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

For 2025, we're going to make lists utilizing the alphabet.

General Rules
Reporting Rules

sample Completion Post
1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. List 1, Task 1
3. Link – Ghost Story
4. Listened to Audiobook, 22:33 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of Ghosts.
6. As the title indicates, this is a ghost story. "Ghosts" also show on the main book page as a genre.

List One - Themes DONE

(view spoiler)[Badge One will be based on Themes. (15 books)

B - Books about books Once Upon a Wardrobe
C - Childhood The Secret Garden
D - Dogs I Am The Codyman
F - Fantasy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
G - Ghosts The Remains of the Dead
H - History The Unknown Ajax
L - Love Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
M - Mythology Expecting Someone Taller
N - Nature My Family and Other Animals
P - Pirates Sassinak
R - Religion The 7-Day Christian
S - Survival Titanic Affair
T - True Crime Catch Me If You Can
V - Villainy The Robe of Skulls
W - Women Back on Blossom Street (hide spoiler)]

Badge One Tracking

(view spoiler)[B - Once Upon a Wardrobe 2/1/25 *****
C - The Secret Garden 1/10/25 *****
D - I Am The Codyman 1/23/25 ****
F - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1/28/25 *****
G - The Remains of the Dead 1/7/25 ***
H - The Unknown Ajax 3/16/25 *****
L - Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes 1/17/25 *****
M - Expecting Someone Taller 1/14/25 ****
N - My Family and Other Animals 3/10/25 ****
P - Sassinak 1/2/25 ****
R - The 7-Day Christian 1/5/25 ****
S - Titanic Affair 2/10/25 ***
T - Catch Me If You Can 3/18/25 ***
V - The Robe of Skulls 1/4/25 ***
W - Back on Blossom Street 1/25/25 **** (hide spoiler)]

List Two - Titles DONE

(view spoiler)[A - As Death Draws Near
B - Bone Crossed
C - Calling on Dragons
D - A Dead Bore
E - Eclipse Bay
F - Fire Touched
G - The Glass Magician
H - The Hound of the Baskervilles
I - The Inseparable Mr. and Mrs. Darcy
J - Jane and the Careless Corpse
K - Kiss and Spell
L - The Late Mrs. Willoughby
M - Mythe: A Fairy Tale
N - No Stone Unturned
O - The Orchid Affair
P - The Phantom of the Opera
Q - A Quiet Life in the Country
R - Ravished
S - Sweep in Peace
T - Too Hot to Handel: Another John Pickett Mystery
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
V - The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
W - The Work of Art
Y - You Go First
Z - Zombie Abbey (hide spoiler)]

Badge Two Tracking

(view spoiler)[A - As Death Draws Near 3/25/25 ****
B - Bone Crossed 3/30/25 ****
C - Calling on Dragons 4/11/25 ***
D - A Dead Bore 3/22/25 ***
E - Eclipse Bay 4/9/25 ****
F - Fire Touched 3/31/25 ****
G - The Glass Magician 4/24/25 ****
H - The Hound of the Baskervilles 4/20/25 ****
I - The Inseparable Mr. and Mrs. Darcy 4/27/25 ***
J - Jane and the Careless Corpse 4/2/25 ***
K - Kiss and Spell 5/5/25 ****
L - The Late Mrs. Willoughby 4/14/25 ****
M - Mythe: A Fairy Tale 5/3/25 ****
N - No Stone Unturned 4/16/25 ****
O - The Orchid Affair 5/12/25 ****
P - The Phantom of the Opera 5/13/25 ****
Q - A Quiet Life in the Country 5/14/25 ***
R - Ravished 4/21/25 ***
S - Sweep in Peace 3/21/25 ****
T - Too Hot to Handel 3/26/25 ***
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 5/21/25 ****
V - The Vampire's Mail Order Bride 5/24/25 ***
W - The Work of Art 5/10/25 ***
Y - You Go First 6/4/25 ***
Z - Zombie Abbey 5/29/25 *** (hide spoiler)]

Lists Three/Four - alphabetically Male and Female Authors DONE

(view spoiler)[✅A - Carl Ashmore
✅B - L. Frank Baum
✅C - Charles Dickens
✅D - Derek Landy
✅E - Anna Elliott
✅F - Alan Dean Foster
✅G - Georgette Heyer
✅H - Charlaine Harris
✅I - Ilona Andrews
✅J - Julie Campbell
✅K - Jayne Ann Krentz
✅L - Linda Howard
✅M - Mary Roberts Rinehart
✅N - Lloyd D. Newell
✅O - Robert C. O'Brien
✅P - Patrick Kampman
✅Q - Amanda Quick
✅R - Rick Riordan
✅S - Sarah A. Hoyt and Sofie Skapski
✅T - Terri Reid
✅U - Kenechi Udogu
✅V - Victoria Laurie
✅W - Lawrence Watt-Evans
✅Y - Karen Romano Young
✅Z - Diane Zahler (hide spoiler)]

Badge Three tracking

(view spoiler)[A - Ashmore, Carl's The Time Hunters 6/22/25 ***
B - Baum, L. Frank's The Daring Twins 6/30/25 ****
C - Charles Dickens's Old Lamps for New Ones 6/10/25 ***
D - Derek Landy's Scepter of the Ancients 6/5/25 ***
E - Elliott, Anna's Susanna and the Spy 8/5/25 ***
F - Foster, Alan Dean's For Love of Mother-Not 7/29/25 ****
G - Georgette Heyer's The Corinthian 8/26/25 ****
H - Harris, Charlaine's Three Bedrooms, One Corpse 7/2/25 ****
I - Ilona Andrews's Magic Rises 7/28/25 ****
J - Julie Campbell's The Mystery Off Glen Road 6/10/25 **
K - Krentz, Jayne Ann's The Vanishing 7/13/25 ****
L - Linda Howard's White Lies 6/9/25 ****
M - Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Window at the White Cat 6/8/25 ***
N - Newell, Lloyd D.'s Blessed 7/15/25 ****
O - O'Brien, Robert C.'s Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 8/8/25 ****
P - Patrick Kampman's The Haunting of Pico 6/28/25 ***
Q - Quick, Amanda's Garden of Lies 6/15/25 ****
R - Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief 7/20/25 ****
S - Sarah A. Hoyt and Sofie Skapski's A Touch of Night 6/9/25 ***
T - Terri Reid's Never Forgotten 6/9/25 ****
U - Udogu, Kenechi's The Other Slipper 8/13/25 ***
V - Victoria Laurie's Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye 7/8/25 ***
W - Watt-Evans, Lawrence's The Misenchanted Sword 7/24/25 ***
Y - Young, Karen Romano's A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon 8/24/25 ***
Z - Zahler, Diane's Princess of the Wild Swans 7/30/25 *** (hide spoiler)]

List Five - Specified Object on Cover

(view spoiler)[✅Airplane
✅B- Butterfly
✅C- Chair
✅D- Dishes
✅Elephant
✅F- Fruit
✅G- Gate
✅H- Horse
✅I- Insect
✅J- Jewel/Jewelry
✅K- Key
✅L - Lighthouse
✅M - Mansion
✅N- Night Sky
✅O - Orange Cover
✅P - Picture within a picture
✅Q- Quilt
✅R- Rose
✅S- Sky
✅T- Tea Cup
✅U- Umbrella
✅V- Vase with Flowers
✅W - Water
✅Y - 75% Yellow Cover
✅Z- Zeppelin (hide spoiler)]

Badge Four Tracking - DONE

(view spoiler)[Airplane - Elly's Ghost 10/11/25 ***
Butterfly - The Butterfly Conspiracy 9/15/25 ***
Chair - Finding Mary Blaine 9/19/25 ****
Dishes - Dinner Most Deadly 10/7/25 ***
Elephant - The Magician's Elephant: 10/28/25 ***
Fruit - Twilight 10/27/25 ****
Gate - The Spotted Dog Last Seen 10/14/25 ***
Horse - The Toll-Gate 10/13/25 ****
Insect - The Clockwork Scarab 10/1/25 ***
Jewel/Jewelry - With This Ring 9/4/25 ****
Key - Second Sight 9/9/25 ****
Lighthouse - Lighthouse Cottage 10/16/25 ***
Mansion - The Six-Month Marriage 10/5/25 ***
Night Sky - White Lies 10/21/25 ****
Orange Cover - Real Murders 9/22/25 ****
Picture within a picture - Of Paupers and Peers 9/7/25 ***
Quilt - Tie Died: A Quilting Cozy 10/28/25 ***
Rose - Crystal Gardens 8/29/25 ****
Sky (50% of cover) - Madam, Will You Talk? 9/23/25 ****
Tea Cup - Death Is a Cabaret 9/24/25 ***
Umbrella - Soulless 10/17/25 ***
Vase with Flowers - Clementine and Beech 10/28/25 ***
Water - Wildfire at Midnight 9/14/25 ***
Yellow Cover - The Secrets of Wishtide 9/2/25 ****
Zeppelin - Changeless 10/19/25 *** (hide spoiler)]

List Seven - Specific Word in Title

✅A- Away
✅B- Black
✅C- Crow
✅D- Dark
✅E- Evening
✅F- Fortune
✅G- Girl
✅H- Hand
✅I- Island
✅J- June
K- Kind A Texas Kind of Christmas
✅L- Lord
✅M- Murder
✅N- Name
✅O- Opal
✅P- People
✅Q- Quiet
R- Rain Be Buried in the Rain, Midnight Rain, Texas Rain
✅S- Silver
✅T- Tree
✅U- Under
✅V- Valley
✅W- West
Y- Young Young Fredle, The Young Clementina
✅Z- Zebra or Zero

Badge Five Tracking

Away - Faint and Far Away 11/16/25 ***
Black - Black Sheep 11/13/25 ****
Crow - Eye of the Crow 11/5/25 ***
Dark - Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark 11/22/25 ****
Evening - An Evening at Almack's 10/30/25 ***
Fortune - A Gentleman of Fortune 11/8/25 ****
Girl - When All the Girls Have Gone 11/10/25 ****
Hand - In Safe Hands 11/25/25 ***
Island - Somber Island 11/1/25 ****
June - My Jasper June 12/6/25 ***
K- Kind
Lord - Lord Iverbrook's Heir 11/22/25 ***
Murder - This Side of Murder 10/30/25 ***
Name - A Lady by Any Other Name 11/27/25 ***
Opal - The Opal Deception 11/30/25 ***
People - God Wants A Powerful People 12/9/25 ****
Quiet - A Quiet Life in the Country 11/4/25 ***
R- Rain
Silver - Silver Borne 11/15/25 ****
Tree - Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree 11/24/25 ***
Under - Damsel Under Stress 10/29/25 ****
Valley - The Valley of Lost Secrets 10/31/25 ****
W- West Aunt Dimity Goes West 11/24/25 ***
Y- Young
Z- Zebra or Zero Zero Visibility 12/7/25 ***

2025 is FINALLY here! I am so ready to start!

Me too!

Completion Post


1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. List 1, Task P - Pirates
3. Sassinak (Planet Pirates, #1)
4. I read the ebook; it has 252 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Piracy.
6. The story is about the MC's experience with pirates as a child and her determination to fight piracy as an adult.

Annnd... she's off!

Janice wrote: "Annnd... she's off!"

It feels great!

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1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. List 1, Task V - Villainy
3. The Robe of Skulls
4. I read the ebook; it has 209 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Villainy.
6. The story is about two villains that team up to do some dastardly deeds.

After a book about piracy and a book about villainy, I needed something uplifting!

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1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. List 1, Task R - Religion
3. The 7-Day Christian: How Living Your Beliefs Every Day Can Change the World
4. I listened to the audio book; it is 3 hours and 30 minutes.
5. Read a book with a theme of Religion.
6. The book is about Christianity, which is a religion.

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1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. List 1, Task G - Ghosts
3. The Remains of the Dead
4. I read the ebook; it is 288 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Ghosts.
6. The book is about the MC and her ability to see and talk with ghosts. They help her solve a mystery.

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1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. List 1, Task C - Childhood
3. The Secret Garden
4. I read the ebook; it is 308 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Childhood.
6. The book is about two children and their childhoods.

This remains one of my favourite books of all time.

Janice wrote: "This remains one of my favourite books of all time."

Mine, too. I was so glad when you gave it as an example for the Childhood theme.

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1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. List 1, Task M - Mythology
3. Expecting Someone Taller
4. I read the ebook; it is 237 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Mythology.
6. Because of an accident, the MC becomes involved with Norse mythology. Some characters are: the giant Ingolf, Wotan, Erda, the Norns, and the Rhinemaidens.

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1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. List 1, Task L - Love
3. Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
4. I read the ebook; it is 224 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Love.
6. The book shows several different types of love: romantic love, love for friends, and love of the arts.

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1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. List 1, Task D - Dogs
3. I Am The Codyman
4. I read the ebook; it is 308 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Dogs.
6. The book is about a dog that lives in a hotel and is able to help the people that work there and the people that visit the hotel. The author writes the dog's thoughts as part of the narrative.

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1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. List 1, Task W - Women
3. Back on Blossom Street
4. I read the ebook; it is 398 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Women.
6. The story is about five women, the struggles they experience, how they strengthen and help each other, and how they overcome their trials.

Yarn seems to be my theme today. Heading to Michaels to get more colourful yarn is on my todo list today.

Janice wrote: "Yarn seems to be my theme today. Heading to Michaels to get more colourful yarn is on my todo list today."

Have fun finding just the right yarn!

I understand Michaels has started carrying fabric. I haven't been there to see if it's any good. Hmm, maybe put a trip to Michaels on my to-do list for tomorrow?

I'm pretty sure I saw fat quarters there, but not yardage.

Janice wrote: "I'm pretty sure I saw fat quarters there, but not yardage."

I went to Michaels to check out what fabric they had. I found a whole row of shelves full of bolts of fabric.

Lots of licensed material, some batik, some Kona solids, but not really any well-known lines, like Riley Blake, Moda, or Benartex. It seemed that the fabric looked a lot like what I'd find at JoAnn.

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1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. List 1, Task F - Fantasy
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
4. I read the ebook; it is 345 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Fantasy.
6. The story is about a boy learning that a world of fantasy is real. (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first book on the Fantasy genre shelf.)

Lanelle wrote: "Janice wrote: "I'm pretty sure I saw fat quarters there, but not yardage."

I went to Michaels to check out what fabric they had. I found a whole row of shelves full of bolts of fabric.

Lots of l..."

Must be the difference between the locations in US and Canada.

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1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. List 1, Task B - Books about Books
3. Once Upon a Wardrobe
4. I read the ebook; it is 311 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Books about Books.
6. The story is about a boy and his older sister asking questions about C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
"Books About Books" is on the book's main page.
"It's a love letter to books and stories..." - THE WASHINGTON POST

Janice, thank you so much for this year-long challenge. There have been a few times where I had to search for a book to fit a category and found an amazing book. This is one of those times.

Once Upon a Wardrobe is an incredible story! I'm going to suggest that my IRL book club read and discuss it!

That's great Lanelle. That is the best part of challenges.

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1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. List 1, Task S - Survival
3. Titanic Affair
4. I read the ebook; it is 253 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Survival.
6. The MC goes through a series of trials that she has to survive - a violent stalker, ridicule from the upper class, an attempted kidnapping, and finally the sinking of the Titanic.

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1. Badge 1, Book 13
2. List 1, Task N - Nature
3. My Family and Other Animals
4. I read the ebook; it is 292 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Nature.
6. The MC thoroughly investigates his surroundings for fish, insects, birds, and other animals while living on the island of Corfu.

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1. Badge 1, Book 14
2. List 1, Task H - History
3. The Unknown Ajax
4. I read the ebook; it is 386 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of History.
6. 'Historical' is on the book's main page, and the story is about a family, its history, and how it affects the current generation.

One to go! Woot!

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1. Badge 1, Book 15
2. List 1, Task T - True Crime
3. Catch Me If You Can
4. I listened to the audio book; it was 8 hours and 26 minutes long.
5. Read a book with a theme of True Crime.
6. 'True Crime' is on the book's main page, and the book is an autobiography of a real criminal.

Congrats on finishing Badge 1, Lanelle. :)

Janice wrote: "Congrats on finishing Badge 1, Lanelle. :)"

Thank you!

Completion Post


1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. List 2, Task S
3. Sweep in Peace
4. I read the ebook; it is 315 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with an S.
6. The title begins with an S.

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1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. List 2, Task D
3. A Dead Bore
4. I read the ebook; it is 280 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with a D.
6. The title begins with a D.

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1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. List 2, Task A
3. As Death Draws Near
4. I read the ebook; it is 349 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with an A.
6. The title begins with an A.

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1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. List 2, Task T
3. Too Hot to Handel: Another John Pickett Mystery
4. I read the ebook; it is 200 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with a T.
6. The title begins with a T.

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1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. List 2, Task B
3. Bone Crossed
4. I read the ebook; it is 303 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with a B.
6. The title begins with a B.

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1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. List 2, Task F
3. Fire Touched
4. I read the ebook; it is 350 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with an F.
6. The title begins with an F.

Completion Post


1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. List 2, Task J
3. Jane and the Careless Corpse
4. I read the ebook; it is 248 pages
5. Read a book with a title that begins with a J.
6. The title begins with a J.