Category: Transformative Treasure Hunt

Ah, this city! The city that shouldn’t be. A criminal offense of a city! My  moral inverse! And thus of course I would come here as a destination for my transformation, because it is an oasis free of meaning in a landscape so stark even Philip Glass would be intimidated.
From here–12th floor of the Venetian–I [...]

Alaska Airlines flight 622 PDX-> LAS
Me
Seat 1A
Various happy sounds.
Now am very tired. More later?

You may already be ahead of me here. Collate the books you have collected so far.

The first book has something to do with where we are going to sleep. The adjectival form of the city name, specifically.
The second book has something to do with where we are going to visit.
The third book obliquely relates to [...]

Thanks–I received your email! Sounds like you’re getting along nicely.
Now we will find your final book-related clue. Act like you are about to pour yourself a nice glass of Oregon Pinot noir. What would you need to accomplish this task with flair? As you collect the equipment necessary for a connoisseur’s tasting you’ll come across [...]

On we go! You just did this:

Found the (rather insane) book Learning from Las Vegas on my bookshelf.
Found the review I wrote on LibraryThing for this book; located the first and last words, which are “drop” and “city.”
Located the novel Drop City by T.C. Boyle in my library.
Found the instructions to DM a friend with [...]

Well, done, sweetie! You correctly located The Merchant of Venice, which partially takes place in Belmont. Portia is the first person to talk on page 70 of my edition. You DM’ed Aileen and she added 70 to her secret number and gave you 117 in response.
+3 Smartypants

Clue #2

Find the 4th book from the left in the middle shelf of the [...]

And now we begin!
Clue #1

You will want to find my copy of Shakespeare’s play that takes place, partially, in a town with the same name as the street we live on. You’ll find a marker inside. Note the page number of the left-hand page that this marker denotes.
DM (Twitter-tweet) the page number to the mother [...]

Hi there, Mr. Pencil!
Welcome to my beautiful scheme. Together with all the viewers of my blog, we’re going to have an adventure.
This sequence of steps represents the intriguing internal transformations I have been having during the past several weeks. There’s more than just the manifest outcome here: there’s the soulful growth I have achieved.
This won’t [...]