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

Badge 1, Book 1.
Task: List 1, W - Women
Link: The Lion Women of Tehran
Format: Hardcover, 327 pages.
Theme: Read a book with a theme of women.
How it fits: The book's two main characters were women and it in general discusses women in Iranian cultural and political realms.

Badge 1, Book 2.
Task: List 1, P - Pirates.
Link: All the Colors of the Dark
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages.
Theme: Read a book with a theme of pirates.
How it fits: The MC goes by Patch because he has one eye. Because of this, he is also obsessed with pirates, and pirates are consistently discussed throughout the book.

Badge 1, Book 3.
Task: List 1, F - Fantasy.
Link: Onyx Storm
Format: E-book, 758 pages.
Theme: Read a book with a fantasy genre or related somehow to fantasy.
How it fits: Fantasy, romantasy, and fantasy romance are all listed as main page genres.

Badge 1, Book 4.
Task: List 1, L - Love.
Link: The Soulmate Equation
Format: E-book, 395 pages.
Theme: Read a book about love.
How it fits: The entire plot is about finding a person's soulmate through testing genetic markers against others' genetic markers. The main characters fall in love after using this method to find each other :)

Badge 1, Book 5.
Task: List 1, M - Mythology.
Link: Circe
Format: Paperback, 393 pages.
Theme: Read a book involving mythology.
How it fits: Mythology is a main page genre and the book is primarily concerned with the life of Circe, a mythological character.

Badge 1, Book 6.
Task: List 1, C-Childhood.
Link: Eleanor & Park
Format: Paperback, 328 pages.
Theme: Read a book with a theme about childhood.
How it fits: This is a coming of age book about two 16-year olds sorting out their first glimpse of love. Sixteen year olds are still very much children!

Badge 1, Book 7.
Task: List 1, B - Books about books.
Link: The Reading List
Format: E-book, 380 pages.
Theme: Read a book about other books.
How it fits: In short, this book centered around a reading list shared between new friends and the impact that books have on one's life.

Badge 1, Book 8.
Task: List 1, S - Survival.
Link: James
Format: Hardcover, 303 pages.
Theme: Read a book that centers around survival.
How it fits: The narrator is James, a runaway slave. Every day is a threat to his survival as he navigates down and then back up the Mississippi River on a raft.

Badge 1, Book 9.
Task: List 1, H - History.
Link: The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Format: Hardcover, 565 pages.
Theme: Read a book about history.
How it fits: This book is a non-fiction account of the events leading up to the Civil War and the battle for Fort Sumter.

Badge 1, Book 10.
Task: List 1, V - Villainy.
Link: LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages.
Theme: Read a book about a villain.
How it fits: This book chronicles the divide and continued fight between the PGA and LIV Golf. Specifically, Greg Norman was quite the villain that started the divide and is disliked by all!

Badge 1, Book 11.
Task: List 1, D - Dogs.
Link: A Dog's Way Home
Format: Paperback, 336 pages.
Theme: Read a book about dogs.
How it fits: The book was from a dog, Bella's, POV while she is living with her person Lucas and her search for him after they are separated by hundreds of miles.

Badge 1, Book 12.
Task: List 1, T - True Crime.
Link: The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
Format: Hardcover, 309 pages.
Theme: Read a book involving true crime.
How it fits: True crime is on its MPG and it is the biography of a former drug addict and 32-time felon who completes her debt to society and is a well-known author today.

Badge 1, Book 13.
Task: List 1, R - Religion.
Link: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Format: Hardcover, 236 pages.
Theme: Read a book about religion.
How it fits: This book is Leah Remini's biography about her experiences as a second generation Scientologist and what ultimately led to her leaving this religion.

Badge 1, Book 14.
Task: List 1, G - Ghost.
Link: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Format: Paperback, 299 pages.
Theme: Read a book with a ghost theme.
How it fits: This book has "ghost" in the title but is about the cholera outbreak in London in the 1850s that resulted from the Broad Street well contamination. The ghost map was the map of the deaths by location used by Dr. John Snow.

Badge 1, Book 15. (Cue the celebrations!)
Task: List 1, N - Nature.
Link: Paradise: One town's struggle to survive an American wildfire
Format: Paperback, 404 pages.
Theme: Read a book about nature.
How it fits: This non-fiction book was about a wildfire in Paradise, CA in 2018 that claimed many lives. The wildfire was a result of the natural conditions at the time, i.e. high winds and dry vegetation.

Badge 2 Gophering

Female authors, alphabet

A – Alice Feeney, Amy Tan
B – Cara Bastone
C – Candace Fleming
D – Donna Everhart
E – Wild Love, Elsie Silver
F – One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune
G – Jessica George
H – Emily Henry
I – Imani Perry
J – Abby Jimenez
K – The Names, Florence Knapp
L – Louise Erdrich
M – Kelley McNeil, Mikki Brammer
N – Peggy Noonan, Catherin Nixey, Andie Newton, Ann Napolitano
O – Malika Oufkir, Susan Orlean, Barbara ONeal, Kate OKeeffe
P – Ann Patchett
Q – Meghan Quinn, Kate Quinn, Julia Quinn
R – Deanna Raybourn
S – Shelley Read
T – Taylor Jenkins Reid
U – Gabrielle Union

Badge 2, Book 1.
Task: List 4 Female Authors, F.
Link: One Golden Summer
Format: Paperback, 400 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either first or last name starting with "F".
How it fits: Author's last name is Fortune.

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Badge 2, Book 2.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, Q.
Link: Till Summer Do Us Part
Format: Audible, 11 hours 52 minutes.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either first or last name starting with "Q".
How it fits: Author's name is Meghan Quinn.

Badge 2, Book 3.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, I.
Link: The Summer We Ran
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "I".
How it fits: Author's name is Audrey Ingram.

Badge 2, Book 4.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, G.
Link: The Kitchen House
Format: Ebook, 385 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "G".
How it fits: Author's name is Kathleen Grissom.

Badge 2, Book 5.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, S.
Link: These Summer Storms
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages.
Theme> Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "S".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Sarah Maclean.

Badge 2, Book 6.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, H.
Link: Beach House Rules
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "H".
How it fits; Author is a female and her name is Kristy Woodson Harvey.

Badge 2, Book 7.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, A.
Link: King of Wrath
Format: Paperback, 407 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "A".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Ana Huang.

Badge 2, Book 8.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, B.
Link: Madwoman
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "B".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Chelsea Bieker.

Badge 2, Book 9.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, C.
Link: Slammed
Format: Paperback, 352 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "C".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Colleen Hoover.

Badge 2, Book 10.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, L.
Link: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Format: Kindle, 320 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "L".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Christina Lauren.

Badge 2, Book 11.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, W.
Link: Forget Me Not
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "W".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Stacey Willingham.

Badge 2, Book 12.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, M.
Link: The Let Them Theory
Format: Audio, 10 hours and 38 minutes.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "M".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Mel Robbins.

Badge 2, Book 13.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, R.
Link: Finding Grace
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "R".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Loretta Rothschild.

Badge 2, Book 14.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, O.
Link: The Heartbreak Hotel
Format: Hardcover, 343 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "O".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Ellen O'Clover.

Badge 2, Book 15.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, Y.
Link: Variation
Format: Paperback, 452 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "Y".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Rebecca Yarros.

Badge 2, Book 16.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, P.
Link: News of the World
Format: Paperback, 209 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "P".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Paulette Jiles.

Badge 2, Book 17.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, K.
Link: Flock
Format: Paperback, 354 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "K".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Kate Stewart.

Badge 2, Book 18.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, V.
Link: In the Shadow of the Mountain
Format: Paperback, 320 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "V".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Silvia Vasquez-Lavado.

Badge 2, Book 19.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, D.
Link: The Bombshell
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "D".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Darrow Farr.

Badge 2, Book 20.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, J.
Link: Atmosphere
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "J".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Tara Jenkins Reid and Jenkins, which starts with "J", is one of her last names.

Badge 2, Book 21.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, E.
Link: Wild Love
Format: Paperback, 455 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "E".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Elsie Silver.

Badge 2, Book 22.
Task: List 4, Female Authors, N.
Link: Instructions for Dancing
Format: Hardcover, 305 pages.
Theme: Read a book by a female author with either a first or last name starting with "N".
How it fits: Author is a female and her name is Nicola Yoon.