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

Badge 1
1 Home Stretch⭐️⭐️⭐️
2 The Last Devil to Die⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 The Devil's Company⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 A Study in Charlotte⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 Old Bones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 First Lie Wins⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 The Sanctuary ⭐️⭐️⭐️
8 Only If You're Lucky⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9 The Underground Library⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 The Atlas Six⭐️⭐️⭐️
11 Ruthless Vows⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12 If the Tide Turns ⭐️⭐️⭐️
13 The Iron Trial⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14 The Neighbor Favor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15 Watch Where They Hide⭐️⭐️⭐️
16 Touch & Go ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Badge 2
1 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3 Colton Gentry's Third Act ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 Lady Macbeth⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 Argylle⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 The Rule Book⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 The Mystery of the Blue Train⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8 The Other Mothers ⭐️⭐️⭐️
9 The Lost Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 People We Meet on Vacation⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11 The Evolution of Annabel Craig⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12 The Anniversary⭐️⭐️
13 Shadowland⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
14 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies⭐️⭐️⭐️
15 These Silent Woods⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16 The Princess Bride ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17 Finders Keepers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
18 Just for the Summer⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
19 How to End a Love Story⭐️⭐️
20 The Body in the Garden⭐️⭐️⭐️
21 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
22 The Reappearance of Rachel Price⭐️⭐️⭐️
23 Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
24 The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25 Old Scores⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
26 Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead⭐️⭐️⭐️
27 Anna Bright Is Hiding Something⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
28 Sadie⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
29 The Girl of His Dreams⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
30 Baby X⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
31 A Game of Lies⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
32 James⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
33 Never Have I Ever⭐️⭐️⭐️
34 Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35 The Dark Wives⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
36 The Marriage Portrait⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
37 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
38 Olive, Again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
39 The Happy Ever After Playlist⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
40 Dog Tags ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
41 The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42 Local Woman Missing⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
43 The Return of Ellie Black⭐️⭐️⭐️
44 Finlay Donovan Is Killing It⭐️⭐️⭐️
45 The Blessing Way ⭐️⭐️⭐️
46 One Big Happy Family⭐️⭐️
47 The Summer of Yes⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
48 Thirty-Three Teeth⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Badge 3

1 The Last One to Fall⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
2 This Is Why We Lie⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
3 Listen for the Lie⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 A New Lease on Death⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 Death and Judgment⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6 Death in Delft⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7 The Passion of Artemisia⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8 Lady Clementine⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
9 The Ministry of Time⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 Murder with Macaroni and Cheese⭐️⭐️⭐️
11 The Guncle Abroad⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12 Funny Story⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
13 Wolf Pack⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14 Jury of One⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
15 The Madness of Crowds⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16 One Dog Night⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
17 The White Coat Diaries⭐️⭐️⭐️
18 The Rom-Commers⭐️⭐️⭐️
19 Here One Moment ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
20 The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
21 The Full Moon Coffee Shop⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
22 Life As We Knew It ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
23 The Briar Club⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
24 Summers at the Saint⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25 It Ends with Us⭐️⭐️
26 Before Green Gables⭐️⭐️⭐️
27 A World of Curiosities⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
28 The Sequel⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
29 The Next Mrs. Parrish⭐️⭐️⭐️
30 The Nature of Disappearing⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
31 Leader of the Pack⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
32 Merry Christmas, Alex Cross⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
33 The Secret Garden⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
34 Betrayal at Blackthorn Park⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
35 The Family Experiment⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
36 Heart of the Sun Warrior⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
37 The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night⭐️⭐️⭐️
38 The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers⭐️⭐️⭐️
39 You Can Kill⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
40 The Black Bird Oracle⭐️⭐️⭐️
41 The Crow Trap⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42 Elektra ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
43 An Inconvenient Wife⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
44 The Paris Widow⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
45 In Five Years ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
46 The Glass Room⭐️⭐️⭐️
47 The Note ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
48 Ladyparts⭐️⭐️⭐️

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1 Badge 1 Book 1
Start
1 Home Stretch ( author is a tv presenter)
2 320 pages
3 read a book with home, homeward or homebound in title
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Next… The Last Devil to Die

Woohoo! You've just started, but you'll be on the home stetch in no time.

How are your books connected?

The Last Devil to Die is also written by a tv presenter and then I will connect Devil with the third book. Right now I’m thinking The Devil's Company but that could change.

I hope you're enjoying making connections and finding elements that will work.

Oh I am enjoying it very much! Trying to only gopher one section at a time to allow for mood reading. I think reading in order is a brilliant part of this challenge.

1 Badge 1 Book 2
2 The Last Devil to Die
3 audio 10+ hours
4 connected to Home Stretch both Graham Norton and Richard Osman are television presenters. Believe both worked for the BBC
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1 Badge 1 Book 3
2 The Devil's Company
3 371 pages
4 Connected to The Last Devil to Die by the word devil
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Another 4-book series!

I started this series pre Goodreads and it’s still holding up to being a fun read. One more to go…

1 Badge 1 Book 4
Checkpoint 1
2 A Study in Charlotte
3 audio 9+ hours
4 read book 1 of a 4 part series
5 This is book 1
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Connection…mystery
Next up Old Bones also 1 of 4 primary works

1 Badge 1 Book 5
2 Old Bones
3 audio 10+ hours
4 connected to A Study in Charlotte both books are book 1 in tetralogies and MPG mystery
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Next up First Lie Wins connected by MPG mystery

1 Badge 1 Book 6
2 First Lie Wins
3 352 pages
4 connected to Old Bones both are mpg mystery

Next up Checkpoint 2

1 Badge 1 Book 7
2 Checkpoint 2
3 The Sanctuary
4 read kindle 333 pages plus audio 9+ hours
5 Read a book with Sanctuary or Valley in title

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Connecting… not sure yes possibilities Danish author/setting, mystery/ thriller genre
House on cover

1 Badge 1 Book 8
2 connect to checkpoint 2 The Sanctuary which is mpg mystery
3 Only If You're Lucky
4 hardback 384 pages
5 also listed as mpg mystery
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Next up The Underground Library Both Only if You’re Lucky and The Underground Library are published in 2024

1 Badge Book 9
2 checkpoint 2 book 3
3 The Underground Library
4 368 pages
5 connection books both published in 2024
6 Only If You're Lucky published January 16, 2024 and The Underground Library will be published March 2024

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Next up Checkpoint 3

1 Badge 1 Book 10
2 Checkpoint 3
3 The Atlas Six
4 audio 16 hours
5 read a book with a black cover
6
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Next up ( connected by genre. Both books are YA plus fantasy)

1 Badge 1 Book 11
2 Checkpoint 3 book 2
3 Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
4 kindle 419 pages
5 connected to The Atlas Six by genre. Both are YA plus Fantasy mpg
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Next up… If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert both authors have double R’s for initials

1 Badge 1 Book 12
2 checkpoint 3 Book 3
3 If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert
4 432 pages
5 connected to Ruthless Vows both authors have the initials RR

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Next up… checkpoint 4

1 Badge 1 Book 13
2 checkpoint 4
3 The Iron Trial
4 11 hours audiobook ( 304 pages kindle)
5 Task- read a book with IRON in the title

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1 Badge 1 Book 14
2 checkpoint 4 book 2
3 The Neighbor Favor Kristina Forest
4 audiobook 10 hours (403 pages)
5 connection to The Iron Trial- mpg fantasy and one of the main characters is a fantasy author.

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Next up- Watch Where They Hide by Tamron Hall both POC authors

1 Badge 1 Book 15
2 checkpoint 4 Book 3
3 Watch Where They Hide Tamron Hall
4 kindle 384 pages
5 Connected to Kristina Forest both authors are POC
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Next Up- Mount Doom

1 Badge 1 Book 16
2 Mount Doom- Finish
3 Touch & Go
4 Kindle 433 pages
5 task read a book between 400-450 pages

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Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)

1Badge 2 Book 1
2 Start Zagreb
3 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (proper name in title
4 208 pages
5 read a book with author/character Mark
6Mark Dunn
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Next up Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers ( proper name in title)

1 Badge 2 Book 2
2 Zagreb book 2
3 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
4 11 hours audio ( 339 pages)
5 connects with Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters both books have a proper name in title
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Next up Colton Gentry's Third Act (also a proper name)

1 Badge 2 Book 3
2 Zagreb book 3
3 Colton Gentry's Third Act
4 there is no listing for kindle pages but the hardcover will be 400 pages
5 linked to Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers both books have proper names in title
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Next up checkpoint 1

1 Badge 2 Book 4
2 Checkpoint 1 Ptujska gora
3 Lady Macbeth ( proper name )
4 400 pages
5 Read a book mpg gothic
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1 Badge 2 Book 5
2 checkpoint 1 Ptujska gora
3 Argylle published 1/09/2024
4 384 pages
5 connected to Lady Macbeth both last names in title
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1 Badge 2 Book 6
2 checkpoint 1 Ptujska Gora
3 The Rule Book
4 384 pages
5 connected to Argylle both published 2024
6 Argylle published January 2024 and Rule Book April 2024
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1 Badge 2 Book 7
2 Checkpoint 2 Postojna Caves
3 The Mystery of the Blue Train
4 288 pages
5 read a book with a train on the cover
6
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Connecting to next book by genre mystery

1 Badge 2 Book 8
2 Checkpoint 2 postojona caves
3 The Other Mothers
4 384 pages
5 connects to The mystery of the blue train mpg mystery
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1 Badge 2 Book 9
2 checkpoint 2 Postojona Caves
3 The Lost Story
4 352 pages
5 connection to The Other Mothers both Meg Shafer and Katherine Faulkner ( authors) have two books published in consecutive calendar years ( 2022 &2023 Faulkner and 2023 & 2025 Shafer) Both books are also sophomore books.

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Marnie wrote: "1 Badge 2 Book 7
2 Checkpoint 2 Postojna Caves
3 The Mystery of the Blue Train
4 288 pages
5 read a book with a train on the cover
6 [bookcover:The Mystery of the Blue Train|6075794..."

I have this one slated for one of the train tasks.

I thought it was a fun easy read. Hope you like it.

1 Badge 2 Book 10
2 checkpoint 3 Opatja
3 People We Meet on Vacation
4 audiobook 11 hours
5 read a book where a character goes on a holiday at a beach resort
6 the two main characters go on vacations throughout the book. One was to a resort on Sanibel Island
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1 Badge 2 Book 11
2 checkpoint 3 book 2
3 The Evolution of Annabel Craig
4 320 pages
5 connected to People We Meet on Vacation both have 5 words in the title

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Think you’d like this one Janice)

Thanks. I added it.

1 Badge 2 Book 12
2 checkpoint 3 book 3
3 The Anniversary
4 320 pages
5 connection is the number 5. The Evolution of Annabel Craig is a five word title ( which connected it to book 1) and this book has the number 5 on the cover .*

6 if that is too obscure a connection they were both published in 2024
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1 Badge 2 Book 13
2 checkpoint Medjugorje
3 Shadowland
4 287 pages
5 read a book with mpg Ghosts
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1 Badge 2 Book 14
2 checkpoint Medjugorje book 2
3 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
4 352 pages
5 connected to Shadowland both mpg mystery and chick lit
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1 Badge 2 Book 15
2 checkpoint Medjugorje book 3
3 These Silent Woods
4 275 pages /8 hours audio
5 connected to Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies mpg mystery
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1 Badge 2 Book 16
2 Finish Dubrovnik
3 The Princess Bride
4 465 pages ( kindle version)
5 read a book made into a movie
6 1987 movie ( which I have never seen… yet.)
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1 Badge 2 Book 17
2 Finish Dubrovnik book 2
3 Love You, Mean It
4 read 320 pages
5 connected to Princess Bride by mpg Romance
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1 Badge 2 Book 18
2 Finish Dubrovnik book 3
3 Granite Harbor
4 320 pages
5 connected to Love You Mean it by setting
6 both books were set in the Northeast U.S ( Boston Area / Maine
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1 Badge 2 Book 19
2 El Camino Trail Start Sarria
3 Finders Keepers
4 434 pages
5 read a book with KING in title or author
6 Stephen King
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