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Challenges: Year Long Main 2025
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Badge 2 Book 152. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Orange
3. The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
4. Audiobook, 12 hours
5. orange cover
Rating: 4 stars, very gripping tale, I am excited for part 2
Badge 2 Book 162. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Zeppelin
3. The Wind Whales of Ishmael by Philip José Farmer
4. PB, 208
5. Zeppelin on cover
Rating 1 star, really really struggled to get through this - it had weird names and very avg plot
Badge 2 Book 172. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Horse
3. The Bedroom Window by K.L. Slater
4. Audiobook, 8+hours
5. Horse on cover
Rating 3 stars, good but average psychological thriller
Here's hoping your next book is a 4-5 star read.
Janice wrote: "Here's hoping your next book is a 4-5 star read."Haha, incoming 4 star read..
Badge 2 Book 182. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Teacup
3. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
4. Kindle, 401 pages
5. Teacup(s) on cover
Rating 4 stars, a very very cute and heartfelt romance, good humour as well
Badge 2 Book 192. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Quilt
3. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter
4. Audiobook, 8+hrs
5. Quilt on cover
Rating 3 stars, the book was sweet but the dialogues felt forced and there was a very weird father/daughter relationship
Badge 2 Book 202. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Night sky
3. The Walnut Mansion by Miljenko Jergović
4. PB, 429 pages
5. Night sky on cover (you can see the moon and stars)
Badge 2 Book 212. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Lighthouse
3. The Bad Luck Lighthouse by Nicki Thornton
4. PB, 367 paged
5. Lighthouse on cover
Rating 2 stars, it is supposed to be a children's book but I think the plot was too dumbed down
Badge 2 Book 222. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Jewellery
3. Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann
4. Kindle, 314 paged
5. Jewellery (Pendant) on cover
Rating 5 stars, absolutely devoured this tragic but cute dark romance
Badge 2 Book 232. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Insect
3. The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli
4. PB, 406 pages
5. Insect (Moth) on cover
Rating 4 stars, loved this romantasy - cant wait to read part 2
Badge 2 Book 242. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Umbrella
3. The Mad Girls of New York by Maya Rodale
4. Audiobook, 8+ hours
5. Umbrella on cover
A very nice and inspiring read based on a true person - the book turned out to be more serious than I thought. Rating 4 stars
Badge 2 Book 252. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Picture within a picture
3. Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings
4. Kindle, 423
5. Picture within a picture (verified)
Rating 2 stars, this was a book about mindless gossip of rich people - did not connect at all
Congrats on finishing badge 2, Nix.
Badge 3 Book 12. List Three - Male authors - F
3. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
4. Audiobook, 10+hrs
5. First initial
Rating 3 stars, writing is beautiful but I felt the book was good as a standalone
I have the final book of the series to read. I plan to read it next badge, if I finish badge 2. I thought about not using it for the challenge and reading it for the themed read next month since it's about hockey.
I also want to finish the series, his writing is beautiful. Hopefully you finish badge 2 before and can be used for both themed and challenge
Badge 3 Book 22. List Three - Male authors - H
3. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
4. Kindle,492 pages
5. Second initial
Rating 4 stars, really liked the writing and the historical / womanhood part of the book - it was less horror though
Badge 3 Book 32. List Three - Male authors - E
3. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4.Audiobook, 10+hrs
5. First initial
Rating 3.5 stars, what a fun action packed world building!
Badge 3 Book 42. List Three - Male authors - O
3. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
4. Hardcover 400 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 3 stars, to be honest, a bit of a disappointment with this new series
I haven't even started the first book in his Thursday Murder Club. I hope to get to it soon.
Janice wrote: "I haven't even started the first book in his Thursday Murder Club. I hope to get to it soon."Oooo, I love that series.. It keeps getting better
Badge 3 Book 52. List Three - Male authors - Q
3. The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
4. ebook 305 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 3.5 stars, a nice read about romance and mental illness
Nistha wrote: "Janice wrote: "I haven't even started the first book in his Thursday Murder Club. I hope to get to it soon."Oooo, I love that series.. It keeps getting better"
I was looking at my next badge, and can fit it in there. I've tagged it as priority.
Badge 3 Book 62. List Three - Male authors - V
3. The Girl with the Seven Lives by Vikas Swarup
4. PB 389 pages
5. First initial
Rating 4 stars, really enjoyed it. It had been a while since this author had written a book
Badge 3 Book 72. List Three - Male authors - L
3. The Choice by Alex Lake
4. PB 400 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 2.5 stars, it was fast paced but nothing extraordinary
Badge 3 Book 82. List Three - Male authors - C
3. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
4. PB 407 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 4 stars, I loved this mystery thriller - felt like a movie
Badge 3 Book 92. List Three - Male authors - K
3. The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises by Shehan Karunatilaka
4. PB 257 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 3.5 stars, I think few stories were nice and unique but some just failed to hit any mark
Badge 3 Book 102. List Three - Male authors - S
3. Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
4. PB 176 pages
5. First initial
Rating 5 stars, the writing was great, this was a book which I wasn't able to put down. Beautifully answers what is love
Badge 3 Book 112. List Three - Male authors - I
3. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
4. Kindle 418 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 4 stars, I love Ishiguro's writing style and blend of sci fi in literary fiction - his characters are amazing as well
Badge 3 Book 122. List Three - Male authors - Y
3. The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel
4. Audibook 10hrs
5. First initial
Rating 2 stars, I was so confused by what the book actually wanted to convey by its 3 stories - i did not get the book
Badge 3 Book 132. List Three - Male authors - G
3. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
4. PB 933 pages
5. First initial
Rating 3 stars, parts of it were brilliant but some went too far off in the ganster direction
Badge 3 Book 142. List Three - Male authors - T
3. The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi
4. Kindle 604 pages
5. Last initial
Rating 4.5 stars, such a good end to a good trilogy based on Shiva
Badge 3 Book 152. List Three - Male authors - R
3. Audition by Ryū Murakami
4. Hardcover 208 pages
5. First initial
Rating 3.5 stars, it was a good book but I expected more deranged psychological horror
Badge 3 Book 162. List Three - Male authors - J
3. Starter Villain by John Scalzi
4. PB 262 pages
5. First initial
Rating 4 stars, it was a fun one. I loved the corporate cats and the unionised dolphins
Badge 3 Book 172. List Three - Male authors - P
3. Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
4. PB 391 pages
5. First initial
Rating 3 stars, it was a good read, but a very predictable thriller. Fun while it lasted.
Badge 3 Book 182. List Three - Male authors - M
3. The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
4. Hardcover 192
5. First initial
Rating 1 star, felt like a failed attempt at flowery writing, but ended up being pretentious
Badge 3 Book 192. List Three - Male authors - W
3. The End of October by Lawrence Wright
4. PB 374
5. Last initial
Rating 3 stars, well researched but not a great one
Badge 3 Book 202. List Three - Male authors - U
3. Strange Pictures by Uketsu
4. PB 240
5. Name
Rating 5 stars, what a book! It was so different and engaging
Badge 3 Book 212. List Three - Male authors - B
3. A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
4. Kindle 528
5. Last initial
Rating 5 stars. I read Baldacci after such a long time, perhaps high school and enjoyed this one so much. Great one for a historical legal thriller
Badge 3 Book 222. List Three - Male authors - A
3. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah
4. Kindle 304
5. First initial
Rating 5 stars (Back to back 3 5-star!). This book deals with its 3 main characters in such a brilliant manner - giving plenty of breathing space and then developing the story!
Badge 3 Book 232. List Three - Male authors - D
3. White Nights: And Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. Kindle 265
5. Last initial
Rating 5 stars, too dense for me - well I gave the Classics a try
Badge 3 Book 242. List Three - Male authors - Z
3. Hidden Camera by Zoran Živković
4. PB 217
5. Both initials
Rating 4 stars - very weird book but I liked the vibes
Badge 3 Book 252. List Three - Male authors - N
3. When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
4. PB 304
5. First initial
Rating 4 stars - one of my most anticipated horror of this year - well done!
Badge 3 complete - next female authors
Congrats on finishing badge 3.
Badge 4 Book 12. List Three - Female authors - B
3. A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey
4. PB 368
5. First initial
nah, did not like it - felt too forced
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2. List Five - Specified Object on Cover - Airplane
3. Falling by T.J. Newman
4. Hardcover 289 pages
5. airplane on cover
Rating :2 stars, very disappointing thriller, especially after a solid first book