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✅ Completed

Badge One - 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: The Booklover's Library 💻 1/19/2025
✅ 📍C - Childhood: This Tender Land 💻 3/9/2025
✅ 📍D - Dogs: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle KU 6/9/2025
✅ 📍F - Fantasy: Moon Called 💻 6/24/2025
✅ 📍G - Ghosts: Mischief in Mudbug 💻 1/31/2025
✅ 📍H - History: A Girl Called Samson 📱 3/38/3035
✅ 📍L - The History of Love 💻 2/23/2025
✅ 📍M - Mythology: Ariadne KU 7/5/2025
✅ 📍N - Nature: Eruption 💻 2/18/2025
✅ 📍P - Pirates: Treasure Island 💻 3/21/2025
✅ 📍R - Religion: The Sisters Weiss 💻 7/11/2025
✅ 📍S - Survival: The Island of Sea Women 💻 4/2/2025
✅ 📍T - True Crime: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession 💻 6/3/2025
✅📍 V - Villainy: Starter Villain 💻 1/12/2025
✅ 📍W - Women: The Briar Club 📱 1/26/2025

Badge Two - Titles.
Read books alphabetically by Title.

✅ A: Apostle's Cove 💻 9/6/2025
✅ B: Beautiful Ugly 8/3/2025
✅ C: Change of Fortune 9/28/2025
D: Darling Girls KU 💻, Don't Let Him In 💻, Daughters of Shandong 💻. The Dovekeepers 💻
E: End of Story 💻 The Echo of Old Books KU
✅ F: Fortune Hunter 💻 8/5/2025
G: The Great Divide 💻 Go as a River 💻,
✅ H: Hurricane Force 💻 7/19/2025
✅ I: Isola 💻 8/29/2025
✅ J: James 💻 10/23/2025
✅ K: The King's Messenger 💻 8/18/2025
✅ L: Later Gator 💻 8/16/2025
✅ M: The Measure 💻KU 9/13/2025
✅ N: The Names 💻 7/23/2025
O: Orbital; 💻 One Good Thing 💻
P: Prize Women; 💻 The Paris Agent 💻, The Paris Notebook 📱
✅ Q: The Queens of Crime 💻 7/17/2025
✅ R: Reel of Fortune 💻 10/12/2025
✅ S: The Stolen Queen💻 7/29/2025
✅ T: Tilt 💻 7/31/2025
✅ U: The Unwedding 💻 10/1/2025
V: The Vaster Wilds 💻 The Voyage of the Morning Light NM
W: When the World Goes Quiet KU When the Moon Hits Your Eye The Women of Arlington Hall 📱, The Woman with No Name 💻
Y: Yellowface 💻, Your Presence Is Mandatory NM
Z: Zoe's Tale 📚 NM , Zero Day 💻

I don't know if I'll get to the end of this Badge, but I'll plan for it anyway.

Badge 1, Book 1

2. List 1, Task V: Villains
3. Link: Starter Villain
4. Kindle book: 264 pages
5. Read a book with a theme Villains
6. This is a book full of billionaire villains.

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Yay! First one done. Too bad it was a dud for you. :( Fingers crossed the next one will be great.

Badge 1, Book 2

2. List 1, Task B: Books about books
3. Link: The Booklover's Library
4. Kindle book: 396 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of books about books
6. "Books about books" is listed as a genre on the main book page. Books and reading permeates the story from start to finish.

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Badge 1, Book 3

2. List 1, Task W: Women
3. Link: The Briar Club
4. Kindle book: 430 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of women
6. The novel focuses on a boardinghouse for women in Washington D.C. during the McCarthy era delving into their lives and friendships.

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Badge 1, Book 4

2. List 1, Task G: Ghosts
3. Link: Mischief in Mudbug
4. Kindle book: 304 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of ghosts
6. One of the characters is the ghost of Helena Henry, the murdered mother-in-law of one of the other characters.

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Badge 1, Book 5

2. List 1, Task N: Nature
3. Link: Eruption
4. Kindle book: 419 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Nature
6. This is a book about a major eruption of a volcano in Hawai'i.

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Don't mess with Mother Nature. She'll win every time.

Badge 1, Book 6

2. List 1, Task L: Love
3. Link: The History of Love
4. Kindle book: 280 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Love
6. This is a book about love found, love lost and love searched for.

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The book was very moving, sometimes (many) sad, but sometimes funny. I'm going to have to read it again.

Badge 1, Book 7

2. List 1, Task C: Childhood
3. Link: This Tender Land
4. Kindle book: 461 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Childhood
6. The main characters are all children.

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Badge 1, Book 8

2. List 1, Task P: Pirates
3. Link: Treasure Island
4. Kindle book: 246 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Pirates
6. The many of the characters are pirates.

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Badge 1, Book 9

2. List 1, Task H: History
3. Link: A Girl Called Samson
4. Kindle book: 405 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of History
6. The story is about a woman who poses as a man and serves as a soldier during the Revolutionary War.

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I enjoyed that book as well Roz.

Badge 1, Book 10

2. List 1, Task S: Survival
3. Link: The Island of Sea Women
4. Kindle book: 383 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Survival
6. The story is centers on 2 women living on Jeju Island in Korea and how they survive their lives working in the ocean as part of a diving collective as well as what the people of Jeju endured to survive the occupation of the Japanese, and the post Korean War era.

⭐⭐ (it was just okay for me)

Badge 1, Book 11

2. List 1, Task T: True Crime
3. Link: The Art Thief
4. Kindle book: 384 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of True Crime
6. The story is about Stephane Breitwieser, an art thief during the 1990s and early 2000s.

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I was amazed at how lax security was at the museums he stole from and how easily he was able to do what he did. Next time I'm in a museum I'll be looking at the exhibits a bit differently.

Badge 1, Book 12

2. List 1, Task D: Dogs
3. Link: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
4. Kindle book: 576 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Dogs
6. The story is a mute boy whose family raises and trains a breed of dogs. The dogs play a significant role in the story, the breeding techniques used, training techniques used, the special bonds that are forged between the humans and dogs as the story develops. They are essential to the story's development

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Badge 1, Book 13

2. List 1, Task F: Fantasy
3. Link: Moon Called
4. Kindle book: 298 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Fantasy
6. The story is about packs of werewolves, vampires, fae, all of which are elements of urban fantasy.

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Badge 1, Book 14

2. List 1, Task M: Mythology
3. Link: Ariadne
4. Kindle book: 311 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Mythology
6. The story is about the life and times of the Ariadne in Greek mythology.

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Badge 1, Book 15

2. List 1, Task R: Religion
3. Link: The Sisters Weiss
4. Kindle book: 336 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Religion
6. The story is centers on 2 sisters raised in an ultra-orthodox Jewish environment. One leaves (runs away) to be free of the constraints of her upbringing, while her younger sister remains behind. The book explores the religious community's beliefs, strictures and customs and the effects they have upon women's lives.

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Woohoo! I finished Badge 1!
Now on to Badge 2

Congrats on earning Badge 1, Roz. Which list will you do for badge 2?

Oh, I didn’t realize I had a choice. I’ll have to think about this, see what I want to read and how/where the books fit the best.
Badge 2 will be based on Titles.

Badge 2, Book 1

2. Titles: Q
3. Link: The Queens of Crime
4. Kindle book: 315 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter Q
6. The title starts with the letter Q

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Badge 2, Book 2

2. Titles: H
3. Link: Hurricane Force
4. Kindle book: 256 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter H
6. The title starts with the letter H

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Badge 2, Book 3

2. Titles: N
3. Link: The Names
4. Kindle book: 336 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter N
6. The title starts with the letter N

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Badge 2, Book 4

2. Titles: S
3. Link: The Stolen Queen
4. Kindle book: 349 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter S
6. The title starts with the letter S

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Badge 2, Book 5

2. Titles: T
3. Link: Tilt: A Novel
4. Kindle book: 237 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter T
6. The title starts with the letter T

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Badge 2, Book 6

2. Titles: F
3. Link: Fortune Hunter
4. Kindle book: 248 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter F
6. The title starts with the letter F

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Badge 2, Book 7

2. Titles: L
3. Link: Later Gator
4. Kindle book: 232 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter L
6. The title starts with the letter L

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Badge 2, Book 8

2. Titles: K
3. Link: The King's Messenger
4. Kindle book: 352 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter K
6. The title starts with the letter K

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Badge 2, Book 9

2. Titles: B
3. Link: Beautiful Ugly
4. Kindle book: 320 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter B
6. The title starts with the letter B

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Creepy!

Badge 2, Book 10

2. Titles: I
3. Link: Isola
4. Kindle book: 368 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter I
6. The title starts with the letter I

⭐⭐ Meh

I hear you - 3 stars for me.

Badge 2, Book 11

2. Titles: A
3. Link: Apostle's Cove
4. Kindle book: 336 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter A
6. The title starts with the letter A

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Badge 2, Book 12

2. Titles: M
3. Link: The Measure
4. Kindle book: 348 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter M
6. The title starts with the letter M

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Badge 2, Book 13

2. Titles: C
3. Link: Change of Fortune
4. Kindle book: 272 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter C
6. The title starts with the letter C

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Badge 2, Book 14

2. Titles: U
3. Link: The Unwedding
4. Kindle book: 320 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter U
6. The title starts with the letter U

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Badge 2, Book 15

2. Titles: R
3. Link: Reel of Fortune
4. Kindle book: 302 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter R
6. The title starts with the letter R

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I'm currently reading the next book in the series - Swamp Spook and really enjoying it.

Looks like we’re in a race.

The silliness of the books is a nice reprieve from the silliness in the world right now.

👍

Badge 2, Book 16

2. Titles: J
3. Link: James
4. Kindle book: 304 pages
5. Read a book that starts with the letter J
6. The title starts with the letter J

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