You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion
Challenges: Year Long Main 2025
>
Leslie Reads I before E ... and both after C in 2025
Badge OneThemes
📍B - Books about books
📍C - Childhood
📍D - Dogs
📍F - Fantasy
📍G - Ghosts
📍H - History
📍L - Love
📍M - Mythology
📍N - Nature
📍P - Pirates
📍R - Religion
📍S - Survival
📍T - True Crime
📍V - Villainy
📍W - Women
WoF LeslieRequesting Badge 1
1. Task 1, The Bestseller
2. Task 2, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
3. Task 3, One Good Dog
4. Task 4, The Starless Sea
5. Task 5, Layla
6. Task 6, The Paris Gown
7. Task 7, Hello Stranger
8. Task 8, The Rainfall Market
9. Task 9, Happiness for Beginners
10. Task 10, Cinnamon and Gunpowder
11. Task 11, The Wonder
12. Task 12, The Martian
13. Task 13, College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
14. Task 14, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
15. Task 15, Things I Wish I Told My Mother
1. Badge 1, Book 12. List 1, Task 6 [History]
3. The Paris Gown
4. Kindle - 332 pages
5. Read a Historical Fiction book
6. This is a story about 3 women set in 1950's Paris and centers around a Dior gown. MPG - Historical
Book one done and dusted. Good going. :)
1. Badge 1, Book 22. List 1, Task 1 [Books]
3. The Bestseller
4. Kindle - 724 pages
5. Read a about books.
6. This is a story about 5 authors and their journey to get their books published including one who will go on to write a bestseller. It is also the story about Davis & Dash a fictional prestigious publishing house in New York.
1. Badge 1, Book 32. List 1, Task 15 [Women]
3. Things I Wish I Told My Mother
4. Kindle - 322 pages
5. Read a about Women.
6. This is a story about the relationship between a Mother and Daughter.
1. Badge 1, Book 42. List 1, Task 13 [True Crime]
3. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
4. Kindle - 251 pages
5. Read a True Crime Novel
6. This is a true story about how a college girl went missing in Indiana back in 2011 and has never been found. MPG True Crime
1. Badge 1, Book 52. List 1, Task 7 [Love]
3. Hello Stranger
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Love theme
6. MC Sadie falls in love with her Vet and also her neighbour (view spoiler) MPG = Romance
1. Badge 1, Book 62. List 1, Task 3 [Dogs]
3. One Good Dog
4. Kindle - 320 pages
5. Read a Novel about dogs
6. Chance, a mixed breed Pit Bull, has a significant impact on MC, Adam's, life.
1. Badge 1, Book 72. List 1, Task 2 [Childhood]
3. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
4. Hardcover - 302 pages
5. Read a Novel about childhood
6. This is the autobiography of Alison Arngrim's abusive childhood and her time growing up on Little House on the Prairie as well as how the events of her childhood have impacted the rest of her life.
It has pretty high ratings. Did you enjoy it?
Janice wrote: "It has pretty high ratings. Did you enjoy it?"I did. I watched LIttle House growing up and reading her story made me want to rewatch it all over again. It also completely changed how I viewed "Nellie/Alison".
1. Badge 1, Book 82. List 1, Task 14 [Villainy]
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
4. Kindle - 448 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Villain
6. Luc is a "demonic entity" who Addie makes a deal with. Her freedom for her soul. Luc is definitely a Villain.
I used to watch Little House too, and remember disliking her character.
1. Badge 1, Book 92. List 1, Task 4 [Fantasy]
3. The Starless Sea
4. Kindle - 487 pages
5. Read a Fantasy Novel
6. MPG = Fantasy
1. Badge 1, Book 102. List 1, Task 9 [Nature]
3. Happiness for Beginners
4. Kindle - 322 pages
5. Read a Novel involving Nature
6. MC's Helen and Jake take part in a Wilderness Survival Course learning how to survive without the comforts we take for granted (like bathrooms and beds). Also how to respect nature and be safe. Tagged Nature 22x.
1. Badge 1, Book 112. List 1, Task 8 [Mythology]
3. The Rainfall Market
4. Kindle - 400 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Mythology theme
6. MPG - Mythology
1. Badge 1, Book 122. List 1, Task 12 [Survival]
3. The Martian
4. Kindle - 385 pages
5. Read a Novel about Survival
6. MPG - Survival. After being left behind (for dead) on Mars, Mark Watney survives on his own for over 1.5 years before being rescued.
1. Badge 1, Book 132. List 1, Task 5 [Ghosts]
3. Layla
4. Kindle - 305 pages
5. Read a Novel about Ghosts
6. Ghosts are central to the story in the character of Willow/Sable. Tagged ghosts 77x.
1. Badge 1, Book 142. List 1, Task 10 [Pirates]
3. Cinnamon and Gunpowder
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Read a Novel about Pirates
6. MC is Mad Hannah Mabbot, a ruthless pirate. MPG = Pirates
1. Badge 1, Book 152. List 1, Task 11 [Religion]
3. The Wonder
4. Kindle - 301 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Religious theme
6. MGP = Religion.
Congrats on earning the first badge. :)
Janice wrote: "Congrats on earning the first badge. :)"Thanks Janice! Going to try for multiple badges this year :)
Badge TwoTitles
A ~ Admission
B ~ The Book of Speculation
C ~ The Christie Affair
D ~ Delirium
E ~ The Ex Hex
F ~ Followers
G ~ Girls with Bright Futures
H ~ The Heiress
I ~ The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
J ~ Just Some Stupid Love Story
K ~ The Kitchen Front
L ~ The Last One at the Wedding
M ~ Morality for Beautiful Girls
N ~ Never Have I Ever
O ~ One Perfect Couple
P ~ Perfect Harmony
Q ~ The Queens of Crime
R ~ Radar Girls
S ~ The Summer Pact
T ~ They Wish They Were Us
U ~ Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop?
V ~ The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
W ~ Where I Left Her
Y ~ The Younger Wife
Z ~ Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
I'm liking the list of titles. Every book I'm planning to read this month will fit.
1. Badge 2, Book 12. Titles List ~ T
3. They Wish They Were Us
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Title starts with T
1. Badge 2, Book 32. Titles List ~ C
3. The Christie Affair
4. Kindle - 320 pages
5. Title starts with C
1. Badge 2, Book 42. Titles List ~ M
3. Morality for Beautiful Girls
4. Paperback - 227 pages
5. Title starts with M
1. Badge 2, Book 82. Titles List ~ L
3. The Last One at the Wedding
4. Kindle - 352 pages
5. Title starts with L
1. Badge 2, Book 92. Titles List ~ B
3. The Book of Speculation
4. Kindle - 350 pages
5. Title starts with B
1. Badge 2, Book 102. Titles List ~ V
3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
4. Kindle - 334 pages
5. Title starts with V
1. Badge 2, Book 122. Titles List ~ I
3. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
4. Kindle - 513 pages
5. Title starts with I
1. Badge 2, Book 152. Titles List ~ Z
3. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
4. Hardcover - 375 pages
5. Title starts with Z
1. Badge 2, Book 162. Titles List ~ O
3. One Perfect Couple
4. Kindle - 416 pages
5. Title starts with O
1. Badge 2, Book 182. Titles List ~ J
3. Just Some Stupid Love Story
4. Hardcover - 336 pages
5. Title starts with J
1. Badge 2, Book 192. Titles List ~ G
3. Girls with Bright Futures
4. Kindle - 387 pages
5. Title starts with G
1. Badge 2, Book 212. Titles List ~ Q
3. The Queens of Crime
4. Kindle - 315 pages
5. Title starts with Q
1. Badge 2, Book 222. Titles List ~ U
3. Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop?
4. Kindle - 399 pages
5. Title starts with U
1. Badge 2, Book 232. Titles List ~ N
3. Never Have I Ever
4. Kindle - 359 pages
5. Title starts with N
You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
Books mentioned in this topic
Anno 2020 (other topics)Anno 2020 (other topics)
Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind (other topics)
Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind (other topics)
All the Beautiful Lies (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
James Morcan (other topics)James Morcan (other topics)
Nate Bargatze (other topics)
Nate Bargatze (other topics)
Peter Swanson (other topics)
More...
Additional Badges