The Lost Challenges discussion

Every 3 months we will give you a list of facts about a randomly selected year with reading tasks to go with them. Read one book for each task.



A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.



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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 15/11-15


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Always With Me Barbara Freethy 5/24/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1.
Wild for You Kristen Proby 5/24/24 (The Wilds of Montana #1)

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive.
Love Me Like a Love Song Annmarie Boyle 5/5/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received.
1468 ratings Tourist Season Brenda Novak 5/29/24

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Kate Magic Tides Ilona Andrews 5/18/24

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author who uses an initial.
Just Add Romance Heather B. Moore 5/9/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in New York.
The Quiet Tenant Clémence Michallon 5/19/24

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure.
The Recovery Agent Janet Evanovich 5/8/24

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Bigfoot Boss: A Monster Office Romance Luna Cantrip 5/3/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11
🟦 Read a book set in Australia.
The Song of Clouds Samantha Wood 5/10/24

11. March 22
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R.
Return of the Witch Deanna Chase 5/16/24

12. June 29
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Undead Roxanne Longstreet 5/20/24

13. July 5
🟦 Read a book with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Danielle The Library on Plum Island Amy Rafferty 7/22/24

14. September 7
🟦 Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
The Summer We Started Over Nancy Thayer 5/7/24

15. December 26
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs.
Crossed by Death A.C.F. Bookens 5/14/24

My spot

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Little Boy Toy: A Little Big Heart Daddy MM Romance
Mc zale finished 12/5

Trip Into 1996
May - July 2024
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks

1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
The Couple in the Photo by Helen Cooper 5/7/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Irish Meadows by Susan Anne Mason 6/11/24
Courage to Dream #1

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
-

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Ever Constant by Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse 5/6/24
710 ratings

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Substitute Sweetheart by Shannon Sue Dunlap (edit job, releases October 2024, not yet on GR) 6/18/24
Andrew Zimmerman

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author who uses an initial
To Love & To Cherish by H.S. Kylian 5/22/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Secret Agent Brainteasers: More Than 100 Codebreaking Puzzles Inspired by Britain's Espionage Masterminds by Sinclair McKay 5/31/24
London, England

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
-

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Missing by Lynette Eason 6/29/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
-

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
The Songbird of Hope Hill by Kim Vogel Sawyer 6/23/24

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
-

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
-

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
-

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
-

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
One book per task.
Progress: 14/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🔤 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Tin Man: A Graphic Novel by Justin Madson - May 16

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
📚 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, the Graphic Novel by Chris Grabenstein - book #1 in Mr. Lemoncello's Library series - May 21

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4️⃣4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. Death of a Clam Digger by Lee Hollis - 340 ratings - May 22

5. Born in 1996
🅰 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name). Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil - Amy (the author) - May 18

3️⃣6. Read a book by an author who uses three names.
Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon & Cynthia Leitich Smith - May 1

7. New Books
🎯 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry - Chicago - May 17

8. In Theaters
👽Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.) Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld - Science Fiction - May 16

🅱9. On The Radio
Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count. White Bird by R.J. Palacio - May 22

IN THE NEWS
🥸10. Read a book with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family by Marisabina Russo - May 8

🚗11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Road Trips, Blue Skies & Dead Guys by Jennifer Fischetto - May 14

💐12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
Read a book whose title begins with the word THE. The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel55711764] - May 22

➿13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
Read a book with a clone in the story. The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires, Vol. 1: Money and Power by Art Baltazar - May 26

🎾14. Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life). You Cannot Be Serious! The Graphic Guide to Tennis: Grand slams, players and fans, and all the tennis trivia possible by Mark Hodgkinson - May 7

🐝15. Read a book set in Colorado.
Buzzing by Samuel Sattin - May 11

Finished: 2024/07/13

I'll start this with 5 and see where it goes.

Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Progress: 15/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
✓ Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B. Haruichi Furudate - Haikyu!!, Band 11 (24/05/13)

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
✓ Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29. Haikyu!!, Band 9 by Haruichi Furudate (Haikyu!! #9, 24/05/04)

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
✓ Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C). Ryo Suzuri - MADK 3: Abgedreht und faszinierend: Bemerkenswert gezeichnete Boys-Love-Story direkt aus der Hölle! (24/05/11)

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
✓ Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. 7,284 Given 04 by Natsuki Kizu (24/05/09)

5. Born in 1996
✓ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z. Hinata Shoyo Haikyu!!, Band 8 by Haruichi Furudate (24/05/01)

6. Died in 1996
✓ Read a book by an author whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant. Andreas Dutter - Hope in Our Universe (24/05/15)

7. New Books
✓ Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York. Tote schweigen nie by A.K. Turner (24/07/13)

8. In Theaters
✓ Read a book with the genre/tagged Sports. Haikyu!!, Band 7 by Haruichi Furudate (24/05/01)

9. On The Radio
✓ Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count. Given 01 by Natsuki Kizu (24/05/06)

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
✓ Read a book with a character who is bald or wears glasses. Haikyu!!, Band 10 by Haruichi Furudate (24/05/05)

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
✓ Read a book tagged Survival or Horror. The Bride by Kichiku Neko (24/05/30)

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
✓ Read a book where a character goes to a concert. Given 05 by Natsuki Kizu (24/05/09)

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
✓ Read a book with a MC whose first name begins with D. Debbie Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen by Debbie Tung (24/05/02)

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. The murder remains unsolved.
✓ Read a book with a singer or actor. Given 02 by Natsuki Kizu (24/05/07)

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
✓ Read a book where a murder occurs. Noah by Sebastian Fitzek (24/06/01)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

15/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Name
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
🧿Digging Up the Remains by Julia Henry 5/3/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
🧿 A Fatal Footnote (Open Book Mysteries #2) by Margaret Loudon 5/7/24

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive.
🧿 It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle. 5/15/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
🧿 Number of ratings is 297,171 --The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella 5/8/24

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
🧿MC Maddie Kosloski Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss 5/6/24

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
🧿 Author whose first name begins with vowel and last name begins with a consonant: The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan 5/4/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
🧿Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea 5/24/24 Begins in New York, then Washington, D.C, then London, on to France/Belgium/Germany, back to NY

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
🧿 A book tagged Children's: A Kind of Paradise by Amy Rebecca Tan 5/1/24

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
🧿 Musseled Out by Barbara Ross 5/17/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
🧿Character wears glasses: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie 5/11/24


11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
🧿 Character plays a video game Murder in an Irish Churchyard by Carlene O'Connor 5/22/24 "James and Elise were out on a date, Ciarán and Eoin were playing one of their video games..." p249

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
🧿 Title begins with THE -- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 5/12/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
🧿 MC: Devereaux Sinclair -- Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson 5/11/24

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
🧿A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 5/2/24 Singer Sylvia Montgomery

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
🧿 There is a murder and MC's sister competed in pageants: Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke 5/5/24

My spot! :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

FINISHED!!!!

Tasks:
✅1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Carbs & Cadavers by Ellery Adams (5/12/2024)

✅2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
SOS Hotel: For a Supernaturally Safe Stay! by Adam Vex (5/1/2024), SOS Hotel #1

✅3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
Wild Match by Amy Bellows (6/6/2024), consecutive initials A-B

✅4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Murder of a Small-Town Honey by Denise Swanson (5/26/2024), 3,367 ratings

✅5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas (5/6/2024), Annabelle Peyton

✅6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty (5/4/2024)

✅7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
A Catered Mother's Day by Isis Crawford (5/24/2024), Longley, New York

✅8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren (6/20/2024), Comedy

✅9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Murder in a Cape Cottage by Maddie Day (5/21/2024)

IN THE NEWS
✅10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
The Gargoyle and the Romance Writer by Chloe Archer (5/19/2024)

✅11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Northranger by Rey Terciero (5/2/2024)

✅12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand (5/17/2024)

✅13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
How I Took the King on a Bone-a-Fide Quest of Piracy, Piemu and Profit : Bone 2 by A.J. Sherwood (5/19/2024), Devan

✅14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
The Rhyme of the Magpie by Marty Wingate (5/9/2024)

✅15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws (5/23/2024)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
15/15

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
E One Deadly Batch Ella Andrew 5/22/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
#1 Farm Fresh Cozy Mysteries-Cornfield Calamity Summer Prescott 5/1/24

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
AB-Dreadful Circumstances Ana Bisset 5/18/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
7 at this posting-Chocolate Chip Cookie Cover-Up Angela Mayble 5/2/24

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Maya-Pawprints on the Page Sharon Michaels 5/2/24

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Uses initials The Case of the Pernicious Parrot L.C. Richards 5/3/24
Initials are same letters Two-Tailed Trouble Jinty James 5/16/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Fictional town of Whisper Cove, NY Easier Dead Than Drawn Bailee Abbott 5/7/24

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Tagged Thriller File M for Murder Miranda James 5/28/24

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Magicians and Murder Lucinda Race 5/3/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Glasses, Fred-Bloodshed at the Owl Blind Bellamy Beck 5/9/24

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Ends in L-View to a Grill Patti Benning 5/4/24

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Starlight Mint Surprise Murder Marla A. White 5/14/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Dorothy-Rocking Chairs and Rituals Corrine Winters 5/10/24

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Lights, Camera, Bones Carolyn Haines 5/21/24

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Coconut Crunch Murder Laura Pauling 5/1/24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15/11-15 Completed. Finished


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Brittainy C. Cherry-The Air He Breathes 5/16/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
(Juniper Ridge #1)
Show Time-Tawna Fenske 5/08/24

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C).
Bink Cummings-23 Hours 6/16/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
(4.27)
Let Me Love You-Brittney Sahin 5/21/24

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
(Zachary Haven)
Storms and Secrets-Claire Kingsley 5/14/24

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
Claire Contreras-Kaleidoscope Hearts 5/23/24

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada.
Wild Love-Elsie Silver 5/15/24

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
(Thriller)
Chase Her Shadow-D.K. Hood 5/01/24

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Outsider-Linda Castillo 5/12/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia.
Desertion-River Savage 5/06/24

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Seducing the Seal-Yahrah St. John 5/13/24

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Girl and the Secret Passage-A.J. Rivers 5/02/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book with a MC whose first name begins with D.
(Demi)
Loving Romeo-Laura Pavlov 6/13/24

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor.
Hollywood Princess-Natasha Madison 5/05/24

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs.
A Cold Trail-Robert Dugoni 5/02/24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: May 1, 2024 -July 31, 2024


LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Found: 11

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Ellie Alexander - Caught Bread Handed - 5/31/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
The Lady Janies #1 - My Lady Jane - Cynthia Hand - 5/31/24

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
58,332 ratings - Betting on You - Lynn Painter - 5/22/24

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Riley - Dungeons and Drama - Kristy Boyce - 5/5/24

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter.
Kevin Kwan - Crazy Rich Asians - 5/16/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
London - I Was Born for This - Alice Oseman - 6/18/24

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller.
Children's - The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry - 6/30/24

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W
On Thin Icing - Ellie Alexander - 5/15/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton - 6/29/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer OR with a character who is famous.
Amelia "Rae" Rose is a pop singer - When in Rome - Sarah Adams - 5/9/24

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie - 5/22/24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
COMPLETED 13

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Nest Egg by Josi Avari 6/4/2024

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
The Killing Season by Mason Cross 5/5/2024
Carter Blake #1

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Close Up by Amanda Quick 5/22/2024
4.01 rating as of time of reading.

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
My Name Is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5/5/2024
Anton Addison-Rice

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author who uses three names.
Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trochek 5/18/2024

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Z Khan 6/2/2024 Canada

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman 5/21/2024 Adventure

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea 5/28/2024

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title ends with L.
Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton 5/8/2024

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield 5/18/2024

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
You Must Remember This by Kat Rosenfield 5/31/2024 Delphine

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Seeing Red by Sandra Brown 5/15/2024
Kerra is a nationally known news anchor.

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs.
Murder Road by Simone St. James 5/12/2024

Welcome everyone!

FINISHED.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Read: 10


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Jo Spain wrote Don't Look Back 5/6/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani (School for Good and Evil #2) 5/9/24

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Calamity in Kent by John Rowland (521 ratings) 5/18/24

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple) 5/2/24

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Beach Murder by Michael Ledwidge (The Hamptons, New York) 5/28/24

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (Thriller) 5/20/24

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
We Shall Inherit the Wind by Gunnar Staalesen 5/3/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Prosecutor by Nazir Afzal 5/13/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
In Plain Sight by Marion Todd (set in Scotland) 7/9/24

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Murder on the Moorland by Helen Cox (murder occurs) 5/23/24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: May 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15/15

Tasks:
✅1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Funny Story by Emily Henry - May 5th

✅2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 11th
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1

✅3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
The Huntress by Kate Quinn - May 9th

✅4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa - May 14th
63 719 ratings

✅5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton - May 1st
Penny, Pamela, Patsy, Peter and Paul.

✅6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan - May 6th

✅7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 22 by Hiromu Arakawa - May 16th

✅8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20 by Hiromu Arakawa - May 9th

✅9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Why Am I Taller? What Happens to an Astronaut's Body in Space by Dave Williams & Elizabeth Howell - May 4th

IN THE NEWS
✅10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 14th

✅11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - May 12th

✅12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - May 13th

✅13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman - May 14th

✅14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - May 15th

✅15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland - June 5th

FINISHED! A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024 (05/12/24)

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks: 15/11- 15


Tasks:
☑️ 1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon

X 🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Why We Swim Bonnie Tsui 05/06/24

☑️ 2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.

X 🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Snowed In (Fitzpatrick Christmas 2) Catherine Walsh 05/01/24

☑️ 3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent

X OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C)
The Waters Bonnie Jo Campbell 05/12/24

OR set in Arkansas.

☑️ 4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.

X 🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. (10,711 ratings)

Anita de Monte Laughs Last Xóchitl González 05/02/24

☑️ 5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress

X 🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
The Great Divide Cristina Henríquez (Ada Bunting) 05/05/24

☑️ 6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure

🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
OR who uses three names
OR uses an initial
OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant

X OR both names begin with a consonant.
One Moment in Time Shari Low 05/02/24

☑️ 7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys

X 🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
The Secret Book of Flora Lea Patti Callahan Henry (London) 05/01/24

☑️ 8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister

X 🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
How to be Champion Sarah Millican (comedy) 05/07/24

☑️ 9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls

X 🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Well Behaved Wives Amy Sue Nathan 05/05/24

IN THE NEWS
☑️ 10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia

OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last)

X OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
The Paris Novel Ruth Reichl (Alan Ginsberg wears glasses) 05/04/24

☑️ 11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.

X 🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror

OR where a character plays video games

X OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Redwood Court DeLana R.A. Dameron (starts with R) 05/03/24

☑️ 12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert

X Or whose title begins with the word THE.
The Wren, the Wren Anne Enright 05/03/24

☑️ 13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.

🟦 Read a book set in Scotland

OR with a clone in the story

X OR with a MC whose first name begins with D. - Della
Zazen Vanessa Veselka 05/04/24

☑️ 14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.

X 🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor
& OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
How to Plot a Payback Melissa Ferguson (famous actress character) 05/03/24

OR where someone dies in the hospital

☑️ 15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
X 🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
Having a Fudgy Christmas Time (Candy-Coated 11.5) Nancy CoCo 05/04/24

OR set in Colorado

OR where someone participates in pageants.

A Trip Down Memory Lane 1996

Duration: May 1 - July 31, 2024
Level: Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

READ: 15/15

✔ 1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Photo, Snap, Shot - Joanna Campbell Slan 5/3

✔ 2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Another Time, Another Place - Jodi Taylor (#12) 5/19

✔ 3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
Redneck Cinderella - Luann McLane 5/27

✔ 4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Murder in an English Village - Jessica Ellicott (3471 ratings) 5/31

✔ 5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Crime Seen - Victoria Laurie (Abby Cooper) 5/24

✔ 6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
The Dying Place - Charly Cox 5/12

✔ 7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Archangel's Lineage - Nalini Singh (New York) 6/2

✔ 8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
A River of Golden Bones - A.K. Mulford (adventure) 5/21

✔ 9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Girl, Interrupted - Susanna Kaysen 5/4

IN THE NEWS
✔ 10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Rock Hard - Nalini Singh (Charlotte) 5/10

✔ 11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Killing Trail - Margaret Mizushima 5/17

✔ 12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Fae Side of Forty - Jennifer L. Hart 5/7

✔ 13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a bookset in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
A Matter of Time - Terri Brisbin 5/22

✔ 14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Rock Redemption - Nalini Singh 5/22

✔ 15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Tide and Punishment - Bree Baker 5/2

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
✅1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. Read 5/3/24

✅2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet. Read 5/3/24
Series: A Max Turdor Mystery Book #2

✅3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong. Read 6/14/24. Eric Dalton

✅4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. 47,541
The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts. Read 5/5/24

✅5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
The Heart Between Us: Two Sisters, One Heart Transplant, and a Bucket List by Lindsay Harrel Read 5/11/24 Megan Jacobs

✅6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. Read 5/14/24

✅7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Read 5/31/24. London

✅8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Read 5/15/24 THRILLER

✅9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Between Before and After by Maureen Doyle McQuerry. Read 5/19/24

IN THE NEWS
✅10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps. Read 5/31/24 Katie Conley


✅11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby. Read 6/21/24
The Busby children-Eric, Shawn and Cylin played video games in an arcade. Page 206

✅12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz Read 5/22/24

✅13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Read 6/6/24 MC-Daisy

✅14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Read 5/19/24. Actress Anna Urbanova and famous person Stalin

✅15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
The Obsession by Nora Roberts. Read 5/28/24

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE – 1996, 5/1 – 7/31
15/15+ COMPLETE

1. POPULAR BABY NAMES
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B
author Jennie Marts – Kill or Bee Killed (Bee Keeping #2), finished 5/9/24 ★★★★

2. THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF GAS WAS $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce #9), by Alan Bradley, finished 5/18/24 ★★★★

3. U.S. PRESIDENT - BILL CLINTON
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C)
author Allison Brook – Booked on Murder (Haunted Library #8), finished 5/24/24 ★★★★

4. THE U.S. MINIMUM WAGE WAS $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received
40,580 ratings : The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, by Marie Benedict, finished 5/4/24 ★★★.5

5. BORN IN 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z
Zoe : Circle of Influence (Zoe Chambers #1), by Annette Dashofy, finished 5/14/24 ★★★.5

6. DIED IN 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author who uses three names
author Eric Jay Dolin – A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes, finished 5/10/24 ★★★★

7. NEW BOOKS
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York
London : The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth (Daughter of Sherlock Holmes #3), by Leonard Goldberg, finished 5/13/24 ★★★★

8. IN THEATERS
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Children's
The Library of Ever (Library of Ever #1), by Zeno Alexander, finished 5/30/24 ★★★.5

9. ON THE RADIO
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U or W - all words count
Gone Gull (Meg Langslow #21), by Donna Andrews, finished 5/8/24 ★★★★

IN THE NEWS
10. MARCH 11 : John Howard
🟦 Read a book with a character who wears glasses
Barbara : Granny Strikes Back (Secret Agent Granny #3), by Harper Lin, finished 5/14/24 ★★★.5

11. MARCH 22 : Resident Evil
🟦 Read a book whose title ends with L
Last Call (Mack’s Bar #6), by Allyson K. Abbott, finished 5/22/24 ★★★★

12. JUNE 29 : Prince’s Trust concert
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE
The Victory Garden, by Rhys Bowen, finished 5/15/24 ★★★★

13. JULY 5 : Dolly the sheep
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland
Red Bones (Shetland Island #3), by Ann Cleeves, finished 5/25/24 ★★★.5

14. SEPTEMBER 7 : Tupac Shakur
🟦 Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life)
The Red Notebook, by Antoine Laurain, finished 5/4/24 ★★★.5
author Frédéric Pichier

15. DECEMBER 26 : JonBenét Ramsey
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
An Ale of Two Cities (Literary Pub #2), by Sarah Fox, finished 5/7/24 ★★★★

Welcome everyone!

I will try for Level Reminiscing - 6-10 tasks

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
✔1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright? by Ellen Labrecque (5/12/24)

✔2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Love on a Deadline: An August Wedding Story by Kathryn Springer (5/15/24) - A Year of Weddings 2 - #9

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

✔4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Where Is the Bermuda Triangle? by Megan Stine (6/9/24) - 787 ratings

✔5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson (5/16/24) - Poppy Pendleton

✔6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author who uses three names
A Perfect Silhouette by Judith McCoy Miller (5/24/24)

✔7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
The Gray Chamber by Grace Hitchcock (5/31/24) - set in New York

✔8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Who Was Betsy Ross? by James Buckley Jr. (5/30/24) - children's

✔9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Memories of Glass by Melanie Dobson (5/9/24)

IN THE NEWS
✔10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book with a character who is bald.
Stockholm Hero by R.J. Griffith (5/25/24) - Odin is bald

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

✔12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Thrilling Sources of Push the Envelope and Other Idioms by Arnold Ringstad (6/1/24)

✔13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland.
Pinecones and Hollyberries by Clare Revell (7/30/24)

✔14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Love's Daring Risk by Lauralee Bliss (7//24) - The Wright Brothers (7/6/24)

✔15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
The Green Dress by Liz Tolsma (5/3/24)

✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15


A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

F



★★★Tasks: ★★★



1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 A book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B: A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga ★★★★ 30 June

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 A series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29:A Court of Thorns and Roses★★★★ 21 July ~ A Court of Thorns and Roses #1~

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 By an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C):Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem★★★★ 4 July

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 A book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received: Spy x Family, Vol. 1★★ 28 July ~ 140,797 ratings~

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 A character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z: The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre ★★★★ 23 July ~Melody McIntyre~

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 A book by an author whose initials are the same letter: Spying on Spies: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Broke the Nazis' Secret Codes by Marissa Moss★★★★ 25 July

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 A book set in London: The Fixer Upper ★★★ 11 June

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 A book with the genre/tagged Children's: Chester Keene Cracks the Code★★★ 19 July

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 A book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W: Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom★★★★ 7 July

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Title begins with R or ends with L: A Deal with the Bossy Devil ★★★★ 12 July

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Title begins with the word THE: The Marriage Portrait ★★★ 17 July

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 A MC whose first name begins with D ~Dan~: A First Time for Everything★★★★ 30 June

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 A book where a murder occurs: None of This Is True ★★★★ 11 July

Welcome Bridget and Jessica!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996 - FINISHED
Duration: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Completed: 15/15


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride 5/7/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number). Before I Let Go - Kennedy Ryan 5/4/24 (Skyland Series - #1)

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas. Heart of the Sun Warrior - Sue Lynn Tan 6/17/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI -David Grann 5/6/24 (347,257 ratings at the book was completed)

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name). Sleigh Bells Ring - RaeAnne Thayne 5/5/24 (Annie McCade)

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant. His Only Wife - Peace Adzo Medie 5/3/24

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where). Chain of Thorns - Cassandra Clare 5/3/24 (set in London)

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.) All the Colors of Night - Jayne Ann Krentz 5/11/24 (Thriller)

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count. Blueberry Muffin Murder - Joanne Fluke 5/10/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses. Kissing Sin - Keri Arthur 5/8/24

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L. Remember Me - J.L. Beck 5/27/24

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE. The Christmas Spirit - Debbie Macomber 5/5/24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D. What You Wish For - Katherine Center (Duncan Carpenter)

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life). The Woman in Me - Britney Spears 5/8/24

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants. Bloodrose - Andrea Cremer 6/9/24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Read 13
Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 5/12/2024

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #2.
Dare Me by Brooke Blaine 7/4/2024

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C).
Dare You by Ella Frank 7/3/2024

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number. 3045 Ratings
At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay 5/4/2024

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Stephanie Plum
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich 7/16/2024

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book where both names begin with a consonant.
Peach Clobber by Karen MacInerney 5/17/2024

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in London.
Copy Cap Murder by Jenn McKinlay 5/5/2024

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Children's.
Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years by Cynthia Rylant 6/27/2024

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with M.
My Corfu Love Story by Effrosyni Moschoudi 5/28/2024

IN THE NEWS
10. 🟦 Read a book set in Australia.
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox 5/25/2024

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R.
Required Corpse by L.M. Harper 6/11/2024

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, a
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton 5/13/2024 (Adventure)

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep,
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7 –
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
Scalpels & Psychopaths by S.C. Wynne 5/31/2024

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 15/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Five Survive by Holly Jackson May 11 - first initial H

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Sinner by Sierra Simone May 6 - Priest series #2

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
Der Traum vom Meer by Julia Kröhn June 8 - consecutive author initials JK

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas May 2 - average rating 4.32

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Conclave by Penelope Douglas May 3 - Damon Torrance

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Wer die Hölle kennt by Leigh Bardugo May 6 - both author names begin with a consonant

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Neon Gods - Eros & Psyche by Katee Robert May 10 - Set in alternate earth - Olympus

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins May 16 - MPG Science Fiction

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Fire Night by Penelope Douglas May 9 - starts with F

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Nightfall by Penelope Douglas May 9 - MC Emory wears glasses

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow June 8 - MPG Horror

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien de Castell May 23 - Begins with The

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Funny Story by Emily Henry May 15 - MC Daphne

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang May 24 - MC and her friend are famous authors

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack May 22 - Multiple murders in story

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

Goal: 14/15

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
**1. 🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
How to Marry a Billionaire - Elise Sax - 06/08/24

**2. 🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Scraps of Paper - Kathryn Meyer Griffith - 05/17/24 - Spookie Town Murder Mysteries #1

3. 🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

**4. 🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Infinity 8 Vol. 7: All for Nothing - Lewis Trondheim - 05/22/24 – 41 ratings on 05/22/2024

**5. 🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Riggs - Sawyer Bennett - 05/20/24 - Riggs Nadeau, first name with R

**6. 🟦 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant.
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café - Alexander McCall Smith - 05/02/24

**7. 🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Dominoes - Phoebe Mcintosh - 05/24/24 - London and Jamaica

**8. 🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude - Jeph Loeb - 05/14/24 - Action

**9. 🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Fangirl Down - Tessa Bailey - 05/26/24 - Letter F

IN THE NEWS
**10. 🟦 Read a book by an author named John or Howard (first or last) .
Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck - 05/12/24

**11. 🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Reckless in Texas - Kari Lynn Dell - 05/30/24 - Letter R

**12. 🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah - 06/06/24

**13. 🟦 Read a book with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 05/07/24 – Daisy Jones

**14. 🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor.
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other - Sam Heughan&Graham McTavish - 05/19/24 – Sam and Graham are both actors.

**15. 🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson - 06/09/24

Welcome Caraina, Genevieve, Fiona and Ferenc!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Beauty and the Playboy Prince - Justine Lewis (HR #4890 - Feb 2024) - May 14

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Cold Case Identity - Nicole Helm (HI #2193 - Feb 2024) (Hudson Sibling Solutions #2) - May 28

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
The Kiss That Made Her Countess - Laura Martin (HH #1803 - July 2024) (author L - M)- June 27

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
The Gift - Julie Garwood (Pocket - Jan 1991) (20,167) - May 6

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
How to Tame a King – Juliette Hyland (HR #4906 – June 2024) (Breanna) - June 2

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
A Second Summertime Courtship - Sandra Sookoo (Dragonblade - May 2024) - May 28

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
The Lyon's Gambit - Ruth A. Casie (Dragonblade Pub - May 2024) (London) - May 18

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Cold Case Investigation - Nicole Helm (HI #2218 - June 2024) (Thriller) - May 31

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
What Ales the Earl - Sally MacKenzie (Zebra - Aug 2018) - May 15



IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Her Private Security Detail - Patricia Sargeant (HRS #2282 - June 2024) (glasses) - May 31

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Redeeming the Maverick - Christine Rimmer (HQN - Aug 2024) - July 12

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
Secrets in the Little Irish Village - Michelle Vernal (Bookouture - May 2024) (concert) - May 22

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
A Little Bit of Love - Synithia Williams (HSE #3050 -June 2024) (Deandre) - May 31

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Unbuttoning the Bachelor Doc - Deanne Anders (HMED #1394 - June 2024) (singer/famous) - May 31

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Amish Witness to Murder - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1108 - June 2024) (murder) - May 20

Welcome Susan!

The Lost Challenges
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

Progress: 15 out of 15

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Every 3 months we will give you a list of facts about a randomly selected year with reading tasks to go with them. Read one book for each task.

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - ***** - 6/30/2024 - 483 Pages



2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number):
Election by Tom Perrotta - **** - 5/1/2024 - 210 Pages - #1



3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas:
Effortless Success: How to Get What You Want and Have a Great Time Doing It by Michael Neill - ***** - 5/3/2024 - 6 Pages



4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number:
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - *** - 5/9/2024 - 438 Pages



5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name):
Bride by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 5/8/2024 - 416 Pages - MC = Misery Lark



6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 5/26/2024 - 432 Pages - both name begin with a consonant



7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Meaty by Samantha Irby - **** - 7/7/2024 - 272 Pages - Set in Chicago



8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Bats: Learning to Fly by Falynn Koch - ***** - 6/1/2024 - 128 Pages - Childrens



9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans by Sammy Lisel - **** - 6/8/2024 - 144 Pages



IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
From Badger to Worse by John Patrick Green - **** - 7/16/2024 - 208 Pages



11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Codex by Lev Grossman - *** - 6/5/2024 - 348 Pages - Plays video games



12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - **** - 6/16/2024 - 505 Pages



13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D:
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake - ***** - 6/7/2024 - 375 Pages - Character wears glasses



14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish - ***** - 5/25/2024 - 269 Pages



15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages - Murder occurs



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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

15 of 15 Complete

LEVELS

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:

🔹1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Half Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan - 6/18/24

🔹2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
A Curious Beginning - Deanna Raybourn - 6/9/24 - #1 Veronica Speedwell

🔹3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C).
The River at Night - Erica Ferencik - 5/23/24 - EF

🔹4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict - 7/6/24 - 176,945 ratings

🔹5. Born in 1996
Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Matterhorn - Christopher Reich - 6/27/24 - MC = Mac Dekker

🔹6. Died in 1996
Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
The Siren of Sussex - Mimi Matthews - 5/30/24

🔹7. New Books
Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Murder on St. Mark's Place - Victoria Thompson - 5/16/24 - set in New York

🔹8. In Theaters
Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
The City & The City - China Miéville - 5/29/24 - Science Fiction

🔹9. On The Radio
Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
One Italian Summer - Rebecca Serle - 6/16/24

IN THE NEWS
🔹10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
Read a book set in Australia.
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty - 5/28/24

🔹11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Room - Emma Donoghue - 6/30/24

🔹12. Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje - 6/10/24

🔹13. Read a book set in Scotland
Red Bones - Ann Cleeves - 6/28/24

🔹14. Read a book with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
The Accidental Empress - Allison Pataki - 6/20/24
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth

🔹15. Read a book where a murder occurs.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Süskind - 6/11/24

Welcome Suzanne and Lynda!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
One Perfect Day by Jennifer Youngblood (5/7/24)

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Devoted & Deserted by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #1

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte (5/6/24) - 2,573 ratings

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Love for the Spinster by Kasey Stockton (5/5/24) - Freya

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Too-Perfect & Stranded by Cami Checketts (5/10/24)

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Love in the Bargain by Kasey Stockton (5/4/24) - London

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Gentle & Broken by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Sports

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Flirtation or Faceoff by Leah Brunner (5/12/24)

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret by Sofi Laporte (5/14/24)
wears glasses

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Rugged & At-Risk by Cami Checketts (5/9/24)

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
Conflicted & Famous by Cami Checketts (5/8/24)
concert

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
The One with the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel (5/13/24) - Duke

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24)
actor

15. December 26 - Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Second Star to the Right by Sarah Beran (5/8/24)
murder

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Completed 11/15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
An Escape Goat: A Zen Goat Mystery (#1) by Janna Rollins 5/9/24 4stars (J - Janna)

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Secrets and Scandals: The Gilman Gazette Cozy Mystery #1 (The Gilman Gazette Cozy Mystery Series) by Piper Glendale 5/1/24 4stars (#1)

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C)
Settling with the Spinster by Ruby Swoon 5/9/24 3stars (R - S)

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Summers at the Saint by Mary Kay Andrews 5/6/24 4.5stars (1834 ratings)

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 5/12/24 4.5stars (A - Emily Allen)

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant
Silver Fox's Baby: An Enemies To Lovers professor/student Romance (The Bank Family #2) by Alyssa Cobb 5/13/24 4stars (A, C)

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada
A Cadence Creek Christmas (Cowboy Collection - Cadence Creek Cowboys #5) by Donna Alward 5/16/24 4star (Cadence Creek, Alberta, Canada)

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
From the Heart (Guiding Emily, #5) by Barbara Hinske 5/3/24 4.5stars (F)

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book with a character who wears glasses.
Muffalettas and Murder (Small Town Girl Mysteries Book 1) by Jann Franklin 5/28/24 4stars (Evangeline)

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Summer Swap by Sarah Morgan 5/4/24 4.5stars

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Seven Summers by Paige Toon 5/21/24 4stars (Finn, musician and songwriter)

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

0/15
Tasks:
1.
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
The Recovery Agent 8/5/24
2.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
The Dead Tracks 3/7/24 Book #2
3.
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
Anne of Green Gables 7/7/24
4.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Fractured 18/5/24 Rating 78524

5.
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Broken 13/624 Will Trent

6.
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
The Things We Never Said 6/5/24

7.
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Golden in Death 27/5/24 New York
8.
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Prime Suspect 11/7/24 Thriller

9.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Undone 24/5/24 This book is titled Genesis in my country

IN THE NEWS
10.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
A Time to Kill 22/7/24

11..
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
The Haunting of Lannister Hall 27/6/24 Horror

12.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The House Husband 12/7/24

13.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Emergency Response: Life, Death and Helicopters 18/6/24 Dave

14.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
Fallen 25/6/24 Someone dies in hospital

15.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Dirty Thirty 7/6/24 Murder

Welcome Shash, JoAnne and Donna!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Completed: 9

LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
✅Roughing the Kicker-Emily Silver, 5/15/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C)
✅Clueless Puckboy-Eden Finley, 6/19/24

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
✅Tristan-Samantha Lind, 7/28/24 -- 464 ratings

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
✅Prince of the Palisades-Julian Winters, 6/15/24 -- Reiss

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
✅Show Me How to Love-Ray Celar, 5/5/24

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
✅Red, White & Royal Blue-Casey McQuiston, 6/6/24 -- Washington DC

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
✅The House in the Cerulean Sea-TJ Klune, 7/1/24

13. July 5
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
✅Sideline Infraction-Emily Silver, 7/2/24

15. December 26
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
✅Where We Started-Ashley Munoz, 5/25/24

Welcome Katelyn!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 5/1/24 - 7/31/24
Level: Reminiscing (6-10 tasks)
Progress: 15 of 10 tasks
Completed: 7/5/24

Tasks:
🔵 1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (6/22/24) ~ E-Ellis

🔵 2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare (5/28/24) ~ Spindle Cove #2

🔵 3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates (5/7/24)

🔵 4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn (6/6/24) ~ 76,425 ratings

🔵 5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Endangered Species by Nevada Barr (5/3/24) ~ Anna Pigeon

🔵 6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (5/31/24)

🔵 7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (5/13/24) ~ New York

🔵 8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Looking Good Dead by Peter James (5/23/24) ~ Thriller

🔵 9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie (6/11/24) ~ starts with W

🔵 IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
Bad Blood by John Sandford (7/5/24) ~ Curly is bald with glasses


🔵 11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley (5/26/24) ~ starts with R

🔵 12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Vanishing Season by Dot Hutchison (6/16/24)

🔵 13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
Ceaseless by Abbi Glines (6/2/24) ~ Dank

🔵 14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (6/15/24)

🔵 15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow (5/1/24) ~ fatal shooting

Welcome Marla!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read:11/11-15


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
⭐Well Met by Jen DeLuca - 5/9/24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
⭐Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh - 5/7/24 (Second in the Bedwyn Saga Series)

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
⭐Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson - 5/8/24 (35,789 ratings)

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
⭐Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr - 5/13/24 (Paige Lassiter)

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
⭐A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr - 5/15/24 (Both names begin with a consonant)

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
⭐Inheritance - 5/30/24 (17 people tagged Thriller) https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
⭐Whispering Rock by Robyn Carr - 5/14/24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
⭐Accidental Attachment by Max Monroe - 5/14/24 (Glasses @ 33%)

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
⭐Paradise Valley - 5/27/24 (MC Dan Brady)

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
⭐Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr - 5/19/24 (@46% Muriel St Clair - fictional famous actress)

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
⭐Her Rebel Heart by Jamie Farrell - 5/7/24 (Pageants @ 80%)

Welcome Katie!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Before the Queen Falls Asleep: A powerful novel about exile, displacement and family by an iconic Palestinian writer by Huzama Habayeb 03/05

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.

Welcome Jess!

Finished! :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
One Perfect Day by Jennifer Youngblood (5/7/24)

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
Devoted & Deserted by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Quinn Romance Adventures #1

3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Lady Ludmilla's Accidental Letter by Sofi Laporte (5/6/24) - 2,573 ratings

5. Born in 1996
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Love for the Spinster by Kasey Stockton (5/5/24) - Freya

6. Died in 1996
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
Too-Perfect & Stranded by Cami Checketts (5/10/24)

7. New Books
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
Love in the Bargain by Kasey Stockton (5/4/24) - London

8. In Theaters
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Gentle & Broken by Cami Checketts (5/8/24) - Sports

9. On The Radio
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
Flirtation or Faceoff by Leah Brunner (5/12/24)

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book with a character who wears glasses.
Miss Ava's Scandalous Secret by Sofi Laporte (5/14/24)

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R or ends with L.
Rugged & At-Risk by Cami Checketts (5/9/24)

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert
Conflicted & Famous by Cami Checketts (5/8/24)

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book with a MC whose first name begins with D.
The One with the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel (5/13/24) - Duke

14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with an actor
I Think He Knows by Katie Bailey (5/2/24)

15. December 26 - Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
Second Star to the Right by Sarah Beran (5/8/24)

WOOHOO Shash!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is J.
Cheddar Off Dead by Julia Buckley 05.01.24

2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 (include series name and number).
Murder at the Bookstore by Sue Minix 05.06.24 (Bookstore Mystery #1)

4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 5 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 05.11.24 (102,185 ratings)

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name T(tell us their name).
If She Wakes by Michael Koryta 05.08.24 (MC - Tara)

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant.
Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry 05.10.24

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Alternate Earth (tell us where).
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris 05.20.24 (Texoma)

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action
The Ark Files by Luke Richardson 06.26.24

9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with E
Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 05.13.24

IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book by an author named Howard (first or last)
Queen Bee by Amalie Howard 07.15.24

11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with R
Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers05.15.24

12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with the word THE.
The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis05.31.24

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland
Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton 07.17.24

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs
Fatally Frosted by Jessica Beck 05.24.24

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
Duration: 1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024

LEVELS Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.


2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).


3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.


4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen 7/14 mc Brian robeson

6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
A Handful of Stars - Cynthia Lord 7/7

7. New Books
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
City of Orphans Avi set in New York 6/21-24

8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)


9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.


IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.


11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.


12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
The Bridge Home - Padma Venkatraman 7/10

13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.


14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).

15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.