2024 Annual Challenge - REQUEST Badges

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted, Kristie.

[Mary Ann]

WoF Name - Mary Ann
Requesting Badge 1
16 books

Start
1. Cat Coming Home (Home in the title)
2. The Cat Saw Murder (Animal in title)
3. The Surgeon (mystery is the main genre)

Checkpoint 1
4. The Thursday Murder Club (First in a series of 4 books)
5. Martyr! (a mammal - horse - is on the cover)
6. The Women (main character has addictions)

Checkpoint 2
7. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family (Valley is in the book's title)
8. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls, the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time (Valley is in the book's title)
9. Life's Work: A Memoir (Author created several popular TV series)

Checkpoint 3
10. The Doll: The Lost Short Stories (cover is 75.8% black)
11. Mary Anne (author is Daphne DuMaurier)
12. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball (Charlie - a first name - is in the title

Checkpoint 4
13, Iron Lake (Iron is in the title)
14. The Frozen River (book was set in the winter)
15. The Berry Pickers (book's second genra is historical fiction

Finish
16. The Blackbird Oracle (book is 444 pages and 17 hours)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Mary Ann.

[Mary Ann]

Woo Hoo! Thank you!

[Jenn]

WoF - Jenn
Requesting Badge 1

Start
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Home in title)
Danger in Numbers (+50% cover single shade of red)

Crimson Summer (next in series)

Checkpoint 1 - Bree
Twisted Love (1st in series of 4)
Bookworm (mpg Romance)
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (mpg Romance)

Checkpoint 2 - Rivendell
The Valley Iris ("Valley" in title)
The Murder of King Tut (Set in Egypt)
2nd Chance (Author James Patterson)

Checkpoint 3 - Moria
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (75% black cover)

Drinking Games (mpg Non-Fiction)
Lotus (Pink flower on cover)


Checkpoint 4 - Black Gate
The Iron Trial ("Iron" in title)
The Copper Gauntlet (Author Holly Black)
The Bronze Key (Author Holly Black)

Finish - Mount Doom
Catch the Sun (Between 400-450 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Jenn.

[Margo]

Hi Janice, apologies for me slowness, but here I am requesting my second badge!

LITERARY HIKE, The Realm of the Elderlings calls you.

1. Start - Bearns The Confession by Charlotte Bigland,
2. The Betrayals by Bridget Collins, shares initials B and C (Historical Fiction on MGP)
3. Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen Historical Fiction on MGP

Checkpoint 1: Buck
Read a book from Nautical Tales List (40)
4. The Mad Ship: The Liveship Traders, Book 2 MPG fantasy
5. God Touched MPG Fantasy (Vampires in story)
6. Blackwood Farm Vampires in story

Checkpoint 2: Rippon
Read a book with a significant character is Grace, or is the name of the author.
7. Finding Grace (female name in title)
8. The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde female name in title (female name in title)
9. Mary I: Queen of Sorrows female name in title

Checkpoint 3: Shoaks
Read a book with "green" in the title or subtitle, or the author is named Green.
10. The Green Man's Heir
11. The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley MPG fantasy
12. Kiss Me First number in title

Checkpoint 4: Tilth
Read a book with wine in a glass or grapes are on the cover.
13. A Good Day for Chardonnay (female police officer)
14. Penance female police officer (irish author)
15. Cruel Acts Irish author

Finish - Farr
Read a book with a characteristic in the title and is also the name of one of the farseers.
16. Slayers
List of Farseers: https://robinhobbelderlings.fandom.co...

El Camino Trail

Start - Sarria
Task: Read a book that has "King" in the title, or the author is named King. Euphoria
1. Euphoria
2. Good Material Good Material (published 2024)
3. The List of Suspicious Things Published 2024

Checkpoint 1 - Palas de Rei
Task: Read a book with "Body" in the title.
4. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
5. The Family Game narrated by author
6. The Blurred Lands house on cover

Checkpoint 2 - Melide
Task: Read a book where a nun is a significant character.
7. Mercy House (set in NYC)
8. Lock Every Door Set in NYC (Mystery MPG)
9. Penance Mystery MPG

Checkpoint 3 - Arzua
Task: Read a book where the cover is 75% yellow,
10. Yellowface (MPG Contemporary)
11. My Favourite Mistake MPG Contemporary (Irish author)
12 The Lock-Up Irish author

Checkpoint 4 - O Pedrouzo
Task: Read a book with a bridge prominently on the cover.
13. Fruit of the Lemon (historical fiction)
14. Jezebel historical fiction (set in Israel)
15. The Liars' Gospel Set in Israel

Finish - Santiago de Compostela
Task: Read a book with a significant character or author named "James" (Jim, or other derivatives are not allowed.
16. The Lost Girls by Wendy James

LITERARTY WALK 1
Chasing Dracula

Start - London
Task: Read a book with a group of people on the cover.
1. The Calculating Stars (author has three names)
2. The Gift of Rain author has three names (published 2007)
3. The Alchemyst published 2007 10 hrs and 2 mins

Checkpoint 1 - Paris
Task: Read a book with Halloween as a theme.
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes 9 hrs and 5 mins (horror)
5. The Only One Left 11 hrs and 53 mins Horror (GR Awared Nominee 2023)
6. Lady Tan’s Circle of WomenGR Awared Nominee 2023

Checkpoint 2: Munich
Task: Read a book with a character or author named Susanna or Susan.
7. Best Seller (fantasy listed as MPG)
8. Tress of the Emerald Sea fantasy listed as MPG
9. The Change fantasy listed as MPG

Checkpoint 3: Budapest
Task: Read a book with a meal on the cover.
10. Hungry food on cover (set in UK)
11. Blood Harvest Set in UK (HARVEST in title)
12. Harvest HARVEST in title

Checkpoint 4: Bran Castle
Task: Read a book with a wolf on the cover, in the title, or about wolves. They may be shapeshifters.
13. The Wolf Border WOLF in title (WOLF on cover)
14. Camelot WOLF on cover (Historical fiction)
15. Cecily Historical fiction

Finish: Bucharest
Task: Read a book tagged as "Crime" on the main book page.
16. The Cutting Place

[Jenn]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Jenn."

Woo hoo!!! Thank you Janice, I love it!

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo, your badge is posted as well.

[Esther]

WOF: Esther
Requesting badge 3

Pilgrimage - El Camino Trail
Start
1. A Conspiracy of Kings (king in title)
2. Le Roi est nu (king in title /published in 2024)
3. Les Dames de guerre : Saïgon - Prix Bête noire des Libraires 2024 (published in 2024)
Checkpoint 1
4, Watching The Bodies (body in title/ water on cover)
5. The Secret Servant (water on cover/ 7th of a series)
6. Grave War (7th of a series)
Checkpoint 2
7. Quietly in Their Sleep (nun /set in italy)
8. Sur le toit de l'enfer (set in italy/mystery)
9. L'énigme du Code noir. (mystery)
Checkpoint 3
10. La version qui n’intéresse personne (yellow cover)
11. Yellowface (yellow cover/book about books)
12. The Library of the Unwritten 9book about books)
Checkpoint 4
13. Par une nuit claire (bridge on cover / murder as a theme)
14. Murder Your Employer (murder as a theme /murder on cover)
15. A Study in Murder (murder on cover)
Finish
16. book: Memory's Legion (james as author)

Pilgrimage - The Jesus Trail
Start
1. Don't Let Her Stay (house on cover)
2. The Bittlemores (house on cover)
3. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (house on cover)
Checkpoint 1
4, Les sept mariages d'Edgar et Ludmilla (wedding / number in title)
5. The First Sister (number in title)
6. Le douzième chapitre(number in title)
Checkpoint 2
7. Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story (sofaon cover / dear in title)
8. Dear Wife (dear in title/ cover with woman's back)
9. Lucia(cover with woman's back)
Checkpoint 3
10. The Fated Sky (author named Mary /MPG of SF)
11. The House of Styx (MPG of SF / publish in August)
12. Across the Nightingale Floor
Checkpoint 4
13. The Blessing Way (Blessing in title/way in title)
14. By Way of Sorrow(way in title /butterfly on cover)
15. La femme papillon(butterfly on cover)
Finish
16. Ce que je sais de toi (doctor as MC)

Litterature - Chasing Dracula
Start
1. The Island (group on cover /island in title)
2. La Reine de la Baltique (set on island)
3. L'île des âmes (set on island)
Checkpoint 1
4, Something Wicked This Way Comes (cover >50% black)
5. Codex 632 (halloween theme / cover >50% black)
6. Entretien avec le diable (cover >50% black)
Checkpoint 2
7. The Pocket Wife (author named Susan / MPG: mystery)
8. Les Planificateurs (MPG: mystery/ MC is an assassin)
9. Spider’s Revenge MC is an assassin)
Checkpoint 3
10. Civilisés (savory food on cover / one word title)
11. Victim (one word title/ set in Dublin)
12. Kingdom of Shadow and Light (set in Dublin)
Checkpoint 4
13. The Grey Wolf (wolf in title)
14. Le loup de Chomelix (wolf in title)
15. The Wolf at the Door (wolf in title)
Finish
16. The Fifth Witness (crime)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge 3 in on your wall, Esther.

[Kristi]

WoF Kristi N - Requesting Badge 1

Frodo and Sam's route through Middle Earth
Start
1. At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Home in the title)
2. The Body: A Guide for Occupants (By the same author as book 1)
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything (By the same author as book 2)

Checkstop 1
4. The Rising Tide (First book in a series of four)
5. The Prince of Tides (Has tide in the title as does book 4)
6. Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal (Has prince in the title as does book 5)

Checkstop 2
7. In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir (Book with valley in the title)
8. The Wives: A Memoir (Book is a memoir as is book 7)
9. After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search (Book is a memoir as is book 8)

Checkstop 3
10. The Silver Star (Book with cover that is 75% black)
11. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (Book with cover that is 75% black)
12. Sharp Objects (Book with cover that is 75% black)

Checkstop 4
13. Iron Flame (Book with iron in the title)
14. The Things We Leave Unfinished (Book with the same author as book 13)
15. Eyes Turned Skyward (Book by same author as book 14)

Finish
16. Someone Else's Shoes (Book with 400-450 pages)

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Kristi!

[Janice, Moderator]

Requesting Badge 2!


El Camino Trail:
1. Start - Back to the Garden. Author King/75% blue cover
2. The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise. 75% blue cover
3. How the Penguins Saved Veronica, 75% blue cover
4. CP1 - The Body Counter, Title - Body/written by Anne Frasier
5. The Body Keeper, author Anne Frasier
6. Find Me, author Anne Frasier
7. CP2 - The Sacrament, MC is a nun (member of clergy)
8. The Pale Horse, Story revolves around the murder of a priest (member of clergy)
9. The Preacher, MC is a former preacher (member of clergy)
10. CP3 - Let Us Descend, Yellow Cover/Historical Fiction
11. The Forgotten Home Child, Historical Fiction
12. The Flower Sisters, Historical Fiction
13. CP 4 The Sculthorpe Murder, Bridge on cover/Murder in title
14. Murder at Queen's Landing, Murder in title
15. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder in title
16. Finish - Five Decembers, Character/Author named James

Chasing Dracula
1. Start - Tumbling, group of people/one word title
2. Weyward, one word title
3. Bride, one word title
4. CP1 - A Haunting in Venice: A Hercule Poirot Mystery,name of a city in the title.
5. The Paris Apartment,name of a city in the title.
6. Orlando People, name of a city in the title.
7. CP2 - Only the Beautiful, author named Susan/author initials S.M.
8. Her Little Flowers, author initial S.M./ghosts
9. The Medium, ghosts
10. CP3 - Of Murder and Men, food on cover/cozy mystery
11. Murder at an Irish Wedding, cozy mystery
12. A Most Unusual Demise, cozy mystery
13. CP4 - Wolfsong - Wolves /one word title
14. - Holly - One Word Title
15. James - One word title
16. Finish - Pretty Girls - Crime

West Highland Way
1. Start - The Neon Rain, Seaport setting/Dave character or author.
2. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music/Dave author/Memoir
3. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown, Memoir
4. CP1 - The Nanny, MS is 30 something/Two word title starting with the word "the".
5. The Ridge, Two word title starting with the word "the".
6. The Scholar. Two word title starting with the word "the".
7. CP2 - Plague Pits & River Bones, bridge on the cover/Detective Lavender Series.
8. Murder in Park Lane, Detective Lavender series/Murder in title.
9. Murder at Kensington Palace/Murder in title.
10. CP3 - The Mystery of the Blue Train, Steam Train on Cover
11. Vampire on the Orient Express, Steam on Cover/Vampire
12. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, Vampire
13. CP4 - Dark River Inn, Dark in title
14. The Dark Mirror, Dark in title
15. Dark, Witch & Creamy, Dark in title
16. Finish The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, Book translated from another language.

[Beth]

WOF Name: Beth
Requesting Badge 4

City Walks
Reykjavick

Start Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach
1. Florence Adler Swims Forever (swim in title/pub 2020)
2. You Belong: A Call for Connection (pub 2020)
3. The Names of the Dead (pub 2020)

Checkpoint 1: National Museum of Iceland
4. My Father's House (Pic of clearly old bldg/house in title)
5. The Widow's House (House/Author Goodman)
6. The Lake of Dead Languages (Author Goodman)

Checkpoint 2: Sun Voyager
7. The Last Kingdom (vikings)
8. The Pale Horseman (vikings)
9. Lords of the North (vikings)

Checkpoint 3: Rainbow Street
10. I Kissed Shara Wheeler (LGBTQ/2022)
11. Nine Lives (2022/Author)
12. Before She Knew Him(Author)

Checkpoint 4: The Einer Johnnson Museum
13. Back Spin (Philly/Author)
14. Drop Shot (Author)
15. Caught (Author)

Finish: Hallgrimskirkja
16. The Creak on the Stairs (Iceland)

Cape Canaveral
Start: McLarty Treasure Museum
17. Silver Nitrate (Silver in title/2023)
18. Holly (2023)
19. Going Zero (2023)

Checkpoint 1: Turkey Creek Sanctuary
20. Fox Creek (Creek/Author)
21. Boundary Waters (Author)
22. Heaven's Keep (Author)

Checkpoint 2: Wizard of Oz Museum
23. Cinderella Is Dead (Fairytale retelling/Dead)
24. The Impossible Dead (Dead/Rankin)
25. The Complaints (Rankin)

Checkpoint 3: Manatee Observation Deck
26. City of the Dead (Bridge w water/Kellerman)
27. Serpentine (Kellerman)
28. Unnatural History (Kellerman)

Checkpoint 4: Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
29. Undercurrent (Stormy Seascape/2011)
30. 11/22/63 (2011/time travel)
31. Time and Again (time travel)

Finish: Kennedy Space Center
32. Homeworld (space opera)

Aukland
Start: Aukland Zoo
33. The Lost City of the Monkey God (monkey/Preston)
34. Still Life With Crows (Preston)
35. The Wheel of Darkness (Preston)

Checkpoint 1: MOTAT
36. An Old Money Murder in Mayfair (old vehicle on cover/Author)
37. Murder on a Midnight Clear (Author)
38. Murder at the Mansions (Author)

Checkpoint 2: Skytower
39: Daughter of the Morning Star (300-350 pp/Author)
40. Another Man's Moccasins (Author)
41. Junkyard Dogs (Author)

Checkpoint 3: Silo Park
42. Precipice (Tall man-made structure/Author)
43. The Second Sleep (Author)
44. Munich (Author)

Checkpoint 4: Rangitoto Island
45. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Island/debut author)
46. The Tiger's Wife (Debut author/cat on cover)
47. We Solve Murders (Cat on cover)

Finish: Howick Historical Village
48. Little Women (1840-1880)

[Beth]

Katrisa and Marie, I worship at the feet of your greatness!!!!

[Katrisa]

Thanks Beth! *blush*

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Beth.

[Beth]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Beth."

Yea!!! I can't wait to go see it, and to start planning next year....

[Kristi]

Thank you!!
Kristi wrote: "WoF Kristi N - Requesting Badge 1

Frodo and Sam's route through Middle Earth
Start
1. At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Home in the title)
2. The Body: A Guide for Occ..."</i>

<i>Kristi wrote: "WoF Kristi N - Requesting Badge 1

Frodo and Sam's route through Middle Earth
Start
1. [book:At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Home in the title)
2. [book:The Body: A Guide for Occ..."

[Ayacchi]

WoF Aya

Requesting Badge 2

Pilgrimage: Tour of Slovania, Croatia, and Bosnia
Start
1. Follow You Home (author named Mark/MPG horror)
2. The Shape of Darkness (MPG horror)
3. The Girl from the Well (MPG horror)

Checkpoint 1
1. Dark Tales (gothic/flowers on the cover)
2. The Forest of Stolen Girls (flowers on the cover)
3. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World (flowers on the cover)

Checkpoint 2
1. Memburu Kereta Api Hantu (Lima Sekawan, #7) (train on the cover/British author)
2. The Mystery of the Hidden House (British author)
3. Jennings' Diary (British author)

Checkpoint 3
1. The Resort (beach resort/set in an island)
2. Emily of New Moon (set in an island/moon in the title or on the cover)
3. Once Upon an Eid (moon on the cover)

Checkpoint 4
1. The Haunting of Blackwood House (ghost story/Darcy Coates)
2. The House Next Door (Darcy Coates)
3. Hunted (Darcy Coates)

Finish
The Woman in the Window (made into movie)

Pilgrimage: Jesus Trail
Start
1. How to Sell a Haunted House (house on the cover/house in the title)
2. The House Across the Lake (house in the title)
3. The Dutch House (house in the title)

Checkpoint 1
1. A Tale of Two Cities (wedding takes place/number in the title)
2. One of Us Is Back (number in the title)
3. The Couple at Number 9 (number in the title)

Checkpoint 2
1. The Diva Serves High Tea (pew, bench, or sofa on the cover/someone got poisoned)
2. Sparkling Cyanide (someone got poisoned)
3. Silent Voices (someone got poisoned)

Checkpoint 3
1. The Borrowers Afield (author named Mary/shoe on the cover)
2. The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell (shoe on the cover/MC is a podcaster)
3. As Good As Dead (MC is a podcaster)

Checkpoint 4
1. Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Bless in the title/cat or dog on the cover)
2. Pet Sematary (cat on the cover)
3. The Last House on Needless Street (cat on the cover)

Finish
The Nurse (MC is a medical doctor or nurse)

Adventure Hikes: West Coast Pasific Rim
Start
1. Dark Places (dual timeline/female author and MC)
2. What Katy Did (female author and MC)
3. Kiki MacAdoo and the Graveyard Ballerinas (female author and MC)

Checkpoint 1
1. This Is How I Lied (stairs on the cover)
2. The Shadows of Rutherford House (stairs on the cover/someone is terrified of their home)
3. A House with Good Bones (someone is terrified of their home)

Checkpoint 2
1. Hold Back the Tide (tide in the title/body of water on the cover)
2. Salt to the Sea (body of water on the cover)
3. The Soulmate (body of water on the cover)

Checkpoint 3
1. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (set in San Fransisco/elderly MC)
2. Duffy and Son: A charming novel filled with wry humour and warmth (elderly MC)
3. The Bullet That Missed (elderly MC)

Checkpoint 4
1. What You Wish For (4 colors list)
2. Reckless Girls (4 colors list)
3. A Tale for the Time Being (4 colors list)

Finish
Scritch Scratch (mode of transport)

[Tammy]

Requesting badge 2
WOF Tammy B

Badge 2
Inspired by Literature

LONDON
1 group of people on cover. Love from the Ashes
2 individual on cover A Girl Called Samson
3 individual on cover The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens

PARIS
4 Halloween as Theme Something Wicked This Way
Comes
5 Christmas as Theme Mr. Dickens and His Carol
6valentine theme Valentine

MUNICH - Author or character Susan or Susanne
7. The Lost Girls of Ireland
8. Another book by same author The Lost Secret of Ireland
9. Another female author Bread of Angels

BUDAPEST -savory food on cover
10. Delicious!
11. Another savory food The Chicken Who Saved Us: The Remarkable Story of Andrew and Frightful
12. An unsavory story The Mountain Midwife

BRAN CASTLE - wolf on cover, title, story
13. Lone Wolf
14. Author name Wolf Throne of Grace
15. Woman on cover The Frozen River

BUCHAREST
16. Crime on main page The Cove

BEARNS
17. Yellow flowers on cover The Secret Garden
18. Flowers on cover The Lost House of Ireland
19. No flowers on the cover The Lost Promise of Ireland

BUCK
20. From nautical list Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
21. Main character female Perfect Match
22. Main character female The Women

RIPPON
23. Character or author named Grace I'll Be There
24. Grace demonstrated On This Foundation
25. Grace demonstrated Return to Me

SHOAKS
26. Green in title/ author/ subtitle The Glory of Green
27. Something that could be green in title A Court of Thorns and Roses
28. Something that could be green on cover About the Night

TILTH
29. Wine in glass on cover Wine People
30. Title includes wine The Winemakers: A Novel of Wine and Secrets
31. Book has nothing to do with wine. By Any Other Name

FARROW
32. character fandom, named Wisdom Farseer The Woodworker's Wisdom

[Almeta]

WoF Almeta

I know I can't officially request a badge since I was caught up in the "medical machine" from March to August 2024 and so did not report my progress. BUT I do want to report that I did read all of the books.

18 Jan requested Badge 1~ Frodo & Sam's route through Middle Earth:
8 Mar requested Badge 2 Pilgrimages
Read 8 Mar~10 May for Badge 3 Adventure Hikes
Read 11 May~22 Jul for Badge 4 City Walks
Read 28 Jul~20 Dec for Badge 5 Literature Treks

[Janice, Moderator]

I went ahead and posted badges 3, 4, & 5 Almeta. Badge 1 & 2 were previously posted.

[Almeta]

Janice wrote: "I went ahead and posted badges 3, 4, & 5 Almeta. Badge 1 & 2 were previously posted."

Thai is extremely nice of you.

Thankyou!