You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

I am in for this challenge. I couldn't complete last year's because of a family tragedy, but I am all ready to start again this year. This looks like a great challenge and I love the puzzle theme.

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Puzzle #1 Task #3
3. Faculty of Murder: Mother Paul Investigates
4. Paperback, 182 p.
5. Read a book set in a university or a boarding school.
6. This book is set in Melbourne University.

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Puzzle #3, Task #5
3. Take My Hand
4. Hardback, 359p.
5. Read a book where someone is protecting someone else.
6. In this book, a nurse at a reproductive health care clinic tries to protect two very young black girls, ages 11 and 13, from being given unsafe birth control shots, as well as from other bad things in their lives.

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Puzzle #2, Task #1
3. Born in Death
4. Paperback, 338p.
5. Read a book set in the 21st century.
6. This book is set in 2060.

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Good to see you back Nancy. I'm sorry to hear of your family tragedies.

Thank you, Janice,. It is good to be back.

Janice wrote: "🔅

Good to see you back Nancy. I'm sorry to hear of your family tragedies."

1. Badge #1 Book #4
2. Puzzle #4, Task # 2
3. Death in Daylesford
4. Paperback, 322p.
5. Read a book with a character maid servant whose responsibilities might include ironing.
6. In this story, the main character Phryne Fisher goes on holiday to a town that has a spa for veterans, and she takes her faithful maid servant, Dot, along with her. There are times when Dot is getting clothing ready for her, so it can be assumed that Dot would also be doing some ironing.

1. Badge #1, Book #5
2. Puzzle #5, Task #2
3. Perfect Sax
4. Hardback, 304 p.
5. Read a book with 'error' 'mistake' or 'perfect' in the title.
6. This book is called 'Perfect Sax'.

1. Badge #1, Book #6
2. Puzzle #6, Task #3
3. Death at the Emerald
4. Hardover, 293p.
5. Read a book with a gem in the title.
6. This book has the gem 'emerald' in the title.

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1. Badge #1, Book #7
2. Puzzle #7, Task 3
3. The Bordeaux Betrayal
4. Hardback, 270p.
5. Read a book with a liquor in the title.
6. This book has 'Bordeaux' in the title and is about wine.

1. Badge #1, Book #8
2. Puzzle #11, Task #10
3. All the Pretty Hearses
4. Hardback, 278p.
5. Read a book showing a car with at least one wheel showing.
6. This book cover has two wheels showing on the first car:

Message 12 - the task is actually puzzle 11, task 10.

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Thanks, Janice. I will correct that.

>Janice wrote: "Message 12 - the task is actually puzzle 11, task 10.

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1. Badge #1, Book #9
2. Puzzle #9, Task #10
3. Death in Four Courses
4, Paperback, 293p.
5. Read a cozy mystery with food as the main theme.
6. The main character in this book is a food writer for a Key West newspaper, and who is involved in trying to solve a murder that occurs at a food writers' convention, with the suspects being all the other famous foodies in attendance. There are many discussions of food throughout the whole book.

1. Badge #1, book #10
2. Puzzle #8, task #4
3. The Wednesday Letters
4. Paperback, 280p.
5. Read a book where a letter has a significant role.
6. In this wonderful book, three adult children come home to deal with their parents' death, which happened at the same time, and they discover thousands of letters that their father had written to their mother every Wednesday throughout their marriage. The letters reveal deep, dark secrets, horrible events, and much more that change the lives and views of the three children. There is also love and acceptance and redemption, which help them deal with this unsuspected knowledge.

1. Badge #1, Book #11
2. Puzzle #12, Task #9
3. Paradise Lost
4. Paperback, 407p.
5. Read a book set in Arizona.
6. This book is set in Arizona.

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1. Badge #1, Book #12
2. Puzzle #10, Task #10
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
4. Hardback, 566p.
5. Read a book set in Sweden or by a Swedish author.
6. This was met both requirements, set in Sweden and by a Swedish author.

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For Badge #2, I am doing Puzzles #4 and #9.

1. Badge #2, Book #1
2. Puzzle #9, Task #9
3. It's in His Kiss
4. Paperback, 399p.
5. Read a book with 'kiss' in the title.
6. This title has 'kiss' in it.

1. Badge #2, Book #2
2. Puzzle #4, Task #7
3. Bones of Holly
4. Hardback, 342p.
5. Read a book with 'bone' in the title.
6. This book has 'bone' in the title.

Congratulations on Badge 1, Nancy!

Thank you, Cherie.


Cherie wrote: "Congratulations on Badge 1, Nancy!"

1. Badge #2, Book #3
2. Puzzle #4, Task #4
3. Camelot West Virginia: A Magical Mountain Mystery
4. Kindle edition, 482 pages
5. Read a book with tourism in it.
6. In this book, the mayor of Camelot wants to make it a tourist destination, but has to rout out corruption and solve two murders before she can succeed. She and a new chief of police make progress, though.

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1. Badge #2, Book #4
2. Puzzle #4, Task #3
3. Swine Not?: A Novel Pig Tale
4. Hardback, 233p.
5. Read a book with a barnyard animal on the cover:chickens, cattle, sheep, ducks, goats, or pigs.
6. This book has a pig on the cover:

1. Badge #2, Book #5
2. Puzzle #4, Task #5
3. The Tainted Snuff Box
4. Hardback, 272p.
5. Read book where all the initials of the author are included in RSTU in any order.
6. This book's author is Rosemary Stevens.

1. Badge #2 Book #6
2. Puzzle #4, Task #10
3. Wreath of Deception
4. Paperback, 261p.
5. Read a book with a wreath of flowers on the cover.
6. This book has a wreath with flowers on the cover:

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1. Badge #2, Book #7
2. Puzzle #9, Task #8
3. Final Sail
4. Hardback, 260p.
5. Read a book that is set in the ocean on a ship or submarine.
6. The female detective in this book goes undercover as a maid on a yacht to find a smuggler of priceless emeralds.

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1. Badge #2, Book #8
2. Puzzle #4, Task 6
3. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
4 Paperback, 320 p.
5. Read a coming-of-age story.
6. This is a coming-of-age story. The main character is 11 years old at the beginning and over 18 at the end.

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1. Badge #2, Book #9
2. Puzzle #4, Task #1
3. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait
4. Paperback, 316p.
5. Read a book with a significant character who is a painter.
6. There are two significant characters in this book who are painters: Nathan Brock, whose painting helped solve a long-ago murder/mystery, and Harriet McClure, a supposedly mad woman whose self-portrait was the cause of a two current-day murders as well as the source of hidden clues which helped expose the modern-day murderer ( as well as save the town!)

1. Badge #2, Book #10
2. Puzzle #9, Task #2
3. Gone for Gouda
4. Paperback, 307p.
5. Read a book that has a bar or saloon featured in it.
6. This book feature two small businesses, a cheese shop and a "meadery", where various types of mead are produced and sold. The meadery owner is a friend of the cheese shop owner, so both businesses are involved in the story, with the meadery being the scene of a kidnapping and the place where the victim is held. The description of the bar in the meadery: "A horseshoe of round, high-topped cocktail tables hugged the walls, partially framing a group of comfortable-looking worn leather chairs and a sofa in the center. The focal point of the room was the striking handcrafted black walnut bar lined with tools for eight."

1. Badge #2, Book #11
2. Puzzle #9, Task #7
3. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster
4. Paperback, 262p.
5. Read a book by a British author.
6. This book is by M.C. Beaton, and finished after her death by R.W. Green, both of whom are British authors.

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1. Badge #2. Book #12
2. Puzzle #4, task #9
3. Wanna Get Lucky?
4. Kindle edition, 551p.
5. Read a book set in Nevada.
6. This book is set in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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1. Badge #2, Book # 13
2. Puzzle #4, Task #8
3. Blue Dahlia
4. Paperback, 353p.
5. Read a book whose title starts with ABCDE.
6. This book's title starts with B - Blue.

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1. Badge #2, Book #14
2. Puzzle #9, Task #4
3. Serpent in the Thorns
4. Hardback, 273 p.
5. Read a book with thorns on the cover or in the title.
6. This book has the word 'thorns' in the title.

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1. Badge #2, Book #15
2. Puzzle #9, Task #5
3. Shutter Island
4. Paperback, 369p.
5. Read a book with an unreliable narrator.
6. This book was on the list given in this task, and definitely has an unreliable narrator.

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1. Badge #2, Book #16
2. Puzzle #9, Task #1
3. Invisible Boy
4. Hardback, 418p.
5. Read a book with "Invisible" in the title.
6. This book has "Invisible" in the title.

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1. Badge #2, Book #17
2. Puzzle #9, Task #3
3. A Murder at Balmoral
4. Paperback, 367p.
5. Read a book with a cover that is 75% red.
6. This book cover is at least 75% red:

1. Badge #2, book #18
2. Puzzle #9, Task #6
3. They Did It with Love
4. Paperback, 317p.
5. Read a book with a gate on the cover or in the title.
6. This book has a gate on the cover: