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NEW RULES - READ CAREFULLY

This challenge starts on 1 September 2022 and ends on 31 December 2022

In this challenge you have to find the following elements:

Colours: Could be the colour of the cover or the colour could be in the title or in the name of a character
Items: Find these items on the cover of the book
Setting: A significant portion of the book must take place at such a location
Words: Find an exact match for these words in the books that you read. The words can be in any language, as long they are a match e.g summer is somer (Afrikaans), verano (Spanish), or Sommer (German).
Numbers: The number must connect to the book in some logical way e.g. number of chapters in the book, date the author died or was born, number in the series, etc
Author and book characteristics: Author and book must meet the criteria

Each element earns you points when you find a book:
Words – 10 points
Colours - 20 points
Setting: - 25 points
Author/book – 30 points
Items – 40 points
Numbers – 50 points

The aim is to earn the most points over the quarter with a minimum of 500 to complete the challenge.
A book may be used multiple times – there is no limitation on the number of books used.
A book must be minimum 120 pages

Use this template for the quarter. Copy it in your message below.

Start Date: 1 October 2022
End Date: 31 December 2022

Total Pages Read:
Bonus Points:

Books Read:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Holiday
Rain

Colours - 20 points
Red
Green

Setting - 25 points
Beach
Castle/Palace

Author/book - 30 points
Book with 3 words in the title
Author born in October, November, December

Items - 40 points
Car
Piece of furniture

Numbers - 50 points
Two
Twelve

My spot:

Start Date: 1 October 2022
End Date: 31 December 2022

Total Pages Read:
Bonus Points: 500

Books Read:
1. Lolly Willowes - 222 pages
2. Sula - 174 pages
3. The Diary of a Bookseller - 310 pages
4. Indian Dust 159 pages
5. A Bookshop in Algiers 157 pages
6. The Stationery Shop of Tehran
7. Blue Murder 218 pages
8. Four Strange Women 248 pages
9. Real Tigers 361 pages
10. Nobody Walks

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Holiday
The Diary of a Bookseller - a bank holiday in Scotland
The Stationery Shop of Tehran - If there was one holiday..
The Christmas Camel - it was the Christmas holidays

Rain
Sula - For it began to rain
The Diary of a Bookseller - Finally, a day without rain
The Stationery Shop of Tehran - it looked like rain
A Bookshop in Algiers - books in the rain
Blue Murder - it was pouring rain


Colours - 20 points
Red

Green


Setting - 25 points
Beach
Castle/Palace

Author/book - 30 points
Book with 3 words in the title
Four Strange Women

Author born in October, November, December
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (December)
Indian Dust by Rumer Godden (December)

Items - 40 points
Car
Piece of furniture
Chair - A Bookshop in Algiers

Numbers - 50 points
Two
Indian Dust - Two authors - Rumer Godden and Jon Godden
A Bookshop in Algiers - Edmond Charlot opened 2 bookstores
Blue Murder - two word titles
Real Tigers
Nobody Walks
Twelve

My Spot:

Challenge Completed:

Books Read:
1. Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid [336 pages]
2. Elantris #1 by Brandon Sanderson - 622 pages
3. Half a King [Shattered Sea #10] by Joe Abercrombie - 416 pages
4. The Secrets of Saffron Hall by Clare Marchant - 400 pages
5. Deception by Lesley Pearce -363 pages
6. The Last Summer [The Wild Isle #1] by Karen Swan - 400 pages
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - 460 pages
8. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari - 372 pages
9. Half the World [Shattered Sea #2] by Joe Abercrombie - 366 pages
10. Upgrade by Blake Crouch - 352 pages
11. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson - 416 pages
12. Half a War [Shattered Sea #3] by Joe Abercrombie - 513 pages
13. The Night Train to Berlin - Melanie Hudson - 400 pages
14. You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac - 384 pages
15. One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke - 432 pages
16. The English Girl by Daniel Silva - 544 pages
17. Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture by Mark Bergen - 462 pages
18. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers - 153 pages
19. The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman - 320 pages
20. Desert Star [Harry Bosch # 24] by Michael Connelly - 400 pages
21. Christmas Shopaholic [Shopaholic # 9] by Sophie Kinsella - 384 pages
22. Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle - 416 pages
23. The Extinction Trials by AG Riddle - 480 pages
24. Song of the Sea Goddess by Chris Hall - 224 pages
25. A.Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr - 816 pages
26. The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis - 258 pages
27. When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhorn, Kristnia McMorris, Susan Meissner - 432 pages
28. Do No Harm by Jack Jordan - 432 pages
29. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor - 416 pages
30. Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan - 464 pages

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Holiday
-Christmas Shopaholic [Shopaholic # 9] by Sophie Kinsella
Rain
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Half the World [Shattered Sea #2] by Joe Abercrombie
- You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
- To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
- The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor

Colours - 20 points
Red
- Deception by Lesley Pearce
- Half a War [Shattered Sea #3] by Joe Abercrombie
- The Night Train to Berlin - Melanie Hudson
- Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture by Mark Bergen
- Desert Star [Harry Bosch # 24] by Michael Connelly
- Christmas Shopaholic [Shopaholic # 9] by Sophie Kinsella
- The Extinction Trials by AG Riddle
- Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

Green
-Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Elantris #1 by Brandon Sanderson
- The Secrets of Saffron Hall by Clare Marchant -
- You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
- The English Girl by Daniel Silva

Setting - 25 points
Beach
- The Last Summer [The Wild Isle #1] by Karen Swan
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
- The Night Train to Berlin - Melanie Hudson
- One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke
- Song of the Sea Goddess by Chris Hall
- When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhorn, Kristnia McMorris, Susan Meissner
- The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor

Castle/Palace
- The Secrets of Saffron Hall by Clare Marchant
- Elantris #1 by Brandon Sanderson
- Half a King [Shattered Sea #10] by Joe Abercrombie
- Half the World [Shattered Sea #2] by Joe Abercrombie
- Half a War [Shattered Sea #3] by Joe Abercrombie

Author/book - 30 points
Book with 3 words in the title
- The Last Summer [The Wild Isle #1] by Karen Swan
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Half the World [Shattered Sea #2] by Joe Abercrombie
- Half a War [Shattered Sea #3] by Joe Abercrombie
- You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
- The English Girl by Daniel Silva
- Like, Comment, Subscribe: How YouTube Drives Google's Dominance and Controls Our Culture by Mark Bergen
- The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
- Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle
- The Extinction Trials by AG Riddle
- The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
- Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

Author born in October, November, December
- Elantris #1 by Brandon Sanderson
- Half a King [Shattered Sea #10] by Joe Abercrombie
- Half the World [Shattered Sea #2] by Joe Abercrombie
- Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Items - 40 points
Car

Piece of furniture

Numbers - 50 points
Two
-Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
-Elantris #1 by Brandon Sanderson
-The Secrets of Saffron Hall by Clare Marchant
- Deception by Lesley Pearce
- The Last Summer [The Wild Isle #1] by Karen Swan
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
- The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
- A.Lincoln by Ronald C. White Jr
- The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
- Do No Harm by Jack Jordan
- Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Twelve

Congrats!