Jannene has popcorn in her teeth...pass the floss!

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 16
2. Book 5, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
3. Task 4 - Setting: Arkansas
4. The Gods of Gotham
5. Paperback, 458 pages
6. Read a book set in Arkansas or NYC (where Garrard currently lives).
7. Book takes place in New York City.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 17
2. Book 5, Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
3. Task 5 - Genre: Memoir
4. One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
5. Audiobook, hardback 241 pages
6. Read a Memoir.
7. The genre is listed on the book's main page.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 18
2. Book 14, The Girl in the Spider's Web
3. Task 4 - Setting: Sweden
4. The Hypnotist
5. Audiobook, Hardback 503 pages
6. Read a book that is set in Sweden or written by a Swedish author.
7. The book takes place in Sweden.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 19
2. Book 4, Between Shades of Gray
3. Task 2 - Author
4. The Murder House
5. Paperback 461 pages
6. Read a book with "tree" or "house" in the title.
7. The Murder House has the word “house” in it.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 20
2. Book 34, The Sisters Brothers
3. Task 3 - Actor
4. The Hunter
5. Paperback 198 pages
6. Read a book from this list.
7. Required - state the book's position on the list. - Book 150

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 21
2. Book 17, The House with a Clock in Its Walls
3. Task 5 - Genre
4. Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers
5. Audiobook, hardback 305 pages
6. Read a book that is classified middle grade.
7. The genre is listed on the book's main page.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 22
2. Book 32, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
3. Task 2 - Author
4.
5. Audiobook, Hardback 352 pages
6. Read a book where the cover is black and white as the only colours.
7. The cover is black and white.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 23
2. Book 2, Annihilation
3. Task 5 - Genre
4. Thunderhead
5. Audiobook, Hardback 504 pages
6. Read a book from the genre Science Fiction.
7. The genre is listed on the book's main page.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 24
2. Book 1, 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
3. Task 2 - Author
4. The Hammer of Thor
5. Kindle book, hardback 459 pages
6. Read a book from a trilogy.
7. This is the second book in a trilogy.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 25
2. Book 33, A Simple Favor
3. Task 5 - Genre
4. Twisted
5. Kindle book, (no hardback edition) paperback 336 pages
6. Read a book that is a Psychological Thriller.
7. Listed as physiological thriller.
8. You will be required to explain how your choice fits the genre of psychological thriller. (view spoiler)[My book is about a man who has a psychotic break and makes up a story in his head to avoid a truth that seems very real to him. (hide spoiler)]

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 26
2. Book 24, Meg
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Wintergirls
5. Paperback 278 pages
6. Read a book from this list.
7. Required - State the position of the book in the list. The book is number 289.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 27
2. Book 14, The Girl in the Spider's Web
3. Task 5 - Genre: Mystery
4. Seven for a Secret
5. Paperback 477 pages
6. Read a book that is Historical Mystery.
7. Required - explain how the book fits this genre. This book has taken place in 1846. It is about slave catching and how it is law enforcement. The mystery is that a woman is killed and the MC tries to figure out who had done it.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 28
2. Book 30, Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
3. Task 4 - Setting: Oklahoma
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
5. Paperback 377 pages
6. Read a book set in Ohio or Oklahoma.
7. Book was set in Osage County, Oklahoma.

[Janice, Moderator]

Jannene wrote: "1. Badge 3, Book 28
2. Book 30, Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart
3. Task 4 - Setting: Oklahoma
4. [book:Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the F..."

The setting task for Queen of Scots is "Read a book that is set in Scotland or written by a Scottish author." I think you've listed the wrong movie.

[Jannene]

Thanks Janice! It is supposed to be Ready Player One.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 28
2. Book 30, Ready Player One
3. Task 4 - Setting: Oklahoma
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
5. Paperback 377 pages
6. Read a book set in Ohio or Oklahoma.
7. Book was set in Osage County, Oklahoma.

[Janice, Moderator]

Ahh! That's better. Thanks. :)

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 29
2. Book 30, Ready Player One
3. Task 2e - Author - Superhero Ares
4. The Ship of the Dead
5. Audiobook, Hardback 410 pages
6. Read a book with "God" in title, or mythology genre
7. Book was listed as “Fantasy-Mythology”

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 30
2. Book 10, Fahrenheit 451
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4. Watchers
5. Audiobook, Hardback 352 pages
6. Read a book named in another book.
7. Watchers was referenced in Betrayal of Trust

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 31
2. Book 1, 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
3. Task 3 - Actor
4. Hades
5. Paperback, 309 pages
6. Read a book that is set in Australia, or written by an Australian author.
7. This book is set in Sydney, Australia and also written by an Australian author.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 32
2. Book 18, Juliet, Naked
3. Task 5 - Genre
4. Heart-Shaped Box
5. Audiobook, Hardback 376 pages
6. Read a book where the main character is a singer.
7. Judas Coyne is a rock singer.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 33
2. Book 35, To All the Boys I've Loved Before
3. Task 6 - Trivia
4.
5. Paperback, 480 pages
6. Read a book with hands on the cover.
7. The book has hands on the cover.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 34
2. Book 33, A Simple Favor
3. Task 4 - Setting: Chicago
4. The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago
5. Audiobook, Hardback 304 pages
6. Read a book set in Chicago.
7. Book was set in Chicago.

[Cherie]

We are neck and neck!

I am reading The Black Tulip for my black/white task. I just checked out the group read from March of 2018. I do not remember why I did not read this one with the group. I saw your question to Renee about why she was a huge Dumas fan. I would have answered the same. I read The Count of Monte Cristo when I was in High School. The book from our library had like 1200 tissue paper thin pages. I loved it!
My daughter discovered the audiobooks last year and listened to them all! She loved The Man in the Iron Mask.

Did you ever get around to reading any of them?

[Jannene]

I don’t know why you didn’t read that book with us either.

I got totally turned off by the number of pages. Dom loved The Count as well but I just cannot see myself investing the time in those books.

I should finish The Lost Boy tomorrow and then I’ll be at 35 books!

[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "I don’t know why you didn’t read that book with us either.

I got totally turned off by the number of pages. Dom loved The Count as well but I just cannot see myself investing the time in those boo..."

It's a great book, you should one day try to read it even if it takes a month to finish it.

[Cherie]

I went back to see what I read in March of 2017. I guess I was totally focused on the yearly challenge. I chose to read Goodnight June as an alternate Historical Fiction choice, instead of The Black Tulip. I know that I ended up buying a copy of the ebook from Barnes & Nobel, but it was not until after the group read. (It must have been on sale.).

I just finished reading all of the spoilers from the group read. Some of yours really cracked me up! I did spend some time looking up Dutch history and politics of the time, and the historical characters. I listened to a really good lecture on what it meant to be the Stadtholder and who William of Orange was.

[Jannene]

The romance in that book made me sick and I already dislike tulips. Sheesh.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 35
2. Book 4, Between Shades of Gray
3. Task 4 - Setting
4. The Lost Boy
5. Paperback, 493 pages
6. Read a book that is set in one of these countries that border on the Baltic Sea: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania.
7. Book was set in Sweden.

[Jannene]

Ohhh, one more to go for badge 3 and then I’m done!!

[Dominique]

Yay!

[Janice, Moderator]

Woot!

[Cherie]

Me too. 👍🏻

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "Me too. 👍🏻"

Cherie, are we competing to finish first? If so, I can hurry and find some really quick read. LOL!!!

[Jannene]

1. Badge 3, Book 36
2. Book 7, The Darkest Minds
3. Task 5 - Genre: Dystopia
4. Black Widow: Forever Red
5. Kindle book, Hardback 401 pages
6. Read a book with a super hero from this list.
7. Black Widow is position 80.

[Dominique]

Congratulations!

[Jannene]

Your turn is next. Apparently now I have to prod you like you did me on the 2nd badge. :)

[Jannene]

Maybe...Applying for Badge 4 (x of 48)
1. Movie Every Day - Task 2 - Author The Templar Legacy
2. Movie Between Shades of Gray - Task 3 - Actor Bad Men
3. Movie Monster - Task 4 - Setting The Fatal Flame
4. Movie Fifty Shades Freed - Task 2 - Author Iron House
5. Movie To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Task 5 - Genre Bloodrose
6. Movie Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family - Task 2 - Caught
7. Movie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Task 6 - A Poison Dark and Drowning
8. Movie - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Task 4 - Setting Eden
9. Movie Every Day Task 5 - Genre: YA Fantasy A Sorrow Fierce and Falling
10. Movie A Long Way Home - Task 3 - Actor Murder in Plane Sight
11. Movie Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart - Task 3 - Actor "I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
12. Movie Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker - Task 3 - Author The Devil's Workshop
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[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "Your turn is next. Apparently now I have to prod you like you did me on the 2nd badge. :)"

L'm only halfway, but pushing on!

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing the 3rd badge!

[Jannene]

I will try for the 4th badge but not holding my breath.

[Janice, Moderator]

Good luck, Jannene. I'll be happy if I can finish the 3rd badge.

[Shirley]

Well done, Jannene. Good luck with Badge 4. Are you going all the way?

[Jannene]

I have already read 88 books for the year which puts me in line to finish badge 4 (maybe) but too far away from badge 5.

[Cherie]

No, it wasn't a race. Congratulations on getting badge #3! I did finish my 36th book yesterday, though.

[Jannene]

Cherie wrote: "No, it wasn't a race. Congratulations on getting badge #3! I did finish my 36th book yesterday, though."

Congrats, my friend.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 4, Book 1
2. Book 9 Every Day
3. Task 2 - Author
4. The Templar Legacy
5. Audiobook, Hardback 475 pages
6. Read a book by another author whose first book was published 2000 or later.
7. The Templar Legacy (First book was published in 2003.)

[Jannene]

1. Badge 4, Book 2
2. Book 4 Between Shades of Gray
3. Task 3 - Actor
4. Bad Men
5. Paperback, 451 pages
6. Read a book set in Ireland or by an Irish author
7. John Connolly is an Irish author

[Jannene]

1. Badge 4, Book 3
2. Book 25 Monster
3. Task 4 - Setting: New York City (Harlem)
4. The Fatal Flame
5. Paperback, 478 pages
6. Read a book set in New York City.
7. The book was set in New York City.

[Jannene]

1. Badge 4, Book 4
2. Book 11, Fifty Shades Freed
3. Task 2 - Author
4. Iron House
5. Hardback, 421 pages
6. Read a book where the main character is an anti-hero.
7. The MC is a killer but he has a moral compass. He was from a broken family and because of that he has developed into a “hero” helping others by killing.