You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Excited for 2019's challenge!

Update 1/1- So I'm setting myself a personal challenge for this year's challenge, which is to use only books I already own for this challenge. I have a ridiculous number of books that I own that I have not read and yet still constantly find myself at the library or used book stores or Amazon Kindle sales getting more. (I'm sure I'm not the only one in the group to experience this!) But I really want to read the books I have, so that's kind of my reading goal for the year is to mostly focus on those.

I'm planning to get at least badge 1 and maybe badge 2, but I found at least 1 option for a lot of the books so that I'd have options. Just going to leave this here for my reference. If there's any of these books you'd particularly recommend, let me know, maybe I'll read that next!

Book 1- (Non-fiction)- Any of my non-fiction books
Book 2- (Science fiction)- Bone Dance, An Unkindness of Ghosts
Book 3- (Time in title)- Time machine
Book 4- Haven't found any that fit yet!
Book 5- (One word title)- Homegoing, Armadale, Middlemarch, Shirley
Book 6- (Tiger on cover)- Paper Menagerie, (Crazy Rich Asians) Crazy Rich Asians
Book 7- (Dystopia)- An Unkindness of Ghosts, Wool, The Man in the High Castle, Red Rising
Book 8- (Space Opera)- Caliban's War (#2 in Expanse)
Book 9- (author w/ first book published after 2000) Alan Bradley, (book starts with B)- Born a Crime, Born in Blood and Fire, Bury Your Dead
Book 10- (classic sci-fi)- Dune, War of the Worlds, The Man in the High Castle, Left Hand of Darkness, Hyperion
Book 11- couldn't find any that fit yet!
Book 12- (set in Canada)- Louise Penny book #4, (set in space)- An Unkindness of Ghosts, Omega, Thrawn, (biography)- Unbowed, Alexander Hamilton
Book 13- (published in 2016)- The Underground Railroad, Homegoing, The Woman in Cabin 10, Born a Crime, Hidden Figures, A Gathering of Shadows, Every Heart a Doorway, Evicted, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Book 14- (Historical mystery)- Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear, A Rising Man
Book 15- couldn't find any that fit yet!
Book 16- The Hate U Give (the one exception to my books I own rule, as I've really been wanting to read this)
Book 17- (set in fantasy world)- Warrior Heir, Robin Hobb (2nd book), The Lies of Locke Lamora, Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, Sabriel, Fablehaven
Book 18- (Goodreads choice winner)- Little Fires Everywhere, Into the Water, The Underground Railroad, Red Rising, Eleanor & Park, Quiet
Book 19- (book in series of 5)- Marie Brennan (book 3), (author named Joe or Joseph)- The Founding Brothers, The Price of Inequality
Book 20- (time travel)- The House on the Strand
Book 21- (set in 1940s)- The Book Thief, Climbing the Stairs
Book 22- (airplane on cover)- Murder in Mesopotamia
Book 23- (set in London)- Career of Evil
Book 24- haven't found any that fit yet!
Book 25- (about Native Americans)- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Book 26- (speculative fiction)- Early Riser, (set in Africa/African author)- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 27- (set 1800-1900)- Shirley, Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, (German author)- Inkspell, (fantasy) lots of options, see book 17
Book 28- (about Tudors)- The Six Wives of Henry VIII, (bio about leader of a nation)- Unbowed
Book 30- Haven't found one that fits yet
Book 31- Haven't found one that fits yet
Book 32- (set between 1400 and 1700)- Niccolo Rising, (set near river or creek) Into the Water
Book 33- (debut book by author) Children of Blood and Bone
Book 34- Haven't found one that fits yet
Book 35- (romance) Attachments, Eleanor & Park, If You Come Softly
Book 36- Haven't found one that fits yet

1. Badge 1, Book 1
2. Movie- The Jungle Book
3. Task- Author, Rudyard Kipling
4. The Voyage of the Basilisk
5. 365 pages
6. Read a book that is either the 5th in a series or in a series of 5 books
7. This is the 3rd book in the 5 book Lady Trent series
8. No specifications

Woohoo! First book done. :)

1. Badge 1, Book 2
2. Movie- To All The Boys I've Loved Before
3. Task- Genre, YA Romance
4. If You Come Softly
5. 181 pages
6. Read a romance
7. This is a romance
8. Romance is on the top genres on this book's Goodreads page

1. Badge 1, Book 3
2. Movie- 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
3. Task- Genre, Non-Fiction
4. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
5. I read via audiobook. According to Goodreads, the hardcover is 404 pages.
6. Read a book that is non-fiction.
7. This is a non-fiction book about dinosaurs.
8. Non-fiction is on the top genres on this book's Goodreads page

1. Badge 1, Book 4
2. Movie - The Death Cure
3. Task- Trivia
4. The Mystery of the Blue Train
5. 298 pages
6. Read a book with "Train" in the title or prominently displayed on the cover.
7. Train is in the title
8. No specifications.

1. Badge 1, Book 5
2. Movie- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3. Task- Author
4. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
5. I read this via audiobook. According to Goodreads, the hardcover is 288 pages.
6. Read a book about a library or book shop.
7. This book is about a bookshop.
8. No specification.

1. Badge 1, Book 6
2. Movie- The Little Stranger
3. Task- Genre: Horror
4. The Passage
5. 766 pages (!!!)
6. Read a book that is in the Horror genre.
7. This book could definitely be counted in the Horror genre.
8. Horror is one of the top genres listed on this book's Goodreads page.

1. Badge 1, Book 7
2. Movie- Monster
3. Task- Genre: True Crime
4. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
5. I read this via audiobook. According to Goodreads, the hardcover version is 308 pages.
6. Read a Crime or True Crime story where a police officer or lawyer is not the main character. It may be a private detective. The genre must be listed on the book's main page.
7. The main characters in this book are the author, who is a writer, and the thief who in addition to being a thief is a musician, so not police officers or laywers.
8. True Crime is listed as one of the top genre's on this book's Goodreads page.

I remember reading The Passage the first time. I thought it would never end, but, in a way, I did not want it to because I wanted to know more! I actually read it a second time, after I had started the second book, because I could not remember who some of the characters were. I started the third one, but never finished, because I could not remember some of the stuff from the second book and had to read it again. There is no excuse because I own it, just time, I guess. I really would like to kill it off this year.

Haha, yeah I was really unsure going into The Passage especially with the creepier parts in the first third or so of the book, cause I do not do creepy books at all, but the book really drew me in. I have the 2nd one checked out from the library so that hopefully I don't forget too much in between!

I was really reluctant to read it at first too, but it turned out to be a really, really interesting story. Creepy is not my favorite either, but the way the information was presented was more a mystery than a blood fest, although it was scary at times. I think you will really like the second one too. The characters are so well done!

1. Badge 1, Book 8
2. Movie- First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
3. Task- Actor
4. A Rule Against Murder
5. I read this via audiobook. According to Goodreads, the hardcover is 322 pages.
6. Read a book set in Canada or by a Canadian author.
7. This book is both set in Canada and by a Canadian author.
8. No specification.

1. Badge 1, Book 9
2. Movie- Annihilation
3. Task- Genre
4. Dark Matter
5. I read this via ebook. According to Goodreads the hardcover is 342 pages.
6. Read a book from the genre Science Fiction. The genre must be listed on the book's main page.
7. Science Fiction is the top genre listed on the book's main page.
8. No specification.

1. Badge 1, Book 10
2. Movie- Crazy Rich Asians
3. Task- Genre
4. The Peachkeeper
5. 273 pages
6. Genre: Romance - Read a book with the genre Chick Lit or Women's Lit. The genre must be listed on the book's main page.
7. Chick Lit is listed as a genre on the book's main page.
8. No specifications.

1. Badge 1, Book 11
2. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
3. Task- Author
4. Recursion
5. 336 pages
6. Read a book with a single word title.
7. Recursion is a single word title.
8. No specifications.

1. Badge 1, Book 12
2. The Girl in the Spider's Web
3. Task- Genre
4. A Study in Scarlet Women
5. 323 pages
6. Read a book that is Historical Mystery. Use this genre page as a tool. Required - explain how the book fits this genre.
7. This is a mystery published in 2016 that takes place in the 19th century. Both "Historical fiction" and "Mystery" are listed as its genres on its main page.
8. No specifications.

Whew!! Wasn't sure I was going to make it this year!

Congrats on finishing the challenge, Valerie. :) Don't forget to request your badge.

Oh, haha thank you! It's been so long, I forgot that was a thing I had to do! Will go do that now :)

Actually requesting a badge is more involved than I remembered and my computer's having technical difficulties so I'll request the badge tomorrow :)

Congratulations on finishing your 12 books, Valerie!

Thanks Cherie!