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Been There, Done That: Muggle Peregrinations

Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
√- Read a book set in North Ireland or Ireland The Secret Scripture
√- Read a book with a giant in it. The Giant, O'Brien
√- Take Home Item – Emerald: Read a book with a predominant green cover (70%)


a. Yellowstone National Park
√- read a book set in Wyoming, Montana or Idaho My Stupid Girl
√- read a book about a vacation in the mountains. The Cloud Seeders Dystopian (extreme water shortage)-- they take a vacation to the mountains to see a hidden lake
√- Take home item – Bear Tooth Pendant: Read a book that has wildlife (bear, deer, moose, elk, or wolf) on the cover.


Lord Howe Island Group
√- Read a book set in Australia The Australian's Society Bride
√- Read a book set on an island Italian Shoes
√- Take Home Item – Bird: Read a book with the word “Bird” in the title, or a bird on the cover


Argentina:
b. Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas
√- Read a book set in Argentina The Book of Murder
√- Read a book set in prehistoric times, or about prehistoric times The Modern Scholar: Behold the Mighty Dinosaur
√- Take Home Item – Hand Petroglyph Facsimile: - Read a book with someone’s hand on the cover.

Muggle Peregrinations on Every Continent

**NORTH AMERICA
a. Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
√- Read a book set in Mexico The Fragrance of Surrender: Inspirational Women's Fiction
√- Read a book about the Mayans. Mayan Blood kindle Jaguar Sun kindle
√- Take Home Item – Mayan Calendar: Read a book with the word Calendar in the title/subtitle. The Calendar

SOUTH AMERICA
**Peru:
a. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
√- Read a book set in Peru When Mountains Walked OCD
√- Read a book set in a mountainous area. Miranda Warning
√- Take Home Item – Ceremonial Knife: Read a book with a knife on the cover. Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck

EUROPE

**France:
a. Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
√- Read a book set in France Madame Picasso OCD
√- Read a book about painting Monument Men
√- Take Home Item: - Piece of Charcoal: Read a book with a dark grey or black cover (70%)


AFRICA

Morocco:
a. Medina of Marrakesh
√ - Read a book set in Morocco Garment of Shadows
√ - Read a book that is about food, glorious food. Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
√ - Take Home Item – Olive: Read a book with the word “Olive” in the title, or pictured in a drink on the cover. The Olive Tree


ASIA
Afghanistan:
a. Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley
√- Read a book set in Afghanistan The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
- Read a book in which there are caves, or the word “cave” is in the title. Blind Descent The Clan of the Cave Bear
√- Take Home Item – Blue Tile: Read a book where the cover is predominantly blue (70%)



AUSTRALIA
a. Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
√-- Read a book set in New Zealand Sentence of Marriage
√- Read a book in the fantasy genre (sorry, can’t help but think of the Lord of the Rings movies) A Wrinkle in Time
- Take Home Item – Chunk of Glacier Ice: Read a book where there is snow/ice on the cover, or “snow” or “ice” is in the title. Icebreaker

ANTARCTICA--not required but I'm going to all 7 continents

Wonderful title!☺

Almeta wrote: "Wonderful title!☺"
Thank you, Almeta! I thought of you when that particular wording came to mind. (I actually looked to see if you had already used it before I created the topic.) It just sounded so much like something you'd come up with. Your posts are wonderfully creative. I always enjoy perusing them!

I too love your title. It's quite a mouthful :-)

Good one, Lori. I had to look it up. :0)

I only learned it 3 days before you. I was looking for geocaching terms to see if there was anything I could use in my title. And, there it was!!! Muggle: non-geocaching person. That's me!!

I thought Muggles were only in Harry Potter.....

Read a book.....
Dragons:Tesser: A Dragon Among Us
Red cover:

Germany, Black Cover:

Afghanistan: The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

Great reading list, Lori! You are really moving along.

I highly recommend The Pearl That Broke Its Shell. Even if you aren't doing the challenge which requires a book from Afghanistan you should add this one to your reading list. A fantastic story!!

Good to hear, Lori. It was already on my TBR so glad to hear you enjoyed it!

My book for Peru When Mountains Walked....it was as sloooow as Mountains Could Walk!!! As slow as Molasses in January!!!! But I finished it anyway because I wasn't going to search for another book in Peru!!!!

Rusalka wrote: "Good to hear, Lori. It was already on my TBR so glad to hear you enjoyed it!"

I think you will enjoy it Rusalka. Magnificent characters!!!!

Mayan Blood: This one started out very interesting......but ended up taking me a long time to finish. I found the characters to basically have the same personality, same speech, and the same scenes kept repeating over and over and over again. It was a chore to finish.....but what a relief to read that last page.

I have surprisingly found some wonderful books in this challenge. Books I would have never uncovered that were inspiring or a joy to read. So, you just have to take the boring along with great, right?

Currently reading Garment of Shadows and I am liking this on so far.

I agree about the boring with the great, Lori. I slogged through a few, but most of my reads for the challenge, so far have been good. I have been able to apply a few that were never planned for too. I seem to be all over the place with the tasks. I am in no hurry.

Just five more to go....
1. Icebreaker
2. The House on Olive Street
3. Madame Picasso
4. Blind Descent
5. Sentence of Marriage

I'm getting back to Muggle Peregrinations.! Time to tick off another destination. Madame Picasso will take me to France! À la prochaine!

I have really enjoyed most of the books on my YLTO inspired peregrinations. Madame Picasso falls in this category. I loved Eva!!!

France, and the art world, is behind me and I am now on my way to a destination experience required for Afghanistan. I will now descend to wherever the caves in Blind Descent take me!

I had to look up the author and her books from your cave trip. I added the first one to my TBR list of other "1st in Series" books.
I hope you have a good trip!

Cherie wrote: "I had to look up the author and her books from your cave trip. I added the first one to my TBR list of other "1st in Series" books.
I hope you have a good trip!"

Congratulations on finishing yours!!!! Track of the Cat sounds interesting.

I have found and enjoyed some rather interesting stories because of this journey.

Just four more to go....
1. Icebreaker
2. The House on Olive Street
3. Blind Descent
4. Sentence of Marriage

Sentence of Marriage was "okay". As I have neared the end I have found the last couple of books to be difficult to finish. They just have not held my interest. I started Blind Descent 6 weeks ago!!! It got put back on the shelf when I lost interest in the story. I'm going to just have to give it another try. At the beach reading about someone trapped in a cave wasn't the best setting for this particular book to be read. I need a few overcast days to set the proper mood, don't you think??? And a nice cold week for Icebreaker. That's not going to happen any time soon in the Southern US.....perhaps I should just read The House on Olive Street first!

Ahhh, well, maybe not!! The House on Olive Street is about someone dying. I need a book for a hot summer day with afternoon storms. Might be time to look for a different book. I really don't want to finish the challenge with three books I'd rather not read. Any books suggestions would be appreciated!!

Which tasks are you looking for new titles for?

Hi Lori,

I don't have any words of wisdom, unfortunately. I am in the middle of having started several and struggling to want to pick them up and get to the end too. It took me over a month to finish one to be able to post for the first badge. My cave book for the task for where you have Blind Descent is This Census-Taker but I do not know anything about it. The one I have for North America is White Fire. It is part of a series, but supposed to have a cave in it. I bought it for another challenge a long time ago and never got to it. You could use it for the same task as Icebreaker.

I have Olive Kitteridge for Morocco.

I am pumped because I just got Temeraire #9 for China. I am going to make myself finish some other books first.

It's time to get done with the last two books!!! Time to embrace the cold and darkness in Icebreaker and Blind Descent and get this done!!!

How are you doing?

Cherie wrote: "How are you doing?"
Almost there. I decided to read Journey to the Center of the Earth for the book with a cave in it. It is entertaining enough to hold my interest. I'm more than halfway through it.

And, I just realized, that's the only book I have to complete because I have already completed Australia in the first challenge.

How are you doing with the challenge?

Lori - I am doing pretty good. I just finished I Am the Messenger for Australia and I have two series books to finish for the last two Australia sites. I am downloading one from Overdrive in a few minutes.

I have one started for Cuba that is going pretty well after I had to dump the first one I chose (was too awful to continue). I am also reading #16 of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency for Botswana.

After these two are finished, and including the Zusack book, I will have 10 to go.