2024 Annual Challenge - REQUEST Badges

[Marie (UK)]

congratulations everyone finishing badge 1

[Almeta]

WoF Almeta

I hope this is clearer this time.

Requesting Badge 2 please..PILGRIMAGES

Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia

Start - Zagreb
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with a character or author has the name Mark. (hide spoiler)]
✔️Soul Thief: (Blue LIGHT Series) ("Light" in the series) 18 Jan
✔️LiGHT from UNCOMMON Stars ("Light" in the title/"Uncommon" in the title) 19 Jan
✔️ALL I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten UNCOMMON Thoughts on Common Things ("Uncommon" in the title/"All" in the title) 20 Jan

Checkpoint 1 - Ptujska gora
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book that has a tag of "gothic" on the main book page. "gothic" on MPG (hide spoiler)]
✔️ALL That Consumes UsErica WATERS ("all" in the title/author "waters")
✔️ WATERS of Eternal Youth ("Waters" in titlr/MPG Mystery) 22 Jan
✔️ MYSTERY at Maplemead Castle ("mystery" in the title/MPG Mystery ) 23 Jan

Checkpoint 2 - Postojna Caves
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with a train on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
✔️Ambush by BARBARA Nickless (MPG Mystery/"Barbara" in author's name) 24 Jan
✔️Echo of Old Books BARBARA Davis (author's name"Barbara"/MPG Mystery ) 26 Jan
✔️2 Bodies for the Price of 1 (MPG Mystery/MPG Mystery ) 27 Jan

Checkpoint 3 - Opatija
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book where the character goes on holiday to a beach resort. Pearl Sands Beach Resort #1/
(hide spoiler)]
✔️ Poison in Paradise (MPG Mystery/Animal on the cover) 28 Jan
✔️Running with Sherman ( Animal on the cover/Memoir ) 30 Jan
✔️We Are BRIDGES: A MEMOIR (Memoir/"Bridge" in the title) 31 Jan

Checkpoint 4 - Medjugorje
(view spoiler)[BRIDGE on the cover
Task: Read a ghost story. "Ghost(s)" must be tagged on the main book page. (hide spoiler)]
✔️A Ghostly Light 1 Feb (a bridge on the cover/MPG Ghosts) 1 Feb
✔️Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters 2 Feb (MPG Ghosts/MPG Ghosts) 2 Feb
✔️The GHOST ORCHID ( 3 Feb (:Ghost in the title/Orchid in the title) 3 Feb

Finish - Dubrovnik
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book that was made into a movie.
made into the film Adaptation focused on the rare ghost ORCHID (hide spoiler)]
✔️The ORCHID Thief ("Orchid" in the title /MPG History) 4 Feb

Camino Trail
Start - Sarria
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book that has "King" in the title, or the author is named King. (hide spoiler)]
✔️Driving the KING (MPG History/MPG Music) 5 Feb
✔️White Tears (MPG Music/MPG Music) 6 Feb
✔️Fifty in Reverse (MPG Music/titles begins with a numeric value) 7 Feb

Checkpoint 1 - Palas de Rei
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with "Body" in the title. (hide spoiler)]
✔️3 Men and a Body (humor/title begins with a numeric value) 8 Feb
✔️15 SECONDS (title begins with a numeric value/a measure of time in the title) 9 Feb
✔️A Few Minutes Past Midnight (a measure of time in the title/Mystery) 10 Feb

Checkpoint 2 - Melide
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book where a nun is a significant character. ~ Sister Fidelma (hide spoiler)]
✔️Death of a Heretic Peter Tremayne (mystery/mystery) 11 Feb
✔️Binary JOHN Lange (view spoiler)[a.k.a. Michael Crichton (hide spoiler)]12 Feb (mystery/author John)
✔️A Darker Shade of Sweden JOHN Henri Holmberg (author' John/ Short Stories) 13 Feb

Checkpoint 3 - Arzua
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book where the cover is 75% yellow, (hide spoiler)]
✔️The King in Yellow by ROBERT W. Chambers (Short Stories/author Robert) 14 Feb
✔️The DEVIL'S Breath ROBERT R. Irvine (author Robert/author Robert) 14 Feb
✔️The Running Grave ROBERT Galbraith (author Robert/Published Sept. 2023) 15 Feb

Checkpoint 4 - O Pedrouzo
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with a bridge prominently on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
✔️The Golden Gate (Published Sept. 2023/MPG Mystery Thriller) 16 Feb
✔️DEAD Eleven (Connected by MPG Mystery Thriller/"Dead" in the title) 16 Feb
✔️Better DEAD ("Dead" in the title/"Dead" in the title) 21 Feb

Finish - Santiago de Compostela
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with a significant character or author named "James" (hide spoiler)]
✔️DEAD Simple Peter James 22 Feb ("Dead" in the title/MPG mystery)

The Jesus Trail
Start - Nazareth
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with a house on the cover. (hide spoiler)]
✔️Just Like Home 25 Feb (MPG mystery/MPG mystery)
✔️Kiss 25 Feb (MPG mystery/MPG mystery)
✔️WEDDING Circle 25 Feb(MPG mystery/"Wedding" in the title

Checkpoint 1 - Cana
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book where a wedding takes place. (hide spoiler)]
✔️The Bollywood Bride 26 Feb (a wedding takes place/MPG Romance)
✔️Under Locke 26 Feb (MPG Romance/MPG Romance)
✔️One of Us Is Back(One of Us is LYING)(MPG Romance/"Lying"in the subtitle)26 Feb

Checkpoint 2 - Kibbutz Lavi
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with sofa on the cover.(sofa/couch on the cover) (hide spoiler)]
✔️LYING on the COUCH 27 Feb ("Lying" in the title/Couch in the title)
✔️COUCH 28 Feb ("Couch" in the title/Couch" in the title)
✔️It Was an Ugly COUCH Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward ELIZABETH Passarella 29 Feb ("Couch" in the title/author's name Elizabeth )

Checkpoint 3 - Migdal
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with author named "Mary". (author named Mary) (hide spoiler)]
✔️Wyllard's Weird MARY ELIZABETH Braddon 1 Mar (author Elizabeth/author Mary)
✔️Window at the White CAT MARY Roberts Rinehart 2 Mar .(author Mary/"cat" in title)
✔️Curiosity Killed the CAT Sitter 3 Mar ("cat"the title/MPG Mystery)

Checkpoint 4 - Mount of Beatitudes
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book with "Bless", "Blessed", "Blessing" in the title (hide spoiler)]
✔️The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee) 4 Mar (MPG Mystery/1st in series)
✔️Son of a Trickster (Trickster #1) 5 Mar (1st in series/Published 2017)
✔️Van(Cold Fury HOCKEY) 6 Mar (Published 2017/Hockey)

Finish - Capernaum
(view spoiler)[Task: Read a book that has a medical doctor or nurse as the main character. NURSE (hide spoiler)]
✔️In Your Wildest Dreams 7 Mar (Wildcat HOCKEY #4) (Hockey)

[Jayme, Moderator]

Way to go, Almeta!!!

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "Way to go, Almeta!!!"

Thank you Jayme.

[Suzanne]

Wow - Badge 2! Congrats Almeta!!!

[Almeta]

Thanks Suzanne.

[Jenn]

Way to go Almeta 🎉

[Almeta]

Thank you Jenn.

It's not official yet. Waiting for Janice's approval!

[Katrisa]

WoF Katrisa

Requesting Badge 2
Pilgrimages

Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia
1. Start: Zagreb - Read a book with a character or author has the name Mark. - People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account (author Mark)
2. (both are nonfiction/politics) The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
3. (both have MPG Historical) Anita de Monte Laughs Last
4. Checkpoint: Ptujska gora - Read a book that has a tag of "gothic" on the main book page. House of Hunger
5. (gothic) The Fate of Mercy Alban
6. (mystery) When the Reckoning Comes
7. Checkpoint: Postojna Caves - Read a book with a train on the cover: Enrique's Journey
8.(author is a woman of color) The Rise of Rage: Harnessing the Most Misunderstood Emotion
9. (Black voices) When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
10. Checkpoint: Opatija - Read a book where the character goes on holiday to a beach resort. The Sea
11. (sea and beach in title are both ocean words) The Beach House
12. (both are beach thrillers) Ocean State
13. Checkpoint: Medjugorje - Read a ghost story. "Ghost(s)" must be tagged on the main book page. Where the Ghosts Are: Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses
14. (MPG Ghosts) The Haunting of Cabin Green
15. (MPG Horror) The Ocean at the End of the Lane
16. End: Dubrovnik - Read a book that was made into a movie
Sweeney Todd; or, The String of Pearls

El Camino Trail
1. Start: Sarria - Read a book that has "King" in the title, or the author is named King. - If It Bleeds (author King)
2. (author King) Holly
3. (author King) The Radical King
4. Checkpoint: Palas de Rei - Read a book with "Body" in the title. Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid
5. (author Harra) Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt
6. (dealing with death to death in title) Death Without Company
7. Checkpoint: Melide - Read a book where a nun is a significant character. The Greenest Branch
8. (author PK Adams) The Column of Burning Spices
9. (MPG Feminism) Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
10. Checkpoint: Arzua - Read a book where the cover is 75% yellow - The New Science of Narcissism: Understanding One of the Greatest Psychological Challenges of Our Time―and What You Can Do About It
11. (MPG Science) The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
12. (MPG Science) When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep
13. Checkpoint: O Pedrouzo - Read a book with a bridge prominently on the cover Fortress of the Lost Amulet
14.(Series: Treasure Hunter's Alliance) Legend of the Golden City
15. (City in title) City of the Beasts
16. End: Santiago de Compostela - Read a book with a significant character or author named "James" - The Stuff of Nightmares (author James)

The Jesus Trail
1. Start: Nazareth - Read a book with a house on the cover - 56 Days
2. (MPG thriller) The Guest
3. (MPG Thriller) The Cold Dish
4. Checkpoint: Cana - Read a book where a wedding takes place. Forever, Interrupted
5. (MPG Romance) Of Snow and Roses
6. (Series Magically Ever After) Of Songs and Seashells
7. Checkpoint: Kibbutz Lavi - Read a book with a pew, bench, or sofa on the cover - I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays
8. (MPG Humor) French Exit
9. (Setting France) City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
10. Checkpoint: Migdal - Read a book with a significant character or author named "Mary". Winter's Secret
11. (series: Winter Black) Winter's Web
12. (series: Winter Black) Winter's Storm
13. Checkpoint: Mount of Beatitudes - Read a book with "Bless", "Blessed", "Blessing" in the title or subtitle. Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir
14. (blood in title) The Blood of Emmett Till
15. (blood in title) Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
16. End: Capernaum - Read a book that has a medical doctor or nurse as the main character. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

[Jenn]

Way to go Katrisa!

[Jayme, Moderator]

Congrats on badge 2, Katrisa!

[Ariane]

WoF Ariane
Requesting Badge 1

Start
1. Start - The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology (memoir)
2. Connection 1 - The Woman in Me (memoir)
3. Connection 2 - Je voulais juste vivre (memoir)

Checkpoint 1
4. Checkpoint 1 - The Man in the Brown Suit (1st in a mystery series)
5. Connection 1 - Crocodile on the Sandbank (1st in a mystery series / next in the series)
6. Connection 2 - The Curse of the Pharaohs (next in the series)

Checkpoint 2
7. Checkpoint 2 - Lion in the Valley (pub in a year finishing with a "6")
8. Connection 1 - When Breath Becomes Air (pub in 2016 / GR Award winner)
9. Connection 2 - I'm Glad My Mom Died(GR Award winner)

Checkpoint 3
10. Checkpoint 3 - Congo, une histoire (Congo)
11. Connection 1 - How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child (Congo)
12. Connection 2 - Les empereurs du Kongo: Meurtre à Mbanza Kongo (Congo)

Checkpoint 4
13. Checkpoint 4 - Iron Widow (Fantasy)
14. Connection 1 - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Fantasy)
15. Connection 2 - L’ensoleillé (Fantasy)

Finish
16. Finish - Les Dames du lac (443 pages)

[Jenn]

Way to go Ariane 🎉

[Janice, Moderator]

Badges for Almeta, Katrisa, and Ariane have been posted.

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme
Requesting Badge 1!

Start -
1. Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator - home in title/author has same first letter in their first and last name
2. A River Enchanted - authors have same first letter in their first and last name
3. Pineapple Street - authors have same first letter in their first and last names
Checkpoint 1 -
1. Rhapsodic - 1st book of a series of 4/ fantasy MPG
2. Soul Taken - fantasy MPG link
3. The Glamourist - fantasy MPG link
Checkpoint 2 -
1. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals "Sanctuary" in the title/ romance MPG
2. The Echo of Old Books romance MPG link/books about books MPG
3. The Dictionary of Lost Words - books about books MPG link
Checkpoint 3 -
1. Blackouts cover is at least 75% black/LGBT
2. The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle LGBT MPG/romance MPG
3. The Road Towards Home romance MPG link
Checkpoint 4 -
1. Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger iron in title/setting Minnesota
2. The Lost Wife - setting Minnesota/Fiction MPG
3. Camino Island by John Grisham - Fiction MPG
Finish - Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? read a book that is between 400 and 450 pages.

[Jenn]

Way to go Jayme 🎉

[Amanda]

Great job, Jayme!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Jayme.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Thanks everyone!

[Grainne]

WoF Grainne

Requesting Badge 1

Start: Tell the Wolves I'm Home (title: home)
Link 1 Dances with Wolves (title: wolves)
Link 2 Wolf Brother (hunter-gatherer tribes organized by clans)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree
Little Beach Street Bakery (1st book of a series of 4)
Link 1 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (wave on the cover)
Link 2 A Day Like This (The main character goes to hospital and has a life changing experience.)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell
The Last Green Valley (title: valley)
Link 1 Anne of Avonlea (MC lives in a farmhouse.)
Link 2 The Ranch (MC adopted a child.)

Checkpoint 3 - Moria
Prophet Song (black cover)
Link 1 Let Us Descend (published in 2023)
Link 2 The Ocean at the End of the Lane (MPG Magical Realism)

Checkpoint 4
The Iron Heel (Title: Iron)
Link 1 In Memoriam (MC quotes or writes poetry. Oscar Wilde's poem Easter Day is quoted in The Iron Heel. In Memoriam the MC writes poems for the student newspaper)
Link 2 Meet Me in Another Life (MPG LGBT)

Finish - Mount Doom
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (400 and 450 pages: 448 pages)

[Jayme, Moderator]

Congrats on Badge 1, Grainne! 🎉

[Jenn]

Way to go Grainne 🎉

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted, Grainne.

[Grainne]

Thank you all!

[Amanda]

WoF name - Amanda(Lily)
Requesting badge 1, please.

Start - The Long Home (Home in title / Gothic genre)
Connection 1 - A House with Good Bones (Gothic genre / Good in title)
Connection 2 - Really Good, Actually (Good in title)

Checkpoint 1 - The Way of Kings (1st in series / By Brandon Sanderson)
Connection 1 - Steelheart (By Brandon Sanderson)
Connection 2 - The Sunlit Man (By Brandon Sanderson)

Checkpoint 2 - Paradise Valley (Valley in title / Romance genre)
Connection 1 - Assistant to the Villain (Romance genre / Published in 2023)
Connection 2 - The Stranger Upstairs (Published in 2023)

Checkpoint 3 - The Busy Body (75.9% black / Two same first letter words in title)
Connection 1 - Legends & Lattes (Two same first letter words in title)
Connection 2 - Daisy Darker (Two same first letter words in title)

Checkpoint 4 - Iron Lake (Iron in title / Author named William)
Connection 1 - The Anabaptist Story (Author named William / Story in title)
Connection 2 - The Story of Everything: How You, Your Pets, and the Swiss Alps Fit into God's Plan for the World (Story in title)

Finish - The It Girl (Between 400 and 450 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted, Amanda.

[Amanda]

Janice wrote: "Your badge has been posted, Amanda."

Thanks, Janice!

[Beth]

WOF Beth

Requesting Badge 2, Please!

Pilgrimages:
Route 1: Sovenia, Croatia & Bosnia

Start: Zagreb: Read a book with character or author named Mark: Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose by Mark Shrime
Connection 1: Author attended Princeton: Small Great Things
Connection 2: Author attended Princeton: Leaving Time

Checkpoint 1: Ptujska Gora: Read a book with MP Genre Gothic The Mysteries of Udolpho
Connection 1: Mystery Wednesday's Child
Connection 2: Mystery Blood at the Root

Checkpoint 2: Postojna Caves: Read a book with train on cover: The Mystery of the Blue Train
Connection 1: Mystery/Old: In a Dry Season
Connection 2: Old: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Checkpoint 3: Opatija: Char goes on holiday to beach resort: Every Vow You Break
Connection 1: Author Her Every Fear
Connection 2: Author Eight Perfect Murders

Checkpoint 4: Medjugorie: Ghost story Echo Moon
Connection 1: Moon: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Connection 2: Moon: Killing Moon

Finish: Dubrovnik: Book made into a movie: The Black Dahlia

Route 2: El Camino Trail

Start: Sarria: Read a book with King in title or author named King Writers & Lovers by Lily King
Connection 1: Author Five Tuesdays in Winter
Connection 2: Author Euphoria

Checkpoint 1: Palas de Rei "Body" in title: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Connection 1: Published 2014 The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
Connection 2: Published 2014 Personal

Checkpoint 2: Melide: Nun is a significant character Matrix
Connection 1: Women forging identity Such a Fun Age
Connection 2: Win Me Something

Checkpoint 3: Arzua: Yellow Cover Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Connection 1: Published 2020 Homeland Elegies
Connection 2: Published 2020 Shuggie Bain

Checkpoint 4: O Pedrouzo: Bridge on cover The First to Die at the End
Connection 1: Published 2022 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Connection 2: Published 2022 All the Seas of the World

Finish: Santiago do Compostela: Author or character named James Cross Fire

Route 3: The Jesus Trail

Start: Nazareth: House on cover The Little Stranger
Connection 1: Author/1920s The Paying Guests
Connection 2: 1920s Live by Night

Checkpoint 1: Cana: Wedding in book The Golden Tresses of the Dead
Connection 1: series I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Connection 2: series Speaking from Among the Bones

Checkpoint 2: Kibbutz Lavi: Bench on cover Gone Again
Connection 1: Series Most Dangerous Place
Connection 2: Series Blood Money

Checkpoint 3: Migdal: Character or author named Mary Mary, Mary
Connection 1: Author Cross
Connection 2: Author Cross Country

Checkpoint 4: Mount of Beatitudes: "Blessing" in title The Blessing of a B Minus: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Resilient Teenagers
Connection 1: Author named Wendy American Girl
Connection 2: Author named Wendy Don't Look for Me

Finish: Capernaum: Medical doctor or nurse as MC: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Beth.

[Jenn]

Way to go Amanda and Beth 🎉🎉

[Beth]

Thanks, y'all!

[Roz]

WoF Roz

Requesting Badge 1, please.

Start:
1. River Sing Me Home (home in the title)
2. Banyan Moon (Nominee for Best Debut Novel (Goodreads Choice Award))
3. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Nominee for Best Debut Novel (Goodreads Choice Award))

Checkpoint 1:
4. A Winter's Kill (1st book of a series of 4/MC FBI agent)
5. Diablo Mesa (one of the MC is an FBI agent)
6. Dead Mountain (one of the MD is an FBI agent/same author)

Checkpoint 2:
7. The Queen of the Valley (valley in the title)
8. The Bandit Queens (queen in the title/Nominee for Best Debut Novel (Goodreads Choice Award))
9. Beyond That, the Sea (Nominee for Best Debut Novel (Goodreads Choice Award))

Checkpoint 3:
10. Artemis (black cover)
11. Three Hours in Paris (author Cara Black)
12. Night Flight to Paris (same author)

Checkpoint 4:
13. Iron Lake (iron in the title)
14. Boundary Waters (same author)
15. Purgatory Ridge (same author)

Finish:
16. The River We Remember (432 pages/between 400 and 450 pages)

[Jenn]

Way to go Roz 🎉

[Jayme, Moderator]

Congrats, Roz!!!!

[Grainne]

Congratulations Roz!

[Roz]

Thank you, all.

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted Roz.

[Anne ✨]

WoF AnneFindsJoy

Requesting Badge 1 please :)

Start - Bag End
1. Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
(task- home in the title // theme Buddhism)
2. That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row (theme Buddhism // mpg Memoir)
3. MA IN ALL CAPS (mpg Memoir)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree
4. Old Bones (task- 1st in series of 4 // author duo)
5. Leviathan Wakes (author duo // mpg sci-fi,space,fantasy)
6. Defiant (mpg sci-fi, space, fantasy)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell
7. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (task - "Valley" in the title // nominee GR Choice award non-fiction).
8. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (nominee GR Choice award non-fiction )
9. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution (nominee GR Choice award non-fiction)

Checkpoint 3 - Moria
10. The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 (cover 75% black // mpg True Crime)
11. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City (mpg True Crime)
12. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder (mpg true crime)

Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
13. Iron Widow (iron in title // mpg fantasy+LGBT)
14. Black Sun (mpg fantasy+LGBT // mpg fantasy, 2 word title)
15. Stone Blind (mpg fantasy, 2 word title)

Finish - Mount Doom
16. The Last Agent (405 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall, Anne

[Jenn]

Way to go Anne 🎉

[Grainne]

Congrats Anne!

[Marie (UK)]

WOF name
Marie UK

BADGE 2
Category Two - ADVENTURE HIKES - Lares Trak Roya Inca Trail to Machu Pichu

1. American Gods - No 52 on American Myth list) / MPG Contemporary
2. A Death at the Party - MPG Contemporary/ Canadian Author
3. A Town Called Solace- Canadian Author
4. River East, River West- River in title / Repeated Word and comma in Title
5. The Wren, the Wren- Repeated Word and comma in Title/Name of Bird in Title
6. Murder Most Unladylike - Name of Bird in Author's Name
7. Come, Tell Me How You Live - Theme of Archaeology / MPG Classics
8. The Magician - MPG Classics / Three part Author name
9. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Three part author name
10. Skeleton Canyon - "Canyon" in title / Series title composed of MC's Names
11. Exiles- Series title composed of MC's Names / Series title composed of MC's name
12. Murder in Williamstown- Series title composed of MC's name
13. Getaway With Murder - Set in Mountains / Title word made up of two shorter words (Get & Away)
14. In the Lives of Puppets-Title word made up of two shorter words/ Title word made up of two shorter words (pup & Pets)
15. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers - Title word made up of two shorter words (Fellow & Ship)
16. Lost in the City of Flowers- Lost and CIty in title / subtitle

Category Three CITY WALKS - Reykjavik Iceland

1. The Night Swim - "Swim" in the title. / NIGHT in title
2. The Night in Question - NIGHT in title /MPG Mystery
3. The Running Grave-MPG Mystery
4. The Cardinal's Court- OLD Building on Cover / MPG Mystery
5. The Wishing Game- MPG Mystery / Small Island Setting
6.Spells for Forgetting - Small Island Setting
7. Echoes of the Runes - About Vikings / title in white
8. The Housekeepers - Title in White / Same year of publication
9. Fourth Wing - same year of publication
10. The House of Doors - MPG is LGBT / MPG Historical Fiction
11. Where the Crawdads Sing MPG HIstorical Fiction / MPG Romance
12.A Walk to Remember -MPG Romance
13. Don’t Forget to Write - Set in Philadelphia / Sea on Cover
14. The Seventh Son Sea on Cover / MPG Dystopia
15. Of Blood and Bone - MPG Dystopia
16. The Fish Can Sing - Set in Iceland

Category Four - Inspired by Literature - Dracula
1. Small Mercies- Group of People on cover / Mercies in title
2. The Merciless Ones- derived from same root word = MERCY - Mercies (Merciless) / Deathless series
3. The Eternal Ones- Deathless Series
4. Hallowe'en Party- Halloween as a theme / Author last name matches Author first name of next book
5. Moral Injuries - Author first name matches Author last name of previous book/ MPG Thriller
6. The Chalk Man - MPG = Thriller
7. Mr. Churchill's Secretary- Author named SUSAN / Author named SUSAN
8. The Shadow Key - Author named SUSAN / Alliterative author names
9. Devil’s Breath Alliterative Author Name
10. Arbroath Smokie Slaying Savoury food on cover /# 7 in series
11. The Eagle In The Sand- #7 in series / 5 word title
12. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder- 5 word title
13. The Big Bad Wolf Wolf in title / MPG Thriller
14. The Lagos Wife- MPG Thriller
15. To the Dogs - MPG Thriller
16. The October Man - Tagged "Crime"

[Jayme, Moderator]

Congrats on Badge 2, Marie! I really like your unique connections.

[Marie (UK)]

Jayme wrote: "Congrats on Badge 2, Marie! I really like your unique connections."


thank you so much I am trying to connect differently but it is hard

[Jenn]

Way to go Marie 🎉

[Grainne]

Well done Marie!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Marie.

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Marie."

thank you and it is fabulous as always

[Marie (UK)]

Grainne wrote: "Well done Marie!"

Jenn wrote: "Way to go Marie 🎉"

thanks I am loving this one

[Ammee]

WOF Ammee R.

Requesting Badge 1: Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:

Start - Bag End Hobbiton.

1. You'd Be Home Now (Home in the title)
2. The Home for Unwanted Girls (Home in the Title/ Joanna Goodman)
3. The Forgotten Daughter (Author Joanna Goodman)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree

4. Legend by Mari Lu (1st of Series of 4)
5. Prodigy by Mari Lu (Same Author, 2nd in the series)
6. Champion by Mari Lu (Same Author, 3rd in the series)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell

7. Deep in the Valley by Robyn Carr (Has Valley in the Title/ Romance as Genre)
8. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (Romance as the Genre)
9. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Romance as the Genre)

Checkpoint 3 - Moria

10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (cover that is 75% black/ Same Author)
11. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Same Author/ Female Author)
12. Rebel by Marie Lu (Female Author)

Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate

13. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Has Iron in the title/ Fantasy as a genre)
14.The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Fantasy as the genre)
15.Heartless by Marissa Meyer (Fantasy as the genre)

Finish - Mount Doom

16. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas Book (has between 400 and 450 pages, 406)