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Challenge #66-Beginning 4/22/18Water Watch.... but here just add new bodies of water, real or imaginary* I have visited or seen as of 4/22/18 OR as found...not each month. use any source of written material...other than advertisements, atlases, almanacs, maps and the like. Includes named glaciers, geysers; waterfalls and canals.
#=not sure if real orimaginary
1. Chicago River-Lonely Planet Spring 2018- 4/23/18
2. Partington Creek-(Big Sur, CA)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-4/23/18
3. Republican River-(CO,USA)- Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
4. Platte River -Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
5.Mississippi River-Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
6.Lake Michigan-Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
7. Hudson River-Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
8. Atlantic Ocean-Around the World in 80 Days-4/23/18
9. Dnieper River- Embers- 4/25/18
10. Prairie Creek (USA-CA) Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
11. Boise River (USA_ID)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
12. Tennessee River-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
13. Ocoee River (aka Taccoa River)(USA_TN)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
14. Penobscot Bay (USA-ME)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
15. Lake Harriet (USA_MN)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/25/18
16. Rio Grande- Rain of Gold 4/25/18
17. Lake Garda (Italy)-Embers-4/26/18
18. Bou Regreg River (Morocco)-Another Morocco-4/27/18
19. Nile River (Egypt)- Another Morocco-4/27/18
20. Baltic Sea-The Berlin Stories-4/28/18
21. Black Sea (aka Euxine Sea)-The Berlin Stories-4/29/18
22. Wannsee Lake (Germany)- The Berlin Stories-4/29/18
23. Lake Powell (UT)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
24. Colorado River-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
25. San Juan River (UT)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
26. Muddy Creek (UT)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
27. Klondike River- (Canada-Yukon)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
28. Rabbit Creek (Canada-Yukon) -Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
29. Yukon River (Canada-Yukon)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
30. Kluane Glacier (Canada-Yukon) -Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
31. Kluane Lake-(Canada-Yukon) -Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
32. Lake Bennett-(Canada-Yukon) -Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
33. Vistula River (Poland)- Time's Arrow- 4/30/18
34. Swan Lake*-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
35- Neva River(Russia)-Spring 2018 Lonely Planet-4/30/18
36. Indian Ocean- 4/29/18 SDUT- 4/30/18
37.Blue Bay (Mauritius)-4/29/18 SDUT-4/30/18
38. Sola River (Poland)-Time's Arrow- 4/30/18
39. Guadalquivir River (Spain)- The Cid- 5/1/18
40. Tagus River (Spain)-The Cid-5/1/18
41. Yenesei River-(Russia)-The Tsar of Love and Techno- 5/2/18
42. Lake Mercury#-(Russia)-The Tsar of Love and Techno- 5/2/18
43. Hantan River (South Korea)- SDUT 5/4/18
44. Carmel River (USA_CA)-Cannery Row-5/6/18
45. Mersey River (River Mersey) (UK)-Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall- 5/7/18
46. Bay of Biscay (Spain)-Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall- 5/7/18
47. Niagara River (Canada/USA)-Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall- 5/7/18
48. Strait of Gibraltar-Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall- 5/7/18
49. Mediterranean Sea-Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall- 5/7/18
50. Bluerabbit Lake*-Stuck Rubber Baby-5/9/18
51. San Diego River- personally seen-5/9/18
52. Rio Grande- (USA/Mexico)-Rain of Gold-5/9/18
53. Sea of Cortez-(Mexico)-Rain of Gold-5/10/18
54. Saltsjön Bay- (Stockholm, Sweden)-visited 5/13/18
55. Danube- (Hungary)-visited 5/16/18
56. Caspian Sea- Joseph Andrews-5/18/18
57. Panama Canal- Beyond the Islands-5/28/18.
58. Sargasso Sea-Beyond the Islands-5/28/18.
59. Pacific Ocean-Beyond the Islands-5/28/18.
60. Amazon River-Beyond the Islands-5/28/18
61. Thames River (UK)Beyond the Islands-5/29/18
62. Bay of Naples (Italy)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
63. Arno River (Italy)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
64. Naviglio Grande Canal-(Milan, Italy)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
65. Lake Como-(Italy)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
66. Grand Canal (Venice)-(Italy)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
67. Dunn's River Falls-(Jamaica)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
68. Reach Falls (Jamaica)-Lonely Planet Spring 2018-5/30/18
69. Cuyabeno River (Ecuador)-5/27/18 SDUT-5/30/18
70. Ganges River (aka Ganga)(India)-A Suitable Boy-5/31/18
71. Red Sea- The Women of Brewster Place-6/1/18
72. Aegean Sea-The Women of Brewster Place-6/1/18
73. Norway Creek# (Nebraska)-O Pioneers-6/1/18
74. North Sea-Westward-6/2/18
75. East River-(USA_NY)- The Little Disturbances of Man-6/2/18
76. River Styx*-The Little Disturbances of Man-6/2/18
77. Gulf of California- SDUT 6/5/18
78. Tamar River-(England)-My Cousin Rachel-6/9/18
79. Thousand Island Lake (USA-CA)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/10/18
80. Chao Phraya River (Bangkok, Thailand)- Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/10/18
81. Gulf of Thailand-No Touch Monkey!-6/10/18
82. Missouri River-O Pioneers- 6/12/18
83. Euphrates River- Eerdman's Handbook to the Bible-6/13/18
84. Eger River (Ohre River)(Germany- In a German Pension-6/16/18
85. Bow Lake (Alberta, Canada)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
86. Saskatchewan River (Alberta, Canada)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
87. Athabasca Falls-(Alberta, Canada)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
88 .Athabasca Glacier-(Alberta, Canada)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
89. Adriatic Sea-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
90. Shannon Estuary- (Ireland)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
91. Lake Taupo (New Zealand)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
92. Lady Knox Geyser-(New Zealand)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
93. Champagne Pool-(New Zealand)-Summer 2018 Lonely Planet-6/18/18
94. Waitemata Harbour-(New Zealand)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/18/18
95. River Jordan- Bible-6/19/18
96. Lake Toba-(Indonesia)- No Touch Monkey-6/20/18
97. Dal Lake-(India)- No Touch Monkey-6/20/18
98. Lake Pushkar (India)- No Touch Monkey-6/21/18
99. Lake Superior (USA/Canada)-No Touch Monkey-6/21/18
100. Rhine River (Germany)- Westward-6/23/18
101. Loch Lomand (Scotland, UK) -Westward-6/23/18
102. Limpopo River (Mozambique) Just So Stories-6/23/18
103. Fuerte River (Mexico)- Rain of Gold- 6/24/18
104. Urique River (Mexico)-Rain of Gold-6/24/18
105. Woolgong River# (Australia)-Just So Stories 6/24/18
106. Torres Strait- (Australia & New Guinea)- Just So Stories 6/24/18
107. Heri-Rud River (Afghanistan)(AKA- Hari; Heray Rud or Herat)-The Masquerador- 6/25/18
108. Leyte Gulf (Philippines)-Westward- 6/27/18
109. Mission Bay (USA-CA)- 4/12/18 The Reader-6/27/18
110. River Wey (UK-England)- Just So Stories- 6/27/18
111. Columbia Glacier (USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
112. Prince William Sound-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
113. Matanuska Glacier-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
114. Portage Glacier-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
115. Divide Lake-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
116. Tonsina River-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
117. Willow Lake-(USA_AK)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
118. Glacier Bay- (USA_AK)- Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
119. Harding Ice Field-(USA_AK)- Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
120. Exit Glacier-(USA_AK)- Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
121. Lake Clark-(USA_AK)- Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
122. Amstel River (Netherlands)-Summer 2018-Lonely Planet-6/28/18
123. Sargasso Sea-Wide Sargasso Sea-7/1/18
124. Rappahannock River-(USA_VA)- Little Women-7/2/18
125. Antietem Creek (USA-PA&MD)- March/April AramcoWorld-7/4/18
126. River Chelmer (UK-England)- Wide Sargasso Sea-7/4/18
127. Potomac River-(USA:VA:DC)-March/April AramcoWorld-7/4/18
128. Everglades (wetlands)(USA:FL)- Just So Stories-7/4/18
129. Perak River (Malaysia)-Just So Stories-7/4/18
130. Yamuna River (India)- A Suitable Boy-7/7/18
131. Niger River (Mali, Niger, Nigeria, et al)- March/April 2018 Aramco-7/8/18
132. Caribbean Sea-March/April 2018 Aramco-7/8/18
133. Java Sea-March/April 2018 Aramco- 7/8/18
134. Strait of Hormuz-March/April 2018 Aramco- 7/8/18
135. Lake Baikal- Atlas Obscura-7/8/18
136-River Fleet- Atlas Obscura-7/8/18
137. Crimean Sea-Atlas Obscura-7/8/18
138. Paran River*-(USA-New England)- See Now Then- 7/8/18
139. Paran Lake*-(USA-New England)- See Now Then- 7/8/18
140-Battenkill River (USA_VT)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
141-Branch River (USA_NH)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
142. Mettawee River (aka Mettowee)(USA-VT & NY)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
143. Lake Champlain (USA & Canada)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
144. Ross Sea (Antarctica)-The Worst Journey in the World 7/9/18
145. McMurdo Sound -(Antarctica)-The Worst Journey in the World 7/9/18
146. Walloomac River (USA-VT)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
147. Hoosic River (USA-NY)-See Now Then- 7/9/18
148. Southern Oceam (aka Antarctic Ocean or Austral Ocean)-The Worst Journey in the World 7/10/18
149. Bay of Exploits (Canada)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
150. Mendenhall Glacier (USA-AK)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
151. Manzanita Lake (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
152. Mill Creek Falls (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
153. Lake Helen (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
154. King's Creek Falls (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
155. Boiling Springs Lake (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
156. Butte Lake (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
157. Silver Lake Reservoir (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
158. Badwater Basin (USA-CA)-July/August 2018 Westways 7/11/18
159. Lake Elsinore- (USA-CA)-Rain of Gold- 7/13/18
160. Tiber River-(Italy)-See Now Then-7/17/18
161. Niagara Falls-(USA/Canada)- Rat Bohemia- 7/20/18
162. Mekong Delta-(Vietnam)-Rat Bohemia-7/21/18
163. Tigris River-(Iraq)- Sept./Oct. 2010 Aramco-7/22/18
164. Po River (Italy)-March/April Aramco 2010= 7/24/18
165. Rufiji Delta (Tanzania) -March/April Aramco 2010= 7/24/18
166. Sacramento River (USA_CA)- Revenge and the Wild-7/31/18
167. Bay of Islands-(New Zealand)- Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
168-Kerikeri River (New Zealand)- Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
169. Rainbow Falls-(New Zealand)- Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
170- Golden Bay (aka Murderers' Bay)(New Zealand)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
171-Coral Sea-(Australia)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
172. Great Salk Lake (USA-UT)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
173. Lake Blanche (Australia)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/11/18
174. Port Phillip Bay (Australia)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/12/18
175-Twofold Bay (aka Two-Fold Bay)(Australia)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/12/18
176. Bay of Plenty (New Zealand)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/13/18
177. Tasman Sea (Australia)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/13/18
178. Parengarenga Harbour -(New Zealand)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/14/18
179. Merrimack River- (USA-MA)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/14/18
180. Bass River (USA-MA)-Come on Shore and We Will Kill You 8/14/18
181. Seine River (France)- Bel-Ami 8/14/18
182. Fraser River (B.C., Canada)- Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You 8/25/18
183. Wwanash River* (Canada)-Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You 8/25/18
184. Rock River- My Name is Lucy Barton-8/30/18
185. Bosphorus (aka The Strait of Istanbul)(Turkey)- From Russia with Love-9/3/18
186. Lake Geneva- (Switzerland)- From Russia with Love- 9/3/18
187. Gulf of Corinth (Greece)- From Russia with Love-9/3/18
188. Sea of Marmara (Turkey)- From Russia with Love- 9/3/18
189. Golden Horn (Turkey)- From Russia with Love-9/3/18
190. Chalumna River (South Africa)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/15/18
191. Blood River -(South Africa)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/15/18
192. Mozambique Channel-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/15/18
193. Lake Victoria - (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/15/18
194. Walvis Bay (Namibia)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/15/18
195. Gambia River (Guinea, Senegal, Gambia)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/16/18196. Burnett River (Australia)-A Fish Caught in Time- 9/16/18
197. Bay of Honduras- 9/16/18 SDUT- 9/17/18
198. Crater Lake (USA-OR)- If I Syay 9/18/18
199. Sea of Qadesh*-(Planet Venus)- Radiance-9/19/18
200. King George's Sea* (Planet Uranus)-Radiance-9/20/18
201. Lake Erie- Radiance 9/23/18
202. Inglefield Bay (Greenland)- Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/26/18
203. Santee Lakes (USA-CA)- SDUT 9/26/18
204. Lake Tahoe- (USA-CA/NV)- 7/29/18 LAT-9/26/18
205. Hanauma Bay (USA-HA-)ahu)- 8/5/18 SDUT-9/27/18
206. Kealakekua Bay-(USA-HA-Hawaii)-8/5/18 SDUT-9/27/18
207. San Ignacio Lagoon (Mexico)-8/5/18 SDUT-9/27/18
208. Noyo River-(USA-CA)-8/5/18 SDUT-9/27/18
209. San Joaquin River-(USA-CA)-8/5/18 SDUT-9/27/18
210. Arctic Ocean-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/27/18
211. Vaipoiri River- (French Polynesia-Tahiti)-10/18 Westways 9/28/18
212. Narragansett Bay (USA-RI)- Aug./Sept. 2018 Virtuoso Traveler 9/28/18
213. Lake Lopez (USA-CA)- Oct. 2016 Westways 9/28/18
214. Barent's Sea (Russia/Norway)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/28/18
215- Elbe River (Czech Rep./Germany)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/28/18
216. Kiel Canal-(Germany)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/28/18
217. Shiralcawa Stream* (Japan)- Memoirs of a Geisha- 9/29/18
218. Davis Strait- (Greenland/Canada)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/30/18
219. Strait of Messina-(Italy)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/30/18
220. Baffin Bay -(Greenland/Canada)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-9/30/18
221. Weddell Sea- (Antarctica)-Smilla's Sense of Snow-10/1/18
221. Jakobshavn Glacier-Smilla's Sense of Snow-10/1/18
222. Orinoco River (Venezuela)- Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe-10/4/18
223. Raritan River (USA-NJ)- Drown-10/5/18
224. River Severn (England,UK)- The Sense of an Ending 10/6/18
225. Lake Kittamaqundi-(USA-MD)- Maps and Legends-10/7/18
226. Wilde Lake-(USA-MD)- Maps and Legends-10/7/18
227. Hebrus River (aka Maritsa River)(Greece)-Maps and Legends-10/7/18
228. Monongahela River (USA-PA)- Maps and Legends 10/9/18
229. Vlatava River (aka Moldau)- (Czech Rep.)- Maps and Legends-10/9/18
230. Strait of Magellan (Chile)- One Hundred Years of Solitude-10/12/18
231. Gulf of Bengal- One Hundred Years of Solitude-10/18/18
232. Sea of Japan- One Hundred Years of Solitude-10/18/18
233. Bay of All Saints (Brazil)- Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe-10/20/18
234. Snake River (USA_WA)- 10/21/18 SDUT 10/26/18
235. Columbia River -(USA_WA)- 10/21/18 SDUT 10/26/18
236. Suchiate River - (Mexico/Guatemala) 10/21/18 SDUT 10/26/18
237. Susquehanna River (USA-PA)- Song of Solomon-10/27/18
238. St. Lawrence River (USA/Canada)- Song of Solomon 10/29/18
239. Great Lakes (USA/Canada)- Song of Solomon 10/29/18
240. Cuyahoga River (USA-OH)-Song of Solomon 10/30/18
241. Platano River (Honduras)- The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
242. Paulaya River (Honduras)- The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
243. Patuca River (Honduras)- The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
244. Blanco River (aka Rio Blanco) (Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
245. Wampu River (Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
246. Cuyamel River (aka Rio Cuyamel)(Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
247. Ulak-Was Creek-(Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God 11/1/18
248. Pao River (Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God-11/1/18
249. Talgua River (Honduras)-The Lost City of the Monkey God-11/3/18
250. Lake Guatavita (Colombia)-The Lost City of the Monkey God-11/3/18
251. Hudson Bay (Canada)-The Lost City of the Monkey God-11/4/18
252. Olifant's River (aka as Oliphant's River, Lepelle or Obalule River)(South Africa/Mozambique)- Dusklands 11/11/18
253. Green River (aka Groene or Groene River)(South Africa)_Dusklands 11/11/18
254. Orange River (South Africa)- Dusklands 11/12/18
255. Little Colorado River (USA_AZ)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/4/18
256. Lake Mead-(USA-AZ/NV)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/4/18
257. Paria River (USA-AZ/UT)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/4/18
258. Phang Nga Bay (Thailand)- 12/2/18 LAT 12/5/18
259. Andaman Sea (Thailand/Myanmar/Malaysia)-12/2/18 LAT 12/5/18
260. Dirty Devil River (USA-UT)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/5/18
261. Escalante River (USA-UT)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/5/18
262. Jacob Lake (USA-AZ) The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/6/18
263. Powder River (USA-WY)-The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/6/18
264. Green River (USA-UT)- The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/6/18
265. River Frome (aka River Froom) (UK_England)- Tess of the D'Urbervilles 12/9/18
266. River Var* (UK_England)- Tess of the D'Urbervilles 12/9/18
267. Saugatuck River (USA-CT)- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 12/10/18
268. Great South Bay (USA-NY)-Tolstoy and the Purple Chair 12/11/18
269. River Derwent (Australia-Tasmania)-Gould's Book of Fish 12/13/18
270. Rhone River (France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/13/18
271. Yonne River (France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
272. Canal du Loing-(France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
273. Canal de Briare (France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
274. Seille River (France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
275. Loire River (France)- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
276. Allier River (France)-The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
277. Canal du Centre (France) -The Little Paris Bookshop 12/14/18
278. Saone River (France) -The Little Paris Bookshop 12/15/18
279. Arkansas River (USA-CO,OK;KS,AR)- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore 12/16/18
280. Long Island Sound (USA-NY)- The Devil in the White City-12/25/18
281. New York Harbor (USA-NY/NJ) The Devil in the White City 12/26/18
282 Vanern Lake (Sweden)-Gertrude and Claudius 12/30/18
283. Trial Creek*- Where the Lilies Bloom- 1/7/19
293. Ohio River (USA:IL;KY;OH;IN;PA;WV)- Out of the Woods- 1/10/19
294. South Platte River (USA-CO;NE)- Out of the Woods 1/11/19
295. Dead River (Ireland)-Out of the Woods 1/12/19
296. Bievre River-France- 45 Guardsmen 1/20/19
297. Orge River- France- 45 Guardsmen 1/20/19
298. River Gers- France- 45 Guardsmen 1/20/19
299. Garonne River- France- 45 Guardsmen 1/20/19
300. Scheldt River-France- 45 Guardsmen 1/21/19
301. Zuiderzee (aka Zuyderzee) Bay (Netherlands)-45 Guardsmen 1/21/19
302. Dyle River (Belgium) -45 Guardsmen 1/21/19
303. Nete River (aka Nethe) (Belgium)-45 Guardsmen 1/21/19
304. Rupel River (Belgium)-45 Guardsmen 1/21/19
305. Marne River (France)-45 Guardsmen 1/22/19
306. Rubicon River (Italy)- The Radiant Way 1/25/19
307. Fez River (aka Oued Fez)(Morocco)-In Morocco 1/26/19
308. Sebou River (Morocco)-In Morocco 1/26/19
309. Tensift River (aka Oued Tensif) (Morocco)-In Morocco 1/26/19
310. Guadalquivir (Spain)-In Morocco 1/26/19
311. Ebro River (Spain) - In Morocco 1/27/19
312. Cantabrian Sea (Spain/France)- The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz 1/27/19
312. Lough Derg (Shannon)(Ireland)-The World of the Short Story- 2/1/19
313. Lough Derg (County Clare)(Ireland)-The World of the Short Story- 2/1/19
(Note- there are two lakes in Ireland with this name.)
314-Lough Gill (Sligo)(Ireland)-The World of the Short Story- 2/1/19
(Note- there are two lakes in Ireland with this name.)
315. Neckar River (Germany)- A Tramp Abroad 2/2/19
316. Rhone Glacier (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
317. Lake Lucerne (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
318. Unteraar Glacier (aka Unteraargletscher) Switzerland-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
319. Aar River (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
320. Reichenbach Falls (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
321. Lake Thun (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
322. Theodul Glacier (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
323. Gorner Glacier (Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
324. Daubensee (Lake)-(Switzerland)-A Tramp Abroad 2/4/19
325. Svartifoss (waterfalls)(Iceland)- Atlas Obscura 2/6/19
326. Jostedal Glacier (Norway)- Atlas Obscura 2/6/19
327. Norheimsund (waterfalls)(Norway)-Atlas Obscura 2/6/19
328. Mer de Glace (Glacier)(Switzerland)- A Tramp Abroad 2/10/19
329. Darling River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 2/11/19
330. Murray River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 2/11/19
331. Gila River (USA-AZ)- These is My Words- 2/14/19
332. San Pedro River (USA-AZ)- These is My Words- 2/14/19
333. Salt River (USA-AZ)- These is My Words- 2/14/19
334. Skeleton Lake (aka, Roopkund, aka Mystery Lake, aka Human Skeleton Lake) (India) Atlas Obscura 2/16/19
335. Pearl Bay* - Swiss Family Robinson 2/14/19
336. Concho River (USA-TX)- These is My Words- 2/15/19
337. Tanaro River (Italy)- How to Travel With a Salmon 2/19/19
338. Bormida River (Italy)- How to Travel With a Salmon 2/19/19
339. Red River (aka Yuan River, aka Hong Ha, aka Song Cai) (China/Vietnam)- Ru-2/22/19
340. Salinas River (USA-CA) Of Mice and Men 2/22/19
341. Bay of Balbec* (France) -In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower 2/24/19
342. Gordon River (Australia-Tasmania)- Gould's Book of Fish 2/26/19
343. Lachlan River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 2/26/19
344. Macquarie River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 2/26/19
345. Gulf of Carpentaria (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 2/26/19
346. American River (USA-CA)- Of Mice and Men 2/26/19
347. Chesapeake Bay (USA-MD)- The Map Thief 2/28/19
348. Xarayes River* (Paraguay)- The News From Paraguay 3/1/19
349. Japaratuba River (Brazil)- Sergeant Getulio 3/1/19
350. Paraguay River (Paraguay)-The News From Paraguay 3/3/19
351. Ounasjoki River (Finland)- The Year of the Hare 3/5/19
352. Parana River (Paraguay) - The News From Paraguay 3/6/19
353. Lugu Lake (China)- Atlas Obscura 3/7/19
354. Muddy River (USA-MA)- The Map Thief 3/7/19
355. Illinois River (USA-IL)- An Unobstructed View 3/8/19
356. Delaware Bay (USA-NJ-DE)- 4/2005 Audubon 3/8/19
357. Cape Fear River (USA_NC)-4/2005 Audubon 3/8/19
358. Kemijoki River (Finland)- The Year of the Hare 3/8/19
359. Simojoki River (Finland)- The Year of the Hare 3/8/19
360. Lake Simojarvi (Finland)- The Year of the Hare 3/8/19
361. North Platte River (USA-WY/CO/NE)- 4/2005 Audubon 3/10/19
362. Qiandao Lake (China)- Atlas Obscura 3/10/19
363. Xin'an River (aka (Qiantang River) (China)-Atlas Obscura 3/10/19
364. Toyhama Bay (Japan)-Atlas Obscura 3/10/19
365. Utukok River (USA-AK)-4/2005 Audubon 3/11/19
366. Teshekpuk Lake (USA-AK)-4/2005 Audubon 3/11/19
367. Lake Winnipesaukee (USA-NH)- The Map Thief 3/13/19
368. Ypacaraí Lake (Paraguay) - The News From Paraguay 3/13/19
369. Loch Ness (UK_Scotland) -4/2005 Audubon 3/13/19
370. Rajang River (Malaysia-Borneo)- Stranger in the Forest 3/15/19
371. Balleh River(aka Baleh River) (Malaysia-Borneo)- Stranger in the Forest 3/15/19
372. Lake of Galilee (aka Sea of Galilee, Kinneret)(Israel)- Eerdmans Handbook to the Bible 3/17/19
373. Sebec Lake (USA-ME)-The Map Thief 3/18/19
374. Botany Bay (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 3/21/19
375. Tennionjoki River (aka Tenniojoki)(Finland/Russia)- The Year of the Hare 3/22/19
376. White Sea (Russia)-The Year of the Hare 3/22/19
377. Cotinguiba River (Brazil)- Sergeant Getulio 3/23/19
378. Macquarie Harbour (Australia/Tasmania)- In a Sunburned Country 3/24/19
379. Macquarie Marsh (Australia/NSW) - In a Sunburned Country 3/24/19
380. Lake Macquarie (Australia/NSW) -In a Sunburned Country 3/24/19
381. Darling Harbour (Australia/NSW) -In a Sunburned Country 3/24/19
382. Sao Francisco River (aka Rio Sao Francisco)(Brazil)- Sergeant Getulio 3/24/19
383. Sergipe River (Brazil)-Sergeant Getulio 3/24/19
384. Tebicuary River (Paraguay) - The News From Paraguay 3/25/19
385. Jacarecica River (Brazil)- Sergeant Getulio 3/26/19
386. Pomonga River (Brazil) -Sergeant Getulio 3/26/19
387. Piaui River (Brazil)- Sergeant Getulio 3/26/19
388. Itamirim River (Brazil) - Sergeant Getulio 3/26/19
389. Siriri River (Brazil) - Sergeant Getulio 3/26/19
390. Kokcha River (Afghanistan) - Afghanistan's Blue Treasure 3/26/19
391. Amu Darya (aka Oxus River or Amou Daria)(Afghanistan)- Afghanistan's Blue Treasure 3/26/19
392. Lake Taihu (aka Lake Tai)(China) - The Good Women of China 4/1/19393. San Antonio River (USA/TX) - Personal Visit 4/1/19
394. Yangtze River (China) - The Good Women of China 4/2/19
395. Lake Shouxi (China) - The Good Women of China 4/2/19
396. Brunei River (Brunei)- Atlas Obscura 4/3/19
397. Benue River (aka Chadda River or Tchadda)(Cameroon/Nigeria)- 1/2012 Aramco 4/3/19
398. Arabian Gulf (aka Persian Gulf)(Iran/Saudi Arabia) - 1/2012 Aramco 4/3/19
399. Lake Burley Griffin (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/4/19
400. Aquidaban River (Paraguay) -The News From Paraguay 4/7/19
401. Cayuga Lake (USA-NY)- Private Dining Room 4/8/19
402. Lake Ossipee (USA-NH) - Private Dining Room 4/8/19
403. Murrumbidgee River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/8/19
404. Torrens River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/8/19
405. Selangor River (Malaysia) - Atlas Obscura 4/9/19
406. Prince Regent River (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 4/12/19
407. Cheyenne River(aka Chyone)(USA-SD/WY)- The Complete Poe V.2- 4/14/19
408. Irkut River (Russia) - Afghanistan's Blue Treasure 4/15/19
409. Ferrar Glacier - (Antarctica)- The Worst Journey in the World 4/16/19
410. Oise River (France/Belgium)- Twenty Years After 4/18/19
411. River Tyne (UK-England) - Cranford 4/19/19
412. Byron Bay (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/19/19
413. Yarra River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/19/19
414. Moselle River (France/Luxembourg/Germany) - Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales 4/20/19
415. Beardmore Glacier (Antarctica)-The Worst Journey in the World 4/22/19
416. Nambucca River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 4/24/19
417. York River (USA-VA) - 10/2001 American Heritage 5/2/19
418. James River (USA-VA) - 10/2001 American Heritage 5/2/19
419. Elizabeth River (USA-VA) - 10/2001 American Heritage 5/3/19
420. Myall Creek (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 5/10/19
421. Daintree River (Australia)- In a Sunburned Country 5/11/19
422. Timor Sea - (Australia/East Timor/Indonesia) - In a Sunburned Country 5/16/19
423. Todd River (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 5/18/19
424. Swan River (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 5/22/19
425. Shark Bay (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 5/23/19
426. Murchison River (Australia) - In a Sunburned Country 5/24/19
427. River Avon - (England, UK) - The Quiche of Death 5/15/19
428. Cascade aux Ecrevisse (Guadaloupe, France) - Crossing the Mangrove 6/19/19
429. Moustique River (aka Riviere Moustique) Guadeloupe, France)-Crossing the Mangrove 6/19/19
430. Lake Malawi (Malawi) - In Search of a Smile 6/12/19
431. Lake Managua (Nicaragua) - My Car in Managua 6/21/19
432. Lake Nicaragua (Nicaragua)- My Car in Managua 6/21/19
433. San Juan River (Nicaragua) - My Car in Managua 6/21/19
434. Tipitapa River (Nicaragua) - My Car in Managua 6/22/19
435. Lujan River (aka Rio Lujan) - The Sixth Extinction 6/26/19
436. Iapetus Ocean*- The Sixth Extinction 6/27/19 (former ocean during the late Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic eras)
437. Madre de Dios River (Bolivia/Peru) -The Sixth Extinction 6/27/19
438. Beni River (Bolivia/Brazil) - The Sixth Extinction 6/27/19
439. Madeira River - (Bolivia/Brazil) - The Sixth Extinction 6/27/19
440. Big Bone Creek (USA_KY)- The Sixth Extinction 6/28/19
441. Dussel River (Germany) - The Sixth Extinction 6/28/19
442. Lake Pepin (USA_WI/MN)- The Little House in the Big Woods 7/8/19
443. Quinnipiac River (USA-CT)- The Emperor and the Elephants 7/8/19
*****COMPLETED 6/23/22***** TIMELYChallenge #217
WRC-M*A*S*H Character Spell Challenge
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
M*A*S*H Character Spell Challenge
Date: 04/01/19 - 6/23/22
Books read: 223/223
Completed: 11/11
Challenge Rules:
The page limit requirement is 125 pages unless otherwise specified;
CHARACTERS:
1. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
B- F.H. Batacan- Smaller and Smaller Circles 4/20/19
E- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
N- The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
J- Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 5/27/19
A- Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
M- The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
N- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
F- My Car in Managua by Forrest D. Colburn 6/30/19
R- Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
A- Afghanistan's Blue Treasure: Lapis Lazuli by Lailee McNair Bakhtiar 6/22/19
N-Neil- a MC in A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
K- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert 7/3/19
L- Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
I- Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
N- Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli-4/7/20H- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
A- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 6/28/19
W- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
K-In Search of a Smile by Keegan Longueira 6/27/19
E- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
Y- Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
E- The Emperor and the Elephants: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Story of Life During the Late 1970s in the Central African Empire by Richard W. Carroll 7/27/19
P- The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck 7/17/19
I- Indiana by George Sand 5/24/20
E-Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
R- Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
C- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
2. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan Penopscott
M- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
A- Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
R- Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth 7/7/19
G- A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
A-As You Like It by William Shakespeare 7/4/19
R- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
E- Women Of Messina by Elio Vittorini 9/22/19
T- Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again by Victoria Twead-8/4/19
H- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
O- Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
T-They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 9/7/19
L- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 6/26/19
I-Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence 6/10/19
P- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19
S- Stranded in the Seychelles by Bev Spicer 7/31/19
H- The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
O- The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
U- An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
L- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 7/9/19
I- In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust 6/14/19
H- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
A- The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida 7/10/19
N- No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
3. Maxwell Q. Klinger
M- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet 10/10/19
A- An Ideal Husband; A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde 7/12/19-256p.
X- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
W- Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf 6/19/19
E- Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller-6/15/20-
L- Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
L- Little House in the Big Woods by Little House in the Big Woods 7/16/19
Q- The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/21/19
K- A House at the Edge of Tears by Vénus Khoury-Ghata 9/19/19
L- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 9/15/19I- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 6/17/19
N-Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin 4/12/20
G- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 4/10/20
E- The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket 3/23/21-
R- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
4. Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy
F- A Chagos Story by Vinod T. Fullee-8/23/19
A- The Fires by Alan Cheuse 7/18/19
T- -The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope 6/3/20
H- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19
E- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 5/28/20-
R- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket 11/8/19
J- The White Devil by John Webster 10/20/19
O- Xala by Ousmane Sembène 7/1/19
H- Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog 9/19/19
N- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams 7/7/20 by Emlyn Williams 7/7/20
P- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
A- The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.
T- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 10/29/19
R- For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl 1/11/20
I- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 7/15/19
C- Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé 6/29/19
K- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 1/1/20
F- The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19
R- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
A- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton 9/23/19
N- The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch 7/8/20
C- Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin 9/8/19-
I- I Am There: Armenia by Olivia Puccini 7/23/19
S- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19
M- The Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton 7/15/19
U- Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 6/8/19
L- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos 1/2/20
C- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
A- The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham 7/19/19
H- Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 6/1/20
Y- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
5. Trapper John McIntyre
T- There There by Tommy Orange 10/10/19
R- Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth-1/9/21-
A- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton 12/11/19
P- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 1/1/20-
P- Close Range by Annie Proulx 4/14/20
E-"Easy Rawlins"- MC in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley-4/1/21-
R- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/30/20
J- Gin & Daggers by Jessica Fletcher 9/29/19
O- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 10/2/19
H- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 10/7/19
N- The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o-1/24/21
M- The Moon and the Bonfire by Cesare Pavese 9/25/19
C- Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 12/9/19
I- Saturday by Ian McEwan 9/11/19
N-Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer-7/15/20
T- Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
Y- The Counterfeiter and Other Stories by Yasushi Inoue-3/8/21
R- The Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras-1/17/20
E-Euphoria by Lily King-8/3/20
6. Henry BlakeH- Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi 4/30/20
E- Eerdmans Handbook to the Bible: A Comprehensive Bible Guide with Hundreds of Photographs, Maps, and Charts by David Alexander 7/5/20
N- The Parachute Drop by Norbert Zongo 4/29/20
R- The Commitments by Roddy Doyle 4/19/20
Y- Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki4/27/20
B- Volpone by Ben Jonson 10/28/19
L- Loser Takes All by Graham Greene 7/28/19
A- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/21/19
K- Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood 4/17/20
E- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten -4/18/20
7. Frank Burns
F-The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
R- The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen 9/23/20
A- Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M.C. Beaton
N- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
K-Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
B-Queer by William S. Burroughs1/5/20
U- The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney-4/20/21-
R-Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood 3/5/21
N- Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward 12/5/19
S-The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 10/30/19
8. Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly
W- The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
A- Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey 12/4/19
L- Looking for the Possible Dance by A.L. Kennedy 4/25/20-
T-'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford 10/25/19
E- Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo by Eric Hansen-11/4/19
R- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling-2/10/21
E- A Brief Conversion and Other Stories by Earl Lovelace-1/26/21
U- Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood-6/1/21-
G- Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood 3/22/20
E- The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout-5/30/21
N- Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
E- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-12/1/19
R- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya 3/3/21
A- Atomic Number Sixty by Dave Johnston -11/5/19
D- Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas -5/12/20
A- The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie 12/3/19
R- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 12/3/19
O- Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett 10/22/19
R- Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney-3/17/21
E- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 10/24/19
I- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
L- The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket 6/10/20
L- The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker 1/19/20
Y- Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima 1/26/20
9. B.J. Hunnicutt
B- The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard-11/26/19
J- Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein-11/21/19
H- Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy 12/8/19
U- Add a Dash of Pity by Peter Ustinov 12/15/19
N- New Caledonia: Essays in Nationalism and Dependency by Michael Spencer-11/1/20
N- Winter by Christopher Nicholson-4/11/21
I- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 12/13/19
C- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 12/4/19
U- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 1/17/20
T- Tartuffe by Molière 10/28/19
T- The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 12/3/19
10. Sherman T. Potter
S- Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros 3/5/20
H-Honeychile- a MC in Dr. No by Ian Fleming 5/16/20
E- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
R- The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter 5/15/20
M- Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant 3/19/20-
A- The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie 3/4/20
N- Neon Surf: And Other Stories of Love & Remembrance by Jack Kelleher-
T- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates-
P- The Piano Lesson by August Wilson 3/23/20
O-The Overstory by Richard Powers 1/9/20
T-Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey 12/24/19
T- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/15/20
E-Emily Pollifax - MC in Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman -6/14/21-
R- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry-6/1/21
11. Charles Emerson Winchester III (III use three 'i' letters)
C- Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History by John Steinbeck-2/5/20
H- The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 3/30/20
A- Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
R- The Island of South Georgia by Robert K. Headland-11/20/20
L-Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair 1/10/20
E- The Engagement by Georges Simenon-8/27/21
S- Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise by Sandra Bernhard-3/17/20
E-Emily Pollifax-MC in Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman 3/9/22-
M- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 4/3/20
E- Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway-6/23/22-
R- Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs 2/2/20
S- Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 2/21/20
O- Orlando by Virginia Woolf-2/8/20
N- I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron 3/2/20
W- The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection by Clifton Fadiman 12/23/19
I- Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare 3/21/20-
N- The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp-2/13/20
C- The Professor's House by Willa Cather 1/22/20-
H- Broadway Anecdotes by Peter Hay 2/20/20
E-Edward- MC in -Waverley by Walter Scott -8/4/21
S- Divine Comedy by Sabri Bebawi -2/9/20
T-Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd
E- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 1/31/20
R- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 3/1/20
I- In the Heart of the Country by J.M. Coetzee 3/8/20
I-Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming 1/23/20
I- In the Woods by Tana French-1/16/20-
*****COMPLETED 10/21/19*****UNTIMELYChallenge #218-WRC-
APR 2019 Featured Author Challenge - Ann Patchett
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Date: 04/01/19 - 04/30/19
APR 2019 Featured Author Challenge - Ann Patchett
Date: 04/01/19 - 04/30/19
125p min.
✔1. ANN PATCHETT:
Ann Patcett was born in Los Angeles, California. She now resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
☀Read a book set in California or Tennessee, OR
☀Read a book published between 1963 and 2019- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19 pub. 1980
✔2. GENRE:
Ms. Patchett writes in the following genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction.
☀Read a book tagged as Fiction- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
or Historical Fiction on the book's main page.
✔3. INFLUENCES:
Ann Patchett lists her influences as Elizabeth McCracken and Lucy Grealy.
☀Read a book with a character named Elizabeth or Lucy,-Elizabeth Mapp in The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
OR
☀Read a book by one of these authors.
✔4. PARNASSUS BOOKS:
In 2010, Ms. Patchett co-founded Parnassus Books with Karen Hayes. It opened in 2011.
☀Read a book in which a book store is mentioned (page/location and sentence is required), OR
☀Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in PARNASSUSBOOKS. No word count limit, but all words count.- Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
5. BONUS:
Read a book by Ann Patchett.
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SPELL OUT:
Choose something related to this author to spell out by using the following: (1) first letter of the book's title, or (2) first letter of the author's first or last name. Below is a list to choose from, but you are welcome to use something of your own.
F- Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
I- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
C- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
T- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
O- Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
N- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
1. Ann Patchett (first, last, or both) ANN PCHT
2. Los Angeles-LOS ANGS
3. California-CALIFORN
4. Nashville-NASHILL
5. Tennessee-TNNSS
6. Fiction-FICTION
7. Historical Fiction-HISTORCAL FCON
8. Parnassus Books-PARNSSS BOOKS
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson 4/4/19
The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19
Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 5/27/19
Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat 10/11/19
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel 10/18/19
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell 10/13/19
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris 10/18/19
*****COMPLETED 5/22/2019*****UntimelyChallenge #219
Wanderlust-Belgium's Capital: Brussels
April 1, 2019 - April 30, 2019
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Belgium's Capital: Brussels
April 1, 2019 - April 30, 2019
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Tasks
✔1. Grand Place
The Grand Place in Brussels is hidden away in the center of the city but when you enter on foot, you are guaranteed to be left awestruck – first by the beautiful 15th Century City Hall and then by the striking Neo-Gothic architecture of all the other buildings located around the square. Every two years in August, Belgian begonia cultivators decorate the Grand Place with a beautiful flower carpet of over 500,000 begonias creating an amazing tapestry of color.
✱ Read a book with flowers on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with over 500,000 ratings on GR OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in GRAND PLACE.- The Old Curiosity Shop BY Charles Dickens 4/14/19
✔2. Belgian Comic Strip Centre
It is not widely known but the city of Brussels is known for its comic book history.
After all, it is home to the legendary explorer Tintin, just one of the many characters represented at The Belgian Comic Strip Centre. Enjoy this nostalgic museum while learning how comics are created while perusing their impressive collection of over
7,000 original plates and drawings. Then grab a map and take the self-guided walking tour around Brussels Comic Strip Trail marveling at the 50 huge murals of comic strip art painted on the sides of buildings throughout the city.
✱ Read a book that includes a map or illustrations OR
✱ Read a book with a MC that starts with the letter T OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in BELGIAN COMIC BOOK CENTRE.- - The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
✔3. Atomium
Erected for the 1958 World Fair to symbolize a new ‘atomic age’, this jaw dropping stainless steel and glass sculpture is an accurate depiction of an iron molecule and stands over 100 meters tall. Today it houses multiple exhibition spaces dedicated to different aspects of Belgian culture, from science to the arts. Be sure to take the elevator to the top for the spectacular views of the city. Located at the foot of the Atomium is the miniature park: Mini-Europe. It’s a great place to take the kids to marvel at the scale models of over 300 of the continent’s best sights.
✱ Read a book in which science is important to the plot OR
✱ Read a book that takes place in Europe - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19 - set in London
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in ATOMIUM.
✔4. Old England Building
The Old England Building in Brussels was formerly a department store and was built in the very last year of the 19th Century. The building attracts visitors both for its stunning Art Nouveau facade and for the fascinating and vast musical museum it houses. It is a celebration of music in all its forms, as well as a repository for more than 2000 historic instruments. The emphasis is very much on listening, with auditory experiences around every corner, from shepherds’ bagpipes and Chinese carillons to harpsichords.
✱ Read a book that shows a musical instrument on the cover OR
✱ Listen to an audiobook - The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in OLD ENGLAND BUILDING.
✔5. Parc du Cinquantenaire
This impressive park with its stunning triumphal arch, was commissioned by King Leopold II for the 1880 National Exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of Belgian independence. The structures were built in iron, glass and stone, symbolizing the economic and industrial performance of Belgium. Whether you plan on having a picnic on the grass while absorbing the stunning architecture, or wander through the vast collection of 35,000 artifacts housed in the museums, a trip here should be part of any trip to Brussels.
✱ Read a book that shows an ARCH on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that takes place in the 1800's - The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19- takes place in the 1860s.
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in PARC DU CINQUANTENAIRE.
✔6. Manneken Pis & Friends
The people of Brussels have embraced a small, quirky statue of a peeing boy as their city symbol. A good part of its fame is due to the statue's enormous wardrobe of costumes. This tiny guy has over 200 tiny different outfits that are changed several times a week, according to a published schedule. The total collection of costumes may be viewed inside the City Museum. In the 1980’s two other peeing statues popped up in the city: Jeanneke Pis is a little girl squatting to pee and Het Zinneke is a dog doing what dogs do – peeing on a fire hydrant.
✱ Read a book that shows a statue on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC who is a fashion diva OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in MANNEKEN PIS.-Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
*****COMPLETED 5/3/19***** UntimelyChallenge #220
Brussels Spell Out
April 1, 2019 - April 30, 2019
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Brussels Spell Out
April 1, 2019 - April 30, 2019
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Choose one or more of the below words to spell out this month. You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
Challenge Rules: All forms of books are accepted as long as they are 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have finished the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and re-post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.
S- Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson 4/4/19
T- The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
R- Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
P- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Words to Choose From
Belgium-BLGI
Brussels-BRSL
Grand Place-GND PC
Comic -COIC
Strip -STRIP
Centre-CNR
Atomium-TOI
Old England -O NGN
Building-BIN
Musical -SICL
Museum-S
Parc - PRC
Cinquantenaire-CNNIR
Manneken -NN
Pis-PIS
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
Sexing the Cherry by Jeannette Winterson 4/4/19
The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
*****COMPLETED 5/11/19*****Challenge #221- Wanderlust
International Dance Day
April 1, 2019 - May 31, 2019
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International Dance Day
April 1, 2019 - May 31, 2019
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SECTION ONE: About International Dance Day
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✔1. International Dance Day is a global celebration of dance, created by the International Theatre Institute (ITI), which is the main partner for the performing arts of UNESCO. The event takes place every year on April 29th, the anniversary of the birth of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet.
✽ Read a book that was published in April OR a book with a title that starts with a letter in UNESCO. - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/5/19
✔2. Every year, since its creation in 1982, an outstanding dance personality is selected to write a message to be shared to the world. ITI organizes a Gala Celebration event in a host city, with dance performances, educational workshops, humanitarian projects and speeches made by ambassadors, dignitaries, dance personalities and the selected Message Author for that year.
✽ Read a book with a MC who is a dancer OR a book with an event in it that includes dancing. Nora and her twin sister are the song and dance entertaining MCs of Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
✔3. The day strives to encourage participation and education in dance through events held on the date all over the world. Creativity is encouraged and cities have participated by hosting charity dance performances, street dance festivals, or even free lessons at dance schools or universities. So this April 29th, take to the dance floor and celebrate the wonderful art form with the world.
✽ Read a book that was educational (tell us what you learned) - The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19- I learned how lenient the laws are when people are caught cutting and stealing ancient valuable maps from old books...and how cowardly some universities were to admit that their maps were stolen for fear of losing support from their benefactors.
OR read a book whose total page count includes 2 AND 9 (in any order).
SECTION TWO: Dances from Around the World
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BALLET: Ballet originated in the 15th century in Italy and France and
by the 18th century had spread throughout Europe. It is without a doubt one of the most famous and highly technical of all performance dances and is often considered the core of all modern dance. Often set to story-driven orchestrated music it is a poised and graceful style of dance that requires much training and technique.
✔✽ Read a book that takes place in Italy or France OR read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter in BALLET. - Little Nell in Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
BELLY DANCE: As it has for thousands of years, belly dancing still thrives today. Originally known as Raqs Sharki, it was an Arabic social dance from Egypt. It has evolved to take many different forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style. All over the world, professional dancers perform this exotic dance as entertainment, though it is also a dance to do for fun or even fitness with friends and family.
✔✽ Read a book that takes place in the Middle East OR a book with a title that has two consecutive LL's in it - Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
BHANGRA: The Bhangra originated in the Punjab region of India as a folk dance for the celebration of the harvest. It is now a fun and flamboyant dance performed across India at all kinds of social occasions. It has become famous by its use in Bollywood films produced in the country. In fact, this energetic and jovial dance is creating quite a phenomenon and spreading all over the world.
✽ Read a book that takes place in India OR read a book with a fun and flamboyant character (tell us who).
FLAMENCO: This expressive dance emerged from the Spanish cultures of the Iberian Peninsula in the 1700’s. It consists of three elements: cante (the song), baile (the dance), and guitarra (guitar playing). Each has its own traditions, but the word Flamenco is most often associated with the dance with its percussive footwork and intricate hand, arm, and body movements. Its popularity has moved across the world and Japan’s Flamenco schools now outnumber those in Spain.
✽ Read a book that takes place in Spain or Japan OR read a book that is part of a trilogy.
HOPAK: Named after the Ukrainian term hopaty, which means “to jump”, Russians and Ukrainians have been performing this dance since the 16th century. Originally performed by military men as a dance of victory, it is a predominately male dance, composed of visually and technically amazing acrobatic feats, including many jumps, squats and spins.
✔✽ Read a book that takes place in Ukraine or Russia OR read a book written by a male author. - Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
IRISH STEPDANCE: This traditional Irish dance is quite popular today and performed all over the world. The dance can be performed solo or by a group and is characterized by a stiffened upper body while performing quick and intricate footwork that is a combination of ballet and tap dancing. The charming rhythm patterns and artistic flows created by the feet is a true delight to witness.
✽ Read a book that takes place in Ireland OR read a book with an intricate plot line.
OTEA: This traditional Polynesian dance from Tahiti is characterized by its vigorous hip shaking to spirited fast percussions. The dancers re-enact stories of everyday life with their hands while their hips are in constant motion. This technique is most impressive when the dancers maintain their hips shaking while executing the formation changing choreography. It is often performed at luaus with the dancers in elaborate costumes incorporating long "grass" skirts and decorated headpieces.
✽ Read a book that takes place on an island in the Pacific Ocean OR read a book with an ocean scene on the cover.
POLKA: Polka is a European dance with a Bohemian origin. The word “pulka” is derived from the Czech phrase for “half-step,” which refers to the dance pattern of lightly stepping from one foot to the other. The dance migrated to the US with Eastern European immigrants and remains quite popular in areas of the Midwest and Great Lakes Region. For most people, polka is linked at the hip with the accordion, and indeed, it's the force behind every polka band.
✽ Read a book that takes place in the US Midwest OR read a half step series book.
TANGO: This partner dance is loaded with history, romance and passion. Originating in the 1880’s in Uruguay and Argentina, it is a dance associated with style and expressiveness. It is most difficult to master and never fails to amaze each time it is performed. But this is not just a dance for professionals; in cities all over the world there are hundreds of milongas or special dance clubs that give tango classes and stay open all night so you can dance the night away.
✔✽ Read a book that takes place in South America
- set in Paraguay- The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
OR a book tagged Romance on its GR Homepage.
TINIKLING DANCE: This dance originated in the Philippines and imitates the movements of a local bird called ‘Tikling’. Bamboos are tapped on the ground in order to create patterns of beats and a pair of dancers mimic the graceful actions that the bird makes in order to escape the bamboo traps set by the farmers. They must move quickly to avoid getting a foot caught by the fast-moving poles.
✔✽ Read a book that takes place in eastern Asia -Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
OR read a book with a bird on the cover.
Challenge #222- WanderlustLet's Spell Africa!
To Completion
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Countries: 0/54
You can use any of the following to complete a letter: [
1. First letter of the Book's title (Use or Ignore A, An or The)
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
3. First letter of the Series title
4. First letter of a Main Character's first or last name
For letters Q, X, Y and Z, you may use a book in which the letter is found anywhere in the title, series, author or MC name. (hide spoiler)]
1. Algeria
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2. Angola
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3. Benin
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4. Botswana
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5. Burkina Faso
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6. Burundi
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7. Cabo Verde
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8. Cameroon
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9. Central African Republic
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10. Chad
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*****COMPLETED 6/23/19****** TIMELYChallenge #223- Wanderlust
Wildflower Bingo
1 April 2019 - 30 June 2019
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Wildflower Bingo
1 April 2019 - 30 June 2019
1. TITLE: Title Begins with the First OR Last letter of the Word(s). You can choose to Use or Disregard A, An or The.
Please Note: If there are two or more words in the box please use the first letter of the first word OR the last letter of the last word.
2. AUTHOR: Author’s First AND Last Initials Found in the Word(s).
3. TEXT: Word(s) found in the text. If there are two words they both need to be there. Please share text.
4. COVER: The cover is the same color as the flower (50% or more). Post cover.
Wildflower Bingo
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[X][X][X][X][X]
[X][X][X][X][X]
[X][X][X][X][X]
[X][X][X][X][X]
[X][X][X[X][X]
first bingo...center line vertically 6/12/19
Line 1
✔Rhododendron- Author- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
OR-text- p.59-Cranford-"...they were only looking at a new rhododendron that was in full bloom..." 4/19/19
OR Text--
p.101-Wise Children-"...under the cover of the rhododendrons which our enthusiasm whipped into a storm..." 4/23/19
✔Larkspur -text-p.176- A Suitable Boy-"...when those beds of feathery-leafed larkspur that the partridges had not gobbled down almost to the root..." 4/18/19
✔Freesia- Author- Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
✔Thistle- Title- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
✔Poppy-Text-p.99- In Watermelon Sugar-"...it became a sort of vase filled with roses and daffodils and poppies and bluebells." 5/19/19 OR Title- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19 OR text-p.24-The Pastures of Heaven-"Her skin was as lucent and rich as poppies..." 4/19/19
Line 2
✔Lilac-text- p.16- Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death; The Vicious Vet; The Potted Gardener.-"'I didn't know it was calledLilac Lane.'" 4/18/19
OR-text- p.58-Cranford-"...and the lilacs were all in flower, so I suppose it was spring." 4/19/19
✔Brahma Kamal- author- Michael Blanding- The Map Thief 4/23/19
✔Gentian- Text- Chapter 1 of audiobook- Catch-22-"... their gums and toes painted with gentian violet solution and were given a laxative..." 5/7/19
✔Cowslip-Text- p.60-Cranford-"I was in the store-room helping my mother make cowslip wine." 5/2/19
✔Bell Heather- Author- Lily Tuck- The News from Paraguay
Line 3
✔Pincushion Protea-Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19
✔Lupine- Title- A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
✔Wildflowers-Author- Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
✔Felwort- Title-Charles Dickens- The Old Curiosity Shop 4/14/19
✔Orchid-text-p.31- Around the Edge-"Ropes of lianas hung from branches above, clusters of orchids draped themselves around tree trunks..." 4/15/19-
Line 4
✔Dropwort-Title- The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19
✔Daisy-Text- Jacob's Room-Ch.4 of audiobook- All the lights were coming out round the court, and falling
on the cobbles, picking out dark patches of grass and single
daisies. 4/11/19 OR-text-p.18-Wise Children-"She gave the organ-grinder sixpence and he played 'Daisy, Daisy'." 4/18/19
✔Goldenrod-Title-Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
✔Clivias- Author- Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
✔Sunflower-Title- Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19
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✔Primrose-Author-Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
✔Wild Hydrangea - Title- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
✔Edelweiss- Author- Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
✔Crocus- Title - Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
✔Snapdragon-Title Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
*****COMPLETED***** 4/23/19- TimelyStill working on bonus
Challenge #224-
ACATT-
MEMBER TASK CHALLENGE #20: CORINA
see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
DATE: 04/01/19 - 04/30/19
MEMBER TASK CHALLENGE #20: CORINA
DATE: 04/01/19 - 04/30/19
4/4 plus still working on bonus
✔1. BOOKS - 98:
Read a book in a position on your TBR between #1 and #98.- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19. #27 on my TBR
✔2. GENRE:
Read a book tagged as Fiction or a book tagged as Non Fiction on the book's main page.- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19- Fiction
✔3. RATINGS:
Read a book that has at least a 4 star rating here on Goodreads.- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19. 4.22 rating as of 4/9/19
✔4. DATE:
Read a book published between April 2012 and January 2015.- The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19 pub. 5/2014
BONUS:
Read a book set in New York.
*****COMPLETED 6/27/19****** TIMELYChallenge #225-
ACATT-
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*****COMPLETED 6/27/19******
Member S*P*E*L*L Challenge #8: KASEY
DATE: 04/01/19 - 06/30/19
The goal is to see how many times you can spell out KASEY with the books you read between April 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019. The catch: you must complete one full spell out before moving on to the 2nd round of spelling. Rounds do NOT have to be completed in order after you have successfully completed round 1. You can spell out the first round and call it done if you like, or move on to additional rounds - whichever you prefer.
To complete the challenge, read a book for each of the letters below using the following options: (1) first letter of the book title, (2) first letter of the author's first or last name, (3) first letter of a series title, or (4) first letter of a main character's first or last name.
K- In Search of a Smile by Keegan Longueira 6/27/19
A- Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
S- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
E- Ella- first name of MC in The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
Y-Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
*****COMPLETED 6/9/19***** UnTimelyChallenge #226
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CCC-
RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS
DURATION: APRIL 1 -30, 2019
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April 12 is Russian Cosmonaut Day, and in keeping with our interest this year in space exploration, here is a challenge based on some of the notable Cosmonauts that made significant contributions to the field.
✔YURI GAGARIN: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin is the most famous cosmonaut of all time. While dogs and satellites had already ventured into space, Gagarin was the first human to do so. On April 12, 1961, the Vostok 1 spacecraft shot up to an altitude of nearly 188 miles. For the next 108 minutes, Gagarin orbited around the Earth traveling at 18,000 miles an hour.
★ Read a book originally published in the 1960s; tell us the year - 1968- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
OR a book whose title begins with Y; disregard A, An and The.
✔KONSTANTIN FEOKTISTOV: Born in 1926, Konstantin Feoktistov was the first civilian and first non-member of the Soviet Communist Party to travel into space. Voskhod 1, launched on October 12, 1964, was his only flight, but his impact on space technology was far from finished. He went on to lead a Soviet space design bureau and worked on the designs for two space stations, Salyut and Mir. The Feoktistov crater on the far side of the Moon is also named for him.
★ Read a book with the moon shown prominently on the cover; post the cover -
by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19OR a book with a main character who earns his/her living as a scientist; tell us the career.
✔SERGEI KRIKALEV: Cosmonaut and mechanical engineer Sergei Krikalev has logged more time in outer space than any other person in history, a total of 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes over the course of six separate missions. One such mission saw him on board the Mir space station between May 1991 and March 1992, just as the Soviet Union was breaking up, a circumstance that led many to dub him “the last Citizen of the USSR.” He also has an asteroid named after him.
★ Read a book that is the last (or most recently published) book of a series; tell us the series OR a book with a 6 in its total page count; tell us how many pages.- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19- 169p.
✔ANDRIYAN NIKOLAYEV: Andriyan Nikolayev flew endurance record-setting missions aboard the Vostok 3 (solo) and Soyuz 9 spacecraft. The Vostok 3 spaceflight was launched on August 11, 1962, and lasted almost four days. Nikolayev orbited the Earth 64 times and became the first person to transmit a television broadcast live from space. On June 1, 1970, cosmonaut Vitali Sevastyanov accompanied Nikolayev on the Soyuz 9 mission. With a duration of 17 days and 17 hours, it broke the previous endurance flight record set by NASA’s 1965 Gemini 7 mission. During their time in space, both men conducted experiments, played chess with the on-ground control team, watched a World Cup soccer game, communicated with their families via television links, and even voted.
★ Read a book in which a board game of some kind is played; tell us the game OR a book that is based on a television series or that spawned a television series; tell us the series.
NOTE: Television only, NOT a movie- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
(According to Wikipedia, there was a German/Swiss television series based on Heidi in 1978.
✔VALERI POLYAKOV: Valeri Polyakov holds the record for the most continuous amount of time spent in space. He earned this distinction by logging over 14 consecutive months aboard the Mir space station, from January 1994 until March 1995. Polyakov’s stint aboard the Mir station proved that humans could maintain good physical and mental health during prolonged periods spent beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. His time in space provided us with vital information on how the human body reacts to environments with little to no gravity, findings that could prove useful for eventual manned missions to Mars.
★ Read a book with a human body (head to toe) shown prominently on the cover; post the cover -
by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19OR a book with a main character whose first name begins with a letter in POLYAKOV; tell us the character.
✔GHERMAN TITOV: On August 6, 1961, 25-year-old Gherman Titov became the second man to travel into space, just four months after fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s historic first mission. What’s more, he still holds the record as the youngest person in space. In total, Titov was amongst the stars for 25 hours and 18 minutes. During his voyage on board the Vostok 2 spacecraft, he ate lunch, took the first space snooze (which proved somewhat difficult in zero gravity because his arms kept flapping about) and recorded the first “out of this world” footage of Earth.
★ Read a book that takes place in space-The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
OR a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in GHERMANTITOV; post a link to the author's GR page
✔VALENTINA TERESHKOVA: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to explore outer space on June 16, 1963, when she was launched from Russia’s secret station in Baikonur, in central Asia. Aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft, she orbited Earth 49 times, traveling a total of 1,250,000 miles in just under three days. The female cosmonaut program was disbanded in 1969, and Svetlana Savitskaya became only the second woman to travel into space in 1982, almost 20 years after Tereshkova.
★ Read a book by a new-to-you FEMALE author - Lily Tuck- The News from Paraguay 4/7/19
OR the very first book you added to your GR want-to-read shelf that is still unread (or your own personal TBR list, for those who don't keep a list on GR)
CHALLENGE RULES :
See this thread for more detailed rules for all CCC challenges.
♦ If you want to participate in this challenge, please sign up by posting at least a partial list of the challenge requirements. This gives us a post to link you to, which you can use to update your books as the challenge progresses.
♦ Unless otherwise noted, books must be at least 150 pages long. (See the link above for rules regarding graphic novels.) Books may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged :) Re-reads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book. You must read at least half of the book AFTER the challenge begins in order to count it for this challenge.
♦ For each book you read, please post a link to the title, and indicate the author and the date you finished reading it. If a challenge task gives several options, please make it clear which option you’ve chosen. If the task calls for an item on the cover or specific author initials or name/s, you must include a link to the book cover and/or author's name, respectively. To avoid spoiling a book for other readers, please use spoiler tags, if necessary, when explaining your book choices.*
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♦ When you complete the challenge, please copy and paste your entire list as a new message at the end of the challenge thread. If you do this while you still have the Edit window open, it will copy all of your links and formatting. If you don’t repost your list, with appropriate links, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge. Please do NOT simply post a link back to your original post.
*****COMPLETED 6/2/19***** UntimelyChallenge #227-
CCC- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
April Spell Challenge: RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS
DURATION: APRIL 1 -30, 2019
To complement Barb's scavenger challenge, we've got a host of word choices to spell using the Standard CCC Spelling Rules*.
S- Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
O- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses by Ogden Nash 4/9/19
Y-Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
U- An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
Z- Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee 4/2/19
*****COMPLETED 3/15/20***** UNTIMELYChallenge #228-
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Spring 2019 Scavenger Challenge - Easter Around the World
Duration: Mar 21, 2019 - Jun 20, 2019
I was brought up in a place that used to be first a Portuguese and then a British colony, and we have a lot of holdover traditions from both. For Easter, I remember the 40 days of Lent preceding it, and mass said in Church on the day of. I'm not sure there was ever an egg hunt, that I learned after coming to the US. I've even participated in a few after my son was born. This challenge is basically a cross between an egg hunt and trivia about how Easter is celebrated around the world. (Very differently, apparently). Enjoy, and happy spring!
Read a book that fits one of the options for each item. But there's a catch! You can't reach the chocolate egg without having finished all five tasks that precede it, but you can read the five tasks within the set in any order. So this will be how you'd do the challenge:
✔Complete tasks 1-5 in any order.
✔Complete 6.
✔Complete 7-11 in any order.
✔Complete 12.
Complete 13-17 in any order.
Complete 18.
16/18
The Challenge
Begin. Choose a genre! You'll be reading from this genre until you get to the first chocolate egg, so make sure to choose one broad enough.
First Genre- Books set outside the United States
✔1. In Florence, locals celebrate a 350-year-old Easter tradition known as Scoppio del Carro, or "explosion of the cart." An ornate cart packed with fireworks is led through the streets of the city by people in colorful 15th century costumes before stopping outside the Duomo. The Archbishop of Florence then lights a fuse during Easter mass that leads outside to the cart and sparks a lively fireworks display. The meaning behind the custom dates back to the First Crusade, and is meant to ensure a good harvest.
🥚 Read a book with any kind of vehicle on the cover (post the cover) - My Car in Managua by Forrest D. Colburn 6/30/19
-or- a book that contains the word "FIRE" in the title (compound words and variations are fine).
✔2. Children in Sweden dress up like witches and go begging for chocolate eggs in the streets with made-up faces and scarves around their heads, carrying bunches of willow twigs decorated with feathers. In some parts of Western Finland, people burn bonfires on Easter Sunday, a Nordic tradition stemming from the belief that the flames ward off witches who fly around on brooms between Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
🥚 Read a book with witches in it -or- read a book in which characters fight something evil. - Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19- the characters try to survive the evil prison wardens in Tasmania.
✔3. Don't forget a fork if you're in the southern French town of Haux on Easter Monday. Each year a giant omelet is served up in the town's main square. The omelet uses more than 4,500 eggs and feeds up to 1,000 people. The story goes, when Napoleon and his army were traveling through the south of France, they stopped in a small town and ate omelets. Napoleon liked his so much that he ordered the townspeople to gather their eggs and make a giant omelet for his army the next day.
🥚 Read a book with food of any sort on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book in which a character is a veteran (any branch of the armed forces, any era). - Sergeant Getúlio by João Ubaldo Ribeiro 3/24/19
✔4. On the morning of Holy Saturday, traditional "pot throwing" takes place on the Greek island of Corfu. People throw pots, pans and other earthenware out of their windows, smashing them on the street. Some say the custom derives from the Venetians, who on New Year's Day used to throw out all of their old items. Others believe the throwing of the pots welcomes spring, symbolizing the new crops that will be gathered in the new pots.
🥚 Read a book with something broken on the cover (post the cover) -
broken ticket on cover- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow 8/1/19-
or- read a book that ends a series (tell us the series).
✔5. Easter is such a popular time for Norwegians to read crime novels that publishers actually come out with special "Easter thrillers" known as Paaskekrimmen. The tradition is said to have started in 1923 when a book publisher promoted its new crime novel on the front pages of newspapers. The ads resembled news so much that people didn't know it was a publicity stunt.
🥚 Read a book in which a murder occurs -
by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19-or- read a book whose author's initials (middle counts if used) are in the word "PAASKEKRIMMEN".
You've reached a Chocolate Egg!
✔6. Reward yourself with a short book of your choice (150-250p, any genre). - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 8/8/19
Don't forget to choose a different genre for the next set!
2nd Genre- Fiction
✔7. On Good Friday the Pope commemorates the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) at the Colosseum. A huge cross with burning torches illuminates the sky as the 14 Stations of the Cross are described in several languages. Mass is celebrated on the evening of Holy Saturday, and on Easter Sunday, thousands of visitors congregate in St. Peter's Square to await the Pope's blessing from the church's balcony, known as Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the World).
🥚 Read a book with the words CITY or WORLD in its title/subtitle (compound words are fine) - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells-192p.-8/13/19
-or- read a book whose main characters are not from your country (I mean, you could read a book set in your country, but with immigrant main characters, for example. Tell us how your book fits).
✔8. Pouring water on one another is a Polish Easter tradition called Śmigus-dyngus. On Easter Monday, boys try to drench other people with buckets of water, squirt guns or anything they can get their hands on. Legend says girls who get soaked will marry within the year. The refreshing tradition has its origins in the baptism of Polish Prince Mieszko on Easter Monday in 966 AD.
🥚 Read a book with water on the cover (post the cover) -The Black Joke by Farley Mowat-218p.-8/13/19-
or- read a book in which a marriage takes place.--Oh so many princesses marrying various men in
✔9. In Bulgaria, people don’t hide their eggs - they have egg fights – and whoever comes out of the game with an unbroken egg is the winner and assumed to be the most successful member of the family in the coming year. In another tradition, the oldest woman in the family rubs the faces of the children with the first red egg she has colored, symbolizing her wish that they have rosy cheeks, health and strength.
🥚 Read a book with a mostly red cover (post the cover) -The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter -8/11/19- 187p.-
or- read a book which is a winner of a Goodreads Choice award (tell us the year and category).
✔10. In Jerusalem, Christians celebrate Good Friday by walking the same path Jesus did on the day he was nailed to the cross. Taking note of his pain that fateful day, some of those who participate carry a cross with them in remembrance. On Easter Sunday, many pilgrims attend a church service at Garden Tomb, the area Jesus was believed to have been buried.
🥚 Read a book in which a main character suffers a great deal of pain- Both of the main characters have emotional pain and then physical pain as they commit suicide in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
-or- read a book with an X somewhere in the title or the author's name.
✔11. In Prizzi, Sicily, the Abballu del diavolo, a representation of devils from locals wearing terrifying masks of zinc and dressed in red robes, is celebrated on Easter morning. Those dressed in costume pester as many "souls" as they can (which really means making them pay for drinks) before the afternoon when the Virgin Mary and the risen Christ save the day by sending the devils away with angels.
🥚 Read a book which has something that terrifies you -
-or- read a book that is practically everywhere pestering you to read it (you've seen this book on blogs, discussed by friends, on bestseller lists etc.)- also this book kept popping up on many of my challenge lists- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 8/27/19
You've reached a Chocolate Egg!
✔12. Reward yourself with a guilty pleasure book of any genre.- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy 9/2/19 -122p.
Don't forget to choose a different genre for the next set!
Next Genre- Classics-
✔13. In 1991, Rabbit-Free Australia launched a campaign to replace the Easter bunny with the Easter bilby, or rabbit-eared bandicoot. In Australia, rabbits are widely considered pests for destroying crops and land. Companies now make chocolate bilbies for Easter, with proceeds benefiting the endangered animals.
🥚 Read a book with an animal on the cover (any animal, bonus for the ones Australia considers pests, post the cover) -or- read a book set on an island.- on Great Britain- The Complete Tilling Tales: Mapp and Lucia Short Stories by Geoff Martin 10/21/19
✔14. Christianity in Indonesia was brought here by Portuguese missionaries, and statues from this time are carried through the streets. Young men consider it an honor to be chosen to play Jesus and be tied to the cross in various locations.
🥚 Read a book set in Asia (tell us where) - China- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 10/15/19
or- read a book in which a main character is entrusted with a noble task (tell us how the book fits).
✔15. In Haiti, Holy Week is marked by colorful parades and traditional “rara” music played on bamboo trumpets, maracas, drums, and even coffee cans. The holiday is a mixture of Catholic and Voodoo traditions. Voodoo believers make an annual pilgrimage to the village of Souvenance and make animal offerings to the spirits.
🥚 Read a book in which music plays a role -or- read a book whose cover is multi-colored (post the cover).- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 10/3/19
✔16. Bermudians celebrate Good Friday by flying home-made kites, and eating codfish cakes and hot cross buns. The tradition is said to have begun when a local teacher from the British Army had difficulty explaining Christ’s ascension to Heaven to his Sunday school class. He made a kite, traditionally shaped like a cross, to illustrate the Ascension.
🥚 Read a book with a large expanse of sky on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book whose title starts with a letter in "BERMUDA" (ignore a, an, and the). - The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 9/4/19-144p.
✔17.
🥚 Read a book in which a betrayal occurs -the King's mistress turns against him in The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont 9/23/19
or- read a book that makes you want to punch something (since we certainly don't want to burn books. tell us why the book made you angry!)
✔18. Read a new book (released this year) that you've been eagerly anticipating (tell us why!).- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates-3/15/20
*****COMPLETED 7/26/20*****UNTIMELYLast words= "Private jet"
Challenge #229- TCF
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The Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt XXX
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2019
40/40 plus 10/10 bonus words
Challenge rules:
•This Challenge works in conjunction with the other challenges you may participate in during this time frame.
•While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items - they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book. Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!
•You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 50 books for this challenge...do not worry!)
•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 and a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.
•Books that are used must be read during the period of this challenge, the challenge does not start until 4/1/19, but you can get your lists together early.
Good Luck & Happy Reading! ☺
✔Accountant-p.155-The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices-"...Wang Yu, ....worked as an accountant for a magazine publisher." 4/2/19
✔Airport-p.8- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu-"Funafuti is....also the site of the only working airport." 5/3/19
✔Art-p.188-The Map Thief-"...and recovering more than 4150 million worth of art and heirlooms..." 4/4/19
✔Basement-p.16-Wise Children-"...his granddaughters now sit in silk camiknickers in the basemen..." 4/17/19
✔Batter-p.509- The Old Curiosity Shop-"Batter the gate once more!" 4/13/19
✔Bully-p.116-Two Old Fools on a Camel: From Spain to Bahrain and Back Again-"She better not try bully me!'" 8/2/19
✔Celebrity-p.38-Wise Children-"She also did celebrity guest appearances..." 4/19/19
✔Clumsy-p.52-Balthazar-"The gesture itself was simply a clumsy attempt to appropriate the mystery of true experience..." 4/21/19
✔Crickets-p.147-A Suitable Boy-"...she saw him and another student, both wearing cricket clothes..." 4/3/19
✔Crumb-p.72- Wise Children-"...we got our little crumb of attention... 4/21/19
✔Delicate-p.50-Cranford-"This was the first letter, ticketed in a frail, delicate hand." 4/14/19
✔Doorbell-p.49-They Both Die at the End-"The doorbell rings." 4/4/19
✔Exclusive-p.189- The Third Man and the Loser Takes All-"Where can we go that is quiet...and exclusive?" 7/28/19
✔Experiment-p.620- The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe-"Common experiments in Natural Philosphy." (in footnote)4/14/19
✔Favorite Color- p.93- Cranford-"...which she would not now more particularly describe, only sea-green was her favorite colour." 6/6/19
✔Fertile-loc.27359 of the Kindle edition of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill." 4/13/19
✔Fond-p.331-The Old Curiosity Shop-"'You are fond of it?'" 4/3/19
✔Foster-p.48- They Both Die at the End-"It's possible I'm gonna die at the hands of my foster father..." 4/4/19
✔Fresh-p.151-Sexing the Cherry-"...and the fat still fresh around his mouth..." 4/4/18
✔Hard hat-p.35-Loitering with Intent-"...my painting of two women with red pompoms in their brown hard hats driving a carriage..." 5/13/19
✔Highway/Freeway-p.69-Russell Baker's Book of American Humor-"On the highway. how do you think that felt?" 4/11/19
✔Keen- p.113- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices-"If the man was very keen or family tradition dictated it..." 4/1/19
✔Lane-p.333-The Old Curiosity Shop-"But, before they had reached the corner of the lane, the man came running..." 4/3/19
✔Litter-p.93-The Arabian Nights-"...he ordered the servants to prepare a litter with a canopy..." 4/21/19
✔Lost/missing tooth-p.143-Wise Children-"...the way you miss a toothache when you lose a tooth." 5/7/19
✔Mud-p.112- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices-"All I am good for is wiping mud off feet." 4/1/19
✔Open window-p.383- In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower-"...the servant on duty...had opened the window at the far end..." 4/13/19
✔Postage Stamp-p.254-In a Sunburned Country-"And how much are postage stamps for America?" 5/18/19
✔Potential-p.75-They Both Die at the End-"I was talking to potential Last Friends..." 4/18/19
✔Profile- p.74-They Both Die at the End-"...but he likes my Luigi hat from my profile picture." 4/18/19
✔Ribs-p.508-The Old Curiosity Shop-"If I could only fold you in my arms, and squeeze your ribs..." 4/13/19
✔Rookie-p.102-Artemis Fowl - "As a rookie, he'd been placed on report himself for that exact offence."
✔Routine-p.127-A Lost Lady-"...and he had been attending to the routine of business." 5/3/19
✔Rural-p.15-Lab Girl-"This was an unusual recognition for a female growing up in a rural area..." 5/3/19
✔Sailboat-p.213-In a Sunburned Country-"I asked Allan, who once owned a sailboat..." 5/13/19
✔Scatter-p.86-The Arabian Nights-"...I'm about to mount my horse and charge your army and scatter them left and right!" 4/19/19
✔Shameless-p.149-The Private Dining-room and Other Verses-"The entire citizenry is shameless." 4/8/19
✔Tassel-p.432- The Old Curiosity Shop-"...and wrenched the tassel from his nightcap instead." 4/10/19
✔Torrent-p.184-Close Range-"...Bad Girl, a big, brindle, foaming torrent, bank full and over..." 4/13/20
✔Van-p.49- Morituri-"No less than six police cars and two prison vans surround a villa..." 4/15/19
Bonus list
✔Asparagus-p.44-Moonraker-"Asparagus with Bearnaise sauce sounds wonderful." 4/8/19
✔Border crossing-p.63- I Am There: Armenia-"...pushing a stroller and our luggage across an icy bridge that served as a border crossing." 7/22/19
✔Culture-p.43-They Both Die at the End-"...guests can experience the cultures and environments of different countries and cities." 4/4/19
✔Diploma-p.81- Lab Girl- "...while the other graduates were hugged and photographed everyone beaming over their diplomas." 5/7/19
✔Major (college/university field of study)-p.153-Wise Children-"...she was a Bryn Mawr graduate, English major..." 5/7/19
✔Michigan-p.48-Around the Edge-"...phoned him with congratulations when he won the Michigan primary..." 4/21/19
✔Moot-p.170-The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History-"...a well-placed reserve becomes, if not exactly moot, then certainly a lot more problematic." 6/27/19
✔Private Jet-p.119- A Study in Charlotte-"We went through lists of private airstrips and private jets." 7/26/20
✔Someone puts fuel in a vehicle-p.135-Lab Girl-"Pumping gas is not normally much of a high-adrenaline activity, but watching Bill slop the nozzle over the van's sparking muffler with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth could really get your pulse racing.: 5/9/19
✔Stethoscope-p.145-Sexing the Cherry-"...not if he listened to my heartbeat with a stethoscope." 4/4/19
*****COMPLETED 6/4/19***** TimelyChallenge #230- Wanderlust-
All Aboard The Maharajas' Express
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All Aboard The Maharajas' Express
May 1, 2019 to Completion
10/10
✔1. Our Journey Begins in Mumbai
Originally known as Bombay, this bustling city’s history is marked by its British rule
and much of the architecture reflects this colonial past. We will spend the day enjoying the famous sights, like the Gateway of India, the Bombay High Court, and the University of Mumbai with its Rajabai Clock Tower. And of course, the prestigious Taj Palace hotel where we will be spending our first glorious night being pampered. We'll enjoy some contemporary Indian cuisine at the hotel’s restaurant, Masala Kraft.
❋ Read a series book #1.- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in MUMBAI.
❋ Read a book with an arch, clock or tower on the cover.
✔2. Taj Palace to Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus - 2.3 KM
This morning we head to the absolutely stunning Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus. This historic railway station is an UNESCO Heritage site and is worth exploring before we participate in our traditional Indian Welcome Ceremony and board the Maharajas' Express. We are escorted to our deluxe room and get settled, excited to start our journey.
❋ Read a series book #2 or #3.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in TERMINUS.- Marian Forrester is the MC in A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
❋ Read a book with a train or bed on the cover.
✔3. Mumbai to Ratnagiri - 328 KM
Our adventure has begun and after a delicious lunch we arrive in the beautiful coastal city of Ratnagiri. We head to the Ratnadurg Fort ruins that are surrounded on three sides by the Arabian Sea and a wonder to marvel at. Then we visit Thibaw Palace and Tombs where the last king of Burma was exiled by the British. We return to the train for dinner and our first night riding the rails.
❋ Read a series book #3, #2 or #8.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in RATNAGIRI.
❋ Read a book with red or green cover.- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
✔4. Ratnagiri to Goa – 270 KM
We begin our day in Goa visiting several of the UNESCO Churches of North Goa including the Jesuit Basilica of Bom Jesu, where the remains of Saint Francis Xavier are preserved and Se Cathedral which was built to mark the conquest of Goa by the Portuguese. We take a walking tour of Old Panjim. Wandering through the terraced hills & cobbled streets gives us a feel for the Portuguese influence in Goa. Our day ends with an evening of Portuguese carnival music and an authentic Goan dinner.
❋ Read a series book #2, #7 or a half step series book.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in GOA.- Omar Khayyam in Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
❋ Read a book with a church or a street scene on the cover.
✔5. Goa – Hospet 319 KM
This morning the train travels through some beautiful, scenic countryside and arrives at Hospet Station. We take a day trip across the Tungabhadra River to Anegundi Village and Fort. It’s a surreal landscape with huge granite boulders interspersed with lush green paddy fields, irrigated by ancient canals. This area dates back to the Neolithic time period with rock paintings dating back to 1500 BC. We explore the fort and have a chance to interact with the locals getting a small glimpse into their simple village life. We spend the night on the train in Hospet.
❋ Read a series book #3, #1 - Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry 5/9/19
or #9.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in ANEGUNDI
❋ Read a book with rocks on the cover.
✔6. Hospet to Hampi 22 KM (Round Trip)
Today we visit the impressive UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi. The Vijayanagara kingdom, once the richest empire in the world, produced outstanding architecture and this group of monuments attests to this. In our own battery operated carts called Tuk Tuks, we enjoy such prominent sites as Virupaksha Temple, the Stone Chariot and the Vittala Temple Complex that houses the incredible Musical Pillars that produce musical bell-like tones when struck with a thumb. We return to the train for dinner and overnight we proceed to our next destination.
❋ Read a series book #2 or #22.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in HAMPI.- Mark Johnson is the MC in his memoir- An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19
❋ Read a book with pillars on the cover.
✔7. Hospet to Mysore 474 KM
We spend the morning at the magnificent Mysore Palace. One of the largest complexes in South India, we have gorgeous ceremonial halls, well-maintained gardens, and expansive courtyards to explore. Lunch is at the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, built for an exclusive stay of the Viceroy of India in the 1920's. For the afternoon we head to the pilgrimage city of Srirangapatna. With its impressive temples, historical monuments and peaceful riverside setting, there is something for everyone in this beautiful city.
❋ Read a series book #4 or #7.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in MYSORE.- MC= Miss Marple in Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
❋ Read a book with a hall, garden or courtyard on the cover.
✔8. Mysore to Cochin 485 KM
We spend the morning at leisure onboard as the Maharajas' Express chugs into Kerala Province known as “God's Own Country”. We arrive in Cochin, set on a magnificent estuary. After lunch we are given a tour of the Model Eco Tourism Village where we learn about sustainability and see workers exhibiting skills such as rope making and wicker work. We are then given a chance to see the giant Chinese Fishing Nets the area is known for in action. An impressive sight to see! We proceed to dinner at a special venue along with a traditional South Indian dance performance.
❋ Read a series book #4, #8 or #5.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in COCHIN.- Nora is the MC in Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
❋ Read a book with a rope, basket or net on the cover.
✔9. Cochin to Kumarakom 115 KM (Round Trip)
Today we enjoy a scenic canoe ride on the Kumarakom backwaters, passing through narrow canals with coconut palms dotting the landscape. Then we enjoy a delicious lunch at an exclusive lakefront venue. Then we get to witness an exhilarating Snake Boat Race! Each canoe has 60 boatmen rowing to drums and energizing songs providing a magnificent example of rigorous training and team spirit of a traditional sport of South India. Returning to the train, we have a special “Indian Evening” onboard raising a toast to our last evening on the Maharajas’ Express.
❋ Read a series book #1, #5 or #11.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in KUMARAKOM.
❋ Read a book with boat or body of water on the cover.- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
✔10. Kumarakom to Trivandrum 202 KM
This morning after breakfast we bid farewell to the Maharajas' Express as our journey comes to an end. We disembark in Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. It is a bustling city that has a lot to offer and the historical, religious and cultural hotspots make it one of the most visited places in India. It is also known for its beautiful beach resorts. So before heading home, spend a day or two seeing the sights or relaxing at Kovalam Beach enjoying your last few days in India.
❋ Read a series book #2, #20 or a half step series book.
❋ Read a book whose Main Character's Name begins with a letter in TRIVANDRUM.- MC is Fleur Talbot in Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
❋ Read a book with a sunset or beach scene on the cover.
*****COMPLETED 5/22/19***** TimelyChallenge #231- Wanderlust-
Trinidad & Tobago's Capital: Port of Spain
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Trinidad & Tobago's Capital: Port of Spain
May 1, 2019 - May 31, 2019
Tasks 6/6
✔1. The National Museum
Inside this elegant white Victorian building is the National Museum and Art Gallery. Originally named the Royal Victoria Institute, it was built as preparation for Queen Victoria's jubilee. It now houses a variety of historical and cultural exhibits that help you learn what has shaped this country. Be sure to check out the permanent exhibition that honors Carnival, the country's vibrant annual celebration. The art galleries provide a showcase for local and regional work, with the highlight being the small Cazabon Gallery, home to the paintings of Trinidad’s famous 19th century painter.
✱ Read a book with a white cover OR
✱ Read a book tagged HISTORICAL or CULTURAL on its GR homepage - Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19-"Cultural"
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
✔2. Magnificent Seven
No visit to Port of Spain would be complete without seeing the Magnificent Seven. This group of historic buildings pays homage to T&T’s European heritage. They date from the early 1900's and include such architectural marvels as the Queen’s Royal College, the Gingerbread House, Stollmeyer’s Castle and Whitehall. It is a nostalgic experience to walk down the street and see these majestic old buildings, marveling at their turrets and gorgeous iron work.
✱ Read a book with a historic building on the cover OR
✱ Read a series book #7 or a book with 7 in the total page count- A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19- 167 pages
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
✔3. Fort George
This historic Trinidadian structure provides visitors with a taste of the island's colonial heritage. Built in 1804 to protect Port of Spain, it was more often used as a hiding place for precious belongings by the rich in times of revolt. In 1883, a Victorian wooden signal station was built, providing a stark contrast to the fort's original cannons and dungeons. While both structures are worth exploring, the panoramic views are what make the visit here totally worthwhile. On a clear day you can see as far as the hills of Venezuela.
✱ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in FORT OR
✱ Read a book that takes place in the 1800's - Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in FORT GEORGE.
✔4. National Academy for Performing Arts
You can’t miss these two architecturally impressive concert and teaching venues: The National Academy for Performing Arts North and South, known to the locals as NAPA and SAPA. NAPA’s stunning design comprises a cluster of domes configured to resemble the national flower, the Chaconia; while SAPA has a design inspired by a G-Clef. Both are integral to a national strategy to develop performing arts and local culture by investing in the country’s raw talent, specifically in their steelband and calypso music.
✱ Read a book with a single flower or a musical symbol on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with NORTH or SOUTH in the title (variations accepted) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in NATIONAL ACADEMY.- Wise Children by Angela Carter 5/11/19
✔5. Steel Panyard Tour
Trinidad is the birthplace of the steel drum - the only musical instrument invented in the 20th century. The best way to hear and experience live steel drum music is to take a Steel Panyard tour that visits several authentic neighborhood pan yards where local bands play and practice each night. Explore this cultural night life as you venture from yard to yard. Enjoy the Calypso sounds of the Caribbean floating through the air while taking in the intoxicating smells and flavors of the local street food. It's a great way to "lime" (hang-out) and dance the night away.
✱ Read a book with circular item on the cover - The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19
OR
✱ Read a book with a setting that has a "neighborhood" feel to it OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in STEEL PANYARD TOUR
✔6. Maracas Bay
You can’t come to the Caribbean without heading to the beach!! Maracas Bay is known for its beautiful white sand, tall palm trees and luscious mountain range in the horizon. It’s the perfect place to experience every kind of water sport under the sun or just to relax dipping your feet in the warm sand. Any day you’ll find surfers swooping on the waves, kayakers, snorkelers and divers exploring the sea’s depths. The beach is also renowned for its famous huts that sell "shark and bake," deep-fried shark meat baked in a delicious pastry dough.
✱ Read a book with a beach on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC that participates in a water sport (tell us what) OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in MARACAS BAY.-Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
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