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

After you have visited each sign of the zodiac among the stars, you may request your badge.

There are 4 badges available.

Badge One – Challenge Badge = 12 books completed. This is the only level you need to complete the challenge. Any additional reading is optional.

Badge Two – First Additional Badge = will be awarded when you read an additional 2 rounds of the zodiac signs (24 additional books). The same rules apply – each round includes one book from each zodiac sign. When you have completed this badge, you will have read a total of 36 books.

Badge Three – Second Additional Badge – will be awarded when you read 2 more rounds of the zodiac signs (24 additional books). The same rules apply – each round includes one book from each zodiac sign. When you have completed this badge, you will have read a total of 60 books.

Badge Four – will be awarded when the remaining 2 rounds have been read. All 84 tasks have been read.

Reporting:

In order to receive a badge you must have reported each book read in your personal thread according to the instructions in the challenge. Refer to them here.

AND -

You must request your badge in this thread as follows:

Badge Requesting (One, Two, Three or Four)
1. Aries, Category, Title
2. Taurus, Category, Title
3.
4…… continuing to 12

Sample:

Badge One completed
1. Aries, Month - March, The Violets of March
2. Taurus, Actor - Audrey Hepburn, War and Peace
3.
4….. continuing to 12.

You must provide the link to your book in your badge request.

Keep your request in this thread neat and concise with no extraneous wordage. This makes it easier for me to verify.

Janice wrote: "neat and [...] with no extraneous wordage."

That can be a challenge in itself for some of us...

LOL! Yes, I can well imagine.

(Sure hope I'm doing this correctly :)

I'm requesting Badge 1, please.

1. Aries: Actor (Tim Curry) - Annie
2. Taurus: Jasper - The Water Castle
3. Gemini: Twins - In Deep Water
4. Cancer: Water - Deep Waters
5. Leo: Actor (Sean Penn) - Fair Game
6. Virgo: Bear - Clean Sweep
7. Libra: Actor (Viggo Mortenson) - Daylight
9. Sagittarius: Actor (Ralph Fiennes) - The Reader
10. Capricorn: Actor (Sissy Spacek) - Missing
11. Aquarius: Actor (John Hurt) - Scandal
12. Pisces: Month (February) - Dead Heat

Wow, Congrats, Lanelle!!!

Wow is right! Way to go, Lanelle! First badge request and in just 2 weeks.

Awesome!

Congrats, Lanelle!

Congrats Lanelle

Yes, you reported for your badge correctly, and the first badge of the 2018 challenge is on your wall.

Janice wrote: "Yes, you reported for your badge correctly, and the first badge of the 2018 challenge is on your wall."

Woot! I don't know which makes me more excited, receiving the badge or getting the report right :) Thank you.

LOL! The reporting for the badge is really no different than last year.

Thanks, Mariab, Kristie, Cherie, Sandra and Delitealex. It feels good to get that first badge. The next one's going to take quite a while though ;)

I haven't even set my thread up. Lanelles already getting badges. Can I get a slacker badge instead?

The slacker's badge is.... (view spoiler)[ no badge at all. ROFL! (hide spoiler)]

ROFL. Made me look

Lanelle wrote: "(Sure hope I'm doing this correctly :)

I'm requesting Badge 1, please.

1. Aries: Actor (Tim Curry) - Annie
2. Taurus: Jasper - The Water Castle
3. Gemini: Twins -..."
Amazing, Lanelle!

I'm impressed Lanelle :-)

Badge One – Books 1 thru 12

♈ Aries – Months - March - The Violets of March 13 Jan
♉Taurus - Elements - Earth - black - 2 Jan
♊Gemini – Stone - Copycat - dystopian - Fever 5 Jan
♋Cancer - Symbols - Crab - spider - Spider Kiss 17 Jan
♌Leo - North American Zodiac – Salmon - Pacific Northwest - Seattle, WA
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4 Jan
♍Virgo - Superheroes - Rogue - bird - 12 Jan
♎Libra - Superheroes - Judge Dreed - Madeline Dare: in 1989 - The Crazy School 4 Jan
♏Scorpio - Elements - Water -water - 1 Jan
♐Sagittarius - Actors By Sign - Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener 15 Jan
♑Capricorn - Snow Goose ~ North American Zodiac ~ . Mexico ` The Lacuna 20 Jan
♒Aquarius - Symbols - Water-bearer - holding water - 8 Jan
♓ Pisces ~ Stone - Jade - China - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 16 Jan

January is MY month! Requesting a badge please!

You've been badged, Almeta!

Wow Almeta - you are super speedy - congrats! Is Almeta the first to be badged???

No, Lanelle also has her first badge.

Janice wrote: "No, Lanelle also has her first badge."

Nice work - congrats to Lanelle as well! I just started my first book :-)

Congratulations, Almeta!

Way to go, Almeta!

YAY! Another one rises the dusk!
Congratulations, Almeta!

Congratulations, Almeta!

Wow! Great job, Almeta!! I knew you'd beat me to it!

Beth wrote: "Wow! Great job, Almeta!! I knew you'd beat me to it!"

lol! Hurry Up!

Almeta wrote: "


Badge One – Books 1 thru 12

♈ Aries – Months - March - The Violets of March 13 Jan
♉Taurus - Elements - Earth - black - 2 Jan
♊Gemini – Stone - Copyc..."


Wow!
Congrats Almetta..Now thats something..

love the image too, Almetta...

Wow! Lanelle and Almeta: AMAZING!

Way to go!

Badge One completed
1. Aries, Stone, A Hero of Our Time
2. Taurus, stone, Every Fifteen Minutes
3. Gemini, N. Am. Zodiac, Ivanhoe
4. Cancer, Superhero The Silence of the Lambs -
5. Leo, Symbol, Midaq Alley
6. Virgo, Stone, The Secret Chord
7. Libra, Superhero Red Dragon
8. Scorpio, Symbol, Strong Poison
9. Sagittarius, Actor by Sign The Constant Gardener
10. Capricorn, Stone, The Ghosts
11. Aquarius, Stone, The Wise Man's Fear -
12. Pisces, month, Stay Close

Your badge is on your wall, Beth. :)

Beth wrote: "Badge One completed...."

Hooray, Beth!☺

Congrats, Beth!

Yay, Beth!

Janice wrote: "Your badge is on your wall, Beth. :)"

Thanks, Janice. I guess with 24 in the next stage, it will be awhile before the next one....

Yes, you have to work for the additional badges. :)

Congrats Beth and Mikaleigh!

Congratulations Mikaleigh !

You've been badged Mikaleigh. It's your first badge in the group and you'll find your wall here.

Congrats, Mikaleigh, welcome to the club!

Well done Mikaleigh :-)

Wow, how many have joined this exclusive club so far?

Lanelle - awesome and great job on reporting correctly!
Almeta - awesome and beautiful visual with your reporting : )
Beth - wow, awesome job!
Mikaleigh - also awesome!

Wow, you gals really rock and I take a knee to your awesomeness!!

Congrats Mikaleigh,Beth and Lanelle! You people are doing amazingly well..may the year of reading continue to be as awesome for all of you..

Yes, TJ. Four people have already completed the main challenge.

Hi Janice,
I am applying for Badge 1. Here is my list.

1. Scorpio, NA Zodiac-Snake, The Dry
2. Aquarius, Superheros-Aquaman, The Atlantis Plague
3. Picies, Element-Water, Water
4. Aries, Month-March, March
5. Taurus, Month-April, The Dead Cat Bounce
6. Sagittarius, Element-Fire, Written in Fire
7. Leo, Element-Fire, Fire
8. Capricorn, Superheros-Cannonball, The Hidden Light of Northern Fires
9. Gemni, Superheros-Copycat, The Atlanteans Trillogy (The Lost Code, The Dark Shore and The Far Dawn)
10. Cancer, Symbol-Crab, Blue Monday
11. Virgo, Symbol- Maiden, Timebound
12. Libra, Actors-Viggo Mortenson, Appaloosa

YEA!!! Welcome to the club!! I will definitely have to look at what you read!!

Yay Cherie! Well done 😁