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Challenges: Year Long Main 2024
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Suzanne Goes on a Walkabout
Badge 2 (Books 1-16)Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia
Book 1: Start – Zagreb
Task: Read a book with a character or author has the name Mark.
✔️ Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book where the main character is a musician
✔️ The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
My Book 3:
Task: Read a memoir where the author’s first name is David.
✔️ C'mon, Get Happy . . .: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy
Book 4: Checkpoint 1 - Ptujska gora
Task: Read a book that has a tag of "gothic" on the main book page. This list may help you identify a book to fit this task. Remember, "gothic" must show on the main book page.
✔️ The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book that takes place in England.
✔️ The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with a king or queen as a main character
✔️ The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
Book 7: Checkpoint 2 - Postojna Caves
Task: Read a book with a train on the cover.
✔️ The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book where the main character does some travelling
✔️ The Lost Girls by Heather Young
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book that takes place in Minnesota
✔️ Vacationland by Sarah Stoner
Book 10: Checkpoint 3 – Opatija
Task: Read a book where the character goes on holiday to a beach resort.
✔️ Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book set on an island
✔️A Drop in the Ocean by Jenni Ogden by Jenni Ogden
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book where the characters go to the beach
✔️Pohutukawa Highway by Tammy Robinson
Book 13: Checkpoint 4 – Medjugorje
Task: Read a ghost story. "Ghost(s)" must be tagged on the main book page.
✔️The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book with an old mansion on the cover.
✔️Time and Again by Jack Finney
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book set in NYC
✔️An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff
Book 16: Finish – Dubrovnik
Task: Read a book that was made into a movie.
✔️The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
Badge 2 (books 17-32)El Camino Trail
Book 1: Start – Sarria
Task: Read a book that has "King" in the title, or the author is named King.
✔️ Everything You Are by Anne Kerry King
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book with a flower on the cover
✔️ Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book about speculation or the stock market.
✔️ Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History by Liam Vaughan
Book 4: Checkpoint 1 - Palas de Rei
Task: Read a book with "Body" in the title.
✔️ Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book that takes place in Florida
✔️ Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book that involves a police investigation
✔️ Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger
Book 7: Checkpoint 2 – Melide
Task: Read a book where a nun is a significant character.
✔️ The Tulip and the Pope: A Nun's Story by Deborah Larsen
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book that is a faith journey
✔️ God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book that has brother in the title.
✔️ The Last Brother by Appanah Nathacha
Book 10: Checkpoint 3 – Arzua
Task: Read a book where the cover is 75% yellow
✔️ The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of thriller.
✔️ The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book that has a mother and daughter as characters.
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
Book 13: Checkpoint 4 - O Pedrouzo
Task: Read a book with a bridge prominently on the cover.
Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book with with a 60% red cover
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book that is a sequel
The Seekers by John Jakes
Book 16: Finish - Santiago de Compostela
Task: Read a book with a significant character or author named "James" (Jim, or other derivatives are not allowed.)
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Badge 2 (books 33-48)The Jesus Trail
Book 1: Start – Nazareth
Task: Read a book with a house on the cover.
The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book about friendship
The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss by Abraham Verghese
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book about a sport
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
Book 4: Checkpoint 1 – Cana
Task: Read a book where a wedding takes place.
The Undertaking by Audrey Magee
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with Berlin in the title
Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with a winter scene on the cover
The Frozen Hours by Jeff Shaara
Book 7: Checkpoint 2 - Kibbutz Lavi
Task: Read a book with a pew, bench, or sofa on the cover.
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book where the main character is lawyer
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book with Son or Sons in the title
Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization by Leil Leibovitz
Book 10: Checkpoint 3 – Migdal
Task: Read a book with a significant character or author named "Mary".
The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with Crown in the title
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of sci fi/fantasy
✔️ Dune: The Duke of Caladan by Brian Herbert
Book 13: Checkpoint 4 - Mount of Beatitudes
Task: Read a book with "Bless", "Blessed", "Blessing" in the title or subtitle.
Bless the Beasts and Children by Glendon Swarthout
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book with a wild animal on the cover
Congo by Michael Crichton
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book set in Africa
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book 16: Finish – Capernaum
Task: Read a book that has a medical doctor or nurse as the main character.
The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor by Robert Marion
Badge 3 (Books 1-16)Lares Trak Roya Inca Trail to Machu Pichu
Book 1: Start: Cuzco, Peru
Read a book from one of these two lists:
Fantasy Novels Based in Native American Myth
Books Based on Mythology by Marginalised Authors
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book about an immigrant family
What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book with a blue (75%) cover
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Sacred Valley
Task: Read a book that has river in the title, or a river on the cover.
Mink River by Brian Doyle
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book that takes place in Oregon
The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with a character named Alice or Alice in the title.
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Moray
Task: Read a book with the theme of archaeology.
The Source by James Michener
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book where the main characters are Jewish
✔️ We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book set in World War II
Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 by Virginia Nicholson
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Tortora
Task: Read a book with the word canyon or tomb is in the title. Subtitles will be allowed on this task.
Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of Thriller
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book with a tree or trees on the cover
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Huchayccasa & Ipsaycocha Passes
Task: Read a book that is set in the mountains.
Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place by Scott McClanahan
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book with characters who are grandparents
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book where the main character is an astronaut
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Book 16: Finish: Machu Picchu
Task: Read a book with book words Lost and City in the title or subtitle.
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (#5)
Badge 3 (books 17-32)West Highland Way – Scotland
Book 1: Start: Glasgow
Task: Read a book that is set in a seaport.
The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book about missing children
Oranges & Sunshine by Margaret Humphreys
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book set in Australia
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Glengoyne Distillery
Task: Read a book where the main character is in his/her 30's.
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Evan Connell
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with a horse on the cover
Traveller by Richard Adams
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book set in the U.S. Civil War
Jubilee by Margaret Walker
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Bridge of Orchy
Task: Read a book with a bridge on the cover.
✔️ An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book about growing up in America
Shaping Kate: Coming of Age in the 1950s by Hazel Stearns
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book with Girl in the title
There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me by Brooke Shields
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Rannoch Moor
Task: Read a book with a steam train on the cover. You must see the steam.
The Night in QuestionThe Night in Question by Tobias Wolff
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with Short in the title
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book about a photographer
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lyndsay Addario
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Devil's Staircase
Task: Read a book with "Inn" in the title.
✔️ Christmas at Valentine Inn by Jennifer Peel
My Book 14:
Task: Read a novel with a main page genre of romance
✔️ The Idol Who Became Her World by Ji Soo Lee
My Book 15:
Task: Read a memoir about a musician
Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir by Stevie Van Zandt
Book 16: Finish: Fort William
Task: Read a book that was originally written in a language other than English.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Badge 3 (books 33-48)West Coast Pacific Rim (Canada)
Book 1: Start: Pachina Bay
Task: Read a book that is set in dual timelines.
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book where there is a secret about the past.
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book set in the Middle East
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatema Mernissi
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Tsusiat Falls
Task: Read a book with stairs on the cover.
When Elephants Fly by Nancy Richardson Fischer
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book set in Africa or India
Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with a face on the cover
✔️ Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Walbran Creek
Task: Read a book with Tide in the title.
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book about food or cooking
The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef by Marco Pierre White
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book with White in the title
White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Camper Bay
Task: Read a book set in San Francisco.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Test by Tom Wolfe
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book where the author’s first name is Ken
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book that is 3rd in a series
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Thrasher Cove
Task: Read a book from this list: 4 Colors on the Cover
The Puma Years by Laura Coleman
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book where the title is the name of an animal
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book about a race horse
The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlon
Book 16: Finish: Gordon River
Task: Read a book with a mode of transport on the cover. The item must be large and a prominent item on the cover.
Drowning by T.J. Newman
Badge 4 (Books 1-16)Auckland
Book 1: Auckland Zoo
Task: Read a book with one of the words turtle, giraffe owl, panda, or monkey in the title.
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book set in the Depression Era
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book where the main character is a farmer
Good Husbandry by Kristin Kimball
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: MOTAT (Museum of Transportation and Technology
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.
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with First in the title
First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Thomas Evan
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book where the cover is black and white
✔️ I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Sky Tower
Task: Read a book that is between 300 & 350 pages.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book written by a woman of color
Sweeter the Juice: A Family Memoir in Black and White by Shirley Taylor Haizlip
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book dealing with racial tensions
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Silo Park
Task: Read a book with a tall man made structure on it.
The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book set in Paris
The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book where the author’s last name is Black.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom by Conrad Black.
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Rangitoto Island
Task: Read a book set on an small island. Note: Places like UK, Australia, New Zealand Greenland, Iceland, etc are not accepted. It may be an island off the coast of these countries, but not a random location.
✔️ The Search by Nora Roberts
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book with a dog on the cover
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
My Book 15:
Task: Read a memoir where the author is British
The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven
Book 16: Finish: Howick Historical Village
Task: Read a book set between 1840 and 1880.
Heart of the Country by Greg Matthews
Badge 4 (books 17-32)Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
Book 1: Start: McLarty Treasure Museum
Task: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: treasure, Gold, Silver, or Copper.
Copper River by William Kent Krueger
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book with River in the title.
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
My Book 3:
Task: Read a mystery that takes place in London
The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Turkey Creek Sanctuary
Task: Read a book that has one of these words in the title: Turkey, Creek, Butterfly
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by Willow G. Wilson
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book where the author’s or character’s last name is Wilson.
The Lois Wilson Story: When Love Is Not Enough by William Borchert
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with the subject of addiction
Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: The Wizard of Oz Museum
Task: Read a book that is a retelling of a fairy tale.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book that deals with witchcraft
The Secrets of Thistle Cottage by Kerry Barrett
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book with a small home on the cover.
Hell at the Breach by Tom Franklin
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Manatee Observation Deck
Task: Read a book with a bridge traversing a body of water. You must be able to see the water as well as the bridge.
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book set on the seaside
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book with Promise in the title
The Beekeeper's Promise by Fiona Valpy
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
Task: Read a book with a stormy seascape on the cover.
Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book where the main character is a doctor
A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book set in Scandinavia
The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol
Book 16: Finish: Kennedy Space Center
Task: Read a book that has Space Opera as a main page genre.
Dune: The Lady of Caladan by Brian Herbert
Badge 4 (books 33-48)Reykjavik, Iceland
Book 1: Start: Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach
Task: Read a book with the word "Lagoon" or "Swim" in the title.
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book set in Japan
Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book with Cooking in the title
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: National Museum of Iceland
Task: Read a book that has an obviously old building on it.
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with Heart in the title
Change of Heart t by Jodi Picoult
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book about a loss and and healing
The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Sun Voyager
Task: Read a book about the Vikings.
The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book with Lord(s) in the title.
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Laiquat Ahamed
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book set in England
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Rainbow Street
Read a book with the genre LGBT on the main book page.
Me by Elton John
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with a LGBT character
Somewhere by Vaill, Amanda. (Broadway Books,2008) Paperback by Amanda Vaill
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book about a dancer
Striking a Balance: Dancers Talk about Dancing by Barbara Newman
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: The Einer Jonsson Museum
Task: Read a book set in Philadelphia.
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book set in the post U.S. Civil War Era
The Orphan Mother by Robert Hicks
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book with Mother in the title
Mother Tongue: My Family's Globe-Trotting Quest to Dream in Mandarin, Laugh in Arabic, and Sing in Spanish by Christine Gilbert
Book 16: Finish: Hallgrimskirkja
Task: Read a book set in Iceland.
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Badge 5 (Books 1-16)Nala’s World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bide Ride Around the Globe
Book 1: Start – Bosnia
Task: Read a book with an orphan or orphans in it.
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
My Book 2:
The Girls with No Names by Serna Burdick
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book with Girls in the title.
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Budva, Montenegro
Task: Read a book that is tagged as Mythology.
✔️ The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with a bird on the cover or in the title
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book set in World War II Germany
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany by Hans J. Massaquoi
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Shkoder, Albania
Task: Read a book that has 430 - 438 pages based on the first print edition listed on the "editions" list on the main book page.
The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book with a bicycle on the cover
Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book set in New York
Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Athens, Greece
Task: Read a book about Ancient Greece, or Rome.
The Splendor Before the Dark by Margaret George
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with a dark (night) cover
Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book set in China
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Santorini, Greece
Task: Read a book from Best Adult Female Friendship Books List
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book by Lisa See or another Asian author
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book with a three letter word in the title
When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
Book 16: Finish: Bucharest
Task: Read a book where a serious illness changes a person's ability to maintain normal activities.
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
Badge 5 (books 17-32)The Realm of the Underlings
Book 1: Start – Bearns
Task: Read a book with one or more yellow flowers on the cover.
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book with Fire in the title
Ring Of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader by Michael Streissguth
My Book 3:
Task: Read book with Whiskey, Beer or Wine in the title
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits by Reese Witherspoon
Book 4: Checkpoint 1: Buck
Task: Read a book from Nautical Tales List
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
My Book 5:
Task: Read a story of survival
The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book set in World War II
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Rippon
Task: Read a book with a significant character is Grace, or is the name of the author.
✔️ Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book with Gold, Silver or Diamond in the title
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book where a wedding happens
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darkznik
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Shoaks
Task: Read a book with "green" in the title or subtitle, or the author is named Green.
Green Island by Shawna Yang Ryan
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book about modern China
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book of contemporary fiction
Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Tilth
Task: Read a book with wine in a glass or grapes are on the cover.
Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book set in France
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City by David Lebovitz
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book with Kitchen in the title
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Book 16: Finish – Farrow
List of Farseers: https://robinhobbelderlings.fandom.co...
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
The Full Cupboard of LifeBadge 5 (books 33-48)Chasing Dracula
Book 1: Start – London
Task: Read a book with a group of people on the cover.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelley
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book with a color in the title
Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites by Kate Christensen
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book with plates on the cover
✔️ The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Book 4: Checkpoint 1 – Paris
Task: Read a book with Halloween as a theme.
Pumpkin Spice Sacrifice by Addison Moore
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book with Lemon or Honey in the title.
A Court of Honey and Ash by Shannon Mayer
My Book 6:
Task: Read a book with a main page genre of fantasy.
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
Book 7: Checkpoint 2: Munich
Task: Read a book with a character or author named Susanna or Susan.
✔️ Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book dealing with mental illness
✔️ Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves by Kat Kinsman
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book with a cat on the cover
All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
Book 10: Checkpoint 3: Budapest
Task: Read a book with a meal on the cover.
My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories: A Cookbook by David Lebovitz
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book with a character named David.
River Thieves by Michael Crummey
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book that takes place in the 19th century
The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth by Matthew Algeo
Book 13: Checkpoint 4: Bran Castle
Task: Read a book with a wolf on the cover, in the title, or about wolves. They may be shapeshifters.
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book where the main characters are sisters
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book with the name on an animal in the title.
The Good Rat by Jimmy Breslin
Book 16: Finish: Bucharest
Task: Read a book tagged as "Crime" on the main book page.
Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America by Bill O’Reilly
1. Badge 1, Book 12. Frodo and Sam, Start
3. Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator
4. 432 pages
5. Home in the title
6. Carrying Albert HOME
That sounds interesting! Did you enjoy it?
@Janice - Yes, I did! It was a wonderful book! Highly recommend!
I just realized that it was written by Homer Hickam. I'll keep a watch out for it.
1. Badge 1, Book 22. My Book 2
3. Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald
4. 291 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book with the name of an animal in the title (previous book was Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator)
6. Holy COW
Great connection. Which animal will be in the title of your next book? I'm doing birds in mine - canary, raven, crow.
I chose a different connection for the next book. Since “Holy Cow” is a travel memoir, I’m reading another travel memoir (“Deep South” by Paul Theroux).
Good theme for a a hiking challenge. :)
1. Badge 1, Book 32. My Book 3
3. Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux
4. 441 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book that is a travel memoir (previous book was Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, a travel memoir)
6. Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads is a travel memoir.
1. Badge 1, Book 42. Book 4: Checkpoint 1 – Bree
3. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
4. 456 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book that is the 1st book of a series of 4 (that represents Frodo, Sam, Merry & Pippin).
6. An Ember in the Ashes is the 1st book in a series of 4.
OMG I loved this book!!! Now I have 3 other books to add to my TBR list, lol:)
1. Badge 1, Book 52. My book 5
3. The Rebels by John Jakes
4. 432 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where a character is rebel. The previous book (An Ember in the Ashes has characters that are rebels.
6. The Rebels has characters (patriots) that fought in the American Revolutionary War.
1. Badge 1, Book 62. My book 6
3. A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
4. 748 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where a revolution takes place. The previous book (The Rebels) takes place during the American Revolution.
6. A Place of Greater Safety takes place during the French Revolution.
1. Badge 1, Book 72. Book 7: Checkpoint 2 – Rivendell
3. The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
4. 423 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book with "Sanctuary" or "Valley" in the title, or subtitle.
6. The Last Green VALLEY
1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. My book 8
3. The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia by Tim Tzouiladis
4. 436 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the characters are immigrants. In The Last Green Valley the characters emigrated from Soviet Russia to Germany, and finally, the United States.
6. In The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia the characters emigrated from the United States to Soviet Russia during the Great Depression.
Badge 1, Book 92. My book 9
3. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
4. 422 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the characters are migrants/immigrants. In The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia the characters emigrated from the United States to Soviet Russia.
6. In The Underground Railroad the characters emigrated from Georgia to northern states - in the end Cora was headed to California - in order to escape slavery.
Badge 1, Book 102. Book 10: Checkpoint 3 – Moria
3. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
4. 291 pages
5. Task: Read a book with a cover that is 75% black.
6.
Badge 1, Book 112. My book 11
3. Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura
4. 336 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the main character(s) is a girl. In The Wonder, the main character is a girl who refuses to eat.
6. In Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back the main characters are girls who are sent to the United States to get an American education.
Badge 1, Book 122. My book 12
3. The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
4. 199 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book that has Japanese characters. In Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back, the main characters are Japanese.
6. In The Cat Who Saved Books, the main characters are Japanese.
Badge 1, Book 132. Book 13: Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
3. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
4. 422 pages
5. Task: Read a book with "Iron" in the title.
6. IRON Lake
Badge 1, Book 142. My book 14
3. We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
4. 620 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the characters are Irish/American. In the previous book, Iron Lake, the main character, Cork O'Conner is Irish/American.
6. In We Are Not Ourselves, the Leary family is Irish/American.
Badge 1, Book 152. My book 15
3. Contest by Matthew Reilly
4. 424 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the author's first name is Matthew. In We Are Not Ourselves, the Author's first name is Matthew.
6. In Contest, the author's first name is Matthew.
Badge 1, Book 162. Book 16: Finish - Mount Doom
3. Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Dr. Robert Lustig
4. 407 pages
5. Task: Read a book that is between 400 and 450 pages.
6. The book is 407 pages
Congrats on finishing the first badge!
Thank you! Excited to take on the next segment of the challenge:)
Congrats on finishing the first badge!
1. Badge 2, Book 12. Book 1: Start – Zagreb
3. Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin
4. 394 pages
5. Task: Read a book with a character or author has the name Mark.
6. Author's first name is Mark.
1. Badge 2, Book 22. My book 2
3. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
4. 304 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book about a musician. In Paris in the Present Tense, the main character is a musician.
6. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music is a memoir about the author's life as a musician.
1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. My book 3
3. C'mon, Get Happy . . .: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus by David Cassidy
4. 238 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book where the author's first name is David. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music is written by DAVID Grohl.
6. C'mon, Get Happy . . .: Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus is written by David Cassidy.
Reading everyone's report is dangerous for me. I want to add them all. I have The Storyteller already and I'm looking forward to it. How was C'mon Get Happy?
Janice wrote: "Reading everyone's report is dangerous for me. I want to add them all. I have The Storyteller already and I'm looking forward to it. How was C'mon Get Happy?"It was interesting reading the two back to back. The Storyteller was wonderful and well-written. It was a stark contrast to C'mon Get Happy, which seemed to fight between the voice of co-author Chip Defaa and David Cassidy. Eventually David Cassidy won out, but a better co-author/editor would have helped immensely. It ended up being a book about Cassidy's sexual escapades, with a lot of complaining in between.
I think I will pass on it then. I am looking forward to The Storyteller.
1. Badge 2, Book 42. Book 4: Checkpoint 1 - Ptujska gora
3. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
4. 433 pages
5. Task: Read a book that has a tag of "gothic" on the main book page. This list may help you identify a book to fit this task. Remember, "gothic" must show on the main book page.
6. The Essex Serpent has "Gothic" on the main book page.
1. Badge 2, Book 52. My Book 5
3. The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
4. 518 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book that takes place in England. The Essex Serpent takes place in England.
6. The Last Tudor takes place in England.
1. Badge 2, Book 62. My Book 6
3. The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
4. 528 pages
5. Task/Connection: Read a book with with a king or queen as a main character. The Last Tudor is divided into three parts, each with a queen as the main character.
6. The White Princess features Elizabeth of York, who becomes Queen of England after marrying Henry Tudor, aka King Henry VII.
1. Badge 2, Book 72. Book 7, Checkpoint 2 - Postojna Caves
3. The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux
4. 342 Pages
5. Task: Read a book with a train on the cover.
6. The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia has a train on the cover.
Please post a link to the cover as is required for all cover tasks.
Janice wrote: "Please post a link to the cover as is required for all cover tasks."Sorry, I forgot, Janice. Photo is linked now:)
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Hike with Frodo & Samwise
Book 1: Start - Bag End Hobbiton
Task: Read a book with home, homeward, or homebound in the title.
✔️ Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator by Homer Hickam
My Book 2:
Task: Read a book with the name of an animal in the title
✔️ Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald
My Book 3:
Task: Read a book that is a travel memoir
✔️ Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux
Book 4: Checkpoint 1 – Bree
Task: Read a book that is the 1st book of a series of 4 (that represents Frodo, Sam, Merry & Pippin).
✔️ An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
My Book 5:
Task: Read a book where a character is a rebel.
✔️ The Rebels by John Jakes
My Book 6:
Task: Read a story of revolution
✔️ A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
Book 7: Checkpoint 2 – Rivendell
Task: Read a book with "Sanctuary" or "Valley" in the title, or subtitle.
✔️ The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
My Book 8:
Task: Read a book set Soviet Russia
✔️ The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia by Tim Tzouliadis
My Book 9:
Task: Read a book about migration or immigrants
✔️The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Book 10: Checkpoint 3 – Moria
Task: Read a book with a cover that is 75% black.
✔️ The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
My Book 11:
Task: Read a book that has a young girl as a character.
✔️ Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura
My Book 12:
Task: Read a book with Japanese characters.
✔️ The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
Book 13: Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
Task: Read a book with "Iron" in the title.
✔️ Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
My Book 14:
Task: Read a book where the main character has Irish heritage.
✔️ We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
My Book 15:
Task: Read a book where the author's first name is Matthew
✔️ Contest by Matthew Reilly
Book 16: Finish - Mount Doom
Task: Read a book that is between 400 and 450 pages.
✔️Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Dr. Robert Lustig
✔️ Completed