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Challenges: Year Long Main 2022
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Sam's Sightseeing Side Tripping Tour
Side Trip 1:Animal Wall, Cardiff Castle
https://www.visitcardiff.com/highligh...
Location: Cardiff
Read a book set in South Wales or by a Welsh author
About: The menagerie of eight original animals was originally designed by William Burges, the Gothic-revivalist architect and artist responsible for the transformation of Cardiff castle into the Victorian-era medieval fantasy it is now. Burges died in 1881 before his designs for the wall could come to fruition, and the project was picked up after his death and completed in 1890.
Read a book set in the 1800s
Souvenir: Animal sculpture
Read a book about animals
Side Trip 2:"The Headington Shark"
http://headington.org.uk/shark/
Location: Headington, Oxford
Read a book set in Oxford or by an English author
About: The Shark became the most famous resident of Headington when it landed in the roof of 2 New High Street in the early hours of Saturday 9 August 1986.
The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation…. It is saying something about CND, nuclear power, Chernobyl and Nagasaki.
Read a book about a disaster that effects a large number of people
Souvenir: Shark
Read a book with a shark on the cover
Side Trip 3:"Mud Maid, Lost Gardens of Heligan
https://www.heligan.com/explore/estat..."
Location: Heligan, Cornwall
Read a book set in Cornwall or by an English author
About: The Mud Maid sculpture, representing a sleeping woman, is located in The Lost Gardens of Heligan, in Cornwall, in the Southwest of England. It’s a living sculpture which means that its appearance changes with the seasons, as plants grow and then wither away.
Read a book about sculpture or with a sculpture/statue on the cover
Souvenir: Mud
Read a book with mud in the title or on the cover
Side Trip 4:Working on it...
Side Trip 5:Working on it...
Badge 1: CompletedSite 3 -
Location: Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird
About: Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
Souvenir: Dyatlov Pass: Based on the true story that haunted Russia
Site 5 -
Location: Best Mounted Police Stories: Edited by Dick Harrison
About: A Clash of Kings
Souvenir: The Skin Collector
Site 24 -
Location: Aberfan: A Story of Survival, Love and Community in One of Britan's Worst Disas
About: The End of October
Souvenir: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Site 34 -
Location: The Witch Hunter
About: Hook: Dead to Rights
Souvenir: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Side Trip 1 -
Location: Murder in a Welsh Town
About: An Unwelcome Guest
Souvenir: The Dog Rescuers: Heartwarming true tails of rescue, recovery and re-homing
Badge 2: CompletedSite 6 -
Location: A Knock at the Door
About: Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan
Souvenir: The Mistress's Revenge
Site 8 -
Location: Man-Eaters of Kumaon
About: Robin Hood and His Merry Men
Souvenir: What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography
Site 21 -
Location: Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
About: Darkhouse
Souvenir: K is for Killer
Site 23 -
Location: Killer Year
About: British Birds Handbook
Souvenir: A Man Called Ove
Site 29 -
Location: The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland
About: This Is How It Ends
Souvenir: The Garden Jungle: or Gardening to Save the Planet
Site 38 -
Location: Escape from Sobibor
About: Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found
Souvenir: Silent Killer
Side Trip 2 -
Location: The Thursday Murder Club
About: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Souvenir: The Trench
Badge 3: CompletedSite 10 -
Location: Unholy Island
About: The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
Souvenir: The Flight of the Falcon
Site 17 -
Location: The Angel of Darkness
About: Courtney's War
Souvenir: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Site 19 -
Location: Heartwood
About: The Bee Book
Souvenir: Sugar Money
Site 28 -
Location: The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways
About: City of Night
Souvenir: The Loyal Friend
Site 31 -
Location: Shuggie Bain
About: Dracula
Souvenir: Unbelievable: The shocking truth behind the hit Netflix series
Site 33 -
Location: Long Way Home
About: The sound of one hand killing
Souvenir: The Iliad
Site 35 -
Location: Escape from Stalag Luft III: The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstok
About: Sharp Objects
Souvenir: The Glass Woman
Site 36 -
Location: The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths
About: Betrayal
Souvenir: Slow Death by Rubber Duck Fully Expanded and Updated: How the Toxicity of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
Side Trip 3 -
Location: The Fourteenth Letter
About: Born of the Night: The Gothic Fantasy Artwork of Joseph Vargo
Souvenir: The Lie
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Badge 1, Book 1Site Number: 3
Category: Souvenir
Link: Dyatlov Pass: Based on the true story that haunted Russia
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 352 pages
Task: Read a book set during freezing temperatures.
Fits: Set in Russian winters which are well below zero (I felt cold reading it).
Badge 1, Book 2Site Number: Side Trip 1
Category: About
Link: An Unwelcome Guest
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 374 pages
Task: Read a book set in the 1800s
Fits: Set in 1884
Badge 1, Book 3Site Number: 24
Category: About
Link: The End of October
Pages: 400
Task: Read a book that is dystopian dealing with pandemics.
Fits: This is a dystopian story centred around a global pandemic (scarily similar to present day, but worse).
Badge 1, Book 4Site Number: 34
Category: About
Link: Hook: Dead to Rights
Pages: I read the kindle version but the paperback has 228 pages
Task: Read a book with dark stormy waves on the cover.
Fits: There are dark stormy waves on the cover
Badge 1, Book 5Site Number: Side Trip 1
Category: Location
Link: Murder in a Welsh Town
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 315 pages
Task: Read a book set in South Wales or by a Welsh author
Fits: Set in South Wales
Badge 1, Book 6Site Number: 3
Category: Location
Link: Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird
Pages: 320
Task: Read a book with a character who is a queen, or the title contains queen
Fits: Title contains Queen
Badge 1, Book 7Site Number: 5
Category: About
Link: A Clash of Kings
Pages: 913
Task: Read a book that is one of 5 in a series.
Fits: Series has 5 primary works
Badge 1, Book 8Site Number: Side Trip 1
Category: Souvenir
Link: The Dog Rescuers: Heartwarming true tails of rescue, recovery and re-homing
Pages: 240
Task: Read a book about animals
Fits: It's all about animals
Sam wrote: "Badge 1, Book 6Site Number: 1
Category: Location
Link: Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird
[bookcover:Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of..."
This should be Site Number 3.
Janice wrote: "Sam wrote: "Badge 1, Book 6Site Number: 1
Category: Location
Link: Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird
[bookcover:Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from ..."
Thanks Janice, I've amended this now :-)
Badge 1, Book 9Site Number: 24
Category: Location
Link: Aberfan: A Story of Survival, Love and Community in One of Britan's Worst Disas
Pages: 224
Task: Read a book with a character who was a miner or the book is about mining.
Fits: Is about a mining related disaster and has numerous 'characters' who are miners
Badge 1, Book 10Site Number: 24
Category: Souvenir
Link: The Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Pages: 182
Task: Read a book with animal teeth that look like they could leave a nasty bite
Fits: That tiger could definitely leave a nasty bite.
Badge 1, Book 11Site Number: 34
Category: Souvenir
Link: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Pages: 336
Task: Read a book from The Atmospheric List You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.
Fits: Page 1, position 19 (08-03-2022)
Badge 1, Book 12Site Number: 3
Category: About
Link: Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
Pages: 276
Task: Read a book written by an author whose initial of any name starts with V.
Fits: His first name starts with a V
Badge 1, Book 13Site Number: 5
Category: Souvenir
Link: The Skin Collector
Pages: 434
Task: Read a book with Collect, Collector, or Collection in the title.
Fits: Has collector in the title
Badge 1, Book 14Site Number: 34
Category: Location
Link: The Witch Hunter
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 400 pages
Task: Read a book set in Finland or written by a Finnish author.
Fits: Set in Finland and the author is Finnish
Badge 1, Book 15Site Number: 5
Category: Location
Link: Best Mounted Police Stories: Edited by Dick Harrison
Pages: 258
Task: Read a book set in Canada or is written by a Canadian author.
Fits: Set in Canada, and a lot of the stories were by Canadian authors as an added bonus.
✔️Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)
Badge 2, Book 1Site Number: 8
Category: About
Link: Robin Hood and His Merry Men
Pages: 246
Task: Read a book where the author's initials contain CH in any order
Fits: Author's initials are CH
Badge 2, Book 2Site Number: 23
Category: About
Link: British Birds Handbook
Pages: 226
Task: Read a book with a large bird on the cover. There may only be one bird.
Fits: There is a single large bird on the cover
Badge 2, Book 3Site Number: 23
Category: Souvenir
Link: A Man Called Ove
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 337 pages
Task: Read a book from Humour Genre - Use the Humour Genre Page. Explain how you determined your book from this page.
Fits: From the humour genre page, I went to the more humor books list (https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...) and this was on the first page of the list (as of 2022-03-24)
Badge 2, Book 4Site Number: 6
Category: About
Link: Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 272 pages
Task: Read a book set in France or written by a French author.
Fits: It is set in France
Badge 2, Book 5Site Number: 6
Category: Souvenir
Link: The Mistress's Revenge
Pages: I read the kindle version, the paperback has 288 pages
Task: Read a book with red flowers on the cover.
Fits: It has red roses on the cover
Badge 2, Book 6Site Number: 38
Category: Souvenir
Link: Silent Killer
Pages: 420
Task: Read a book with a cross or beads on the cover.
Fits: It has a cross and rosary beads on the cover
Badge 2, Book 7Site Number: 6
Category: Location
Link: A Knock at the Door
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 189 pages
Task: Read a book with a theme of immigrant experience.
Fits: This story follows Victor an Austrian Jew in the UK who is still adjusting to life despite it being many years after the war and who still struggles to fit in with British country life.
Badge 2, Book 8Site Number: 29
Category: Location
Link: The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland
Pages: 192
Task: Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice or Stuart. Spelling is exact.
Fits: The book is about the character and real life Alice as well as Alice's influence around the world
Badge 2, Book 9Site Number: 21
Category: Location
Link: Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 257 pages
Task: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author.
Fits: The author is Australian
Badge 2, Book 10Site Number: 21
Category: Souvenir
Link: K is for Killer
Pages: 364
Task: Read a book with a large eye(s) on the cover.
Fits: There is a large eye on the cover
Badge 2, Book 11Site Number: 29
Category: About
Link: This Is How It Ends
Pages: I read the kindle version, the hardback has 310 pages
Task: Read a book that was originally published in 2018.
Fits: Originally published in 2018
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