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This challenge runs from June 1st to July 1st 9am UTC.
For those of you taking part in Book Games, this is based off the mini. If you aren't, have fun seeing what we are all up to!

Levels
Carrier Bag 1-8 books
Picnic Basket 9-16 books
Hamper 17-24 books
Cornucopia 25+ books

Option 1: Tasks
- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Bj?rk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)

Option 2: Spell out
Cornucopia
Hunger Games
Harvest
Crete
Idaho
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Colombia
Any of the food items above

Option 3: Mix and match

General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book¡¯s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author¡¯s first or last name, or the first letter of a character¡¯s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name. If the first letter of a title starts with ¡®A¡¯, ¡®An¡¯, ¡®The¡¯, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

Seasonal Challenges ~ Citrine Coin

Earn your Citrine Coins with Seasonal Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.

To Earn a Citrine Coin:
One Coin upon reaching highest book level : "Cornucopia"

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NBRC - June 2024: Race to the Cornucopia

? Total: 85/85

1. Read a book with an orange cover
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation - ??????

2. "Harvest" in text
Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and
Redemption - ????????

3. Author initials in HERACLES
21 Days to Unlock the Power of Affirmations: Manifest Confidence, Abundance, and Joy, Louise L. Hay - ????????

4. Word in title is hiding a different smaller word
Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star - Rump - ????????

5. 'Apple' in text
Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe - ??

6. Horn on cover
The Year of the Goat: 40,000 Miles and the Quest for the Perfect Cheese - ????

7. Book set in Crete
Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World - ????

8. Book set in Idaho
In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress - ????

9. Author's name has a diacritic
How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking ¨C for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers, S?nke Ahrens - ??????

10. "Abundance" in text
Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One - ????????

11. Takes place on a farm
What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health - ????

12. Title includes all the letters in CORNUPIA
101 Games and Activities for Children With Autism, Asperger¡¯s and Sensory Processing Disorders - ????

13. The cover has at least 3 different food items
Mediterranean Summer Table: Timeless, versatile recipes for every occasion & appetite - ??????

14. Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela
The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt - ????

Corn
C: A History of Philosophy, Vol. 6: Modern Philosophy, from the French Enlightenment to Kant, Frederick Charles Copleston - ????
O: Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies - ??????
R: Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers, Fred Reichheld - ??
N: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah - ??????

Grape
G: Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life, Gary John Bishop - ????
R: Rise of the Reader: Strategies For Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn - ??????
A: Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life, Peter Ackroyd - ????
P: Bill the Bastard: The Story Of Australia's Greatest War Horse, Roland Perry - ??????
E: The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac, Eugene Field - ??

Ham
H: No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison, Xu Hongci - ??????
A: Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser And Curiouser - ??????
M: Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, Ralph Macchio - ??????

Bread
B: Steven Spielberg: The Unauthorised Biography, John Baxter - ????
R: The Rise: An Unforgettable Journey of Self-Love, Forgiveness, and Transformation - ????
E: The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing, Gavin Edwards - ??????????
A: Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created - ????
D: Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink - ????

Cheese
C: A Change of Appetite: Where Delicious Meets Healthy - ??????
H: How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy: Being and Awesomeness - ????????
E: The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense, Edward White - ??????
E: The Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Vol #8 Spranger to Zubiri - ????
S: Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection - ????
E: True Brews: How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home, Emma Christensen - ??????

Apple
A: Not My Father's Son, Alan Cumming - ??????
P: The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu, Katja Pantzar - ????
P: The Power of Understanding Yourself: The Key to Self-Discovery, Personal Development, and Being the Best You - ????
L: The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time - ??????
E: East of the Sun: The Epic Conquest and Tragic History of Siberia - ????

Fish
F: Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible - ????
I: The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan and Vegetarian One Dish Dinners, Rukmini Iyer - ????
S: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World, Simon Garfield - ????
H: Healing with Red Light Therapy: How Red and Near-Infrared Light Can Manage Pain, Combat Aging, and Transform Your Health - ??????

Chicken
C: Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility, James P. Carse - ??????
H: My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands, Chelsea Handler - ????
I: If It's Purple, Someone's Gonna Die: The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling - ??????
C: Cooking with Flowers: Sweet and Savory Recipes with Rose Petals, Lilacs, Lavender, and Other Edible Flowers - ????????
K: The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth, Michio Kaku - ??????
E: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons - One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help - ????
N: The Next Everest - ????

Rice
R: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War, Gus Russo - ????
I: It's Not OK to Feel Blue and other lies - ????????
C: Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity - ????
E: Ethiopia: Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa - ????

Tomato
T: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story - ????????
O: One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply - ????????
M: Driven from Within, Michael Jordan - ??????
A: 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston - ??????
T: Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work! - ????
O: A Promised Land, Barack Obama - ??????

Pepper
P: The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain - ??????
E: Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation - ??????
P: Red: The History of a Color, Michel Pastoureau - ????
P: How to Destroy the Universe, Paul Parsons - ??????
E: Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe - ??????
R: Sailing Alone: A Surprising History of Isolation and Survival at Sea, Sailing Alone: A Surprising History of Isolation and Survival at Sea - ??

Salt
S: Syria's Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege - ??????
A: The Awakened Introvert: Practical Mindfulness Skills to Help You Maximize Your Strengths and Thrive in a Loud and Crazy World - ??????
L: Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History - ??????
T: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard, Tom Felton - ??????

Honey
H: The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow - ??????
O: The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, Gerard K. O'Neill - ??????
N: The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, Jeremy Narby - ????
E: Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos - ??????
Y: You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir - ??????

Lobster
L: Why Cats Land on Their Feet: And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles, Mark Levi - ??????
O: The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism, Olivia Fox Cabane - ????????
B: The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality, Bhaskar Sunkara - ????
S: The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - ??????
T: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World¡¯s Most Dangerous Man - ????
E: Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates, Eric Jay Dolin - ??????
R: The Red Hotel: Moscow 1941, the Metropol Hotel, and the Untold Story of Stalin's Propaganda War - ????

June 1-30
Hamper 17-24 books
Cornucopia 25+ books
25/25+

Option 1: Tasks
¡ï¸éead a book with a orange cover
Ambush or Adore 14/6
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
¡ï´¡uthor initials in HERACLES Andrew Rowe: How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps 5/6
¡ïWord in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it Golden Delicious 5/6
¡ïOne of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster Imprudence 9/6
¡ï±áorn on cover Ù—Šª¤Èª•¤ÎÍõ 1 Niehime to Kemono no Ou 1 4/6
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
¡ï´¡uthor's name has a diacritic Y¨± Tomofuji: Ù—Šª¤Èª•¤ÎÍõ 2 Niehime to Kemono no Ou 2 4/6
¡ï"abundant" or "abundance" in text Competence 12/6
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
¡ï°Õitle (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O) Der Tag, an dem die Oma das Internet kaputt gemacht hat 1/6
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
¡ï³§et in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%) Competence 12/6

Option 2: Spell out
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¡ï±á The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative 4/6
¡ï´¡ Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse 10/6
¡ï¸é Raven Cursed 5/6
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¡ï·¡ Easy Pickings 3/6
¡ï³§ Showdown in Mudbug 2/6
¡ï°Õ Y¨± Tomofuji: Ù—Šª¤Èª•¤ÎÍõ 5 Niehime to Kemono no Ou 5 4/6

¡ï±á Have Stakes, Will Travel 5/6
¡ï´¡ Ambush or Adore 14/6
¡ï²Ñ Maddy Alone 6/6

¡ï±á How to Marry a Werewolf 12/6
U
¡ï±· Ù—Šª¤Èª•¤ÎÍõ 3 Niehime to Kemono no Ou 3 4/6
¡ï³Ò Golden Delicious 5/6
¡ï·¡ Enid Blyton: Stories of Wizards and Witches: Contains 25 classic Blyton Tales 11/6
¡ï¸é Romancing the Werewolf 10/6

¡ï³Ò Gail Carriger: Reticence 13/6
¡ï´¡ The Abominables 24/6
¡ï²Ñ Mischief in Mudbug 1/6
¡ï·¡ Eva Ibbotson: One Dog and His Boy 21/6
¡ï³§ The Swish of the Curtain 6/6
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Race to the Cornucopia
June 1 to July 1, 2024
Read: 30

Levels
Carrier Bag 1-8 books
Picnic Basket 9-16 books
Hamper 17-24 books
Cornucopia 25+ books

Option 1: Tasks
- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
p 32 ¡°¡­you have to stagger the harvest¡­¡± Farm Table Felonies Summer Prescott 6/7/24
- Author initials in HERACLES
LC-Olive You to Death Lynn Cahoon 6/6/24
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
Cob in cobbler-Peach Cobbler Poison Diana Dumont 6/9/24
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster
Fish p 6 ¡°removing the fish from the hook¡­¡± Bonfires, Backpacks & Brawls Tonya Kappes 6/2/24
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
Magic Cookies Cindy Stark 6/24/24
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Bj?rk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)

Option 2: Spell out
Cornucopia
Hunger Games
Harvest
H Haunting License Carol J. Perry 6/25/24
Amy A Murder for the Sages Amy Lillard 6/26/24
Roberts, Lily char Murder in Bloom Paige H. Perry 6/23/24
Vivian char Dead in the Roses Carla Crowe 7/2/24
Eryn Matcha Do About Murder Eryn Scott 6/23/24
S Strawberry Pie Stabbing Diana Dumont 6/30/24
Tonya Tangled Lies Tonya Kappes 6/28/24

Crete
Carla char Blind Justice Tanya R. Taylor 6/13/24
Richards-The Case of the Kantankerous Kite L.C. Richards 6/14/24
Eryn Breakfast in Dead Eryn Scott 6/12/24
Tanya Blind Escape Tanya R. Taylor 6/11/24
Eryn Steeped in Suspicion Eryn Scott 6/12/24

Idaho
Irrington, Felicity char-A CATastrophic Neighborhood Maryann Shanesy 6/19/24
D Digging Up Death at the Castle Avery Kent 6/17/24
Alexander A Murder at the Movies Ellie Alexander 6/16/24
H Homicide for the Holidays Sara Bourgeois 6/18/24
Ollie Graham char-Vengeance in Little Leaf Creek Cindy Bell 6/17/24

Venezuela
Peru
Penelope Standing char Death Walks a Dog Tess Baytree 6/21/24
Erin Avery, char-Penguins and Mortal Peril Ruby Loren 6/22/24
Renee Murder at the Blue Hour Renee Lyles 6/21/24
U Up the Creek without a Poodle Madison Johns 6/22/24

Panama
Peltier, Joseph char The Stranger in the Library Eva Gates 6/4/24
April char-Strawberry Swirl Murder Rosie A. Point 6/6/24
N A Novel Murder Case Tabitha Knight 6/3/24
Alex char-Mending Mischief Kathryn Mykel 6/8/24
Marts-Kill or Bee Killed Jennie Marts 6/5/24
Adele char Framed for Murder Marla A. White 6/10/24

Colombia
Any of the food items above

Option 3: Mix and match

General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)

Giving this a try.

Duration: June 1st to July 1st 2024

Levels
Carrier Bag: 1-8 books
Picnic Basket: 9-16 books
Hamper: 17-24 books
Cornucopia: 25+ books

Progress: 11/-

Option 2: Spell out
Cornucopia
C - Chris P. Rolls - Hard Skin ? 06/05
O - Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History ? 06/08
R -
N -
U - Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) by William Thorp ? 06/08
C - Christopher Moore - Die Bibel nach Biff ? 06/27
O -
P - Pride! Eine kurze Geschichte der LGBTQ+ Bewegung by Linus Giese ? 06/06
I -
A - Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 by Fujita Cafeco ? 06/09

Hunger Games
H - Haikyu!! ¨C Band 23 by Furudate Haruichi ? 06/01
U - Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann ? 06/18
N -
G -
E - El Taubinio by Cece Bell ? 06/08
R -

G -
A - Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ? 06/26
M -
E - Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand by Bodo Sch?fer ?
S -

Harvest
H -
A -
R -
V -
E - Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
S -
T -

Crete
Idaho
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Colombia
Any of the food items above: Ham

I'm in- Hamper 17-24 books. I will add book covers as I read

This challenge runs from?June 1st to July 1st 9am UTC.
For those of you taking part in Book Games, this is based off the mini. If you aren't, have fun seeing what we are all up to!

Levels
Carrier Bag?1-8 books
Picnic Basket?9-16 books
Hamper?17-24 books
Cornucopia?25+ books

Option 1: Tasks
- Read a book with a orange cover

- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES

- Word in title is hiding a?different?smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but?NOT?GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)examples LimonCELLO;

- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster

- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Bj?rk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text

Pg 231 "An abundance of black hair"
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)

- The cover has at least 3 different food items

- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)

Option 2: Spell out

Cornucopia

C
O
R
N
U
C
O
P
I
A

Hungergames

H
U
N
G
E
R
G
A
M
E
S

Harvest

H
A
R
V
E
S
T

Crete

C
R
E
T
E

Idaho

I
D
A
H
O

Venezuela

V
E
N
E
Z
U
E
L
A

Peru

P
E
R
U

Panama

P
A
N
A
M
A

Columbia

C
O
L
O
M
B
I
A

Any of the food items above

Option 3: Mix and match

General Notes
Locations must represent 50% or more of the setting
Colour cover must be 50% the colour (use of common sense, please)

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book¡¯s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author¡¯s first or last name, or the first letter of a character¡¯s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audio book narrator's first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name. If the first letter of a title starts with ¡®A¡¯, ¡®An¡¯, ¡®The¡¯, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

NBRC - June 2024: Race to the Cornucopia

Total: 0/90

1. Read a book with an orange cover
2. "Harvest" in text
3. Author initials in HERACLES
4. Word in title is hiding a different smaller word
5. One of the food words in text
6. Horn on cover
7. Book set in Crete
8. Book set in Idaho
9. Author's name has a diacritic
10. "Abundance" in text
11. Takes place on a farm
12. Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
13. The cover has at least 3 different food items
14. Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela

Corn
C
O
R
N

Grape
G
R
A
P
E

Ham
H
A
M

Bread
B
R
E
A
D

Cheese
C
H
E
E
S
E

Apple
A
P
P
L
E

Fish
F
I
S
H

Chicken
C
H
I
C
K
E
N

Bread
B
R
E
A
D

Rice
R
I
C
E

Tomato
T
O
M
A
T
O

Pepper
P
E
P
P
E
R

Salt
S
A
L
T

Honey
H
O
N
E
Y

Lobster
L
O
B
S
T
E
R

NBRC - June 2024: Race to the Cornucopia

Cornucopia: 25+ books
Option 3: Mix and match
Total: 6/

1. Read a book with an orange cover
2. "Harvest" in text
3. Author initials in HERACLES
4. Word in title is hiding a different smaller word
5. One of the food words in text
6. Horn on cover
7. Book set in Crete
8. Book set in Idaho
9. Author's name has a diacritic
10. "Abundance" in text
11. Takes place on a farm
12. Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
13. The cover has at least 3 different food items
14. Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela

Spell Out:

Cornucopia
Hunger Games
Harvest
Crete
Idaho
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Colombia
Any of the food items above:

APPLE
A:
?P:The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston Finished:8/1/24
P:
L:
E:

BREAD
B:
R:
?E: Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson Finished: 8/16/24
A:
D:

CORN
C:
?O: One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle Finished: 6/16/24
R:
N:

CHEESE
C:
H:
E:
?E: First Lie Wins /Ashley Elston Finished 6/2/24
S:
E:

HARVEST:
H:
A:
?R: Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed Finished: 8/7/24
V:
E:
?S: A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill Finished: 8/9/24
T:

NBRC - June 2024: Race to the Cornucopia

Option 3: Mix and match
Picnic Basket 9-16 books
Completed: 11/9

1. Read a book with an orange cover
Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation by Sharon Salzberg 6/10

2. "Harvest" in text
May B. by Caroline Starr Rose 6/4
"School terms typically ran summer and winter, allowing children to work during planting and harvest." location 471
3. Author initials in HERACLES
Watership Down by Richard Adams 6/4
4. Word in title is hiding a different smaller word
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine by Jay Williams 6/4 Home - Work
5. One of the food words in text
6. Horn on cover
7. Book set in Crete
8. Book set in Idaho
9. Author's name has a diacritic
10. "Abundance" in text
11. Takes place on a farm
North Woods by Daniel Mason 6/28
12. Title includes all the letters CORNUPIA
13. The cover has at least 3 different food items
14. Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela


Spell Out:
P Pierce Thunder Horse Redemption by Elle James 6/28
A Anthony All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 6/20
N Nina Death on the Cherwell by Mavis Doriel Hay 6/25
A Alleyn Photo Finish by Ngaio Marsh 6/23
M Meg Peril in Piney Woods by Debra Webb 6/11
A Adam Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 6/28

NBRC : June 2024 : Race to the Cornucopia
June 1- July 1 2024

Level : Carrier Bag
Tasks completed : 0/4


Option 1: Tasks
- Read a book with a orange cover
- "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text
- Author initials in HERACLES
- Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)
- One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Bj?rk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
- "abundant" or "abundance" in text
- Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)

NBRC: Race to the Cornucopia
Challenge Duration: 30 Days

LV1: Carrier Bag
Option 3: Mix and Match

Tasks
1. Read a book with a orange cover.

2. Find the word HARVEST in the text.

3. The author's initials are within the name HERACLES.

4. Find a word within the title.

? 5. From the food list above, find a word within the text.
--- Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt
------ Page 65: apples
------ Page 166: corn, salt
------ Page 169: chicken



6. Read a book with a horn on the cover.

7. The author's name has a diacritic.

8. Find the word ABUNDANCE or ABUNDANT in the text.

9. The title includes all the letters within the word CORNUCOPIA.

10. The cover has at least 3 different food items.

Spell Out
1. Crete
C
R
E
T
E

2. Idaho
I
D
A
H
O

3. Venezuela
V
E
N
E
Z
U
E
L
A

4. Peru
P
E
R
U

5. Panama
P
A
N
A
M
A

6. Colombia
C
O
L
O
M
B
I
A

Option 3: Mixed 30/30 complete

Option 1: Tasks 14/14 complete

? Read a book with a orange cover - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

? "harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text - The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters
p. 184 "...had done well with his hay harvest..."
? Author initials in HERACLES - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow ==> HErAcles
? Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - Nowhere Safe by Kate Bold
nowhere ==> here
? One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster - Black Summer by M.W. Craven
p. 132 "After a quick supper of cheese on toast..."
? Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please) - Sh¨­gun (Part 1) by James Clavell
samurai helmet has horns
? Book set in Crete - Murder on Crete by M Juan-Stanley
set 55% on Crete, 45% on cruise ship
? Book set in Idaho - Boise Eclipse by Randall Moore
set in Boise, Idaho
? Author's name has a diacritic - Call for the Dead by John le Carr¨¦
? "abundant" or "abundance" in text - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
p. 328 "That certainly explained the abundance of strange vegetation..."
? Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food) - The Trouble with Turkeys by Kathi Daley
set on a turkey farm
? Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O) - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
disAPpeaRINg spOon trUe periodiC
?The cover has at least 3 different food items - Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting
Carrots, turkey, mashed potatoes, eggplant, pumpkin, etc on cover
? Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%) - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
set in Peru

Option 2: Spell Out
HARVEST 7/7 complete
H Housemaid, The (The Housemaid, #1) by Freida McFadden
A Allison Hoover Bartlett - The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
R Ring Shout by P. Dj¨¨l¨ª Clark
V Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
E Eskins, Allen - The Deep Dark Descending
S Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, The by K.J. Charles
T Thad Carhart - The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

CORN 4/4 complete
C Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garc¨ªa M¨¢rquez
O Offer From a Gentleman, An by Julia Quinn
R Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
N Naomi Novik - Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6)

IDAHO 5/5 complete
I It Was Always You by Sarah K. Stephens
D Dorothy Baker - Young Man with a Horn
A A Personal Matter by Kenzabur¨­ ?e
H Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs
O Osman, Richard - The Last Devil to Die

Finished at msg 7, had only one letter to go in the word I was spelling out so I couldn't leave it hanging ;)

Started: 7/1/24
Completed

Levels
Carrier Bag 1-8 books**8/12/24
Picnic Basket 9-16 books**9/15/24
Hamper 17-24 books**10/11/24
Cornucopia 25+ books**10/13/24

Books read:31/25+

Option 1: Tasks
-? Read a book with a orange cover-Twisted Hate-1/17/24
- ?"harvest" (plural OK, no other variants) in text-Deadly Harvest-8/1/24
-? Author initials in HERACLES-Colleen Hoover-Maybe Not-7/10/24
? Word in title is hiding a different smaller word (of at least four letters) inside it (not the singular form or verb tense differences) - examples LimonCELLO; THINg; wereWOLF (or indeed WEREwolf); HUNGer but NOT GAMEs (as that's the singular/plural)-The Awakening-7/13/24
- ?One of the following food words in text (plural OK, no other variants): corn, grape, ham, bread, cheese, apple, fish, chicken, bread, rice, tomato, pepper, salt, honey, lobster-The Honeymoon Crashers-7/16/24
- Horn on cover (instrument or animal equally OK. but not antlers please)
- Book set in Crete
- Book set in Idaho
- Author's name has a diacritic (Cornucopia was a concert tour for Bj?rk. yes, it's tenuous, but go with it anyway!)
-? "abundant" or "abundance" in text-The Selection (pg8)-9/1/24
- ?Takes place on a farm (farm meaning somewhere raising plants or animals to be sold for food)-Surrender to Me-8/12/24
- Title (including subtitle) includes all the letters CORNUPIA (no need to duplicate C and O)
- The cover has at least 3 different food items
- Set in Peru, Panama, Colombia or Venezuela (or combination of them to reach the 50%)



Option 2: Spell out
?Cornucopia
C:Claer Cavenaugh (MC)-Deadly Gift-9/5/24
O:The Other Mrs.-7/25/24
R:Rachel Chavez (MC)-The Mary Shelley Club-8/23/24
N:The Night Island-7/1/24
U:The Unquiet Past-9/15/24
C:Cyn Balog-You Won't Believe Me-8/22/24
O:The One-9/14/24
P:Persephone (MC)-A Touch of Chaos-1/8/25
I:Isabell Swan (MC)-Twilight-10/13/24
A:The Assassin and the Empire-8/16/24



?Hunger Games
H:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer¡¯s Stone-11/11/24
U:Under One Roof-1/1/25
N:Nick Anthony (MC)-Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice-11/11/24
G:Glass Houses-11/9/24
E:Elizabeth Zott (MC)-Lessons in Chemistry-10/25/24
R:Rourke (MC)-Conspiracy in Death-11/25/24

G:Greer Burns (MC)-Disturbing His Peace-1/4/25
A:Anastasia Allen (MC)-Icebreaker-12/29/24
M:Meagan Michaels (MC)-She's Not Sorry-1/18/25
E:Eli Kilgore (MC)-Not in Love-12/4/24
S:Shelby Nichols (MC)-Deadly Escape-12/20/24



?Harvest:
H:Harris, Charlaine (Author)-Dead as a Doornail-11/21/24
A:Adele Buck-Fake Flame-10/17/24
R:Ridge (MC)-Maybe Now-11/15/24
V:Veiled in Moonlight-10/24/24
E:Elsie Hannaway (MC)-Love, Theoretically-9/30/24
S:Sookie Stackhouse (MC)-Dead Until Dark-10/11/24
T:Twisted Games-10/3/24



?Crete:
C:Concrete Evidence-1/27/25
R:Rachel Grant-Body of Evidence-2/23/25
E:Erik Nowak (MC)-Stuck with You-1/20/25
T:Thank You for Listening-1/11/25
E:Ellery (MC)-Two Can Keep a Secret-2/8/25



?Idaho:
I: Ian Floyd (MC)-Below Zero-1/31/25
D:Definitely Dead-12/19/24
A:Atlas (MC)-The Darkest Prison-1/7/25
H:Holiday in Death-9/29/24
O:O'Donnel, Jenna (MC)-Night Owl-3/11/25



Venezuela
V:Victoria Aveyard-King's Cage-2/3/25
E:Emily Henry-Funny Story-9/15/24
N:Northman, Eric (MC)-Dead to the World-11/17/24
E:Ellie Slatter (MC)-Jurassic Park-4/20/25
Z:Zodiac Tactical (Series)-Code Name: Virgo-3/19/25
U:
E:
L:The Last Second Chance-2/4/25
A:The Au Pair Affair-1/5/25



Peru:
P:Patterson, James (Author)-10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-1/2/25
E:The Elite-9/7/24
R:Riva, Nina (MC)-Malibu Rising-8/30/24
U:



?Panama
P:Pennhallow, Bowen (MC)-The Wedding Witch-11/3/24
A:Ana Huang-Twisted Love-8/17/24
N:Five Total Strangers-8/19/24
A:Alcide Herveaux (MC)-Club Dead-11/4/24
M:Marked in Flesh-8/11/24
A:Adrian Copeland (MC)-Life¡¯s Too Short-11/16/24



Colombia
C:Cottingham, Kayla (Author)-This Delicious Death-10/13/24
O:One of Us Is Dead-12/27/24
L:Living Dead in Dallas-10/28/24
U:
M:Mercy Thompson (MC)-Soul Taken-1/14/25
B:Bailey, Tessa (Author)-Fangirl Down-12/31/24
I:Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men-11/26/24
A:Ali Hazelwood-Love on the Brain-11/1/24