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2021 Yearlong Challenge: Best Museums in the World

Badge 1: Choose four different museums. Complete all 4 categories for each museum chosen. Must read a total of 16 books.

Museums:

#4: National Art Center in Tokyo
1) Location: Tokyo, Japan
Task: Read a Book Set in Japan
Book: Before the Coffee Gets Cold--completed 4/18/2021
2) About: Monet Exhibition
Task: Book that is 2nd in series
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me--completed 4/28/2021
3) Collection: Great Wave off Kanagawa
Task: Book with waves on Cover
Book: The Girl the Sea Gave Back --completed 8/1/2021
4) Interactive Item: Masayoshi Sukita, David Bowie, 1973; https://www.nact.jp/english/exhibitio...
Connection-The pattern in the outfit David Bowie is wearing reminds me of a maze and David Bowie starred in the movie Labyrinth.
Task: Read a book with "Maze" or "Labyrinth" in title
Book: Labyrinth Lost--Completed 1/11/21

#8: Tate Museum in London
1) Location: London, England
Task: set in London, England
Book: Blackberry & Wild Rose --completed 4/14/2021
2) About: Open by the Queen on 11 May 2000
Task: Fantasy Novel featuring a queen
Book: A Darker Shade of Magic--completed 6/2/2021
3) Collection: Haegue Yang
Task: Genre of science fiction
Book: Brave New World--completed 6/15/2021
4) Interactive: Cookmaid with Still Life of Fruits and Vegetables by Sir Nathaniel Bacon, https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-br...
Task: Read a book with fruits & vegetables on cover (both)
Book: --completed 11/18/2021

#11: National Palace Museum in Taipei
1) Location: Taipei, District of Taiwan
Task: "Night" or "Market" in the title
Book: The House at the Edge of Night--completed 6/6/2021
2) About: Began as a palace
Task: set in a fictional or fantasy city
Book: The House in the Cerulean Sea--completed 6/10/2021
3) Collection: Jade Pi-Hsieh
Task: Book with dragons in it
Book: Realm of Dragons--completed 7/31/2021
4) Interactive Item: "Boat Carved from Olive Stone"
https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/ind...
Task: Read a book with a boat on the cover
Book: The Starless Sea --Completed 1/19/2021

#25: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
1) Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Task: "windmill", "wind", or "mill" in the title
Book: Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North--completed 12/1/21
2) About: The Swan by Jan Asselijn
Task: "swan" in the title or on the cover
Book: The Black Swan of Paris--completed 7/18/2021
3) Collection: Still Life with Books
Task: Book with a book on the cover
Book: The Secret, Book & Scone Society --completed 11/27/2021
4) Interactive Item: "The Merry Family"
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksst...
Task: Read a book about a family
Book: Educated--completed 11/22/21


OUT OF ORDER BOOKS:
The Midnight Library--completed 3/2/2021
These Violent Delights--completed 4/16/2021
Wrong Side of Forty
The Mercies--completed 4/25/2021
The Duke and I--completed 4/27/2021
An Offer From a Gentleman--completed 5/1/2021
The Girl in the Tower--completed 5/28/2021
Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece--completed 7/17/2021

Link to challenge:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Reporting format:

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 Museum number & Category,
3. Link to book read. It is preferable to 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. Museum 1, Location
3. Link – The African Queen
4. Listened to Audiobook, Hardcover edition is 256 pages
5. Read a book set in Africa or written by an African author.
6. The book is set in Africa.

Subsequent Challenges:

If you complete the challenge, there are subsequent challenges you may attempt.

Badge 2 - Select 6 museums and read all the tasks for each museum (24 books).

Badge 3 - Select 8 museums and read all the tasks for each museum (32 books).

Badge 4 - Select 10 museums and read all the tasks for each museum (40 books).

Badge 5 - Complete the final 12 museums (48 books)

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Museum 4, Interactive Item https://www.nact.jp/english/exhibitio...
3. Link – Labyrinth Lost
4. Read Kindle version, Hardcover edition is 324pages
5. Read a book with "maze" or "labyrinth" in title
Connection-The pattern in the outfit David Bowie is wearing reminds me of a maze and David Bowie starred in the movie Labyrinth.
6. Title includes the word labyrinth

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Great start Mandy. :)

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Museum 11, Interactive Item: "Boat Carved from Olive Stone"
https://culture.teldap.tw/culture/ind...
3. Link: The Starless Sea
4. Read kindle version, Hardcover edition 498 pages
5. Read a book with a boat on the cover
6. There is a ship with sails visible through the keyhole on the cover

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The boat carved from an olive stone - amazing!

#8: Tate Museum in London
1) Location: London, England
Task: set in London, England
Book: Blackberry & Wild Rose

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Museum 8, Location
3. Link: Blackberry & Wild Rose
4. Read kindle version, Hardcover edition 416 pages
5. Read a book set in London, England
6. Book is set in 18th century London

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#4: National Art Center in Tokyo
1) Location: Tokyo, Japan
Task: Read a Book Set in Japan
Book: Before the Coffee Gets Cold

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Museum 4, Location
3. Link: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
4. Read kindle version, Hardcover edition 217 pages
5. Read a book set in Tokyo, Japan
6. Book is set in a cafe in Tokyo

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#4: National Art Center in Tokyo
2) About: Monet Exhibition
Task: Book that is 2nd in series
Book: The Viscount Who Loved Me

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Museum 4, About
3. Link: The Viscount Who Loved Me
4. Read kindle version, Paperback edition 378 pages
5. Read a book that is the 2nd in a series
6. Book is the 2nd in the Bridgertons series

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#11: National Palace Museum in Taipei
1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Museum 11, Location
3. Link: The House at the Edge of Night
4. Read kindle version, hardback edition 419 pages
5. Read a book with "Night" or "Market" in the title
6. Book has night in title

#8 Tate Museum in London
2) About: Open by the Queen on 11 May 2000
Task: Fantasy Novel featuring a queen

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Museum 8, About
3. Link: A Darker Shade of Magic
4. Read paperback version, 398 pages
5. Read a fantasy novel featuring a queen
6. Book includes 2 queens (view spoiler)[ Red queen who rules Red London, and the white queen who rules in White London (hide spoiler)]

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#11: National Palace Museum in Taipei

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Museum 11, About
3. Link: The House in the Cerulean Sea
4. Listened to Audible Audiobook; Hardcover is 398 pages
5. Read a book set in a fictional or fantasy city
6. Book is set on Marsayas Island which is fictional

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#8 Tate Museum in London

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Museum 8, Collection
3. Link: Brave New World
4. Listened to Audible Audiobook; Paperback is 268 pages
5. Read with the genre of Science Fiction
6. Book is considered science fiction

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#25: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Museum 25, About
3. Link: The Black Swan of Paris
4. Read kindle version, Hardcover edition is 480 pages
5. Read with "swan" in the title or on the cover
6. Book has swan in the title and on the cover

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#11: National Palace Museum in Taipei

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Museum 11, Collection
3. Link – Realm of Dragons
4. Read kindle version, Paperback edition is 244 pages
5. Read a book with dragons in it
6. The book has 2 dragons in it.

#4: National Art Center in Tokyo

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Museum 4 , Collection
3. Link – The Girl the Sea Gave Back
4. Read kindle version, Hardcover edition is 327 pages
5. Read a book with waves on the cover
6. The book has a girl standing on a rock with waves crashing around her.

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#8: Tate Museum in London

1. Badge 1, Book 13
2. Museum 8, Interactive item Cookmaid with Still Life of Fruits and Vegetables by Sir Nathaniel Bacon, https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-br...
3. Link--Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family
4. Listened to audiobook, Hardcover is 256 pages
5. Read a book with fruits and vegetables on the cover
6. The book cover has several fruits and vegetables pictured

#25: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

1. Badge 1, Book 14
2. Museum 25, Interactive Item: "The Merry Family"
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksst...
3. Link-- Educated
4. Listened to the audiobook, Hardcover is 334 pages
5. Read a book about a family
6. The book is about the author's religious and eccentric family.

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#25: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

1. Badge 1, Book 15
2. Museum 25, Collection
3. Link-- The Secret, Book & Scone Society
4. Read the kindle version, Hardcover is 290 pages
5. Read a book with a book on the cover
6. The book has a book opened up and laying on the table.

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#25: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

1. Badge 1, Book 16
2. Museum 25, Location
3. Link--Beyond the North Wind: The Fall and Rise of the Mystic North
4. Listened to Audible audiobook, Paperback version 256 pages
5. Read a book with "windmill", "wind", or "mill" in the title
6. The book title includes the word "wind"

Woohoo! Congratulations on finishing the challenge. :)

Awesome, Mandy!