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Challenges: Year Long Main 2021
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Roz Gets Twisted in 2020

1. β Geography: Yay To Capture What We Cannot Keep π» 3/5/2020
2. β Entertainment: Nay One Word Kill π± 6/25/2020
3. β History: Nay The Storm King π»
4. β Art/Literature: Yay The Child On Platform One: Inspired by the children who escaped the Holocaust π± 11/11/2020
5. β Science: Yay

6. β Sport: Nay Between Here and April π» 5/1/2020
Card 2
1. Geography: Nay The River Wife π§
2. Entertainment: Yay The Red Badge of Courage π»
3. History: Yay

4. β Art/Literature: Nay The Patriot Threat π» 2/15/2020
5. Science: Yay Doc π»
6. Sport: Yay The Sword in the Stone π²
Card 3
1. Geography: Yay Winter Study π»
2. β Entertainment: Nay The Body in the Libraryπ» 3/22/2020
3. History: Yay Lincoln in the Bardo π» π§
4. Art/Literature: Yay Wizard's First Rule π±
5. Science: Yay Peculiar Ground π»
6. Sport: Nay Lord Foul's Bane π² π±
Card 4
1. Geography: Yay The Light of the Fireflies π±
2. Entertainment: Nay The Fallen Angel π»
3. β History: Yay

4. Art/Literature: Nay Elizabeth Street π±
5. Science: Nay

6. β Sport: Nay Mrs. Lincoln's Sisters π» 8/26/2020
Card 5
1. Geography: Yay The Monster of Florence π»π§
2.β Entertainment: Nay Dead Until Dark π» 2/22/2020
3. History: Yay The Handmaid's Tale #12 π»
4. Art/Literature: Yay The Peculiar Miracles of Antoinette Martin π»
5. Science: Yay The Question of Red π± or White Houses π»
6. Sport: Yay Unsheltered π» π§ or Inspection π» π§
Card 6
1. Geography: Nay Ghost Shadow π»
2. Entertainment: Nay The Heist π»π§
3. History: Nay The Girl from Venice π» or The Mountain Between Us π»
4. Art/Literature: Nay Let the Great World Spinπ»
5. Science: Nay Searching for Sylvie Lee π»π§
6. β Sport: Nay Fudge Cupcake Murder π» 7/2/2020
Card 7 β
1. β Geography: Nay White Chrysanthemum π»π§ 10/6/2020
2. β Entertainment: Nay Meadowlands: A World War I family sagaπ±10/3/2020
3. β History: Yay Hunted π» 11/5/2020
4. β Art/Literature: Nay Persona Non Grata π± 3/9/2020
5. β Science: Nay The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy π» 10/29/2020
6. β Sport: Nay

Card 8 β
1. β Geography: Yay The Other Mrs. 2/27/2020
2. β Entertainment: Yay The Black Swan of Paris 7/21/2020
3. β History: Nay Birds of a Featherπ± 7/7/2020
4. β Art/Literature: Yay The Sea of Lost Girlsπ» 3/26/2020
5. β Science: Yay

6. β Sport: Yay The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen π» 9/26/2020
Card 9
1. Geography: Nay Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know π² or

2. Entertainment: Yay

3. β History: Yay

4. β Art/Literature: Nay Mischlingπ± 8/13/2020
5. β Science: Yay

6. Sport: Nay

Card 10
1. Geography: Yay The Hunting Party π»π§
2. Entertainment: Yay Treasure Island π»π§
3. History: Yay Remembering the Bones π±
4. β Art/Literature: Nay

5. Science: Yay

6. Sport: Nay The Elegance of the Hedgehog π»

1. Geography: Nay Heidi π» π§ π²
2. Entertainment: Yay The Beekeeper's Apprentice π» or The Great Alone π» π§
3. β History: Nay Blueberry Muffin Murder π» 6/15/2020
4. Art/Literature: Yay A Farewell to Arms π»
5. Science: Nay The Mapping of Love and Death π» π§
6. β Sport: Nay The 18th Abductionπ» 3/29/2020
Card 12
1. β Geography: Yay All the Flowers in Paris π» 4/23/2020
2. β Entertainment: Yay Debris Lineπ» 2/5/2020
3. History: Yay The Pillars of the Earth π²π»π§
4. β Art/Literature: Nay The Operator π» 5/5/2020
5. β Science: Nay

6. Sport: Nay

Card 13
1. Geography: Nay Pompeii π±
2. Entertainment: Nay Russian Winter π±
3. History: Yay Heart-Shaped Box π±
4. Art/Literature: Nay Uncle Tom's Cabin π»
5. Science: Yay When We Were Strangers (12) π»
6. β Sport: Yay

Card 14 β
1. β Geography: Yay City of Hope π» 9/12/2020
2. β Entertainment: Nay The Deep π»8/20/2020
3. β History: Nay Trick or Treat Murder π» 5/7/2020
4. β Art/Literature: Yay The Wolf Road π» 10/25/2020
5. β Science: Yay The Whispers of War π± 7/16/2020
6. β Sport: Yay A Morbid Taste for Bonesπ»7/14/2020
Card 15
1. Geography: Nay Peony in Love π»π§
2. Entertainment: Nay ????
3. History: Yay Lost Horizon π±
4. Art/Literature: Nay A Dog's Purpose π»
5 Science: Yay

6. β Sport: Yay Children of the Stars π»
Card 16 β
1. β Geography: Yay The 19th Christmas π»
2. β Entertainment: Yay Leverage in Death π± 1/12/2020
3. β History: Nay

4. β Art/Literature: Yay The Dressmaker's Gift π»
5. β Science: Yay

6. β Sport: Nay Mistletoe Murder π» 5/19/2020
Card 17
1. Geography: Yay The Glass Hotel π± or The Birth House π±
2. Entertainment: Nay Dance of Death π±
3. History: Yay Iron House π§ or The Man in the Iron Maskπ»
4. Art/Literature: Nay

5. β Science: Nay The Sea π» 8/15/2020
6. Sport: Yay The Last Year of the War π» π§
Card 18
1. β Geography: Nay

2. β Entertainment: Nay

3. β History: Yay

4. Art/Literature: Nay The Painted Drum π
5. Science: Yay

6. Sport: Yay The Light of the Fireflies π±
Card 19
1. β Geography: Nay

2. β Entertainment: Nay The Ghost Orchid π» 10/22/2020
3. History: Nay The Hidden Light of Northern Fires π»π§
4. Art/Literature: Nay

5. Science: Nay The Color Of Lightning π±
6. β Sport: Yay

Card 20
1. Geography: Nay Pig Islandπ±
2. β Entertainment: Nay Unspeakable Things π± 2/6/2020
3. β History: Nay I Was Anastasia π» 6/22/2020
4. Art/Literature: Nay The Dry Grass of August π»π§
5. Science: Yay Captain Blood π» or The Princess Bride π»
6. Sport: Yay



1. Geography: Yay Palace Walk π²
2. Entertainment: Nay

3. History: Yay The Last of the Duchess: The Strange and Sinister Story of the Final Years of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor π» or American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt π»π§
4. β Art/Literature: Nay The Handmaid's Taleπ» 9/5/2020
5. Science: Nay ????
6. Sport: Yay They Went Left π§
Card 22
1. Geography: Yay ????
2. β Entertainment: Yay The Bear and the Nightingale π» 8/8/2020
3. History: Yay The Hobbit, or There and Back Again π²
4. Art/Literature: Nay Lexicon π±
5. Science: Nay Cutting for Stone π² π» or Midwives π»
6. β Sport: Yay The Royal Governess π» 9/3/2020
Card 23
1. Geography: Nay The Museum of Extraordinary Things π§
2. Entertainment: Yay Flaubert's Parrot π»
3. History: Nay The Orphan Collectorπ»π§
4. Art/Literature: Yay The Queen of the Tearling π»
5. Science: Nay Revelation Space π or Dune π»π§
6. Sport: Nay β

Card 24
1. Geography: Nay Quo Vadis π
2. β Entertainment: Nay Strawberry Shortcake Murder π» 6/13/2020
3. History: Nay The Black Tulip π»
4. Art/Literature: Nay Frankenstein π»
5. Science: Nay A Single Thread π»π§
6. Sport: Yay The Great Passage π±
Card 25
1. Geography: Yay Legends of the Fall π±
2. Entertainment: Nay One Last Thing Before I Go π» or The Keeper of Lost Things π»π§
3. History: Nay The Prince and the Pauper π»
4. Art/Literature: Nay Jane Eyre π»π§
5. Science: Yay The Murmur of Bees π±
6. β Sport: Yay Mr. Nobody π» 3/2/2020
Card 26
1. Geography: Yay Tangerine π»π§
2. Entertainment: Nay A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court π±
3. History: Yay The Poe Shadow π»
4. Art/Literature: Nay Love and Other Consolation Prizes π»or The Mapping of Love and Deathπ» π§
5. β Science Yay Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder π» 6/2/2020
6. Sports: Yay Finding Dorothyπ»π§
Card 27
1. Geography: Nay The Last Woman Standing π±
2. Entertainment: Yay Band of Sisters π»
3. β History: Yay

4. Art/Literature: Yay The Birth House π±
5. Science: Nay Stillhouse Lake π» prime
6. Sport: Yay Salmon Fishing in the Yemen π± or Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish π±
Card 28
1.β Geography: Yay Code Name HΓ©lΓ¨ne] π» 7/27/2020
2. β Entertainment: Nay The Library of Legends π» 9/23/2020
3. History: Yay Joyland π» or The Judge Hunter π»
4. β Art/Literature: Nay The Girl in Redπ» 8/10/2020
5. β Science: Nay The Ten Thousand Doors of January π± 1/5/20
6. Sport: Yay The Marriage Lie π»
Card 29
1. Geography: Yay Roma π² or The Third Secret π»π§
2. Entertainment: Yay The Silent Patient π»π§
3. History: Yay The Garlic Ballads π»
4. Art/Literature: Yay Amagansett π»
5. β Science: Yay Connections in Death π» 1/19/2020
6.β Sport: Yay The Yellow Bird Sings π» 7/23/2020
Card 30
1.β Geography: Yay The Winemaker's Wife π» 3/19/2020
2. Entertainment: Yay A Tale of Two Cities π»π§ π²
3. History: Nay The Museum of Innocence π§
4. Art/Literature: Yay When We Were Strangers π»
5. Science: Nay The Perfect Wife π»
6. Sport:




Badge 1
1. Card 28: Nay Science:

2. Card 16: Nay Entertainment: Leverage in Death
3. Card 29: Yay Science: Connections in Death
4. Card 12: Yay Entertainment: Debris Line
5. Card 20: Nay Entertainment: Unspeakable Things
6. Card 2: Nay Art / Literature: The Patriot Threat
7. Card 5: Nay Entertainment: Dead Until Dark
8. Card 13: Yay Sports:

9. Card 8: Yay Geography: The Other Mrs.
10. Card 25: Yay Sports:

11. Card 1: Yay Geography: To Capture What We Cannot Keep
12. Card 7: Nay Art/Literature: Persona Non Grata

First selection on each card:
1. β To Capture What We Cannot Keep π»
2. β The Patriot Threat π»
3. β The Body in the Library π» 3/22/2020
4. β

5. β

6. β Fudge Cupcake Murderπ» 7/2/2020
7. β Persona Non Grata π± 3/9/2020
8. β The Other Mrs. π» 2/27/2020
9. β

10. β Chances Are . . . π» 10/16/2020
11. β The 18th Abduction π» 3/29/2020
12. β Debris Line π» prime 2/5/2020
13. β

14. β

15. β Children of the Stars π» 3/17/2020
16. β Leverage in Death π»
17. β The Sea of Lost Girls π»
18. β Lady in the Lake π»π§3/21/2020
19. β

20. β Unspeakable Thingsπ±
21. β The Handmaid's Taleπ»
22. β The Bear and the Nightingale π»8/8/2020
23. β

24. β Strawberry Shortcake Murderπ»6/13/2020
25. β

26. β Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder π» 6/2/2020
27. β

28. β The Ten Thousand Doors of January π±
29. β Connections in Death π±
30. β The Winemaker's Wife π»

Badge 2 choices
Card 3: β The Body in the Library 3/22/2020
Card 4: β

Card 6: β Fudge Cupcake Murder 7/2/2020
Card 9: β

Card 10: β Chances Are . . . 10/16/2020
Card 11: β The 18th Abduction
Card 14: β

Card 15: β Children of the Stars 3/17/2020
Card 17: β The Sea of Lost Girls
Card 18: β

Card 19: β

Card 21: β The Handmaid's Tale 9/5/2020
Card 22: β The Bear and the Nightingale 8/8/2020
Card 23: β

Card 24: β Strawberry Shortcake Murder 6/13/2020
Card 26: β Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 6/2/2020
Card 27: β

Card 30: β The Winemaker's Wife 3/14/2020
DONE

Badge 3 choices
Card 8 β
Card 8: β Geography: The Other Mrs.
Card 8: β Entertainment: The Black Swan of Paris
Card: 8: β History: Birds of a Feather
Card 8: βArt/Literature: Origami Man
Card 8: β Science:

Card 8: β Sports: The Queen's Secret: A Novel of England's World War II Queen
Card 7 β
Card 7: β Geography: City of Hope
Card 7: β Entertainment: The Deep
Card 7: β History: Trick or Treat Murder
Card 7: β Art/Literature: The Wolf Road
Card 7: β Science: The Whispers of War
Card 7: β Sports: A Morbid Taste for Bones
Card 16 β
Card 16: β Geography The 19th Christmas
Card 16: β Entertainment Leverage in Death
Card 16: β History

Card 16: β Art/Literature The Dressmaker's Gift
Card 16: β Science

Card 16: β Sports Mistletoe Murder
Card 1 β
Card 1: β Geography Yay: To Capture What We Cannot Keep
Card 1: β Entertainment Nay: One Word Kill 6/25/2020
Card 1: β History Nay: The Storm King 11/18/2020
Card 1: β Art/Literature Yay: The Child On Platform One: Inspired by the children who escaped the Holocaust
Card 1: β Science Yay:

Card 1: β Sport Nay: Between Here and April
Card 14 β
Card 14: β Geography Yay: City of Hope
Card 14: β Entertainment Nay: The Deep
Card 14: β History Nay:

Card 14: β Art Yay: The Wolf Road
Card 14: β Science Yay:

Card 14: β Sports Yay: A Morbid Taste for Bones

Badge1 , Book 1
2. Card 28
3. Task: Nay Science
4. Link:

5. Pages: 374
6. Summary: Read a book with flowers (not orchids) on the cover
7. How it fits: There are flowers on the cover
8. Specifications: none
I enjoyed the book, the characters, the themes that ran through it and the author's style. It was a good way to start the reading year.

2. Card 16
3. Task: Nay Entertainment
4. Link: Leverage in Death βββ
5. Pages: 345 (Kindle version)
6. Summary: Read a book from any series with 12 or more primary works
7. How it fits: This book is # 47 in the series (and there are still more)
8. Specifications: None
It was an okay escapism read. Besides I've invested considerable time into the series and would like to knock it off the list of series to be finished. This is the year.

2. Card 29
3. Task: Yay Science
4. Link: Connections in Death βββ
5. Pages: 365 pages
6. Summary: The genre is crime that is solved by the police. "Crime" needs to be on the main book page and it's required that you explain that it is a police procedural.
7. How it fits: "Crime" is listed on the main book page. The main character is a cop and throughout the book police procedure (investigation procedures, interviewing, incorporation of other law enforcement agencies, etc) plays a major part in the narrative.
8. Specifications: Police procedure must be part of the story.
It was okay, maybe a little more than that.

2. Card 12
3. Task Yay Entertainment
4. Link Debris Line ββββ
5. Pages 320 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary Make a 4-letter word or greater from "Angelina Jolie" and read a book with that word in the title. Use only the letters available and as many time as it appears. Ie - your word could have two a's since there are 2 of them.
7. How it fits The word I found in was "line".
8. Specifications Line appears in the title of the book.
I enjoyed the book, as I've enjoyed the rest of the series. Good characters.
I was glad I could use the book for the Yearlong challenge. Makes it a multi-tasker.

2. Card 20
3. Task Nay Entertainment
4. Link Unspeakable Things βββ
5. Pages 296 (Kindle)
6. Summary The book is set in the 1980's.
7. How it fits The book takes place in 1983.
8. Specifications
This book also qualifies for Card 12 Adventure (Nay): Takes place in a small town.
I wasn't really impressed with the book (3 stars). There were too many issues (important ones, imo) that were left unresolved when the book just...ended.

2. Card 2
3. Task Nay Art / Literature
4. Link The Patriot Threat ββββ
5. Pages 401 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary Read a book where the Genre is Thriller.
7. How it fits "Thriller" is listed in the #1 position on the main book page.
8. Specifications
I've been enjoying this series for a while now. I always learn something new.

2. Card 2
3. Task Art / Literature
4. Link The Patriot Threat ββββ
5. Pages 401 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary Read a book where the Genre is Thriller..."
I figured it out that this was the nay option. I'm good like that. LOL!

2. Card 2
3. Task Art / Literature
4. Link The Patriot Threat ββββ
5. Pages 401 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary Read a book where the Genre is Thrille..."
Sorry about that Janice. I corrected the Task in message 22.
And yes, you are good like that (and many other things too!)

2. Card 5
3. Task Nay Entertainment
4. Link Dead Until Dark βββ
5. Pages: 341 (Kindle version)
6. Summary: Genre is Paranormal Fantasy
7. How it fits: Paranormal Fantasy is listed on the main book page.
8. Specifications
Not a really big fan. Just okay. I think if you're into vampires and such, this is for you. I just found myself shaking my head a lot.


I'm not sure I'll continue the series. Paranormal Fantasy isn't really one of the genres I read. But you're right, it's a light read and pretty mindless (no offence meant to those who like the series). I have it on my Series list and I'll probably read some of the rest when I have a lull. I also have the All Souls Trilogy on there. I started the first one last year but had to return it to the library. I'll try it again. it seemed to have a more involved plot.


2. Card 13
3. Task Yay Sports
4. Link

5. Pages 359
6. Summary The cover has a woman wearing a hat.
7. How it fits Maisie Dobbs is on the cover wearing a hat.
8. Specifications
I had to skip the second book in the series but I'll come back to it soon. I really enjoyed this one.

2. Card 8
3. Task Yay Geography
4. Link The Other Mrs.ββββ
5. Pages 368 pages
6. Summary Read a book set in Maine.
7. How it fits The story takes place in Maine.
8. Specifications
The book picked up speed in the last 1/2 or 1/3 of the story. Until then it was really only a 3 star.

2. Card 25
3. Task: Sports Yay
4. Link:

5. Pages: 400
6. Summary: Read a book with a beach scene on the cover.
7. How it fits: There's a beach scene on he cover
8. Specifications

2. Card 1
3. Task: Yay Geography
4. Link: To Capture What We Cannot Keep βββ
5. Pages: 291
6. Summary: Read a book set in France or by a French author
7. How it fits: The book is set in Paris during the building of the Eiffel Tower.
8. Specifications
I was disappointed. I expected something better. I could deal with characters I didn't like but I found that the chapters ended abruptly and the subsequent chapter was unrelated to what has just transpired.

2. Card 7
3. Task: Nay Art/Literature
4. Link: Persona Non Grata ββββ
5. Pages: 348 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary: Read a book that is part of an 8-part series.
7. How it fits: This book is part 3 of an 8-part series.
8. Specifications
I find this series entertaining. The main character is a medic in the Roman army in Britannia (now back home in Gaul) with a British housekeeper/companion who keeps getting into (and hopefully out of) various predicaments/mysteries.
That makes 1 Badge complete!!

Congratulations on finishing your Badge 1 requirements. :o)

2. Card 30
3. Task: Yay Geography
4. Link: The Winemaker's Wife ββββ
5. Pages: 400 (Kindle version)
6. Summary: Genre: Historical Fiction set in France
7. How it fits: The book takes place during WWII in the Champagne region of France. Historical Fiction is the first genre listed on the book page.
8. Specifications
I was sitting on the beach a couple of weeks ago and saw a woman reading this book. I had been on my tbr for a short while. She was near the end and was crying. I asked her if she liked the book. She just nodded, too choked up to talk. I knew it would be the next thing I read.
Although I didn't break down in tears, I found it moving. I did figure out some of the quirks early on but that didn't spoil the story. And I certainly learned some new things about Champagne and it's place during WWII and winemaking in general.


2. Card 15
3. Task: Yay Sports
4. Link: Children of the Stars βββ
5. Pages: 368 pages (Kindle version)
6. Summary: Read a book that takes place between 1939 and 1949.
7. How it fits: The book takes place 1942 - 1943.
8. Specifications
The book was about 2 boys trying to reunite with the parents in 1942 France. It's an inspiring story but somehow fell somewhat flat for me. I did enjoy the historical aspects but I always seemed to know when I was getting to the end of a chapter. The author got a bit preachy.

2. Card 18
3. Task: Nay Entertainment
4. Link:

5. Pages: 352 pages (Kindle)
6. Summary: Read a book with a face in profile
7. How it fits: There is a face (2) in profile on the cover
8. Specifications
In Baltimore in the '60s a married woman becomes dissatisfied with her life, leaves her husband and becomes obsessed with the death of a young black woman. Some readers may find it annoying that each chapter was written in a different voice, sometimes through the MC's eyes, sometimes the victim's or a character the MC met along the way, but I felt it added to the story.
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