2024 Annual Challenge - REQUEST Badges

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Lanelle.

[Lanelle]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Lanelle."

Thank you for all your hard work, Janice!

[Beth]

WOF: Beth
Requesting Badge 3

Adventure Hikes:

Lares Trak Roya (Machu Picchu)
Start: Cuzo, Peru: Certain Dark Things (from based on myths list/"things" in title)
C1: Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders ("things" in title/fragil*)
C2: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (fragil

Checkpoint 1: Sacred Valley: Deep River ("River" in Title/1001 list)
C1: Silence (1001 list)
C2: Less Than Zero (1001 list)

Checkpoint 2: Moray: Curse of the Pharoahs (about archaeology/Ancient Egyptian constructions)
C1: The Winter Vault (Ancient Egyptian constructions/grief)
C2: The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (grief)

Checkpoint 3: Tortora: The Emperor's Tomb ("tomb" in title/Author is Steve Berry (Author is Steve Berry
C2: The King's Deception

Checkpoint 4: Huchayccasa & Ipsaycocha Passes: Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire (set in Mountains/(co)Author "Howe")
CB1: Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty ((co)Author "Howe"/About the Vanderbilts)
CB2: The Glitter and the Gold (About the Vanderbilts)

Finish: Machu Picchu: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon ("Lost" and "City" in title).

West Highland Way
Start: Glascow: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (set in port city/Author is David Mitchell)
CB1: Black Swan Green)
CB2: The Bone Clocks (Author is David Mitchell)

Checkpoint 1: Glengoyne Distillery: Behold the Dreamers (MC in 30s/"Dreamers")
CB1: Dreamers of the Day ("Dreamers"/"Day")
CB2: The Given Day ("Day")

Checkpoint 2: Bridge of Orchy: The Real Mrs. Tobias (Bridge on Cover/Author "Sally")
CB1: Beautiful World, Where Are You (Author "Sally")
CB2: Normal People (Author "Sally")

Checkpoint 3: Rannoch Moor: On the Wrong Track (Steam train on cover/Published 2007)
CB1: World Without End (2007)
CB2: W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet (2007)

Checkpoint 4: The Devil's Staircase: The Forsaken Inn ("inn" in title/"forsaken" in title)
CB1: Forsaken Country ("Forsaken" in title/mystery-thriller)
CB2: The Abduction (mystery-thriller)

Finish: Fort WIlliam: The Black Book (Written in non-English Language)

Pacific Rim
Start: Pachina Bay: The Broken Girls (dual timelines/Author is Simone St. James)
CB1: Silence for the Dead(Author is Simone St. James/MPG Mystery)
CB2: The Silver Swan (MPG Mystery)

Checkpoint 1: Tsusiat Falls: All We Were Promised (Stairs on cover/Slavery involved)
CB1: The Fraud (Slavery involved)
CB2: James (Slavery involved)


Checkpoint 2: Walbran CreekFlood Tide ("Tide in title/set in Louisiana)
CB1: The Cutting Season (set in Louisiana)
CB2: The Vanishing Half (set in Louisiana)

Checkpoint 3: Camper Bay Virgin Soul (Set in SF/CA author)
CB1: Gangsters Don't Die: A Novel (CA Author)
CB2: The Circle (CA Author)

Checkpoint 4: Thrasher Cove The Every (4+ Color list/"Every" in title)
CB1: Every Fifteen Minutes ("Every" in title/Author is Lisa Scottoline)
CB2: One Perfect Lie (Author is Lisa Scottoline)

Finish: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (transportation on cover)

[Beth]

Sorry, Janice,
I had to edit that one. Something weird happened with the initial post where it ate a book. Should be fixed in thread.

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted, Beth. :)

Just what we need - the threads eating our books.

[Marcus]

Badge 2 for me please and thanks :)

Category 4: Inspired by Literature

Chasing Dracula:
Start: London- (group on cover): *
Connect 1: (same author): Crucible of Chaos*
Connect 2: (fantasy genre): The Rage of Dragons*

Checkpoint 1: Paris- (Halloween theme)- This is Halloween*
Connect 1: (story collection)- Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner*
Connect 2: (same author)- Crossing to Safety*

Checkpoint 2: Munich-(main character susan)- Magpie Murders*
Connect 1: published after 2010- The Fires of Vengeance*
Connect 2: dragon on cover- Victory of Eagles*

Checkpoint 3: Budapest- (meal on cover) *
Connect 1: author last name "C"- *
Connect 2: boat on cover- *

Checkpoint 4: Bran Castle- (wolf: cover, title or theme): *
Connect 1: same author- Robert McCammon- Cardinal Black*
Connect 2: 7th book in series- The Lost Metal*

Finish: Bucharest- (crime genre)- The Silence of the Lambs*
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The Realm of the Elderlings:
Start: Bearns- (yellow flower/s on cover): *
Connect 1- Genre Historical fiction- Tyrant by Christian Cameron*
Connect 2- smoke on cover- *

Checkpoint 1: Buck- (nautical tales list): The Sea-Hawk*
Connect 1- Genre: classics- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*
Connect 2- author includes middle initial- Blood of the City*

Checkpoint 2: Rippon- (grace: character or author): Alias Grace*
Connect 1- Author last name starts with A: Brother*
Connect 2- GR rating between 3.5-4.0- The Little Stranger*

Checkpoint 3: Shoaks-(green: title or author)- The Last Green Valley*
Connection 1- genre: historical fiction- Between Two Fires*
Connect 2- length 400-450 pages- New Spring*


Checkpoint 4: Tilth- (wine or grapes on cover): *
Connect 1- (roman historical fiction)- The Gods of War*
Connect 2- next in series- The Blood of Gods*

Finish: Farrow-(farseer characteristic in title): "Bounty"
Savage Bounty*
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Nala's World:
Start: Bosnia- (orphan in book)- Lost Love's Return*
Connect 1- author first name "A": The Pariah*
Connect 2- theme/plot based around outlaws/pirates: Honor Among Enemies*

Checkpoint 1: Budva- (mythology): Norse Mythology*
Connect 1- genre fantasy: Kafka on the Shore*
Connect 2- author last name Murakami: In the Miso Soup*

Checkpoint 2: Shkoder- (430-438 pages): *
Connect 1- steep cliff/hillside on cover: *
Connect 2- predominantly blue cover: The Three-Body Problem*

Checkpoint 3: Athens- (ancient greece/rome): The Lion*
Connect 1- first in a series Summer of Night: A Novel*
Connection 2- genre of horror: The Ghost Sequences*

Checkpoint 4: Santorini- (female friendship list): *
Connect 1- body of water on cover: *
Connect 2- author name with W: The Fires of Vengeance*

Finish: Bucharest- (character with serious illness): Thinner*
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[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is on your wall Marcus. :)

[Marie (UK)]

Requesting Badge 4

WOF name Marie UK

INSPIRED BY LITERATURE NALA"S WORLD

1. Orphan Number Eight book with orphan in it/ MPG = LGBT
2. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous MPG = LGBT /Goodreads Choice Nominees for Fiction and Debut Novels
3. Luster Goodreads Choice Nominees for Fiction and Debut Novels
4. A Touch of Darkness MPG Mythology /Female Author
5. One Year Gone Female author / First word of Title matches
6. One True Thing First word of Title matches
7. The Unhoneymooners between 430 - 438 pages / MPG Humor
8. Thinking Racehorse MPG Humor/ MPG Contemporary
9. Deep into the Dark MPG contemporary
10. Centurion ancient Rome / Alliterative Author
11. Slow Dance Alliterative Author / Alliterative Author
12. Buried Deep and Other Stories Alliterative Author
13. The Group from list of best female friends / Female authors
14. Calling the Shots: My Autobiography Female author
15. Weather female authors
16. Every Note Played serious illness

ADVENTURE HIKES 2
West Highland Way - Scotland

1. The Instrumentalist Seaport / MPG Music
2. Honey MPG Music / can be spread on toast
3. Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder can be spread on toast
4. Death in the Park MC in 30's / MC Journalist
5. Firefly Lane MC Journalist / Author surname could be forename (Hannah)
6. Meet Me in Cockleberry Bay Author surname could be forename (May)
7. Devil's Bridge bridge on cover /Series name is MC name
8. The Voice Inside Series name is MC name / Singular /plural of word "voice " in title
9. Voices of the Dead Singular /plural of word "voice " in title
10. The Excursion Train Steam train on Cover /#2 in series
11. Gemina #2 in series / Same series
12. Obsidio Same series
13. The Haunting of Morris Inn Inn in title / Morris in title - Morris in Author name
14. The Tattooist of Auschwitz Morris in author name / heather in author name
15. The Heather Blazing heather in author name / title
16 Fresh Water for Flowers originally written in a foreign language (French)

PILGRIMAGES 2
El Camino Trail

1. A Letter of Mary Author= King / Set in England
2. Sycamore Gap Set in England / Author uses two initials
3. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death Author uses two Initials
4. Build Your House Around My Body Body in Title / Author Surname begins with K
5. Notes on an Execution Author Surname begins with K / Both about Murderers who are executed
6. The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou Both about Murderers who are executed
7. Black Narcissus Nun as Significant Character / MPG Classic
8. The Tale of Two Cities MPG Classics
9. Surfacing MPG Classics
10. It Only Happens in the Movies 75% Yellow / Published October
11. The Hound of Death and Other Stories Published October / MPG Mystery
12. Blood Runs Cold MPG Mystery
13. Where Are You Now? Bridge on Cover / Author has 3 part name
14. The World After Alice Author has 3 part name / Girl's name in title
15. The Two Loves of Sophie Strom Girl's name in title
16. 4th of July Author is called James

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Marie. :)

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Marie. :)"

thanks Janice

[Ashley]

WoF:Ashley
Requesting badge 1

Start
1)Home Front (Home in title/Title starts with H)
2)Holly(Title starts with H)
3)Horrorstör (Title starts with H)

Checkpoint 1
4)You (1st in a series of 4/Single word title)
5)Legion(single word title)
6)Kindred (single word title)

Checkpoint 2
7)Boys in the Valley (Valley in title/knife on cover)
8)Want to Know a Secret? (knife on cover/crime genre)
9)A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (crime genre)

Checkpoint 3
10)The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue(black cover/paranormal genre)
11)Black House(paranormal)
12) Second Glance(paranormal)

Checkpoint 4
13)Iron Gold(Iron in title/Sci-fi)
14)For the First Time, Again (sci-fi)
15)The Martian (Sci-fiction)

Finish
16)Finders Keepers (434 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Ashley, your badge is on your wall.

[Katrisa]

WoF Katrisa
Requesting Badge 5

Literature Hikes

Chasing Dracula
1.Start - London - Read a book with a group of people on the cover - The Immortal Circus: Act Two
2. (Series Cirque des Imortels) The Immortal Circus: Final Act
3. (3 word title) I'm a Fan
4. Checkpoint 1 - Paris - Read a book with Halloween as a theme - Halloween: The Official Movie Novelization
5. (MPG Horror) The Babysitter Lives
6. (MPG Thriller) The Midnight Feast
7. Checkpoint 2: Munich - Read a book with a character or author named Susanna or Susan Pandora
8. (1 word title) Orbital
9. (2024 Booker Prize nominees) This Strange Eventful History
10. Checkpoint 3: Budapest - Read a book with savory food on the cover - Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
11. (MPG Science) How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
12. (MPG Education) Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
13. Checkpoint 4: Bran Castle - Read a book with a wolf on the cover, in the title, or about wolves. - The Blessing Way
14. (Author name starts with T) Before the Coffee Gets Cold
15. (Before the Coffee gets cold series) Tales from the Café
16. Finish: Bucharest - Read a book tagged as "Crime" on the main book page The Hunting Party

The Realm of the Elderlings
1. Start - Bearns - Read a book with one or more yellow flowers on the cover - Where Darkness Blooms
2. (MPG Thriller) A Madness of Sunshine
3. (MPG Thriller) Girl, Taken
4. Checkpoint 1: Buck - Read a book from Nautical Tales List - All the Stars and Teeth
5. (MPG Fantasy) - Lakelore
6. (Author McLemore) Venom & Vow
7. Checkpoint 2: Rippon - Read a book with a significant character is Grace, or is the name of the author - Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
8. (MPG Fantasy) The Gilded Ones
9. (Deathless Series) The Merciless Ones
10. Checkpoint 3: Shoaks - Read a book with "green" in the title or subtitle, or the author is named Green - Living with a Green Heart: How to Keep Your Body, Your Home, and the Planet Healthy in a Toxic World
11. (Theme of making the world a better place) Poverty, by America
12. (MPG Social Justice) We Can't Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival
13. Checkpoint 4: Tilth - Read a book with wine in a glass or grapes are on the cover - Wine Wars
14. (Theme of alcohol) Drinking: A Love Story
15. (Wine on cover) Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
16. Finish - Farrow - Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe
1. Start - Bosnia - Read a book with an orphan or orphans in it - The Ogress and the Orphans
2. (link MPG Fantasy) The Song of Achilles
3. (link MPG Fantasy) Bitten
4. Checkpoint 1: Budva, Montenegro - Read a book that is tagged as Mythology - Psyche and Eros
5. (mythology retelling) The Heir of Venus
6. (mythology retelling) The Shadow of Perseus
7. Checkpoint 2: Shkoder, Albania - Read a book that has 430 - 438 pages based on the first print edition listed on the "editions" list on the main book page - Medusa
8. (MPG Feminism) - The Power of the Crone: Myths and Stories of the Wise Woman Archetype
9. (Mythology) Daughters of Sparta
10. Checkpoint 3: Athens, Greece - Read a book about Ancient Greece, or Rome - Medusa's Sisters
11. (Mythology Retelling) Dark Harvest
12. (Retellings) A Song to Drown Rivers
13. Checkpoint 4: Santorini, Greece - Read a book from Best Adult Female Friendship Books List - Something Blue
14. (Author name starts with A) Table for Two
15. (MPG Historical Fiction) The God of the Woods
16. Finish: Bucharest - Read a book where a serious illness changes a person's ability to maintain normal activities - Martyr!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted Katrisa.

[Ariane]

WoF Ariane
May I please have my Badge 2?

Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia

1. Start - Zagreb: Sœur grise (author Mark / Next in series)
2. Connection 1 - Sœur sainte ( next in series / Last in a series)
3. Connection 2 - Sparkling Cyanide (Last in a series)
4. Checkpoint 1 - Le Moine (Gothic MPG / Horror MPG)
5. Connection 1 - Le Feu et la Glace (Horror MPG / Horror MPG)
6. Connection 2 - La Glace et le Feu (Horror MPG)
7. Checkpoint 2 - The Mystery of the Blue Train (Train on cover / Author Agatha Christie)
8. Connection 1 - Death in the Clouds (Author Agatha Christie)
9. Connection 2 - Murder in the Mews (Author Agatha Christie)
10. Checkpoint 3 - The Sea (Beach resort / Sea in title)
11. Connection 1 - The Kingdom Over the Sea (Sea in title / Middle grade)
12. Connection 2 - Le Grand Brasier (Middle grade)
13. Checkpoint 4 - Le Costume du mort (Ghosts tag / Horor MPG)
14. Connection 1 - The Outsider (Horror MPG) / Horror MPG)
15. Connection 2 - Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Horror MPG)
16. Finish - Dubrovnik - Le Prestige (Made into a movie)

El Camino Trail

1. Start - Sarria - Mr. Mercedes (Author King / next in series)
2. Connection 1 - Finders Keepers (Next in series)
3. Connection 2 - End of Watch (Next in series)
4. Checkpoint 1 - The Three-Body Problem (Body in title / Next in series)
5. Connection 1 - The Dark Forest (Next in series)
6. Connection 2 - Death's End (Next in series)
7. Melide - Le Conte de la Novice (Nun as MC / Next in series)
8. Connection 1 - Le conte de la servante (Next in series / 2nd in a series)
9. Connection 2 - Tunnel of Bones (2nd in a series)
10. Checkpoint 3 - Arzua - Black Coffee (75% yellow / Mystery series)
11. Connection 1 - Vengeance glacée (Bree Taggert t. 2) (Mystery MPG / Next in series)
12. Connection 2 - Noyer sa peine (Bree Taggert t. 3) (Next in series)
13. Checkpoint 4 - O Pedrouzo - Bridge of Souls (Bridge on cover / Fantasy MPG)
14. Connection 1 - Vicious (Fantasy MPG)
15. Connection 2 - A House with Good Bones (Fantasy MPG)
16. Finish - Santiago de Compostella - Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales (Author James)

The Jesus Trailnaum
1. Start - Nazareth - La maison biscornue (Author Agatha Christie)
2. Connection 1 - Dumb Witness (Author Agatha Christie)
3. Connection 2 - Cards on the Table (Author Agatha Christie)
4. Checkpoint 1 - The Guest List (wedding place / Mystery MPG)
5. Connection 1 - Notes on an Execution (Mystery MPG)
6. Connection 2 - Something in the Water (Mystery MPG)
7. Checkpoint 2 - North and South (Sofa on the cover / Romance MPG)
8. Connection 1 - La Société très secrète des Sorcières extraordinaires (Romance MPG / Fantasy MPG))
9. Connection 2 - Meduse (Fantasy MPG)
10. Checkpoint 3 - Migdal - Les bruines de Lanester (Enquêtes en série) (MC Mary / 1st in a series)
11. Connection 1 - Premier Sang (1st in a series)
12. Connection 2 - Sleeping Giants (1st in a series)
13. Mount of Beatitudes - Bless The Child (Bless in the title / published in 2014)
14. Connection 1 - Entre les flammes (published in 2014)
15. Connection 2 - We Were Liars (published in 2014)
16. Finish - Capernum - Every Minute Is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room, and a City Under Siege (MC is a MD)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Ariane,

[Ariane]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Ariane,"

Thank you!

[Fiona]

Badge 1
Hike: Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth
Start:
1. Sweet Home Highlander (Home in title)(Published in May)
2. The Bride Test (Published in May / Published in 2019)
3. To Con a Gentleman (Published in 2019)
Checkpoint 1:
1. Corrupt (Book 1 in 4 book series) (Devil's Night series book 1)
2. Hideaway (Devil's Night series book 2)
3. Kill Switch (Devil's Night series book 3)
Checkpoint 2:
1. Valley of Secrets (Valley in title) (Author with three names (Kari Lee Harmon))
2. Salt & Broom (Author with three names (Sharon Lynn Fisher) / Set in 19th century England)
3. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (Set in 19th century England)
Checkpoint 3:
1. Trying to Live With the Dead (black cover) (MC's name Alexis)
2. A Kut Above The Rest: Lovin' A Female Boss (MC's name Alexis / 214 pages)
3. The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (214 pages)
Checkpoint 4:
1. Lucky Iron Fish: A Social Enterprise Tackling Iron Deficiency (Iron in title) (Published in 2023)
2. Butcher & Blackbird (Published in 2023)
3. Tot im Wald (Published in 2023)
Finish:
Pretty Little Savage (412 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Fiona.

[Fiona]

Thank you!

[Marie (UK)]

congratulations everyone - well done on completing Katrisa

[Kirila]

Badge 1

Start - Bag End Hobbiton

1. Tell the Wolves I'm Home (goodreads awards nominee)
2. Age of Swords (goodreads awards nominee)
3. Project Hail Mary (goodreads award nominee - actually a winner, but you have to be a nominee to win)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree

4. Red Dragon (1st in Hannibal Lecter's series of 4) (author's first name starts with T, Thomas Harris)
5. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (author's first name starts with T, Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (author's first name starts with T, Taylor Jenkins Reid)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell

7. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (goodreads awards nominee)
8. Fourth Wing (goodreads awards nominee; fantasy genre)
9. Age of Death (fantasy genre)

Checkpoint 3 - Moria

10. Sleeping Giants (title starts with S)
11. Someone Else's Shoes (title starts with S)
12. Starter for Ten (title starts with S)

Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate

13. Iron Flame (fantasy)
14. Nolyn (fantasy)
15. Anansi Boys (fantasy)

Finish - Mount Doom

16. In the Woods

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Kirila.

[Heather]

WOF: HeatherEMS
Requesting Badge 1: Frodo and Sam's Route through Middle Earth

Start
1. Home Fire Has the word Home in it, also Longlisted for the Booker Prize (connection to book 2)
2.All the Little Bird-Hearts Longlisted for Booker Prize
3. Old God's Time Longlisted for the Booker Prize

Checkpoint 1: Bree
4.Little Beach Street Bakery Read a book that is the first book of a series of 4. Genre Chick Lit, Romance (connection to book 5
5. The Love Hypothesis chick-lit, romance
6. Love, Theoretically Same author as Book 5

Checkpoint 2- Rivendell

7. Death Valley valley in name
8.The Summer that Melted Everything(Main Page tags of fiction/magical realism)
9.This Summer Will Be Different summer in title

Checkpoint 3- Moria

10. We Are All the Same in the Dark
(76% black cover)
11. A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
(mystery)
12. A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality (same author as task 2)

Checkpoint 4: Black Gate

13. Iron Hearted Violet “Iron” in the title.
14. The Last Dragonslayer dragons in both books
15. Starter Villain author's first names start with J (Jasper & John)

Checkpoint 5: Mount Doom
Start Task: Read a book that is between 400-500 pp.
16. Demon Copperhead560 pages ✅

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Heather.

[Heather]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Heather."

Thank you, Janice!! :)

[Nistha]

WoF Nix Requesting Badge 3

Badge 3

Trail 1 - City Walks - Auckland

Start
1- Night Owl - Owl in title / Romance mpg
2- Salt & Broom - Romance mpg / Historical fiction
3- Lady Tan’s Circle of Women - Historical fiction

Checkpoint 1
4- Later - vintage car on cover / thriller mpg
5- None of This Is True - thriller mpg/author has double letter in last name
6- The Wishing Game - author has double letter in last name


Checkpoint 2
7- Going Zero - 304 pages / author name starts with A
8- Just for the Summer - author name starts with A /same author
9- The Happy Ever After Playlist - same author

Checkpoint 3
10- Courting Justice - tall buildings on cover / mpg romance
11- Funny Story - mpg romance / had a side character or best friend named Petra
12- The Last Flight - had a side character or best friend named Petra

Checkpoint 4
13- The Guest List - set on an island / thriller
14- The Mysterious Affair at Styles - thriller
15- In My Dreams I Hold a Knife - thriller

Finish
16- Murder by Lamplight - set in 1866

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Trail 2 - Adventure Hikes - West Highland Way - Scotland


Start
1- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - set in San Franciso, a sea port city / only one hand or fingers of a hand in cover
2- The Ritual - only one hand or fingers of a hand in cover / dark mpg
3- I Stop Somewhere - dark mpg

Checkpoint 1
4- The One - Mandy is 37 year old divorcee, Chris is 33 year / sci fi
5- Catching Fire - sci fi / romance
6- A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel - romance

Checkpoint 2
7- The City We Became- bridge on cover/ books involving avatars
8- The Daughter from a Wishing Tree: Unusual Tales about Women in Mythology - books involving avatars / author name starts with S
9- Mockingjay - author name starts with S

Checkpoint 3
10- The Railway Children - steam train with steam on cover / deals with family
11- The Cousins - deals with family
12- We Are Okay- deals with family

Checkpoint 4
13- The Country Inn Mystery - inn in title / author name starts with J
14- The Family Experiment - author name starts with J / deals with issues of powerful people being selfish/harming others in their self-interest
15- Tress of the Emerald Sea -deals with issues of powerful people being selfish/harming others in their self-interest

Finish
16- Blindness - translated from Portuguese

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Trail Last - Adventure - West Coast Pacific Rim (Canada)


Start
1- How to Solve Your Own Murder - set in dual timelines / mystery mpg
2- Starling House - mystery mpg /romance mpg
3- The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles - romance mpg

Checkpoint 1
4- Good Rich People - staircase on cover/feature defendable murdering women as MCs
5- Clytemnestra- feature defendable murdering women as MCs / book ft strong women
6- Ten Tiny Breaths - book ft strong women

Checkpoint 2
7- Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory - set in island/ thriller mpg
8- My Best Friend's Exorcism - mpg thriller / horror
9- Heart-Shaped Box - horror

Checkpoint 3
10- Ugly Love - set in SF / romance
11- Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin - romance
12- Love in the Big City - romance

Checkpoint 4
13- Educated - on list / starts with E
14- Elektra - starts with E
15- Every Heart a Doorway - starts with E

Finish
16-Drowning - airplane which is mode of transport on cover

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Nix!

[Marie (UK)]

OMG I am There
Requesting Badge 5

PILGRIMAGES
The Jesus Trail

1. Our House House on cover / Author born in Northumberland
2. Heavenfield Author born in northumberland
3. Angel Same author and series
4. A Wedding in the Sun wedding takes place / published 2024
5. Passions in Death published 2024/ Mystery series written by female authors
6. Pardonable Lies Mystery series written by female authors
7. The Bench Bench on Cover / authors have same initials
8. The Gladiator authors have same initials / Author and translator share same initials
9. Confessions Author and translator share same initials
10. Fever MC and Author called Mary / set in USA
11. Whistling Past the Graveyard set in USA / set in USA
12.The Mist set in USA
13. With Our Blessing Blessing in title / #1 in series
14. Pork Pie Pandemonium #1 in series / MPG Mystery Thriller
15. Delicious Monsters MPG Mystery thriller
16. The Women has a medical doctor or nurse as the main character.

CITY WALKS
Auckland

1. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Owl in Title /Bird in title and on cover
2. Flamingo Name of Bird in Title and bird on cover
3. Sunbirds Name of Bird in tile and bird on cover
4. The Fatal Flying Affair Classic old aeroplane on cover /setting is a 2 word place in UK (Littleton Cotterell / Lyme Regis)
5. Remarkable Creatures setting is a 2 word place in UK (Littleton Cotterell / Lyme Regis) / On list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Number 70
6. The Measure On list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... Number 176
7. Neuromancer Beetween 300 and 350 pages / Hugo Award Winner
8. This Is How You Lose the Time War Hugo award Winner/ 8 word title
9. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise 8 word title
10. Sarum tall man made structure on cover/ Books based on a city list
11. Dublin 4 Books based on a city list / Books based on a city list
12. Strumpet City Books based on a city list
13.The Place of Tides Remote Norwegian Island / four word title
14. There Was Still Love Four word title / author has double t's in surname
15. Gold Rush author has double t's in surname
16. The Household Set 1847

ADVENTURE HIKES
West Coast Pacific Rim

1. The Night We Lost Him: A Novel Dual Timeline / "Night" in title
2. Daughters of Night Night in title / english author
3. High Force: A DCI Ryan Mystery English Author
4. Million Dollar Staircase Stairs on cover / Unit of currency in title
5. Farthing Unit of Currency in title / #1 in series
6. Step on a Crack #1 in series
7. The Vanishing Tide Tide in Title / debut novels
8. Freshwater Debut Book / African Author
9. The Orchard of Lost Souls African Author
10, The 5th Horseman Set in San Francisco / author surnames begin with P
11. Just Between Us author surnames begin with P
12. The People on Platform 5 author surnames begin with P
13. Red at the Bone on ATY List / red in title
14. The Square of Sevens Red is Mc's Name / Female Author
15. The Monster in the Box Female Author
16. A Christmas Railway Mystery

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Marie!

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Marie!"

thank you this was a great challenge

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Marie. :)

[Anusha]

WOF Anusha

Requesting Badge 1

Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth

Start - Bag End Hobbiton
A Dog's Way Home (Book with an Animal playing a major role)
Watership Down (published in 1972/Book published in 1970s)
Solaris (First translated version published in 1970)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree
The Paper Magician (author is Charlie N. Holmberg)
The Glass Magician (author is Charlie N. Holmberg)
The Master Magician (author is Charlie N. Holmberg)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell
The Long Valley (By John Steinbeck, Nobel Laureate)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Laureate / MPG "Magical Realism")
Love in the Time of Cholera (MPG "Magical Realism")

Checkpoint 3 - Moria
Dead Silence (MPG "Science Fiction")
A Memory Called Empire : (MPG "Science Fiction" / MPG "Space Opera")
A Desolation Called Peace (MPG "Space Opera")

Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
The Iron Heel: ("Prometheus Hall of Fame" award nominee)
A Clockwork Orange ("Prometheus Hall of Fame" award 2008 / Set in England)
Sense and Sensibility(Set in England)

Finish - Mount Doom
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Anusha. :)

[Anusha]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Anusha. :)"
Thank you, Janice! :)

[Shirley]

WoF Shirley
Requesting Badge 1 please.
Start - Bag End Hobbiton.
📕1. Light Years From Home Home in the title.
📕2. Swimming Home Home in the title/ Dual settings, an island in the Pacific, and a city in the UK.
📕3. Islands of Mercy Dual settings, an island in the Pacific, and a city in the UK.
Checkpoint 1 Bree
📕4. Chocolat book that is the first book of a series of four/adapted to the screen.
📕5. All Quiet on the Western Front adapted to the screen/ set World War 1
📕6: The Bookbinder of Jericho set World War 1
Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell
📕 7. The Long Valley a book with "Sanctuary" or "Valley" in the title, or subtitle/ A book of short stories.
📕 8. Dear Life A book of short stories.
📕 9. Stories: The Collected Short Fiction A book of short stories.
Checkpoint 3 - Moria
📕 10. Little Disasters Read a book with a cover that is 75% black/ Mystery genre
📕 11. The Woman in Cabin 10 Mystery genre/ author is Ruth Ware
📕 12. One Perfect Couple Author is Ruth Ware
Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
📕 13. An Iron Rose "Iron" in the title/ Australian fiction
📕 14. Looking For Eden/ Australian fiction
📕 15. Cherrywood / Australian fiction
Finish - Mount Doom
📕16. The Veins of the Ocean hc 406 pages

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Shirley.

[Shirley]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Shirley."

Thank you Janice. I really appreciate the effort you put in to make our annual challenge so successful.

[Janice, Moderator]

Thanks Shirley

I need to get moving if I'm going to post the 2025 challenge by Nov 30.

[Trudy]

WofF TrudyAn

Requesting badge 2, please.

Pilgrimages, El Camino Trail
1. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa author King / photo of man's head on cover
2. No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison photo of man's head on cover / author born in Middle East Country
3. Against the Loveless World author born in Middle East Country
4. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies "body" in title / "body" in title
5. Build Your House Around My Body "body" in title / set in Vietnam
6. The Mountains Sing set in Vietnam
7. Matrix nun significant character / mpg historical fiction
8. The Lieutenant mpg historical fiction / night sky on cover
9. The Stone Raft night sky on cover
10. Let Us Descend 75% yellow cover / female American writer
11. The Color of Lightning female American writer / female writer born in 1940s
12. Where the Crawdads Sing female writer born in 1940s
13. Arroyo bridge on cover / gr rating= 3.8 or higher
14. A Little Luck gr rating= 3.8 or higher / translated novel
15. The Hummingbird translated novel
16. Dubliners author James

Literary Walks, Realm of the Elderlings
1. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past yellow flowers on cover / author born in 1967
2. Three author born in 1967 / three word title
3. The Dance Tree three word tile
4. English Passengers from Nautical Tales list / writer's parent is a writer
5. Tom Lake writer's parent is a writer / writer born in 1960s
6. Starter Villain writer born in 1960s
7. Grace significant character "Grace" / one word title
8. Beartown one word tile / pub btwn 2015 and 2020
9. The Dog Master: A Novel of the First Dog pub btwn 2015 and 2020
10. On Green Dolphin Street "green" in title / animal in title
11. When the Elephants Dance animal in title / animal in title
12. West With Giraffes animal in title
13. Always You, Edina wine in glass / author pub 5+ titles
14.Bewilderment author pub 5+ titles / sig. char is child <10 at beginning of book
15. Sparks Like Stars sig. char is child <10 at beginning of book
16. The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More - More or Less Farseer character name in title (Wisdom)

Adventure Hikes, West Coast Pacific Rim
1. The Huntress dual timelines / set partly in US and partly in Europe
2. Foreign Bodies set partly in US and partly in Europe / pg count btw 250 and 300
3. Less Than Angels pg count btw 250 and 300
4. A Man Downstairs stairs on cover / Canadian writer
5. A World Elsewhere Canadian writer / Canadian writer
6. Medicine River Canadian writer
7. Piano Tide "tide" in title / MC new to community
8. Serena MC new to community / author's first and last names are one syllable
9. Being Dead author's first and last names are one syllable
10. Sourdough set in San Francisco / single word title
11. James single word title / single word title
12. Soucouyant single word title
13. The Dutch House from list 4 colours on cover / writer's dog on cover of one of their books
14. Hope – How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life: Featuring Rodney, McMuffin and King Whacker
writer's dog on cover of one of their books / has subtitle
15.From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way has subtitle
16. Pilgrims: Matthew Kneale mode of transportation on cover

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted, Trudy.

[Trudy]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted, Trudy."
Thanks for the great challenge, Janice! I appreciate all the work you do every year to make it fun.

[Marnie]

WoF Marnie
Requesting Badge 3

1The Last One to Fall ( group on cover/ Gabriella Lepore)
2 This Is Why We Lie( Gabriella Lepore/ Lie)
3 Listen for the Lie

4 A New Lease on Death (Halloween/Death)
5 Death And Judgement (death)
6 Death in Delft (death)

7 The Passion of Artemisia (Susan/ historical figure)
8 Lady Clementine ( historical figure/set in London
9 The Ministry of Time ( set in London)

10 Murder with Macaroni and Cheese (savory food/2nd in series)
11 The Guncle Abroad ( 2nd in series/ mpg humor)
12 Funny Story ( Funny to humor)

13 Wolf Pack ( wolf/ mystery)
14 Jury of One ( mystery)
15 The Madness of Crowds (mystery)
16 One Dog Night (crime)

17 The White Coat Diaries( yellow flower/mpg contemporary)
18 The Rom-Commers (mpg contemporary)
19 Here One Moment (contemporary)

20 The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy ( nautical list/mpg fantasy)
21 The Full Moon Coffee Shop (mpg fantasy)
22 Life As We Knew It (fantasy)

23 The Briar Club ( grace/named for a place)
24 Summers at the Saint ( place/ contemporary)
25 It Ends with Us (contemporary)

26 Before Green Gables ( green/ Canada)
27 A World of Curiosities ( Canada / mystery)
28 The Sequel (mystery)

29 The Next Mrs. Parrish (wine on cover/ published June 18,2024)
30 The Nature of Disappearing ( June 18/ mystery)
31 Leader of the Pack ( mystery)
32 Merry Christmas, Alex Cross ( farseer list)

33 The Secret Garden ( orphan)
34 Betrayal at Blackthorn Park ( orphan/ parentless children)
35 The Family Experiment ( parentless)

36 Heart of the Sun Warrior ( mythology/HEART)
37 The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night ( HEART/ game)
38 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers(game)

39 You Can Kill (430-438 pages/ tea)
40 The Black Bird Oracle ( tea/ black bird)
41 The Crow Trap ( black bird)

42 Elektra ( Ancient Greece/ 3 women on cover)
43 An Inconvenient Wife ( 3 women on cover/
44 The Paris Widow ( female marital status)

45 In Five Years ( friendship list)
46 The Glass Room ( book 5/ mpg mystery)
47 The Note mpg mystery
48 Ladyparts (illness)

[Grainne]

WoF: Grainne
Requesting Badge 2
City Walks

Hike: City Walk in Reykjavik, Iceland
1. Start: Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach: Read a book with the word "Lagoon" or "Swim" in the title. Night Swim
2. Link 1: There is a body of water on the cover. The Last Mrs. Parrish
3, Link 2: MPG Mystery Thriller. The Hunting Party
4. Checkpoint 1: National Museum of Iceland: Read a book that has an obviously old building on it. The Sacrament
5. Link 1: The author's name is an example of alliteration. Read a book by an author who also has an alliterative name: The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
6. Link 2: Read a book with the MPG Nature: The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
7. Checkpoint 2: Sun Voyager: Read a book about the Vikings: River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
8. Link 1: Read a non-fiction history book that also includes MPG Science: In Search of Perfumes: A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents
9. Link 2: Read a book with MPG Nature: The Aye-Aye and I
10. Checkpoint 3: Rainbow Street: Read a book with the genre LGBT on the main book page: Home Stretch
11. Link 1: Read a book with a two word title: Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
12. Link 2: Read a book with a two word title: The Guncle
13. Checkpoint 4: The Einer Jonsson Museum: Read a book set in Philadelphia: The Lovely Bones
14. Link 1: Read a where a character dies too young (school/college age): What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
15. Link 2: Read a book set in Alabama: Go Set a Watchman
16. Finish: Hallgrimskirkja: Read a book set in Iceland: Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^City Walk in Auckland ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hike: City Walk in Auckland
17. Read a book with one of the words turtle, giraffe owl, panda, or monkey in the title: Monkey: The Journey to the West
18. Link 1: Read a book in translation: DallerGut Dream Department Store
19. Link 2: Read a book written by an Asian author: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
20. Checkpoint 1: MOTAT: Read a book with a large tram, train, vehicle, or plane on the cover: The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal
21. Link 1: Read a book written as a diary: The Diary of a Young Girl
22. Link 2: Read a book between 280-290 pages: Love from Heaven
23, Checkpoint 2: Sky Tower: Read a book that is between 300 & 350 pages: The Kingdom of Back
24. Link 1: Read a book with MPG music: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
25. Link 2: Read a book that is MPG Biography and Memoir: Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
26. Checkpoint 3: Silo Park: Read a book with a tall man made structure on it. There is a lighthouse on the cover: True Believer
27. Link 1: Read a book where the title is written is white: I Remember You
28. Link 2: Read a book where the MPG is mystery: Back to School Murder
29. Checkpoint 4: Rangitoto Island: Read a book set on an small island: Christmas on the Island
30. Link 1: MPG Romance: The Island
31. Link 2: MPG Romance: The Unhoneymooners
32. Finish: Howick Historical Village: Read a book set between 1840 and 1880: Little Women

******************Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA********************

33. Start: McLarty Treasure Museum: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: treasure, Gold, Silver, or Copper: Treasure Island
34. Link 1: Read a book with a 2-word title: No Return No Return
35. Link 2: Read a book with MPG Mystery Thriller: The Teacher
36. Checkpoint 1: Turkey Creek Sanctuary: Read a book that has one of these words in the title: Turkey, Creek, Butterfly: Wedding Bells at Butterfly Cove
37. Link 1: Read a book with bells in the title: Sleigh Bells Ring
38. Link 2: Sleigh Bells Ring is set at a ranch called Angels View. Read a book with angel, angels, or view in the title: Angels
39. Checkpoint 2: The Wizard of Oz Museum: Read a book that is a retelling of a fairy tale: Lightkeepers
40. Read a book with a lighthouse on the cover: Clutter Free: An Organized Crime Cozy Mystery
41. Read a book that has a MPG of cozy mystery: Bite the Dust
42. Checkpoint 3: Manatee Observation Deck: Read a book with a bridge traversing a body of water. You must be able to see the water as well as the bridge. Abide with Me
43. Link 1: Read a book set in Maine: Turkey Day Murder
44. Link 2: Read a book with a feast in it: Those Christmas Angels
45. Checkpoint 4: Cape Canaveral Lighthouse: Read a book with a stormy seascape on the cover: The Wreck
46. Link 1 MPG Mystery and Thriller: The Snowman
47. Link 2 MPG Mystery and Thriller: Gods in Alabama
48. Finish: Kennedy Space Center:Read a book that has Space Opera as a MPG. System Collapse

[Janice, Moderator]

Marnie and Grainne, your badges are posted.

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme
Finally Finished! Requesting badge 2, please.

Hike 1: Pilgrimages: Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia:
Zagreb
1. Secret Lives author named Mark/Mystery MPG
2. All the Devils Are Here Mystery MPG
3. The Scent of Rain and Lightning Mystery MPG
Ptujska Gora
4. Northanger Abbey Gothic MPG/Classic MPG
5. Fanny Herself Classic MPG
6. Stoner Classic MPG
Postojna Caves
7. The Little Liar Train on the cover/Theme WWII
8. The Underground Library Theme WWII/Books About Books MPG
9. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Books about Books MPG
Opatija:
10. The Paradise Problem story takes place on an island beach resort/Contemporary MPG
11. Interesting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin Contemporary MPG/ authors first name Emily
12. Shark Heart by Emily Habeck authors first name Emily
Medjugorje
13. The Haunting of Maddy Clare Ghosts is on the main page/Historical Fiction is 1st MPG
14. The Frozen River Historical Fiction 1st MPG
15. Absolution Historical Fiction 1st MPG
Dubrovnik:
16. The Light Between Oceans made into a movie

Hike 2: Inspired by Literature: Nala & Dean.
Bosnia
17. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence Orphans in book/Nonfiction MPG
18. The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature Nonfiction MPG
19. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Nonfiction MPG
Budva, Montenegro
20. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati Read a book that is tagged as Mythology.
21. Devoted to Destiny Mythology MPG/Fantasy MPG
22. Before the Coffee Gets Cold Fantasy MPG
Shkoder, Albania
23. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them 432 pages HB/Nonfiction
24. This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together Nonfiction MPG
25. Did I Ever Tell You? Nonfiction MPG
Athens, Greece
26. The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood Read a book about Ancient Greece, or Rome.
27. The Sisters of Glass Ferry Historical Fiction MPG
28. There Are Rivers in the Sky Historical Fiction MPG
Santorini, Greece
29. Big Little Lies #39 on Women's Friendship list
30. A Winter in New York Contemporary and Chick-lit as MPG/City name in the title
31. The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner - City name in the title
Bucharest
Finish: Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain - MC has a debilitating illness

Hike 3: City Walks: Reykjavik, Iceland
Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach
33. Lagoon Lagoon is in the title/sci-fi 1st MPG
34. Starter Villain sci-fi 1st MPG/sci-fi MPG
35. Dandelion Wine sci-fi MPG
National Museum of Iceland
36. One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow old building on cover/ nominated for or won 2 or more literary awards
37. Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs nominated for or won 2 or more literary awards
38. Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty nominated or won 2 or more literary awards
Sun Voyager
39. The Sea Road Read a book about the Vikings/Historical Fiction 1st MPG
40. An Age of Winters Historical Fiction 1st MPG/theme of witches and/or witchcraft
41. Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist theme of witches and/or witchcraft
Rainbow Street
42. Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
43. Funny Story Romance MPG
44. The Love of My Afterlife Romance MPG
The Einer Jonsson Museum
45. All We Were Promised Set in Philadelphia/Historical Fiction 1st MPG.
46. The Lion Women of Tehran - Historical Fiction 1st MPG/Animal in the Title
47. The Fox Wife - Animal in the Title
Hallgrimskirkja
48. The Fish Can Sing - set in Iceland

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Jayme.

[Lanelle]

WoF Name - Lanelle
May I have Badge 3, please?

Lares Trak Roya Inca Trail to Machu Pichu
Start: Cuzco, Peru
1. Frost Burned (on the Fantasy Novels Based in Native American Myth list; MPG of 'Fantasy')
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (MPG of 'Fantasy; MPG of 'Classics')
3. Persuasion 8/1/24 (MPG of 'Classics")

Checkpoint 1: Sacred Valley
4. River Road (River in title; written by Jayne Ann Krentz)
5. Untouchable (written by Jayne Ann Krentz)
6. In Too Deep (written by Jayne Ann Krentz)

Checkpoint 2: Moray
7. Valley of the Shadow (archaeology theme; 1st in a series)
8. He Taught Me to Hope (1st in a series)
9. Susanna and the Spy (1st in a series)

Checkpoint 3: Tortora
10. Canyon of the Sphinx (Canyon in title; title begins with C)
11. Cold Comfort (title begins with C)
12. Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters (title begins with C)

Checkpoint 4: Huchayccasa & Ipsaycocha Passes
13. Up Close and Dangerous (set on a mountain; MPG of Mystery)
14. Bubba and the Ten Little Loonies (MPG of Mystery)
15. Family Plot (MPG of Mystery)

Finish: Machu Picchu
16. Lost in the City of Flowers (both “Lost” and “City” in the title)

West Highland Way - Scotland
Start:
17. Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (set in a seaport; MPG of Historical Fiction)
18. The Widow's Redeemer (MPG of Historical Fiction)
19. Aunt Sophie's Diamonds (MPG of Historical Fiction)

Checkpoint 1: Glengoyne Distillery
20. Moon Called (MC in her 30s; written by Patricia Briggs)
21. Silence Fallen (written by Patricia Briggs)
22. Smoke Bitten (written by Patricia Briggs)

Checkpoint 2: Bridge of Orchy
23. Starlight Bridge (bridge on the cover; 2nd in a series)
24. Our Mutual Friends (2nd in a series)
25. Once Upon Stilettos (2nd in a series)

Checkpoint 3: Rannoch Moor
26. The Nine Pound Hammer (steamy train on cover; author's last name begins with 'B')
27. The Richmond Thief (author's last name begins with 'B')
28. The Deathly Portent (author's last name begins with 'B')

Checkpoint 4: Devil's Staircase
29. The Mystery at Lilac Inn ("Inn" in the title; pub. in the 1930s)
30. The Convenient Marriage (pub. in the 1930s)
31. Mary Poppins (pub. in the 1930s)

Finish: Fort WIlliam
32. Around the World in Eighty Days (originally written in French)

West Coast Pacific Rim (Canada)
Start: Pachina Bay
33. The Masque of the Black Tulip (dual timelines; author first initial L)
34. Murder Comes to Notchey Creek (author first initial L)
35. The Missing Diamond (author first initial L)

Checkpoint 1: Tsusiat Falls
36. The Quiet Gentleman (stairs on the cover; between 9,000- 9,999 ratings)
37. Invisible (has between 9,000-9,000 ratings)
38. Once Upon a Summer (has between 9,000-9,000 ratings)

Checkpoint 2: Walbran Creek
39. Tides of Deception (Tide in the title; three-word title)
40. Castle of Secrets (three-word title)
41. Out of Time (three-word title)

Checkpoint 3: Camper Bay
42. Uneasy Spirits (set in San Francisco; set in California)
43. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (set in California)
44. River Road (set in California)

Checkpoint 4: Thrasher Cove
45. Hatchet (on the 4 Colors on the Cover list; one-word title)
46. Restoree (one-word title)
47. Escapade (one-word title)

Finish: Gordon River
48. Aunt Dimity's Good Deed (mode of transport on the cover)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Lanelle.

[Kristie, Moderator]

WoF: Kristie

Badge 1 Reporting:

Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:

Bag End Hobbiton
1- Wish Me Home, 299 pages, home in title
2- The Expectant Detectives, 384 pages, link: dog on cover and significant in story
3- The Old Ducks' Club, 322 pages, link: MPGs: Fiction, humor, contemporary, adult, & audiobook

Bree
4- Stalking Jack the Ripper, 336 pages, 1st book of a series of 4
5- The K Team, 304 pages, link: 1st book of a series of 4
6- Dead Center, 352 pages, link: same author

Rivendell
7- Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family, 377 pages, valley in title
8- Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, 368 pages, link: nonfiction with subtitles
9- Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond, 246 pages, link: nonfiction with subtitles

Moria
10- Run, 284 pages, black cover
11- Thor, 327 pages, link: one word title
12- Eruption, 432 pages, link: one word title

Black Gate
13- Iron Flame, 640 pages, iron in the title
14- Pumpkin Everything, 192 pages, romance top genre
15- Funny Story, 400 pages, romance top genre

Mount Doom
16- Just for the Summer, 432 pages, between 400 and 450 pages