Leslie Reads I before E ... and both after C in 2025

[Leslie]

Rules
Additional Badges

[Leslie]

Badge One
Themes

📍B - Books about books
📍C - Childhood
📍D - Dogs
📍F - Fantasy
📍G - Ghosts
📍H - History
📍L - Love
📍M - Mythology
📍N - Nature
📍P - Pirates
📍R - Religion
📍S - Survival
📍T - True Crime
📍V - Villainy
📍W - Women

[Leslie]

WoF Leslie
Requesting Badge 1

1. Task 1, The Bestseller
2. Task 2, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
3. Task 3, One Good Dog
4. Task 4, The Starless Sea
5. Task 5, Layla
6. Task 6, The Paris Gown
7. Task 7, Hello Stranger
8. Task 8, The Rainfall Market
9. Task 9, Happiness for Beginners
10. Task 10, Cinnamon and Gunpowder
11. Task 11, The Wonder
12. Task 12, The Martian
13. Task 13, College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
14. Task 14, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
15. Task 15, Things I Wish I Told My Mother

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. List 1, Task 6 [History]
3. The Paris Gown
4. Kindle - 332 pages
5. Read a Historical Fiction book
6. This is a story about 3 women set in 1950's Paris and centers around a Dior gown. MPG - Historical

[Janice, Moderator]

Book one done and dusted. Good going. :)

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. List 1, Task 1 [Books]
3. The Bestseller
4. Kindle - 724 pages
5. Read a about books.
6. This is a story about 5 authors and their journey to get their books published including one who will go on to write a bestseller. It is also the story about Davis & Dash a fictional prestigious publishing house in New York.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. List 1, Task 15 [Women]
3. Things I Wish I Told My Mother
4. Kindle - 322 pages
5. Read a about Women.
6. This is a story about the relationship between a Mother and Daughter.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. List 1, Task 13 [True Crime]
3. College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
4. Kindle - 251 pages
5. Read a True Crime Novel
6. This is a true story about how a college girl went missing in Indiana back in 2011 and has never been found. MPG True Crime

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. List 1, Task 7 [Love]
3. Hello Stranger
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Love theme
6. MC Sadie falls in love with her Vet and also her neighbour (view spoiler)[ only to find out that they are one and the same person. Her face blindness makes it difficult for her to distinguish people if other characteristics change like their glasses, clothes, etc... (hide spoiler)] MPG = Romance

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. List 1, Task 3 [Dogs]
3. One Good Dog
4. Kindle - 320 pages
5. Read a Novel about dogs
6. Chance, a mixed breed Pit Bull, has a significant impact on MC, Adam's, life.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. List 1, Task 2 [Childhood]
3. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
4. Hardcover - 302 pages
5. Read a Novel about childhood
6. This is the autobiography of Alison Arngrim's abusive childhood and her time growing up on Little House on the Prairie as well as how the events of her childhood have impacted the rest of her life.

[Janice, Moderator]

It has pretty high ratings. Did you enjoy it?

[Leslie]

Janice wrote: "It has pretty high ratings. Did you enjoy it?"

I did. I watched LIttle House growing up and reading her story made me want to rewatch it all over again. It also completely changed how I viewed "Nellie/Alison".

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. List 1, Task 14 [Villainy]
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
4. Kindle - 448 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Villain
6. Luc is a "demonic entity" who Addie makes a deal with. Her freedom for her soul. Luc is definitely a Villain.

[Janice, Moderator]

I used to watch Little House too, and remember disliking her character.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. List 1, Task 4 [Fantasy]
3. The Starless Sea
4. Kindle - 487 pages
5. Read a Fantasy Novel
6. MPG = Fantasy

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. List 1, Task 9 [Nature]
3. Happiness for Beginners
4. Kindle - 322 pages
5. Read a Novel involving Nature
6. MC's Helen and Jake take part in a Wilderness Survival Course learning how to survive without the comforts we take for granted (like bathrooms and beds). Also how to respect nature and be safe. Tagged Nature 22x.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. List 1, Task 8 [Mythology]
3. The Rainfall Market
4. Kindle - 400 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Mythology theme
6. MPG - Mythology

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. List 1, Task 12 [Survival]
3. The Martian
4. Kindle - 385 pages
5. Read a Novel about Survival
6. MPG - Survival. After being left behind (for dead) on Mars, Mark Watney survives on his own for over 1.5 years before being rescued.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 13
2. List 1, Task 5 [Ghosts]
3. Layla
4. Kindle - 305 pages
5. Read a Novel about Ghosts
6. Ghosts are central to the story in the character of Willow/Sable. Tagged ghosts 77x.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 14
2. List 1, Task 10 [Pirates]
3. Cinnamon and Gunpowder
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Read a Novel about Pirates
6. MC is Mad Hannah Mabbot, a ruthless pirate. MPG = Pirates

[Leslie]

1. Badge 1, Book 15
2. List 1, Task 11 [Religion]
3. The Wonder
4. Kindle - 301 pages
5. Read a Novel with a Religious theme
6. MGP = Religion.

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on earning the first badge. :)

[Leslie]

Janice wrote: "Congrats on earning the first badge. :)"

Thanks Janice! Going to try for multiple badges this year :)

[Leslie]

Badge Two
Titles

A ~ Admission
B ~ The Book of Speculation
C ~ The Christie Affair
D ~ Delirium
E ~ The Ex Hex
F ~ Followers
G ~ Girls with Bright Futures
H ~ The Heiress
I ~ The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
J ~ Just Some Stupid Love Story
K ~ The Kitchen Front
L ~ The Last One at the Wedding
M ~ Morality for Beautiful Girls
N ~ Never Have I Ever
O ~ One Perfect Couple
P ~ Perfect Harmony
Q ~ The Queens of Crime
R ~ Radar Girls
S ~ The Summer Pact
T ~ They Wish They Were Us
U ~ Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop?
V ~ The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
W ~ Where I Left Her
Y ~ The Younger Wife
Z ~ Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm liking the list of titles. Every book I'm planning to read this month will fit.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 1
2. Titles List ~ T
3. They Wish They Were Us
4. Kindle - 336 pages
5. Title starts with T

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 2
2. Titles List ~ F
3. Followers
4. Kindle - 396 pages
5. Title starts with F

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 3
2. Titles List ~ C
3. The Christie Affair
4. Kindle - 320 pages
5. Title starts with C

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 4
2. Titles List ~ M
3. Morality for Beautiful Girls
4. Paperback - 227 pages
5. Title starts with M

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 5
2. Titles List ~ S
3. The Summer Pact
4. Kindle - 386 pages
5. Title starts with S

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 6
2. Titles List ~ H
3. The Heiress
4. Kindle - 281 pages
5. Title starts with H

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 7
2. Titles List ~ P
3. Perfect Harmony
4. Kindle - 233 pages
5. Title starts with P

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 8
2. Titles List ~ L
3. The Last One at the Wedding
4. Kindle - 352 pages
5. Title starts with L

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 9
2. Titles List ~ B
3. The Book of Speculation
4. Kindle - 350 pages
5. Title starts with B

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 10
2. Titles List ~ V
3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
4. Kindle - 334 pages
5. Title starts with V

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 11
2. Titles List ~ W
3. Where I Left Her
4. Kindle - 384 pages
5. Title starts with W

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 12
2. Titles List ~ I
3. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
4. Kindle - 513 pages
5. Title starts with I

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 13
2. Titles List ~ R
3. Radar Girls
4. Kindle - 368 pages
5. Title starts with R

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 14
2. Titles List ~ A
3. Admission
4. Kindle - 352 pages
5. Title starts with A

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 15
2. Titles List ~ Z
3. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
4. Hardcover - 375 pages
5. Title starts with Z

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 16
2. Titles List ~ O
3. One Perfect Couple
4. Kindle - 416 pages
5. Title starts with O

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 17
2. Titles List ~ Y
3. The Younger Wife
4. Kindle - 348 pages
5. Title starts with Y

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 18
2. Titles List ~ J
3. Just Some Stupid Love Story
4. Hardcover - 336 pages
5. Title starts with J

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 19
2. Titles List ~ G
3. Girls with Bright Futures
4. Kindle - 387 pages
5. Title starts with G

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 20
2. Titles List ~ D
3. Delirium
4. Kindle - 309 pages
5. Title starts with D

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 21
2. Titles List ~ Q
3. The Queens of Crime
4. Kindle - 315 pages
5. Title starts with Q

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 22
2. Titles List ~ U
3. Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn't Food… and Why Can't We Stop?
4. Kindle - 399 pages
5. Title starts with U

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 23
2. Titles List ~ N
3. Never Have I Ever
4. Kindle - 359 pages
5. Title starts with N

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 24
2. Titles List ~ E
3. The Ex Hex
4. Kindle - 318 pages
5. Title starts with E