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Challenges: Year Long Main 2023
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SharonBiskit’s Puzzlemania

For this challenge, there will be 12 Crossword puzzles, and 10 tasks each. I originally intended to give you gifs of the puzzles I used and the solutions, but they didn't translate too well so I opted to scrap them. They were small and blurry. Instead, I have given the clue in italics, and the answer in spoilers if you're tempted to solve them.
The Challenge:
To complete this challenge and earn a badge, you must read 12 books. You will select one task from each puzzle.
Subsequent Challenges:
If you complete the challenge, there are subsequent challenges you may attempt.
There will be 6 badges this year.
Badge 2 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 puzzles (18 books).
Badge 3 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 4 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 5 - read all the remaining tasks for 2 more puzzles (18 books).
Badge 6 - read all the remaining tasks for the last 2 puzzles (18 books).
Badge 7 - read all the remaining tasks for the last 2 puzzles (18 books).
If you finish all 7 badges, you will have read 120 books.
As we did for the 2022 challenge, you must complete each badge in order. You may not read out of order. You may not start a badge 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 book until you are finished badge 1 and so on with each badge.
You may read a monthly challenge book and count it towards your annual challenge.

✔️ 1. Four letters: Filled tortilla - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Mexico.
The Ruins
-✔️2. Two words, total 6 letters: Town Crier's words - (view spoiler)
The Last Bookshop in London
✔️- 3. Six letters: University Grounds - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
Unstable
-✔️4. Two words, 13 letters: Snack Food Gadget - (view spoiler)
There are 5 P's in Popcorn Popper.
Read a book that is included in a series of 5 primary works
Falling
✔️5. Five letters: San Antonio Shrine - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Texas.
Murdered Innocents
✔️6. Six letters: Photographer's Device - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a photograph on the cover.
Alice & Gerald: A Homicidal Love Story
✔️7. Two words, 15 letters: Coffee Gadget - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Italy.
Aged for Murder
✔️ 8. Five letters: Rodeo Rope - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a significant character that is a cowboy.
Under Tower Peak
✔️ 9. Five letters: Vessel that is paddled - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
Blues of Autumn
✔️10. Three letters: Salty body of water - (view spoiler)
Read a book with "sea" in the title.
And the Sea Became Blood

✔️ 1. Six letters: 21st Century - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is set in the 21st century. Yes, it may be set in the future, if it takes places prior to December 2100.
Qualify
✔️- 2. Four letters: Julius Caesar garment - (view spoiler)
Read book about the Roman Empire. It may be set in any of the aforementioned countries. For example it could be set in England when they occupied England. but it must be about the Roman Empire, not just the setting. The Skystone is a good example.
Daughters of Rome
✔️ 3. Four letters; Jacket Sleeves - (view spoiler).
Read a book with one person on the cover. Both arms must be showing.
The Dark Corners of the Night
✔️- 4. Two words, total 4 letters: Top Rated - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔️ 5. Four letters: Agent 007's last name - (view spoiler)
Read a book with duplicated (or more) words in the title. Articles such as 'the', and conjoiners like 'and' are not included. eg - Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen.
Cold Cold Heart
✔️ 6. Five letters: Santa _____ is coming to town - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a Christmas theme.
A Lake House Holiday
✔️- 7. Two words, total of 8 letters: Beefy ingredient in goulash - (view spoiler
Read a book with shoulder or round in the title.
Round Robin
✔️8. Five letters: Part of a Lincoln costume - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a beard or top hat on the cover.
The Town I Call Home
✔️9. Two words , 9 letters total: Short hiking shoe - (view spoiler)
Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
The Beach Club
✔️- 10. Five letters: Grownup - (view spoiler)
Read a book from the first 5 pages of this list. It must be tagged as "adult" on the main book page
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

✔️- 1. Two words, total 10 letters: Coal or natural gas - (view spoiler)
Read a book about the environment.
A Blizzard of Polar Bears
✔️- 2. Six letters: Dictator - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Russia.
Winter Garden
- 3. Three words, total 15 letters: Crack up after a joke - (view spoiler)
✔️Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
Home for Christmas
✔️ 4. Four letters: Elm or Eucalyptus - (view spoiler)
Read a book with the name of a tree in the title from this site - http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/tree/list.... Note, you may only use the name of a tree, You may not use any descriptors (like black, white, American, slippery, etc.
Sycamore Gap
✔️- 5. Five letters: Atmospheric layer - (view spoiler)
Read a book where someone is protecting someone else. Explain how they are protecting someone else.
Night Sun
✔️- 6. Four letters: 50% - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is number 50 on your TBR or other personal shelf. Specify which shelf it's on. If you don't have a shelf that big, obtain permission from another member to use theirs.
Dust
-✔️7. Two words, total 8 letters: Begin a journey - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the main character sets forth on a major journey.
Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape
✔️ 8. Four letters: Three hours before noon - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is the third or ninth book in a series.
Blowout
✔️- 9. Five letters: Cairo's country - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in ancient Egypt.
Papyrus
✔️- 10. Four letters: Entryway - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a large door on the cover. Must be the focus of the cover.
The White Door

✔️1. Five letters: Artist Picasso - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a significant character who is a painter.
The Singing Trees
✔️2. Nine letters: To be ironed - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a character who is a maid servant whose responsibilities would include ironing clothing.
The Maid
✔️3. Four letters: Barnyard Bellows - (view spoiler)
Read a book with one or more of the following barnyard animals on the cover - Chickens, Cattle, Sheep, Ducks, Goats, or Pigs .
The Christmas Pig
✔️4. Seven letters: Environmental removal - (view spoiler)
Read a book with the theme of tourism.
There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers
✔️5. Four letters: Letters after Q - (view spoiler)
Read a book where all the initials of the author are included in RSTU in any order. You may not duplicate letters as in Ron Rash. A good acceptable answer would be example would be Sarah Rayne.
Final Girls
✔️6. Seven letters: Materializes - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is a coming-of-age story.
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
✔️7. Five letters: Ribs, for example - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Bone(s) in the title.
Bone Crossed
✔️8. Five letters: Alphabet intro - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
Elysium Dreams, Hadena James
✔️9. Two words, total 10 letters: Capital of Nevada - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Nevada.
Johnny Lycan & the Vegas Berserker: Book 2 of The Werewolf PI
✔️10. Four letters: Aussie Hoppers - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a wreath of flowers or a hedge of flowers on it. There may also be a flower bed full of flowers.
All the Days of Summer

✔️1. Five letters: Spherical Map - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is set in at least 3 different countries across the globe.
Eleanor's Travels
✔️2. Three words, total 13 letters: Degree of uncertainty - (view spoiler)
Read a book that contains the word - error, mistake, or perfect in the title.
Her Worst Mistake
✔️3. Four letters: Any of 52 in a deck - (view spoiler)
Read a book that has at least one playing card on the cover.
Peg and Rose Solve a Murder
✔️4. Four letters: Partner at a prom - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
Paranormal Bonds
✔️5. Four letters: Copenhagen citizen - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Denmark, or written by a Danish author.
The Midnight Witness
✔️6. Four letters: Volcano flow - (view spoiler)
Read a book where there is a volcano in the story or there is a volcano on the cover.
The Yellowstone Convergence
✔️7. Five letters: Mountain chain - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is set in the Himalayans ( India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal)
The Library of Legends
✔️8. Five letters: Adorable child - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Child in the title or author's name is Child.
Child Behind the Wall
9. Seven letters: Meeting Schedule - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the main character is a businessman or businesswoman.
The Affair
✔️10. Four letters: Highway part -(view spoiler)
Read a book with a road on the cover where the lanes can clearly be identified.
Found You

✔️1. Four letters: Sound of a dog's bark - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a dog as a significant character.
Silent Creed
✔️2. Five letters: Jeans Fabric - (view spoiler)
Read a book with someone wearing jeans on the cover.
Lost And Found
✔️3. Five letters: Gem Surface - (view spoiler)
Read a book with the name of a gem in the title Use this list: https://www.britannica.com/list/9-gem....
Ruby Holloway Reads After Dark: A Novel
✔️4. Four letters: Castle's watery ring - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Germany.
Requiem for the Dead
✔️5. Five letters: Mile-a-second speed - (view spoiler)
Read a book that was set in the 60's of any century (1960's, 1860's, 1760's etc.) Future 60's will be allowed (2060's)
The Judas Murders
✔️6. Four letters: Great Lake - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Ohio.
Everything I Never Told You
✔️7. Four letters: School room furniture - (view spoiler)
Read a book where there is a character that is a teacher.
A Lesson in Love and Death
✔️8. Two words, total 10 letters: Small rug at the entryway's floor - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the initials of the author are W and M (in any order
When We Were Worthy, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
✔️9. 12-down, 5 letters: Typefaces - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the title is in a script font on the cover. - Cannot be fonts that are italics. It must look like handwriting.
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
✔️10. Five letters: Flower stalk - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the cover has flowers WITH stems

✔️1. Two words, total 15 letters: Plugged in bedding - (view spoiler)
Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
✔️2. Five letters: Fire Department Leader - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a main character is a fireman.
Chasing Fire
✔️3. Five letters: Bread that is browned - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a type of liquor in the title.
Blackberry Wine
✔️4. Seven letters: Thick-fabric sleepwear - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
The Portmeirion Killings: A DI Ruth Hunter Crime Thriller Book #13
✔️5. Four letters: With no decoration - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the cover has only the title and author's name.
Baal
✔️6. Four letters: Frisbee shape - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Ed or Edward as a main character - or author.
Throwback
✔️7. Four letters: Small mountain - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Hill in the title or is the author's name.
The Watched
✔️8. 11-down, 5 letters: Verse writers - (view spoiler)
Read a book with mpg of poetry.
The Dark Between Stars
✔️9. Three letters: Rustic Hotel - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Inn in the title or subtitle,
No Secret Like Nantucket
✔️10. Three letters: Initial meaning "alias" - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the author writes under a pseudonym. State the author's name and pseudonym.
Lemon Curd Killer

✔️1. Five letters Old West pursuit party -(view spoiler)
Read a book with mpg of Western.
Outlaw Country
✔️2. Three words, total 6 letters|: Be Right with you - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a measure of time in the title - ex. Sec, second, minute, etc.
24 Hours
✔️3. Two words, total 14 letters: Passenger plane staffer - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a flight attendant is a character - doesn't need to be a main character, but not just a mention.
The Flight Attendant
✔️4. Two words, total 11 letters: Letter deliverer - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a letter has a significant role. IE letters back and forth, found letters are significant to story.
The lettersThe Letters: A Lifetime Foreign Affair
✔️5. Five letters: Accused's Excuse - (view spoiler)
Read a book that it is a legal thriller Both words must be on the MBP.
Cruel
✔️6. Six letters: Store's customer - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a store front on the cover.
Bread Alone
✔️7. Four letters: Minneapolis or Miami - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M.
Beautiful Evil Winter
✔️8. Five letters: Not in a million years - (view spoiler)
Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
Spree
✔️9. Six letters: Horror movie menace- (view spoiler)
Read a book with genre dystopia and tagged zombies. Both words must be on the MBP.
Capital Falling
✔️10. Five letters: Gown for example - (view spoiler)
Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover.
The Selection

1. Two words, total 7 letters: Stayed out of sight - (view spoiler)
Read a book with Invisible in the title.
The Invisible Woman
2. Seven letters: Wild West Bars -spoiler>Saloons
Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.Straight Up
3. Two words, total 7 letters: Ruby or Crimson - (view spoiler)
Read a book whose cover is 75% dark red.
The Perfect House
4. Six letters: Rosebush stickers - (view spoiler)
Read a book with thorns on the cover or in the title.
The Unknown Sun
✔️5. Five letters: Untrue - (view spoiler)
Read a book with an unreliable narrator. List of books for ideas.
The Girl on the Train
✔️6. Four letters: Fence opening - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a gate on the cover or in the title.
Fall Down Dead
✔️7. Five letters: Londoners informally - (view spoiler)
Read a book written by a British author.
The Winter Cottage
✔️8. Five letters: Pacific or Atlantic - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is set in the ocean on a ship or submarine.
One Charmed Christmas
9. Six letters: Smooched - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a word in the title contains kiss - may be imbedded.
Kiss Of The Bees
✔️10. Seven letters: Onion or mushroom on pizza - (view spoiler)
Read a cozy mystery with food as the main theme.
Honey Drop Dead

✔️1. Five letters: Of the moon - (view spoiler)
Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
Night of the Wolf Moon
✔️2. Five letters: Courage in battle - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is about the Civil War in the US.
My Name Is Mary Sutter
✔️3. Two words, total 15 letters: Fluffy footwear worn with robes - (view spoiler)
Read a book that has dragons in it.
A Dream of Fire
✔️4. Five letters: Wild guesses - (view spoiler)
Read a book with has a knife on the cover. Tableware not included. It must be a weapon.
Tracker
✔️5. Four letters: Leave the pier in a ship - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a ship on the cover that is flying its sails.
The Last Schoonerman
✔️6. Eight letters: Unmarried guy - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The character must remain unmarried through the entire book.
The Rising Tide
✔️7. Four letters: Inhales quickly in surprise - (view spoiler)
Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb.
Not a Happy Family
✔️8. Four letters: Birds that hoot -(view spoiler)
Read a book from this list: Symbolism Books
Origin
✔️9. Two words, total 8 letters: Where a hotel's lifeguard is stationed - >spoiler>Pool area
Read a book from a this list.: Swimmy Titles
Swimming in the Starry River
✔️10. Five letters: A Person from Stockholm - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.
Snow Drift

✔️1. Three words, total 15 letters: 21, by multiplying - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series.
Skinwalkers
✔️2. Six letters: Playful Pranks - (view spoiler)
Read a book from this list Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters
Anansi Boys
✔️3. Three words, total 15 letters: 21, by adding - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600)
The Shadow of God: A Novel of War and Faith
✔️4. Four letters: January to December - (view spoiler)
Read a book that was/is a new release in 2023.
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
✔️5. Five letters: Martian, for example - (view spoiler)
Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
✔️6. Two words, total 6 letters: Start of a play - (view spoiler)
Read a book that is tagged as "play".
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
✔️7. Six letters: Big city in Massachusetts - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Boston.
Cause to Kill
✔️8. Five letters: Young dog - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover.
Blind Search
✔️9. Four letters: Underground home for bats - (view spoiler)
Read a book with "Cave" or "Bat" in the title.
The Cave
✔️10. Four letters: Auto's Wheel Bar - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a car on the cover. At least one wheel must be pictured. Flash Flood: Dan Mahoney Mysteries, Book 1

✔️1. Two words, total 15 letters: Urban local for borrowing books - (view spoiler)
Read a book that shows shelves or stacks of books on the cover.
The Last Librarian
✔️2. Four letters: Actor Pitt - (view spoiler)
Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB.
The Thames Path Killer
3. Two words, total 14 letters: Time off work for new moms -(view spoiler)
Read a book that has a pregnant a character or a new born baby in it.
✔️Method 15/33
✔️4. Three words, total 15 letters: "More fun than" bunch - (view spoiler) Read a book with one of these words in it: monkey, snow, bald, black, Barbary, spider, blue empire.
Snow
5. Six letters: Pieces of broken glass - (view spoiler)
Read a book with something broken in pieces on the cover.
Reckoning
6. Six letters: Overcooked, as a steak - (view spoiler)
Read a book about the persecution of witches.
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs
✔️7. Five letters: Titled British Women - (view spoiler)
Read a book with a female title in the title (dame, Lady, Duchess)
The Duchess, Danielle Steel
8. Five letters: Insect attacks - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Africa
Treasonous
9. Four letters: Wyatt of the Old West - (view spoiler)
Read a book set in Arizona.
Coyote Waits
✔️10. Five letters: Himalayan nation - (view spoiler)
Read a book originally publishing in 2015.
A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point

2. Puzzle 4: Task 2
3. The Maid
4. Kindle, 304 pp.
5. Read a book with a character who is a maid servant whose responsibility would include ironing clothes.
6. In this book, Molly is a maid at the Regency Hotel. She states many times that it is her job to do whatever the guest needs…in reason, of course.

2. Puzzle 1: Task 3
3. Unstable, Rye Brewer
4. Kindle, 256 pp.
5. Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
6. This book is set at a boarding school for magical students.

2. Puzzle 3: Task 5
3. Night Sun, Tom Barber
4. Kindle, 430 pp.
5. Read a book where someone is protecting someone else.
6. In this book, there are several instances of this: Sam Archer, MC, tries to protect a prisoner in his care before he escapes, one cell mate tries to protect his cell mate going above and beyond, one escaped convict escapes with 6 days left in order to protect his foster sister which he does throughout the book.

2. Puzzle 5: Task 6
3. The Yellowstone Convergence
4. Kindle, 569 pp.
5. Read a book where there is a volcano in the story or on the cover.
6. There is a volcano on both the cover and in the story. The volcano is in Yellowstone.


2. Puzzle 2: Task 3
3. The Dark Corners of the Night
4. Kindle, 320 pp.
5. Read a book with one person on the cover.Both arms must be showing.
6. there is one person facing away and both arms are showing.


2. Puzzle 9: Task 6
3. Fall Down Dead
4. Kindle, 394 pp.
5. Read a book with a gate on the cover.
6. There is a gate on the cover.


2. Puzzle 6: Task 9
3. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
4. Kindle, 365 pp.
5. Read a book where the title is in script form…must look like handwriting.
6. This title is in script form.


2. Puzzle 10: Task 4
3. Tracker
4. Kindle, 335 pp.
5. Read a book which has a knife on the cover. Tableware not included. Must be a weapon.
6. This book has a hunting knife on the cover.


2. Puzzle 11: Task 7
3. Cause to Kill
4. Kindle, 193 pp.
5. Read a book set in Boston.
6. This book is set in Boston.

2. Puzzle 11: Task 7
3. Kindle, 193 pp.
4. Read a book set in Boston.
5. This book is set in Boston."
Something is missing from this post - the title of the book. :)

2. Puzzle 11: Task 7
3. Kindle, 193 pp.
4. Read a book set in Boston.
5. This book is set in Boston."
Something is missing from this post - the title of the book. :)"
I KNEW something didn’t look right! I just couldn’t see it!

2. Puzzle 7: Task 4
3. The Portmeirion Killings: A DI Ruth Hunter Crime Thriller Book #13
4. Read Kindle, PB 294 pp.
5. Read a book set in Wales or by a Welsh author.
6. This book takes place in Wales and the author is Welsh.

2. Puzzle 8: Task 1
3. Outlaw Country
4. Kindle, HC 311pp.
5. Read a book with an MPG of Western.
6. This book has an MPG of Western.

2. Puzzle 12: Task 1
3. The Last Librarian
4. Kindle, HC 372 pp.
5. Read a book that shows stacks or shelves of books on the cover.
6. This book shows stacks of books on the cover.


2. Puzzle 11: Task 2
3. Anansi Boys
4. Audible 10 hrs, 7 min., PB 501 pp.
5. Read a book from the list Jesters, Fools and Tricksters,
6. This book is #9 on the list.

3. Puzzle 11: Task 8
3. Blind Search
4. Read Kindle, HC 340 pp.
5. Read a book with a puppy or dog on the cover.
6. This book has two Search and Rescue dogs on the cover.


Blind Search should be task 8. :)"
Corrected. Life on hydrocodone is fun. Can’t wait for the tooth extraction tomorrow. Sorry about that.

2. Puzzle 11. Task 4
3. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
4. HC 400 pp.
5. Read a book that was or is a new release in 2023.
6. This book is a new release as of 1/17/23.

2. Puzzle 11: Task 1
3 Skinwalkers
4. PB 282 pp.
5. Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series.
6. This book is the seventh book in the Leaphorn and Chee series.

2. Puzzle 11: Task 10
3. Flash Flood: Dan Mahoney Mysteries, Book 1
4. Kindle 279 pp.
5. Read a book with a car on the cover. At least one wheel must be present.
6. There is a pink Cadillac on the cover caught in a flash flood. One wheel is present.


2. Puzzle 5: Task 8
3. Child Behind the Wall
4. PB 262 pp.
5. Read a book with the word CHILD in the title or the author’s last name.
6. This book has the word CHILD in the title.
Books mentioned in this topic
One Charmed Christmas (other topics)One Charmed Christmas (other topics)
The Thames Path Killer (other topics)
A Christmas Haunting at Point No Point (other topics)
The Winter Cottage (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
B.L. Pearce (other topics)Danielle Steel (other topics)
Wayne Turmel (other topics)
Boo Walker (other topics)
Hadena James (other topics)
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Looks like a great challenge! Yay! Thank you for all the hard work!