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May 03, 2015 05:41PM
Whew! I just finished Part 3 and am starting the final effort.
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Lara wrote: "Whew! I just finished Part 3 and am starting the final effort."Congrats :)
Finished Part One.Quest to Save Easter!
Duration: April 1, 2015 - May 31, 2015
Part 1
Tote of Infinite Books
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Save Easter Quests - Part 1 Discover the threat
Quest 1: Pump the Bartender for Information
Info: Read a book where someone drinks a lot or is a bartender and read a book where someone pays for something in gold or the book has a gold cover to pay the bartender for information.
Book: Death of a Nag by M.C. Beaton - 4/6/15
Character drinks a lot
Book: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan - 4/10/15
Character pays for something with gold
Quest 2: Talk to the Local Children
Info: Spell out the word TOY using spell-it-out rules to hear what the children saw.
T: The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players by Phoebe Atwood Taylor - 4/30/15
O: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper - 4/17/15
Y: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn - 5/13/15
Quest 3: Talk to the Guard at the Gate
Info: Read 2 books which feature restaurants or chefs to bring lunch to the guard and listen to him talk while you share the feast.
Book: The Butter Did It by Phyllis C. Richman - 5/3/15
Book: Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood - 4/8/15
Finished Part Two!Save Easter Quests - Part 2
Follow the Troll
Read 2 books where there are tracks or something hidden on the cover or where a main character is a hunter or tracker to track the trolls.
Book: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett - 4/3/15
Book: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/15/15
Find the Easter Bunny
Read a book with a farm animal on the front or one set on a farm or in the country to find the Easter Bunny.
Book: Murder at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison - 4/23/15
Set in the country
Spy on the Cave
Read a book with an eye on the cover, a book with an animal on the cover and a book with water on the cover. Shake and drink to see into the cave
Book:
by Charlaine Harris - 4/16/15Eyes on cover
Book:
by Sofie Kelly - 4/29/15Cat on cover
Book:
by Dana Stabenow - 4/11/15Water on cover
Quest to Save Easter!Duration: April 1, 2015 - May 31, 2015 (extended to October 31,2015)
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❖ Save Easter Quests - PART I: Discover the threat
You start hearing whispers of something terribly wrong while walking around town one morning. You hop over to the tavern to hear about the issue. The bartender wipes a tear from the corner of his eye and informs you that the Easter Bunny is missing! Find out all the information you can.
✔ Pump the Bartender for Information (2/2)
You think the bartender knows more than he has said. You slide two coins across the counter. They disappear quickly and the bartender tells you about a local troll that has been terrorizing local villages in the region.
Read a book where someone drinks a lot (1) or is a bartender and read a book where someone pays for something in gold (2) or the book has a gold cover to pay the bartender for information.
1. La morte del padre by Karl Ove Knausgård|3020048] | ✭✭✭✭ | 12/05/15 (view spoiler)
2. Il guardiano degli innocenti by Andrzej Sapkowski | ✭✭✭✭ | 07/04/2015 | (view spoiler)
✔ Talk to the Local Children (3/3)
The local children like to play just outside the gate and might have seen something. You don't want to upset them with the possible demise of their beloved spring hero so you decide to bribe them with a small toy to answer your questions.
Spell out the word TOY using spell-it-out rules to hear what the children saw.
T - Thiess, Frank - Estate inquieta | ✭✭ | 11/04/2015
O - Olafsdóttir, Auður Ava - Rosa candida | ✭✭✭ | 25/04/2015
Y - Yoshimoto, Banana - Un viaggio chiamato vita | ✭✭✭✭ | 23/04/15
✔ Talk to the Guard at the Gate (2/2)
Guarding the gate is a tough job, it's always opening and closing the gate and checking goods and warding off bandits. This day was particularly interesting for the guard since he noticed something off in the distance.
Read 2 books which feature restaurants or chefs to bring lunch to the guard and listen to him talk while you share the feast.
1. Il ristorante dell'amore ritrovato by Ito Ogawa | ✭✭ | 16/06/15
2. Il gatto del ristorante cinese by Giorgio Celli | ✭✭ | 27/05/15
************************ Completed on June 16, 2015 ************************
Kelly wrote: "Welcome Sara :)"Thank you, Kelly! A bit late for Easter I suppose ;D
Sara wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Welcome Sara :)"Thank you, Kelly! A bit late for Easter I suppose ;D"
Just think of it as saving it really early for next Easter :)
Kelly wrote: "Just think of it as saving it really early for next Easter :) "That's a really good way to put it ;)
Was the challenge extended or was that just individual extensions.
ah okay well i did my best to save Easter!!!!
Maritza wrote: "ah okay well i did my best to save Easter!!!!"You can still use gift cards (they expire on 31st) if you still have them and want to finish this one. :)
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Maritza wrote: "ah okay well i did my best to save Easter!!!!"You can still use gift cards (they expire on 31st) if you still have them and want to finish this one. :)"
Thanks for the reminder!
what are gift cards i'm new to quests.
okay have to get me some gift cards as i really want to finish this challenge. i love it.
Maritza wrote: "okay how do you use gift card can't figure it out."Just post that you want to use it. Look at step 6 in the link.
Don't know if it has been asked already but I was wondering if there's any minimum page limit required?
We did 100 pages for the Christmas version.
Kelly wrote: "We did 100 pages for the Christmas version."Great! Thanks, Kelly!
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Save Easter Quests
- PART II: Track the rabbitThe local children noticed something large stomping around the forest surrounding the town. They decided not to mention it to their parents for fear that they would be locked in their homes. The guard saw the Easter Bunny along the road collecting eggs for delivery on Easter. Talking to the bartender, you learn of a large troll that's been seen in the local area.
Putting together all your information in a truly brilliant fashion, you conclude that a troll probably has the Easter Bunny. Now, it's up to you to get him back!
✔ Follow the Troll (2/2)
You figure your best bet for finding the Easter Bunny is to track the troll back to his lair. You do your best to creep along without alerting the troll to your presence.
Read 2 books where there are tracks or something hidden on the cover or where a main character is a hunter or tracker to track the trolls.
1. L'angelo by Cassandra Clare | ✭✭✭ | 05/04/2015 (Shadowhunters)
2. Il principe by Cassandra Clare | ✭✭ | 01/05/15 (Shadowhunters)
✔ Find the Easter Bunny (1/1)
You managed not to step on any twigs (or at least any loud ones) and have located the troll lair. It's dank and dark and smells of wet troll. You muse that the trolls are remarkably unimaginative but conclude that that has never been an attribute often given to trolls. You see a small box made out of sticks containing the much loved Easter Bunny. You also see a small flock of prose peeps being held captive. You resolve to save them all.
Read a book with a farm animal on the front or one set on a farm or in the country to find the Easter Bunny.
La fattoria degli animali by George Orwell | ✭✭✭✭✭ | 22/06/15
✔ Spy on the Cave (3/3)
The troll lair is in a cave with a opening not much bigger than the size of a troll. They squat a bit each time they enter and exit the cave. You wonder how to see inside and wish slightly that some sort of x-ray machine exited. Remembering your alchemy lessons you set off to brew a potion of seeing.
Read a book with an eye on the cover (1), a book with an animal on the cover (2) and a book with water on the cover (3). Shake and drink to see into the cave.
1.
L'occhio del lupo | ✭✭✭✭ | 28/05/152.
Honeymoon by Banana Yoshimoto | ✭✭✭✭ | 01/06/153.
La luce sugli oceani by M.L. Stedman | ✭✭ | 17/05/15************************ Completed on June 22, 2015 ************************
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Save Easter Quests
- PART III: Make a plan✔ Map the Cave (3/3)
Any successful breaking and entering requires a detailed map of the site. You decide to use your potion of seeing to map out the cave so you can attempt a rescue and hopefully succeed without being turned into a pancake by angry trolls.
Read a book that is over 400 pages for some map paper (1), then read a skinny book under 100 pages for a pen (2). Read a book with the words (up, down, right, left, north, south, east or west) in the title (3) to draw the map. The word may be part of a larger unrelated word (e.g. east in the word beast).
1. La strada in fondo al mare by Leah Fleming | ✭✭ | 23/04/2015 (541 pages)
2. Lettera di una sconosciuta by Stefan Zweig | ✭✭✭✭ | 09/05/15 (83 pages)
3. Le ho mai raccontato del vento del nord by D. Glattauer | ✭✭✭ | 20/04/2015 (nord=north)
✔ Plan the Rescue (3/3)
Another critical part of any rescue plan is the plan. In fact it's nearly impossible to pull off a rescue just winging it by the cuff of your tunic. To make a plan first you need an idea, preferably a good idea, but if not an average or even slightly poor idea can suffice. Then that idea must take shape and eventually transform into a plan. You assume it has something to do with a chemical reaction in the idea but it may very well be just a trick of the light.
Read a book with a lightbulb on the cover or is in the non-fiction category (1) to get an idea . Then make it take shape by reading a book with a simple shape clearly on the cover (2) or in the title. (e.g. See cover of Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea or Masks of the Illuminati). Finally, read a book with a main character who's a chemist, a steamy romance with romantic chemistry or a book with light in the title to transform it into a plan (3).
1. Scrivere: Lezioni di scrittura creativa by Anne Lamott | ✭✭✭✭✭ | 08/05/15 (non-fiction)
2.
L'ostacolo di Rosamund by Margaret Drabble | ✭✭✭✭ | 08/05/20153. La luce sugli oceani (The Light Between Oceans) by M.L. Stedman | ✭✭ | 17/05/15 (luce=light)
✔ Obtain the Supplies (2/2)
Your plan is coming together... you hope.... it just needs a few things to pull it off. Trolls like to eat, they also like to smash things. This is your main plan. You go off in search of the items to pull your plan together.
Read a book with a tree on the cover to gather some sticks (1). Read a book with food on the cover to gather a tasty treat (2). Hope that your plan is better than it sounds in your head by crossing your fingers.
1.
La guerra del soldato Pace by Michael Morpurgo | ✭✭✭✭✭ | 14/06/152.
L'inconfondibile tristezza della torta al limone by Aimee Bender | ✭✭✭✭ | 15/10/15*********************** Completed on October 15, 2015 ***********************
Jacki wrote: "Good thing for the gift cards! I finally saved Easter :) My Quest to Save Easter Bunny"
Yay! Congrats :)
Maybe I should be writing another one of these for Halloween...
If possible I'd like to use my 2 birthday extention cards which are about to expire for saving the Bunny :)
Kelly wrote: "Maybe I should be writing another one of these for Halloween..."I'd definitely do that! This was so fun :)
Sara wrote: "If possible I'd like to use my 2 birthday extention cards which are about to expire for saving the Bunny :)"Sure :)
Kelly wrote: ""Sure :)"Thank you, Kelly!
This Quest is totally fun so it would be nice to have another one for Halloween too :)
Glad to hear :) I'll start thinking about a Halloween one.
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Save Easter Quests
- PART IV: Execute the plan✔ Setup the Plan (2/2)
You lay out the plan in your head.
Step 1 - Sticks make box
Step 2 - Food goes in box
Step 3 - Dig large hole
Step 4 - Cover large hole with branches and leaves
Step 5 - Balance box on leaves
Step 6 - Wait for troll
You take a deep breath then setup your plan.
Read a book with a brown cover (1) to dig a hole. Then read a book about construction or where a main character works in construction (2) to setup the box.
1.
Anna dai capelli rossi by L.M. Montgomery | ✭✭✭✭✭ | 14/04/20152. Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs | ✭✭ | 25/06/15 | MC Connor works in construction.
✔ Free the Bunny (1/1)
You wait off in the bushes at the side of the cave. The troll comes out. Sniffs around. You hold your breath. The troll takes out his giant club and WHACK! The box smashes open, the food sprays across the clearing, the leaves collapse, the troll is unbalanced and falls in the hole. You stare blinking at the clearing unsure of what you saw. Then quickly you recover and run inside to free the Easter Bunny!
Read a book about someone overcoming impossible odds. Miracles are way easier than you thought they were. Go buy some lottery tickets on your way back to town.
Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale by J.K. Rowling | ✭✭✭✭ | 16/05/15
✔ Save Easter (1/1)
You have saved Easter! The children rejoice! The dentists rejoice! The parent's groan with the added costs of new dental bills.
Take your victory lap and savor the outpouring of love. The Easter Bunny even leaves you some extra treats in your basket this year. Just remember not to trust the beans, you don't know where they come from.
Read a book where the family celebrates Easter or one with a rabbit on the cover. Enjoy your victory.
Quando dio era un coniglio by Sarah Winman | ✭✭✭✭ | 05/09/15
*********************** Completed on October 15, 2015 ***********************
And better late than ever, I finally saved Easter as well ;) Maybe just in time for a new quest for Halloween?
Thanks for the fun guys!
Oh, I would love to try this please! Thank you!
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❤️❤️❤️❤️ Spring: Quest to Save Easter! ❤️❤️❤️❤️Level: Rescue the Easter Bunny!Save Easter Quests - Part 1 Discover the threat
❤️ Drink:
10/4/18 ★★★★❤️ Gold:
11/4/18 ★★★Talk to the Local Children: (view spoiler)
Talk to the Guard at the Gate: which feature restaurants. (view spoiler)
Save Easter Quests - Part 2 Track the rabbit
Follow the Troll: where a main character is a hunter. (view spoiler)
Find the Easter Bunny: in the country.
7/6/18 ★★Spy on the Cave: with an eye on the cover.
3/6/18 ★★★★Save Easter Quests - Part 3 Make a plan
Map the Cave: (view spoiler)
Plan the Rescue: (view spoiler)
Obtain the Supplies: (view spoiler)
Save Easter Quests - Part 4 Execute the plan
❤️ A brown cover:
11/8/18 ★★❤️ about construction.
19/8/18 ★★★★★Free the Bunny: overcoming impossible odds.
14/8/18 ★★★★Save Easter: celebrates Easter.
15/8/18 ★★★★★
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