Peggy's ABC in Themes

[Peggy]

📍B - Books about books
The Reading List

📍C - Childhood
Boy Swallows Universe
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

📍D - Dogs
The Art of Racing in the Rain

📍F - Fantasy
Plenty of options, no need to gopher, mood read

📍G - Ghosts
The Ghost Bride

📍H - History
Plenty of options, no need to gopher, mood read

📍L - Love
Plenty of options, no need to gopher, mood read

📍M - Mythology
Odyssey

📍N - Nature
Perhaps memoir of hiking through nature, or Shinrin-Yoku: The Art and Science of Forest Bathing, or fictional books in which nature is a main focus

📍P - Pirates
Option (do not own): Frenchman's Creek

📍R - Religion
The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
De ontdekking van Urk

📍S - Survival
Non-fiction survival in wilderness or harsh times, or perhaps war fiction or other survival of difficult times. For example Songs of a War Boy

📍T - True Crime
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

📍V - Villainy
Shadow and Bone (is on several villainy lists)

📍W - Women
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

[Peggy]

Overview of finished tasks

📍B - Books about books - The Plot
📍C - Childhood
📍D - Dogs - The Art of Racing in the Rain
📍F - Fantasy - Inheritance
📍G - Ghosts
📍H - History
📍L - Love - Everything, Everything
📍M - Mythology - Odyssey
📍N - Nature - Call of the Penguins
📍P - Pirates - The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
📍R - Religion
📍S - Survival
📍T - True Crime
📍V - Villainy - Steelheart
📍W - Women - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men


Badge request list

Badge One completed
1. Task 1, Odyssey
2. Task 2, Steelheart
3. Task 3, Call of the Penguins
4. Task 4, Everything, Everything
5. Task 5, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
6. Task 6, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
7. Task 7, The Art of Racing in the Rain
8. Task 8, Inheritance
9. Task 9, The Plot

[Peggy]

Reporting example

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Badge 1, Task G - Ghosts
3. Link – Ghost Story
4. Listened to Audiobook, 22:33 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of Ghosts.
6. As the title indicates, this is a ghost story. "Ghosts" also show on the main book page as a genre.

[Peggy]

Reserved

[Peggy]

Reserved

[Peggy]

Yay! First one done.

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Badge 1, Task M - Mythology
3. Link – Odyssey
4. Paperback, 400 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Mythology
6. This is Stephen Fry's retelling of The Odyssey. It's part of his Great Mythology series.

[Janice, Moderator]

Woohoo! Great start Peggy.

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Badge 1, Task V - Villainy
3. Link – Steelheart
4. Ebook, 361 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Villainy
6. The book is about a group of ordinary people (The Reckoners) who fight super villains (called Epics).

[Janice, Moderator]

I enjoyed that series Peggy.

[Peggy]

I saw your reviews :) I enjoyedit too, more than I expected to. I will continu with it if I can find some good ebook deals.

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Badge 1, Task N - Nature
3. Link – Call of the Penguins
4. Audio, 10:29
5. Read a book with a theme of Nature
6. Nature is a theme in this book because it focuses a lot on penguins and their habitat. Parts of it are set on the Falkland Islands and an island off the coast of Australia. There are descriptions of the islands and lots of information about penguins.

[Janice, Moderator]

More penguins. :) Thanks to you, I read the wonderful book How the Penguins Saved Veronica. They are fascinating birds.

[Peggy]

I added the third book to my wishlist too. Just such great comfort reads :)

[Margo]

I didn't know this was a series! Added to my wishlist, thanks Peggy :-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy, Margo & I decided we needed a new fantasy buddy read. It's been awhile since we did Realm of the Underlings. We're going to read Nolyn starting March 8th if you're interested. I noticed you like Michael J Sullivan earlier, so I've been thinking of you.

[Peggy]

Thanks for thinking of me, that's really kind :) Michael J Sullivan is one of my favourite fantasy authors but I read Nolyn and the rest of the series not so long ago. I'm sure you're both going to enjoy it!

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Badge 1, Task L - Love
3. Link – Everything, Everything
4. Audio, 6:44
5. Read a book with a theme of Love
6. The book is an unrealistic whingy teenage love story.

[Janice, Moderator]

LOL!

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Badge 1, Task P - Pirates
3. Link – The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
4. Audio, 16:59
5. Read a book with a theme of Pirates
6. The book is the story of a pirate and her crew going after a kidnapped girl.

[Janice, Moderator]

I've got this book slated to read this month. I'm looking forward to it.

[Peggy]

It was a 5 star book for me. If I had read it on paper it might have been 4, but the narration just lifted it to the next level. I hope you'll enjoy it just as much!

[Janice, Moderator]

Sounds great. I have the audiobook as well.

[Margo]

Nice one Peggy, I need an A and they have this in my library!

[Margo]

Oh, it's reserved till november. Back to the drawing board....

[Peggy]

Ahw, too bad Margo!

Do you have Spotify? I listened it for free (included in my premium membership) on there.

[Margo]

no, no Spotify unfortunately. I'll have to look into it. People in my irl book club use it, but they have kids- don't know if it'd be worth it just for me.

[Peggy]

Just so you know, only 12 hours of listening time to audiobooks per month are included (at least over here in my membership). Came as a surprise to me, lol. If you want more, you have to pay for it.

If you want a subscription somewhere *just* for audiobooks, I'm sure there are better options.

[Margo]

Ah, thanks for that info Peggy. It's definitely not for me in that case!

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Badge 1, Task W - Women
3. Link – Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
4. 321 pages (411 if you include all the references and index)
5. Read a book with a theme of Women
6. It's a non-fictional book about how women are systematically ignored in all aspects of life.

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Badge 1, Task D - Dogs
3. Link – The Art of Racing in the Rain
4. 336
5. Read a book with a theme of Dogs
6. The book is told from the perspective of a dog

[Margo]

Go Enzo! Did you enjoy it Peggy?

[Peggy]

I did! I hah heard of the book but it never appealed to me because I really dislike talking animals (in books and also in movies) and this felt like it would be in the same category. But I had no idea what else to read and the reviews were good, so I gave it a try. I was pleasantly surprised! :D

[Peggy]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Badge 1, Task F - Fantasy
3. Link – Inheritance
4. 847 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Fantasy
6. The book is the 4th and final part of a fantasy series including dragons and riders, magic, elves, dwarfs and many more fantasy things

[Peggy]

Badge 1, Book 9
2. Badge 1, Task B - Books about books
3. Link – The Plot
4. 317 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of Books about books
6. The book is about a book called Crib, and there's a lot more to it than it seems.

[Janice, Moderator]

It sounds interesting.

[Margo]

This one is on my wish list.