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Challenges: Year Long Main 2022
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Beth's ILV2RD Trip
Site 1, Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada1. Location: Read a book that is a ghost story.
2. About: Read a book that has a significant character named Jack, or the author is named Jack.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Moscow, Copper, or Mug in the title.
Site 2, The USSR Enterprise, Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
1. Location: Read a book with a significant character aged 5 or younger
2. About: Read a book with a main page genre of space opera
3. Souvenir: Read a book that is at least 75% red in colour.
Site 3, Spirit of the West, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1. Location: Read a book with a character who is a queen, or the title contains queen
2. About: Read a book written by an author whose initial of any name starts with V.
3. Souvenir: Read a book set during freezing temperatures.
Site 4, Narcisse Snake Den Sculpture, Inwood, Manitoba, Canada
1. Location: Read a book with a snake(s) are on the cover
2. About: Read a book with one of the following garter snake types in the title: Garter, Aquatic, Butler, Highland, Giant, Plains, Ribbon.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with at least one pair of boots on the cover.
Site 5, The Big Nickle, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1. Location: Read a book set in Canada or is written by a Canadian author.
2. About: Read a book that is one of 5 in a series.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Collect, Collector, or Collection in the title.
Site 6, Poppy Memorial, Parc des Pionniers, Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada DONE BADGE 3
1. Location: Read a book with a theme of immigrant experience.
2. About: Read a book set in France or written by a French author.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with red flowers on the cover.
Site 7, Blowhard the Bony Horse, Cardwell, New Brunswick, Canada
1. Location: Read a book with Caldwell in title (including sub-titles) or written by an author with the name Caldwell.
2. About: Read a book with a skeleton or skull on the cover.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with weapon, tool, comb, or whistle in the title.
Site 8, World's Largest Fiddle, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. DONE BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book where setting of book is different than the nationality of the author.
2. About: Read a book where the author's initials contain CH in any order
3. Souvenir: Read a book with a theme of music.
Site 9, Mermaids of St. Johns, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
1. Location: Read a book with a significant character named John.
2. About: Read a book with mythology as a main page genre.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with an animal with a tail on the cover. The full tail must be shown.
Site 10, World's Largest Hand Held Egg Beater, Prince Edward Island, Canada BADGE 1
1. Location: Read a book set on an island. The island must be smaller than 200,000 km2. Use this list as a guide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
2. About: Read a book with Inventor/Invention in the title, or a significant character was an inventor.
3. Souvenir: Read a book set in Switzerland, France, Poland or Italy.
Site 11, Santa Claus House & Giant Santa, North Pole, Alaska, USA
1. Location: Read a book set in space. May be on a spaceship or another planet.
2. About: Read a book with a theme of Christmas.
3. Souvenir: Read a book where the cover is 75% white.
Site 12, Fountain of Youth, Lewes, Delaware, USA
1. Location: Read a book with Dutch in the title or from this list: The Best Dutch Literature
2. About: Read a book set in the 1930's & 1940's.
3. Souvenir: Read a book where a character is immortal.
Site 13, Hawaii Five-O Jack Lord Bust, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1. Location: Read a book set in Hawaii.
2. About: Read a book that is MPG Mystery and is a police procedural.
3. Souvenir: Read a book where there a number of flowers on the cover.
Site 14, Shoshone Ice Caves, Shoshone, Idaho, USA
1. Location: Read a book about First Nations Peoples in the US, or written by an American First Nations author.
2. About: Read a book with Ice or Cave in the title.
3, Souvenir: Read a book that is in epistolary style.
Site 15, Statue of Popeye, Chester Illinois, USA
1. Location: Read a book set in Illinois.
2. About: Read a book where a signification character is a sailor.
3. Souvenir: Read a book where the cover is 75% green.
Site 16, Bewitched Statue, Salem Massachusetts, USA
1. Location: Read a book set in Massachusetts
2. About: Read a book in the General Paranormal Romance
3. Souvenir: Read a book where the main character has a cat.
Site 17, Giant Dog and Taxi Cab, New York, New York, USA
1. Location: Read a book set in New York City.
2. About: Read a book with headlights prominently on the cover.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Bone(s)in the title.
Site 18, World's Largest Chest of Drawers, High Point, North Carolina, USA BADGE 1
1. Location: Read a book that is set in North Carolina
2. About: Read a book set in the 1900's..
3. Souvenir: Read a book where the cover shows someone wearing a pair of socks. They must be very noticeable and obvious.
Site 19, World's Largest Killer Bee, Hidalgo, Texas DONE BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book set in Texas AND either has a horse on the cover or there is a horse in the story.
2. About: Read a book with a bee on the cover or in the title.
3. Souvenir: Read a book that has something sweet in the title - Honey, Sugar, or Sweet.
Site 20, Foamhedge, Centerville, Virginia DONE Badge 3
1. Location: Read a book set in Virginia.
2. About: Read a book that is a retelling of an original story.
3. Souvenir: Read a book set in prehistoric times. The book may be a time travel story where the characters travel back to prehistoric times.
Site 21, The Big Powerful Owl, Belconnen, Australia DONE BADGE 31. Location: Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author,
2. About: Read a book with the author's initials are B A, in any order.
3 Souvenir: Read a book with a large eye(s) on the cover.
Site 22, Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia DONE BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book with Harbour (Harbor) in the title.
2. About: Read a book that it first in a series.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Vanilla, Chocolate, or Strawberry in the title.
Site 23, The Big Kookaburra, Kurri Kurri, Australia
1. Location: Read a book where the title starts with the letter K. It may be preceded by "a" or "the".
2. About: Read a book with a large bird on the cover. There may only be one bird.
3. Souvenir: Read a book from Humour Genre - Use the Humour Genre Page. Explain how you determined your book from this page. Was it on the main page, or did you follow a link from the page? If so, what link?
Site 24, Big Mosquito, Hexham, Australia DONE BADGE 3
1. Location: Read a book with a character who was a miner or the book is about mining.
2. About: Read a book that is dystopian dealing with pandemics.
3, Souvenir: Read a book with animal teeth that look like they could leave a nasty bite.
Site 25, The Big Prawn, West Ballina, Australia BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book with a direction (north, east, south, west) in the title.
2. About: Read a book originally published in 2011.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with a main character or author name of Paul.
Site 26, The World's Largest Sundial, Singleton, Australia
1. Location: Read a book with a one word title (no articles).
2. About: Read a book that won any category of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards from this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sou...
3. Souvenir: Read a book with large circles on it as a graphical design.
Site 27, The Big Aboriginal Hunter, Anmatjere, Australia BADGE 1
1. Location: Read a book about Australian indigenous people.
2. About: Read a book that is in a series with 12 or more books. The first 12 books must be published as the time of reading.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with a hunting implement on the cover. Guns & swords are excluded.
Site 28, Big Beer Can, Ghan, Australia DONE Badge 3
1. Location: Read a book with a train prominently on the cover.
2. About: Read a book the was originally published between 2002 - 2010.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with an alcoholic drink on the cover.
Site 29, Big Books, Alice Springs, Australia
1. Location: Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice or Stuart. Spelling is exact.
2. About: Read a book that was originally published in 2018.
3, Souvenir: Read a book that was mentioned in another book. Required that the original book naming the one you read is noted.
Site 30, The Big Sapphire Ring, Sapphire, Queensland BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book that has less than 572 ratings at the time of reading. State the number of ratings.
2. About: Read a book with a type of jewel in the title (amethyst, aquamarine, diamond, emerald, jade, peridodt, ruby, sapphire).
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Ring in the title or a large ring on the cover.
Site 31, The Kelpies, Scotland
1. Location: Read a book set in Scotland, or written by a Scottish author.
2. About: Read a book with characters that are shapeshifters.
3. Souvenir: Read a book where the title or author's name starts with the letter U. If it's the title, it may not be preceded by an article.
Site 32, Whimsical Statue, Swansea Marina, Wales UK
1. Location: Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
2. About: Read a book that was originally published in 1990.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with Bell in the title or on the cover.
Site 33, The Singing Ringing Tree, Lancashire, England DONE BADGE 2
1. Location: Read a book that is set in England but not in a city with a population over 1, 000,000.
2. About: Read a book with Wind or Sound in the title.
3. Souvenir: Read a book set in Greece or written by a Greek author.
Site 34, Sibelius Monument, Helsinki, Finland
1. Location:Read a book set in Finland or written by a Finnish author.
2. About: Read a book with dark stormy waves on the cover.
3. Pipe Organ: Read a book from The Atmospheric List You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.
Site 35, Untitled, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1. Location: Read a book set in the Netherlands or written by a Dutch author.
2. About: Read a book from this list: Best Feminist Fiction You may choose only the first 6 pages. It is required that you list the page number and position on the list.
3. Souvenir: Read a book that is a mystery dealing with crime against women.
Site 36, The Snail House, Sofia, Bulgaria
1. Location: Read a book with a proper woman's name in the title.
2. About: Read a book with the genre LGBT on the main book page.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with duck, goose, swan, loon in the title. Plurals are allowed, including geese.
Site 37, Caso do Penedo (Stone House) BADGE 3 DONE
1. Location: Read a book set in one of the countries or territories that make up the Iberian Peninsula.
2. About: Read a book that is in a series of 4 published works
3. Souvenir: Read a book with a house on the cover.
Site 38, Hill of Crosses BADGE 3 DONE
1. Location: Read a book set in Lithuania, Poland, or Russia.
2. About: Read a book with a theme of pilgrimage, or life changing journey.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with a cross or beads on the cover.
Site 39, Giant Clothespin BADGE 3 DONE
1. Location: Read a book set in Belgium.
2. About: Read a book with a twist. Psychological thriller and mystery must show as a main page genre.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with "spring" in the title.
Site 40, Fork of Vevey BADGE 1
1. Location: Read a book set in Switzerland or written by a Swiss author.
2. About: Read a book with the letter Z in the title or author's name.
3. Souvenir: Read a book with food as a theme.
Side Trips: Big Blue Bug: https://www.bigbluebug.com/the-big-bl...
Every RIer knows this landmark on the top of a building by the highway--it has a name: Nibbles Woodaway.
Location: Book set in RI
About: Cover has road or highway
Souvenir: Promo videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MKR...) "we can't promise you Shakespeare, but": Book Shakespeare related
Orange Show, Houston TX DONE BADGE 2
Location: Set in Texas
About: Jeff McKissac built single-handedly from1956 to 1979. Book published 1956 to 1979.
Souvenir: Fruit on the cover or fruit name in the title
Big F Indian: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story... DONE Badge 3
Location: Book set in Maine
About: Erected in 1969: Book published in 1969
Souvenir: Walking stick. Read a book about the great outdoors.
The Big Chicken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chi...
Location: Book set in Georgia
About: Damaged in 1993, but restored because pilots complained: Book has plane on cover.
Souvenir: Sweatshirt has Big Ben, Colliseum, Eifel Tower and Big Chicken: Read book set in London, Paris, or Rome
Four Seasons Total Landscaping BADGE 1
Location: Four Seasons is on the same block as a sex shop, across the street from a crematorium, and down the road from the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. Book should involve either murder, sex crimes, or a prison break.
About: Book involving politics
Souvenir: Lawn Jawn IPA--Authors initials must be a combination of LJIP or A
Hahaha - Love that you've included Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Side trip #1Four Season's Total Landscaping: https://www.fstl1992.com/about
Location of this craziness: https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/OrAX...
Location: Four Seasons is on the same block as a sex shop, across the street from a crematorium, and down the road from the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. Book should involve either murder, sex crimes, or a prison break.
About: Book involving politics
Souvenir: Lawn Jawn IPA which was a tribute to FSTL by a local brewery, as linked on the FSTL website
Authors initials must be a combination of LJIP or A
1. Badge 1, Book 12. Side trip 1, Souvenir
3. The Hotel New Hampshire
4. Audio but 520 pp
5. Author initials a combination of LJIPA
6. Author is John Irving
1. Badge 1, Book 32. Site 27, About
3. Crooked River
4. Audio but 400
5. Must be in series of 12 or more books
6. This is 19/20
1. Badge 1, Book 42. Site 40, About
3. On Beauty
4. Audio but 445
5. Z in author's name
6. Zadie Smith is the author
1. Badge 1, Book 52. Site 27, Souvenir
3. American Psycho
4. Audio but 399
5. Hunting implement on cover
6. Cover has knife:
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1. Badge 1, Book 62. Site 10, Location
3. The Shadow District
4. Audio but 304
5. Set on island under 200,000 km2
6. Set in Iceland which is 102,775.
1. Badge 1, Book 72. Site 40, Location
3. Hausfrau
4. 324 but audio
5. Set in Switzerland or by Swiss author
6. Set in Switzerland
1. Badge 1, Book 82. Sidetrip 1, About
3. Deadly Cross
4. 333
5. Book involves politics
6. Ex-wife of the VP is killed, detectives need to figure out if it is political or something else.
Badge 1, Book 92. Sidetrip, Location
3. The Sinner
4. 390
5. Book must involve murder, crimes against women or prison break
6. Book is about several murders of women.
1. Badge 1, Book 102. Site 10, Souvenir
3. The Red and the Black
4. Audio but 608
5. Set in Switzerland, France, Poland or Italy
6. Set mostly in France
1. Badge 1, Book 112. Site 40, Souvenir
3. The Invention of Curried Sausage
4. 217
5. About food
6. Author wants to know whether Mrs. Brucker really invented curried sausage in Hamburg.
1. Badge 1, Book 122. SIte 10, About
3. The Invention of Sound
4. Audio but 240
5. Invention or Inventor in title or character is inventor
6. The INVENTION of Sound
1. Badge 1, Book 132. Site 18, About
3. Billy Bathgate
4. 326 but Audio
5. Book set in the 1900s
6. Set in NYC in the 1930s
1. Badge 1, Book 142. Site 27, Location
3. That Deadman Dance
4. Audio but 400
5. About indigenous people of Australia
6. About the Noongar people
Congrats on finishing Badge 1, Beth. :)
Janice wrote: "Congrats on finishing Badge 1, Beth. :)"Thanks. SO many options open now for what to read. [gleeful grin]
1. Badge 2, Book 12. Site 19, About
3. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
4. 902 but AU
5. Bees in title or on cover
6. Go Tell the BEES that I Am Gone
Badge 2 Side triphttps://www.orangeshow.org/
Orange Show
Location: Set in Texas
About: Jeff McKissac built single-handedly from1956 to 1979. Book published 1956 to 1979.
Souvenir--A piece of Fruit (especially an orange): Fruit on the cover or fruit name in the title
1. Badge 2, Book 22. Side Trip, Souvenir
3. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
4. 176
5. Fruit on cover or fruit name in title
6. ORANGES Are Not the Only Fruit
1. Badge 2, Book 32. Site 19, Souvenir
3. Milk and Honey
4. 432 but Audio
5. Honey, Sweet or Sugar in Title
6. Milk and HONEY
Beth wrote: "Badge 2 Side triphttps://www.orangeshow.org/
Souvenir: Fruit on the cover or fruit name in the title"
What is your souvenir? It needs to be an item you would buy at the gift shop for the attraction, imagining that there would be a gift shop.
Oh, and please link to the title of the book. (msg 41)
1. Badge 2, Book 42. Side Trip 2, Location
3. Lot: Stories
4. 240 but audio
5. Set in Texas
6. It is set in Houston
Janice wrote: "Beth wrote: "Badge 2 Side triphttps://www.orangeshow.org/
Souvenir: Fruit on the cover or fruit name in the title"
What is your souvenir? It needs to be an item you would buy at the gift shop fo..."
Sorry about the covers, had accidentally hit that button and didn't notice.
The Souvenir is a piece of fruit. They sell oranges at the gift shop.
✔️ Thanks Beth. You're all about the sweetness this morning. :) Fruit, honey.
Janice wrote: "✔️ Thanks Beth. You're all about the sweetness this morning. :) Fruit, honey."
Yes, Sweet reading yesterday. Today it will all change....
Badge 2, Book 5Site 30, Location
Sweet Jane
Audio but 268
Fewer than 572 ratings at time of reading
Mine was 310, and not super positive not a terrible book, but too much psychobabble for this psychologist.
1. Badge 2, Book 62. Site 25, Souvenir
3. Moon Palace
4. 320 but Audio
5. MC or author named Paul
6. Author is PAUL Auster
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Site 10
Location: The Shadow District
About: The Invention of Sound
Souvenir: The Red and the Black
Site 18
Location: Cross Justice
About: Billy Bathgate
Souvenir: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Site 27
Location: That Deadman Dance
About: Crooked River
Souvenir: American Psycho
Site 40
Location: Hausfrau
About: On Beauty
Souvenir: The Invention of Curried Sausage
Side Trip: Four Seasons Total Landscaping https://www.fstl1992.com/
Location: The Sinner
About: Deadly Cross
Souvenir: The Hotel New Hampshire
Badge 2
Site 8
Location: The Comedians
About: Prince of Thieves
Souvenir: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Site 19
Location: Leaving Cheyenne
About: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Souvenir Milk and Honey
Site 22
Location: Sag Harbor
About: March Violets
Souvenir: Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
Site 25
Location: To the North
About: A Christmas Homecoming
Souvenir: Moon Palace
Site 30
Location: Sweet Jane
About: Death Among Rubies
Souvenir: Ring for Jeeves
Site 33
Location: We Bought a Zoo
About: The Sound of Gravel
Souvenir: The Names
Side Trip (Orange Show: https://www.orangeshow.org/)
Location: Lot: Stories
About: The Bluest Eye
Souvenir: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Badge 3 (9 sites)
1. Site 6
Location: American Street
About: The Lost Estate
Souvenir: Malice
2. Site 20
Location: The Water Dancer
About: Sistersong
Souvenir: The Clan of the Cave Bear
3. Site 21
Location: Caleb's Crossing
About: Detox Your Thoughts: Quit Negative Self-Talk for Good and Discover the Life You've Always Wanted
Souvenir: Black as He is Painted
4. Site 24
Location: Wish You Well
About: The End of October
Souvenir: Swamplandia!
5. Site 28
Location: The Lincoln Highway
About: The Dark Horse
Souvenir: Sparkling Cyanide
6. Site 37
Location: The High Mountains of Portugal
About: Pronto
Souvenir Storm Front
7. Site 38
Location: War and Peace
About: Gangsterland
Souvenir: A String of Beads
8. Site 39
Location: The Professor
About: No One Will Miss Her
Souvenir: The First Day of Spring
9. Side Trip 3
Location: Lost Girls: The Maine Murders
About: The Tremor of Forgery
Souvenir: Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders