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1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.


1. Bazillion
The largest number we have a name for is the googolplex, or 10 raised to the 10^100 power. In the 1930s, people had a less precise approach to unfathomable quantities—they used bazillion to exaggerate large and indefinite numbers of things.
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).

2. Blow One’s Wig
A bazillion of something, whether dollars in your bank account or cars in a line of traffic, might make you blow your wig. In the former situation, the phrase would refer to feelings of happiness or excitement, but according to Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, blowing one’s wig could also refer to someone feeling furious—which could definitely be the case in the latter situation.
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.

3. Boondoggle
The next time you’re tasked with tedious or impractical busywork, it may break a bit of tension to call it a “boondoggle.” The term describes a frivolous waste of time, and it’s certainly fun to say. According to Merriam-Webster, a possible origin for boondoggle stems from American scoutmaster Robert H. Link, who coined the term to describe the braided leather tassels worn by Boy Scouts. This meaning spread in the 1920s, and the word had come to its current meaning by the mid-1930s, per the OED.
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.

4. Chicago Overcoat
Traveling in the Windy City may require an overcoat, but that’s not what this term is referring to. Despite the major decline in Chicago homicide rates between 1930 and 1940 compared to previous decades, the city still had a murderous enough reputation to warrant this term for a coffin, which first popped up in the 1939 book The Big Sleep. Detective novelist Raymond Chandler—whose novel takes place in southern California, not Chicago—put his own spin on overcoat, which had been used to refer to coffins since the late 19th century.
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.

5. Cockamamie
According to the OED, when cockamamie was first coined in 1931, it was a children’s slang term that referred to decal applied to skin, like a temporary tattoo. By 1936, it had come to be used as an adjective to describe “a ridiculous, crazy, or wildly eccentric person.”
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).

6. Eighty-six
If you’ve worked in the food service industry or been to an American diner, you’ve likely used the phrase eighty-six in reference to something left off a menu. In the ’30s, eighty-six referred to a sold-out food item at a restaurant. Over time, the phrase became more frequently used as a verb meaning “to refuse service” or “to throw out.”
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.

7. Gobsmacked
Someone’s impressive, unexpected floss could leave you gobsmacked, British slang for “flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement,” per the OED. Coined in 1935 as the compound of gob (“mouth”) and smack (in this context meaning either “to slap” or “to make a noise when separating your lips”), gobsmacked combines the two meanings to evoke imagery of slapping one’s hand over their mouth in shock, or dropping one’s jaw in surprise.
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.

8. Meat Wagon
Naturally, people living in the Depression era would use some morbid slang. Meat wagon is a prime example. While the term was first used in 1925 as a synonym for an ambulance, its meaning evolved around a decade later, becoming a grisly synonym for a hearse in 1934.
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).

9. Nogoodnik
Given that the suffix -nik denotes a person associated with something, nogoodnik is, expectedly, a word for someone who’s nothing but trouble.
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.

10. On Sus
Another slang term 1930s people have in common with Gen-Z, sus, is an abbreviation of suspicion or suspect, and indicates a feeling that questionable activities are happening. While today’s youth tend to use the word as an adjective (“you’ve been acting pretty sus”), sus was used as a noun in the ’30s and often preceded by on. If one was on sus, they were suspected of committing a crime or some other nefarious act.
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.


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1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
476 pages Two Truths and a Marriage Nicole Snow 9/22/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious.
Nightcaps at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 9/16/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Blame It on the Eggnog Jami Davenport 9/6/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
The Silence Kendra Elliot 9/4/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title.
Ellen Found Carla Kelly 9/7/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book where an item is sold out already.
Own Me K.A. Tucker 9/21/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text.
p 19 The First Love Cookie Club Lori Wilde 9/7/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called.
Gulfside Inn Rebecca Regnier 9/11/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
Scandal Above Stairs Jennifer Ashley 9/12/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed.
The Next Grave Kendra Elliot 9/11/25

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.
Progress: 10/10

🐧1. Bazillion
Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name).
Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan - Kiki Lowenstein series book #13 - Sep. 6

🤯2. Blow One’s Wig
Read a book where one is feeling furious.
Wires Crossed: A Graphic Novel by Beth Fantaskey - Sep. 18

⚒️3. Boondoggle
Read a book where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle - Sep. 6

⚰️4. Chicago Overcoat
Read a book where a coffin is used.
Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide by Pablo Leon - Sep. 17

🤪5. Cockamamie
Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way.
Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina - Sep. 15

🤴🏼6. Eighty-six
Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count).
The Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund - 176 pages - Sep. 8

🗣️7. Gobsmacked
Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Murder on the Green by Christine Knapp - Sep. 4

🚑8. Meat Wagon
Read a book where an ambulance is called.
Crystal Cave by Mike Deas - Sep. 12

🩼9. Nogoodnik
Read a book where something bad happens.
Paper Planes by Jennie Wood - Sep. 5

🏘️10. On Sus
Read a book where someone is acting suspicious.
Millie of the Manor: A Graphic Novel by Karina Evans - Sep. 9

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.

Completed: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer 9/4/25 (408 pgs.)

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off. A Game of Fate - Scarlett St. Clair 9/16/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work. In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez 9/1/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago. Murder at the Mansion - Sheila Connolly 9/14/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation). The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 9/11/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already. All the Little Hopes - Leah Weiss 9/4/25 (368 pgs.)

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. One Mississippi - Mark Childress 9/12/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation). The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie 9/3/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens. This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious. What the Lady's Maid Knew - E.E. Holmes 9/1/25

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.
Progress: 0/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (450 pp).
The BricklayerNoah Boyd 09/12

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
Scott FreeJohn Gilstrap 09/13

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book set in Chicago.
Bottom of the WorldMike Donohue 09/11

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
Pink Frosting PassionColbie Dunbar 09/13

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (260 pages)
The Thousand Dollar TeamJ.T. Brannan 09/01

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. Darin Miller
DiversionDarin Miller 09/22


8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called page 139
Nathan's RunJohn Gilstrap 09/14

...with a SIDS baby who had arrived by ambulance, unnecessarily, as it turned out.

John Gilstrap. Nathans Run (John Gilstrap) (Z-Library) (Kindle Locations 1843-1844). page 139 Kindle Edition.

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.

I always kept in mind that you are an untrustworthy, uncultured in you, personally, and that our offer to finance the pipeline remains as firm as ever.

Byrne, James. The Gatekeeper: A Thriller (Dez Limerick Book 1) (pp. 304-305). St. Martin's Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

10/10 Completed. Finish

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)
(Detectives Kane and Alton #27)
Their Haunted Hearts-D.K. Hood 9/10/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious
Secretive-K.E. Osborn 9/14/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
The Roommate Mistake-Pippa Grant 9/06/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Countdown to Midnight-L.T. Vargus 9/18/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuration).
Killer Memo-Mary Stone 9/10/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count)
(328)
Little Jack-Lilly Atlas 9/04/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Amber Kelly-Rise After Fall 9/13/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
Mad Jack-Stacy M. Jones 9/12/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
YOLO-Lani Lynn Vale 9/03/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
Shadow's Escape-Mary Stone 9/02/25

1930s Slang
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
🗣️ Meg Langslow #37 - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
🗣️ MC has feelings of happiness - The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 9/8/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
🗣️ Double consonants - Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 9/2/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
🗣️ A character is murdered - Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
🗣️ Multiple characters act in ridiculous, crazy and wild ways - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
🗣️ 356 pages - The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary 9/3/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
🗣️ Author's initials are AB - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh 9/1/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).
🗣️ An ambulance is called when an FBI agent is shot - Long Shadows by David Baldacci 9/7/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.
🗣️ MC's uncle dies, his house blows up, people attempt to murder him, etc. - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 9/6/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
🗣️ A crime is committed - The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 9/4/25

1930s Slang
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

10 of 10 Complete

🔹️1. Bazillion
Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name).
Death in St. Petersburg - Tasha Alexander - 3 Stars - 9/29/25 - #12 Lady Emily Mystery

🔹️2. Blow One’s Wig
Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement.
Irish Thoroughbred - Nora Roberts - 3 Stars - 10/21/25 - Kentucky Derby win

🔹️3. Boondoggle
Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Moon Dance - J.R. Rain - 3.5 Stars - 10/4/25

🔹️4. Chicago Overcoat
Read a book where a character is murdered.
A Merciful Death - Kendra Elliot - 4 Stars - 9/25/25

🔹️5. Cockamamie
Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
The Hot Zone - Richard Preston - 4.5 Stars - 9/12/25

🔹️6. Eighty-six
Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count).
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley - 5 Stars - 9/9/25 - 386 pages

🔹️7. Gobsmacked
Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
We Are All Guilty Here - Karin Slaughter - 4 Stars - 10/10/25 - KS

🔹️8. Meat Wagon
Read a book where an ambulance is called.
Asher - Carian Cole - 4 Stars - 10/19/25 - Asher calls an ambulance for Ember

🔹️9. Nogoodnik
Read a book where something bad happens.
Catch Me - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 10/21/25

🔹️10. On Sus
Read a book where a crime is committed.
The Phoenix Crown - Kate Quinn - 4 Stars - 10/25/25

Read - 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a series book between #10 and #100 - #11
Fatal Threat, Marie Force | 9/1

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement - Mary Jane
Dearest Mary Jane, Betty Neels | 9/9

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG - DD
Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts | 9/6

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker | 9/15

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way - Peabody
Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) - 368pgs
Obsession, Debra Webb | 9/13

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED - CB
No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
A Patchwork of Clues, Sally Goldenbaum | 9/4

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens - Hannah accident
Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 9/11

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
Badlands, C.J. Box | 9/8

FINISHED! 1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025 (09/05/25)

Object: Read one book for each slang word.

10/10

☑️ 1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something

X OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)

Q is for Quarry (Kinsey Millhone 17) Sue Grafton 09/02/25

OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).

☑️ 2. Blow One’s Wig
X 🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement

Come Fly with Me Camille Di Maio Beverly and Judy are excited to be finishing training as stewardesses) 09/04/25

OR where one is feeling furious

OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.

☑️ 3. Boondoggle
X 🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double letters like OO or GG

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins Barbara Demick 09/03/25

OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover)

OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.

☑️ 4. Chicago Overcoat
X 🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used
&
X OR a character is murdered

S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone 19) Sue Grafton (Violet was buried alive with her car used as a coffin) 09/05/25

OR set in Chicago.

☑️ 5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo

X OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way

R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone 18) Sue Grafton (Reba is wild and crazy) 09/04/25

OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).

☑️ 6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) - (280 pages)
&
OR where a person is asked to leave
(Synagogue committee members ask Rabbi Smalls to leave his position)

Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out (Rabbi Small Mystery 7) Harry Kemelman 09/01/25

OR where an item is sold out already.

☑️ 7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#)

OR with a gobsmacked person in the story

X OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.

The Rules for Breaking (The Rules for Disappearing 2) Ashley Elston 09/01/25

☑️ 8. Meat Wagon
X 🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called

Thin Crust Killers (Pizza Lovers’ Mystery 3) Chris Cavender (p. 116) 09/02/25

OR where a hearse is used

OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).

☑️ 9. Nogoodnik (1)
X 🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken

The Netanyahus Joshua Cohen (p. 154) 09/03/25

OR where a character is nothing but trouble

OR something bad happens.

☑️ 10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person (Paul)
&
OR where a crime is committed (Concealed weapons, Bombing, Murders)
&
OR where someone is acting suspicious. (Felicia)

The Last Wizards' Ball (Gunnie Rose 6) Charlaine Harris 09/01/25

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word

Progress: 4/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).

✅ 2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious - Broken Loyalty - 7/9

✅ 3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG - Immortal - Lauretta Hignett - 2/9

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).

✅6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) - Strike It Witch - 13/9 - 264 pages

✅ 7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with a gobsmacked person in the story - Magic Unleashed - K.M. Shea - 9/9

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).

✅9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens - The Games of Enemies and Allies - 3/10 - Jade gets attacked

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
Egret Isle Mysteries #12 A Serial Filler Patti Benning 9/7/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
Lester Murdock Death of a Tom Turkey Lee Hollis 9/30/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
NN Mystery in the Kennel Sharon Michaels 9/5/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
Tails from the Crypt Sarah Fox 9/3/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuration).
The Batter Witch Project Sue Hollowell 9/10/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
84 A Friend in Knead Patti Benning 9/6/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Ben when he found what was buried under his hardware store Storm Circuit Lola Finch 9/4/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).
A Brew for Chaos Esme Addison 9/2/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.
Death by Writer's Block Tess Marlowe 9/8/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
Basically all of 10 applies lol Murder Pays a Call Nancy Cohen 9/9/25

Welcome everyone!

Finished: 2025/11/11

Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Progress: 10/10

1. Bazillion
✓ Read a book with a large page count - 400+. (522) Abschiede by Pascale Quiviger (25/10/28)

2. Blow One’s Wig
✓ Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement. (Yuki and Itsuomi moving in together) Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 09 by Suu Morishita (25/09/20)

3. Boondoggle
✓ Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG. Öffnet sich der Himmel by Seán Hewitt (25/09/05)

4. Chicago Overcoat
✓ Read a book where a character is murdered. Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt by Richard Osman (25/09/09)

5. Cockamamie
✓ Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way. (Vald loses his mind over Havi's death) Crimson Spell Bd. 3 by Ayano Yamane (25/09/03)

6. Eighty-six
✓ Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count. (208) Verbrechen by Ferdinand von Schirach (25/10/16)

7. Gobsmacked
✓ Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. Dorothee Elmiger - Die Holländerinnen (25/09/14)

8. Meat Wagon
✓ Read a book where a hearse is used. (p. 297 "As the hearse drove down the lane [...]") Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (25/11/11)

9. Nogoodnik
✓ Read a book where something bad happens. (Ken turning half Ghoul) Tokyo Ghoul 1 by Sui Ishida (25/09/20)

10. On Sus
✓ Read a book where a crime is committed. Protokoll eines Verschwindens by Alexander Rupflin (25/10/01)

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count). | 472 Pages | Dead Med | Freida McFadden | 09.10

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement (view spoiler)[Lee is excited to have met Jesse and that Hazel is her friend. (hide spoiler)] The Drowning Woman | Robyn Harding | 09.08

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a character wastes time on something that does not matter | (view spoiler)[ Jules wastes time going after Alexander when all along the truth was in front of her face (hide spoiler)] Easy Prey | A.B. Whelan | 09.07

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered | (view spoiler)[Many Characters are murdered (hide spoiler)] | The Club | Ellery Lloyd | 09.07

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way | Adrian, he is hot but incredibly ridiculous and crazy, and a lil scary | Redamancy | H.C. Dolores | 09.10

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count | 128 Pages | Finding Perfect | Colleen Hoover | 09.010

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. | Michelle Dunne | A Good Mother | 09.01

8. 🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called | "Once before paramedics got her into the ambulance and again at the hospital." p. 244 | Layla | Colleen Hoover | 09.03

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens. | Rachel's family is murdered | In What Remains | K.B. Rose | 09.09

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person | Kitt | Fearful | Lauren Roberts | 09.07

1930s SLANG, 9/1 – 11/30
10/10 COMPLETE

1. BAZILLION
🥶 Read a series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)
In the Time of Five Pumpkins (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #26), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 9/2/25 ★★★★

2. BLOW ONE’S WIG
🥶 Read a book where a is feeling furious
Nigel : Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames #2), by Ashley Weaver, finished 9/6/25 ★★★★

3. BOONDOGGLE
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
double consonants *and double vowels : Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop #2), by Darci Hannah, finished 9/3/25 ★★★.5

4. CHICAGO OVERCOAT
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
Poison & Pooches, by Sandra Balzo, finished 9/9/25 ★★.5

5. COCKAMAMIE
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation)
In Hot Water (Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade #3), by J.J. Cook, finished 9/5/25 ★★★★

6. EIGHTY-SIX
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count)
336 pages : The Memory Thief: The Secrets Behind How We Remember, by Lauren Aguirre, finished 9/4/25 ★★★★

7. GOBSMACKED
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED
author Mensun Bound – The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance, finished 9/7/25 ★★★★

8. MEAT WAGON
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village #4), by Carlene O’Connor, finished 9/1/25 ★★★★
p. 259 "ambulances were here now..."

9. NOGOODNIK
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens
hit-and-run resulting in a death : Nothing Bundt Trouble (Bakeshop #11), by Ellie Alexander, finished 9/10/25 ★★★★

10. ON SUS
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
theft, murder : A Lady Compromised (Rosalind Thorne #4), by Darcie Wilde, finished 9/8/25 ★★★★

1930s Slang
1/9-30/11/25
10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100 - In Death #36
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb 16/9 3.5★

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement
Mother's Choice by Elizabeth Mansfield 2/9 2★

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double letters
The Amazing Mrs Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 10/9 3.5★

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
Opal by Patricia Wolf 4/9 3★

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous way
The Dangerous Marquis by Barbara Reeves 8/9 2★

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count - 256p
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up by Claire Wilcox 11/9 3.5★

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon by Sophie Green 13/9 4★

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where a hearse is used - for Lord Seymour's funeral
The Ruby Necklace by Martha Kirkland 24/9 2★

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens - the fire in the bookshop
Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland 15/9 3.5★

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W. Upfield 17/9 3.5★

Welcome Chrissie, Angel, Barb and Catsalive!

1930s Slang
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2025 - Nov. 30th, 2025

10/10

✅1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 4th
October Daye #19

✅2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas - Sept. 12th

✅3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity - Sept. 17th

✅4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
Dead But Not Forgotten edited by Charlaine Harris - Sept. 26th

✅5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
The Nefarious Nights of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity - Oct. 3rd

✅6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria - Sept. 21st
365 pages

✅7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - Sept. 24th

✅8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).
Lost and Found Sisters - by Jill Shalvis - Sept. 4th

✅9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.
To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth - Oct. 2nd

✅10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis - Sept. 14th

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.


🩷1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List James Mustich 6 Sep (960 pages)

🩷2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement
Mansfield Park Jane Austen 25 Oct

🩷3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
The Full Moon Coffee Shop Mai Mochizuki 21 Sep

🩷4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Stuart Turton 12 Oct

🩷5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid 13 Sep

🩷6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book where an item is sold out already.
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World Victoria Finlay 26 Sep

🩷7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with a gobsmacked person in the story
Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi 26 Oct

🩷8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
Sandwich Catherine Newman 13 Sep

🩷9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl 9 Oct

🩷10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
Snowdrops in Spring: A Tale of the Sleeping Beauty Penelope Daniels 21 Sep IT HAS ALL 3

Welcome Kendra and Denise!

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name). Stephanie Plum #29
Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine by Janet Evanovich 10/6/2025

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character is feeling furious. Nolan's brother is furious at him.
Leave by L.A. Witt 9/3/2025

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants
The Paternity Puzzle by Aimee Nicole Walker 9/11/2025

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Out of Circulation by Miranda James 9/26/2025

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
Eerie Basin: by Ivy Pochoda 9/12/2025

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count). (p 58)
Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd 9/12/2025

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire 9/7/2025

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called.
A Baked Ham by Jessica Beck 9/25/2025

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens. Uncle Sauls alligator is put on trial.
Gator Bowl by J.J. Cook 9/5/2025

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person.
Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman 9/20/2025

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Goal: 10/10

✔ 1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name).
Sharpe's Waterloo - Bernard Cornwell - 11/30/25 – Sharpe #22

✔ 2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious.
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood - 09/16/25 – Greg, Olive’s labmate – “…analyzing peptide samples, writing down protocol notes, taking covert naps while the PCR machine ran—when Greg barged in, looking absolutely furious.” (Kindle Locations 1674-1675)

✔ 3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Ice Cream Man, Volume 6: Just Desserts - W. Maxwell Prince - 09/24/25

✔ 4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Last to Die - Tess Gerritsen - 09/25/25 – The parents and foster parents of Claire, Will and Teddy.

✔ 5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way.
Uncharmed - Lucy Jane Wood - 10/09/25 – Annie: Romily giggled, then rolled her eyes when Annie didn’t join in. ‘I don’t know what you could possibly mean. You’re acting crazy. Imagining things.’ (Kindle Locations 4012-4013)

✔ 6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count).
Junie - Erin Crosby Eckstine - 09/12/25 – Page count: 368

✔ 7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Bound for Murder: A Hardcover Homicide - Audrey Shine - 09/22/25

✔ 8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called.
A Perfect Alibi - Anne Baines - 10/04/25 – “Officers clustered around the body, trying to keep Straid alive, and someone was calling into a radio for an ambulance.” (Kindle Location 2763)

✔ 9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where a character is nothing but trouble.
The Opium Queen - Gabrielle Paluch - 09/07/25 – Olive Yang: She was either a folk hero or a murderous bandit. Either a fearsome dragon-lady with great riches and land to her name or a poverty-stricken widow. A champion of democracy or a dictator. Pioneer or mental patient. (Kindle Locations 471-472)

✔ 10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett - 09/17/25 – Deilah, Wendell’s sister - “Who knows? There is always Deilah. She is very young. One can only guess if she shall turn out a good-natured ally or a monstrous villain.” (Kindle Location 4925)

Welcome Genevieve and Ferenc!

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Read: 10/10

✔️ 1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100.
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 11/15/2025
Hercule Poirot #10

✔️ 2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious.
Carrie by Stephen King 9/18/25
Carrie is excited to get asked to the prom, and then well... furious.

✔️ 3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente 9/20/25
APPLES

✔️ 4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena 9/25/25

✔️ 5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
Burnt Sugar by Lish McBride 11/28/25

✔️ 6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count.
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 9/13/25
368 pages

✔️ 7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
OB Oyinkan Braithwaite - Treasure 9/10/25

✔️ 8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called.
I Didn't Do It by Jaime Lynn Hendricks 9/5/25
For the dead body and for someone who gets assaulted.

✔️ 9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
Before You Sleep: Three Horrors by Adam L.G. Nevill 9/1/25

✔️ 10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed.
The Club by Ellery Lloyd 9/18/25
Lots of untrustworthy people and crimes...

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

1. Bazillion
The largest number we have a name for is the googolplex, or 10 raised to the 10^100 power. In the 1930s, people had a less precise approach to unfathomable quantities—they used bazillion to exaggerate large and indefinite numbers of things.
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).

2. Blow One’s Wig
A bazillion of something, whether dollars in your bank account or cars in a line of traffic, might make you blow your wig. In the former situation, the phrase would refer to feelings of happiness or excitement, but according to Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, blowing one’s wig could also refer to someone feeling furious—which could definitely be the case in the latter situation.
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.

3. Boondoggle
The next time you’re tasked with tedious or impractical busywork, it may break a bit of tension to call it a “boondoggle.” The term describes a frivolous waste of time, and it’s certainly fun to say. According to Merriam-Webster, a possible origin for boondoggle stems from American scoutmaster Robert H. Link, who coined the term to describe the braided leather tassels worn by Boy Scouts. This meaning spread in the 1920s, and the word had come to its current meaning by the mid-1930s, per the OED.
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
The Wedding People by Alison Espach 09.17.25

4. Chicago Overcoat
Traveling in the Windy City may require an overcoat, but that’s not what this term is referring to. Despite the major decline in Chicago homicide rates between 1930 and 1940 compared to previous decades, the city still had a murderous enough reputation to warrant this term for a coffin, which first popped up in the 1939 book The Big Sleep. Detective novelist Raymond Chandler—whose novel takes place in southern California, not Chicago—put his own spin on overcoat, which had been used to refer to coffins since the late 19th century.
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane by Colin Falconer 09.05.25

5. Cockamamie
According to the OED, when cockamamie was first coined in 1931, it was a children’s slang term that referred to decal applied to skin, like a temporary tattoo. By 1936, it had come to be used as an adjective to describe “a ridiculous, crazy, or wildly eccentric person.”
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
The Teacher by Freida McFadden 09.18.25

6. Eighty-six
If you’ve worked in the food service industry or been to an American diner, you’ve likely used the phrase eighty-six in reference to something left off a menu. In the ’30s, eighty-six referred to a sold-out food item at a restaurant. Over time, the phrase became more frequently used as a verb meaning “to refuse service” or “to throw out.”
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.

7. Gobsmacked
Someone’s impressive, unexpected floss could leave you gobsmacked, British slang for “flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement,” per the OED. Coined in 1935 as the compound of gob (“mouth”) and smack (in this context meaning either “to slap” or “to make a noise when separating your lips”), gobsmacked combines the two meanings to evoke imagery of slapping one’s hand over their mouth in shock, or dropping one’s jaw in surprise.
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly 09.14.25

8. Meat Wagon
Naturally, people living in the Depression era would use some morbid slang. Meat wagon is a prime example. While the term was first used in 1925 as a synonym for an ambulance, its meaning evolved around a decade later, becoming a grisly synonym for a hearse in 1934.
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).

9. Nogoodnik
Given that the suffix -nik denotes a person associated with something, nogoodnik is, expectedly, a word for someone who’s nothing but trouble.
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
Blueberry Blunder by Amanda Flower 09.17.25 (someone dies)

10. On Sus
Another slang term 1930s people have in common with Gen-Z, sus, is an abbreviation of suspicion or suspect, and indicates a feeling that questionable activities are happening. While today’s youth tend to use the word as an adjective (“you’ve been acting pretty sus”), sus was used as a noun in the ’30s and often preceded by on. If one was on sus, they were suspected of committing a crime or some other nefarious act.
🥶 Read a book where someone is acting suspicious.
The Troop by Nick Cutter 09.18.25 (kids act suspicious as the story progresses)

1930s Slang
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.

10/10


1. Bazillion
The largest number we have a name for is the googolplex, or 10 raised to the 10^100 power. In the 1930s, people had a less precise approach to unfathomable quantities—they used bazillion to exaggerate large and indefinite numbers of things.
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
To Steal a Lyon’s Heart - Dayna Quince (Dragonblade - July 2025) (#86 - Lyon's Den) - Sept 7

2. Blow One's Wig
A bazillion of something, whether dollars in your bank account or cars in a line of traffic, might make you blow your wig. In the former situation, the phrase would refer to feelings of happiness or excitement, but according to Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, blowing one's wig could also refer to someone feeling furious—which could definitely be the case in the latter situation.
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
Devil's Cub - Georgette Heyer (Sourcebooks Casablanca - Nov 2009) (furious) - Sept 9

3. Boondoggle
The next time you're tasked with tedious or impractical busywork, it may break a bit of tension to call it a "boondoggle." The term describes a frivolous waste of time, and it's certainly fun to say. According to Merriam-Webster, a possible origin for boondoggle stems from American scoutmaster Robert H. Link, who coined the term to describe the braided leather tassels worn by Boy Scouts. This meaning spread in the 1920s, and the word had come to its current meaning by the mid-1930s, per the OED.
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
The Duke's Sharpshooter - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Sept 2025) (OO) - Sept 12

4. Chicago Overcoat
Traveling in the Windy City may require an overcoat, but that's not what this term is referring to. Despite the major decline in Chicago homicide rates between 1930 and 1940 compared to previous decades, the city still had a murderous enough reputation to warrant this term for a coffin, which first popped up in the 1939 book The Big Sleep. Detective novelist Raymond Chandler—whose novel takes place in southern California, not Chicago—put his own spin on overcoat, which had been used to refer to coffins since the late 19th century.
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
Duty Devoted - Dominic Pierce (Calamitte Jane Pub - July 2025) (murdered) - Oct 30

5. Cockamamie
According to the OED, when cockamamie was first coined in 1931, it was a children's slang term that referred to decal applied to skin, like a temporary tattoo. By 1936, it had come to be used as an adjective to describe "a ridiculous, crazy, or wildly eccentric person."
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10-letter title (in any configuration).
The Lyon’s Dilemma - Jude Knight (Dragonblade - July 2025) (crazy) - Oct 9




6. Eighty-six
If you've worked in the food service industry or been to an American diner, you've likely used the phrase eighty-six in reference to something left off a menu. In the '30s, eighty-six referred to a sold-out food item at a restaurant. Over time, the phrase became more frequently used as a verb meaning "to refuse service" or "to throw out."
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
Full Speed Ahead - Merline Lovelace (Merline Lovelace - Sept 2025) (88 pgs) - Sept 13

7. Gobsmacked
Someone's impressive, unexpected floss could leave you gobsmacked, British slang for "flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement," per the OED. Coined in 1935 as the compound of gob ("mouth") and smack (in this context meaning either "to slap" or "to make a noise when separating your lips"), gobsmacked combines the two meanings to evoke imagery of slapping one's hand over their mouth in shock, or dropping one's jaw in surprise.
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
The Paradise Petition - Carolyn Brown (Montlake - July 2025) (author) - Sept 3

8. Meat Wagon
Naturally, people living in the Depression era would use some morbid slang. Meat wagon is a prime example. While the term was first used in 1925 as a synonym for an ambulance, its meaning evolved around a decade later, becoming a grisly synonym for a hearse in 1934.
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).
Wyoming Bodyguard - Danielle M. Haas (HI #2338 - Aug 2025) (ambulance) - Sept 9

9. Nogoodnik
Given that the suffix -nik denotes a person associated with something, nogoodnik is, expectedly, a word for someone who's nothing but trouble.
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.
Beckett - Josie Jade (Calamitte Jane Pub - Sept 2025) (something bad) - Oct 2

10. On Sus
Another slang term 1930s people have in common with Gen-Z, sus, is an abbreviation of suspicion or suspect, and indicates a feeling that questionable activities are happening. While today's youth tend to use the word as an adjective ("you’ve been acting pretty sus”), sus was used as a noun in the ’30s and often preceded by on. If one was on sus, they were suspected of committing a crime or some other nefarious act.
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
A Lyon's Promise - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Sept 2025) (crime/suspicious) - Sept 28

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang - Completed: 10/20/25 (Page Count: 541)

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement.
Head Witch in Charge by Avery Flynn - Completed: 11/4/25 (Lele is happy and excited when she saves Erik.)

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang - Completed: 9/2/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Ward D by Freida McFadden - Completed: 9/24/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way.
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore - Completed: 9/29/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book where a person is asked to leave.
The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland - Completed: 9/16/25 (Gemma asks Robert to leave)

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna - Completed: 10/28/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where meat is transported (your interpretation).
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - Completed: 9/7/25 (Feyre skins a deer and takes its meat home.)

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where a character is nothing but trouble.
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel - Completed: 9/11/25 (MC can't stop stealing art.)

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed.
The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines - Completed: 9/14/25 (Meaher trafficked humans from Africa after the slave trade was made illegal.)

Welcome Vanessa, Amber, Susan and Lexi!

1930s Slang
September - November 2025

My 1930s Slang Challenge (msg 32)

Books Read ❱❱ 10



☑️1. Bazillion
🔺Read a book with a large page count - 400+
🔺The Woman Left Behind ❱❱ 09.14 ★★★★

☑️2. Blow One’s Wig
🔺Read a book where a character is feeling furious
🔺Bayou Baby ❱❱ 09.06 ★★★★

☑️3. Boondoggle
🔺Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
🔺The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies ❱❱ 09.05 ★★

☑️4. Chicago Overcoat
🔺Read a book where a coffin is used
🔺Undead and Uneasy ❱❱ 09.16 ★★★

☑️5. Cockamamie
🔺Read a book with a 10 letter title
🔺Burns So Bad ❱❱ 10.28 ★★★

☑️6. Eighty-six
🔺Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count ❱❱ 336 pp
🔺Death at the Crystal Palace ❱❱ 09.08 ★★★★

☑️7. Gobsmacked
🔺Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text
🔺stared after them, gobsmacked and feeling out of his depth. [loc 283.6]
🔺Accomplice to the Villain ❱❱ 10.31 ★★★★

☑️8. Meat Wagon
🔺Read a book where an ambulance is called
🔺Deliciously Obedient ❱❱ 09.01 ★★★★

☑️9. Nogoodnik
🔺Read a book where a character is nothing but trouble
🔺Born to Be Badger ❱❱ 09.04 ★★★★

☑️10. On Sus
🔺Read a book where a crime is committed
🔺Bray ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★★

Welcome LaurLa!

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.

6/10

1. Bazillion
The largest number we have a name for is the googolplex, or 10 raised to the 10^100 power. In the 1930s, people had a less precise approach to unfathomable quantities—they used bazillion to exaggerate large and indefinite numbers of things.
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn - 564 pages

2. Blow One’s Wig
A bazillion of something, whether dollars in your bank account or cars in a line of traffic, might make you blow your wig. In the former situation, the phrase would refer to feelings of happiness or excitement, but according to Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang, blowing one’s wig could also refer to someone feeling furious—which could definitely be the case in the latter situation.
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 15/09/25

3. Boondoggle
The next time you’re tasked with tedious or impractical busywork, it may break a bit of tension to call it a “boondoggle.” The term describes a frivolous waste of time, and it’s certainly fun to say. According to Merriam-Webster, a possible origin for boondoggle stems from American scoutmaster Robert H. Link, who coined the term to describe the braided leather tassels worn by Boy Scouts. This meaning spread in the 1920s, and the word had come to its current meaning by the mid-1930s, per the OED.
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order by Yuan Yang 10/10/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
Traveling in the Windy City may require an overcoat, but that’s not what this term is referring to. Despite the major decline in Chicago homicide rates between 1930 and 1940 compared to previous decades, the city still had a murderous enough reputation to warrant this term for a coffin, which first popped up in the 1939 book The Big Sleep. Detective novelist Raymond Chandler—whose novel takes place in southern California, not Chicago—put his own spin on overcoat, which had been used to refer to coffins since the late 19th century.
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
The Names by Florence Knapp 22/10/25

5. Cockamamie
According to the OED, when cockamamie was first coined in 1931, it was a children’s slang term that referred to decal applied to skin, like a temporary tattoo. By 1936, it had come to be used as an adjective to describe “a ridiculous, crazy, or wildly eccentric person.”
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).

6. Eighty-six
If you’ve worked in the food service industry or been to an American diner, you’ve likely used the phrase eighty-six in reference to something left off a menu. In the ’30s, eighty-six referred to a sold-out food item at a restaurant. Over time, the phrase became more frequently used as a verb meaning “to refuse service” or “to throw out.”
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice 14/11 - 308 pages

7. Gobsmacked
Someone’s impressive, unexpected floss could leave you gobsmacked, British slang for “flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement,” per the OED. Coined in 1935 as the compound of gob (“mouth”) and smack (in this context meaning either “to slap” or “to make a noise when separating your lips”), gobsmacked combines the two meanings to evoke imagery of slapping one’s hand over their mouth in shock, or dropping one’s jaw in surprise.
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 18/11

8. Meat Wagon
Naturally, people living in the Depression era would use some morbid slang. Meat wagon is a prime example. While the term was first used in 1925 as a synonym for an ambulance, its meaning evolved around a decade later, becoming a grisly synonym for a hearse in 1934.
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).

9. Nogoodnik
Given that the suffix -nik denotes a person associated with something, nogoodnik is, expectedly, a word for someone who’s nothing but trouble.
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.

10. On Sus
Another slang term 1930s people have in common with Gen-Z, sus, is an abbreviation of suspicion or suspect, and indicates a feeling that questionable activities are happening. While today’s youth tend to use the word as an adjective (“you’ve been acting pretty sus”), sus was used as a noun in the ’30s and often preceded by on. If one was on sus, they were suspected of committing a crime or some other nefarious act.
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.

Welcome Jess!

Completed 09.11
1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count). | 472 Pages | Dead Med | Freida McFadden | 09.10

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement (view spoiler)[Lee is excited to have met Jesse and that Hazel is her friend. (hide spoiler)] The Drowning Woman | Robyn Harding | 09.08

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a character wastes time on something that does not matter | (view spoiler)[ Jules wastes time going after Alexander when all along the truth was in front of her face (hide spoiler)] Easy Prey | A.B. Whelan | 09.07

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered | (view spoiler)[Many Characters are murdered (hide spoiler)] | The Club | Ellery Lloyd | 09.07

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way | Adrian, he is hot but incredibly ridiculous and crazy, and a lil scary | Redamancy | H.C. Dolores | 09.10

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count | 128 Pages | Finding Perfect | Colleen Hoover | 09.010

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. | Michelle Dunne | A Good Mother | 09.01

8. 🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called | "Once before paramedics got her into the ambulance and again at the hospital." p. 244 | Layla | Colleen Hoover | 09.03

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens. | Rachel's family is murdered | In What Remains | K.B. Rose | 09.09

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person | Kitt | Fearful | Lauren Roberts | 09.07

WOOHOO Angel!

Finished

1930s SLANG, 9/1 – 11/30
10/10 COMPLETE

1. BAZILLION
🥶 Read a series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)
In the Time of Five Pumpkins (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #26), by Alexander McCall Smith, finished 9/2/25 ★★★★

2. BLOW ONE’S WIG
🥶 Read a book where a is feeling furious
Nigel : Death Wears a Mask (Amory Ames #2), by Ashley Weaver, finished 9/6/25 ★★★★

3. BOONDOGGLE
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
double consonants *and double vowels : Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop #2), by Darci Hannah, finished 9/3/25 ★★★.5

4. CHICAGO OVERCOAT
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
Poison & Pooches, by Sandra Balzo, finished 9/9/25 ★★.5

5. COCKAMAMIE
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuation)
In Hot Water (Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade #3), by J.J. Cook, finished 9/5/25 ★★★★

6. EIGHTY-SIX
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count)
336 pages : The Memory Thief: The Secrets Behind How We Remember, by Lauren Aguirre, finished 9/4/25 ★★★★

7. GOBSMACKED
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED
author Mensun Bound – The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance, finished 9/7/25 ★★★★

8. MEAT WAGON
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village #4), by Carlene O’Connor, finished 9/1/25 ★★★★
p. 259 "ambulances were here now..."

9. NOGOODNIK
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens
hit-and-run resulting in a death : Nothing Bundt Trouble (Bakeshop #11), by Ellie Alexander, finished 9/10/25 ★★★★

10. ON SUS
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
theft, murder : A Lady Compromised (Rosalind Thorne #4), by Darcie Wilde, finished 9/8/25 ★★★★

WOOHOO Barb!

Thanks!

completed...thanks JoAnne!

Read - 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a series book between #10 and #100 - #11
Fatal Threat, Marie Force | 9/1

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement - Mary Jane
Dearest Mary Jane, Betty Neels | 9/9

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG - DD
Hidden Nature, Nora Roberts | 9/6

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered
All the Colors of the Dark, Chris Whitaker | 9/15

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way - Peabody
Leverage in Death, J.D. Robb | 9/7

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) - 368pgs
Obsession, Debra Webb | 9/13

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED - CB
No More Yesterdays, Catherine Bybee | 9/3

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
A Patchwork of Clues, Sally Goldenbaum | 9/4

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens - Hannah accident
Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reid | 9/11

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
Badlands, C.J. Box | 9/8

FINISHED

1930s Slang
September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
🗣️ Meg Langslow #37 - For Duck's Sake by Donna Andrews 9/11/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off.
🗣️ MC has feelings of happiness - The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen 9/8/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
🗣️ Double consonants - Knitty Gritty Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 9/2/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago.
🗣️ A character is murdered - Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany 9/15/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation).
🗣️ Multiple characters act in ridiculous, crazy and wild ways - Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 9/5/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already.
🗣️ 356 pages - The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary 9/3/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
🗣️ Author's initials are AB - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh 9/1/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation).
🗣️ An ambulance is called when an FBI agent is shot - Long Shadows by David Baldacci 9/7/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens.
🗣️ MC's uncle dies, his house blows up, people attempt to murder him, etc. - Starter Villain by John Scalzi 9/6/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious.
🗣️ A crime is committed - The Solace of Bay Leaves by Leslie Budewitz 9/4/25

WOOHOO Tammie and Michelle!

FINISHED

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.

Completed: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book where a character greatly exaggerates something OR a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name) OR with a large page count - 400+ (share page count). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants - Robin Wall Kimmerer 9/4/25 (408 pgs.)

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where a character has feelings of happiness or excitement OR where one is feeling furious OR where a wig/hairpiece falls off. A Game of Fate - Scarlett St. Clair 9/16/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG OR with a cover that has some type of tassel on it (share cover) OR where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work. In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez 9/1/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a coffin is used OR a character is murdered OR set in Chicago. Murder at the Mansion - Sheila Connolly 9/14/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book where someone gets a fake tattoo OR where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way OR with a 10 letter title (in any configuation). The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 9/11/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count) OR where a person is asked to leave OR where an item is sold out already. All the Little Hopes - Leah Weiss 9/4/25 (368 pgs.)

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text (share page/loc#) OR with a gobsmacked person in the story OR with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED. One Mississippi - Mark Childress 9/12/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called OR where a hearse is used OR where meat is transported (your interpretation). The Sewing Machine - Natalie Fergie 9/3/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where Yiddish is spoken OR where a character is nothing but trouble OR something bad happens. This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book with an untrustworthy person OR where a crime is committed OR where someone is acting suspicious. What the Lady's Maid Knew - E.E. Holmes 9/1/25

WOOHOO Caraina!

FINISHED!

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Object: Read one book for each slang word.
Progress: 10/10

🐧1. Bazillion
Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name).
Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan - Kiki Lowenstein series book #13 - Sep. 6

🤯2. Blow One’s Wig
Read a book where one is feeling furious.
Wires Crossed: A Graphic Novel by Beth Fantaskey - Sep. 18

⚒️3. Boondoggle
Read a book where a character wastes time on something that does not matter or does busy work.
Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle - Sep. 6

⚰️4. Chicago Overcoat
Read a book where a coffin is used.
Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide by Pablo Leon - Sep. 17

🤪5. Cockamamie
Read a book where a character acts in a ridiculous, crazy, or wild way.
Karen's Birthday by Katy Farina - Sep. 15

🤴🏼6. Eighty-six
Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count).
The Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund - 176 pages - Sep. 8

🗣️7. Gobsmacked
Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Murder on the Green by Christine Knapp - Sep. 4

🚑8. Meat Wagon
Read a book where an ambulance is called.
Crystal Cave by Mike Deas - Sep. 12

🩼9. Nogoodnik
Read a book where something bad happens.
Paper Planes by Jennie Wood - Sep. 5

🏘️10. On Sus
Read a book where someone is acting suspicious.
Millie of the Manor: A Graphic Novel by Karina Evans - Sep. 9

WOOHOO Julesy!

1930s Slang
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

10/10 Completed. Finish

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a Series book between #10 and #100 (share series name)
(Detectives Kane and Alton #27)
Their Haunted Hearts-D.K. Hood 9/10/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious
Secretive-K.E. Osborn 9/14/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG
The Roommate Mistake-Pippa Grant 9/06/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Countdown to Midnight-L.T. Vargus 9/18/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title (in any configuration).
Killer Memo-Mary Stone 9/10/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count (share count)
(328)
Little Jack-Lilly Atlas 9/04/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED.
Amber Kelly-Rise After Fall 9/13/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called
Mad Jack-Stacy M. Jones 9/12/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
YOLO-Lani Lynn Vale 9/03/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed
Shadow's Escape-Mary Stone 9/02/25

WOOHOO Frankie!

FINISHED
1930s Slang
Duration: September 1-22, 2025
Read: 10/10

1. Bazillion
🥶 Read a book with a large page count - 400+ (share page count).
476 pages Two Truths and a Marriage Nicole Snow 9/22/25

2. Blow One’s Wig
🥶 Read a book where one is feeling furious.
Nightcaps at The Beach House Hotel Judith Keim 9/16/25

3. Boondoggle
🥶 Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants like OO or GG.
Blame It on the Eggnog Jami Davenport 9/6/25

4. Chicago Overcoat
🥶 Read a book where a character is murdered.
The Silence Kendra Elliot 9/4/25

5. Cockamamie
🥶 Read a book with a 10 letter title.
Ellen Found Carla Kelly 9/7/25

6. Eighty-six
🥶 Read a book where an item is sold out already.
Own Me K.A. Tucker 9/21/25

7. Gobsmacked
🥶 Read a book with the word GOBSMACKED in the text.
p 19 The First Love Cookie Club Lori Wilde 9/7/25

8. Meat Wagon
🥶 Read a book where an ambulance is called.
Gulfside Inn Rebecca Regnier 9/11/25

9. Nogoodnik
🥶 Read a book where something bad happens.
Scandal Above Stairs Jennifer Ashley 9/12/25

10. On Sus
🥶 Read a book where a crime is committed.
The Next Grave Kendra Elliot 9/11/25

COMPLETED 09.23.25


1930s Slang: 10/10
Duration: September 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

🥶 1. Bazillion - Read a book with a large page count: Buried Deep and Other Stories | Naomi Novik | 09.07.25 | 430 pages
🥶 2. Blow One’s Wig - Read a book where someone is feeling furious: Wilde in Love | Eloisa James | 09.06.25 | p. 104: Mr. Sterling strode toward them, unabashed and furious.
🥶 3. Boondoggle - Read a book where a word in the title has double consonants: The Summer We Ran | Audrey Ingram | 09.03.25
🥶 4. Chicago Overcoat - Read a book where a character is murdered: Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco | 09.23.25 | Vittoria di Carlo is murdered
🥶 5. Cockamamie - Read a book with a 10-letter title: Discontent | Beatriz Serrano | 09.18.25
🥶 6. Eighty-Six - Read a book with an 8 or 6 in the page count: Where You're Planted | Melanie Sweeney | 09.04.25 | 384 pages
🥶 7. Gobsmacked - Read a book with the author's initials found in GOBSMACKED: The Phoenix Pencil Company | Allison King | 09.09.25
🥶 8. Meat Wagon - Read a book where an ambulance is called: Our Souls at Night | Kent Haruf | 09.10.25
🥶 9. Nogoodnik - Read a book where a character is nothing but trouble: The Impossible Fortress | Jason Rekulak | 09.05.25 | Tyler Bell
🥶10. On Sus - Read a book with an untrustworthy person: Beach Vibes | Susan Mallery | 09.05.25 | Rick