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NEW RULES - READ CAREFULLY

This challenge starts on 1 January 2022 and ends on 31 March 2022

In this challenge you have to find the following elements:

Colours: Could be the colour of the cover or the colour could be in the title or in the name of a character
Items: Find these items on the cover of the book
Setting: A significant portion of the book must take place at such a location
Words: Find an exact match for these words in the books that you read. The words can be in any language, as long they are a match e.g summer is somer (Afrikaans), verano (Spanish), or Sommer (German).
Numbers: The number must connect to the book in some logical way e.g. number of chapters in the book, date the author died or was born, number in the series, etc
Author and book characteristics: Author and book must meet the criteria

Each element earns you points when you find a book:
Words – 10 points
Colours - 20 points
Setting: - 25 points
Author/book – 30 points
Items – 40 points
Numbers – 50 points

The aim is to earn the most points over the quarter with a minimum of 500 to complete the challenge.
A book may be used multiple times – there is no limitation on the number of books used.
A book must be minimum 120 pages

Use this template for the quarter. Copy it in your message below.

Start Date: 1 January 2022
End Date: 31 March 2022

Total Pages Read:
Bonus Points:

Books Read:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Year
Plant

Colours - 20 points
Black
Yellow

Setting - 25 points
Court
Place of Worship e.g. church

Author/book - 30 points
Author with 3 names including surname e.g. Jayne Ann Krentz
Author born in January, February, March

Items - 40 points
Bridge
Reptile

Numbers - 50 points
Four
Nine

Marlese wrote: "Wayne wrote: "That is the first quarterly challenge done and dusted. I think I am going to call it a day for this one."

Well done Wayne!"

Wayne's Spot

Start Date: 1 January 2022
End Date: 31 March 2022

Total Pages Read: 1558
Bonus Points: 545

Books Read:
1. Butterfly Burning; 151 pages; 01/01/2022 (read)
2. The Villagers; 223 pages; 01/01/2022 (Read)
3. Endless Night; 245 pages; 01/01/2022 (Read)
4. The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia; 222 pages; 02/01/2022 (Read)
5. No Longer at Ease; 196 pages; 03/01/2021 (Read)
6. Poirot Investigates 306 pages 03/01/2022
7. Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter 255 pages 07/01/2022

Elements:

Words: (10_130)points

Year
"seventeen-year-old" - The Villagers
"...born the same year in which his father was hanged." - Butterfly Burning
"...many a year..." - Endless Night
"...spent a year..."- The Last Disco In Outer Mongolia
"...give you a year..." No Longer at Ease
"...taken place about a year ago..." Poirot Investigates
"Last year three of us went..." Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
"...lived a year longer..." The End of Eternity(Planned)
"...year out and year in..." Travels in West Africa (Planned)

Plant
"bitter plant juice" - The Villagers
"...some kind of water plant..." - Butterfly Burning
"...and we'd plant things..." - Endless Night
"You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize" - No Longer at Ease
"Not even do they plant them in rows." : Poirot Investigates
"...a jam tin with a tiny little plant in it..." Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter

Colours: (20_200) points

Black


Yellow


Setting: 25_25points
Court
No Longer at Ease
Place of Worship

Author/book: 30_90 points
Author with 3 names, including surname
The Villagers- Jorge Icasa Coronel
Author born in January, February, March
Nick Middleton -
Albie Sachs - Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter

Items: 40_ points
Bridge
Reptile

Numbers: 50_100 points
Four
(Four deaths attributable to Michael Rogers - Fenella Rogers, Esther Lee, Claudia Hardcastle Greta Andersen
No Longer at Ease (Obi wanted four months grace before repaying his debt)
Nine

My spot:

Total Pages Read: 1276
Bonus Points: 540

Books Read:
1. Untamed Shore - Silvia Moreno Garcia (320 pages)
2. Dance with the devil - Sherrilyn Kenyon (343 pages)
3. The dark witch - Nora Roberts (398 pages)
4. Heart of the cat - SE Smith (215 pages)
5. Dark planet warriors - Anna Carven
6. Dark planet falling - Anna Carven
7. Into the light - Anna Carven
8. Out of darkness - Anna Carven
9. Forged in shadow - Anna Carven
10. Electric heart - Anna Carven
11. Infinity’s embrace - Anna Carven
12. Guilty pleasures - Laurell K Hamilton
13. Black notice - Patricia Cornwell


Elements:

Words - 10 points (total = 40)
Year
Untamed shore - location 608
Dance with the devil - page 19

Plant
Untamed shore - location 1205
Dance with the devil - page 130


Colours - 20 points (total = 280)
Black
1. Untamed shores
2. Dance with the devil
3. The dark witch
4. Heart of the cat
5. Dark planet warriors - Anna Carven
6. Dark planet falling - Anna Carven
7. Into the light - Anna Carven
8. Out of darkness - Anna Carven
9. Forged in shadow - Anna Carven
10. Electric heart - Anna Carven
11. Infinity’s embrace - Anna Carven
12. Black notice - Patricia Cornwell

Yellow
1. Untamed shores
2. Out of darkness


















Setting - 25 points
Court
Place of Worship e.g. church

Author/book - 30 points (total = 120)
Author with 3 names including surname e.g. Jayne Ann Krentz
1. Silvia Moreno Garcia
2. S E Smith
3. Laurell K Hamilton

Author born in January, February, March: 30 points
1. Laurell K Hamilton - 19 Feb 1963


Items - 40 points
Bridge
Reptile

Numbers - 50 points (Total = 100)
Four
1. Silvia Moreno Garcia, born in April, the 4th month
Nine
1. Patricia Cornwell born 9 June 1956

My Spot

Start Date: 1 January 2022
End Date: 31 March 2022

Total Pages Read: 1270
Bonus Points: 170

Books Read:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Year:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - location 737 "-will she have to wait a year, or three, or five, to see if age leaves a mark?"
The Hunger Games: “…Effie Trinket, the maniacally woman who arrives each year to read…”

Plant:
The Hunger Games: “…pages were made of old parchment and covered in ink drawings of plants.”

Colours - 20 points
Black:

Yellow:

Setting - 25 points
Court
Place of Worship e.g. church

Author/book - 30 points
Author with 3 names including surname e.g. Jayne Ann Krentz
V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

Author born in January, February, March

Items - 40 points
Bridge
Reptile

Numbers - 50 points
Four:
Nine: - Book takes place over 9 days (17 - 25 December)

Start Date: 1 January 2022
End Date: 31 March 2022

Total Pages Read:
Bonus Points: 505

Books Read:
1. Arabella 315 pages
2. Dictator's Way 220 pages
3. The Religious Body 158 pages
4. Dead Man's Ransom 271 pages
5. The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter 203 pages
6. Angel 252 pages
7. Susters van Eva 259 pages
8. City of Silver: A Mystery 310 pages
9. Anne of Avonlea
10. Little Men
11. Anne of Green Gables
12. Jo's Boys 336 pages

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Year
"this number is only three years old" Arabella
"was only two or three years since" Dictator's Way
"she did it every year: The Religious Body
"in the year of" Dead Man's Ransom
"it was the time of year" Angel
"For the past three years" City of Silver: A Mystery
"to town this time of year" Anne of Green Gables
"since he hired here a year ago" Anne of Avonlea


Plant
"with all these skeletons of plants" Angel
"though normally no plants grew at this altitude" City of Silver: A Mystery
"down to the graveyard to plant" Anne of Green Gables
"every scholar shall plant a tree" Anne of Avonlea

Colours - 20 points
Black
Yellow

Setting - 25 points
Court
Place of Worship e.g. church
The Religious Body
Dead Man's Ransom
City of Silver: A Mystery

Author/book - 30 points
Author with 3 names including surname e.g. Jayne Ann Krentz
Dictator's Way by E.R. Punshon
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

Author born in January, February, March
The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter (30 January)
Angel (February)

Items - 40 points
Bridge
Reptile

Numbers - 50 points
Four
Susters van Eva - book told from perspective of 4 women

Nine
Dead Man's Ransom 9th book in series

That is the first quarterly challenge done and dusted. I think I am going to call it a day for this one.

That was quick! Well done, Wayne!

Thanks a lot Carolien. I like this challenge, Let us see how others feel about it, and maybe after the 2nd Quarter push the bonus points up to say, 750.

Wayne wrote: "That is the first quarterly challenge done and dusted. I think I am going to call it a day for this one."

Well done Wayne!

Marlese wrote: "Wayne wrote: "That is the first quarterly challenge done and dusted. I think I am going to call it a day for this one."

Well done Wayne!"

Thanks Marlese,

Diane's Spot:

Total Pages Read:
Bonus Points:

Books Read:
1. Black Coral: Underwater Investigation Unit #2 by Andrew Mayne [317 pages]
2. Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks [304 pages]
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green [293 pages]
4. Kindred by Octavia Butler [287 pages]
5. The Last Thing He Told me by Laura Dave [320 pages]
6. The Unexpected Mrs Polifax by Dorothy Gilman [204 pages]
7. Catch-22 by Jospeh Heller [524 pages]
8. Missing & Endangered [Joanna Brady #19] by J.A. Jance [365 pages]
9. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner [256 pages]
10. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng [297 pages]
11. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny [506 pages]
12. Grave Descend by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange [203 pages]
13. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell [540 pages]
14. How to Win Friends and Influence People [276]
15. The One-In-A-Million Boy by Monica Wood [416]
16. I am Costa by Costa Carastavrakis [224]
17. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough [692]
18. The Guest List by Lucy Foley [400]
19. Reggie & Me by James Hendry [352]
20. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey [308]
21. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman [351]
22. One August Night by Victoria Hislop [290]
23. The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson [325]
24. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty [535]
25. The Story of the World #3. Early Modern Times: From Elizabeth the Frist to the Forty-Niners by Susan Wise Bauer [432]
26. The Governess by Wendy Holden [425]
27. Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls [480]
28. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson [311 pages]
29. Coraline Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell and Neil Gaiman [205 pages]
30. Rock paper scissors by Alice Feeney [320 pages]
31. The Castaways by Lucy Clarke [416 pages]
32. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [301 pages]
33. The Party by Lisa Hall [384 pages]
34. The Promise by Damon Galgut [296 pages]
35. Freckles by Ceceilia Ahern [352 pages]
36. Radium Girls by Kate Moore [480 pages]

Elements:

Words - 10 points
Year
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- The Last Thing He Told me by Laura Dave
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
-Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
-How to Win Friends and Influence People
-I am Costa by Costa Carastavrakis
-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
-Reggie & Me by James Hendry
-One August Night by Victoria Hislop
-The Governess by Wendy Holden
-Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
-The Party by Lisa Hall

Plant
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks [medicinal plants are grown]
-Kindred by Octavia Butler
-Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
-Reggie & Me by James Hendry
-One August Night by Victoria Hislop
-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
-The Governess by Wendy Holden
-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
-The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

Colours - 20 points
Black
- Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks
- Black Coral: Underwater Investigation Unit #2 by Andrew Mayne
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
-State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
-Grave Descend by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange
-The Guest List by Lucy Foley
-Reggie & Me by James Hendry
-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
-The Governess by Wendy Holden
-Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
-Coraline Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell and Neil Gaiman
-Rock paper scissors by Alice Feeney
-The Party by Lisa Hall
-Radium Girls by Kate Moor

Yellow
-Kindred by Octavia Butler
-The Unexpected Mrs Polifax by Dorothy Gilman
-Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
-The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
-The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
-The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

Setting - 25 points
Court
-One August Night by Victoria Hislop
-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Place of Worship e.g. church
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green - John Green was training to be a chaplain
- Year of wonders by Geraldine Brooks - Book features a rector and his wife
-North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - Father was a rector
-I am Costa by Costa Carastavrakis
-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
-Rock paper scissors by Alice Feeney
-The Promise by Damon Galgut

Author/book - 30 points
Author with 3 names including surname e.g. Jayne Ann Krentz
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
-Coraline Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell and Neil Gaiman
-Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Author born in January, February, March
- Crying in H Mart by Michille Zauner

Items - 40 points
Bridge
- Black Coral: Underwater Investigation Unit #2 by Andrew Mayne
-Kindred by Octavia Butler
-The Last Thing He Told me by Laura Dave
-Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls

Reptile
- Black Coral: Underwater Investigation Unit #2 by Andrew Mayne [alligators]
- Grave Descend by Michael Crichton [main character is bitten by a baby alligator]

Numbers - 50 points
Four
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green [293] - Many pieces received four stars
- Anna's mom dies when she is four years old
-The Guest List by Lucy Foley [four people]
- Four deaths - The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
-Four deaths - The Promise by Damon Galgut
Nine
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green [293] Author went to planetarium at age nine.
- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman [four friends at bookclub]
- Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty [family members in the business]
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Castaways by Lucy Clark - 9 passengers

I am done with this quarter’s challenge!

Well done, Marlese!

Carolien wrote: "Well done, Marlese!"

Thanks Carolien!

Congratz Marlese.

That's me done as well!

Well done Carolien.