The Challenge Factory discussion

Book Concierge wrote: "Are we supposed to specify where the item is found? It seems that not everyone is doing this, and just wondering if I need to do it?"

From the rules (Post no. 1) "•When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, & rate it. Then specify where the item is found within the book". You don't need to quote but you should specify where in the book you found the item. :)

Thanks Zuzana for answering. Yes. Everyone should at least be specifying what page number or the location number where they've found the item. If its from an audiobook then I would accept the chapter number.

Finally found my last item. Finished!!!

Timeframe: Jan - Mar 2014
Completed: 40/40
Bonus: 10/10

1. Pigeon An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 pg 33
2. Lagoon Rapture in Death pg 104
3. Saucer Witchling pg 94
4. Robot Jim Henson: The Biography pg 460
5. Flood Storm Front pg 183
6. Board Game And the Mountains Echoed pg 75
7. Almonds Hunting Ground pg 155
8. Scrubs Kinked pg 274
9. A Caribbean Island The Perfect Play pg 222
10. A Pint of Something The Girl in the Steel Corset pg 77
11. A Rude Person Rapture in Death pg 42
12.The State You Live In Sarah's Key pg 52
13. Limousine Rapture in Death pg 134
14. A President An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 pg 31
15. A Huge Party Rapture in Death pg 194
16. Balloons Extreme Exposure pg 197
17. Swing Set And the Mountains Echoed pg 384
18. Snow Plow The Shining pg 387
19. Hawaiian Shirt Changeling pg 132
20. Cherry Blossom Tiger's Voyage pg 45
21. Lip Gloss Under Wraps pg 10
22. Arm Tattoo Touch of Darkness pg 41
23. Guitar Rapture in Death pg 35
24. Candy Bar Ceremony in Death pg 18
25. Strawberry Rapture in Death pg 146
26. A Hospital Stay Touch of Darkness pg 32
27. Football Jersey The Perfect Play pg 249
28. Canned Food Item An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 pg 356
29. Grapefruit (February is Nation Grapefruit Month) The Shining pg 312
30. White T-shirt (Feb 11th – National White T-Shirt Day Serpent's Kiss (cover)
31. A Carnival Again the Magic pg 193
32. A Science Nerd Rapture in Death (Feeney)
33. A Mirror Serpent's Kiss pg 219
34. A Bath Oracle's Moon pg 201
35. A Letter (handwritten or emailed) Oracle's Moon pg 141
36. A Fabulous Wild Man (January 12th – Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day) Lord's Fall (Dragos)
37. Popcorn Oracle's Moon pg 221
38. Can of Beer Confessions: The Private School Murders pg 235
39. Bad Weather Jim Henson: The Biography pg 77
40. A Trainer Lord's Fall (Eva)

Bonus Items
1. Flirting Serpent's Kiss pg 134
2. Crochet, knitting or sewing Jim Henson: The Biography pg 47
3. A Waffle Unspoken pg 139
4. A Proposal Extreme Exposure pg 327
5. Someone of Irish Descent An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 pg 55
6. A Squirrel Jim Henson: The Biography pg 63
7. Someone Who Follows Their Dreams Lord's Fall (Dragos & Pia)
8. Frozen Food Item Under Wraps pg 232
9. Kick Ass Female Kinked (cover)
10. An Alien Obsidian (Daemon & Dee)

Books read:
1. Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison 1/3/14 4♥
2. Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison 1/5/14 4♥
3. Rapture in Death by J D Robb 1/5/14 4♥
4. Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare 1/5/14 4♥
5. Touch of Darkness by Christina Dodd 1/6/14 4♥
6. Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn 1/7/14 3♥
7. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 1/7/14 4♥
8. Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones 1/12/14 3.5♥
9. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson 1/13/14 3♥
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher 1/13/14 3.5♥
11. Confessions: The Private School Murders by James Patterson 1/14/14 3♥
12. Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison 1/15/14 4♥
13. Under Wraps by Hannah Jayne 1/16/14 3♥
14. Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas 1/18/14 3.5♥
15. Kinked by Thea Harrison 1/18/14 4♥
16. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs 1/19/14 4♥
17. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross 1/20/14 3.5♥
18. Ceremony in Death by J D Robb 1/21/14 4♥
19. Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout 1/23/14 3♥
20. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 1/27/14 3.5♥
21. The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton 2/1/14 4♥
22. The Shining by Stephen King 2/10/14 3♥
23. Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn 2/15/14 3♥
24. Unspoken by Dee Henderson 2/21/14 4♥
25. Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck 3/23/14 4♥

Way to go TC!

I'm still missing a Hawaiian shirt ... S I G H

I just found Hawaiian shirt in

I don't think I'm going to finish this one. Too many historical/fantasy novels and not enough contemporary ones, lol!

I believe I'm done, except for the fact that I have one book to finish to be able to put a finish date and rating. YAY!

This is as good as it gets: 38 out of 40 for the main list and 9 out of 10 for bonuses.

I couldn't find a lip gloss, cherry blossoms and a waffle. Hope to do better next time, though the new list is CRAZY! ;)

I found 35/40 and 7/10 of the bonuses. I guess I got more than 40 if you factor in the bonuses :D

Could not find a robot (didn't finish book in time), snow plow, cherry blossom (didn't finish this book either), grapefruit or carnival.

I like this better, because I look for 3 months and then move on to a new list. Last time, I did this as a second change challenge and after a year I gave up, because I never found a tire swing!

well done everyone. Once again, I didn't finish either. I was missing aliens and carnival.

May 15, 2020 - August 30,-2020

The List

1. Pigeon - “pigeons pecking near her feet” p. 280 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

2. Lagoon - “from the airfield across the lagoon” p. 832 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

3. Saucer “Rafn emptied his coffee cup and placed it precisely on its saucer” p. 176 Thin Ice by Quentin Bates 5.30.20

4. Robot - “marine came to robot attention” p 648 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

5. Flood “swell the river that was in flood” p. 89 Thin Ice by Quentin Bates 5.30.20

6. Board Game “abandoning a game of chess just when the board was set for a perfect endgame” p. 182 The Information Officer by Mark Mills 5.20.20

7. Almonds - ”pastel colored sugared almonds” p 15 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

8. Scrubs - “A surgical nurse in green scubs came through the swing doors.” P. 307 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

9. A Caribbean Island “best hunting grounds for the U-boats, including the Bahamas” p. 554 Thin Ice by Quentin Bates 5.30.20

10. A Pint of Something (ice cream, liquor, blood, etc) “a full pint of lager” p. 34 Still Midnight by Denise Mina 5.28.20

11. A Rude Person “I think you’re rude, abrasive and smart” to Aimee LeDuc p. 257 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

12.The State You Live In New York - “She never had real friends in New York” p. 9 The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn 5.19,20

13. Limousine - “Starzynski arrived shortly in an old limousine” p. 176 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

14. A President - “President Giscard d’Estaing” p. 91 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

15. A Huge Party - – engagement party at Musee Rodin – p. 289 – 302 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

16. Balloons A green balloon loosed from a pretzel stand” Part 5 23:02 audiobook The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn 5.19.20

17. Swing Set - “enticing the toddlers off the swings” p. 280 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

18. Snow plow ”as a snowplow makes its way across Reas Pass” p. 111 West Yellowstone byPaul Shea 6.8.20

19. Hawaiian Shirt

20. Cherry Blossom - “The cherry blossoms were early that year” p. 569 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

21. Lip Gloss- “a little mascara and lip gloss” p. 68 The Inner Circle by Mari Jungstedt 6.23.20

22. Arm Tattoo “A faded tattoo number showed on his inner arm” p. 59 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

23. Guitar “Django’s haunting guitar strains” p. 109 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

24. Candy Bar - “It’ll cost you and I don’t mean a couple of candy-bars” p. 535 A German Requiem by Philip Kerr 6.3.20

25. Strawberry “sat a bowl of ripe strawberries” p 52 Murder on the Champ de Mars

26. A Hospital Stay - Djana is in hospital, is kidnapped, we discover she is at another hospital for kidney failure – mentioned throughout book Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20


27. Football Jersey

28. Canned Food Item - “on the kitchen table: a couple of cans of soup” p. 48 A German Requiem by Philip Kerr 6.3.20

29. Grapefruit (February is Nation Grapefruit Month) –“books on the cultivation of oranges, lemons and grapefruits.” P. 148 The Library Book by Susan Orlean 6.27.20

30. White T-shirt (Feb 11th – National White T-Shirt Day - “clean jeans and a white t-shirt” p. 285 Still Midnight by Denise Mina 5.28.20

31. A Carnival“lose their lives on Carnival Sunday back in February” p. 83 The Information Officer by Mark Mills 5.20.20

32. A Science Nerd - “likes to call himself a forensic science nerd” p. 278 The Library Book by Susan Orlean 6.27.20

33. A Mirror - “She checked her side-view mirror” p. 135 Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

34. A Bath Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.8.20

35. A Letter (handwritten or emailed) “it is hard for me to write a letter like this” p. 16 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

36. A Fabulous Wild Man (January 12th – Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day)

37. Popcorn - “The covers burst like popcorn” p. 23 The Library Book by Susan Orlean 6.27.20

38. Can of Beer - the skipper yawned at the wheel over a can of beer” p. 70 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

39. Bad Weather‘“They said the bad weather wouldn’t hold” p. 91 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

40. A Trainer - couple of weeks as his personal trainer” p. 88 Thin Ice by Quentin Bates 5.30.20

Bonus Items
1. Flirting - “looked as though they must have been flirting” p. 299 A German Requiem by Philip Kerr 6.3.20

2. Crochet, knitting or sewing Pamela was sewing at a crumpled blue coat” p. 721 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

3. A - “waffles with syrup for him” p. 236 The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina 6.7.20

4. A Proposal - “outstretched hand” peace proposal” p. 233 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20

5. Someone of Irish Descent - “I’d love it more if I didn’t spring from a long line of Irish potato pickers” The Information Officer by Mark Mills 5.20.20

6. A Squirrel - “a couple squirrels bounded up to say hello” p.241 A German Requiem by Philip Kerr 6.3.20

7. Someone Who Follows Their Dreams - Jordan MacBride who follows her dream to become a photographer The Huntress by Kate Quinn 6.14.20

8. Frozen Food Item - “he lifted up a frozen leg of lamb” p. 42 Thin Ice by Quentin Bates 5.30.20

9. Kick Ass Female - Aimee LeDuc – private detective in Murder on the Champ de Mars by Cara Black 5.18.20

10. An Alien - “she’ll be an enemy alien now” p. 260 The Winds of War by Herman Wouk 5.26.20