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message 1: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Will add to this thread once I get to a computer. Challenge 2020 here we go


message 3: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments REPORTING
1. Badge
2. Card
3. Yay/Nay Task -
4. Book
5. At least 175 Pages
6. Summary of the task
7. How the book fits the criteria..
8. Specifications.


message 4: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:21AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 1: Yay- 1,2,5 Nay-3,4,6

Tasks:
1- France/French Author
2- High or Epic Fantasy *** Blinding White
3- King in title or sig character
4- Orphan in title or character
5- Sheep on cover
6- Setting: month of april or April in title


message 5: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 08:58AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 2: Yay- 5,6 Nay-1,2,3,4

Tasks:
1- Cover 75% green
2- Best opening sequence list
3- Setting: 1900-1920
4- Genre: thriller
5- one word title, letter D
6- Genre: mythology


message 6: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:21AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 3: Yay- 1,2,3 Nay- 4,5,6

Tasks:
1- set in Michigan
2- hand/s on cover
3- Theme: Lincoln
4- YA fantasy
5- Title: "garden" in title
6- 0-40 on TBR shelf *** any in stack


message 7: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:02AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 4: Yay- 2,4,5 Nay-1,3,6

Tasks:
1- small island setting
2- book made into show or movie
3- title: "cardinal", "pope", or "priest"
4- author last name: W, S, or E
5- title: spider types- Wolf, Cellar, Huntsman, Widow, Crab, or Grass.
6- Setting: 1801-1900


message 8: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:04AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 5: Yay- 1,2,3,5 Nay- 4,6

Tasks:
1- Setting, author, or character: Florence
2- teeth/fangs on cover
3- Harvard top 100 books
4- Cover: painting
5- Title: cattle- Highland, Galloway, Longhorn, Red Poll, British White, Aberdeen Angus, South Devon
6- Food theme


message 9: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:05AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 6: Yay- 2,4,6 Nay-1,3,5

Tasks:
1- setting: florida
2- cover: earth-like planet
3- author: martin, or luthor, or initials ML
4- title: Lion, witch, wardrobe, or white
5- title: root word "search"
6- Genre: GLBT


message 10: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:07AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 7: Yay- 1,3,5 Nay- 2,4,6

Tasks:
1- theme: sports
2- WWI HF
3- title: root word "hunt"
4- book in a series of 8
5- set in russia or russian author
6- cover: wine or wine bottle


message 11: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:09AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 8: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6

Tasks:
1- Africa setting or african author
2- cover: feather, title: feather/s
3- 1st or 2nd in series
4- setting: greece or NYC
5- cover: large eye
6- publication 2010


message 12: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:10AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 9: Yay- 3,5 Nay- 1,2,4,6

Tasks:
1- theme: animal research or preservation
2- Author: homer, marge, lisa, or maggie
3- cover: airplane
4- HF: Jews in WWII
5- Bread on cover
6- Cover: ship with sails


message 13: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:12AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 10: Yay- 2,6 Nay-1,3,4,5

Tasks:
1- Cover: flag
2- Disney movie or tv adaptation
3- theme: religion
4- author name: richard or preston
5- theme: dinosaurs
6- cover: bird


message 14: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:13AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 11: Yay- 2 Nay- 1,3,4,5,6

Tasks:
1- switzerland or swiss author
2- book from badass female leads list
3- two words in title start with M
4- spain or spanish author
5- car or truck on cover
6- setting: 2010 to present


message 15: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:15AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 12: Yay- 1,4 Nay- 2,3,5,6

Tasks:
1- setting: paris
2- theme: refugees
3- main character: princess
4- character: andy or don
5- stars on cover
6- author first/last name: TLDR


message 16: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:20AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 13: Yay- 3,4,5 Nay- 1,2,6

Tasks:
1- volcano in title or in book
2- theme: dance
3- won a prize in 2007
4- zombie theme
5- on TBR with combination of digits 212
6- HF in Britain *** (saxon book)


message 17: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:18AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 14: Yay- 3,5 Nay- 1,2,4,6

Tasks:
1- Cover: large tree
2- Genre: horror
3- cover: veggies
4- book 2 in a series
5- cover: more than one woman
6- cover: horse


message 18: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:20AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 15: Yay- 3,6 Nay- 1,2,4,5

Tasks:
1- china, chinese author
2- anime/manga *** (Tomie: Junji Ito)
3- Tibet, tibetan author
4- animal POV
5- cover: butterfly
6- 1939-1949


message 19: by Marcus (last edited Dec 31, 2019 09:23AM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 16: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6

Tasks:
1- Title: North, East, South, or West
2- series of 12 or more
3- cover: shoes
4- theme: time travel
5- cover: steam train with smoke
6- setting: summer or winter


message 20: by Marcus (last edited Dec 30, 2019 01:08PM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 17: Yay- 4,6 Nay- 1,2,3,5


message 21: by Marcus (last edited Dec 30, 2019 01:08PM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 18: Yay- 1,3,5,6 Nay- 2,4


message 22: by Marcus (last edited Dec 30, 2019 01:08PM) (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 19: Yay- 5 Nay- 1,2,3,4,6


message 23: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 20: Yay- 3,5,6 Nay- 1,2, 4


message 24: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 21: Yay- 4,6 Nay- 1,2,3,5


message 25: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 22: yay- 2,4,6 Nay- 1,3,5


message 26: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 23: Yay- 2,4,5 Nay- 1,3,6


message 27: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 24: Yay- 1,2,6 Nay- 3,4,5


message 28: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 25: Yay- 2,5 Nay- 1,3,4,6


message 29: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 26: Yay- 3,5 Nay- 1,2,4,6


message 30: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 27: Yay- 2,6 Nay- 1,3,4,5


message 31: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 28: Yay- 1 Nay- 2,3,4,5,6


message 32: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 29: Yay- 3,5,6 Nay- 1,2,4


message 33: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Card 30: Yay- 2,3,4 Nay- 1,5,6


message 34: by Cherie (new)

Cherie (crobins0) | 21536 comments Hey, Marcus - nice to see you! I hope you had a good 2019.


message 35: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Cherie wrote: "Hey, Marcus - nice to see you! I hope you had a good 2019." Hey!! Great to see you too. 2019 was chaos...hence my absence. But 2020 is off to a great start and I have much to look forward to. Hope you are well and thanks for saying Hi :-)


message 36: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Badge 1:
Card 1, Task 2, Yay, Epic Fantasy: The Burning White
Summary: read an epic fantasy book
This book is the fifth and last book in the epic fantasy lightbringer series by Brent Weeks in which the magic system is based upon individuals who can "draft" different colors of light to create magical constructs. Final battle between good and evil with a heavy Christian influence
Pages: over 900


message 37: by Marcus (new)

Marcus | 865 comments Badge 1:
Card 13, Task 6, Nay, Read historical fiction set in England: Sword of Kings
Pages: 333
Summary: read historical fiction set in England
This book is the 12th in the Saxon seris by Bernard Cornwell following the life of Uhtred of Bebbanburg as he gets wrapped up in the machinations of the first kings of England who aim to unite the country under one ruler and one faith while dealing with the Viking invasion. This book brings the dream of England one step closer


message 38: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 59907 comments Great start, Marcus!


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