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Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments Badge 1: Themes

Badge One will be based on Themes. We are not doing a full alphabet so as to accommodate all readers and their ability to complete books. We want everyone to be able to complete a badge. Badge One will be for 15 books.

B - Books about books What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
😸C - Childhood A Monster Calls
D - Dogs Zijn geur na de regen (English version: Ubac and Me: A Life of Love and Adventure with a French Mountain Dog)
😸F - Fantasy Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres
😸G - Ghosts Before the Coffee Gets Cold
😸H - History Horse
😸L - Love Moose Be Love
😸M - Mythology The Shadow of the Gods
😸N - Nature Vos & ik
😸P - Pirates Gobbelino London and a Menace of Mermaids
😸R - Religion De erfenis van de Tempeliers
😸S - Survival The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
T - True Crime If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
😸V - Villainy Stillhouse Lake
😸W - Women De wereldwijde oorlog tegen vrouwen (Original translation: The War on Women)


message 9: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Mar 16, 2025 05:16AM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. List 1, Task 15: M: Women
3. Link – De wereldwijde oorlog tegen vrouwen
4. Paperback, 301 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of Women.
6. This is the Dutch translation of The War on Women: a book about women in some parts of the world.


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Janice (jamasc) | 60286 comments Oops, I saw "task 15" and read it at Book 15. I was going to congratulate you on finishing the badge. LOL!

Congrats on getting on the board with your first book complete. :)


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments Haha, that would be very fast of me, Janice :D


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Janice (jamasc) | 60286 comments I've already given out 3 badges. And it's still January. Crazy!


message 13: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Mar 16, 2025 05:11AM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. List 1, Task 4: F: fantasy
3. Link –Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres
4. ebook Kindle, 400 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of fantasy
6. The book is tagged 'fantasy' on the MPG.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 3.
2. List 1, Task 10: Pirates.
3. Link - Gobbelino London and a Menace of Mermaids
4. ebook Kindle, 334 pages.
5. Read a book with a theme of pirates.
6. Gobbelino and Callum are getting on board of the pirate ship The Savage Squid with pirate captain Hilda and her parrot Polly.


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Janice (jamasc) | 60286 comments I see "Cats" is on the main page genre list. I'm intrigued.


message 16: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Mar 16, 2025 11:14PM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments I really recommend the series. Gobs is great! You'll get tears from laughter (and some, because of his sad background)...


message 17: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Jun 29, 2025 08:41AM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 4.
2. List 1, Task 7: Love.
3. Link - Moose Be Love
4. ebook Kindle, 268 pages.
5. Read a book with a love - theme.
6. 'Love' in the title and 'romance' as a genre.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 5.
2. List 1, Task 12: Survival
3. Link - The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
4. ebook Kindle, 336 pages.
5. Read a book with a survival- theme.
6. Annie and her fourlegged friends are crossing America. Survival is important to accomplish their journey.


message 19: by Saar The Book owl (last edited Jul 07, 2025 09:18AM) (new)

Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 6.
2. List 1, Task 9: Nature
3. Link - Vos & ik
4. Hardcover, 320 pages.
5. Read a book with a nature- theme.
6. Catherine is a biologist and scientist living in the wild nature of Montana.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 7.
2. List 1, Task 11: Religion
3. Link - De erfenis van de Tempeliers
4. Hardcover, 496 pages.
5. Read a book with a religio,- theme.
6. This book is about the Last Templars, Christianity, islam, etc.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 8.
2. List 1, Task 8: Mythology
3. Link - The Shadow of the Gods
4. Hardcover, 478 pages.
5. Read a book with a mythology- theme.
6. This book is about Norse mythology.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 9.
2. List 1, Task 14: Villainy
3. Link - Carl's Doomsday Scenario
4. Kindle, 364 pages.
5. Read a book with a villainy- theme.
6. Carl needs to kill mobs, creatures...It's kill or be killed. And he needs to watch his back, because there are lots of other villainy going on.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 10.
2. List 1, Task 6: History
3. Link - Horse
4. Kindle, 413 pages.
5. Read a book with a history - theme.
6. The story is set in the 19th century, during slavery and Civil War, also set in 1950's New York and in more present times.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 11.
2. List 1, Task 2: Childhood
3. Link - A Monster Calls
4. Paperback, 226 pages.
5. Read a book with a childhood - theme.
6. The story is about Conor, who is 13 years old and his mother has cancer. That has a great impact on his childhood.


message 25: by Janice, Moderator (new)

Janice (jamasc) | 60286 comments It's an excellent book.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments Yes, I think it's my second or third read now and I still get tears.


Saar The Book owl | 2675 comments 1. Badge 1, book 12.
2. List 1, task 5: ghosts.
3. Link - Before the Coffee Gets Cold
4. Paperback, 293 pages.
5. Read a book with a ghosts - theme.
6. There's a ghost that sits at a specific table. She was a former customer that didn't drank her coffee in time when visiting the past and now her coffee went cold.


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