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The Challenge

The Rules

Report each book as follows:

1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. List the Site Number & Category.
3. Link to book read. Link to the title and not to the cover.
4. List the number of pages of the edition you read. If an ebook or audiobook also give the number of pages of the paper edition (refer general rules on page numbers).
5. Give a very brief summary of the task.
6. State how the book fits the criteria. Any requirements must be included in this section (cover link if cover task, picture link if interactive task, etc.)

Sample: I’ve read 5 books in the Badge 1 section:

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Site 1, Location
3. Link – Ghost Story
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 567 pages
5. Read a book that is a ghost story.
6. As the title indicates, this is a ghost story. "Ghosts" also show on the main book page as a genre.

Badge 1 - 5 sites: 4 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (15)

Site 5, The Big Nickle, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

1. Astra

2. About: The Canadian Nickle represents 5 cents in Canadian currency.
Read a book that is one of 5 in a series.
Kings of the North

3. Souvenir: An uncirculated minted nickle is a collector's item.
Read a book with Collect, Collector, or Collection in the title.
The Collectors: A History of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives
or
The Collector of Worlds
or
The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest

Site 12, Fountain of Youth, Lewes, Delaware, USA

1. Location: Lewes was the site of the first European settlement in Delaware, a whaling and trading post that Dutch settlers founded on June 3, 1631 and named Zwaanendael (Swan Valley).
Read a book with Dutch in the title or from this list: The Best Dutch Literature
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory

2. The Hollywood Spy

3. Circe


Site 17, Giant Dog and Taxi Cab, New York, New York, USA

1. Location: New York, New York
Read a book set in New York City.
The Navigator of New York

2. About: Unveiled in July 2018, Spot the Dog is a 38-foot-tall statue of a Dalmatian puppy balancing a real New York City yellow cab precariously on its nose. The dog has a playful grin and golden toenails (Spot is a she). The taxi cab is wired so that its headlights illuminate Spot when it gets dark. When it rains, the cab's wipers turn on.
Read a book with headlights prominently on the cover.
Lost in a Good Book

3. Souvenir: Dog Bone
Read a book with Bone(s)in the title.
The Bone Mother
or
Priest of Bones


Site 37, Caso do Penedo (Stone House)

1. Location: Northern Portugal - Portugal is part of the Iberian Peninsula as well as Spain, Southern France, Andorra, and Gibraltor
Read a book set in one of the countries or territories that make up the Iberian Peninsula.
Sharpe's Fury

2. Vita Nostra

3. Souvenir: Stone House
Read a book with a house on the cover.
The Warden

Side Trip, Memento Park, Budapest, Hungary



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*1. Location: Budapest, Hungary - Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population.
Read a book set in the capital city of a country.
The Catiline Conspiracy

2. About: Memento Park is an open-air museum in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to monumental statues and sculpted plaques from Hungary's Communist period (1949–1989). There are statues of Lenin, Marx, and Engels, as well as several Hungarian Communist leaders.
Read a book that features communism as part of the story.
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

*3. Souvenir: Trabant
Read a book with a vintage vehicle on the cover.
A Sunlit Weapon

Badge 2 - 7 sites: 6 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (21)

Site 7, Blowhard the Bony Horse, Cardwell, New Brunswick, Canada

1. Location: The name Cardwell is taken from ancient English words that mean 'the cold stream'. When found in Scotland the name can be a variant of the much more often found name Caldwell.
Read a book with Caldwell in title (including sub-titles) or written by an author with the name Caldwell.

2. About: Blowhard, the poor horse, is nothing but skin and bones.
Read a book with a skeleton or skull on the cover.
Gideon the Ninth

3. Souvenir: Bone Whistle. Bone is used to make weapons, tools, combs, whistles as well as other things.
Read a book with weapon, tool, comb, or whistle in the title.


Site 38, Hill of Crosses

1. Location: Northern Lithuania - Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state personal union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighbouring countries dismantled it in 1772–1795, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania's territory.
Read a book set in Lithuania, Poland, or Russia.

2. About: The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain.
Read a book with a theme of pilgrimage, or life changing journey.

3. Souvenir: Rosary - Rosaries can be seen hanging from the crosses at the site.
Read a book with a cross or beads on the cover.
A Plague on Both Your Houses

Badge 3 - 9 sites: 8 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (27)
Badge 4 - 11 sites: 10 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (33)
Badge 5 - 13 sites: 12 road side attractions & 1 side trip. (39)

Too funny! Your challenge title immediately came to mind when I saw the challenge revealed. 😉

Great title Dawn!

Great title.

Almeta wrote: "Great title."

Yes. I like it!

Lol

Thanks! I thought it was funny.

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Site 5, Location
3. Astra by Cedar Bowers
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback edition is 304 pages
5. Read a book set in Canada or is written by a Canadian author.
6. Author born in BC and the book set in BC & Toronto

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1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Site 37, About
3. Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 416 pages
5. Read a book that is in a series of 4 published works
6. This is book 1 in a series with 4 primary works

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1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Site 12, Souvenir
3. Circe by Madeline Miller
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 393 pages
5. Read a book where a character is immortal.
6. There is a plethora of immortal gods, titans, nymphs, & witches in this story. It is a retelling of Greek mythology with Zeus, Hermes, Helios, Perse......amoung many others.

I really liked Circe. I think reading it, was the first time that I really understood the characters.

I didn't really like it, thought Song of Achilles was way better. But I do tend to like the stories of Troy best.

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Site 12, About
3. The Hollywood Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 368 pages
5. Read a book set in the 1930's & 1940's.
6. This book is set in 1943.

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1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Side Trip, Location
3. The Catiline Conspiracy by John Maddox Roberts
4. Listened to Audiobook, Paperback edition is 288 pages
5. Budapest, Hungary - Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population.
Read a book set in the capital city of a country.
6. This book takes place entirely in Rome, the capital of Italy.

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1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Side Trip, Souvenir
3. A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 368 pages
5. Souvenir: Trabant
Read a book with a vintage vehicle on the cover.
6. The cover of the book shows a WWII era plane.

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Well, I could claim another three books but that won't get me anywhere near a badge. So I will try again next year. :)

Better luck next year, Dawn. :) I hope you had fun attempting the challenge.