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***COMPLETED*** 11/7/18
Challenge #116- WRC
Back To School!
Date: 09/01/18 - 08/31/19

See- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



10/10-
✔1. BACK TO SCHOOL:
Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in BACKTOSCHOOL.- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (9/3/18)

✔2. AUGUST & SEPTEMBER:
Back to school generally happens in the US during the months of August and September.
Read a book published in August or September.- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18- pub. 9/1997

✔3.NEW CLOTHES:
Back to school means new clothes are needed.
Read a book with a piece of clothing shown on the cover (it can be worn or unworn).- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming-9/7/18- fur stole

✔4. NEW SCHOOL SUPPLIES:
Back to school needs shopping for school supplies...pens, pencils, paper, tablets, folders, notebooks, backpacks, etc.
Read a book in which something that is used in school is mentioned in the story. Please provide the name of your item, the page number or location, and the sentence containing your item.- p. 176- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie"The book was lying on the ground with the others, in front of our house."- 11/7/18

✔5. THE THREE R'S - READING:
Read a book your child (or a child in your family - niece, nephew, etc) has read. The 125 page count restriction can be ignored for this task.- Lotta's Bike by Astrid Lindgren 9/5/18

✔6. THE THREE R'S - WRITING:
Read a book where writing occurs in the story, or a book with a character who is an author.- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout- 9/2/18-Lucy is an author.

✔7. THE THREE R'S - ARITHMETIC:
Read a book with a number in the title.- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 10/27/18

✔8. CHILDREN OF ALL AGES:
Back to school means children of all ages will be in class...preschool, kindergarten, grade school, middle school, junior high, high school, college.
Read a book where someone attends school, - In Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh, the MC attended Oxford and then became a teacher.

or a book with a small child as part of the story.

✔9. SCHOOL LUNCH:
Back to school means looking forward to lunch time.
Read a book with an item of food or drink shown on the cover.- by Dashiell Hammett-alcohol on cover

✔10. SCHOOL BUS:
For some students, back to school means riding the school bus.
Read a book with a school bus shown on the cover, or a book with a yellow cover.- by Peter Mayle

Reserved

*****COMPLETED***** 12/15/18
Challenge #117-ACATT

Member Task Challenge #15: Natalie
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Member Task Challenge #15: Natalie
Date: 09/01/18 - 09/30/18
5/5

✔1. NATALIE:
Read a book by an author whose first and last initial can be found in NATALIE.- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/8/18

✔2. COVER:
Read a book with snow or a source of light shown on the cover.- by S.E. Hinton- large fire on cover serves as source of light at night.

✔3. SETTING:
Read a book set in New York, or a book whose title begins with 'N' or ends with 'E'.- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout- set in NYC

✔4. DATE:
Read a book published between July 2012 and August 2014 (inclusive).- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 12/15/18- (first published April 26th 2013)

✔5. BONUS:
Read a book from one of the following genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult, or Fiction. Genre must be shown on the book's home-page From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming - fiction

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 7/27/23***** see rest of challenges at Messages 23-28 at link below

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Challenge #118
ACATT- Longmire Spell Challenge See posts #24-30 at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



Longmire Spell Challenge
This is a spell out challenge based on the characters from the Longmire television series.

Using the following options, spell out your choice of character(s) found in the list below:
(1) First letter of a book title, (2) first letter of the author's first or last name, (3) first letter of a main character's first or last name, or (4) first letter of a series title. For the difficult letters - Q, X, Y and Z, the letter need only appear in the title, author's first or last name, main character's first or last name, or the series title. It does not have to be the first letter.

Only one full name is required to complete the challenge; however, you are welcome to complete as many characters as you like.

Please Note: For those interested in doing the entire spell out challenge, there are 452 letters total. You will need to reserve at least 6 spaces. Here is the letter breakdown:
50 A | 13 B | 15 C | 16 D | 38 E | 5 F | 17 G | 14 H | 31 I | 2 J | 5 K | 28 L | 20 M | 41 N | 31 O | 2 P | 0 Q | 38 R | 22 S | 25 T | 8 U | 5 V | 9 W | 0 X | 14 Y | 3 Z

The challenge begins September 1, 2018. There is no end date.

Welcome to the Longmire Posse!

MAIN CHARACTERS:
1. Walt Longmire

W- Evelyn Waugh- Decline and Fall (9/13/18)
A-Andrew Robinson-The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius
L- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
T- Thornton Wilder- The Bridge of San Luis Rey 10/5/18
L- Erik Larson- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America 12/28/18
O- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
N- Nick Charles- main character in The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
G- Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha
M- The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
I- Ian Fleming- From Russia With Love
R- The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
E- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/8/18

2. Victoria Moretti
V- Valeria Luiselli- Faces in the Crowd
I-If I Stay by Gayle Forman 10/4/18
C- Michael Chabon- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands
T- Truman Capote- Breakfast at Tiffany's 1/20/19
O- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 10/27/18
R- Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
I- In Morocco by Edith Wharton 1/27/19
A- Kingsley Amis- The Green Man 12/20/18

M-Toni Morrison-Song of Solomon 11/1/18
O- George Orwell- Coming Up for Air
R- Donal Ryan- From a Low and Quiet Sea 1/12/19
E- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
T- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Hergé 1/9/19
T- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2/5/19
I- The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks 5/3/19

3. Henry Standing Bear
H- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff 3/1/19
E- Home Is Where You Live: A diary of teaching English abroad for the first time by Elliot Lord 7/25/19
N- Nina Sankovitch- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading 12/11/18
R- The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble 1/26/19
Y- Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
S- Samantha Weinberg- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth
T- Thomas Bernhard- Concrete 2/22/19
A- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1/7/19
N- Nina George- The Little Paris Bookshop 12/15/18
D- Drown by Junot Díaz (10/6/18)
I- Moonraker by Ian Fleming 6/6/19
N-Nawal El-Saadawi- Woman at Point Zero 2/10/19
G- Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike 12/31/18
B- Julian Barnes- The Sense of an Ending 10/10/18
E- George Eliot- Daniel Deronda 1/19/19
A- Alexandre Dumas- The Forty-Five Guardsmen 1/22/19
R- João Ubaldo Ribeiro- Sergeant Getúlio 3/24/19

4. Cady Longmire
C- J.M. Coetzee- Dusklands 11/13/18
A- A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain 2/13/19
D- Daniel Defoe- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 10/17/18
Y- Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura 10/9/19
L- Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 3/9/19
O- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 12/23/18
N- Nancy E. Turner- These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 3/3/19
G- Sara Gruen- Water for Elephants 3/6/19
M- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan 12/17/18
I- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19
R-Richard Flanagan- Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish 3/26/19
E- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert 7/3/19

5. Archie Ferguson
A- Almudena Solana- The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz 2/15/19
R- Shame by Salman Rushdie 5/1/19
C- Vera Cleaver- Where the Lilies Bloom 1/9/19
H- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
I- Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence 6/10/19
E-Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 9/18/19
F- Felicia's Journey by William Trevor 1/24/19
E- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley 9/14/19
R- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare-283p.- 8/30/19
G- Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
U- Umberto Eco- How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays 2/19/19
S- Dai Sijie- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
O- Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt 1/11/19
N- A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny 12/22/18


6. Branch Connally
B- Andrej Blatnik- Skinswaps 2/25/19
R- The Roots of Heaven by Romain Gary 9/6/19
A- Agatha Christie- Murder at the Vicarage 6/4/19
N- The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19
C- Lewis Carroll- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There 3/9/19
H- Peter Høeg- Smilla's Sense of Snow
C- Calypso by David Sedaris 1/10/19
O-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3/19/19
N- Ogden Nash- The Private Dining-room and Other Verses 4/9/19
N- Neil is a MC in A Lost Lady by Willa Cather 5/6/19
A- Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 6/28/19
L- Lewis Carroll- A Tangled Tale 3/17/19
L- Loitering with Intentby Muriel Spark 5/22/19
Y-Yusuf Idris- The Sinners

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 6/9/19***** Untimely

Challenge #119-WRC-Jukebox Challenges
Favorite Album - Second Helping
SEE- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Date: 09/01/18 - 10/31/18

Favorite Album - Second Helping
Date: 09/01/18 - 10/31/18
10/10

125 page minimum
✔1. SECOND HELPING:
Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
♫Read a book with a number in the title OR a book with an action word in the title.- Drown by Junot Díaz (10/6/18)

✔2. Release Date:
The album was released April 15, 1974.
♫Read a book published in 1974 OR a book published in April (any year).- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming- published in April (1957) (9/7/18)

✔3. LENGTH:
Second Helping is 37 minutes, 15 seconds long.
♫Read a book in which the number 3, 7, 1 or 5 is found in the total number of pages.- Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh 300p.

✔4. STUDIO:
Track 1 was recorded at Studio One in Doraville, Georgia. The remaining album was recorded at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California.-set in CA- In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 6/9/19

♫Read a book set in either Georgia or California.

✔5. LABEL:
Second Helping was released on the Sounds of the South and MCA labels.
♫Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in SOUNDSOFTHESOUTHMCA. No word count limit, but all words count.- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

✔6. PRODUCER:
The album was produced by Al Kooper.
♫Read a book by an author whose first OR last initial is found in ALKOOPER.- Valeria Luiselli- Valeria Luiselli

✔7. GENRES:
Second helping is listed in several genres. They include: Southern rock, boogie rock, blues rock, country rock and hard rock.
♫Read a book in which the letters SOUTHERN, BOOGIE, BLUES, COUNTRY or HARD can be found somewhere in the book title (they do NOT have to be in order). All letters must be present in the title and accounted for (so for "BOOGIE", you would need two O letters in the title...not just one).
"BLUES" found in my namE IS LUcy Barton - My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

✔8. RECORDS:
Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the US alone.
♫Read a book in which the number 2 and the number 8 appear in the book's ISBN (or ISBN13) on the book's main page.- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg- ISBN 0060932856
✔9. LYNYRD SKYNYRD:
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band best known as having popularized the Southern rock genre in the 1970's. At their peak, the band lost three members in a tragic plane crash in 1977.
♫Read a book in which something tragic occurs, - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton- several tragic events...including a murder and a serious (eventually fatal) injury suffered in a fire.

OR a book with two (or four if you are feeling especially ambitious) Y letters in the title or the author's first and last name.

10. BONUS:
Spell out something related to this album using the following: (1) 1st letter of the book title, (2) 1st letter of the author's first or last name. What you spell is your choice, but it needs to relate to the album in some way. Feel free to be creative, but if your connection is not obvious, be sure to state what it is. Here are some spell out choices that may be of help: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Second Helping, Van Zant, Southern Rock, Blues, Boogie, Country, Hard Rock, Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama.

B- Julian Barnes- The Sense of an Ending
L- Valeria Luiselli- Faces in the Crowd
U- John Updike- Gertrude and Claudius 12/31/18
E- Elizabeth Strout- My Name is Lucy Barton
S-S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 7/9/19*****TIMELY

Challenge #120-Wanderlust
For this challenge you will be reading a total of 18 books.

See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Beginning 8/29/18

For this challenge you will be reading a total of 18 books.

Please Note:You MUST complete Level One before moving on to Level Two and you MUST complete Level Two before starting Level Three. Please post when you have completed a level to let us know you are moving to the next one.

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.

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Happy Traveling!!

Level One: Explore the World-***Level 1 COMPLETED 3/26/19***
Read a Book that takes place in each of the below Continents. Tell us what country each book is from.
6 Books Total

✔Africa
1. Egypt- The Sinners by Yusuf Idris

✔Asia
1. Japan: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18

✔Australia (Includes New Zealand and all the Surrounding Islands)
1. Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19

✔Europe
1. UK- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

✔North America (Includes Central America & Caribbean Islands)
1. USA- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

✔South America
1. Peru-The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18

Level Two: Country Hopping
Choose 3 Continents and read 3 Books from 3 Different countries/regions/states from each of your chosen continents. *Please note your countries when posting your books.

✔✔✔Asia-
1. India- Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag 3/29/19
2. China- Xinran- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 4/11/19
3. Philippines - Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan 4/20/19

✔✔✔Europe-
1. UK-Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson 4/4/19
2. Switzerland - Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
3. Italy- The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde 5/18/19

South America-
Paraguay- The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck 4/7/19

North America
1. USA- The Map Thief by Michael Blanding 4/23/19

✔✔✔Africa-
1.Algeria- Yasmina Khadra- Morituri 6/2/19
2. Egypt- Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 6/11/19
3. Gambia- Toubab by Rob Coughlin 6/23/19

Oceania
1.Tuvalu- Time and Tide: The Islands of Tuvalu by Tony Wheeler 6/1/19
2. Australia - In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson 6/17/19
9 Books Total

Level Three: Pick Your Dream Destination
Choose the country from the books you read in Level Two that you would most like to visit and tell us why. Now spend some time there by reading three books that take place in your chosen Dream Destination.
3 Books

✔✔✔UK.
1.- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 6/24/19
2. As You Like It by William Shakespeare 7/4/19
3.A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 7/9/19

Reserved

*****COMPLETED***** 1/12/19- but NOT TIMELY
Challenge #121- WRC
Fall Seasonal Challenge
September 1 - November 30, 2018
see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



Please Note: A separate book is required for each item, so you will need to read a total of 20 books to complete the challenge.

Here are the ways to find the items:
(1) The first letter of each title word found in the item; no word count limit, but all words count.

(2) The author's first and last initials found in the item

(3) The item or phrase found in the text of the book. Must provide page/location number, and sentence containing the word or phase. Word/phrase must be exact - no substitutions.

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Challenge Rules:
The page limit requirement is 125 pages unless otherwise specified; however, participants are welcome to combine smaller books to reach the page limit. All books are allowed (children's, manga, graphic novels, audio, ebook, etc). Re-reads are fine - just be sure to re-read the entire book.

Challenge Updates:
You are welcome to post updates while working your way through the challenge. When posting an update, please include the following information: a link to the book title, the author's name, and the date you finished reading the book.

Completed Challenges:
When you have completed this challenge, copy and paste your entire challenge in a new message, letting me know it is completed. A completed challenge must include: a link to the book title, the author's name, and the date you finished reading the book. If this information is missing, your challenge is incomplete. All generic messages stating you've completed the challenge (including those with a link) will be deleted.
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LIST OF ITEMS:
✔1. Apple Picking-author's initials: Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha 10/16/18
✔2. Back to School-title- Calypso by David Sedaris 1/10/19
✔3. Bonfire-text- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth-"Paper was floating from the windows to the ground, where he saw it being burned on a small bonfire." 9/16/18
✔4. Candy Corn- title Drown
✔5. Celebration-text- p.358-One Hundred Years of Solitude-"The night of the raffle the winners held a huge celebration..."
✔6. Cool Nights- title initials- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
✔7. Corn Maze-author's initials- Michael Chabon- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands 10/9/18
✔8. Dressing-p.84- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett-"The daughter was dressing when they left and she took a taxi..."-9/8/18
✔9. Fall Colors-author's initials- Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius
✔10. Football Game- author's initials- George Orwell- Coming Up for Air 12/3/18
✔11. Halloween- author's initials- Evelyn Waugh-Decline and Fall
✔12. Hayride- author's initials- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang
✔13. Jack-o-Lantern- text-p.151-Radiance-"If we put a candle in your head you'd be a jack-o'-lantern." 9/22/18
✔14. Labor Day- Donal Ryan- From a Low and Quiet Sea 1/12/19
✔15. Leaves-p.25- The Sinners-"...you saw the nearby canal and the cotton branches in full with their leaves and bolls." 9/4/18
✔16. Pumpkin Pie- author's initials- Peter Mayle- The Marseille Caper completed 9/22/18
✔17. Pumpkin Spice Latte (for all our Starbucks Fans!!!)-author's initials- Elizabeth Strout- My Name Is Lucy Barton
✔18. Thanksgiving-If I Stay by Gayle Forman 10/4/18 OR text-p.176-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands-"...sat in the same chair at a table of literature as did a transvestite cousin at a family Thanksgiving." 10/9/18
✔19. Trick or Treat-text-p.228-Song of Solomon-"...like a kid on a Halloween trick-or-treat prank..." 10/30/18
✔20. Turkey-text- loc.507 of Kindle edition of From Russia With Love- "...General G., himself smiling thinly at the pleasure he caused...trouble in Cyprus, riots in Turkey..." 9/2/18

Reserved

***COMPLETED 10/16/18***

Challenge #122-Wanderlust
Addis Ababa Spell Out see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

September 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018

***COMPLETED 10/16/18***

Addis Ababa Spell Out
September 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018

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.

C-Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
A- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
T-The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett 9/12/18
H- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 9/10/18
E- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 9/2/18
D- Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh 9/14/18
R- Radiance by Catherynne Valente 9/28/18
A- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
L- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED****** UNTIMELY 4/20/19
75 WORDS; 231 Days; .0325 words per day.; 24 sources; 3.125 words per source; last word= "condor"

Challenge #123-Wanderlust
Machu Picchu Word Search
100 page minimum

see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

September 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019
Machu Picchu Word Search
September 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019
75/75

Words
✔Acclimate-p.336-Smilla's Sense of Snow-"To give yourself the necessary timeto get acclimated." 10/1/18
✔Agriculture-p.180-The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"...if he chooses, learn the principles of agriculture, of astronomy, of botany..." 10/15/18
✔Alien-p.162-Decline and Fall-"...Paul became aware of an alien influence at work." 9/13/18
✔Alignment-p.139-Radiance-"...and killed themselves at the climax of some orgiastic cannibalistic ritual coinciding with the Venus-Mercury alignment." 9/21/18
✔Altar-p.24- Decline and Fall-"It was an attractive church...six candles on the altar." 9/11/18
✔Altitude-p.34-The Bridge of San Luis Rey-"...in these strange mountains, where the altitude was making her lightheaded..." 10/2/18
✔Andes-p.32-The Bridge of San Luis Rey-"assimilated by the overwhelming immanence of the Andes..." 10/2/18
✔Archaeology-p.186-The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"As the archaeologist Colin Renfrew notes in his Arcgaeology and Language..." 10/15/18
✔Artifact-p.147-Radiance-"Only he wasn't Anchises yet, he was...an artifact." 9/21/18
✔Ascent -p.116-Smilla's Sense of Snow-"This golden ascent would take place in Danish." 9/27/18
✔Astronomy-p.117-Radiance-"...Carlotta with the neighbor boy, the son of a lowly junior lecturer in astronomy..." 9/20/18
✔Bath-loc,1038- From Russia With Love-"People in Russia soak themselves in scent, whether they have had a bath or not..." 9/2/18
✔Bus-p.65-Decline and Fall-"Miss Clutterbuck would feel a little faint when she saw a bus that was going to the Edgware Road." 9/12/18
✔Capital-p.31- The Sinners-"...her basket of eggs, which she did not want to leave when, as she said, it held her capital." 9/4/18
✔Carving-p.73-Radiance-"She chews tiny peels of it as she talks, carving them free with a dark fingernail." 9/20/18
✔Channel-loc.1485-From Russia With Love-"...and were heading south along the wide air channel that takes the Mediterranean traffic from England." 9/3/18
✔Climb-loc.687-From Russia With Love-"If a man climbs a mountain or runs very fast he also is a hero to some people, but not to the masses." 9/2/18
✔Condor-loc. 844 of Kindle edition of Afghanistan's Blue Treasure: Lapis Lazuli-"Carvings in lapis include Mayan masks, the copihue flower and the condor." 4/20/19
✔Constellation-p.36- My Name Is Lucy Barton-"...the constellation of the magnificent Chrysler Building right behind us." 9/1/18
✔Cultural-p.212-The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"His motive...was...not aesthetic and cultural..." 10/15/18
✔Descendent-p.63-One Hundred Years of Solitude-"...in which the only ones invited were the descendants of the founders..." 10/15/18
✔Discovery-p.61-The Mysterious Affair at Styles-"This is a great discovery." 9/9/18
✔Emperor-p.152- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth-"...Toba team ordered home- apparently at the express wish of the Japanese emperor." 9/17/18
✔Empire-loc.3360-From Russia With Love-"It was a typical Ritz sitting-room...with good Empire furniture." 9/7/18
✔Endangered-p.152- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth-"...the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) slapped its strongest protection order on the coelacanth." 9/17/18
✔Engineer-p.76-The Monkey Wrench Gang-"...to the grade level specified by the highway engineers." 12/4/18
✔Estate-p.1- The Sinners-"...where the estate stretches away so far that its end can hardly be seen." 9/4/18
✔Gateway-p.25-The Monkey Wrench Gang-"...from the gateway entrance to the special camp." 12/4/18
✔Highest (no variations) -loc.550- From Russia With Love-"Even the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot." 9/2/18
✔Hike-p.216-If I Stay-"She lives in the country and likes to hike in the woods..." 9/19/18
✔Hut- p.66- Radiance-"...in a traditional cacao-wood hut, driver's helmet visible in the background." 9/20/18
✔Inca -p.6-The Bridge of San Luis Rey-"It had been woven of osier by the Incas more than a century before..." 10/1/18
✔Invader-p.59-One Hundred Years of Solitude-"The founders of Macondo, resolving to expel the invaders, went with their older sons..." 10/14/18
✔Knot-loc.3054-From Russia With Love-"And the love knot formed, and, as the train jolted..." 9/7/18
✔Llama-p.33-The Bridge of San Luis Rey-"...but a llama (a lady with a long neck and sweet shallow eyes...came over..." 10/2/18
✔Manpower-p.92-The Sense of an Ending-"I invited further site inspections and suggested extra use for their manpower." 10/6/18
✔Masonry-loc.1342- From Russia With Love-"...with orders to wait until one of these chaps crept out of the masonry and made contact." 9/3/18
✔Mile-high (hyphenated or two words)- p.92- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass-"I'm not a mile high, said Alice." 2/15/19
✔Million-loc.362-From Russia With Love-"...in the two biggest purges, a million people have to be killed in one year..." 9/2/18
✔Mortar-p.51- Smilla's Sense of Snow-"Then he went in while the mortar was still damp and pushed one brick slightly inward." 9/26/18
✔Native-p.57- The Sinners-"...for much of the credit must go to his own native cunning." 9/4/18
✔Niche-p.8-Faces in the Crowd-"That was his niche." 9/13/18
✔Observatory-p.198-The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"...Young successfully pushed for the government to establish a permanent observatory at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa." 10/15/18
✔Obstacle-p.39-Decline and Fall-"Boys do get into such indelicate positions during the obstacle race..." 9/11/18
✔Passport-loc. 721- From Russia With Love-"...Bond had surrendered his passport." 9/2/18
✔Peak-loc.550- From Russia With Love-"One day, he might even stand on the peak, alone." 9/2/18
✔Permit-p.34The Thin Man-"'Have you got a pistol permit?'" 9/7/18
✔Peru- p.5-The Bridge of San Luis Rey -"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." - 10/1/18
✔Purification-p.100- The Sinners-"This description refers to a purification ritual performed by certain Muslims..." 9/5/18
✔Rail-p.138- My Name Is Lucy Barton-"...and the bed rail was taken down."9/1/18
✔Regulation-p.138- Decline and Fall-"Paul sat for the regulation ten minutes in the regulation nine inches of warm water..." 9/12/18
✔Remote -p.11- Decline and Fall-"...his
voice had a thousand modulations, as though at some
remote tune he had taken lessons in elocution,..." 9/13/18
✔Restrict-p.5-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands- "...we are foolish to restrict ourselves to one type or category." 10/7/18
✔Retreat-p.104-The Sinners-"...clawing like a wild demented creature, and all they could do was retreat." 9/5/18
✔Ritual-p.100- The Sinners-"This description refers to a purification ritual performed by certain Muslims..." 9/5/18
✔Royal-loc.715-From Russia With Love-"The corner of the Royal seal and the letters '...reign office' in the segment of a circle showed in the bottom right-hand corner." 9/2/18
✔Ruins-p.20- Radiance-"Long, squalid lashings of what appears to be white paint spatter the ruins." 9/19/18
✔Ruler (no variations)-p.329-Radiance-"It's not like I have a ruler." 9/25/18
✔Security-loc.456-From Russia With Love-"It is served by a small exchange in the Kremlin operated by professional security officers." 9/2/18
✔Shadow-loc.1375- From Russia With Love-"They threw bars of light and shadow across the dark green carpet..." 9/3/18
✔Solstice-Ch.1 (Bk.2) of Librivox audiobook version of The Return of the Native- "It was a fine and quiet afternoon, about three o'clock; but the winter solstice having stealthily come on,..." 10/20/18
✔South America-p.114- Decline and Fall-"It was mostly in South America in - in places of entertainment, cabarets, theatres..." 9/12/18
✔Stairs-loc.207 of the Kindle version of From Russia With Love- "He bent and picked up his book...and walked back into the house and up the few stairs to his bedroom." 9/2/18
✔Stamp-p.63-The Mysterious Affair at Styles-"There were no stamps in his desk..." 9/9/18
✔Sundial-p.123-Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit-"Close to the heart is a sundial and at heart an orange tree." 12/22/18
✔Suspension (no variations)-p.45-The Sense of an Ending-"I took the nearest postcard to hand- one of the Clifton Suspension Bridge..." 10/6/18
✔Terrace-p.13- Decline and Fall-" From the back it looks very much like any other large country house, with a great
many windows and a terrace,..." 9/13/18
✔Tourist-loc.1967-From Russia With Love-"The Hall of Pillars is now a thing for tourists." 9/3/18
✔Trail-p.43-Faces in the Crowd-"...the gleam of a comet, which leaves a trail, and fades away..." 9/13/18
✔Trek-loc. 1115 of the Kindle edition of Dusklands-"That they are so poor that they must steal the miserable trek oxen of every passer-by?" 11/11/18
✔Turret-p.60-Moab Is My Washpot-"Stouts Hill....was a mock castle, its stone turrets..." 11/27/18
✔Watchman-loc.1629- From Russia With Love-"A tough looking watchman...dressed in frayed khaki, cam out of a porter's lodge..."
✔Weaponry (no variations) -p.4- Artemis Fowl-"...you have adopted this pathetic disguise to discreetly check for weaponry." 3/19/19
✔Wheel-loc. 1621- From Russia With Love-"...just keeping the pedestrians from under its wheels." 9/3/18
✔Yale-loc.1637-From Russia With Love-"He knocked on a fine mahogany door with a Yale lock and..." 9/3/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 1/22/19******
ON 27th roll

Challenge #124-Wanderlust
Climbing Machu Picchu
September 1, 2018 to February 28, 201

Roll One Die at: https://www.random.org/dice/

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Climbing Machu Picchu
September 1, 2018 to February 28, 201

Link to: Climbing Machu Picchu Gameboard https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fpso...

Roll #1-I rolled a five which is a brown square.-completed brown task #10
Roll #2- I rolled a five again and again landed on a brown square-completed brown task #4
Roll #3- I rolled a two and landed on 2ND WIND: Move ahead 3 spaces- landing on the third brown square- completed task #2
Roll # 4- rolled a 4- landed on a tan space- completed task #8
Roll #5- rolled a 5- landed on the 4th gold space-completed task #3
Roll #6- rolled a 4- landed on the 6th tan space- completed tan task #3
Roll #7- rolled a 4- landed on 6th gold space-completed Gold Task #1
Roll #8- rolled a 3- landed on 7th gold space-completed Gold Task #5
Roll#9-rolled a 2- landed on 8th tan space- completed Tan Task #4
Roll#10- rolled a 4 - landed on 10th LIGHT green space- Completed Light Green task #8
Roll#11- rolled a 6- landed on the 4th Red space-Too High- Go Back 3 spaces- landed on 11th Light Green space-Completed Light Green task #7.
Roll#12- rolled a 5-landed on the 12th Light Green space-completed Light Green task #4
Roll#13- rolled a 6- landed on 13th Light Green space-completed Light Green task #2
Roll #14- rolled a 6- landed on the 12th Brown space-completed Brown task #6
Roll #15- rolled a 2- landed on the 15th light green space-completed light green task #5
Roll#16-rolled a 1- landed on the 15th tan space- completed tan space #10
Roll#17- rolled a 1-landed on 7th red space- roll again- rolled a 5- landed on 16th light green space- completed light green task #1.
Roll#18-rolled a 5- landed on 18th tan space- completed with task #7
Roll #19- rolled a three- landed on a red space-Llama crossing-"rolla gain"- rolled a one- landed on 18th light green space. Completed with task#9
Roll#20- rolled a two- landed on 17th gold space- completed with task #7
Roll#21-rolled a two- landed on the last light green space.-completed with task#6.
Roll#22- rolled a two- landed on 2nd dark green space- completed task#1
Roll #23- rolled a six- landed on the 8th dark green space- completed with task #10.
Roll#24- rolled a six- landed on 14th dark green space- completed task#9
Roll#25- rolled a one- landed on the 15th dark green space- completed task #4.
Roll #26- rolled a one- landed on the 16th dark green space- completed task #5
Roll #27- rolled a five- completed Challenge.

TAN - PERU & AREA
1. MP is Peru’s leading tourist attraction with over a million people visiting every year.
✜ Read a book where the characters are visiting somewhere as tourists.
2. MP is located in the Andes Mountains - the 2nd highest mountain range in the world. ✜ Read the book on your TBR with the 2nd highest rating. (To easily find this you can sort your TBR/WTR Shelf by rating). I have several books that tie with a 5 rating...plan to read Tiny Americans: A Novel by Devin Murphy
✔3. Half the population of Peru is Quechua, a South American Indian group related to the Inca. ✜ Read a half step series book (i.e 1.5) or a book with an indigenous character.- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg- MC is half Inuit
✔4. There are three official languages in Peru: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. ✜ Read a book that has been translated from its original published language or read a book that takes place in Peru. - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder-10/5/18-takes place in Peru.
5. The city of Cusco is called the gateway to Machu Picchu even though it is 50 miles away. It was once the Incan capital and still the capital of the region. ✜ Read a book that takes place in a capital city. Tell us where.
6. The town of Aguas Calientes is the starting point for the ascent to MP. ✜ Read a book with an author whose initials are AC or MP.
✔7. Peru’s rainy season is from October to April. The rain adds an extra challenge to your visit but MP is far less crowded during these months. ✜ Read a book that was originally published in the month of October or April. Share the publication date. - The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 12/15/18- (first published April 26th 2013)
✔8. There are 10 million Llamas in the world. Three-quarters of them live in Peru and love the mountains surrounding MP. ✜ Read a book with double LL in the title or author’s name. - The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
9. Another common MP sight is the Giant Andean Condor. It's the largest flying bird on earth and was sacred to the Inca. ✜ Read a book with a bird on the cover.
✔10. MP is an UNESCO World Heritage site but has come close to being placed on their endangered list. This has led the Peruvian government to restrict the total number of daily tickets to 2,500. ✜ Read a book that has more than 2,500 REVIEWS on GR.- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston with over 2900 reviews 11/4/18

GOLD - INCA FUN FACTS
✔1. The Inca Empire first appeared during the 12th century and quickly grew to over 12 million people. ✜ Read a book that has 1 AND 2 in the total page count (share page count).- If I Stay by Gayle Forman 201 p. (10/4/18)
2. MP was built in the mid-1400s by Pachacuti, the ninth Incan ruler. ✜ Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in PACHACUTI.
✔3. The Inca lacked a written language. But they developed a system of record-keeping using a complicated system of knots called quipus. ✜ Listen to an audio book or read a book that completes a task for a complicated challenges. Tell us what challenge. - I read Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente which satisfied the #27 task for the 2018 Pop Sugar challenge to read a book set on a different planet.
4. The Inca created a road system with over 18,000 miles of roads. In spite of this, they never discovered the wheel! ✜ Read a book in which a road trip happens or a book with a wheel on the cover.
✔5. The Inca built impressive suspension bridges 300 years before the Europeans had mastered them. At one point the Andes contained more than 200 such bridges. ✜ Read a book that is between 200 and 300 pages long. Tell us the page number. -Drown by Junot Díaz 208p. (10/6/18)
6. The Inca used a dry masonry method to construct their buildings. Without mortar they fit large stones so tightly together that nothing could get between them. ✜ Read a book with a stone building or wall shown on the cover.
✔7. The Inca combined their expertise in engineering and agriculture to create terraces that provided an efficient drainage system key to reducing the risk of landslides. ✜ Read a book with a character that is involved in the field of engineering or agriculture.- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson- one of the engineers in the story is the inventor of the Ferris Wheel
8. The Inca took astronomy very seriously. They were the only ancient culture to define constellations of darkness as well as light. ✜ Read a book with a word in the title that refers to the sky in some way (i.e : sky, light, dark, stars, sun, moon, etc.).
9. The Inca worshiped the sun god Inti, believing their emperor to be a direct descendent of Inti. ✜ Read a book by an author whose last name starts with a letter in INTI or SUN.
10. With the arrival of the Spaniards 1532, the Inca were quickly overwhelmed by the diseases and superior weaponry of these invaders, disappearing completely by 1535.
✜ Read a book that takes place in the 1500’s or read a book with a weapon on the cover.

BROWN - INTERESTING TIDBITS
1. In the Quechua native language, Machu Picchu means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain.” ✜ Read a book that was added to your TBR/WTR the first year you joined GR. Tell us the year.
✔2. Although known to locals, Machu Picchu remained unknown to the outside world until a Yale professor, Hiram Bingham, rediscovered it in 1911. ✜ Read a book where an important discovery is made. Tell us what is was. - discovery of the coelacanth...a fish thought extinct for 400 million years- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth
3. During Bingham’s visits, he removed artifacts promising to return them but did not. A few were returned in 2006 and 2007 but it wasn’t until 2012 that most were officially returned to the Peruvian government. ✜ Read a book published in 2006, 2007 or 2012.
✔4. It has never been determined why the city was built and what its actual purpose was. Some thought it was a spiritual retreat and others believed it served as a country estate for the emperor. ✜ Read a book that is hard to hard to put a genre label on. - Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli- if I had to assign a genre...it might be literary magic realism time travel.
5. There are over 150 buildings on the 5 sq miles of Machu Picchu. ✜ Read a series book #5 or a book with a TBR/WTR number that is between 150 and 159.
✔6. Its remote mile-high location makes it hard to believe that all the stones to construct the buildings were pushed or carried up the mountain by manpower. ✜ Read a book that takes place in a remote location. - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez- the main characters found the remote village of Macondo in Colombia. 10/27/18
7. There are over a 100 flights of stairs leading up to MP with more than 3,000 steps. ✜ Read a book with stairs or steps on the cover.
8. Some people believe that aliens once inhabited the region and built MP. ✜ Read a book tagged SCIENCE FICTION on its GR homepage.
✔10. You must bring your passport with you to MP. It has its own passport stamp which is a nice reminder of your Peruvian adventure. ✜ Read a book that takes place in a location that would require you to use your passport. - The Sinners by Yusuf Idris- set in Egypt

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LIGHT GREEN: GETTING THERE
✔1. Many visitors choose to hike to MP. With different trails that vary in length and experience, there is one that fits every hiking preference. ✜ Read a book that fits your current mood or genre preference. - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 11/7/18
✔2. The Classic Inca Trail is the most popular route. It follows the path of the original Inca trail and has a 4-day and 2-day option. ✜ Read a series book #4 or #2. - The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
3. You will need a permit for the Classic Inca Trail. They are limited but there are other hiking options if you are unable to secure one. ✜ Read a book where the first letter of every word in the title can be found in CLASSIC INCA TRAIL (Two Word Minimum).
✔4. The Salkantay Trek does not need a permit. Named after the iconic Mount Salkantay it has been called “One of the World’s Best Hikes”. ✜ Go to GR Lists and type the word BEST in the search feature. Read a book off one of the lists that has the word BEST in it.- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden- #1 on this Best of Historical Fiction list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
✔5. The Lares Trek is an easier option and the ultimate cultural experience. It takes you through traditional Andean communities that have changed little in the last 500 years, giving you a wonderful look back in time. ✜ Read a book tagged CULTURAL on its GR homepage (It can have a country listed before the word CULTURAL).- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
✔6. If you don't plan to hike, you can take the train to Aguas Calientes, which deposits you at the foot of the mountain heading up to MP. ✜ Read a book with a mountain on the cover. - by Vera Cleaver 1/9/19
✔7. There are two rail companies that operate trains to MP: PeruRail and Inca Rail. Both give you options ranging from the budget friendly to impressive luxury cars. ✜ Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in RAIL. - The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
✔8. At 11,150 feet, Cusco requires acclimation to avoid acute mountain sickness, or AMS. Even though MP is just under 8,000 feet it’s a good idea to give yourself a day in the area to acclimate. ✜ Read a book with a MC with a first name that starts with A, M or S. - Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon- the MC is the author himself Michael Chabon.
✔9. From Aguas Calientes there are two ways to get to the actual site - by foot or by bus. Both have their obstacles: a two hour stair-heavy trip up the hill or a two hour wait in line to board a bus. ✜ Read a book with a 2 in the total page count. - The Green Man by Kingsley Amis 12/20/18- 240p.
10. New rules and regulations for visiting MP went into effect on July 1, 2017 making it harder to get tickets. So be sure to purchase your tickets online well in advance to avoid disappointment. ✜ Read a book that was published AFTER July 1, 2017.

DARK GREEN: ARRIVAL ... LET’S EXPLORE!!
✔1. Watchman’s Hut: This served as a control port for people entering and exiting the city creating a very effective means of security. The impressive view from the hut should not be missed! ✜ Read a “not to be missed” book from this GR list: Most Popular in 2018. Tell what number is was on the list. - Calypso by David Sedaris 1/10/19
2. The Funerary Stone: This strangely carved rock lies next to the Watchman's Hut. Researchers have puzzled over its use but several have suggested it could have been a sacrificial alter. ✜ Read a book tagged MYSTERY on its GR homepage.
3. Temple of the Sun: It is believed this structure with the unusual turret was used as an astronomical observatory. The placement of the two windows are closely aligned to the Summer and Winter solstice. ✜ Read a book that takes place completely in the season of summer or completely in winter.
✔4. Royal Tomb: At the base of this building is a cave-like structure believed to be a mausoleum for the royal family. ✜ Read a book with a character that is a member of royalty. - Daniel Deronda by George Eliot- 1/19/19- Title character's mother is a Princess.
✔5. The Temple of Three Windows: Located in the area called the Sacred Plaza, the Three Windows frame the three facing mountains perfectly. ✜ Read a series book #3. - The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas 1/22/19
6. The Principal Temple: Named for its large size, it striking feature is an embedded kite-shaped stone thought to represent the Southern-Cross star formation. ✜ Read a book with an cross shaped object on the cover.
7. House of Ornaments: Located at the highest point of the city, they believed this was used to store ornaments because of the niches in the walls. Its three magnificent walls are covered with intricate carvings. ✜ Read the highest numbered book on your TBR/WTR. This would be the last book you have added to it.
8. Inti Watana: One of the strangest features at MP, archaeologists think this carved stone served as a sundial or calendar. At midday on the winter and summer solstice, the sun stands directly above the stone casting no shadow. ✜ Read a book with something that tells time on the cover (calendar, clock, watch, etc.)
✔9. The Fountains: Fed from natural spring waters through impressive stone channels, MP's fountains fill over 16 baths which were thought to be used for ritual purification. ✜ Read a book with a word relating to water in the title (ocean, river, fountain, etc.).- From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan 1/12/19
✔10. Terraces: No trip to MP would be complete without visiting the many terraces that drop down the side of the ancient city. These green alleyways make the perfect spot for a nice rest and beautiful view! ✜ Read a book with a green cover.- by Chris Offutt 1/11/19

*****COMPLETED 5/13/19***** Untimely

Challenge #125- Wanderlust

Ring of Fire Bingo see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

*****COMPLETED 5/13/19*****


Ring of Fire Bingo
3 Months from Start Date
8/30/18-11/30/18

1. TITLE: Title Begins with the First OR Last letter of the Word(s). 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. You can choose to Use or Disregard A, An or The.
2. AUTHOR: Author’s First AND Last Initials Found in the Word(s).
3. LOCATION: Book takes place in listed country.
4. TEXT: Country name found in the text. Please share text.
5. COVER: Cover has the colors of the flag prominently shown on it. Post cover.


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2. AUTHOR: Author’s First AND Last Initials Found in the Word(s).
3. LOCATION: Book takes place in listed country.
4. TEXT: Country name found in the text. Please share text.
5. COVER: Cover has the colors of the flag prominently shown on it. Post cover.

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✔Guatemala-author's initials: Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha
✔Philippines- author's initials- Elizabeth Strout- My Name Is Lucy Barton 9/2/18
✔Argentina- cover...Drown by Junot Díaz 10/6/18
✔Russia-loc. 222 of Kindle edition of From Russia With Love-"As everywhere in Russia, a car meant an official, and an official could only mean danger." 9/2/18
✔Chile-author initials- Hergé- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1/9/19

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✔Australia-text- -text- p.161-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands-"...vocal factions agitating for any homeland at all, anywhere- Africa, Australia..." 10/9/18
✔Japan- Author's Initials- Jane Austen- Sense and Sensibility
✔Peru- Book set in Peru- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
✔Nicaragua-text-p.151-"...Aureliano Jose deserted the federal troops in Nicaragua..." 10/19/18
✔Ecuador-author's initials- Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius

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✔Papua New Guinea-author's initials- Evelyn Waugh by Decline and Fall
✔El Salvador- author's initials- Valeria Luiselli- Faces in the Crowd
✔Ring of Fire- author's initials-George Eliot-Daniel Deronda 1/19/19
✔Canada-text-p.144-Radiance-"Aliens or Canada." 9/21/18;
✔Fiji-text-p.312-The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America-"Suppose that President Higinbotham finds vis-a-vis an anointed, bare-backed Fiji beauty..." 12/27/18

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✔Solomon Islands- Title- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
✔New Zealand-text-p.30- A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth-"The long report in the Auckland Star of New Zealand was entitled 'Loch Ness Outdone.'" 9/15/18
✔Costa Rica-text-p.51-Calypso-"That's how I learned she lived in Costa Rica." 1/9/19
✔Panama-author's initials- Peter Mayle- The Marseille Caper
✔Vanuatu-Title- An Unobstructed View: A Personal Journey from Illinois to Arizona by Mark Johnson 5/13/19

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✔Colombia-text-p.80-The Lost City of the Monkey God-"...her father, who ran one of the majpr drug cartels in Colombia." 11/2/18
✔USA- flag colors found on cover- by Yusuf Idris
✔Indonesia- text-p.268-Smilla's Sense of Snow-"On his walls Jakkelsen has banners, postcards, and little souvenirs from South America,the Far East, Canada and Indonesia." 9/30/18
✔Mexico-text-p.47-Faces in the Crowd-"I was in a Lebanese cafe in Calle Donceles in the historic district of Mexico City..." 9/13/18
✔Honduras- Author initials- S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders

Reserved

Challenge #126-Wanderlust
***COMPLETED 10/16/18***

Ethiopia's Capital: Addis Ababa
September 1, 2018 - September 30, 2018
Let’s take a quick look at this eclectic and fascinating capital city in Ethiopia.

✱ Addis Ababa or "new flower" was founded 150 years ago as a military encampment. It is now a metropolis of more than 5 million people and the country’s commercial and cultural hub.
✱ At a height of 7,726 feet, Addis Ababa is one of the highest capital cities in the world, and the highest in Africa.
✱ Despite being close to the equator, the altitude keeps the average temperatures around 77F (25C). The city’s all-time record temperature is only 90F (32C).
✱ Addis Ababa is often called "the capital of Africa" since it hosts the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU).

Choose a level and enjoy your visit!
Day Tripper: 4 Attractions
Explorer: 5-6 Attractions

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. Please post cover if it is task appropriate. When you have completed the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and repost in a new message, letting us know it is completed.

6/6

✔1. Medhane Alem Cathedral
✱ Read a book that has columns or a cross on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that has 4 and 3 (in any order) in its total page count OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in MEDHANE ALEM.- Dashiell Hammett- The Thin Man 9/12/18

✔2. Lion of Judah Monuments
✱ Read a book that has statue or lion on the cover OR
✱ Read a series book #2 - The Marseille Caper by The Marseille Caper 9/22/18
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in LION OF JUDAH.

✔3. Ethiopian Ethnological Museum
✱ Read a book that has a musical instrument or ethnic costume on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that is tagged CULTURAL on its GR homepage OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM.- S.E. Hinton- The Outsiders 9/2/18

✔4. The National Museum
✱ Read a book that has a skeleton (whole or partial) on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter in LUCY OR- My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 9/2/18
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in NATIONAL MUSEUM.

✔5. The Merkato
✱ Read a book that has a colorful cover- by Michael Chabon
OR
✱ Read a book with a MC that owns a business that sells something OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in THE MERKATO.

✔6. Meskel Square
✱ Read a book with running shoes or sneakers on the cover OR
✱ Read a book with a character who runs on a regular basis OR
✱ author’s first & last initial is found in MESKEL SQUARE- Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius 10/16/18

Reserved

Challenge # 127-Game Night -Short, Sweet & Solo > October Challenge of the Month ~Trick or Treat
October 1-31, 2018
See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Reese's
Peanut M&Ms
KitKat
Snickers- Snickers

🥜 read a book with humor on the first page of tags
🥜 read a book with a title with a word that ends in ER
🥜 read a book with the character whose name starts with SMilky Way
3 Musketeers
Twin
Tootsie Rolls
Milk Duds
Mike & Ike
Hot Tamales
Fun Dip

Reserved

***COMPLETED 12/11/18****
Challenge #128-WRC- see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

October 2018 Featured Author Challenge: Celeste Ng
Date: 10/01/18 - 10/31/18

***COMPLETED !@?!!?!****

October 2018 Featured Author Challenge: Celeste Ng
Date: 10/01/18 - 10/31/18

5/5 + Bonus

✔1. CELESTE NG:
Celeste Ng was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1980. Her family moved to Ohio when she was ten years old. She currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
☀Read a book set in Pennsylvania, Ohio or Massachusetts, OR
☀Read a book published in 1980, OR
☀Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CELESTENG.- Nina Sankovitch- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading 12/11/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 3/3/19*****
Challenge #129- WRC- see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Historical Landmarks of Texas
4th Quarter Task, 2018
Date: 10/01/18 - 12/31/18
10/10

Welcome to our fourth and final quarterly task challenge for 2018. We will visit just a few of the historical landmarks in the US state of Texas. I hope you find some wonderful books along the way!

To complete the challenge, read a book that fits a task for each of the landmarks listed below.

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Challenge Rules:
The page limit requirement is 125 pages unless otherwise specified; however, participants are welcome to combine smaller books to reach the page limit. All books are allowed (children's, manga, graphic novels, audio, ebook, etc). Re-reads are fine - just be sure to re-read the entire book.

Challenge Updates:
You are welcome to post updates while working your way through the challenge. When posting an update, please include the following information: a link to the book title, the author's name, and the date you finished reading the book.

Completed Challenges:
When you have completed this challenge, copy and paste your entire challenge in a new message, letting us know it is completed. A completed challenge must include: a link to the book title, the author's name, and the date you finished reading the book. If this information is missing, your challenge is incomplete.
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✔1. ALAMO:
A former mission and fortress compound, the Alamo is now a museum. It was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century. It was used as a fortress during the 19th century. It is also where the Battle of the Alamo took place in 1836.
◈Read a book in which some type of battle takes place, OR
◈Read a book with a fortress type structure shown on the cover, OR
◈Read a book set during the 18th or 19th century- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18- set in the 18th Century

✔2. APOLLO MISSION CONTROL CENTER:
Also known by it's call sign, Houston, the Apollo Mission Control Center manages flight control for the US human space program. The center is located in Building 30 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
◈Read a book with an airplane shown on the cover, OR
◈Read a book in which the first letter of each title word can be found in APOLLOMISSIONCONTROL, ---If I Stay by If I Stay 10/4/18
◈Read a book set in Texas.

✔3. DEALEY PLAZA:
Dealey Plaza is the site of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The surrounding buildings are rumored to have held additional assassins.
◈Read a book in which an assassination takes place, OR
◈Read a book with the author's first and last initials found in DEALEYPLAZA, OR
✔◈Read a book that mentions John F. Kennedy (include page/location and sentence information for this task).-p.185-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands-"In later years, I would think of this golem when I saw cigar-store Indians, and again when I saw the giant lumpy head of John F. Kennedy in the lobby of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C." 10/9/18

✔4. KING RANCH:
King Ranch was founded in 1853 and is the largest ranch in the United States. It is larger than the US state of Rhode Island.
◈Read a book with the word King or Ranch found in the title, OR
◈Read a book in which the majority of the story takes place on a a ranch,- These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
OR
◈Read a book tagged as western on the book's main page.

✔5. SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD:
The Lucas gusher at Spindletop was the first major gusher of the Texas Oil Boom and occured on January 10, 1901. The gusher blew for nine days at an estimated rate of 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Gulf Oil and Texaco were formed to develop production at Spindletop.- Drown by Junot Díaz (10/6/18)
◈Read a book in which the word gusher is found in the text (page/location and sentence information required for this task), OR
◈Read a book in which the title begins with a letter found in SPINDLETOP, OR
◈Read a big book (over 500 pages).

✔️6. HIGHLAND PARK SHOPPING VILLAGE:
This was the second shopping mall constructed in the US. It was built in 1931 and is still in operation today.
◈Read a book with a character who likes to shop, OR
◈Read a book published prior to 1931, OR
◈Read a book with a title that begins with "H" or ends with "E".- The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

✔7. MAJESTIC THEATRE:
The Majestic Theatre was built in 1929. It is the largest theatre in Texas, and the second largest in the United States.
◈Read a series book #1 or #2, OR
◈Read a book in whichALL of the numbers 1, 9, 2 and 9 can be found in the book's ISBN or ISBN13 shown on the book's main page (must contain two of the number 9, and the ISBN or ISBN13 must be included for this task), - Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon-10/9/18- ISBN 1932416897
OR
◈Read a book in which the main character is a performer of some type (music, movies, television, etc).

✔8. ODESSA METEOR CRATER:
The Odessa Meteor crater contains two meteorite impact craters, the largest of which is 550 feet in diameter.
◈ Read a book whose title begins with "O", OR
◈Read a book with over 550 reviews here on Goodreads, - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18 with over 14,000 reviews
OR
◈Read a book with something large shown on the cover.

✔9. LUBBOCK LAKE SITE:
Lubbock Lake Site is a major archeological site that includes evidence from as far back as 10,000 BC. Volunteers from around the world help with ongoing excavations each summer, and local people can also volunteer. Today, the public can view ongoing archeological work.
◈Read a book in which archeology is part of the story, - The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18- a true story...partly about Egyptian archaeology and Thomas Young's deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.
OR
◈Read a book with over 10,000 ratings here on Goodreads, OR
◈Read a book with a body of water shown on the cover.

✔10. HARRELL SITE:
The Harrell Site is a prehistoric Native American archeological site. Discovered in 1937, it is believed to be that of a Plains Indian agricultural village. Excavation began in 1938 and continues today.
◈Read a book with a Native American character, OR- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg- MC is half Inuit (10/1/18)
◈Read a book published between 1938 - 2018 (inclusive), OR
◈Read a book with a fruit or vegetable shown on the cover.

Reserved.

CCC
Challenge #130- See https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

***COMPLETED***
on 12/8/18

October SPELL Challenge: Pizza Pie!
Timeframe: October 1-31, 2018



October SPELL Challenge: Pizza Pie!
Timeframe: October 1-31, 2018

To go along with Suzanne's Pizza Pie challenge, choose one or more of these words to spell out in October. You may use the first letter of the first word in the book’s title (excluding A, An and The) OR the author’s first or last initial (middle names or initials can NOT be used).

A- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
L- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
F- Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 10/17/18
R- Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
E- The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 12/8/18
D- Drown by Junot Diaz (10/6/18)
O- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 10/27/1

Reserved.

***COMPLETED 11/1/18***
CCC
Challenge #131- see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



October Scavenger Challenge: Pizza Pie!
October 1-31, 2018- Aiming for the Large Pie

October is National Pizza Month! So let's build our pizzas to enjoy while we read.

This challenge is slightly different than our usual monthly format. You may choose 6-10 tasks, depending how hungry you are. :) One of your tasks must be for CRUST and one of your tasks must be for SAUCE. After that choose as many toppings as you desire! If you would like "extra" on any topping, you may choose to complete both options within one task. i.e. Extra Pepperoni - you would read a book that takes place in Italy AND a book that has a spicy character.

You must specify your pizza size and build (crust/sauce/toppings) before starting!!
10/10

Small Pizza = 6 Tasks | Medium Pizza = 7 Tasks | Large Pizza = 8 Tasks | X-Large Pizza = 10 Tasks

I'm choosing a Large Pizza=8 tasks:

✔CRUST: Choose 1 Task
✔▼ Thin: Read a “thin” book (150 – 250 pp.); tell us how many pages OR read a book in which a character is consistently described as thin.- If I Stay by Gayle Forman-201p.

✔SAUCE: Choose 1

✔▼ Pizza Sauce: Read a book whose title or author’s first or last name begin with a “Z” OR read a popular book (>10,000 ratings or on a best of list; tell us which list).- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 10/1/18- >35,000 ratings

TOPPINGS: Choose 4 - 8

✔▼ Banana Peppers – Read a book with a chartreuse cover; post the cover OR read a book whose title contains at least 3 “A”s and 2 “N”s.- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon 10/9/18

✔▼ Basil – Read a book whose title contains the name of any spice or herb OR read a book that takes place in Asia (where basil originated).- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden- set in Japan 10/16/18


✔▼ Goat Cheese (chèvre) – Read a book with a kid (child less than 13 years old) as a main character OR read a book with a foreign word in its title.- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder "San Luis Rey" is Spanish for Saint Louis King" 10/5/18

✔▼ Green Pepper – Read a book with a green cover; post the cover- by Gabriel García Márquez
OR read a book whose title or author’s name contain double consonants.


✔▼ Meatballs – Read a book with a plural word in its title OR read a book with any round object on its cover; post the cover. by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18

✔ ▼ Parmesan Cheese – Read a book with a (physical) hard cover - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes- the edition I read had a hard cover.
OR read a book with a pet whose name begins with a letter in PARMESAN; tell us the pet's name.


✔▼ Sausage – Read a book that takes place in Germany or Poland OR read a book that is a blending of two or more genres; tell us the genres.- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18- blends Magic Realism with African-American cultural literature

✔▼ Sesame Seeds – Read a book that takes place in a tropical location; tell us where OR read a book whose cover shows several very small items (i.e. rain drops, stars, beads); post the cover.- Drown by Junot Díaz- much of the book takes place in the Dominican Republic. 10/6/18

Reserved

***COMPLETED 12/11/18***

CCC
Challenge #132- Beginning 9/29/18- see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Fall 2018 SPELL Challenge - AN APPLE A DAY
Timeframe: 9/21/18 to 12/20/18



Fall 2018 SPELL Challenge - AN APPLE A DAY
Timeframe: 9/21/18 to 12/20/18

To complement our seasonal scavenger challenge, we've chosen several words related to apples. Choose from the following words and complete the spell-out using:
1. The first letter of a book's title
2. OR the author's first or last initial

Because this challenge is 3 months long, we encourage you to choose words that add up to a minimum of 15 letters.


C- Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
O-Coming Up For Air by George Orwell 12/3/18
R- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
T- Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
L- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
A- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
N- Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch 12/11/18
D- Dusklands by J.M. Cotzee 11/13/18


Acidity-ACDT
Apple pie-APPLE
Australia-ASTRALA
Baldwin-BALDWN
Buttery Flesh-BTTER FSH
Cold Climates-COLD CMATS
Connecticut-CONCTT
Corail-CORAL
Cortland-CORTLAND
Cox's Orange Pippin-COS ORAE PPN
Denmark-DENMAR
Effervescent-EFVRSCNT
Empire-EMPR
Esopus Spitzenburg-ESOP STNBRG
Farmers' Markets-FARMERS MATS
Floral Scent-FLORA SCENT
Fuji-FJ
Ginger Gold-GNGER GLD
Golden Delicious-GOLDN ELCOS
Goldrush-GOLDRSH
Granny Smith-GRAN SMTH
Gravenstein-GRASTEN
Heirloom-HERLOOM
Honeycrisp-HONECRS
Hybrid-HBRD
Jonathan Jessup-ONATA JSSP
Juicy-JC
Kathy Wafler-ATH WARE
Lady-LAD
Liberty -LBERT
Macoun-MACON
Maria Ann Smith-MARA AN SMTH
McIntosh-MCNTOSH
Monticello-MONTCELO
Movie-sound-effect Crunch-MOVE SOND FCT
Mullins family-MLLNS FAM
Mutsu, Crispin-MTS CSPN
New York-NE OR
Northeast-NORTEAST
Northern Spy-NORTHE SP
Pear-like-PER-L
Pinata-PNATA
Pink Lady-PN LAD
Pinova-PNOVA
Rubyfrost-RBFROST
Seedling-SEDLN
Slow Food USA Ark of Taste catalog-SLOW FD SA AR O TS
Snapdragon-SNAPDRAGO
Sonata-SONATA
Sonoma County California-SONOMA CT ARA
Sweetness-SETNSS
Thomas Jefferson-THOMAS EFRSON
Trademark-TRADEMAR
Tropical fruit-TROPCA FRT
Twenty Ounce-TWET OC
Unnamed Apple of the Future-NAMED APL O FTR
Virginia-RGNA
Vitamin C-VTAMN C
West Virginia-WST VGNA
World record longest apple peel-WORD ROD NGEST APPL
York-OR
York Pennsylvania-OR PENSLVAA
Zippy-PP

The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle (9/22/18)
Radiance by Catherynne Valente (9/25/18)
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg (10/1/18)
Drown by Junot Diaz (10/6/18)
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 10/17/18
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 10/27/18
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 11/7/18
Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
Dusklands by J.M. Cotzee 11/13/18
Coming Up For Air by George Orwell 12/3/18
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 12/8/18
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch 12/11/18

Reserved

***COMPLETED 11/4/18***

Challenge #133-WRC-see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



Texas Spell Challenge
4th Quarter Spell, 2018
Date: 10/01/18 - 12/31/18

A- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
L- The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
A- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
M- Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
O- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 10/27/18

1. ALAMO-ALAMO
2. APOLLO MISSION CONTROL CENTER-APOL MISS T
3. DEALEY PLAZA-DAL PA
4. KING RANCH-IG ACH
5. SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD-SIDLTOP
6. HIGHLAND PARK SHOPPING VILLAGE- ILAD SO A
7. MAJESTIC THEATRE-MAJSTI TA
8. ODESSA METEOR CRATER-ODSSA MT AT
9. LUBBOCK LAKE SITE-LBBOC A SIT
10. HARRELL SITE-AL SIT

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg-10/1/18
If I Stay by Gayle Forman 10/4/18
Drown by Junot Diaz 10/6/18
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 10/17/18
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 10/27/18
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED***** 4/14/19 TIMELY

Challenge #134-
WRC- Haunted Places in the US-
10/01/18 - 09/30/19
see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

10/10 PLUS SPELLOUT

TASKS:
To complete the task section, read a book that fits each of the items listed below.

✔1. The LaLaurie Mansion, New Orleans, Louisiana:
A Creole mansion located in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it was owned by Louisiana socialite and murder, Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. After LaLaurie fled New Orleans, people claimed to hear the screams of her victims spilling from the house in the dead of night.
☠ Read a book with a mansion shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book set in New Orleans or Louisiana, OR
☠ Read a book with a female character who is a murderer.- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan 12/17/18- also qualifies for #3-prison

✔2. Shanghai Tunnels, Portland, Oregon:
One of the most dangerous ports in the US during the early 19th century, Portland was the eipcenter of an illicit maritime practice known as shanghaiing, which was a form of human trafficking. Men in local saloons were preyed upon by swindlers, and found themselves deposited directly into a network of underground tunnels. They were held captive, drugged and then transported to the waterfront where they were sold to ships as unpaid laborers. Some worked for years before finding their way back home. It is said the the tunnels are haunted by the spirits of captives who died there.
☠ Read a book with a ship shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book set in Portland or Oregon, - If I Stay by Gayle Forman- set in Oregon
☠ Read a book in which someone is kidnapped.

✔3. Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
A menacing Gothic-style prison which opened in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it was the first U.S. prison to implement solitary confinement. Prisoners were held in gloomy stone cells with almost no human contact. Hoods were placed over their heads anytime they were moved. After the prison closed in 1971, it is said that ghosts of the inmates took back the prison. Visitors often claim to see apparitions wandering the corridors and hear mischievous whispers in abandoned cell blocks.
☠ Read a book published in 1971, OR
☠ Read a book in which someone is in prison, - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 12/28/18

OR
☠ Read a book set in Philadelphia or in Pennsylvania.

✔4. R.M.S. Queen Mary, Long Beach, California:
This R.M.S. Queen Mary was an ocean liner that sailed the Atlantic from 1936 to 1967. During her first three years, the Queen Mary carried well-known celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn, as well as dignitaries like General Dwight Eisenhower. In 1939, the Queen Mary began her second life as the "Grey Ghost," a World War II troopship. After the war, restored to her former glory and sailed the Atlantic for nearly two more decades. The Queen Mary departed on her last cruise on October 31, 1967, docking at her final destination of Long Beach, California. Reportedly, the Queen Mary is haunted by those who died aboard, such as a crew member who was murdered in cabin B30, and the the young sailor crushed to death by a door in the engine room.
☠ Read a book in which all or part of the story takes place on a ship,- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg- much of the action takes place on a ship
OR
☠ Read a book set in Long Beach or in California, OR
☠ Read a book with a boat or ship shown on the cover.

✔5. Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts:
August 4, 1892 - the bodies of Andrew and Abby Borden were discovered in their home where they had been bludgeoned to death. The prime suspect was their youngest daughter, Lizzie. Due to lack of physical evidence though, Lizzie was acquitted. Having since been converted into a museum and bed-and-breakfast, guests can sleep in one of the reportedly haunted rooms, and even view gruesome photos of the crime scene.
☠ Read a book where someone is acquitted of a crime, - in The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 4/14/19, Kit is originally convicted of a theft...but acquitted after new evidence comes to light.
OR
☠ Read a book set in Fall River or in Massachusetts, OR
☠ Read a book with blood shown on the cover.

✔6. The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado:
F.O. and Flora Stanley opened the Stanley Hotel in 1090 - and reportedly never left. According to staff members, Mrs. Stanley can be heard playing her Steinway piano in the music room at night, and Mr. Stanley shows up periodically in photographs. Ther have also been reports of children's laughter heard in the hallways, lights being turned on and off, as well as bags being unpacked. Nestled in Colorado’s mountain wilderness it inspired Stephen King’s best-selling, The Shining.
☠ Read a book in which a hotel is mentioned (name of hotel is required),-p.57- One Hundred Years of Solitude-"He put up at the Hotel Jacob- built by one of the first Arabs..." 10/14/18
OR
☠ Read a book with luggage shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book set in Estes Park or in Colorado.

✔7. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia:
Opened to patients in 1864, this asylum was built to maximize sunlight and fresh air, and it was believed the building would serve as a healing environment. While the building was designed to house 250 people, by the 1950's it housed 2,400. Due to reforms in mental health treatment, the facility was forced to close in 1994. Hundreds of patients died in the asylum. Guests and ghost hunters alike claimed to see shadowy figures roaming the asylum's crumbling halls.
☠ Read a book in which mental illness is part of the story, - Calypso by David Sedaris- author's sister commits suicide. 1/10/19
OR
☠ Read a book with a hospital or hospital scene shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book set in Weston or in West Virginia.

✔8. San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas:
This stunning example of Gothic Revival architecture is the oldest church in Texas and holds El Mariachi Mass every Sunday. Construction workers started renovating the church in 1936, and in so doing, discovered bones, nails and tattered military uniforms near the altar. Some believed these belonged to three soldiers of the Alamo. Visitors have reported shadowy figures and orbs in their photographs, as well as ghosts in the back of the church itself. Sightings include a man dressed in black, as well as d figures in hooded, monk-like clothing.
☠ Read a book with a church or part of a church shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book with a character who is in the military, - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez- one of the MCs is Colonel Aureliano Buendía
OR
☠ Read a book set in San Antonio or in Texas.

✔9. Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania:
One of the bloodiest battles in American history, The Battle of Gettysburg claimed some 50,000 and was fought over a three-day period. Many of those soldiers never received a proper burial. Reportedly, these men now wonder the field, looking for their weapons and comrades.
☠ Read a book in which a war is part of the story, OR
☠ Read a book set in Gettysburg or in Pennsylvania, OR
☠ To lighten things up a bit as this can be a very difficult subject, read a book by a favorite author.- Thomas Hardy- The Return of the Native 11/9/18

✔10. St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida:
Florida's first lighthouse and the city's oldest surviving brick structure, the St. Augustine Lighthouse was built between 1871 - 1874. Several tragic events that occurred in or near the lighthouse are the believed to be the cause of ghost activity. While painting the lighthouse, the keeper feel to his death. Three children playing in a cart near the tower fell into the ocean and drowned. Visitors have reported seeing the keeper watching the grounds. Some have also reported hearing the sounds of children playing nearby.
☠ Read a book in which children are part of the story, - Drown by Junot Díaz- several stories involve young boys who have essentially been abandoned by their father. (10/6/18)
OR
☠ Read a book with a lighthouse (or partial lighthouse) shown on the cover, OR
☠ Read a book set in St Augustine or in Florida.

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SPELL OUT:
Choose something from the list below to complete the spell out section using the following: (1) first letter of the book's title, or (2) first letter of the author's first or last name.


S-Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg-10/1/18
H-Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
A- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
N-Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch 12/11/18
G-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
H-Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Herge 1/9/19
A-The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 12/8/18
I-In Morocco by Edith Wharton 1/27/19

T-The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
U-Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike 12/31/18
N-The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 12/15/18
N- A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelaney 12/22/18
E-Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 1/19/19
L- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 12/28/18
S-The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18


1. LaLaurie Mansion-LALAURIE MANSON
2. Shanghai Tunnels-SHANGAI TUNNELS
3. Eastern State Penitentiary-EASTRN STATE PENITNAR
4. R.M.S. Queen Mary-RMS UEEN MAR
5. Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast-LIZE BORDEN BED A BRAKFAST
6. Stanley Hotel-STANLE HOTEL
7. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum-TRANS ALEGHEN UNATIC ASM
8. San Fernando Cathedral-SAN FERNADO CATHEDRAL
9. Gettysburg Battlefield-GETTSBURG BATTEFIELD
10. St. Augustine Lighthouse-ST. AUGSTNE LIGTHOSE

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg-10/1/18
Drown by Junot Diaz-10/6/18
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
Maps & Legends by Michael Chabon 10/9/18
The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 10/17/18
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 10/27/18
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston 11/4/18
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 11/7/18
Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
Dusklands by J.M. Cotzee 11/13/18
Coming Up For Air by George Orwell 12/3/18
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 12/8/18
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch 12/11/18
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 12/15/18
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan 12/17/18
The Green Man by Kinglsey Amis 12/20/18
A Night in Lonesome October by Roger Zelaney 12/22/18
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 12/28/18
Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike 12/31/18
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 1/7/19
Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver 1/9/19
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets by Herge 1/9/19
Calypso by David Sedaris 1/10/19
Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt 1/11/19
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan 1/12/19
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 1/19/19
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote 1/20/19
The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Alexandre Dumas 1/23/19
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor 1/24/19
The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble 1/26/19
In Morocco by Edith Wharton 1/27/19

Reserved

***COMPLETED 10/16/18***

Challenge #135- see https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Wanderlust-
Stockholm Spell Out
October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018


Stockholm Spell Out
October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018
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.


A- The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Andrew Robinson 10/16/18
B- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18
B- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
A-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
Words to Choose From
Sweden
Stockholm
Canal
Tour
Gamla Stan
Old Town
Skansen
Vasa
Museum
City Hall
ABBA

Reserved

***COMPLETED 11/1/18***
Challenge #136- Wanderlust-see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Sweden's Capital: Stockholm
October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018

6/6

Tasks

✔1. Canal Tour
Much of Stockholm’s charm lies in its waterways. A canal tour is a good way to acquaint yourself with the city's intricate island layout, get your bearings and see the areas and sights you’d like to explore later on. The two-hour bridge tour takes you under 15 of Stockholm's bridges and has you experience the locks that connect Lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea. Admire the lush views of palaces and gardens, and as you loop back you’ll see the city in all its majesty.

✱ Read a book with a water scene on the cover OR
✔✱ Read a book with 1 AND 5 (in any order) in the total page count- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18 150 p.
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in CANAL TOUR.

✔2. Gamla Stan
Gamla Stan, Sweden’s medieval Old Town is another good place to start your visit. The labyrinth of narrow cobblestone streets lined with autumn-hued townhouses, candle-lit cellar bars and rustic craft shops create a medieval atmosphere visitors can't get enough of. The area’s main focal point is Stortorget, the most historic square in the city. The neighborhood is also home to some of the city's other top attractions, including the Stockholm Cathedral, the Nobel Museum and the Royal Palace.

✱ Read a book with an autumn-hued cover OR
✱ Read a book with a MC whose first name starts with a letter in STORTORGET - Andrew Robinson- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius- MC's name is Thomas Young
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in GAMLA STAN.

✔3. Skansen
Founded in 1891, Skansen is the world's oldest open-air museum. It showcases five centuries of Swedish history with over 150 historical homes, churches and farmsteads to visit. Docents dressed in period costumes demonstrate traditional activities, such as black-smithing, spinning and knitting. It is also home to an extensive zoo, featuring 75 different species of Scandinavian animals. It’s a great place to spend a day exploring.

✱ Read a book with an historic looking building on the cover OR
✔✱ Read a book tagged HISTORICAL FICTION - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in SKANSEN.

✔4. Vasa Museum
The most visited museum in Scandinavia, the Vasa Museum features the impressive restoration of the 17th century Vasa warship. On its maiden voyage in 1628, it was afloat only minutes before capsizing in the city's harbor. Hundreds of years later, the massive, 226 foot-long ship was completely salvaged and meticulously put back together and is now the oldest fully preserved warship in the world.

✱ Read a book with boat or ship on the cover - by Michael Chabon
OR
✱ Read a book that takes place in the 17th century OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in VASA MUSEUM.

✔5. City Hall
The Stadshuset or City Hall is one of the city’s must-see landmarks. It houses offices for 200 people including the Municipal Council but is most famous for its decadent Golden Hall covered in 18 million gold mosaic tiles. The hall hosts the annual Nobel Prize award ceremonies and banquets. The 106 meters high tower, is a magnet for altitude-loving visitors willing to make the 30-minute narrow staircase climb to the top. The tower is only open in the summer months but the spectacular view is worth the climb.

✱ Read a book with a tower on the cover OR
✱ Read a book that has won an award (tell us what it was) OR- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg-won Glass Key Award 1993
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in CITY HALL.

✔6. ABBA: The Museum
Whatever your opinion of Sweden’s biggest pop act there’s no getting away from their cultural impact. More than three decades after they split up their music still pops up
in movies, TV shows and of course their record-breaking musical Mamma Mia. The museum brims with ABBA memorabilia and clever touches that fans will be wild for.
At the immersive “Waterloo” exhibit you can step back in time to 1974 and relive the Eurovision Song Contest that ABBA won and kicked off their career.

✱ Read a book with anything that pertains to music on the cover OR
✱ Read a book published between 1972 to 1982 OR
✱ Read a book whose author’s first & last initial is found in ABBA: THE MUSEUM.- Toni Morrison- Song of Solomon 11/1/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED FULL CARD 2/8/19***** Not Timely

Challenge #137- Wanderlust-see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

*****COMPLETED FULL CARD 2/8/19*****

Autumn Color Bingo
Aiming for 4 or more lines

3 Months from Start Date (Starting 10/1/18 - to 12/31/18
16/25- 1st Bingo-Line 1-12/20/18

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Line One
✔Green-title- The Green Man by Kingsley Amis 12/20/18
✔Silver-Title-Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18
✔Brick-text-p.92-Drown0-"...the glow from their TVs washing blue against the brick." 10/5/18
✔Purple-Kindle location 2604- The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble-"'Yes, I do mean knitted, green leaves, white-edged purple flowers..." 11/27/18
✔Rust- Title- The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Line Two
✔Gold-p.20-The Lost City of the Monkey God-"...he wore a gold watch chain..." 11/1/18
✔Navy-text-p.276-Moab Is My Washpot-"...his duffel bag whose regulation navy blue was piped..." 2/8/19
✔Teal-author's initials- Edward Abbey- The Monkey Wrench Gang 12/9/18
✔Coral-Title-Coming Up for Air 12/2/18
✔Gray-author's initials: Arthur Golden- Memoirs of a Geisha 10/16/18

Line Three
✔Wine-text-p.36-And Then There Were None-"The food had been good, the wine perfect." 1/1/19
✔Sky -Title-Smilla or text-p.8-The Bridge of San Luis Rey-"Often he had stretched his arms to the sky..." 10/1/18
✔Fall-title-The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 10/17/18
✔Mustard- text- p.295- One Hundred Years of Solitude-"She also taught her how to avoid an unwanted conception by means of the evaporation of mustard plasters..." 10/23/18
✔Olive-text-p.23-Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore-"...reaching over her shoulder for a napkin, a toothpick, and an olive..." 12/11/18

Line Four
✔Tan-text-p.332-The Little Paris Bookshop-"Max turned red beneath his tan and became a little fidgety." 12/15/18
✔Brown-p.117-Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading-"I put myself back on the brown couch..." 12/10/18
✔Red-p.81- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"During the eighteenth century, the concept of primary colors beame generally accepted, but they were reduced to three in number, usually red, yellow and blue."

✔Orange-text- The Forty-Five Guardsmen-"Antwerp belongs to the Prince of Orange." 1/22/19
✔Blue-Title- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 11/13/18

Line Five
✔Indigo-text-p.173-Where the Lilies Bloom-"...we would gather blue pimpernel, wild indigo, mayapple..." 1/8/19
✔Yellow-text-p.148-The Sense of an Ending-"...I picked up a yellow basket and wandered slowly round." 10/7/18
✔Forest-text-p.49-Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands-"...in a camp at the edges of a continent-sized forest..." 10/7/18
✔Cornflower-author initials- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson 12/28/18
✔Sienna-Text-p.203- The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius-"...visiting the monuments... in Turin, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Sienna..." 10/15/18

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 10/25/19*****

Challenge #138-Wanderlust-see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Creepy, Strange & Unusual
October 1, 2018 - November 30, 2018

8/8

Tasks

✔1. TORTURE MUSEUM, NETHERLANDS
The city of Amsterdam boasts over 50 museums, but few of them are as strange as the Museum of Torture. It provides a vivid image of a painful European past. The exhibit “Punishments and Verdicts in the Middle Ages” includes over forty instruments of punishment from different parts of Europe, from the inquisition chair to the guillotine.

◆ Read a book where a form of torture was used OR
✔◆ Read a book tagged HISTORICAL FICTION on its GR homepage - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TORTURE MUSEUM (3 word minimum - all words count).

✔2. SEDLEC OSSUARY, CZECH REPUBLIC
This small chapel is known worldwide for its macabre décor of carved human bones and skeletons. It all started in the early 1300's, when the abbot scattered holy soil from Jerusalem in the cemetery, making it a popular burial site. Running out of space they began digging up old graves to make room for others. A local woodcarver was given the daunting task of arranging more 40,000 old bones in a visually impressive way.

◆ Read a book with a cemetery or bones of any kind on the cover OR
◆ Read a book with more than 40,000 RATINGS on its GR homepage OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in SEDLEC OSSUARY (3 word minimum - all words count).- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 10/1/18

✔3. PARK OF THE MONSTERS, ITALY
Commissioned in 1552 by Prince Orsini as an expression of grief for his wife, this garden in Lazio is not like any other classic Renaissance garden. It was designed to display his deep despair. The park is filled with a collection of strange and unusual sculptures hiding among the landscape. Gaze upon giants, winged horses, fiery dragons and perhaps the most frightening, an enormous ogre head, mouth opened wide in a chilling scream.

◆ Read a book where a MC is grieving the loss of a loved one OR
◆ Read a book tagged FANTASY on its GR Homepage OR
✔◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in PARK OF THE MONSTERS (3 word minimum - all words count).- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 10/7/18

✔4. VOODOO MUSEUM, NEW ORLEANS
This unusual museum offers a glimpse into New Orleans’ mystical, occult underworld, offering psychic or tarot card readings and fortune telling. Replete with altars, shrines, and voodoo dolls, a visit to this quirky little museum is sure to leave you worrying whether you’ve inadvertently offended any secret voodoo practitioners. And don't miss their informative tour of the nearby haunted St. Louis cemetery - it's a fascinating and spooky place.

◆ Read a book by an author with a double OO in their first or last name - The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf 10/25/19
OR
◆ Read a book tagged PARANORMAL on its GR Homepage OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in VOODOO MUSEUM (3 word minimum - all words count).

✔5. ISLAND OF THE DOLLS, MEXICO
Just south of Mexico City, between the canals of Xochimico you can find a small island known as the Island of the Dolls. The site is dedicated to the lost soul of a poor girl who under strange circumstances met her fate too soon. It is now famous for the hundreds of dolls - and doll parts - hanging from trees and scattered among the grass. It is the perfect location for a horror movie set – definitely scary!

◆ Read a book with a doll on the cover OR
◆ Read a book tagged HORROR on its GR Homepage OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in ISLAND OF THE DOLLS (3 word minimum - all words count).- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18

✔6. MACHINES OF THE ISLE, FRANCE
This fantastical park in Nantes is definitely unusual! Created by two mechanical artists hoping to share their creative process with the public. Their collective imagination brings to life the world of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and Nantes’ industrial history. Take a ride on the 4-story mechanical Grand Elephant, the Marine World Carousel and visit the workshop to see other amazing mechanical creatures. This is a one of a kind experience!

◆ Read a book with a character who is an inventor or is mechanical (tell us who) OR
◆ Read a book tagged STEAMPUNK on its GR Homepage OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in MACHINES OF THE ISLE (3 word minimum - all words count).- If I Stay by Gayle Forman

✔7. KENMORE INSANE ASYLUM, AUSTRALIA
Insane asylums in general create a significant creep factor, but this one has a history of awful deaths including a famous murder. It is now completely abandoned with 77 empty buildings and the Goulburn locals claim the spirits of those who died there roam the empty halls. Ghost tours of the asylum are conducted regularly. And if you want more ghostly encounters, head on over to the town's abandoned orphanage.

◆ Read a book that has a ghost in the story OR
◆ Read a book tagged FOLKLORE on its GR homepage OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in KENMORE INSANE ASYLUM (3 word minimum - all words count).- Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon 10/7/18

✔8. ODESSA CATACOMBS, UKRAINE
Beneath the streets of Odessa lies an underground city of uncharted mazes and tunnels that twist and turn for more than 1,500 miles making it the longest underground passage in the world. Originally started in the 17th century it was drastically expanded in the 19th century to quarry limestone used to build the city. With a history of smugglers, criminals and patriots the discoveries found tell an interesting history of the area. Though never used for graves, mummified remains are discovered every few years. It is definitely an "enter at your own risk" adventure.

◆ Read a book that has an underground scene in it OR
◆ Read a book with 1,500 or more REVIEWS on its GR Homepage - Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18 with over 27,000 reviews
OR
◆ Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in ODESSA CATACOMBS
(3 word minimum - all words count).

Reserved

*****COMPLETED 12/20/18*****
Challenge # 139- Wanderlust-see- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Discover the World through Your Favorite Genre (Classics)

One Year from Start (10/1/18 to 9/31/19)

1. First: Choose a genre (i.e. Mystery, Classics, Romance, Historical Fiction, etc.) It can be a favorite or one you want to explore more this year.
2. Then: Read 6 books within your chosen genre, each with a setting in a different country. In order for the book to count for a country 50% or more of the book must take place in the country.
3. The catch: The countries your books are set in must be from at least 3 different continents.
4. Important: Please be sure to list the country and continent when posting your books.

Have fun exploring the world! And once you finish - feel free to come back and choose a different genre to take you to new places.

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. Please post cover if it is task appropriate. When you have completed the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and repost in a new message, letting us know it is completed.

Europe
1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 11/9/18
2. The Green Man by Kingsley Amis 12/20/18

Australia

Africa

Asia-
1. Japan-Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 10/16/18
2. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 11/7/18

North America
1. USA- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 11/1/18

South America
1. Peru- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 10/5/18
2. Colombia-One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Reserved

Challenge #140- see- This was a duplicate

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