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Challenges: Year Long Main 2025
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Sam Listing Her ABCs
Badge 2 - TitlesA - The Amber Shadows
B - The Beautiful Mystery
C - Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology
D - Delicate Condition
E - The Echo Man
F - The Fall
G - Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A hedghog whodunnit
H - The Hangman, The Hound and Other Hauntings: a gazeteer of Welsh ghosts
I - In a Glass Darkly
J - Jurassic Dead
K - Kind Of Cruel
L - Love, Hate And Indifference: The Slide into Genocide
M - More Than a Woman
N - The Night Eternal
O - Original Sin
P - Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent: Celtic Women's Spirituality
Q - The Quest for Merlin
R - The Rules of Magic
S - The Strain
T - Treasured Valley
U - Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady’s Maid
V - Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes
W - Woven
Y - You Are Dead.
Z - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Badge 3 - Female AuthorsA - Female Chauvinist Pigs
B - Deadly Dance
C - Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
D - The Long Drop
E - An Excellent Choice
F - A Delusion of Satan
G - In the Forest of Forgetting
H - The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films
I - Witch hunt: The great Scottish witchcraft trials of 1697
J - Viper The Leftover Woman.
K - The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
L - Shiny Happy Singles: Celebrating the Joy of Independent, Childfree Lives
M - Mary Shelley Horror Stories
N - Lying in Wait
O - It's All in Your Head
P - Yes Please
Q - That Bonesetter Woman
R - Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
S - The Revels
T - The Poisoned Glass
U - Tell Me What I Am
V - Begars Abbey
W - How to Play Dead
Y - Night Vision and Daylight Camera Systems for Wildlife: A Practical Guide
Z - Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
Badge 4...hopefully
Badge 5...getting optimisitic now
Badge 1 Book 1List 1, Task 1
Book - Cold Blooded Evil: The true story of the 'Ipswich stranglings'
Pages - 292
Task - Villainy
Link - Tells of Steve Wright and his murderous actions
That one would have also worked for True Crime. Is TC something you like?Props on getting your first book done.
Janice wrote: "That one would have also worked for True Crime. Is TC something you like?Props on getting your first book done."
Oh yes, I love TC, started reading Killing for Company for the TC theme last night and I'm already engrossed. How about you?
And thank-you, I'm hoping to make better progress with things this year (got to stop getting distracted by games on my phone!)
Badge 1 Book 2List 1, Task 2
Book - Robin the Rebel
Pages - 253
Task - Childhood
Link - Tells of a schoolgirl unravelling a mystery and is one of my mum's and aunts' childhood books
I do like true crime. I'm planning on reading The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder for this task.
That looks a good read, now added to my future reading list!
Badge 1 Book 3List 1, Task 3
Book - Killing for Company: The case of Dennis Nilsen
Pages - 352
Task - True crime
Link - Tells of the crimes and trial of Dennis Nilsen
Badge 1 Book 4List 1, Task 4
Book - Shutter Island
Pages - 325
Task - Ghosts
Link - The MC is haunted by ghosts from his past, including the ghosts of his own actions
Badge 1 Book 5List 1, Task 5
Book - Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Pages - 560
Task - Women
Link - Presents folk tales and myths focused on women and the lessons modern women can take from these
Badge 1 Book 6List 1, Task 6
Book - Cujo
Pages - 432
Task - Dogs
Link - Central story focuses on Cujo, a good doggo that gets rabies and is overtaken by it (not a bad doggo, bad disease)
Badge 1 Book 7List 1, Task 7
Book - Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
Pages - 368
Task - Books about books
Link - It is a book about Shakespeare's writings, so a book about books
Janice wrote: "Making good progress."Thanks Janice, hit a bit of a slump but hoping to pick it back up :-)
Slumps belong in the rear view mirror. :) You can do it.
Janice wrote: "Slumps belong in the rear view mirror. :) You can do it."Love it!
Badge 1 Book 8List 1, Task 8
Book - A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed about Love whilst Dying
Pages - 246
Task - Love
Link - Hammond tells of what he's learnt about love and loss since being diagnosed with motor neurone disease
Badge 1 Book 9List 1, Task 9
Book - Wildwood: A Journey through Trees
Pages - 391
Task - Nature
Link - About woodlands and trees and how they have influenced humankind
Badge 1 Book 10List 1, Task 10
Book - Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
Pages - 634
Task - Religion
Link - About religious persecution and the role religious bigotry played a key roll in the Holocaust
Badge 1 Book 11List 1, Task 11
Book - A Hat Full of Sky
Pages - 298 (kindle pages)
Task - Fantasy
Link - It is a fantasy book
Badge 1 Book 12List 1, Task 12
Book - The Forgotten Dead: The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day
Pages - 256
Task - History
Link - It is about Exercise Tiger, the practice run of April 1944 in advance of the D-Day landings
Badge 1 Book 13List 1, Task 13
Book - Dark Folklore
Pages - 204 (kindle pages)
Task - Mythology
Link - Covers the darker side of myth and folklore
Badge 1 Book 14List 1, Task 14
Book - Birds of Prey
Pages - 554
Task - Pirates
Link - It has a lot of pirates and all the fun that goes with them
And I'm there!Badge 1 Book 15
List 1, Task 15
Book - 12 Strong
Pages - 432
Task - Survival
Link - Survival against the odds in the middle of a war zone
Badge 2 Book 1List 2, Task P
Book - Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent: Celtic Women's Spirituality
Pages - 240
Link - Title starts with P
Badge 2 Book 3List 2, Task V
Book - Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes
Pages - 330
Link - Title starts with V
Badge 2 Book 5List 2, Task Z
Book - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Pages - 336
Link - Title starts with Z
Badge 2 Book 9List 2, Task H
Book - The Hangman, The Hound and Other Hauntings: a gazeteer of Welsh ghosts
Pages - 220
Link - Title starts with H
Badge 2 Book 10List 2, Task U
Book - Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady’s Maid
Pages - 272
Link - Title starts with U
Badge 2 Book 12List 2, Task L
Book - Love, Hate And Indifference: The Slide into Genocide
Pages - 211
Link - Title starts with L
Badge 2 Book 14List 2, Task G
Book - Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A hedghog whodunnit
Pages - 272
Link - Title starts with G
Badge 2 Book 17List 2, Task J
Book - Jurassic Dead
Pages - 215 (kindle pages)
Link - Title starts with J
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B - Books about books - Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
C - Childhood - Robin the Rebel
D - Dogs - Cujo
F - Fantasy - A Hat Full of Sky
G - Ghosts - Shutter Island
H - History - The Forgotten Dead: The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day
L - Love - A Short History of Falling: Everything I Observed about Love whilst Dying
M - Mythology - Dark Folklore
N - Nature - Wildwood: A Journey through Trees
P - Pirates - Birds of Prey
R - Religion - Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust
S - Survival - 12 Strong
T - True Crime - Killing for Company: The case of Dennis Nilsen
V - Villainy - Cold Blooded Evil: The true story of the 'Ipswich stranglings'
W - Women - Women Who Run With The Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman