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Almeta's Play On Words

Puzzle Me This

For this challenge, there will be 12 Crossword puzzles, and 10 tasks each.

2023 Challenge General Discussion

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2023 Puzzle Me This
2023 Gloom and Doom
2023 Turf Wars in Space
2023 Game of Life in Space
2022 The Zest Is in the Journey
2022 Celebrating Diversity
2022 Give Us a Clue
2022 Godmother's Apprentice
2021 YLTO! Museum Pieces
2021 Little Gray Cells Holdup
2021 Get a Clue
2020 Twisted Trivia
2019 The Movie Finger Writes
2018 Star Crossed Covers Zany Zodiac
2017 My Echo, My Shadow and Me
2016 Going Places
2015 The Story Never Ends, Serialously
2014 Voluminous Volumes and Miniature Matchmakers (2014 Year Long Challenge - Connect the Chunksters)
2013 High Octane ABCs
2012 Rainbow Connection

2023 Reading Goals

1. Five letters: Artist Picasso - Pablo
Read a book with a significant character who is a painter.
✔️In The Frame 28 Oct 252 pages

2. Nine letters: To be ironed - Unpressed
✔️Habits of the House 28 Sep
Read a book with a character who is a maid servant whose responsibilities would include ironing clothing.
Page 22 "requiring Grace to mend, wash, iron"

3. Four letters: Barnyard Bellows - Baas
Read a book with one or more of the following barnyard animals on the cover - Chickens, Cattle, Sheep, Ducks, Goats, or Pigs .
✔️The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep

4. Seven letters: Environmental removal - Erosion
Read a book with the theme of tourism.
✔️Alpine for You (A Passport to Peril Mystery) 16 Nov

5. Four letters: Letters after Q - RSTU
Read a book where all the initials of the author are included in RSTU in any order.
✔️The Man In The Maze 7 Oct 192 pages
author Robert Silverberg

6. Seven letters: Materializes - Emerges
Read a book that is a coming-of-age story.
✔️ Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery 3 Oct 391 pages
coming-of-age for a young girl and of Japan itself

7. Five letters: Ribs, for example - Bones
Read a book with Bone(s) in the title.
✔️Blood and Bone 7 Nov

9. Two words, total 10 letters: Capital of Nevada - Carson City
Read a book set in Nevada.
✔️The Case of the Deadly Desperados 2 Oct
Virginia City Nevada

10. Four letters: Aussie Hoppers -Roos
Roos is a word with multiple origins. In Dutch, Low German, Swiss German and Estonian
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.
✔️The Garden Plot 12 Nov



2. Five letters: Fire Department Leader - Chief
Read a book where a main character is a fireman.
✔️Consumed 8 Oct 409 pages
main character, Anne Ashburn, is a firefighter.

3. Five letters: Bread that is browned - Toast
Read a book with a type of liquor in the title.
✔️Whiskey 288 pages 13 Nov

4. Seven letters: Thick-fabric sleepwear - Flannel
Read a book set in Wales or written by a Welsh author.
✔️The Summer of the Danes 30 Sep

5. Four letters: With no decoration - Bare
Read a book where the cover has only the title and author's name.
✔️My Lover's Lover 11 Nov 336 pages

6. Four letters: Frisbee shape - Disc
Read a book with Ed or Edward as a main character -
✔️600 Hours of Edward 13 Oct

7. Four letters: Small mountain - Hill
Read a book with Hill in the title or is the author's name.
✔️The Various Haunts of Men Susan Hill 438 pages 26 Oct

8. 11-down, 5 letters: Verse writers - Poets
Read a book with mpg of poetry.
✔️Cast Away: Poems for Our Time 22 Oct

9. Three letters: Rustic Hotel - Inn
Read a book with Inn in the title or subtitle,
✔️Tidewater Inn - A Hope Beach Novel 3 Oct
306 pages
"INN" in the title

10. Three letters: Initial meaning "alias" - AKA
Read a book where the author writes under a pseudonym. State the author's name and pseudonym.
✔️The Mourner Richard Stark a.k.a. Donald E. Westlake 7 Nov

- 1. . Taco
Read a book set in Mexico.
Book: ✔️The Story of My Teeth 15 Jul
Number of Pages: 188 pages
How It Fits: set in Mexico

- 2. Hear Ye
Read a book that is MPG Historical Fiction and set in England.
Book:✔️Old Filth 2 Jul
Number of Pages: 260 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Historical Fiction with a Dorset, England setting

- 3. -Canpus
Read a book that is set at a university or boarding school.
Book:✔️A Body at a Boarding School: A 1920s Mystery 22 Jul
Number of Pages: 237 pages
How It Fits: set at a boarding school

4. - Popcorn Popper
Read a book that is included in a series of 5 primary works series
Book:✔️ The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas 25 Jun
Number of Pages: 291 pages
How It Fits: Good Thief's Guide, #3

5. - Alamo
Read a book set in Texas
✔️Book: Midnight Crossroad 17 Jun
Number of Pages: 305 pages
How It Fits: Set in Texas

- 6. - Camera
Read a book with a photograph on the cover.
Book: ✔️The Roanoke Girls 3 Jul
Number of Pages: 279 pages
How It Fits: Photo on the cover

- 8. - Lasso
Read a book with a significant character that is a cowboy.
Book:✔️ Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
Number of Pages: 213 pages,
How It Fits: there are cowboys

- 9. - Canoe
Read a book with a boat of any kind on the cover.
✔️The Terror of the Southlands (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates 24 Jul
336 pages


- 10. - Sea
Read a book with "sea" in the title.
Book:✔️The Mountain in the Sea 5 Jul
Number of Pages: 464 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: "Sea" in the title

- 1. Six letters: 21st Century - Modern
Read a book that is set in the 21st century. .
✔️People We Meet on Vacation 364 pages 19 Feb

- 2. Four letters: Julius Caesar garment - Toga
Read book about the Roman Empire.
✔️Shadows in Bronze 341 pages 24 Feb
"This title is set in Rome, AD 71.:

-3. Four letters; Jacket Sleeves - Arms
Read a book with one person on the cover. Both arms must be showing.
✔️Dead Dead Girls 12 Feb

- 4. Two words, total 4 letters: Top Rated - A One
Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads.
✔️book:A Mind Spread Out on the Ground|40749239] 3 Feb
How it Fits: 4.46 rating

- 5. Four letters: Agent 007's last name - Bond
Read a book with duplicated (or more) words in the title.
✔️Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 16 Feb

6. - Claus
Read a book with a Christmas theme.
✔️A Christmas Legacy 188 pages 26 Feb

- 7. Two words, total of 8 letters: Beefy ingredient in goulash - stew meat.
Read a book with shoulder or round in the title.
✔️ Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things 1 Feb
Number of Pages: 246 pages
How It Fits: "round" in the title

- 9. Two words , 9 letters total: Short hiking shoe -Ankle Boot
Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
✔️In Her Shoes 8 Feb

- 10. Five letters: Grownup - Adult
Read a book from the first 5 pages of this list. It must be tagged as "adult" on the main book page.
✔️This Is How You Lose the Time War 24 Feb
201 pages
2nd page, 8th up from the bottom (no numbers showing) and ADULT is on the main page.


1. Two words, total 10 letters: Coal or natural gas - Fossil Fuel
Read a book about the environment.
✔️The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth 26 Feb

- 2. Six letters: Dictator - Tyrant
Read a book set in Russia.
✔️Tatiana Martin Cruz Smith 27 Feb

- 3. Three words, total 15 letters: Crack up after a joke - Bust out laughing
Read a book with a main page genre of humour.
✔️Right Ho, Jeeves 290 pages 23 Feb

- 5. Five letters: Atmospheric layer - Ozone
Read a book where someone is protecting someone else. Explain how they are protecting someone else.
✔️Rare Vigilance 2 Feb
316 pages
How It Fits: Atlas Kinkaid protects clients, at the behest of the elite Whitethorn security agency.. This time the client is Cristian Slava.

- 6. Four letters: 50% - Half
Read a book that is number 50 on your TBR or other personal shelf. Specify which shelf it's on.
✔️Showdown 5 Feb
367 pages
#50 on my ON ICE shelf.

- 7. Two words, total 8 letters: Begin a journey - set forth
Read a book where the main character sets forth on a major journey.
✔️The Wise Man's Fear 13 Feb
994 pages

- 8. Four letters: Three hours before noon - nine
Read a book that is the third or ninth book in a series.
✔️Al Capone Does My Homework 17 Feb
224 pages
#3 in the Tales from Alcatraz series

- 9. Five letters: Cairo's country - Egypt
Read a book set in ancient Egypt.
✔️Pharaoh 8 Feb

- 10. Four letters: Entryway - Door
Read a book with a large door on the cover. Must be the focus of the cover.
✔️The Sweet Taste of Muscadines 25 Feb

Reserved

Badge 3


1. Five letters: Spherical Map - Globe
Read a book that is set in at least 3 different countries across the globe.
✔️Lilac Girls United States), France, Germany, Poland 1 Mar

2. Three words, total 13 letters: Degree of uncertainty - Margin of error
Read a book that contains the word - error, mistake, or perfect in the title.
✔️Mr. Perfect 5 Apr

3. Four letters: Any of 52 in a deck -Card
Read a book that has at least one playing card on the cover.
✔️Lucky at Cards 220 pages 1 Apr

5. Four letters: Copenhagen citizen - Dane
Read a book set in Denmark, or written by a Danish author.
✔️The Washington Decree 592 pages 5 Mar Jussi Adler-Olsen is from Copenhagen, Denmark

6. Four letters: Volcano flow -Lava
Read a book where there is a volcano in the story or there is a volcano on the cover.
✔️The Color of Air 320 pages 14 Mar

7. Five letters: Mountain chain -Ridge
Read a book that is set in the Himalayans ( India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal)
✔️A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas 22 Mar

8. Five letters: Adorable child - Cutie
Read a book with Child in the title or author's name is Child.
✔️Silent Child 270 pages 14 Mar

9. Seven letters: Meeting Schedule - Agenda
Read a book where the main character is a businessman or businesswoman.
✔️Wild Highway 4 Mar
266 pages "Gemma Lane built an empire"

10. Four letters: Highway part -Lane
Read a book with a road on the cover where the lanes can clearly be identified.
✔️Winter in the Blood 2 Mar
176 pages
Lanes are shown on the cover.

Badge 3


1. Four letters: Sound of a dog's bark - Woof
Read a book with a dog as a significant character.
✔️Tender Is the Bite 272 pages 19 Mar

2. Five letters: Jeans Fabric - Denim
Read a book with someone wearing jeans on the cover.
✔️My Life with the Walter Boys 27 Mar


*3. Five letters: Gem Surface - Facet
Read a book with the name of a gem in the title Use this list: https://www.britannica.com/list/9-gem...
✔️The Diamond Eye 28 Feb
435 pages
"Diamond" in the title

*4. Four letters: Castle's watery ring - Moat
Read a book set in Germany.
✔️🎧The Pale Criminal 12 Mar
Set in Berlin, Germany

*5. Five letters: Mile-a-second speed - Sixty
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)
✔️Saturn Run set in 2066 3 Apr

*7. - Desk
Read a book where there is a character that is a teacher.
Book:
✔️For the Sake of Elena Elizabeth George (Inspector Thomas Lynley 29 Mar
388 pages
Elena Weaver is the daughter of a Cambridge professor. Their relationship plays a central role in this plot.

*8. Two words, total 10 letters: Small rug at the entryway's floor - Welcome mat
Read a book where the initials of the author are W and M (in any order
✔️Trouble in Mind Michael Wiley 216 pages, Hardcover 3 Mar

*9. 12-down, 5 letters: Typefaces - Fonts
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.
✔️Dodge & Twistt 3 Mar
228 pages
script font on the cover

10. Five letters: Flower stalk - Stems
Read a book where the cover has flowers WITH stems
✔️The Latecomer 439 pages 13 Mar

Reserved

1. Five letters Old West pursuit party - Posse
Read a book with mpg of Western.
✔️Hombre 23 Aug 190 pages

2. Three words, total 6 letters|: Be Right with you -In a Sec
Read a book with a measure of time in the title - ex. Sec, second, minute, etc.
✔️The Children's Hour

3. Two words, total 14 letters: Passenger plane staffer - Flight Attendant
Read a book where a flight attendant is a character
✔️🎧Accidental Heroes 1 Sep
A pregnant flight attendant.

4. Two words, total 11 letters: Letter deliverer - Mail Carrier
Read a book where a letter has a significant role. IE letters back and forth, found letters are significant to story.
✔️Dirty Letters 21 Sep
Childhood pen-pals reunite in adulthood and kindle a romance.

5. Five letters: Accused's Excuse - Alibi
Read a book that it is a legal thriller Both words must be on the MPG.
✔️The Reversal 15 Sep

7. Four letters: Minneapolis or Miami - City
Read a book set in a city that beings with the letter M.
✔️Mischief in Mudbug 25 Sep
304 pages
Mudbug, Louisiana

8. Five letters: Not in a million years - Never
Read a book where the author's last name starts with an n, and whom you've never read before.
✔️The Ghost Clause Howard Norman 15 Aug 246 pages
New author to me and last name initial is "N"

9. Six letters: Horror movie menace- Zombie
Read a book with genre dystopia and tagged zombies. Both words must be on the MPG.
✔️Survivor Song 320 pages 29 Jul

10. Five letters: Gown for example - Dress
Read a book with someone wearing a gown on the cover.
✔️The Venetian Contract 21 Aug 400 pages

1. Two words, total 7 letters: Stayed out of sight -Laid Low
Read a book with Invisible in the title.
✔️An Invisible Client 12 Sep

3. Two words, total 7 letters: Ruby or Crimson - Dark Red
Read a book whose cover is 75% dark red.
✔️ The Hundredth Queen 4 Sep

4. Six letters: Rosebush stickers - Thorns
Read a book with thorns on the cover or in the title.
✔️Serpent in the Thorns 24 Sep
288 pages
THORN in the title

5. Five letters: Untrue - False
Read a book with an unreliable narrator. List of books for ideas.
✔️The White Tiger 17 Aug 276 pages
#171 on the list

6. Four letters: Fence opening - Gate
Read a book with a gate on the cover or in the title.
✔️ Testimony

7. Five letters: Londoners informally - Brits
Read a book written by a British author.
✔️Black Swan Green British author David Mitchell is from Southport, The United Kingdom 15 Aug 294 pages

8. Five letters: Pacific or Atlantic - Ocean
Read a book that is set in the ocean on a ship or submarine.
✔️The night boat 18 Aug
284 pages
How It Fits: on a submarine

9. Six letters: Smooched - Kissed
Read a book where a word in the title contains kiss - may be imbedded.
✔️The Traitor's Kiss 11 Sep

10. Seven letters: Onion or mushroom on pizza - Topping
Read a cozy mystery with food as the main theme.
✔️Lemon Meringue Pie Murder Joanne Fluke 324 pages 12 Sep

1. Five letters: Of the moon - Lunar
Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
✔️Killing Moon Jo Nesbø 464 pages 19 Jul

3. Two words, total 15 letters: Fluffy footwear worn with robes - Bedroom slippers
Read a book that has dragons in it.
✔️The Dragon Blood Collection, Books 1-3 16 Jun
742 pages

4. -Stabs
Read a book with has a knife on the cover.
✔️The Italian Secretary. Caleb Carr 6 Jul
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5. - Sail
Read a book with a ship on the cover that is flying its sails.
✔️Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series 18 Jun
358 pages

6. Eight letters: Unmarried guy - Bachelor
Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The character must remain unmarried through the entire book.
✔️The Remains of the Day 27 Jun 245 pages

7. Four letters: Inhales quickly in surprise - Gasp
Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb.
✔️The Stranger You Seek 15 Jun
292 pages
"a complex, twisting novel"

8. Four letters: Birds that hoot -Owls (hide spoiler)]
Read a book from this list: Symbolism Books
✔️Foucault's Pendulum 12 Jul
no numbers displayed ,middle of 4th page (151-200)

9. - Pool area
Read a book from a this list.: Swimmy Titles
✔️The Swimming Pool Mary Roberts Rinehart 26 Jun

10. Five letters: A Person from Stockholm - Swede
Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author
✔️The Man on the Balcony (A Martin Beck Mystery by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö 11 Jul

Puzzle 10
1. Five letters: Of the moon - Lunar
Read a book with the moon on the cover or in the title.
✔️Killing Moon Jo Nesbø 464 pages 19 Jul

3. Two words, total 15 letters: Fluffy footwear worn with robes - Bedroom slippers
Read a book that has dragons in it.
✔️The Dragon Blood Collection, Books 1-3 16 Jun
742 pages

4. -Stabs
Read a book with has a knife on the cover.
✔️The Italian Secretary. Caleb Carr 6 Jul
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5. - Sail
Read a book with a ship on the cover that is flying its sails.
✔️Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series 18 Jun
358 pages

6. Eight letters: Unmarried guy - Bachelor
Read a book where a significant character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The character must remain unmarried through the entire book.
✔️The Remains of the Day 27 Jun 245 pages

7. Four letters: Inhales quickly in surprise - Gasp
Read a book where there are significant plot twists, as explained in the book blurb.
✔️The Stranger You Seek 15 Jun
292 pages
"a complex, twisting novel"

8. Four letters: Birds that hoot -Owls (hide spoiler)]
Read a book from this list: Symbolism Books
✔️Foucault's Pendulum 12 Jul
no numbers displayed ,middle of 4th page (151-200)

9. - Pool area
Read a book from a this list.: Swimmy Titles
✔️The Swimming Pool Mary Roberts Rinehart 26 Jun

10. Five letters: A Person from Stockholm - Swede
Read a book set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author
✔️The Man on the Balcony (A Martin Beck Mystery by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö 11 Jul

Badge 4


1. Three words, total 15 letters: 21, by multiplying - Seven times Three
Read a book that is numbered 7th in a series.
✔️🎧The Smile of a Ghost #7 in Merrily Watkins series 22 Apr

2. Six letters: Playful Pranks - Antics
Read a book from this list Jesters, Fools, and Tricksters
#105 ✔️Borrower of the Night 1 May

3. Three words, total 15 letters: 21, by adding - Sixteen plus five
Read a book set in the 16th century (1501-1600)
✔️The Chef's Secret by Crystal King Set in 1577 352 pages 22 May

4. Four letters: January to December - Year
Read a book that was/is a new release in 2023.
✔️The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
336 pages
First published April 4, 2023 336 pages

6. Two words, total 6 letters: Start of a play -Act One
Read a book that is tagged as "play".
✔️Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 240 pages 6 May

7. Six letters: Big city in Massachusetts -Boston
Read a book set in Boston.
✔️Hour of the Witch 1662 12 Jun

8. Five letters: Young dog -Puppy
Read a book with a puppy or a dog on the cover.
✔️ Kula 11 Jun

9. Four letters: Underground home for bats - Cave
Read a book with "Cave" or "Bat" in the title.
✔️Cave of Bones 310 pp 23 May

10. Four letters: Auto's Wheel Bar - Axel
Read a book with a car on the cover. At least one wheel must be pictured
✔️What It Was by George Pelecanos 27 Apr


Badge 4


1. Two words, total 15 letters: Urban local for borrowing books - Library Branches
Read a book that shows shelves or stacks of books on the cover.
✔️The Borrower 26 Apr


2. Four letters: Actor Pitt - Brad
Read a book written by an author with the initials BP or PB.
Already Gone Blake Pierce 198 pages, Hardcover

4. Three words, total 15 letters: "More fun than" bunch - Barrel of monkeys
Types of monkeys - snow, bald, black, Barbary, spider, blue, emperor, monkey,
Read a book with one of the aforementioned words in the title. ✔️Blue Monday 14 Apr

5. Six letters: Pieces of broken glass - Shards
Read a book with something broken in pieces on the cover.
✔️What You Did 11 Jun

6. Six letters: Overcooked, as a steak - Burned
Read a book about the persecution of witches.
✔️The Witches: Salem, 1692 26 Apr

7. Five letters: Titled British Women - Dames
Read a book with a female title in the title (dame, Lady, Duchess)
✔️My Lady Jane 19 May

8. Five letters: Insect attacks - Bites
Read a book set in Africa
✔️The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu set in Zimbabwe 200 pages 3 May

9. Four letters: Wyatt of the Old West - Earp
Read a book set in Arizona.
✔️Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Grace, Arizona 342 pages 8 May

10. Five letters: Himalayan nation - Nepal
The Constitution of Nepal was adopted in 2015.
Read a book originally publishing in 2015.
✔️Maybe in Another Life 6 Jun
342 pages
Published July 7, 2015

Reserved

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Badge 1

Puzzle 1
7. Espresso Machine
Read a book set in Italy.
Book:✔️The Venetian 5 Jan
Number of Pages: 326 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: Set in Venice, Italy

Puzzle 2
8. - Beard
Read a book with a beard or top hat on the cover.
✔️Who Is Mark Twain? 14 Jan
Number of Pages: 208 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: There is a top hat on the cover

Puzzle 3
4. Tree
Read a book with the name of a tree in the title from this site - http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/tree/list...
Book: ✔️Ash 8 Jan
Number of Pages: 264 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: The Ash tree is on the list.

Puzzle 4
8. ABCDE
Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
✔️The Dark Hours 3 Jan
Listened to audio, 391 pages, Hardcover
Title begins with a "D"

Puzzle 5
4. - Date
Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
Book: ✔️Dash & Lily's Book of Dares 13 Jan
Number of Pages: 260 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: MPG is young adult

Puzzle 6
6. - Erie
Read a book set in Ohio.
✔️The Summer that Melted Everything 16 Jan
Number of Pages: 310 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Set in Breathed, Ohio

Puzzle 7
1. Electric Blankets
Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
Book: ✔️The Company Man 3 Jan
Number of Pages: Listened to audio, 464 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Set in 1919

Puzzle 8
6. - Patron
Read a book with a store front on the cover.
Book: ✔️Bookplate Special 17 Jan
Number of Pages: 310 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: There is a store front on the cover.

Puzzle 9
2. - Saloons
Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.
Book: ✔️All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge 18 Jan
Number of Pages: 378 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: "set against the backdrop of friendships built around a neighborhood bar"

Puzzle 10
2. - Valor
Read a book that is about the Civil War in the US.
Book:✔️Gods and Generals 11 Jan
Number of Pages: 498 pages
How It Fits: Book is focused on the major officers from both the northern and the southern states

Puzzle 11
5. - Alien
Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world.
✔️Threshold 19 Jan
Number of Pages: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
How It Fits: Chance Matthews is drawn into a battle between angels and monsters

Puzzle 12
3. - Maternity Leave
Read a book that has a pregnant a character or a new born baby in it.
Book: ✔️The Birth of Venus 9 Jan
Number of Pages: listened to audio, 397 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Has a pregnant woman and the reader is there fir the birth

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When the yearly challenge starts, the first thing I do, even before making my challenge plan (I am always late to the party, lol) is to check out your thread, Almeta. Always love how organized and fun it is.

I loved Dash and Lily. Hope you will enjoy it too!

Pragya wrote: "When the yearly challenge starts, the first thing I do, even before making my challenge plan (I am always late to the party, lol) is to check out your thread, Almeta. Always love how organized and fun it is ..."

How very nice for you to tell me that Pragya!

I really enjoy building my site and gophering.

Pragya wrote: "...I loved Dash and Lily. Hope you will enjoy it too!"

It sounds like a fun read.

I always have a peek to see what cool graphics you've used Almeta. Don't know how you find them but they're always spot on!

Thank you Margo.

Badge 1

Puzzle 4
8. ABCDE.
Read a book where the first letter of the title (not including articles) starts with ABCDE.
✔️The Dark Hours 3 Jan
Listened to audio, 391 pages, Hardcover
Title begins with a "D"

Badge 1

Puzzle 7
1. Electric Blankets
Read a book set between 1901 and 1946.
✔️The Company Man
Listened to audio, 464 pages, Hardcover
Set in 1919

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Badge 1

Puzzle 1
7. Espresso Machine
Read a book set in Italy.
Book:✔️The Venetian 5 Jan
Number of Pages: 326 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: Set in Venice, Italy

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Badge 1

Puzzle 3
4. Tree
Read a book with the name of a tree in the title from this site - http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/tree/list...
Book: ✔️Ash 8 Jan
Number of Pages: 264 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: The Ash tree is on the list.

Badge 1

Puzzle 12
3. - Maternity Leave
Read a book that has a pregnant a character or a new born baby in it.
Book: ✔️The Birth of Venus
Number of Pages: listened to audio, 397 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Has a pregnant woman and the reader is there fir the birth

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Puzzle 10
2. - Valor
Read a book that is about the Civil War in the US.
Book:✔️Gods and Generals 11 Jan
Number of Pages: 498 pages
How It Fits: Book is focused on the major officers from both the northern and the southern states

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Puzzle 5
4. - Date
Read a book that is main page genre of young adult.
Book: ✔️Dash & Lily's Book of Dares 13 Jan
Number of Pages: 260 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: MPG is young adult

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Puzzle 6
6. - Erie
Read a book set in Ohio.
✔️The Summer that Melted Everything 16 Jan
Number of Pages: 310 pages, Hardcover
How It Fits: Set in Breathed, Ohio

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Puzzle 8
6. - Patron
Read a book with a store front on the cover.
Book: ✔️Bookplate Special 17 Jan
Number of Pages: 310 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: There is a store front on the cover.

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Puzzle 9
2. - Saloons
Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.
Book: All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge 18 Jan
Number of Pages: 378 pages, Paperback
How It Fits: "set against the backdrop of friendships built around a neighborhood bar"

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Puzzle 11
5. - Alien
Read a book where a significant character is an alien (may be angels/demons too). May not be a fantasy world.
✔️Threshold 19 Jan
Number of Pages: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
How It Fits: Chance Matthews is drawn into a battle between angels and monsters

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Puzzle 2
7.
Read a book with shoulder or round in the title.
✔️ Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things 1 Feb
Number of Pages: 246 pages
How It Fits: "round" in the title

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Puzzle 3
5.
Read a book where someone is protecting someone else. .
Rare Vigilance 2 Feb
316 pages
How It Fits: Atlas Kinkaid protects clients, at the behest of the elite Whitethorn security agency.. This time the client is Cristian Slava.

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Puzzle 2
4.
Read a book with a higher than 4.1 average rating on Goodreads.
✔️A Mind Spread Out on the Ground 3 Feb
240 pages
How it Fits: 4.46 rating

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Puzzle 3
6.
Read a book that is number 50 on your TBR or other personal shelf. Specify which shelf it's on.
✔️Showdown 5 Feb
367 pages
How it Fits: #50 on my ON ICE> shelf.

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Puzzle 3
9.
Read a book set in ancient Egypt.
✔️Pharaoh 8 Feb
384 pages
How it Fits: Set in ancient Egypt

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Puzzle 2
9.
Read a book with an ankle clearly showing on the cover.
✔️In Her Shoes 8 Feb
421 pages 8 Feb
How it Fits:

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Puzzle 2
3.
Read a book with one person on the cover. Both arms must be showing.
✔️Dead Dead Girls 12 Feb
336 pages
How it Fits: