning. Our book club is reading it and will be discussing it on Oct 8th.

Unfortunately, I'm not doing this trail for badge 2, so I won't be using it for this task.

[Marnie]

I listened to it too and the audio was very good. It read like a short story book with each character getting their own story arc and Grace and The Briar Club being the glue. I hope you love it. As with all of Kate Quinn books-the historical note at the end is a must. Enjoy!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Fingers crossed. 🤞

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 24
2 checkpoint 2 (2/3)
3 Summers at the Saint
4 448 pages
5 connection both Briar Club and Saint are places
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1 Badge 3 book 25
2 checkpoint 2 (3/3)
3 It Ends with Us
4 386 pages
5 connection mpg contemporary
⭐️⭐️ Saw the movie which was better than the book.

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 26
2 checkpoint 3 Shoaks
3 Before Green Gables
4 387 pages
5 book with Green in title or author
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1 badge 3 book 27
2 checkpoint 3 (2/3)
3 A World of Curiosities
4 390 pages/ 13+ hours
5 connection both books set in Canada
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ bonus I’m now current on this series ( until October )

[Janice, Moderator]

I just finished book 3 in the Gamache series so I'm way behind you. :)

[Marnie]

I was cleaning out photos from my camera roll and one picture was the first book in 2014…all but the first one have been audiobooks. I’ve so enjoyed listening to this series.

[Janice, Moderator]

Our book club read the first book way back in 2013 - over 10 years ago. I don't really remember all that much about it except for Yvette Nichol and snakes.

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 28
2 checkpoint 3 (3/3)
3 The Sequel
4 304 pages
5 connection mystery mpg
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 29
2 checkpoint 4 Tilth
3 The Next Mrs. Parrish
4 336 pages
5 wine in glass or grapes on cover
6
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 30
2 checkpoint 4 (2/3)
3 The Nature of Disappearing
4 304 pages
5 connection both published June 18, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 31
2 checkpoint 4 (3/3)
3 Leader of the Pack
4 360 pages/ 7 hours audiobook
5 connection mpg mystery
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 32
2 finish
3 Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
4 352 pages/6+ hours audiobook
5 read a book with a farseer characteristic in title
6 Merry is on the list
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 33
2 start Bosnia
3 The Secret Garden
4 331 pages/ 7+ hours audiobook
5 read a book with an orphan
6 MC is an orphan
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[Janice, Moderator]

I've read this a few times, and watched the movie a few times. It's such a great story.

[Marnie]

It was my first time reading it. I’ll have to look for the movie too.

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope you find it.

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 34
2 start (2/3)
3 Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
4 320 pages
5 connection orphan
6 book two in Parisian Orphan series
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1 badge 3 book 35
2 start 3/3
3 The Family Experiment
4 384 pages
5 connection orphans/ parent less children
6 kids were sold by their parents and raised parent less
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*Janice this was a real page turner. I couldn’t put it down.

[Janice, Moderator]

It sounds good and I've added it. :) Thanks.

[Marnie]

1. Badge 3 book 36
2 checkpoint 1 Budva
3 Heart of the Sun Warrior
4 466 pages
5 mpg mythology
6 This is based on Chinese mythology
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 37
2 checkpoint 1 (2/3)
3 The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night
4 336 pages 12+ audiobook
5 connection word HEART(s) in title
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 38
2 checkpoint 1 (3/3)
3 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
4 362
5 connection game in title ( trivia/ puzzle)
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[Marnie]

1. Badge 3 book 39
2 checkpoint 2 Shkoder
3 You Can Kill
4 432 pages
5 read a book that has 430-438 pages based on first print edition listed
6 this only has one print edition right now and it’s 432 pages
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 40
2 checkpoint 2 (2/3)
3 The Black Bird Oracle
4 446 pages/ 17 hours
5 connection both have very descriptive images of tea that run through the entire story. Including ingredients etc . If that’s too out there for a connection…both have the New York Times in a blurb on the cover

⭐️⭐️⭐️( series should have stopped after three books)

[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 41
2 checkpoint 2 (3/3)
3 The Crow Trap
4 560 pages/ 14+ hours
5 connection Black Bird to Crow which is a black bird
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 42
2 checkpoint 3 Athens
3 Elektra
4 291 pages
5 read a book set in Ancient Greece or Rome
6 set in Ancient Greece
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 43
2 checkpoint 3 2/3
3 An Inconvenient Wife
4 320 pages
5 connection to Elektra both have 3 women on the cover
6
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1 badge 3 book 44
2 checkpoint 3 (3/3)
3 The Paris Widow
4 304 pages
5 Connection Wife and Widow are both marital designations women can have.
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[Marnie]

1 badge 3 book 45
2 checkpoint 4 Santorini
3 In Five Years
4 272 pages/ 7 hours audiobook
5 Read from the friendship list provided
6 this was number 90
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