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Museum 37. National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.


1. Location - Washinton, D.C.
Washington D.C. borders Maryland and Virginia.
Task: Read a book set in either Maryland or Virginia.

2. About - The final element of the National Gallery of Art complex, the Sculpture Garden was completed in 1999 after more than 30 years of planning.
Task: Read a book set in the 1990's.

3. Collection - The Veiled Nun
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Task: Read a book with a significant character who is a nun. This character may be from any religion, real or fictional, as long as she is called a nun.

4. Interactive item - based on the National Gallery of Art.
Task: Your choice based on your selection from the collection. Required - link to the picture and explain connection.

I'm having difficulty sourcing books set in the 1990s that appeal. So I think I'll finally try Bridget Jones's Diary - a phenomenon that has largely passed me by so far...

If you like travel memoirs, I'm currently reading Tea & Bee's Milk which is set in 1995. It seems to be a quick read. I've read more engaging memoirs than this, but it's an alright read. And Lilisa rated it 5 stars, so I may be the odd one out :)

Thanks Peggy. I'll look into it.

I plan to read The Desiderata Gold for another challenge. I found that the book is set in parallel periods - AD 64 and 1992. The 1992 part is linked to the AD 64. This is not a Time Travel book.

The synopsis reads as under:
(view spoiler)[In 1992 Daisy Hayes had inherited Bottomleigh House and was struggling to keep it afloat financially. Then she got a letter from an archaeologist asking her to help make sense of a mysterious message that had just been dug up in Rome. Time to hook up again with Morag, her deaf friend from the ‘project’ in 1964, and to go back to the Eternal City.
In AD 64, after Feli’s death, Desiderata had scores to settle and a ‘twin sister’ to bury. Her new friends the Christians gave her sanctuary, but her relationship with them was a bit strained. Soon the ‘Community’ and their blind protégée had to part company. Eventually, assisted by her uncle Balbus, ex-centurion of the X Fretensis legion, she found a path out of her troubles, and helped him search for a stolen treasure.
So, 1928 years later, Daisy went looking for a gold cache from antiquity, hoping to solve a new mystery, and even more to reconnect with Desi, her soulmate from ancient Rome. (hide spoiler)]

Would this book wok for the task:
2. About -
Task: Read a book set in the 1990's.

Thanks.

Viji wrote: "I plan to read The Desiderata Gold for another challenge. I found that the book is set in parallel periods - AD 64 and 1992. The 1992 part is linked to the AD 64. This is not a Time..."

The rule for setting has always been that at least 50% of the book is set in the time period. If this book meets that, then it's acceptable.

Thanks,Janice. Out of the 22 chapters 11 chapters are set in 1992. I presume that this fits the task.

For the About task "set in the 1990s": I just read Dead Girls which is set entirely in the Summer of 1999. The main character is Thera - a feisty 11 year old girl who sets out to discover what happened to her 'very best, forever friend' who is a victim of a crime. The book is narrated from Thera's point of view and is very well done - she is an amazing character.

The book is pretty intense and hard hitting on occasion. It deals with how girls are taught to behave - how much (or little) adults inform them about the dangers of possible abuse and whether it would be better to have honest conversations, instead of shying away from the topic,

The book isn't at all heavy, even though it deals with difficult concepts. It's a book that will stay with me for some time. I gave it 4 stars

Hi I have just finished reading Innocent Graves

First Published in 1996
There is an interview with a character from Dubrovnik who says in response to the question

"when did you come here?
in 1991 after the siege" p 307 of kindle edition

There are also references to a computer diskettes which are more of a 20th than 21st century storage system

Is this enough to place it in the 1990"s

thanks for your help

Marie (UK) wrote: "Hi I have just finished reading Innocent Graves

First Published in 1996
There is an interview with a character from Dubrovnik who says in response to the question

"when did you co..."

It sounds like it would work.