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 - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.



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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Reaad: 15/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by a main character named Kristen.
Cozy Hometown Christmas Meredith Summers 12/6/25

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69.
Fallen Star Lee Goldberg 11/2/25 (Eve Ronin #6)

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book with a character who plays football.
One Last Summer Piper Rayne 11/14/25

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count.
245 pages Finding Tomorrow Denise Grover Swank Christine Gael 11/5/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with L.
Leila Good as Gold Sarina Bowen 11/16/25

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in April.
published April 2, 2024 Ice Falls Jennifer Bernard 11/13/25

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in New York.
Not Part of the Plan Lucy Score 11/14/25

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action.
True Fiction Lee Goldberg 11/9/25

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played AND where the Olympics are referenced.
Thrown for a Loop Sarina Bowen 11/24/25

10. May 18
🟪 Read a series #3.
Chasing Trouble Brandy Golden 11/5/25 (Holidays Ever After #3)

11. May 23
🟪 Read a book where someone stays in a grand hotel.
One Crazy Week Claire Kingsley 12/8/25

12. June 1
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Bones in the Blackout Emma Jameson 11/4/25

13. November 4
🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
She's Got the Money M.O. Mack 11/7/25

14. November 21
🟪 Read a book set in Texas.
She's Got the Guns M.O. Mack 11/6/25

15. December 8
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered.
As The Crow Flies Craig Johnson 11/3/25

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Progress: 9/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Destroy Me by Tahreh Mafi 109 pages - Finished 11/3/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins - MC is Grace - Finished 11/21/25

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James Published March 6, 2012 - Finished 11/13/25

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Trace by Patricia Cornwell Set in Virginia - Finished 11/10/25

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox Biography - Finished 11/3/25

9. IN THE NEWS
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Finished 12/1/25

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Set in Washington - Finished 11/25/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Set in Texas - Finished 11/29/25

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz - Finished 11/4/25

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Completion 15/15 Nostalgia:

Tasks:
1. 🟪 Read a book by an author named Kristen, | Kristin Hannah | Winter Garden | 11.19

2. 🟪 Read a series book #2, | Gallagher Girls #2 Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy | Ally Carter | 11.03

3. 🟪 Read a book where a character who plays football | The Blind Side | Michael Lewis | 11.05

4. 🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count). 319 | Yellowface | R.F. Kuang | 11.01

5. 🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name). Claire and Jack | Music Man | K.L. Montgomery | 11.04

6. 🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date). | February 6, 2024 | Almost Surely Dead | Amina Akhtar | 11.01

7. 🟪 Read a book set in , New York, | Adirondack Mountains | The Usual Silence | Jenny Milchman | 11.07

8. 🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Comedy, | The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules | Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg | 11.07

9.🟪 Read a book where a miracle happens. | (view spoiler)[ Henry remembers Addie (hide spoiler)] | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | 11.12

10. 🟪 Read a series #3,| Divergent #3 | Allegiant | Veronica Roth | 11.15

11. 🟪 Read a book tagged Horror. | The Family | S.E. Green | 11.23

12.🟪 Read a book where a character watches the news | "We're watching the local news--" p. 104 | Close Your Eyes | Teresa Driscoll | 11.06

13. 🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter. | Candace Camp | The Marriage Wager | 11.05

14. 🟪 Read a book with a character who has a nickname | (view spoiler)[ Elle/Casey (hide spoiler)] The Intruder | Freida McFadden | 11.05

15. 🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered | Roger | Mother and Daughter | James Caine | 11.07

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. 🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. 🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number). Micah Louisa Masters 03/11 Book 2 in the Demons- in-Law series


3. 🟪 Read a book with a character who plays football Unbroken: MM Hurt/Comfort, Forced Proximity Romance Argentina Ryder 05/11

4. 🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count). Come Back To Me Ashlynn Mills 01/11 177 pages

5. 🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name). Finding Home in Comfort by Kerry Kilpatrick read 01/11 MCs Hank and Jasper

6. 🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date). Merry Little Christmas: An M/X Age Play Novella by Cassidy Lane 02/11 published 01/11/2025


7🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location). Perfect Storm: Toronto Thunder, Book 1 Beth Bolden 05/12 5* set in Canada

8🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre). Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet05/12 5*
Tagged Action

9. 🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played Riding Pine R.M. Neill read 12/11

10🟪 Read a book where a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name). Zachary by Louisa Masters read 06/11 3rd in the Demon in Laws series

11. 🟪 Read a book where someone stays in a grand hotel Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 5*

12.🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order. Snapping the Ice: The Games We Play - Season 2 Christie Gordon 09.11

13. 🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter. Sleigh Bells and Second Chances by Gabbi Grey listened 14.11

14.🟪 Read a book where someone is shot but does not die The Vampire's Delicious Fae: Brinnswick: Tales from Gauhala, Book 2 by Michele Notaro listened 12/11

15. 🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered Taste of Blood by A.J. Church 08.11.

Oops! All the "Born in 1980" people were born in 1953.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Completed: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

11/11+

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
💜 Sarah Booth Delaney #2 - Buried Bones by Carolyn Haines 11/1/25

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
💜 293 pages - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 11/2/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
💜 MCs Flo Armstrong & Lady Hardcastle - The Fatal Flying Affair by T.E. Kinsey 11/3/25

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
💜 Published 11/24/2013 - The Devil Drinks Coffee by Destiny Ford 11/6/25

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
💜 Set in New York City - Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob 11/9/25

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
💜 Tagged Music - A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib 11/11/25

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
💜 Deep Dish Mystery #5 - At Death's Dough: A Deep Dish Mystery by Mindy Quigley 11/4/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
💜 MC manages Storyton Hall, a grand hotel - Murder in the Storybook Cottage by Ellery Adams 11/12/25

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
💜 Someone watches the news - "I had to find out all about it from the eleven o'clock news last night." Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett 11/7/25 93%

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
💜 (view spoiler)[ Aiden (hide spoiler)] is shot but does not die - Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 11/16/25

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
💜 MC Gusta plays the French horn - The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet 11/17/25

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 10 – Pat Benatar, American rock singer
February 9 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
March 23 – Chaka Khan, African-American soul singer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
May 8 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician
July 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 14/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2️⃣2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
Extra Large by Tyler Page - book #2 in the Button Pusher series - Nov. 9

🐶3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
Read a book where a character plays football.
Dogland Rescue by Martin Lloyd - Dec. 5

🥸4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Spy School: The Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs - 296 pages - Nov. 6

🧑🏻‍🌾5. Born in 1980
Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura - Nov. 2

🦃6. Died in 1980
Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
Death of a Tom Turkey by Lee Hollis - published Sept. 30, 2025 - Nov. 30

🚂7. New Books
Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Whistle by Linwood Barclay - New York - Nov. 12

🧹8. In Theaters
Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
Crumbs: A Graphic Novel by Danie Stirling - tagged music and YA - Nov. 8

IN THE NEWS
🐺9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
Read a book where a miracle happens.
Rose Wolves (Book 2): Out of the Blue by Natalie Warner - Nov. 15

🐫10. May 18
Read a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Mummies in the Morning Graphic Novel by Jenny Laird - Magic Tree House graphic novel series - Nov. 24

🪵11. May 23
Read a book tagged Horror.
Through the Woods by E.M. Carroll - Nov. 9

🏕️12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Order of the Night Jay: The Forest Beckons by Jonathan Schnapp - Nov. 6

❎13. November 4
Read a book where there is an election.
Timid by Jonathan Todd - Nov. 25

🧑🏻‍🌾14. November 21
Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
George Orwell's Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel by Christina Dumalasova - Nov. 5

🎶15. December 8
Read a book a main character that is a musician.
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 10 – Pat Benatar, American rock singer
February 9 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
March 23 – Chaka Khan, African-American soul singer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
May 8 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician
July 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

📘5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
The Portrait of a Lady Henry James 14 Nov (Isabel Archer)

📘6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
March Geraldine Brooks 8 Nov (March 3, 2006)

📘7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore 8 Nov (Massachusetts)

📘8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
60 Songs That Explain the '90s Rob Harvilla 12 Nov (music)

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

📘12. June 1 – CNN
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf Emily Midorikawa 22 Nov

📘13. November 4 – 1980
🟪 Read a book where there is an election
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster Wallace 12 Nov

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

12/11-15 Completed

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.
Stephanie Rose-Rewrite 11/21/25

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
(Sparrow Falls #6)
Secret Haven-Catherine Cowles 11/07/25

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
(256)
Hey, Daddy-Lani Lynn Vale 11/01/25

5. Born in 1980
January 10 – Pat Benatar, American rock singer
February 9 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
March 23 – Chaka Khan, African-American soul singer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
May 8 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician
July 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
(Jamie)
Dead Center-Danielle Girard 11/01/25

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
(11/08/17)
Crank-Adriana Locke 11/06/25

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
(Massachusetts)
The Silent Girl-Tess Gerritsen 11/09/25

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
(Sports)
Right Man, Right Time-Meghan Quinn 11/14/25

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played
Assist-Alexandria House 12/13/25

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
(Love in Montana #3)
Brave Enough-Kelly Elliott 11/09/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store-Laurie Gilmore 11/23/25

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
Marni Mann-A Million Times, Yes 11/10/25

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas
Walking Red Flag-Lani Lynn Vale 11/01/25

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Progress: 0/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Lady’s Knight|Amie Kaufman|22/11/25|Gwen

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
Becoming|Michelle Obama|2/11/25|November 13, 2018

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

9. IN THE NEWS
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
Sign Here|Claudia Lux|9/11/25|Horror

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
November 2025 - January 2026

My A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980 Challenge (msg 17)

Level Nostalgia ❱❱ 11-15 tasks
Books Read ❱❱

Pop Culture



1. Popular Baby Names
🔺Read a book by an author/main character named Stephanie ❱❱ Stephanie Bond
🔺Watch and Learn

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69
🔺Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 ❱❱ #2 Inside Out
🔺Being Me

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🔺Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy ❱❱ mc is a SEAL
🔺A SEAL's Secret

☑️4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500
🔺Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count ❱❱ 190 pp
🔺Beware the Darkness ❱❱ 11.01 ★★★★

5. Born in 1980
🔺Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A ❱❱ Adrian
🔺Beyond Ruin

6. Died in 1980
🔺Read a book published in November of any year ❱❱ published Nov 2006
🔺Sleeping with the Fishes

☑️7. New Books
🔺Read a book set in Canada ❱❱ set in Canada
🔺Sweet Abandon ❱❱ 11.03 ★★★

8. In Theaters
🔺Read a book with the genre or tag Comedy ❱❱ tagged comedy
🔺Undead and Unworthy


In the News



9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics
🔺Read a book where a hockey game is played
🔺Between a Jock and a Hard Place

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington
🔺Read a book that is a series #3, #5 or #7 ❱❱ #3 Beach Kingdom
🔺Sink or Swim

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released
🔺Read where someone stays in a grand hotel
🔺The Invitation

☑️12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched
🔺Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order
🔺Reckless Nights in Rome ❱❱ 11.02 ★★★

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election
🔺Read a book with a character that is an actor
🔺Delirious

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date tune into the U.S. TV show Dallas
🔺Read a book where someone is shot but does not die ❱❱ Val is shot
🔺Forsaken Duty

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon
🔺Read a book with a main character that is a musician ❱❱ mc is musician
🔺Cowboy, Sing Me Home

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 10 – Pat Benatar, American rock singer
February 9 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
March 23 – Chaka Khan, African-American soul singer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks, British novelist
May 8 – Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American rock musician
July 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush)
December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

Laura Z wrote: "Oops! All the "Born in 1980" people were born in 1953.

Here's some 1980 births:
Christina Ricci (February 12)
Jake Gyllenhall (December 19)
Channing Tatum (April 26)
Ryan Gosling (November 12)
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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
14/11-15

Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
(view spoiler)[
Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
#2 in Barefoot Sleuth Mysteries Seashells and Murder H.Y. Hanna 11/18/25

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.
Fictional Greencreek GA Mulberry Bushed Patti Benning 11/3/25

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
186 Train'd in Hiding Summer Prescott 11/4/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Anna Beth Sinclair A Hint of Homicide Emma Ainsley 11/1/25

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
11/30/23 Fowl Feast Gwen Taylor Jen Booker 11/2/25

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Murder at Lovebird Manor Bellamy Beck 11/3/25

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
Young Adult Smile and Say Murder Carolyn Keene 11/24/25

9. IN THE NEWS
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
All Spooked Up E.J. Copperman 11/5/25

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington...
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
#3 Barefoot Sleuth Mysteries Cocktails and Murder H.Y. Hanna 11/19/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
The chess players Naan the Wiser Victoria Kazarian 11/7/25

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Cocoa, Carols and Conspiracy Lucy Penbrook 11/23/25

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
HH Flip-Flops and Murder H.Y. Hanna 11/17/25

14. November 21 – The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
Miracle James-Diaz goes by Ricki Crescent City Christmas Chaos Ellen Byron 11/4/25

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
Sourdough, Suspects and Storms Siobhán Sullivan 11/5/25
(hide spoiler)]

Everyone is linked!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Reaad 14/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

✅2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany. Read 11/6/25
Book #2 in A Sherlock Holmes Boolshop Mystery

✅3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.
What Happens Next: A Traveler’s Guide Through the End of This Age by Max Lucado Read 11/4/25
Max Lucado played football in High School

✅4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor Read 11/3/25
page count 259

✅5. Born in 1980
5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Queen of Broken Hearts by Cassandra King Read 11/2/25
MC Clare Ballinger

✅6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry Read 11/7/25 published September 30, 2005

✅7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location)
In the Blood by Lisa Unger Read 11/11/25
Hollows, New York

✅8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre)
Overwhelming Odds by Susan O'Leary Read 11/16/25
MP Genre Biography

IN THE NEWS
✅9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
Twice by Mitch Albom Read 11/20/25
page 175 Jamie was hoping to compete in the Atlanta Olympics.

✅10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans Read 11/26/25. natural disater-Flood


✅11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Read 11/30/25
Guest stayed in a grand hotel-The Folly

✅12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25
Linda and Jay Peterson-Cornell watch the nightly news


✅13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan Read 11/18/25. Blair Pfenning is an actor


✅14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry. Read 11/14/25.
ELIZABETH GREENE IS CALLED BET

✅15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
The Librarians by Sherry Thomas Read 11/23/25
Perry Bathurst and Jeannette Obbermann were murdered

Welcome Michele!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Goal: 5/11+

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

Tasks:
1. 🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. 🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

✔ 3. 🟪 Read a book set in Georgia.
The Trouble with Goodbye - Sarra Cannon - 11/02/25 – Fairhope, Georgia

✔ 4. 🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Sharpe's Waterloo - Bernard Cornwell - 11/30/25 – Page count: 451

✔ 5. 🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Bride - Ali Hazelwood - 11/21/25 – Misery Lark

✔ 6. 🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui - 11/21/25 – Published March 7, 2017

7. 🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. 🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

9. 🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. 🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. 🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

✔ 12. 🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Old School Indian - Aaron John Curtis - 11/20/25

13. 🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. 🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. 🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.



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Welcome Ferenc and Christina!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

8/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
The Marriage Plan - Christine Rimmer (HSE #3119 - Dec 2025) #6 - Bravo Family Ties: The Next Generation) - Nov 29

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Amish Midwife Witness - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1217 - Dec 2025) (208 pgs) - Nov 23

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
The Highlander's Mysterious Maiden - Nicole Locke (HH #1878 - Sept 2025) (Barabel) - Nov 12

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
A Hero's Return - Carrie Nichols (HSE #3107 - Sept 2025) - Nov 22

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Their First Dance - Laurie Batzel (HHW #580 - Sept 2025) - Dec 8

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).


1 3 8


IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Duty Compromised - Dominic Pierce (Calamitte Jane Pub - Nov 2025) (#3 - Citadel Solutions) - Nov 5

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
Forbidden Fling with the Princess - Amy Andrews (HMED #1483 - Sept 2025) (initals) - Nov 19

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb (HI #2309 - Sept 2025) (murdered) - Dec 2


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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read : 11

COMPLETED


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
Murder in an Italian Café by Michael Falco 11/14/2025 Bria Bartolucci Mystery #2

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 12/9/2025 304 pages

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Murder Passes the Buck by Deb Baker 11/28/2025 Gertie Johnson

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani 11/08/2025 Pub'd April 26, 2022

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
The Better Sister by Alafair Burke 11/17/2025 New York

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison 12/3/2025 Family

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played.
Pitcher Perfectby Tessa Bailey 12/5/2025
Robbie is a professional hockey player.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz 11/19/2025
Hawthorne and Horowitz #5

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor.
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 11/29/2025

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book with a character who has a nickname.
Desert Heat by J. A. Jance 12/2/2025
Joanna's Dad called her Little Hank.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered
Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon 11/9/2025

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Read one book for each task.

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.
The Magician Murders by Josh Lanyon 11/10/2025

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2. (Malory Towers)
Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton 11/3/2025

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count). P 201
Tagged by Mara Purnhagen 11/27/2025

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name). Erik Keston
The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker 11/26/2025

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date). Published July 30, 2020
Kelly & the Dog Park by Dianne Harman 11/30/2025

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Massachusetts.
It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake 11/2/2025

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Comedy.
Quality Street: A Comedy by J.M. Barrie 11/19/2025

9. IN THE NEWS
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book that is a series #3, (share series name).
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff 11/29/2025 (If You Give)

11. May 23 – Horror film
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? 11/28/2025

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book where there is an election
Pearls and Poison by Duffy Brown 11/17/2025

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R.Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book where someone is shot but does not die.
I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer 11/30/2025

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon:
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered.
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney 12/9/2025

Welcome Susan, Anne and Genevieve!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

Welcome Jessica and Bonita!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: Nov. 1st, 2025 - Jan. 31st, 2026

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

13/15

Tasks:
✅1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.
The Vinyl Cafe Family Pack by Stuart McLean - Nov. 30th

✅2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 11th
Wildstone #6

✅3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.
Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews - Nov. 23rd

✅4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland - Nov. 23rd
439 pages

✅5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik - Nov. 1st
Catarina von Hasenberg

✅6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
Thief of Night by Holly Black - Nov. 21st
Sept. 23rd, 2025

✅7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Annie Muktuk and Other Stories by Norma Dunning - Nov. 5th

✅8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time: The Worst TV Shows in History and Other Things I Wrote by Bruce Vilanch - Nov. 18th

IN THE NEWS
✅9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor - Nov. 17th

✅10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis - Nov. 15th
Wildstone # 7

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

✅12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Lore Olympus: Volume Nine by Rachel Smythe - Nov. 16th

✅13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish - Nov. 2nd

✅14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs - Nov. 8th

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

Welcome Kendra!

Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Progress: 10/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69.

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
✓ Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count. (144) After the quake by Haruki Murakami (25/11/13)

5. Born in 1980
✓ Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V. (Valdrigue "Vald") Crimson Spell Bd. 4 by Ayano Yamane (25/11/17)

6. Died in 1980
✓ Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year. (3.11.2025) Lebensbande by Mechtild Borrmann (25/11/23)

7. New Books
✓ Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia. (Prince Edward Island) Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (25/11/11)

8. In Theaters
✓ Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult. Küss Mich, Student 1 by Hinako Takanaga (25/11/14)

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice.
✓ Read a book where a hockey game is played. Only a bet for Christmas by Lisa F. Olsen (25/12/09)

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
✓ Read a series #3, #5 or #7. (Fruits Basket) Fruits Basket Pearls 03 by Natsuki Takaya (25/11/21)

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
✓ Read a book tagged Horror. Killing Stalking Season I 2 by Koogi (25/11/14)

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election.
✓ Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter. Shin'ichi Sakamoto - #DRCL midnight children 1 (25/12/06)

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing.
✓ Read a book where someone is shot but does not die. (Yashiro) Twittering Birds Never Fly 02 by Kou Yoneda (25/11/16)

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

Welcome Chrissie!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Completed: 7/6-10

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas - Completed: 11/26/25 (ACOTAR #2)

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book with a character who plays football.
The Inmate by Freida McFadden - Completed: 12/5/25 (Shane)

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose last name begins with S (tell us their name).
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Completed: 11/24/25 (Smith, Olive)

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a miracle happens.
Verity by Colleen Hoover - Completed: 11/29/25 (Verity survives the crash.)

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book set in Washington.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - Completed: 11/15/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry - Completed: 11/20/25

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered.
The Retreat by Sarah Pearse - Completed: 11/30/25

Welcome Lexi!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Jacob Compulsion - Heidi Ayarbe 11/14-20

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.

Welcome Cindy!

FINISHED

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

11/11+

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
💜 Sarah Booth Delaney #2 - Buried Bones by Carolyn Haines 11/1/25

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
💜 293 pages - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 11/2/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
💜 MCs Flo Armstrong & Lady Hardcastle - The Fatal Flying Affair by T.E. Kinsey 11/3/25

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
💜 Published 11/24/2013 - The Devil Drinks Coffee by Destiny Ford 11/6/25

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
💜 Set in New York City - Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob 11/9/25

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
💜 Tagged Music - A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib 11/11/25

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
💜 Deep Dish Mystery #5 - At Death's Dough: A Deep Dish Mystery by Mindy Quigley 11/4/25

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
💜 MC manages Storyton Hall, a grand hotel - Murder in the Storybook Cottage by Ellery Adams 11/12/25

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
💜 Someone watches the news - "I had to find out all about it from the eleven o'clock news last night." Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett 11/7/25 93%

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
💜 (view spoiler)[ Aiden (hide spoiler)] is shot but does not die - Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 11/16/25

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
💜 MC Gusta plays the French horn - The Orphan Band of Springdale by Anne Nesbet 11/17/25

WOOHOO Michelle!

COMPLETED 11.24.25


A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980: 14/11+
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

🟪 Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks 🟪

1. Popular Baby Names - Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie:

🟪 2. The Average Price for a Movie Ticket Is $2.69 - Read a series book #2: Four Ruined Realms | Mai Corland | 11.10.25 | The Broken Blades, #2
🟪 3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter - Read a book set in Georgia: Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit | Jaye Robin Brown | 11.12.25
🟪 4. U.S. Average Yearly Wages Were $19,500 - Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count: The Sandcastle Girls | Chris Bohjalian | 11.07.25 | 299 pages
🟪 5. Gareth McLearnon, Irish Musician, and Kristen Bell, American Actor, Were Born in 1980 - Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with B, G, K, or M: Don’t Forget to Write | Sara Goodman Confino | 11.05.25 | Marilyn Kleinman



🟪 6. Katherine Anne Porter, American Author, Died on September 18 - Read a book published in September of any year: Autoboyography | Christina Lauren | 11.04.25 | published September 12, 2017
🟪 7. Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker Is Published January 1 - Read a book set in Massachusetts: Things You Save in a Fire | Katherine Center | 11.06.25
🟪 8. Coal Miner's Daughter Is in Theaters - Read a book with the genre or tag biography: Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience | Maggie Rowe | 11.08.25
🟪 9. February 22 – The Miracle on Ice - Read a book where a hockey game is played: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts | Julian Rubinstein | 11.24.25
🟪 10. May 18 – The Eruption of Mount St. Helens - Read a series #3, #5 or #7: A Counterfeit Heart | K.C. Bateman | 11.24.25 | Secrets & Spies, #3



🟪 11. May 23 – The Shining Movie - Read a book tagged horror: Thornhedge | T. Kingfisher | 11.05.25
🟪 12. June 1 – CNN Is Launched - Read a book where a character watches the news: Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult | 11.14.25
🟪 13. November 4 – United States Presidential Election - Read a book where there is an election: Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics | Carol Moseley Braun | 11.21.25
🟪 14. November 21 – Who Shot J.R.? - Read a book where someone is shot but does not die: Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange | 11.03.25 | Orvil Red Feather
🟪 15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon - Read a book where someone is murdered: Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator | Kelly Gardiner | 11.17.25

Completed
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Completion 15/15 Nostalgia:

Tasks:
1. 🟪 Read a book by an author named Kristen, | Kristin Hannah | Winter Garden | 11.19

2. 🟪 Read a series book #2, | Gallagher Girls #2 Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy | Ally Carter | 11.03

3. 🟪 Read a book where a character who plays football | The Blind Side | Michael Lewis | 11.05

4. 🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count). 319 | Yellowface | R.F. Kuang | 11.01

5. 🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name). Claire and Jack | Music Man | K.L. Montgomery | 11.04

6. 🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date). | February 6, 2024 | Almost Surely Dead | Amina Akhtar | 11.01

7. 🟪 Read a book set in , New York, | Adirondack Mountains | The Usual Silence | Jenny Milchman | 11.07

8. 🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Comedy, | The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules | Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg | 11.07

9.🟪 Read a book where a miracle happens. | (view spoiler)[ Henry remembers Addie (hide spoiler)] | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab | 11.12

10. 🟪 Read a series #3,| Divergent #3 | Allegiant | Veronica Roth | 11.15

11. 🟪 Read a book tagged Horror. | The Family | S.E. Green | 11.23

12.🟪 Read a book where a character watches the news | "We're watching the local news--" p. 104 | Close Your Eyes | Teresa Driscoll | 11.06

13. 🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter. | Candace Camp | The Marriage Wager | 11.05

14. 🟪 Read a book with a character who has a nickname | (view spoiler)[ Elle/Casey (hide spoiler)] The Intruder | Freida McFadden | 11.05

15. 🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered | Roger | Mother and Daughter | James Caine | 11.07

WOOHOO Laura and Angel!

FINISHED
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - December 8, 2025
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Reaad: 15/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by a main character named Kristen.
Cozy Hometown Christmas Meredith Summers 12/6/25

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69.
Fallen Star Lee Goldberg 11/2/25 (Eve Ronin #6)

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book with a character who plays football.
One Last Summer Piper Rayne 11/14/25

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count.
245 pages Finding Tomorrow Denise Grover Swank Christine Gael 11/5/25

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with L.
Leila Good as Gold Sarina Bowen 11/16/25

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in April.
published April 2, 2024 Ice Falls Jennifer Bernard 11/13/25

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in New York.
Not Part of the Plan Lucy Score 11/14/25

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action.
True Fiction Lee Goldberg 11/9/25

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played AND where the Olympics are referenced.
Thrown for a Loop Sarina Bowen 11/24/25

10. May 18
🟪 Read a series #3.
Chasing Trouble Brandy Golden 11/5/25 (Holidays Ever After #3)

11. May 23
🟪 Read a book where someone stays in a grand hotel.
One Crazy Week Claire Kingsley 12/8/25

12. June 1
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Bones in the Blackout Emma Jameson 11/4/25

13. November 4
🟪 Read a book by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
She's Got the Money M.O. Mack 11/7/25

14. November 21
🟪 Read a book set in Texas.
She's Got the Guns M.O. Mack 11/6/25

15. December 8
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered.
As The Crow Flies Craig Johnson 11/3/25

FINISHED

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Read one book for each task.

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
🟪 Read a book by an author named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.
The Magician Murders by Josh Lanyon 11/10/2025

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2. (Malory Towers)
Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton 11/3/2025

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count). P 201
Tagged by Mara Purnhagen 11/27/2025

5. Born in 1980
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name). Erik Keston
The Hate You Drink by N.R. Walker 11/26/2025

6. Died in 1980
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date). Published July 30, 2020
Kelly & the Dog Park by Dianne Harman 11/30/2025

7. New Books
🟪 Read a book set in Massachusetts.
It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake 11/2/2025

8. In Theaters
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Comedy.
Quality Street: A Comedy by J.M. Barrie 11/19/2025

9. IN THE NEWS
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book that is a series #3, (share series name).
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff 11/29/2025 (If You Give)

11. May 23 – Horror film
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? 11/28/2025

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book where there is an election
Pearls and Poison by Duffy Brown 11/17/2025

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R.Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book where someone is shot but does not die.
I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer 11/30/2025

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon:
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered.
The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney 12/9/2025

WOOHOO Genevieve!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
Duration: November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read : 11

COMPLETED


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.

2. The average price for a movie ticket is $2.69.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
Murder in an Italian Café by Michael Falco 11/14/2025 Bria Bartolucci Mystery #2

3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.

4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 12/9/2025 304 pages

5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
Murder Passes the Buck by Deb Baker 11/28/2025 Gertie Johnson

6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani 11/08/2025 Pub'd April 26, 2022

7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
The Better Sister by Alafair Burke 11/17/2025 New York

8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison 12/3/2025 Family

IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played.
Pitcher Perfectby Tessa Bailey 12/5/2025
Robbie is a professional hockey player.

10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz 11/19/2025
Hawthorne and Horowitz #5

11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.

12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.

13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor.
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts 11/29/2025

14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date (for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book with a character who has a nickname.
Desert Heat by J. A. Jance 12/2/2025
Joanna's Dad called her Little Hank.

15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon, formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered
Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon 11/9/2025

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Could you add the finish date for #15? Then I will mark you finished and add your badge. :)