Emma R.'s List of Books

[Emma R.]

Badge 1:
B: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (4/14/2025)
C:
D:
F: Under Black Skies by Clare Sager (7/18/2025)
G:
H:
L:
M:
N: Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford (1/23/2025)
P: Through Dark Storms by Clare Sager (7/20/2025)
R:
S: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown (3/25/2025)
T:
V: We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle (1/13/2025)
W: The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios (4/20/2025)

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Themes, V - Villainy
3. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
4. Listened to Audiobook, 8:01 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of villainy
6. This book has several themes of villainy. The culture of the school that allowed for the abuse and murder of boys to happen, the system of white supremacy in the United States that indirectly supported the actions at Dozier, and the individuals that abused the boys at the school.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Themes, N-Nature
3. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
4. Listened to Audiobook, 10:03 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of nature
6. The theme of nature is found throughout this story. How dangerous nature can be, why people seek to spend time in nature, and what nature has taken from people

[Janice, Moderator]

That sounds like an interesting read, Emma.

[Emma R.]

It was a great read. I'm pulling a lot of books from the The Morbidly Curious Book Club for this reading challenge.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Themes, S-Survival
3. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
4. Listened to Audiobook, 10:55 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of survival
6. The theme of survival is found throughout this story. There is a focus on what the people of the Donner Party did to survive, along with scientific information on what happens to a human body in survival situations.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Themes, B - Books about books
3. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
4. Read ebook, 339 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of books about books
6. This book is about a bookshop and someone finding a love of reading. The theme of books is present throughout the story. Several chapters start with parts of in-universe books that the character is reading.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Themes, W-Women
3. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
4. Listened to Audiobook, 12:13 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme of women
6. This book is about how the cure for tuberculosis was found. It is told through the stories of the black women who worked as nurses at the hospital that helped find the cure.

[Janice, Moderator]

Emma R. wrote: "1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Themes, S-Survival
3. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
4. Listened to Audiobook, 10:55 hours.
5. Read a book with a theme..."

It was a difficult read but very impactful.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Themes, F-Fantasy
3. Under Black Skies
4. Read ebook, 470 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of fantasy
6. This book is a fantasy-themed book with pirates. There is magic, fae, and a kraken.

[Emma R.]

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Themes, P-Pirates
3. Through Dark Storms
4. Read ebook, 472 pages
5. Read a book with a theme of pirates
6. This book is a fantasy-themed book with pirates. The two main characters are pirates, with one having the title of "Pirate Queen"