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

[Leslie]

1. Badge 2, Book 25
2. Titles List ~ K
3. The Kitchen Front
4. Kindle - 416pages
5. Title starts with K

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing badge 2.

[Leslie]

Janice wrote: "Congrats on finishing badge 2."

Thanks Janice! I'm going to get work on a combined Badge 3/4 now :)

[Janice, Moderator]

I'll be right behind you. I have 2 books to complete in Badge 2.

[Leslie]

Badge Three
AUTHORS

A ~ Ann Napolitano; Dear Edward
B ~ M.C. Beaton; Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
C ~ Christina Lauren; The Paradise Problem
D ~ Samantha Downing; He Started It
E ~ Erica Bauermeister; The School of Essential Ingredients
F ~ Freida McFadden; The Housemaid
G ~ Jim Gaffigan; Food: A Love Story
H ~ Sue Hincenbergs; The Retirement Plan
I ~ Tamara Ireland Stone; Every Last Word
J ~ Holly Jackson; A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
K ~ Maggie Knox; The Holiday Swap
L ~ Christina Lauren; Twice in a Blue Moon
M ~ Kimberly McCreight; Reconstructing Amelia
N ~ Nancy Johnson; The Kindest Lie
O ~ Olivia Ford; Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
P ~ Penelope Douglas; Punk 57
Q ~ Kate Quinn; The Rose Code
R ~ Miranda Rijks; Roses Are Red
S ~ Emma Sasaki; It's a Privilege Just to Be Here
T ~ Sally Thorne; 99 Percent Mine
U ~ Nikki Urang; The Hit List
V ~ Vicki Grant; 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You
W ~ Lauren Weisburger; When Life Gives You Lululemons
Y ~ Jane Yolen; Armageddon Summer
Z ~ Mariana Zapata; All Rhodes Lead Here

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 1
2. Author's List ~ Female Author C
3. The Paradise Problem
4. Christina Lauren
5. Kindle - 352 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with C

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 2
2. Author's List ~ Female Author K
3. The Holiday Swap
4. Maggie Knox
5. Kindle - 351 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with K

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 3
2. Author's List ~ Female Author R
3. Roses Are Red
4. Miranda Rijks
5. Kindle - 286 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with R

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 4
2. Author's List ~ Female Author J
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
4. Holly Jackson
5. Kindle - 348 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with J

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 5
2. Author's List ~ Female Author H
3. The Retirement Plan
4. Sue Hincenbergs
5. Kindle - 329 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with H

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 6
2. Author's List ~ Female Author M
3. Reconstructing Amelia
4. Kimberly McCreight
5. Kindle - 337 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with M

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 7
2. Author's List ~ Female Author W
3. When Life Gives You Lululemons
4. Lauren Weisburger
5. Kindle - 320 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with W

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 8
2. Author's List ~ Female Author F
3. The Housemaid
4. Freida McFadden
5. Kindle - 329 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with F

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 9
2. Author's List ~ Female Author B
3. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
4. M.C. Beaton
5. Kindle - 228 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with B

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 10
2. Author's List ~ Female Author N
3. The Kindest Lie
4. Nancy Johnson
5. Kindle - 336 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with N

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 11
2. Author's List ~ Female Author E
3. The School of Essential Ingredients
4. Erica Bauermeister
5. Paperback - 261 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with E

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 12
2. Author's List ~ Female Author P
3. Punk 57
4. Penelope Douglas
5. Paperback - 343 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with P

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 13
2. Author's List ~ Female Author Q
3. The Rose Code
4. Kate Quinn
5. Kindle - 646 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with Q

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 14
2. Author's List ~ Female Author L
3. Twice in a Blue Moon
4. Christina Lauren
5. Hardcover - 358 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with L

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 15
2. Author's List ~ Male Author J
3. Nothing Ventured
4. Jeffrey Archer
5. Kindle - 326 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with J

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 16
2. Author's List ~ Female Author D
3. He Started It
4. Samantha Downing
5. Kindle - 384 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with D

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 17
2. Author's List ~ Female Author A
3. Dear Edward
4. Ann Napolitano
5. Kindle - 352 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with A

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 18
2. Author's List ~ Male Author R
3. The Belated Bachelor Party
4. Ravinder Singh
5. Paperback - 292 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with R

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 19
2. Author's List ~ Male Author K
3. The Wondering Years: How Pop Culture Helped Me Answer Life’s Biggest Questions
4. Knox McCoy
5. Kindle - 238 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with K

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 20
2. Author's List ~ Male Author G
3. Food: A Love Story
4. Jim Gaffigan
5. Kindle - 354 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with G

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 21
2. Author's List ~ Male Author P
3. All the Beautiful Lies
4. Peter Swanson
5. Kindle - 309 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with P

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 22
2. Author's List ~ Male Author N
3. Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind
4. Nate Bargatze
5. Kindle - 232 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with N

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 23
2. Author's List ~ Male Author M
3. Anno 2020
4. James Morcan
5. Kindle - 228 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with M

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 24
2. Author's List ~ Female Author T
3. 99 Percent Mine
4. Sally Thorne
5. Kindle - 352 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with T

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 25
2. Author's List ~ Female Author S
3. It's a Privilege Just to Be Here
4. Emma Sasaki
5. Hardcover - 320 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with S

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on completing badge 3.

[Leslie]

Hi Janice, Do I not have to complete the rest of the letters for both Male and Female, or did I just have to complete a total of 25 between the 2??

[Janice, Moderator]

You need a list of 25 combined male & female.

[Leslie]

Janice wrote: "You need a list of 25 combined male & female."

Oh, okay. I misunderstood. I have 25 authors, but don't have every letter covered. Should I keep going until I have letters A - Z (except X) with a combination of male and female authors?

[Janice, Moderator]

Yes. :) In retrospect, I should have made 3 lists - one for male, one for female, and one for combined. But, it's a little late for that.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 26
2. Author's List ~ Female Author I
3. Every Last Word
4. Tamara Ireland Stone
5. Kindle - 368 pages
6. Author's Middle Name Starts with I

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 27
2. Author's List ~ Female Author O
3. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame
4. Olivia Ford
5. Kindle - 384 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with O

[Janice, Moderator]

Is your numbering off? There are only 25 books per list.

[Janice, Moderator]

I think I see what's going on. You're reading 2 books for some letters. One male & one female. Read 1 book per letter and forget about genre.

The options were a list of strictly male.
A list of strictly female.
A list where gender doesn't matter. A combined list if you will.

According to your overall list you need U, V, Y, Z
Four more books with an author (male or female) whose last name starts with those letters.

[Leslie]

Janice wrote: "I think I see what's going on. You're reading 2 books for some letters. One male & one female. Read 1 book per letter and forget about genre.

The options were a list of strictly male.
A list of st..."

Yes, I was confused when I started this badge. I thought I had to read a male AND a female for each letter. My records now agree with yours...U,V,Y,Z.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 3, Book 28
2. Author's List ~ Female Author V
3. 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You
4. Vicki Grant
5. Paperback - 288 pages
6. Author's First Name Starts with V

[Janice, Moderator]

So, with the latest book, you've read 22 books towards the badge and have 3 left to go. The duplicates don't count.

[Leslie]

1. Badge 23 Book 25
2. Author's List ~ Female Author Y
3. Armageddon Summer
4. Jane Yolen
5. Paperback - 272 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with Y

[Leslie]

1. Badge 24 Book 25
2. Author's List ~ Female Author Z
3. All Rhodes Lead Here
4. Mariana Zapata
5. Kindle - 572 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with Z

[Leslie]

1. Badge 25 Book 25
2. Author's List ~ Female Author U
3. The Hit List
4. Nikki Urang
5. Kindle - 256 pages
6. Author's Last Name Starts with U

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on earning badge 3.