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Compass Challenge: Compass Trip One
Depart: Newton, MA
Arrival: Lake Marie, NH
Direction; North
Miles: 93
Matches Tag for New Hampshire (6 tags)
1 + 2 = 3 points, 3 points to date
Book The President's Daughter - Clinton/Patterson
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Two Depart Lake Marie New Hampshire
Direction: East
Miles: 3521.15 (Total Miles 3614.12)
Matches Location Tag France
1 point for read, 2 points for Location (+3; 6 points to date)
Book: Everything Love Is - Claire King
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Three Depart Toulouse France
Direction: East
Miles: 1141.68 (Total Miles 4782.80)
1 point for read, 2 points for location (+3; 9 points total to date)
Book: There Are Rivers in the Sky
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Compass Trip Four Direction: North
Miles: 1110.18 (Total Miles 5892.98)
Tagged Thriller and Latvia (8)
1 point for read, 2 points for location, 3 points for tag
(15 points to date)
Book: Our Woman in Moscow
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Five Depart Latvia Russia
Arrive: Sydney, Australia
Direction: Southeast
Miles: 9495.21 (Total Miles 15,388.19)
Tagged Australia
1 point for read, 2 points for location
(18 points to date)
Book: The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Six Depart: Sydney, Australia
Arrival Tokyo, Japan
Direction: North
Miles: 4861.72 (Total Miles 20,149.91)
Tagged Japan
1 point for read, 2 points for location
(21 points to date)
Book: Convenience Store Woman
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Seven Depart: Tokyo, Japan
Arrival: Anchorage, Alaska
Direction: North
Miles: 3454.92 miles (Total Miles: 23,604.83)
Tagged Alaska, Tagged Fun
1 point for read, 2 points for location, 3 points for tag
(27 points to date)
Book: The Hundred Loves of Juliet
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Play Harder List Two 1. Read an anthology or short story collection
2. Read a book that has a fruit or vegetable in the title
3. Read one of the top ten most popular books on your tbr (defined by number of ratings)
4. Read a book with the name of a month in the title that matches the month you read it.
5. Historical fiction that takes place between World War I and World War II
6. Read a book by an author whose last name could be a first name: example: Christopher ROBIN
7. A book involving archeology or an archeologist
8. Read a book published the year you started reading with Play Book Tag
9. Read a nonfiction book about food and or food culture
10. Read a book by a debut author
11. Read a book set in a country with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea
12. Read a book that another PBT member posted last month in the Monthly Tag or Other thread.
1. Table for Two by Amor Towles
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Olive Tree by Lucinda Riley
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. In Such Good Company; Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. A book involving archeology or an archeologist
link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8. The Bird and the Sword (2016) by Amy Harmon
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. Our Last Days in Barcelona by Chanel Cleeton
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. James by Percival Elliot
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Eight Depart: Anchorage, Alaska
Arrival: New York City
Direction: Southeast
Miles: 2261.39 (Total Miles = 26,966.22)
Tagged New York City
1 point for read, 2 for location
30 points total
Book: The Wicked City by Beatriz Williams
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Nine Depart: New York City
Arrival: Provence, France
Direction: East
Miles: 3924.74 (Total Miles = 30, 890.96)
Tagged France: 520
1 point for read, 2 for location
33 points total
4 Free Trips. The original 3, plus a new bonus for May with this book.
Book: A Year in Provence
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Ten Depart: Provence, France
Arrival: Havana, Cuba
Direction: SW
Miles: 5047.80 (Total Miles = 35,938.76)
Tagged Cuba = 25, Summer = 8
1 point for read, 2 points for location, 3 for tag
39 points total
4 free trips still
Book: The Cuban Heiress
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Compass Trip Eleven Depart: Havana, Cuba
Arrival: Positano, Italy
Direction: NE (Free trip, now 3 FT's left)
Miles: 5531.41 (Total Miles = 41, 470.17 )
Tagged Italy 73; Speculative Fiction 8
1 point for read, two points for location, 3 for tag
45 points total
3 free trips left
Book; The Amalfi Curse
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Twelve Depart: Positano, Italy
Arrival: Cypress
Direction: Southeast (another free trip - 2 remain)
Miles: 1088.12 (Total Miles = 42, 558.29)
Tagged Greece = 6; Does not match tag
1 point for read, two points for location = 3
48 points total
2 free trips left
Book; The Olive Tree by Lucinda Riley
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Play Harder List Three 1. Read a book set in a country you have never visited
2. A book featuring a "found family"
3. A book where the main character is a bartender, barista, or baker
4. A book set during or about medieval times
5. Read a book where each of the words in the title begins with the same letter - at least three words
6. Read a book with stripes on the cover
7. A Non-fiction book about an event that happened during your lifetime
8. A book with a title consisting of one plural word
9. A book with the word 'lake' or 'river' in title or in the author's name or pictured on cover.
10. A book with a musical instrument in the title
11. A book with the name of a place in the title
12. A book involving codebreaking or secret codes
1. The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. The Queens Cook by Tessa Afshar
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
4. The Silent Touch of Shadows by Christina Courtenay
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Today Tonight Tomorrow
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. On Being Jewish Now by Zibby Owens
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. The Favorites by Lynne Fargo
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The Butterfly and the Violin by Kristy Cambron
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Thirteen Depart: Cyprus
Arrival: Cork County, Ireland
Direction: Northwest (2 free trips remain)
Miles: 2344.81 (Total Miles = .44,903.10)
Tagged Ireland = 32 Tag Match (Family Saga) = 19
1 point for read, 2 for location and 3 for tag match = 6
54 points total
Two Free Trips Left
Book: The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip Fourteen Depart: Cork County Ireland
Direction: South (2 free trips remain)
Miles: 1400.92 (Total Miles = 46,304.02 )
Tagged Morocco = 6
1 point for read, 2 for location and 0 for tag match = 3
57 Points Total
Two Free Trips Left
Book: Sister Stardust by Jane Green
Link to Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip 15 Depart: Marrakesh Morocco
Arrival: Hawaii
Miles: 8292.34 (Total Miles = 54, 596.36)
Direction: Southeast
Tagged Hawaii = 26
1 point for read, 2 for location and 0 for tag match = 3
60 Points Total
Two Free Trips Left
Book: The Codebreakers secret by Sara Ackerman
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Compass Trip 16 Depart: Hawaii
Arrival: India
Direction. East
Miles: 7776.22 (Total Miles = 62,372.58)
Tagged India = 106
1 point for read, 2 for location and 3 for tag match = 6
66 points Total
Two Free Trips Left
Book: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Play Harder List Four 1. A book you consider light-hearted or fun
2. Read book #100 on your want to read shelf
3. Read a book with type of portal to an alternate world
4. Read two books where the authors share a last name.
5. A book set at a lake house, mountain cabin, camp ground or camp site
6. Read a book that features a hometown, local, or state athlete
7. A book with a Star in the content, title or cover (this could be an astronomy book, a celebrity memoir, or something else.
8. Read a book set in Minnesota
9. Read a book that has a season in the title
10. A book set in your favorite city
11. A book involving a father, fatherhood or Father's Day.
12. Read a nonfiction book with tagged with one of the original trivial pursuit categories: geography, entertainment, history, arts or literature, science or nature, sports or leisure.
1. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. A Well Tempered Heart by Jan Philip Sendker
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. One Wrong Word and the Kitchen Front; HP Ryan and Jennifer Ryan
Link for One Wrong Word
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Link for the Kitchen Front
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. We Are Made of Stars by Rochelle Weinstein
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. Good Night From Paris by Jane Healey
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. A Little Bit Wicked by Kristen Chenowth
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip 17 Depart: India
Arrival: London
Direction. Northwest (NW)
Miles: 4548.19 (Total Miles = 66,920.77)
Tagged London = 106
1 point for read, 2 for location and 3 for tag match = 6
72 points Total
Two Free Trips Left
Book: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip 18 Depart: London
Arrival: Tuscany
Direction. Southeast (SE) *FREE TRIP
Miles: 763.85 (Total Miles = 67,684.62)
Tagged Italy/Tuscany = 66
1 point for read, 2 for location and 0 for tag match = 3
75 points Total
One Free Trip Left
Book: These Tangled Vines by Julianne MacLean
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip 19 Depart: Tuscany
Arrival: Burma
Direction. Southeast (SE) *FREE TRIP*
Miles: 5155.71 (Total Miles = 72,840.33)
Tagged Burma = 13
1 point for read, 2 for location and 0 for tag match = 3
78 points Total
Used Last Free Trip Left - No Free Trips Left
Book: A Well Tempered Heart by Jan Philip Sendker
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Compass Trip 20 Depart: Burma
Arrival: Paris
Direction: Southeast (SE)
Miles: 5492.56 (Total Miles = 78,332.89)
Tagged Paris = 4, France, 8
1 point for read, 2 for location and 0 for tag match = 3
81 points Total
Used All Free Trips - No Free Trips Left
Book: Good Night From Paris
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1. Book with a dog on the cover
2. A book including a character makes or serves something chocolate
3. Read a book on PBT's fly-the-pbt-skies book shelf.
4. A book set in New York
5. A book involving a father, fatherhood or Father’s Day.
6. A book published in 2025
7. Book with a bird on the cover
8. Read a book that challenges you
9. Read a book set in a National park
10. Read a cultural book
11. A book by an author of color
12. Read a book featuring something (or someone) prehistoric
1. Oliver by Steven Carino
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Little Faith by Nikolas Butler
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. When Angels Left the Old Country by Sasha Lamb
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The President's Daughter by Clinton/Patterson
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. Everything Love Is by Claire King
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whittaker
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibanez
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. Just One Damned Thing after Another by Jodi Taylor
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--