2025 Annual Challenge - REQUEST Badges

[Alexandra]

Congratulations on your badges, everyone!

[Nancy H]

Requesting Badge 2, please. And thank you!
Titles:
A Affair of the Blood Stained Egg Cosy by James Anderson
B Bread Over Troubled Water
C Coming in Hot
D Death of a Smuggler
E: The Eleventh Hour
F Face Down Below the Banqueting House
G Goodnight Nobody
H The Horsewoman
I Innocent Graves
J Jericho
K Killing Time
L The Life Impossible
M Murder in the Oval Office
N A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder
O Old Scores
P A Potion to Die For
Q A Quiche Before Dying
R Romancing the Duke
S A Stranger in Mayfair
T Tears of Pearl
U The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
V Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
W Well Met
Y The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Z Zorro

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Nancy.

[Jenn]

Way to go everyone 🎉

[Naomi]

WOF Naomi *USA*

Badge One request - 15 books.

B - Books about books The Lost Bookshop

C - Childhood Oliver Twist

D - Dogs Tuesday's Promise: One Veteran, One Dog, and Their Bold Quest to Change Lives

F - Fantasy Hearts That Cut

G - Ghosts How to Sell a Haunted House

H - History The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

L - Love
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

M - Mythology
A Fate Inked in Blood

N - Nature After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice


P - Pirates Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

R - Religion Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show


S - Survival Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea

T - True Crime Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West


V - Villainy The Kaiju Preservation Society


W - Women Lady Tan’s Circle of Women

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted, Naomi.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Congrats Naomi on your first badge for the annual challenge!

[Jenn]

Way to go Naomi 🎉

[Karin]

Requesting badge #1. My library system finally delivered a dog themed book to my city library

📍B - Books about books Stabbing Stephanie by Evan Marshall
📍C - Childhood - Fallen Angels by Patricia Hickman by Patricia Hickman
📍D - Dogs - Desert Rescue by Lisa Phillips
📍F - Fantasy - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
📍G - Ghosts - The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
📍H - History - The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet by Rosella M. Leslie
📍L - Love - The Love Script by Toni Shiloh
📍M - Mythology - The Progeny by Tosca Lee
📍N - Nature - The Road to Paradise by Karen Barnett
📍P - Pirates - The Redemption by MaryLu Tyndall
📍R - Religion - The Line Between by Tosca Lee
📍S - Survival - Survival by Lisa Harris
📍T - True Crime - God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom by Bob Fu
📍V - Villainy - Lethal Injection by Karin Lovold
📍W - Women - The Potluck Club by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Karin in your new wall.

Karin's wall

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme Kindly requesting badge 2.

Badge 2/List 2 - Titles

🌷A -The Astronaut and the Star
🌷B - Black Woods, Blue Sky
🌷C - The Connellys of County Down
🌷D - Definitely Better Now
🌷E - Elbow Room
🌷F - Fate of the Fallen
🌷G - Gone to Pot
🌷H - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
🌷I - I Think We've Been Here Before
🌷J - Jennie
🌷K - The Karma Map
🌷L - The Lost Story
🌷M - Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
🌷N - North Woods
🌷O - Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
🌷P - Pride of Lancashire
🌷Q - The Quiet American
🌷R - The Ragged Edge of Night
🌷S - The Stolen Queen
🌷T - The Teller of Small Fortunes
🌷U - Under the Golden Sun
🌷V - Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
🌷W - The Wedding People
🌷Y - Your Perfect Year
🌷Z - Zorrie

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Jayme.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Jayme."
Are you a ninja Janice? That was crazy fast!!!

[Janice, Moderator]

LOL! Sometimes it happens that way. Other times, I don't see the message right away.

[Jenn]

Way to go ladies 🎉

[Karin]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Karin in your new wall.

Karin's wall"

Thanks! Now I feel like an "official" member.

[Katrisa]

WoF Katrisa
Requesting Badge 3 please!
Cover Objects -
📍A- Airplane - The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway
📍B- Butterfly - When Things Are Alive They Hum
📍C- Chair - Old God's Time
📍D- Dishes - Hot and Sour Suspects
📍E- Elephant - Elephants Can Remember
📍F- Fruit - Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
📍G- Gate - Moon Called
📍H- Horse - It Rides a Pale Horse
📍I- Insect - Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories
📍J- Jewel/Jewelry - We Were Kings
📍K- Key - The Time Collector
📍L- Lighthouse - To the Lighthouse
📍M- Mansion - Craven Manor
📍N- Night Sky - Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
📍O- Orange Fruit OR 75% Orange Cover - The Stuff of Nightmares
📍P- Picture within a picture - The Union
📍Q- Quilt - The Quilter's Apprentice
📍R- Rose - An Easy Death
📍S- Sky - Somehow: Thoughts on Love
📍T- Tea Cup - Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
📍U- Umbrella - Soulless
📍V- Vase with flowers - Murder in Bloom
📍W- Water - All the Water in the World
📍Y- Yacht OR 75% Yellow Cover - The King in Yellow
📍Z- Zeppelin - Flight of Dreams

[Almeta]

Badge Three List Three completed
WoF Almeta

List Three - Male Authors -first or last name counts. Read books alphabetically by Male Authors.

Task 📍1A- Aaron Elkins Uneasy Relations
Task 📍2B- Alan Bradley What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
Task 📍3C- Colin Wilson Manhunters: Criminal Profilers and Their Search for the World's Most Wanted Serial Killers
Task 📍4D- Don Easton Angel in the Full Moon
Task 📍5E-Ed McBain Puss In Boots
Task 📍6F- Ian Fleming The Man with the Golden Gun
Task 📍7G- John Grisham The Whistler
Task 📍8H- Christopher Hepworth The Sleepwalker Legacy
Task 📍9I ~ Conn Iggulden The Dangerous Book for Boys
Task 📍10J- John Wiswell Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Task 📍11K-H.R.F. Keating The Perfect Murder
Task 📍12L- Maurice Leblanc The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
Task 📍13M- Peter May The Firemaker
Task 📍14N- Christopher G. Nuttall Bookworm
Task 📍15O-Amos Oz The Same Sea
Task 📍16P-Robert B. Parker Appaloosa
Task 📍17Q-Quinton Coetzee The Buck That Buries It’s Poo
Task 📍18R- R.N. Morris The Gentle Axe
Task 📍19S- Martin Cruz Smith Polar Star
Task 📍20T- Charles Todd A Test Of Wills
Task 📍21U-Barry Unsworth Sacred Hunger
Task 📍22V- John Vorhaus The California Roll
Task 📍23W- Willie Nelson It's a Long Story: My Life
Task 📍24Y- John Yunker Where Oceans Hide Their Dead
Task 📍25Z- Timothy Zahn Dragon and Thief

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa and Almeta's badges are posted.

[Almeta]

Hooray!

[Claire]

Can I get my first badge

WAF : https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
📍B - Books about books De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry
📍C - Childhood The Home for Unwanted Girls Joanna Goodman
📍D - Dogs The Art of Racing in the Rain
📍F - Fantasy Achter de spiegel Cornelia Funke
📍G - Ghosts Je bent gewaarschuwd
📍H - History Book: Violeta
Isabel Allende
4. Pages: 322
📍L - Love De Japanse minnaar
📍M - Mythology Odyssee
📍N - Nature Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden
📍P - Pirates BOOK: De kleuren van magie Victoria E. Schwab
📍R - Religion Dit zijn de namen
📍S - Survival . Book: Alles is nu Amy Giles
📍T - True Crime Book: Onze Moeder was een Seriemoordenaar
📍V - Villainy The ABC Murders
📍W - Women Edith Wharton

[Katrisa]

Thanks Janice! The Badge is pretty!

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Claire.

[Beth]

Congrats to all the recent finishers. Almeta and Katrisa, you are like the wind!

[Jenn]

Way to go 🎉

[Sharon]

WoFSharonBiskit Requesting Badge 3, please!
BADGE 3: Male Authors💁🏼‍♂️
Read books alphabetically by first or last name.

📍A. Akart, Bobby. Yellowstone Fallout
📍B. Box, C.J. Trophy Hunt
📍C. Cameron, Mark. Bad River
📍D. Dean Koontz. Winter Moon
📍E. Ellis, J.R.. The Whitby Murders
📍F. Frost, Chris. The Killer’s Christmas List
📍G. Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
📍H. Benjamin Hall, Resolute: How We Humans Keep Finding Ways to Beat the Toughest Odds
📍I. Iain Rob Wright, Zombie
📍J. John Paul Davis, The Bordeaux Connection: A prequel to the action-packed White Hart covert ops thriller series
📍K.William Kent Krueger, Trickster's Point
📍L. Linwood Barclay, Whistle
📍M. Simon McCleave, Marshal of Snowdonia
📍N. John Netti, The Glades
📍O. Tim O'Brien, July, July
📍P. Phillip Drayer Duncan, Of Song and Shadow: A Blade Mage Urban Fantasy Adventure
📍Q. Quentin Bates, Frozen Out
📍R. Robert McCammon, Mister Slaughter
📍S. Orlando A. Sanchez, Sepia Blue: Rise of the Night
📍T. Tom Fowler, Four on the Floor: A John Tyler Thriller
📍U.Tom Upton, Plague House
📍V. Vaughn C. Hardacker, Wendigo
📍W. William Kent Krueger, Northwest Angle
📍Y. Brian Yansky, The Librarian of the Haunted Library
📍Z. Vincent Zandri, A Touch of Evil: A Thriller

[Jenn]

Way to go Sharon 🎉

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Sharon.

[Marnie]

WoF Marnie
Requesting Badge 3 Female Authors

A Axie Oh The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
B Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Naturals
C Carlene O'Connor Murder in an Irish Churchyard
D Dervla McTiernan What Happened to Nina?
E Christina Estes The Story That Wouldn't Die
F Alice Feeney Daisy Darker
G Jessie Garcia The Business Trip
H Emily Henry Great Big Beautiful Life
I Isabel Ibañez What the River Knows
J J.D. Robb Immortal in Death
K Callie Kazumi Claire, Darling
L Louise Penny The Grey Wolf
M Maggie Stiefvater The Listeners
N Sally Nicholls Yours from the Tower
O Carlene O'Connor Murder at an Irish Wedding
P Nita Prose The Maid's Secret
Q Julia Quinn Mr. Cavendish, I Presume
R Deanna Raybourn Kills Well with Others
S Sophie Stava Count My Lies
T Karin Tidbeck The Memory Theater
U Ursula K. Le Guin No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
V Virginia Woolf Mrs. Dalloway
W Jessica Waite The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
Y Rebecca Yarros Full Measures
Z Rebecca Zanetti You Can Run

[Jenn]

Way to go Marnie 🎉

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Marnie.

[Odette]

WoF Odette
Requesting Badge 2 thanks
List 5 - Objects on Cover

📍A- Airplane – Time Zone
📍B- Butterfly - Here One Moment
📍C- Chair – Before the Coffee Gets Cold
📍D- Dishes – Two Down, Bun to Go
📍E- Elephant - The Architect's Apprentice
📍F- Fruit – The Secret World of Connie Starr
📍G- Gate - Haunted Ground
📍H- Horse – Dancing with Dandelions
📍I- Insect – The Beekeeper of Aleppo
📍J- Jewel/Jewelry - The Lost Jewels
📍K- Key – The Paris Apartment
📍L- Lighthouse – The Keepers of the Lighthouse
📍M- Mansion – In the Shadow of Power
📍N- Night Sky – The Night Tiger
📍O- Orange Fruit - Sunshine
📍P- Picture within a picture – In the Dead of Night
📍Q- Quilt – Frayed Edges: A Quilting Cozy
📍R- Rose - The Rose and the Pomegranate
📍S- Sky (50% of cover - Dying Fall
📍T- Tea Cup – Tea with Milk and Murder
📍U- Umbrella – Lake of Widows
📍V- Vase with flowers – Together We Fall Apart
📍W- Water - Murder at Land's End
📍Y- Yacht - In the Name of Truth
📍Z- Zeppelin - Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted, Odette.

[Odette]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted, Odette."

Janice, thanks for the badge!

[Camilla]

WoF: Camilla

Requesting badge 1, please.

Badge One - Themes

B - Books about books The Secret, Book & Scone Society ⭐️
C - Childhood The Runaway Children ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
D - Dogs My Life Among the Underdogs ⭐️⭐️
F - Fantasy Sweep of the Blade ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
G - Ghosts An English Ghost Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H - History Perhe ja verstas: Itämeren kaupunkien käsityöläiselämää keskiajalla ja uuden ajan alussa ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L - Love Love Is Strange: An Anthology of Paranormal Romance Stories ⭐️⭐️⭐️
M - Mythology Faelorehn ⭐️⭐️
N - Nature Adventure North by Sean Bloomfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
P - Pirates The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R - Religion Pyhä vaeltaja - Askelia Camino de Santiagolla ⭐️⭐️
S - Survival Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 ⭐️⭐️
T - True Crime 2015 Serial Killers True Crime Anthology: Volume 2 ⭐️⭐️
V - Villainy TOP CASES of The FBI - Volume 2 ⭐️⭐️
W - Women A World Apart: Women, Prison, and Life Behind Bars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Camilla.

[Jenn]

Way to go Odette and Camilla 🎉🎉

[Anne ✨]

WoF AnneFindsJoy

Requesting Badge 1 please

BADGE 1 - THEMES
B - Books about books The Bookshop Book
C - Childhood The Curse of Pietro Houdini
D - Dogs The Underdogs of Upson Downs
F - Fantasy, Legends & Lattes
G - Ghosts The Dead Romantics
H - History The Frozen River
L - Love The Best of Us
M - Mythology The Shadowed Land
N - Nature Wild Dark Shore
P - Pirates Tress of the Emerald Sea
R - Religion Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
S - Survival The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
T - True Crime Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
V - Villainy Vicious
W - Women Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge has been posted Anne

[Suzanne]

WOF Suzanne

Requesting Badge 1 please

1. B - Books about Books - The Personal Librarian
2. C - Childhood - An American Childhood
3. D - Dogs - The Search
4. F - Fantasy - Grace and Glory
5. G - Ghosts - Rage and Ruin
6. H - History - Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
7. L - Love - The Lost Wife
8. M - Mythology - The Bear and the Nightingale
9. N - Nature - The Plains of Passage
10. P - Pirates - Ship of Magic
11. R - Religion - Wise Blood
12. S -Survival - We Were the Lucky Ones
13. T - True Crime - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
14. V - Villany - The Godfather
15. W - Women - The Full Cupboard of Life

[Jayme, Moderator]

🎉 Congrats Anne, Camilla and Suzanne on completing badge 1!!! 🎉

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Suzanne.

[Jenn]

Way to go Anne and Suzanne 🎉🎉

[Sam]

Badge 1 Request - Sam's WoF

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

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Sam. :)

[Marie (UK)]

Requesting badge 4 please
Badge 4 List 3 - Male Authors

📍 A Alastair Humphreys My Midsummer Morning: Rediscovering a Life of Adventure
📍 B Ben Aaronovitch Winter's Gifts
📍 C Jim Crace Harvest
📍 D Denzil Meyrick Whisky from Small Glasses
📍 E Percival Everett James
📍 F Brian Freeman Thief River Falls
📍 G Garth Nix The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
📍H Harlan Coben Deal Breaker
📍 I Ian Rankin Hide and Seek
📍 J Jeffery Deaver Edge
📍 K Keiichirō Hirano A Man
📍 L Neil Lancaster When Shadows Fall
📍M Edward Marston Fugitive from the Grave
📍 N Alfred Nicols Lost Love's Return
📍 O Paraic O'Donnell The House on Vesper Sands
📍P Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Doctor
📍 Q Spencer Quinn To Fetch a Thief
📍 R Ian Rankin A Good Hanging and Other Stories
📍 S Simon Scarrow Brothers in Blood
📍 T Thomas Tryon The Other
📍 U Timothy Underwood Writerly Ambitions
📍V Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer
📍 W Chris WhitakerAll the Colors of the Dark
📍 Y Mark Yarwood Bad Times
📍 Z Markus Zusak I Am the Messenger

[Janice, Moderator]

Your badge is posted Marie

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "Your badge is posted Marie"

thank you

[Janice, Moderator]

Marie, I deleted your post for your next badge. You have it on your personal thread, so I think perhaps it was just a posting mixup.

[Esther]

WOF: Esther
requesting badge 2 - Titles

📍A - Ann d'Angleterre
📍B -The Body in the Garden
📍C - A Canticle for Leibowitz
📍D - D'où viens-tu, berger?
📍E - Un effluve anonyme
📍F - Free QueensInk Blood Sister Scribe
📍G - A Grave Misunderstanding
📍H - Heart of Venom
📍I - Ink Blood Sister Scribe
📍J - Jacaranda
📍K -Kisanga
📍L - Lady Helena Investigates
📍M - A Marvellous Light
📍N - Norferville
📍O - Of Mutts and Men
📍P - Poison Promise
📍Q - Quand les oiseaux s'étaient tus
📍R - Rapatriement
📍S - The Spider
📍T - Toute la rancune du monde
📍U -The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
📍V - La Voie des pierres
📍W - The Windup Girl
📍Y - The Yacht
📍Z - Zoe's Tale