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1. Badge 1, Book 12. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
4. Listened to Audiobook, 18:18 hours.
5. Theme - Religion
6. The book investigate inside the American Evangelical movement. And it was written by the son of an evangelical pastor.
★★★★★
It sounds like an interesting book. Starting off with a 5-star read is a great way to start.
Ariane wrote: "1. Badge 1, Book 12. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
4. Listened to Audiobook, 18:18 hours.
5. Theme -..."
How was it? I've been thinking about reading this book.
Amanda wrote: "Ariane wrote: "1. Badge 1, Book 12. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
4. Listened to Audiobook, 18:18 ho..."
Well, it was pretty enlightening for me, as a European. His investigation is really unique as the son of an evangelical pastor.
1. Badge 1, Book 22. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
4. Listened to Audiobook, 10:18 hours.
5. Theme - Women
6. The book tells the lives of the five victims of Jack the Ripper and through this lense, explores the place of women in society and their rights (or lack of)
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 32. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
4. Listened to Audiobook, 8 hours.
5. Theme - History
6. The book tells the story of The Wager, a British vessel that was on a secret mission during the war with Spain in the 1740s.
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 42. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Malice
4. Paperback, 640 pages
5. Theme - Fantasy
6. The main genre of this book is fantasy
★★★
You broke your streak of 4 stars with the last one. I have it to read, highly recommended by my grandson.
Yes, I gave 3 stars th this one but have high hopes for the series in general, TBD...
1. Badge 1, Book 52. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Amberath
4. Paperback, 416 pages
5. Theme - Love
6. This is an Urban Fantasy where the MC explores the different types loves she feels for different male characters and how the love for your pack can challenge the love you feel for another species.
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 62. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Heavenly Tyrant
4. Listened to Audiobook, 21:05 hours
5. Theme - Villainy
6. The story explores the complexities of power, ambition, and questions what makes someone a villain to others.
★★ (my biggest disappointment so far)
Oh dear. I hope that's a one off and your next books are more to your liking.
1. Badge 1, Book 72. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Brontë
4. Listened to Audiobook, 9:25 hours
5. Theme - Dogs
6. This book explores the link between human and animal, through the relationships of women authors and their dogs
★★★★
I am so happy I read this one right after Heavenly Tyrant!
1. Badge 1, Book 82. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Les défis de Morrigane Crow
4. Paperback, 474 pages
5. Theme - Childhood
6. Morrigane is a cursed child, supposed to die on her 11th birthday. But then a strange man takes her to the magical city of Nevermoor where she has to pass tests in order to gain the right to stay there and live, essentially.
★★★
It was fine, I wasn't in the mood for this
1. Badge 1, Book 92. List 1, Themes
3. Link – I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
4. Paperback, 352 pages
5. Theme - True Crime
6. Michelle McNamara investigates the case of the Golden State Killer
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 102. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
4. Hardcover, 240 pages
5. Theme - Pirates
6. This is the story of Albert Hicks, the last man to be convicted and sentenced for piracy in New York
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 112. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
4. Hardcover, 258 pages
5. Theme - Nature
6. This book explores our connection to nature
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 122. List 1, Themes
3. Link – La Mort suspendue
4. Paperback, 288 pages
5. Theme - Survival
6. This is the story of Joe Simpson's accident during a climbing in the Peruvian Andes and how he survived it.
★★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 132. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Plot
4. Listened to the audiobook, 10h45
5. Theme - Book about books
6. This story is about a writer stealing someone else's plot.
★★★
1. Badge 1, Book 142. List 1, Themes
3. Link – The Ghost of Marlow House
4. Listened to the audiobook, 9 hours
5. Theme - Ghosts
6. This is a cozy ghost story
★★
1. Badge 1, Book 152. List 1, Themes
3. Link – Le Héros perdu
4. Listened to the audiobook, 16 hours 27 minutes
5. Theme - Mythology
6. This is a Greek mythology retelling
★★★★
Congrats on earning Badge 1.
You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
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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 Plot
✅ C - Childhood - Les défis de Morrigane Crow
✅ D - Dogs - Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Brontë
✅ F - Fantasy - Malice
✅ G - Ghosts - The Ghost of Marlow House
✅ H - History - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
✅ Love - Amberath
✅ M - Mythology - Le Héros perdu
✅ N - Nature - The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
✅ P - Pirates - The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
✅ R - Religion - The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
✅ S - Survival - La mort suspendue
✅ T - True Crime - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
✅ V - Villainy - Heavenly Tyrant
✅ W - Women - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper