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

🎬 Book 1: 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book from a trilogy. The Fourth Monkey
✓3. Read a book that is set in Australia, or written by an Australian author. The Lost Man
4. Read a book with the word "Silk" in title. The House of Silk or The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
✓5. Read a book that is non-fiction. Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
6. Read a book with "Horse" in title or on the cover. Half Broke Horses or The Horse Whisperer

🎬 Book 2: Annihilation

Tasks:
1. Read the book. Annihilation
2. Read a book from the list, Best Environmental Books.
3. Read a book with "Swan" in the title or on the cover. Swan Song
✓4. Read a book set in Florida. Who She Is
✓5. Read a book from the genre Science Fiction. Dark Matter
6. Read a book with "Lighthouse" or "Beacon" in the title or where there is a Lighthouse on the cover where the lighthouse is clearly visible on the cover. The Light Between Oceans

🎬 Book 3: Bel Canto

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book with "Time" in the title. The Time Between
✓3. Read a book with a Religious theme or Atheist theme. Educated
4. Read a book set in South America or written by a South American author.
✓5. Read a book that is Literary Fiction. Anything Is Possible
✓6. Read a book that was an Orange Prize winner or nominee. The Secret Life of Bees

🎬 Book 4: Between Shades of Gray, Movie name: Ashes in the Snow

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book with "tree" or "house" in the title. The Two-Family House, The House Girl, +
✓3. Read a book set in Ireland or by an Irish author. A Week in Winter
4. Read a book that is set in one of these countries that border on the Baltic Sea: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Us Against You or Pippi Longstocking
✓5. Read a book featuring women in history. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
6. Read a book that has "Ashes" or "Snow" in the title. This task requires that the word be exact. Ashes to Ashes or Watermelon Snow

🎬 Book 5: Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book with a single word title. Recursion
3. Read a book about boyhood friends. Boy's Life
4. Read a book set in Arkansas or NYC. The Alienist
5. Read a Memoir. This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
6. Read a book with "exile" or "shun" in title. Ender in Exile

🎬 Book 6: Crazy Rich Asians

Tasks:

1. Read the book. Crazy Rich Asians
2. Read a book with fruit on cover. fruit list (top only)
3. Read a retelling of Shakespeare. Exit, Pursued by a Bear (The Winter's Tale), William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace, Finding Kate,
4. Read a book set in Singapore or Hong Kong.
✓5. Read a book with the genre Chick Lit or Women's Lit. The Girl in the Corner
6. Read a book with a tiger on the cover. The Jungle Book

🎬 Book 7: The Darkest Minds

Tasks:
1. Read the book. The Darkest Minds
2. Read a book with "Toy" in title. For this task, the word may be imbedded in another, ie "Toymaker". The Toymakers
3. Read a Fairy Tale retelling. "Retelling" must be listed on the main book page. Splintered
4. Read a WWII story. my wwii shelf
5. Read a book with a super hero from this list. Steelheart or Catwoman: Soulstealer
6. Read a book where the main character is a nurse.

🎬 Book 8: The Death Cure

Tasks:
1. Read the book. The Death Cure (book 3)
2. Read a book that has "Opera" in title or is in the Space Opera genre. Grimspace (or Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins, The Consuming Fire, The Last Colony)
3. Read a book with a wolf on cover. Lone Wolf
4. Read a book set in Hawaii. Honolulu
✓5. Genre: Dystopia - read a book with "Dystopia" listed on the main book page. The Grace Year
6. Read a book with "Train" in the title or prominently displayed on the cover. The Girl From the Train

🎬 Book 9: Every Day

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book by another author whose first book was published 2000 or later. The Mother-in-Law
3. Read a book with "Rhiannon" in the title, or is the name of the author, or is a character in the book. Only Child
4. Read a book with the theme of discrimination based on religion.
✓5. Read a book that is YA Fantasy. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
6. Read a book where the title starts with the letter "B". It may not be proceeded by the words, "a", "an", "the" etc. It must be the first word. Before the Fall, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Beneath the Sugar Sky, Born a Crime, Best BoyBesieged +

🎬 Book 10: Fahrenheit 451

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book written by one of these authors: Edgar Rice Burrows, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, or Stanley G. Weinbaum
3. Read a book about books. The Shadow of the Wind or Ink and Bone or The Secret, Book, & Scone Society
4. Read a book set in Austria or is written by an Austrian author.
✓5. Read a Classic Sci-Fi book. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
6. Read a book named in another book.


🎬 Book 11: Fifty Shades Freed

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book where the main character is an anti-hero. The Lies of Locke Lamora
✓3. Read a book with the word "Daughter" in the title. Daughter of Moloka'i
4. Read a book set in Washington State.
5. Read a book that is Erotica, or, since opposites attract, read a book that is classed as Clean Romance.
6. Read a book with "Angel" or "Seraphim" in the title. What Angels Fear, Clockwork Angel, Broken Angels


🎬 Book 12: First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book by another author with initials J H in any order.
3. Read a book set in Canada or by a Canadian author.
4. Read a book that is set in Space.
5. Read a Biography. We're Going to Need More Wine, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today, Spilled Milk, The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir, Robin, The Polygamist's Daughter, In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers, Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, Becoming +
6. Read a book that is a Pulitzer prize winner or nominee. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, The Underground Railroad, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History


🎬 Book 13: Forever My Girl

Tasks:
1. Read the book. Forever My Girl
2. Read a book about the ancient Romans.
3. Read a book that was first published in 2016.
✓4. Read a book set in Texas. Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
5. Read a book listed as New Adult.
6. Read a book with the word "country" or the author's first or last name is "Travis".


🎬 Book 14: The Girl in the Spider's Web

Tasks:
1. Read the book. The Girl in the Spider's Web
2. Using the letters in "David Lagercrantz" make a word of at least 3 letters long. Read a book with that exact word in it.
3. Read a story where the characters are members of a royal family. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
4. Read a book that is set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author. Us Against You
✓5. Read a book that is Historical Mystery. Use this genre page as a tool. Maisie Dobbs
6. Read a book where the main character is named Elizabeth, Liz, Beth, or Betty.


🎬 Book 15: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book about a library or book shop.
3. Read a book set in a manor or abbey.
4. Read a book set on an island.
✓5. Read a book that is listed as Historical Fiction - War. Both genres must be listed on the main book page. The Alice Network
6. Read a book that has flowers on cover.


🎬 Book 16: The Hate U Give

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book that was a nominee or winner of the National Book Award. An American Marriage
3. Read a book that is set in Iceland, Greenland, or Alaska. The Great Alone
4. Read a book set in Mississippi.
✓5, Read a book that is Realistic Fiction. Use this genre page as a tool. Whisper Me This (on main genre page as most read this week)
6. Read a book with "Carter" in the title or is the author's first or last name.


🎬 Book 17: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book where the main character is a bachelor or bachelorette. The Sleepwalker
3. Read a book with a telescope or satellite on the cover.
✓4. Read a book that is set in a fantasy world. In an Absent Dream
✓5. Read a book that is classified middle grade. The Dark Prophecy
6. Read a book with "coral", "jade", or "emerald" in the title.


🎬 Book 18: Juliet, Naked

Tasks:
1. Read the book. Juliet, Naked
2. Read a book where autism is a significant theme. Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna or House Rules
3. Read a book with a sign on the cover.
4. Read a book set in Pennsylvania.
✓5. Read a book where the main character is a singer. Daisy Jones & The Six
6. Read a book that was a Goodreads Choice Winner in any year.

🎬 Book 19: The Jungle Book - Movie: Mowgli

Tasks:
✓1. Read the book. The Jungle Book
✓2. Read the 5th book in a series, or read any book that is in a series with 5 main works. The Night Window
✓3. Read a book by an author with the name Joe or Joseph. The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple
4. Read a book set in India or by an Indian author.
5. Read a Short Story Anthology. The genre must be listed on the book's main page. Strange Highways
6. Read a book that is a Biblical Fiction retellings. Use this list as a tool.


🎬 Book 20: Little Women

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book with a stormy cover. The Lightning Thief
✓3. Read a Time Travel book. Kindred
4. Read a book set in Massachusetts. Still Alice, Darkness, Take My Hand
✓5. Read a book that is historical Fiction. The Thirteenth Tale
6. Read a book with a strong female lead character. Deadly Secrets


🎬 Book 21: The Little Stranger

Tasks:
1. Read the book
2. Read a book that is set in Wales or is by a Welsh author. The Hiding Place
3. Read a book where the main character has red (ginger) hair. Anne of Green Gables, Eleanor & Park, Written in Red, City of Bones, Making Faces
4. Read a book set in the 1940's +
5. Read a book that is in the Horror genre. The Winter People, Red Hill, Patient Zero, Innocence, Bird Box, 14 +
6. Read a book with a mustache on the cover. Death on the Nile


🎬 Book 22: The Long Home

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book where a significant character served in Vietnam.
3. Read a book where an airplane is on the cover, or the main character is a pilot. The Flying Circus, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
4. Read a book set in Tennessee. This list may be used as a tool. If You Find Me
5. Read a book in the Gothic genre. The Vanishing, Lost Among the Living
✓6. Read a book where food is major theme. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto


🎬 Book 23: Mary Poppins - Movie: Mary Poppins Returns

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book where the main character is human and over the age of 60.
3. Read a book where "Hazel" or "Violet" is in the title or author's name.
4. Read a book set in London, England.
5. Read a book that is a Classics Children book.
6. Read a book with an umbrella on the cover.


🎬 Book 24: Meg

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Read a book from this list.
The Book Thief (78)
3. Read a book where the theme is martial arts.
4. Read a book set in the Pacific Ocean. It may be on the ocean, undersea, or on an island in the ocean.
✓5. Read a book that is classified as Action and/or Thriller. Wolfhunter River
6. Read a book with one of the species of shark's in title. Do not use the word "shark". In the case of a two word species (like great white), either word may be used. Use this site as a reference. The Deep Blue Good-By, Devil in a Blue Dress, I'll Be Your Blue Sky, The Great Alone, White Silence, Snow White Must Die, The Devil in the White City, Bone Dust White, Tiger Lily


🎬 Book 25: Monster

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book about the First Peoples of North America.
✓3. Read a book with sports as a main theme. Us Against You
4. Read a book set in New York City.
✓5. Read a Crime or True Crime story where an police officer or lawyer is not the main character. It may be a private detective. The Nowhere Child
6. Read a book that is set wholly or in part in a prison.


🎬 Book 26: Mortal Engines

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book that is classified as Alternative Fiction or Speculative Fiction.
3. Read a book that is set in Africa or is written by an African author.
4. Read a book that is set in the future.
5. Read a book from the Steampunk genre.
6. Read a book that is first in a series.


🎬 Book 27: Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker - Movie: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book set between 1800 - 1900.
3. Read a book with shoes on the cover.
4. Read a book set in Germany or written by a German author.
✓5. Read a book from the Fantasy genre. Rosemary and Rue
6. Read a book with the main theme of dance.

🎬 Book 28: Ophelia

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book with a dog or dogs as the main focus.
3. Read a book with a tattoo on cover or the, word "tattoo" in the title.
4. Read a book set in Denmark or written by a Danish author.
5. Read a book that is a retelling of a classic.
6. Read a book that has "Castle" in the title, or a castle is shown on the cover. Howl's Moving Castle


🎬 Book 29: Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart - Movie: Mary, Queen of Scots

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book about the Tudors. Use this list as a tool.
✓3. Read a book in which there is a trial. Miracle Creek
4. Read a book that is set in Scotland or written by a Scottish author.
5. Read a biography about a king, queen, president, or other type of leader of a country.
6. Read a book that was written under pseudonym.


🎬 Book 30: Ready Player One

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
✓2. Revisit the Zodiac Challenge and read ONE of the tasks for Aries.
- f. Superhero Ares: Read a book with "God" in title, or mythology genre The Hidden Oracle
3. Read a book with "Eye Glasses" in title or on the cover.
✓4. Read a book set in Ohio or Oklahoma. Where the Heart Is
5. Read a book set in 1980's.
6. Read a Star Trek book or a book where the audiobook edition was narrated by Wil Wheaton. What If?, The Consuming Fire, Head On, Armada


🎬 Book 31: Red Sparrow

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book where the main character is a CIA or FBI agent.
3. Read a book that was an award winner or nominee (of any kind) in 2012.
✓4. Read a book set in Russia or written by a Russian author. A Gentleman in Moscow
5. Read a book from the first 5 pages of this list.
6. Read a book with a bird on cover.


🎬 Book 32: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Tasks:
✓1. Read the book. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
2. Read a book that has "Black" or "White" in title, or where the cover is black and white as the only colors.
3. Revisit the Geocache challenge and read one of the 3 options for: Cathedral of St James in Croatia:
- a Read book set Croatia.
- b. Read a book with "cathedral: in title.
- c. Read a book set in the Renaissance period (14th to 17th century)
✓4. Read a book set near a river or creek. The Long Call
5. Read a book that is classified LGBT.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

🎬 Book 33: A Simple Favor

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read the debut book of any author.
✓3. Read a book set in the 2000's. Sunset Beach
4. Read a book set in Connecticut, Iowa, or Chicago.
5. Read a book that is a Psychological Thriller.
6. Read a book from this list. The Notebook (2), Bridget Jones's Diary (7), Practical Magic (43), Casino Royale (73), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (109), Dead Until Dark (115), Where the Heart Is (125) +


🎬 Book 34: The Sisters Brothers

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book that was a Scotiabank Giller Prize winner or nominee in any year.
3. Read a book from this list. Required - state the book's position on the list. The Thief (4), The Final Empire (6), Death on the Nile (50), The Demon King (78), Finnikin of the Rock (86)
4. Read a book set in Oregon or California.
5. Read a book that is a Western.
6. Read a book with the word "Gold" or "Rush" in the title.


🎬 Book 35: To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Tasks:
1. Read the book.
2. Read a book with art on the cover.
✓3. Read a book featuring vampire(s). Down Among the Sticks and Bones
4. Read a book set in Virginia. Use this list as a tool. The House Girl
✓5. Read a Romance. I Owe You One
6. Read a book with hands on the cover.


🎬 Book 36: A Wrinkle in Time

Tasks:
1. Read the book. A Wrinkle in Time
2. Read a book with a rural setting. Use this list as a tool. Heidi, The Kite Runner, The Horse Whisperer
✓3. Read a book from Oprah's Book Club or from Reece Witherspoon's Book Club. Reece was also an actor in the movie. (Oprah's Book Club Reese's Book Club.) Becoming
✓4. Read a book about explorers. They don't need to be space explorers. Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
5. Read a book that is YA Science Fiction.
6. Read a book about Indigenous people of New Zealand or Australia.

Badge 1: COMPLETED
Select 12 different movies and read one task of your choice from that movie.

Movie, Task, link to Title
1. The Jungle Book, Actor, The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
2. Monster, Actor, Us Against You
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Genre, The Alice Network
4. The Girl in the Spider's Web, genre, Maisie Dobbs
5. Between Shades of Gray / Ashes in the Snow, genre, The Radium Girls
6. The House with a Clock in Its Walls, author, The Sleepwalker
7. Bel Canto, genre, Anything Is Possible
8. Little Women, actor, Kindred
9. Every Day, genre, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10. Annihilation, setting, Who She Is
11. A Wrinkle in Time, actor, Becoming
12. The Long Home, trivia, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Badge 2: COMPLETED
Read 24 more different tasks/books.

Movie, Task, link to Title
1. Monster, genre, The Nowhere Child
2. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, genre, Rosemary and Rue
3. Fifty Shades Freed, actor, Daughter of Moloka'i
4. Ready Player One, setting, Where the Heart Is
5. 12 Strong, genre, Brave, Not Perfect
6. To All the Boys I've Loved Before, actor, Down Among the Sticks and Bones
7. 12 Strong, actor, The Lost Man
8. Crazy Rich Asians, genre, The Girl in the Corner
9. The Hate U Give, genre, Whisper Me This
10. Fahrenheit 451, genre, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
11. Every Day, author, The Mother-in-Law
12. Between Shades of Gray, actor, A Week in Winter
13. Meg, genre, Wolfhunter River
14. Annihilation, genre, Dark Matter
15. Little Women, genre, The Thirteenth Tale
16. The Jungle Book, author, The Night Window
17. Ready Player One, author, The Hidden Oracle
18. Meg, author, The Book Thief
19. A Simple Favor, actor, Sunset Beach
20. The Hate U Give, author, An American Marriage
21. To All the Boys I've Loved Before, genre, I Owe You One
22. The House with a Clock in Its Walls, genre, The Dark Prophecy
23. Boy Erased, author, Recursion
24. A Wrinkle in Time, setting, Doctor Who: The Stone Rose

Badge 3:
Read 36 more different tasks/books.

Movie, Task, link to Title
1. Bel Canto, Trivia, The Secret Life of Bees
2. Forever My Girl, Setting, Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
3. The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Setting, In an Absent Dream
4. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart, Actor, Miracle Creek
5. Juliet, Naked, Genre, Daisy Jones & The Six
6. Little Women, Author, The Lightning Thief
7. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Read the Book, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
8. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Setting, The Long Call
9. Red Sparrow, Setting, A Gentleman in Moscow
10. The Jungle Book, Read The Book, The Jungle Book
11. The Death Cure, Genre, The Grace Year
12. 12 Strong, Author, The Fourth Monkey
13. Bel Canto, Actor, Educated
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Reporting:

1. Badge #, Book #
2. Movie:
3. Task:
4. Book Link:
5. Pages:
6. Task Summary:
7. How the book fits:
8. Specifications:

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I finished my first book for the year and for this challenge! I read The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride and it was really good. :)

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Movie: 19 The Jungle Book
3. Task: 3 Actor: Peter Mullanis
4. Book Link: The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
5. Pages: 234 (I read the Kindle. There is no hardcover. Both Kindle and paperback have 234 pages.)
6. Task Summary: Read a book by an author with the name Joe or Joseph.
7. How the book fits: author is Joe Siple
8. Specifications: none

Woot! First one is in the bag. :)

Yay, Kristie!

Good work kristie!

Great job Kristie!

Thanks, ladies!

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Movie: 25 Monster
3. Task: 3 Actor: John David Washington
4. Book Link: Us Against You
5. Pages: 448 (I read the Kindle. The hardcover is 448 pages.)
6. Task Summary: Read a book with sports as a main theme.
7. How the book fits: hockey is a main theme in the book
8. Specifications: none

Did you like the book, Kristie?

Claire wrote: "Did you like the book, Kristie?"

I did, but not as much as the first one. It was a little too political and I was frustrated by too much false foreshadowing. Otherwise, it was very good. Backman knows how to make you care about the characters.

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Movie: 15 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3. Task: 5 Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, War
4. Book Link: The Alice Network
5. Pages: 715 (I listened to the audio. The hardcover is 715 pages.)
6. Task Summary: Read a book that is listed as Historical Fiction - War.
7. How the book fits: it is a historical fiction set during WWI and searching for people just post WWII.
8. Specifications: Both genres must be listed on the main book page.

Copied from the book's main page:
GENRES
Historical > Historical Fiction 2,896 users
Fiction 1,053 users
Historical 480 users
War > World War II 283 users

You are off to a good start Kristie!

Thanks, Sarah!

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Movie: 14 The Girl in the Spider's Web
3. Task: 5 Genre: Historical Mystery
4. Book Link: Maisie Dobbs
5. Pages: 294 (I listened to the audio. The hardcover is 294 pages.)
6. Task Summary: Read a book that is Historical Mystery.
7. How the book fits: The book is #14 on the Best Historical Mystery list and listed in the "POPULAR HISTORICAL MYSTERY BOOKS" using the genre tool provided. Both historical and mystery are listed genres on the books main page.
8. Specifications: explain how the book fits the genre done above.

From main book page:
GENRES
Mystery 2,867 users
Historical > Historical Fiction 1,398 users
Fiction 885 users
Historical 357 users

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Movie: 4 Between Shades of Gray, Movie name: Ashes in the Snow
3. Task: 5 Genre: Historic Fiction
4. Book Link: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
5. Pages: 479 (I listened to the audio. The hardcover is 479 pages.)
6. Task Summary: Read a book featuring women in history.
7. How the book fits: The book is about the women that worked with radium painting watch dials in the early 1900's.
8. Specifications: none

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Movie: 17 The House with a Clock in Its Walls
3. Task: 2: John Bellairs
4. Book Link: The Sleepwalker
5. Pages: 304
6. Task Summary: Read a book where the main character is a bachelor or bachelorette.
7. How the book fits: The main character is the daughter of the missing woman. She is a 21 year old single woman.
8. Specifications: none

1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. Movie: 25 Monster
3. Task: 5 Genre: Crime
4. Book Link: The Nowhere Child
5. Pages: 384 (I read the Kindle, the hardcover is 384 pages)
6. Task Summary: Read a Crime or True Crime story where an police officer or lawyer is not the main character.
7. How the book fits: The story is about a kidnapped girl. The girl (and her biological father) are the two main characters.
8. Specifications: genre on main page



Janice, just want to confirm this one is ok here. There is a police officer that is trying to solve the kidnapping in the past parts of the book. Those chapters are mostly, I think, from her father's perspective along with the police officer and other members of her family and community. The present parts of the book are from the kidnapped girl's perspective. So, there are a few chapters that are from the police officer's perspective. Since the book is close to 50/50 past/present, I'd guess maybe 20% could be from the police officer.

I'll accept it Kristie.

Thanks, Janice.

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Movie: 3 Bel Canto
3. Task: 5 Genre: Literary Fiction
4. Book Link: Anything Is Possible
5. Pages: 254
6. Task Summary:Read a book that is Literary Fiction.
7. How the book fits: book has literary fiction listed on main book page.
8. Specifications: Genre must be listed on main book page.

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Movie: 20 Little Women
3. Task: 3 Actor
4. Book Link: Kindred
5. Pages: 264 (listened to audio, hardcover is 264p)
6. Task Summary: Read a Time Travel book.
7. How the book fits: The book involves time travel and has time travel listed on main book page.
8. Specifications: The genre must be listed on the book's main page.

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Movie: 9 Every Day
3. Task: 5 Genre: YA Fantasy
4. Book Link: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5. Pages: 189p (listened to audio, hardcover is 189p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book that is YA Fantasy.
7. How the book fits: The book is listed as YA Fantasy on its main page.
8. Specifications: The genre must be listed on the book's main page.

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Movie: 2 Annihilation
3. Task: 4 Setting: Eastern Coast USA
4. Book Link: Who She Is
5. Pages: 280p (read ebook, no hardcover edition, both paperback & ebook are 280p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book set in Florida.
7. How the book fits: The book is set mostly in Valencia, Florida.
8. Specifications: none

Just two more! :D

It feels good to be so close.

It does! I'm hoping to get two badges, so that is a good start.

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Movie: 36 A Wrinkle in Time
3. Task: 3 Actor: Oprah Winfrey
4. Book Link: Becoming
5. Pages: 426p (mostly listened to audio, also read part of hardcover which is 426p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book from Oprah's Book Club or from Reece Witherspoon's Book Club.
7. How the book fits: The book was from Oprah's Book Club
8. Specifications: none

Just one more to go, Kristie. I'm glad you finished Becoming. What was your overall impression?

I really enjoyed it. She did get a little political towards the end, but mostly it was just about her and her relationship with Barack, her goals with work and her children. She spoke about being in the White House, what that felt like for her and what she hoped to accomplish. I thought it was really interesting and I found her very relatable. I'm glad I read it.

I should get to that last one next month. :)

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. Movie: 22 The Long Home
3. Task: 6 Trivia
4. Book Link: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
5. Pages: 205p (listened to audio, hardcover is 205p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book where food is major theme.
7. How the book fits: The book was all about food.
8. Specifications: none

Woot! Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)

Janice wrote: "Woot! Congrats on finishing the first badge. :)"

Thanks!

Yaaaaaay Kristie!

1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Movie: 27 Nutcracker and the Four Realms
3. Task: 5 Genre
4. Book Link: Rosemary and Rue
5. Pages: 384p (listened to audio, hardcover is 384p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book from the Fantasy genre.
7. How the book fits: The book is in the fantasy genre.
8. Specifications: The genre must be listed on the book's main page.

1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Movie: 11 Fifty Shades Freed
3. Task: 3 Actor
4. Book Link: Daughter of Moloka'i
5. Pages: 309p (hardcover)
6. Task Summary: Read a book with the word "Daughter" in the title.
7. How the book fits: Has the word "Daughter" in the title.
8. Specifications: none

1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Movie: 30 Ready Player One
3. Task:4. Setting
4. Book Link: Where the Heart Is
5. Pages: 326p (mass market paperback)
6. Task Summary: Read a book set in Ohio or Oklahoma.
7. How the book fits: Book was set in Oklahoma.
8. Specifications: none

1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Movie: 1 12 Strong
3. Task: 5 Genre
4. Book Link: Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
5. Pages: 208p (read Kindle, hardcover is 208p)
6. Task Summary: Read a book that is non-fiction.
7. How the book fits: Book is non-fiction. It is the top genre on the book's main page.
8. Specifications: The genre must be listed on the book's main page.

Sorry for posting so many at once, Janice! I've been too busy to post lately, but reading like mad.