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

SO excited and a little intimidated by this one. Lots of gophering to do for the next month or so!!

I am exactly the same good luck :)

No pressure, Beth.

I felt the same Beth but once you get started, it's really fun.

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, North American Zodiac Corelli's Mandolin
10. Capricorn, Stone, The Ghosts
11. Aquarius, Stone, The Wise Man's Fear -
12. Pisces, month, Stay Close

Each time you complete a book, you must report it in an individual message in your personal tracking thread. Do not combine books in a message. Each book gets it own. Report each book as follows:

1. Challenge Progress: Identify where you are in the challenge – Badge 1, book 1 (2, 3, 4, etc.)
2. Task – List Zodiac Sign and Category
3. Link to book read. If the cover is part of the task, link the cover of the edition you read as well.
4. If not obvious, state how the book fits the criteria.
5. Specifications required in the task. Some tasks require that you report specific thing. IE – a) The “twins” task is to read a book that has two different titles. You are required to link the alternative title. b) If a task requires that you read a book from a Listopia, you need to identify which page number it was on so that it can be verified.

Sample: Say I’ve read 5 books in the Badge 1 section:

Badge 1, Book 5
Task – Aries, Month
Link – The Violets of March
March in the title.

Requesting a badge:
When you finish a badge requirement, you will need to post in the Year Long Reporting 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.

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



Planning

SET 1 Weed as done.

Badge 1, Book 9
Task: Aries, Stone
Link A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
The book was published in 1840 and characters refer to Napoleon, so must take place in this time period.

Badge 1, Book 2
Task: Taurus, Stone
Link: Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline
Book is set partially in a hospital psychiatric unit and deals with the diagnoses of OCD and Antisocial Personality Disorder (sociopathy) as keys to the plot.

Badge 1, Book 5
Task: Gemini, N. Am Zodiac
Link: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Walter Scott is a Scottish Author

Badge 1, Book 6
Task: Cancer, Superhero
Link: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Listed as Horror on the GR page for the book

Badge 1, Book 8
Task: Leo, Symbol
LinkMidaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
The book takes place in Cairo.

Badge 1, Book 11
Task: Virgo, Stone
Link: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
This book is about the life of King David

Badge 1, Book 3
Task: Libra, Superhero
Link: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Based on details in the book, this book takes place in the summer of 1981.

Badge 1, Book 1
Task: Scorpio, Superhero
Link: Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Poison in title

Badge 1, Book 12
Task: Sagittarius, Actor by Sign
Link:The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
This is the book that the movie was based on

Badge 1, Book 7
Task: Capricorn, Stone
Link The Ghosts by Antonia Barber
The children in this book, which I have loved and reread a zillion times since 5th grade, and have my own ghost story associated with, go back in time to save three other kids.

Badge 1, Book 10
Task: Aquarius, Stone
Link: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
The main character is an arcanist, a practitioner and student of magic

Badge 1, Book 4
Task: Pisces, Month
Link: Stay Close by Harlan Coben
The book takes place in a few days in February.

Planning:

Book ideas:

Aries DONE

March (in title or setting):
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow*


Truck on cover or Protagonist Drives Truck
Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham

Red cover:
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

Iraq/Syria/Turkey:
Midnight Express by Billy Hayes

Set in 1750-1850:
A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov*

Mythology/God:
The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly

Tim Curry:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas*

Taurus-- DONE
Audrey Hepburn:
The Unforgiven by Alan LeMay

Villain:
The Faceless Villain: A Collection of the Eeriest Unsolved Murders of the 20th Century: Volume One by Jenny Ashford

illness:
Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline,

Canada:
Still Life by Louise Penny

Black cover:
The Godfather by Mario Puzo

western:
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

April:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim

Gemini DONE

May:
The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens

two titles:
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

white cover:
Winter by Ali Smith


Scotland:
Ivanhoe by Walter Scott

Profile: Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Dystopian:
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

Johnny Depp:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson*

Book ideas cont.

Cancer DONE--

Meryl Streep:
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

horror:
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

rose or pink cover:
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

south America:
Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo

blue cover, The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control

Rock and other crabs:
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston

June:
Last Breath by Karin Slaughter


Leo--DONE
July: The Outsider by Stephen King

Africa:
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz*<

fire on cover, The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve

Pacific NW
The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin

ancient Egypt:
Nefertiti by Michelle Moran


Character over 60
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

Sean Penn:
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Virgo--DONE

Anne Meara:
The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin


Raven title/bird cover,
An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendell

royal character,
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks



Russia:
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol*


planet on cover
Solaris: The Definitive Edition by Stanisław Lem

single woman under 20 A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley

August
Death in August by Marco Vichi

Libra-- DONE
Sept:
September Song by William Humphrey

legal thriller:
The Fifth Witness By Michael Connelly

clouds on cover:

Suspect by Robert Crais

New Zealand:
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh


Renaissance:
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

1977-2000:
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Viggo Mortenson:
Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker


Scorpio DONE

October:
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

Jodie Foster:
Contact by Carl Sagan

Stand alone SF:
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by Arkady Strugatsky

Metal weapon or tool on cover:
by Noel Behn

Australia:
The Bat by Jo Nesbø

Water on cover:
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood

poison:
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

Sagittarius DONE

November:
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

Native American:
Flight by Sherman Alexie

Fire in title:
Tom Clancy's Under Fire


Greece:
House of Names by Colm Tóibín

Hawaii:
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings


2018 book:
Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

Ralph Fiennes:
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré

Capricorn DONE

Sissy Spacek:
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

Civil or Napoleanic war:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

time travel:
The Ghosts by Antonia Barber

KS, NM, TX, Mex:
New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb

Scandanavia:
Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø

Earth in title:
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay


Dec:
The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell


Aquarius DONE

Jan;
The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith

Urn/Jug/etc:
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris


Air in title:
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves

Switz/Netherlands:
by Janwillem van de Wetering

magic: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Atlantis/poseidon:
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

John Hurt:
Rob Roy by Walter Scott*


Pisces DONE

Glenn Close:
Crooked House by Agatha Christie

Siren:The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd


China:
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

Alb/MT/ID/WY:
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson


Water in title: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins


Lake or river:
Sunrise by Erin Hunter

February
Stay Close by Harlan Coben

SET 2 (for later...) Weed as done.

Aries, Superhero, The Gods of Guilt
Taurus, Actor by Sign The Unforgiven
Gemini: Symbol, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Cancer; Element The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
Leo: Superhero, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Virgo: Superhero An Unkindness of Ravens
Libra, Symbol, The Fifth Witness
Scorpio, Stone, The Kremlin Letter
Sagitarius: North Am. Zodiac, House of Names
Capricorn, Month, The Veiled One
Aquarius, Actor by Sign Rob Roy
Pisces, Symbol, Sunrise

Badge 2, Book 11
Task: Aries, Superhero
Link: The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
God in title

Badge 2, Book 15
Task: Taurus, Actor by sign
Link: The Unforgiven by Alan LeMay
The movie starring Audrey Hepburn is based on this book.

Badge 2, Book 3
Task: Gemini, Symbol
Link: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears By Dinaw Mengestu
In Europe it is Children of the Revolution

Badge 2, Book 9
Task: Cancer, Element
Link The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control by Walter Mischel
Cover is a very lovely blue

Badge 2, Book 5
Task: Leo, Superhero
Link The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The 100 year old man is over 60

Badge 2, Book 4
Task: Virgo, Superhero
An Unkindness of Ravens by Ruth Rendell
Raven in title

Badge 2, Book 10
Task: Libra, Symbol
Link: The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
MC is lawyer and book is about case strategy

Badge 2, Book 2
Task: Scorpio, Stone
Link: The Kremlin Letter by Noel Behn
Gun on cover

Badge 2, Book 8
Task: Sagittarius, North Am Zodiac
Link: House of Names by Colm Tóibín
Book is set in Greece

Badge 2, Book 6
Task: Capricorn, Month
Link:The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell
Book takes place in December

Badge 2, Book 16
Task: Aquarius, Actor by Sign
Link: Rob Roy by Walter Scott
Book has same title as movie starring John Hurt, but not the same plot

Badge 2, Book 1
Task: Pisces, Symbol
Link: Sunrise by Erin Hunter
Cats live around a lake

Badge 1, Book 1
Task: Scorpio, Superhero
Link: Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Poison in title

Awesome, Beth! The first book is out the door.

Badge 1, Book 2
Task: Taurus, Stone
Link: Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline
Book is set partially in a hospital psychiatric unit and deals with the diagnoses of OCD and Antisocial Personality Disorder (sociopathy) as keys to the plot.

Badge 1, Book 3
Task: Libra, Superhero
Link: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Based on details in the book, this book takes place in the summer of 1981.

Badge 1, Book 4
Task: Pisces, Month
Link: Stay Close by Harlan Coben
The book takes place in a few days in February.

Badge 1, Book 5
Task: Gemini, N. Am Zodiac
Link: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
Walter Scott is a Scottish Author

Amazing, Beth! Way to go!

You and Almeta must have a race on. :)

Badge 1, Book 6
Task: Cancer, Superhero
Link: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Listed as Horror on the GR page for the book

They really are!!! 0_O

Funny, I would not have classified Silence of the Lambs as a horror. It certainly has horrific things happen. But, "horror" is the first genre listed, so you are good to go. It's one of my favourite books, and movie.

Too funny, Janice. Horror is the only genre that has ever come to my mind when this book or the movie is mentioned. I shiver just thinking about reading it. They are both on my NEVER list.

Great job Beth! With Almeta's thread I thought half the year was over. With yours, it feels like three quarters!😉 I'd better start...

The horror genre in my connotation contains an element of supernatural - ghosts, demons, etc. This seems to me to be more psychological thriller or mystery. But, we all have different connotations which is why I've specified that the genre must show on the main book page.

Badge 1, Book 7
Task: Capricorn, Stone
Link The Ghosts by Antonia Barber
The children in this book, which I have loved and reread a zillion times since 5th grade, and have my own ghost story associated with, go back in time to save three other kids.

Badge 1, Book 8
Task: Leo, Symbol
Link Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
The book takes place in Cairo.

Badge 1, Book 9
Task: Aries, Stone
Link A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
The book was published in 1840 and characters refer to Napoleon, so must take place in this time period.

REST OF BADGE 2

FOR LATER:

Aries, N.A. Zodiac Midnight Express
Taurus, Month The Enchanted April
Gemini: Element, , Winter
Cancer, Actor by Sign The Manchurian Candidate
Leo, Actor by Sign, Mystic River
Virgo, Actor by Sign The Boys from Brazil
Libra, N.Am Zodiac, Vintage Murder
Scorpio, Month, The Hunt for Red October
Sagitarius, Element, Tom Clancy's Under Fire
Capricorn, Symbol, Cockroaches
Aquarius, Month, The Two Faces of January
Pisces, Actor by Sign, Crooked House


SET 3 (Badge 2)
BADGE 2 Book 14
Task: Aries, N. Am Zodiac
Link Midnight Express by Billy Hayes
Book is set in Turkey

Badge 2, Book 18
Task: Taurus, Month
Link: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
April in title

Badge 2. Book 7
Task: Gemini, Element
Link: , Winter by Ali Smith
White cover

Badge 2, Book 17
Task, Cancer, Actor by Sign
Link: The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon
Movie was based on this book

Badge 2, Book 19
Task: Leo, Actor by sign
Link: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Fabulous dark movie based on this fabulous dark book

Badge 2, Book 22
Task: Virgo, Actor by Sign
Link: The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin
Movie was based on this book

Badge 2, Book 21
Task: Libra, N Am. Zodiac
Link: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Book set in NZ

Badge 2, Book 13
Task: Scorpio, Month
Link The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
October in title

Badge 2, Book 12,
Task: Sagittarius, Element
Link Tom Clancy's Under Fire by Grant Blackwood
Fire in title

Badge 2, Book 23
Task: Capricorn, Symbol
Link: Cockroaches by Jo Nesbø
All Jo Nesbø's books are listed as Scandanavian Lit. His MC is a Norwegian detective

Badge 2, Book 24 (WOOO HOOO)
Task: Aquarius, Month
Link: The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
Month in title

Badge 2, Book 20
Task: Pisces, Actor by Sign
Link, Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Book is basis for movie

Beth wrote: "Badge 1, Book 8
Task: Leo, Symbol
Link Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
The book takes place in Cairo."

For some reason I never think of Egypt as being part of Africa. I guess it's because of it's proximity to the middle east. But it is.

I think I always think of it as Middle Eastern, as I grew up with bible stories such as Moses. So Egypt was bunched together with those places in my mind: Israel, Judea, Babylon, Persia, Ur, Philistine, etc. I have to really think when I talk about it to remember it's actually (solidly) in Africa.

Badge 1, Book 10
Task: Aquarius, Stone
Link: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
The main character is an arcanist, a practitioner and student of magic

Wow, you're really coming along, Beth! And not afraid to tackle some chunky books, (The Wise Man's Fear) as well. Way to go!

Beth wrote: "Badge 1, Book 7
Task: Capricorn, Stone
Link The Ghosts by Antonia Barber
The children in this book, which I have loved and reread a zillion times since 5th grade, and ..."

OMG! This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child - 5th grade for me as well! Where did you find of copy? I need to get this for my daughter, who is a 5th grader this year!

Beth wrote: "Badge 1, Book 10
Task: Aquarius, Stone
Link: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
The main character is an arcanist, a practitioner and student of magic"

Ooh. This is one of my favourites. Did you enjoy it?

Sarah wrote: "Ooh. This is one of my favourites. Did you enjoy it?
."

I never give 5 stars. This one got 5. I feel like I am still half in that world. I hate that Rothfuss hasn't written the third book yet.

Be sure to check out the novella about Auri.

Sarah wrote: "Be sure to check out the novella about Auri."

Oooh. Will do!

******OUT OF ORDER*****

Badge 2, Book 1
Task: Pisces, Symbol
Link: Sunrise by Erin Hunter
Cats live around a lake

Suzanne wrote: "OMG! This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child - 5th grade for me as well! Where did you find of copy? I need to get this for my daughter, who is a 5th grader this year! ."

I'm not sure where I found it. It was several years ago. It had been out of print and came back. I think it is back in print still. I'm looking forward to Katie reading it too (she's 4th grade now).

Suzanne wrote: "Wow, you're really coming along, Beth! And not afraid to tackle some chunky books, (The Wise Man's Fear) as well. Way to go!"

I have a 100 mile each way commute, so I can get through big books fast on audio (especially because I always speed the narration up.

*********OUT OF ORDER************


Badge 2, Book 2
Task: Scorpio, Stone
Link: The Kremlin Letter by Noel Behn
Gun on cover
You have to enlarge the cover, but the figure is holding a gun. And guns definitely play a role in this book.

It won't be long and you'll be finished the first badge. :)

Badge 1, Book 11
Task: Virgo, Stone
Link: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
This book is about the life of King David

***********OUT OF ORDER**************
Badge 2, Book 3
Task: Gemini, Symbol
Link: The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears By Dinaw Mengestu
In Europe it is Children of the Revolution

Badge 1, Book 12
Task: Sagittarius, Actor by Sign
Link:The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
This is the book that the movie was based on

Awesome, Beth! Congratulations on finishing Badge 1!!!

Congrats Beth! :)

Woohooo!!!

Way to go, Beth!

Congrats, Beth!