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Richard's 2026 Challenge Tracker
HOB - 2026 (Impossible) Challenge: Reading the Tarothttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
My Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Insight Bonus:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
HOB - 2026 Time Traveler’s Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
TOAP - Richard's Spin Diaryhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spin Wheel:
https://spinthewheel.io/wheels/IGOhIY...
Book: Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
Author: Reina Gossett
Date Read: Jan 3rd
Task: 14 - with a secret door
How it Fits: A "trap door" is a secret door
Book: Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Author: Craig Groeschel
Date Read: Jan 14th
Task: 38 - that could make you pack your bags
How it Fits: It's very religious. This is where I leave.
Book: Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away
Author: David Gelles
Date Read: Jan 22nd
Task: 9. set in mountains
How it Fits: Many scenes are climbing various mountains
Book: The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis
Author: Norman Ohler
Date Read: Jan 23rd
Task: 36. takes place in big city
How it Fits: Berlin
Book: F**k It - Do What You Love
Author: John C. Parkin
Date Read: Feb 8th
Task: 2. the cover makes me hungry
How it Fits:
Book: Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance
Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel
Date Read: Feb 25th
Task: 40. with an unusual POV
How it Fits: Feminist POV of the Game of Thrones story
Book: American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000
Author: Peter Vronsky
Date Read: Mar 21st
Task: 3. features food or cooking
How it Fits: "slaughtering women in Vietnam and cooking and eating their parts." p.234
Book: Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Author: Alice Domurat Dreger
Date Read: Mar 25th
Task: 18. you picked because of its weird title
How it Fits: It is weird
Book: Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Author: Sam Kean
Date Read: Mar 25th
Task: 37. featuring a festival or celebration
How it Fits: "Several villages were gathering for a spring flower festival" p.243
Book: Daydream Believer: Unlocking the Ultimate Power of Your Mind
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Date Read: Apr 6th
Task: 29. with a time loop or time travel
How it Fits: Mental time-travel & altering your memory of a bad experience
Book: Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
Author: Robert Peal
Date Read: Apr 25th
Task: 30. about a thief, spy, or trickster
How it Fits: Anne Bonny & Mary Read were pirate queens of the Caribbean
LSC - 1926 Centenary Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total: 68/72
1. January 16
Plot - a misunderstanding
29/1 - Buried Alive: A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments, AJ Griffiths-Jones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Many accidental burials
Author - English
5/1 - A Mindfulness Guide for Survival, Ruby Wax - ⭐️⭐️
2. February 1:
Plot - property changes hands
4/2 - A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--and Ourselves, Jane Gross - ⭐️⭐️
From elderly mother to daughter
Title - initials in either BROADWAY
19/2 - Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life, Pamela Ayo Yetunde - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
DB
3. February 11:
Char - actor
1/3 - But Enough About Me, Burt Reynolds - ⭐️⭐️
Burt Reynolds
Char - police
27/2 - A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students, Martin Luther King Jr. - ⭐️⭐️
"An amused policeman leaned down" p.138
4. February 12:
Author - Irish
Author - initials in KEVIN O'HIGGINS
25/1 - Doom with a View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, Kristen Iversen - ⭐️⭐️
KI
5. February 12:
Plot - a scandal
29/1 - Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Theft of Mona Lisa
Title - initials in CHARLES VAN DORAN
2/2 - Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History, Kevin Maurer - ⭐️⭐️
DL
6. February 20:
Cover - fruit or vegetables
4/4 - Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life, Ana Bianchi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cover - green
13/3 -
, Toni Bernhard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️7. February 25:
Plot - a character lives under fascism
11/1 - The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life, Edith Eger - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC lived in a Nazi concentration camp
Char - politician
2/1 - New York, Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis, Jeffrey A. Kroessler - ⭐️⭐️
President Washington
8. March 16:
Plot - space travel
24/1 - Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth, Gordon L. Dillow - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - scientist
13/1 - Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World, Edward Dolnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Charles Darwin
9. April 4:
Char - a member of the military
20/1 - He Can Who Thinks He Can & other Papers on Success in Life, Orison Swett Marden - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Title - initials in THEODOROS PANGALOS
30/1 - How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, David Omand - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
HST
10. April 21:
Author - 30+ year career
11/2 - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - ⭐️
40 years between 1st & last books
Char - powerful female
6/2 - How to Survive in Ancient Egypt, Charlotte Booth - ⭐️⭐️
Cleopatra
11. April 25:
Author - from the Middle East
10/3 - Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading, Bijal Shah - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in PAHLEVI
13/3 - Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization, Andrew Lawler - ⭐️⭐️
AL
12. April 28:
Author - female
1/1 - The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life, Allison Fallon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot - char takes a break to achieve something
21/3 - American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000, Peter Vronsky - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Otto Wilson took a break between murders to watch a zombie film
13. April 30:
Char - blue collar worker
29/1 - Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe, Charles S. Cockell - ⭐️⭐️
Many taxi driver characters
Plot - an emergency occurs
29/1 - Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times, Kate Davies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The climate crisis
14. May 8:
Me - I find inspiring
12/1 - Self-Care for Autistic People, Megan Anna Neff - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
So many tips for my neurodivergence!
Title - initials in ATTENBOROUGH
15/1 - Taking the Heat: How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do About It, Bonnie Schneider - ⭐️⭐️
TTH
15. May 12:
Plot - char explores something
22/1 - Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away, David Gelles - ⭐️⭐️
MC explores mountains
Cover - snow
18/2 - Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter, Robert Hutton - ⭐️⭐️
16. May 15:
Plot - twins
Set - UK
13/2 - Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Kathryn Harkup - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
England
17. May 20:
Set - USA
30/1 - Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer, William Knoedelseder - ⭐️⭐️
Cover - a mode of transport
2/1 - Calm: 50 mindfulness and relaxation exercises to de-stress and unwind, Arlene Unger - ⭐️
18. May 26:
Cover - musical instrument
5/2 - A Day in the Life of the Brain, Susan A. Greenfield - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - initials in MILES DAVIS
11/2 - Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train, Monisha Rajesh - ⭐️⭐️
ME
LSC - 1926 Centenary Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
19. June 1:
Char - actress
25/2 - Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, Valerie Estelle Frankel - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lena Headey
Author - uses a pseudonym
2/3 - I'm Not Lazy, I'm on Energy Saving Mode, Dancing Snail - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Original name is Korean
20. June 28:
Me - makes me laugh
17/1 - Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body, Sara Pascoe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author is a comedian
GR - won an award
3/1 - Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility, Reina Gossett - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lambda Literary Award for Anthology 2017
21. July 8:
Plot - character experiences grief
30/1 - Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows, Jason Fox - ⭐️
MC had grief & PTSD
Author - hyphenated LN
10/1 - Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to change minds, including your own, Deborah Frances-White - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
22. July 26:
Char - judge
17/3 - Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives, Michael A. Heller - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Judge Kevin McCarthy
Char - African American
24/1 - Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster, Helen Andrews - ⭐️⭐️
Al Sharpton
23. August 3:
Plot - a char sings
28/1 - Amy Winehouse: A Life Through the Lens, Darren Bloom - ⭐️
MC was a singer
GR - bestseller
31/1 - Ready Player One, Ernest Cline - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Over 1 million ratings
24. August 5:
Plot - chars watch or discuss a film
Title - initials in VITAPHONE
24/1 - Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves, Tamsin Mather - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
AIV
25. August 6:
Author - female
2/1 - New Beliefs, New Brain: Free Yourself from Stress and Fear, Lisa Wimberger - ⭐️⭐️
Plot - a char swims
30/1 - Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, Trina Moyles - ⭐️⭐️
"Chrissie swims elegantly" p.36
26. September 18 & October 20:
Cover - sky
5/1 - The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor, Ali Gripper - ⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in HURRICANE
3/2 - Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West, Edward Rice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ER
27. September 19:
Plot - chars discuss a sport
2/3 - Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes., Geraint Jones - ⭐️⭐️
"asked the marines who had made the playoffs" p.240
Plot - fashion
28. September 20:
Plot - organised crime
27/2 - Citizen Outlaw: One Man’s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper, Charles Barber - ⭐️⭐️
Plot - chars sit down for a meal
30/1 - A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America, Trymaine Lee - ⭐️⭐️
"We decided to exhale over lunch at a nearby Chili’s" p.136
29. September 23:
Author - prolific author
13/2 - Born to Win: Find Your Success Code, Zig Ziglar - ⭐️⭐️
33 books
Plot - religious belief
14/1 - Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, Craig Groeschel - ⭐️
Christian
30. September 25:
Cover - car
23/1 - The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis, Norman Ohler - ⭐️⭐️
Pages - '8'
1/1 - How to Make Better Decisions: 14 Smart Tactics for Curbing Your Biases, Managing Your Emotions, And Making Fearless Decisions in Every Area of Your Life!, Damon Zahariades - ⭐️⭐️
248 pages
31. October 14:
Cover - animal
10/1 - Mnemonology: Mnemonics For The 21st Century, James B. Worthen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Set - countryside
19/3 - Extreme Wilderness Survival: Essential Knowledge to Survive Any Outdoor Situation Short-Term or Long-Term, With or Without Gear and Alone or With Others, Craig Caudill - ⭐️⭐️
Countryside & wilderness
32. October 18:
Char - father figure
5/3 - Inside Out: A Memoir, Demi Moore - ⭐️⭐️
Ashton Kutcher was a father figure
Author - initials in CHUCK BERRY
16/1 - The Generosity Factor: Discover the Joy of Giving Your Time, Talent, and Treasure, Kenneth H. Blanchard - ⭐️⭐️
33. October 31:
Plot - char escapes from somewhere
27/2 - Joss Whedon's Dollhouse: Confounding Purpose, Confusing Identity, Sherry Ginn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Alpha escaped the Dollhouse
Author - initials in HARRY HOUDINI
14/1 - Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow, Nicole Yunger Halpern - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
NYH
34. November 7:
Author - Australian
2/1 - Heretics: Adventures With The Enemies Of Science, Will Storr - ⭐️⭐️
Char - a diva
4/1 - Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, Alan Light - ⭐️⭐️
Prince
35. November 15:
Set - Commonwealth country
15/1 - The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism, Hugh Mackay - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Australia
Plot - char travels somewhere for a particular purpose
4/1 - My Salinger Year, Joanna Rakoff - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC travels to NYC to become JD Salinger's assistant
36. December 3:
Plot - unhappy marriage
11/2 - How to Stop Breaking Your Own Heart: Stop People-Pleasing, Set Boundaries, and Heal from Self-Sabotage, Meggan Roxanne - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC's parents' marriage
Plot - a character disappears
17/1 - Cannibal: The True Story Behind the Maneater of Rotenburg, Lois Jones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char disappeared to get eaten
✅ HOB - Richard Retro VHS: The Channel Surfing Game
BC - Yearly Challenge: 2026https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ Jan
1.1
Book: Mnemonology: Mnemonics For The 21st Century
Author: James B. Worthen
Date Read: Jan 10th
Task: Cover - makes me curious
How it Fits:
- thinking elephant1.2
Book: Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
Author: Reina Gossett
Date Read: Jan 3rd
Task: Text - multiple narrators
How it Fits: Essays & interviews with many people
1.3
Book: The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis
Author: Norman Ohler
Date Read: Jan 23rd
Task: GR - translated from another language
How it Fits: Originally in German - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
2.1
Book: Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to change minds, including your own
Author: Deborah Frances-White
Date Read: Jan 10th
Task: Me - challenges a perspective I hold
How it Fits: Talks about how some respectable people in history had eugenic beliefs.
2.2
Book: Amy Winehouse: A Life Through the Lens
Author: Darren Bloom
Date Read: Jan 28th
Task: Text - told from POV of anti-hero
How it Fits: Told from the POV of a tabloid paparazzo.
2.3
Book: Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Author: Dan Tomasulo
Date Read: Jan 9th
Task: Text - unreliable narrator
How it Fits: I just have issue with mindset work being offered as a cure for depression. Can confirm it did not cure my depression.
3.1
Book: Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum
Author: Elaine Sciolino
Date Read: Jan 29th
Task: Me - POV changes my understanding by the end
How it Fits: I now really want to visit the Louvre!
3.2
Book: Self-Care for Autistic People
Author: Megan Anna Neff
Date Read: Jan 12th
Task: Me - makes me see the world differently
How it Fits: So many great tips for my neurodivergence!
3.3
Book: Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
Author: Helen Andrews
Date Read: Jan 24th
Task: Text - unusual POV
How it Fits: The book is meant to show an objective view of the Boomer generation...but the author herself claims to be a Boomer. A clear bias.
✅ Feb
1.1
Book: Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
Author: Bill McKibben
Date Read: Feb 6th
Task: Ratings - less than 5,000
How it Fits: 646 ratings
1.2
Book: Discomfortable: What Is Shame and How Can We Break Its Hold?
Author: A.J. Bond
Date Read: Feb 8th
Task: Author - not widely known
How it Fits: Only 49 ratings
1.3
Book: No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Date Read: Feb 22nd
Task: Cover - plain & Plot - strong story
How it Fits:
- I rated 4 stars & found it very good2.1
Book: Are u ok?: A Guide to Caring for Your Mental Health
Author: Kati Morton
Date Read: Feb 17th
Task: Recommended by small booktuber
How it Fits: Recommended by MC, who is a YouTuber
2.2
Book: Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out
Author: Leena Norms
Date Read: Feb 25th
Task: Published - indie
How it Fits: John Murray
2.3
Book: Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of South America
Author: David Hatcher Childress
Date Read: Feb 7th
Task: Me - I found in a second-hand shop
How it Fits: I did
3.1
Book: Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
Author: Hwang Bo-Reum
Date Read: Feb 21st
Task: Tagged - unrelated to the book
How it Fits: Tagged "Spotify" but has nothing to do with music.
3.2
Book: Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
Author: R. Jisung Park
Date Read: Feb 9th
Task: Published - small press
How it Fits: Princeton University Press
3.3
Book: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Date Read: Feb 11th
Task: Me - I discovered by accident
How it Fits: I found on a Listopia that works for 2 tasks
❌ Mar
2.1
Book: Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
Author: Rebecca Housel
Date Read: Mar 21st
Task: Plot - well-known mythical creature
How it Fits: Werewolves & vampires
3.2
Book: Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City
Author: Steve Miller
Date Read: Mar 15th
Task: Plot - oral storytelling
How it Fits: The whole book is spoken recollections of a lot of people
3.3
Book: American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000
Author: Peter Vronsky
Date Read: Mar 21st
Task: Me - a myth I've never heard before
How it Fits: "In Greek mythology, the Golden Age described a primordial era of peace, stability, harmony and prosperity" p.12
❌ Apr
1.1
Book: A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel's Genocide in Palestine, Francesca Albanese
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Pages - < 250
How it Fits: 224 pages
1.2
Book: The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
Author: Ayn Rand
Date Read: Apr 5th
Task: Me - I read in less than a week
How it Fits: I read in 2 days
1.3
Book: Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Author: Carly Findlay
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Text - short chapters
How it Fits: Collection of short stories
2.3
Book: Giza: The Tesla Connection: Acoustical Science and the Harvesting of Clean Energy
Author: Christopher Dunn
Date Read: Apr 10th
Task: Me - kept me reading past bedtime
How it Fits: I found it fascinating
3.1
Book: Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life
Author: Ana Bianchi
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: Me - I read within 24 hours
How it Fits: I read it in 3 hours
TOAP - Richard's 2026 Genreshttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ JAN
Book: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Date Read: Jan 31st
Task: MPG - fantasy
How it Fits: 4th MPG
Book: The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis
Author: Norman Ohler
Date Read: Jan 23rd
Task: Author - initials in RESOLUTION
How it Fits: NO
Book: Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
Author: Helen Andrews
Date Read: Jan 24th
Task: Published - Jan
How it Fits: January 12, 2021
Book: The Green Beret Survival Guide: Advice on Situational Awareness, Personal Safety, Recognizing Threats, and Avoiding Terror and Crime
Author: Brian M Morris
Date Read: Jan 1st
Task: Title - starts with letter in DIETING
How it Fits: G
❌ FEB
Book: Coffee
Author: Dinah Lenney
Date Read: Feb 19th
Task: Series - starts with letter in GROUNDHOG
How it Fits: Object Lessons
Book: Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Author: Kathryn Harkup
Date Read: Feb 13th
Task: Published - Feb
How it Fits: February 6, 2018
Book: A Day in the Life of the Brain
Author: Susan A. Greenfield
Date Read: Feb 5th
Task: Pages - 2 & 8
How it Fits: 288 pages
❌ MAR
Book: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
Author: Nick Greene
Date Read: Mar 5th
Task: Published - March
How it Fits: March 2, 2021
Book: How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
Author: Toni Bernhard
Date Read: Mar 13th
Task: Cover - green
How it Fits:
Book: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Author: Michael A. Heller
Date Read: Mar 17th
Task: Cover - pie
How it Fits:
✅ APR - Wildcard
Book: Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Author: Carly Findlay
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: MPG - Non-Fiction
How it Fits: 1st MPG
Book: A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel's Genocide in Palestine
Author: Francesca Albanese
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: MPG - Non-Fiction
How it Fits: 1st MPG
Book: Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life
Author: Ana Bianchi
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: MPG - Non-Fiction
How it Fits: 1st MPG
Book: The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
Author: Ayn Rand
Date Read: Apr 5th
Task: MPG - Non-Fiction
How it Fits: 2nd MPG
MAY
Book: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Author: Ilyon Woo
Date Read: May 3rd
Task: Author - FN or LN is only 3 letters
How it Fits: ALN is Woo
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HOB - The Plot Twist ChallengeTeam: Bound & Determined
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
TOAP - Richard's Pokémon Teamhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor
Author: Ali Gripper
Date Read: Jan 5th
Task: Cover - someone wearing a scarf
How it Fits:
Book: Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Author: Dan Tomasulo
Date Read: Jan 9th
Task: Title - starts with letter in AEGISLASH
How it Fits: L
Book: Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
Author: Edward Dolnick
Date Read: Jan 13th
Task: Plot - char has a temper
How it Fits: "Robert Hooke, a bad-tempered, far-ranging English genius" p.76
Book: Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival
Author: Trina Moyles
Date Read: Jan 30th
Task: Author - all letters of SLIMEY
How it Fits: trIna MoYLES
Book: Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
Author: Melissa Mohr
Date Read: Feb 7th
Task: Cover - gold
How it Fits:
Book: Click: How to Make What People Want
Author: Jake Knapp
Date Read: Feb 16th
Task: Cover - red
How it Fits:
Book: No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Date Read: Feb 22nd
Task: Pages - ends with number in 69,396
How it Fits: 208 pages
Book: Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out
Author: Leena Norms
Date Read: Feb 25th
Task: Author - FN initial in YVELTAL
How it Fits: L
Book: Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life
Author: Ana Bianchi
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: Cover - multi-coloured
How it Fits:
Book: Daydream Believer: Unlocking the Ultimate Power of Your Mind
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Date Read: Apr 6th
Task: Title - starts with letter in PANDA
How it Fits: D
Book: This Book Will (Help) Cool the Climate: 50 Ways to Cut Pollution, Speak Up and Protect Our Planet!
Author: Isabel Thomas
Date Read: Apr 18th
Task: Title - starts & ends with letters in TYRANNOSAURUS REX
How it Fits: T...E
Book: I Decided to Live as Me: An Illustrated Checklist for How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others So You Can Learn to Love Yourself
Author: Kim Suhyun
Date Read: Apr 23rd
Task: Title - starts with letter in PHOTOSYNTHESIS
How it Fits: I
Book: Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England
Author: Richard Beard
Date Read: May 2nd
Task: Title - starts with letter in DISGUISE
How it Fits: S
FLOAB - Verahttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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TOAP - Richard's Fall Foliage Tourhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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AMMP - ABCs of the Michelin Star Guidehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ Level 3: Letter J
Joann
Book: Calm: 50 mindfulness and relaxation exercises to de-stress and unwind
Author: Arlene Unger
Date Read: Jan 2nd
Task: Cover - multiples of something
How it Fits:
Book: Destroy This House: A Memoir
Author: Amanda Uhle
Date Read: Dec 31st
Task: Title - every initial in NIJVERHEIDSTRAAT
How it Fits: DTH
Jônt
Book: The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
Author: Chris Guillebeau
Date Read: Dec 27th
Task: MC - ambitious
How it Fits: MC had a goal of visiting every country in the world before the age of 35.
Book: Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
Author: Alan Light
Date Read: Jan 4th
Task: MPG - music
How it Fits: 1st MPG
Joël Robuchon
Book: The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules
Author: Tim Blackburn
Date Read: Dec 28th
Task: Title - starts with J
How it Fits: It does
Book: Kabbalah & Freemasonry: Becoming One With God
Author: Nebojsa Nikolic
Date Read: Dec 28th
Task: Char - royalty
How it Fits: Duke of Kent in 1813
✅ Level 3: Letter K
Kōsen
Book: Mnemonology: Mnemonics For The 21st Century
Author: James B. Worthen
Date Read: Jan 10th
Task: Cover - brown
How it Fits:
Book: Six Conversations We're Scared to Have: How to change minds, including your own
Author: Deborah Frances-White
Date Read: Jan 10th
Task: Pages - 307+
How it Fits: 368 pages
Kitchen Table
Book: Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
Author: Edward Dolnick
Date Read: Jan 13th
Task: Cover - furniture
How it Fits:
Book: The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Author: Edith Eger
Date Read: Jan 11th
Task: Author - initials in EXCELLENT CUISINE
How it Fits: EE
Kohaku
Book: Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Author: Dan Tomasulo
Date Read: Jan 9th
Task: Pages - <355
How it Fits: 200 pages
Book: The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism
Author: Hugh Mackay
Date Read: Jan 15th
Task: Title - starts with K
How it Fits: It does
✅ Level 3: Letter L
Lazy Betty
Book: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Date Read: Jan 31st
Task: Title - 2 Ys
How it Fits: readY plaYer
Book: Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster
Author: Helen Andrews
Date Read: Jan 24th
Task: MC - clever
How it Fits: Steve Jobs was very clever
La Yeon
Book: The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
Author Steven Novella
Date Read: Jan 31st
Task: Text - 23+ chapters
How it Fits: 30 chapters
Book: He Can Who Thinks He Can & other Papers on Success in Life
Author: Orison Swett Marden
Date Read: Jan 20th
Task: Pages - 249+
How it Fits: 266 pages
Le Pré Catelan
Book: Buried Alive: A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments
Author: AJ Griffiths-Jones
Date Read: Jan 29th
Task: Author - F & A in name
How it Fits: A griFFiths
Book: A Day in the Life of the Brain
Author: Susan A. Greenfield
Date Read: Feb 5th
Task: Cover - silver text
How it Fits:
- author's name✅ Level 3: Letter M
Mujō
Book: Baldwin: A Love Story
Author: Nicholas Boggs
Date Read: Feb 21st
Task: Title - 2 syllables
How it Fits: Bald-win
Book: No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Date Read: Feb 22nd
Task: Pages - 2+ of 30318
How it Fits: 208 pages
minibar
Book: Citizen Outlaw: One Man’s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper
Author: Charles Barber
Date Read: Feb 27th
Task: Cover - door
How it Fits:
Book: Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
Author: Ian Stewart
Date Read: Feb 23rd
Task: Text - 'sticky'
How it Fits: "sticky chaos plays a role" p.209
Moor Hall
Book: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Author: Michael A. Heller
Date Read: Mar 17th
Task: Title - starts with M
How it Fits: Mine
Book: Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
Author: Hwang Bo-Reum
Date Read: Feb 21st
Task: Plot - I consider charming
How it Fits: I found the book delightful
✅ Level 3: Letter N
Nae:um
Book: Born to be Mild: Adventures for the Anxious
Author: Rob Temple
Date Read: Mar 20th
Task: Text - "memories"
How it Fits: "Memories collide with the dust" p.28
Book: Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness
Author: Lucy Foulkes
Date Read: Apr 19th
Task: Cover - autumn colours
How it Fits:
NARISAWA
Book: Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
Author: Rachel Kousser
Date Read: Apr 2nd
Task: Cover - hills
How it Fits:
Book: Extreme Wilderness Survival: Essential Knowledge to Survive Any Outdoor Situation Short-Term or Long-Term, With or Without Gear and Alone or With Others
Author: Craig Caudill
Date Read: Mar 19th
Task: Text - "nature"
How it Fits: "I teach at Nature Reliance School" p.22
Noor
Book: How To Tell Fate From Destiny: And Other Skillful Word Distinctions – An English Language Reference for Writers
Author: Charles Harrington Elster
Date Read: Apr 13th
Task: Cover - light source
How it Fits:
Book: Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business
Author: Lynda Obst
Date Read: Mar 26th
Task: Title - double vowels
How it Fits: EE OO
Level 3: Letter O
Omakase Table
Book: Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England
Author: Richard Beard
Date Read: May 2nd
Task: Text - 'egg'
How it Fits: "a teatime of scrambled-egg sandwiches" p.106
2
Otagi
3
4
Osteria Francescana
Book: Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
Author: Robert Peal
Date Read: Apr 25th
Task: Plot - char drinks wine
How it Fits: "(Lord Byron) was the sort of man who drank wine out of a monk’s skull" p.8
6
LSC - Joshua's Crossing Covered Bridge ChallengeDuration: 1 December 2025 - 16 March 2026
✅ Total: 55/55
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TCF - Rains Retreathttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ 1. Slow Down
Book: Addicted to Anxiety: How to Break the Habit
Author: Owen O'Kane
Date Read: Dec 23rd
Task: Author - initials in SLOW DOWN
How it Fits: OO
Book: The Power of Writing It Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your Life
Author: Allison Fallon
Date Read: Jan 1st
Task: Title - 'down'
How it Fits: It's in the title
Book: Heretics: Adventures With The Enemies Of Science
Author: Will Storr
Date Read: Jan 2nd
Task: Char - name ends with letter in SLOW DOWN
How it Fits: Lord Monckton
Book: How to Make Better Decisions: 14 Smart Tactics for Curbing Your Biases, Managing Your Emotions, And Making Fearless Decisions in Every Area of Your Life!
Author: Damon Zahariades
Date Read: Jan 1st
Task: Cover - traffic sign
How it Fits:
✅ 2.
Book: A Mindfulness Guide for Survival
Author: Ruby Wax
Date Read: Jan 5th
Task: Cover - coffee cup
How it Fits:
Book: Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
Author: Alan Light
Date Read: Jan 4th
Task: Title - letters of TEA
How it Fits: lET crAzy
Book: The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
Author: Edith Eger
Date Read: Jan 11th
Task: Author - initials in TEA CEREMONY
How it Fits: EE
✅ 3.
Book: Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
Author: David Pilgrim
Date Read: Feb 23rd
Task: Cover - someone eating
How it Fits:
Book: Buried Alive: A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments
Author: AJ Griffiths-Jones
Date Read: Jan 29th
Task: Me - eats at me in some way
How it Fits: The concept of being buried alive is scary
Book: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West
Author: Edward Rice
Date Read: Feb 3rd
Task: MC - FN initial in SAVOR
How it Fits: MC's FN initial is R
✅ 4.
Book: But Enough About Me
Author: Burt Reynolds
Date Read: Mar 1st
Task: Title - starts with letter in BREATHING
How it Fits: B
Book: Brothers in Arms: Real War. True Friends. Unlikely Heroes.
Author: Geraint Jones
Date Read: Mar 2nd
Task: Plot - char has difficulty breathing
How it Fits: "his breathing stopped with a huge, harsh gasp that I worried was the death rattle; then an agonizing wait before his rasping breaths resumed." p.54
Book: I'm Not Lazy, I'm on Energy Saving Mode
Author: Dancing Snail
Date Read: Mar 2nd
Task: Cover - calm & serene
How it Fits:
5.
Book: Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
Author: Richard Ayoade
Date Read: Mar 5th
Task: Author - initials in GRATITUDE
How it Fits: RA
Book: Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life
Author: Ana Bianchi
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: Cover - beautiful
How it Fits:
3
CCC - Old, Obsolete, & Obscure Words 5: Farming & Livestockhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total: 41/43
ABACTOR
Plot - something is stolen
29/1 - Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mona Lisa was stolen
MC - thief
27/2 - Citizen Outlaw: One Man’s Journey from Gangleader to Peacekeeper, Charles Barber - ⭐️⭐️
MC was a thief in youth
BIRD-BOY
Cover - bird
30/1 - Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer, William Knoedelseder - ⭐️⭐️
COTTAGER
Plot - char provides service to someone
1/1 - The Green Beret Survival Guide: Advice on Situational Awareness, Personal Safety, Recognizing Threats, and Avoiding Terror and Crime, Brian M Morris - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char treats wounded person with first aid
DEY
Author - FN initial is R
5/1 - A Mindfulness Guide for Survival, Ruby Wax - ⭐️⭐️
Author - LN initial is R
4/1 - My Salinger Year, Joanna Rakoff - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
EAR
Plot - char opens something up
29/1 - Buried Alive: A History of Premature Burials and Accidental Interments, AJ Griffiths-Jones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chars unearth various crypts
Title - verb
28/12 - Working with the Enemy: How to Survive and Thrive with Really Difficult People, Mike Leibling - ⭐️⭐️
Working
FOG
Cover - grass
28/12 - Kabbalah & Freemasonry: Becoming One With God, Nebojsa Nikolic - ⭐️
Text - epilogue
23/12 - Addicted to Anxiety: How to Break the Habit, Owen O'Kane - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
GATE
Plot - discussion of people’s rights
3/1 - Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility, Reina Gossett - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Discussing of trans rights
Title - compound word
14/1 - Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow, Nicole Yunger Halpern - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Steam Punk
HERD
Cover - "sheep", "goat", or "pig"
INTERCOMMON
Plot - chars share ownership over something
7/3 - Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On. Kristin Russo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MCs share ownership of a podcast
Cover - town or village
JADE
Cover - green
13/3 -
, Toni Bernhard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️KEB
Plot - char rides a horse
15/1 - Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women, Sadie Hartmann - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Headless Horseman
Text - "cows"
28/12 - The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules, Tim Blackburn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"an audience of three curious cows" p.138
LAIR
Cover - wild animal
30/12 - The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves, Arik Kershenbaum - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MUCK
Cover - brown
10/1 - Mnemonology: Mnemonics For The 21st Century, James B. Worthen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
NEAT
Set - Germany
11/1 - The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life, Edith Eger - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Auschwitz
Title - name for a type of animal
13/1 - Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World, Edward Dolnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dinosaur
OXGANG
Title - specific unit of measurement
26/1 - 21 Days of Effective Communication: Everyday Habits and Exercises to Improve Your Communication Skills and Social Intelligence, Ian Tuhovsky - ⭐️
Days
Plot - char goes for a walk
27/12 - The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life, Chris Guillebeau - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char walks entire length of Turkey.
PANNAGE
Title - word with multiple common meanings
28/12 - The Kill Bill Diary: The Making of a Tarantino Classic as Seen Through the Eyes of a Screen Legend, David Carradine - ⭐️⭐️
Bill
Cover - forest
19/3 -
, Craig Caudill - ⭐️⭐️QUICK GOODS
Title - word indicating speed or tempo
9/2 - Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World, R. Jisung Park - ⭐️⭐️
Slow
REE
Cover - 3+ grain-like items
2/1 - Heretics: Adventures With The Enemies Of Science, Will Storr - ⭐️⭐️
- buttonsCover - 3+ round items
29/1 - Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe, Charles S. Cockell - ⭐️⭐️
SLIP
Cover - large expanse of land
5/1 - The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor, Ali Gripper - ⭐️⭐️
TAR BOY
Plot - char is wounded
17/1 - Cannibal: The True Story Behind the Maneater of Rotenburg, Lois Jones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Penis is severed
Cover - black
2/1 - New Beliefs, New Brain: Free Yourself from Stress and Fear, Lisa Wimberger - ⭐️⭐️
UNDERBIT
Cover - ears
30/1 - Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, Trina Moyles - ⭐️⭐️
Cover - square
1/1 - How to Make Better Decisions: 14 Smart Tactics for Curbing Your Biases, Managing Your Emotions, And Making Fearless Decisions in Every Area of Your Life!, Damon Zahariades - ⭐️⭐️
Cover - triangle
10/4 -
, Christopher Dunn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Cover - circle
6/2 - How to Survive in Ancient Egypt, Charlotte Booth - ⭐️⭐️
VILLEIN
Char - villain
23/1 - The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis, Norman Ohler - ⭐️⭐️
Hitler
WAIF
Plot - char gets lost
22/1 - Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away, David Gelles - ⭐️⭐️
MC got lost in the mountains of Bhutan
Plot - something gets lost
31/12 - Destroy This House: A Memoir, Amanda Uhle - ⭐️
"my parents lost all of their wedding gifts" p.289
XENOGAMY
Plot - char gets married
24/1 - Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster, Helen Andrews - ⭐️⭐️
Steve Jobs married in a Zen Buddhist ceremony in 1991
YARDMAN
Plot - char works mostly outdoors
3/2 - Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered the Kama Sutra and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West, Edward Rice - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is an explorer
Cover - train
11/2 - Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train, Monisha Rajesh - ⭐️⭐️
ZAMINDAR
MC - Indian
10/3 - Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading, Bijal Shah - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is Indian
TCF - The Librarianshttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: The Barefoot Surgeon: The inspirational story of Dr Sanduk Ruit, the eye surgeon giving sight and hope to the world's poor
Author: Ali Gripper
Date Read: Jan 5th
Task: Title - starts & ends with letters in SERPENT
How it Fits: T...N
Book: Besom, Stang & Sword: A Guide to Traditional Witchcraft, the Six-Fold Path & the Hidden Landscape
Author: Christopher Orapello
Date Read: Jan 27th
Task: Cover - sword
How it Fits:
Book: How to Survive in Ancient Egypt
Author: Charlotte Booth
Date Read: Feb 6th
Task: Plot - hidden/underground location
How it Fits: Hidden areas inside pyramids
Book: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Date Read: Feb 27th
Task: Plot - conflict drives the story
How it Fits: Conflict during the American civil rights movement drives the story
Book: How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide
Author: Toni Bernhard
Date Read: Mar 13th
Task: Plot - a char is forced into a role they don’t want
How it Fits: MC was forced to become bed-bound since becoming chronically ill since 2001
Book: Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Author: Alice Domurat Dreger
Date Read: Mar 25th
Task: Plot - justice
How it Fits: It's in the subtitle
Book: Giza: The Tesla Connection: Acoustical Science and the Harvesting of Clean Energy
Author: Christopher Dunn
Date Read: Apr 10th
Task: Plot - invention, discovery, or futuristic tech
How it Fits: This book describes the Great Pyramid as a solid state (no moving parts) electron harvester. It is designed to shake electrons loose from igneous rock in the Earth, collect them, focus them, & radiate them out into the atmosphere in vast quantities. Perhaps instead of smoke stacks dotting the landscape 100 years
into the future, we will see brightly glowing pyramids in the distance — that is if they are not covered by a dome (like Telsa theorised).
- TL;DR: It's futuristic tech even for our society!
Book: Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
Author: William E. Wallace
Date Read: Apr 22nd
Task: Plot - hero returns for one final battle
How it Fits: final artistic project in MC's life
GN - Richard's 2026 Children's Game Ultimate Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Week 1
Book: Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
Author: Dan Tomasulo
Date Read: Jan 9th
Task: Title - all letters HOP
How it Fits: HOPefulness
Week 2
Book: The Generosity Factor: Discover the Joy of Giving Your Time, Talent, and Treasure
Author: Kenneth H. Blanchard
Date Read: Jan 16th
Task: Author - initials in KICKBALL
How it Fits: KB
Week 3
Book: Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe
Author: Charles S. Cockell
Date Read: Jan 29th
Task: Cover - ball
How it Fits:
Week 4
Book: Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer
Author: William Knoedelseder
Date Read: Jan 30th
Task: Title - alliteration
How it Fits: BB
Week 5
Book: Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
Author: Kevin Maurer
Date Read: Feb 2nd
Task: Author - an initial is M
How it Fits: ALN initial is M
Week 6
Book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Date Read: Feb 10th
Task: Title - letters of TAG
How it Fits: brAiding sweeTGrass
Week 7
Book: Click: How to Make What People Want
Author: Jake Knapp
Date Read: Feb 16th
Task: Text - "champion"
How it Fits: "the seemingly invincible champion" p.61
Week 8
Book: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students
Author: Martin Luther King Jr.
Date Read: Feb 27th
Task: Title - starts with letter in FLAG
How it Fits: A
Week 9
Book: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
Author: Nick Greene
Date Read: Mar 5th
Task: Cover - round object
How it Fits:
Week 10
Book: Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
Author: Alice Domurat Dreger
Date Read: Mar 25th
Task: Title - letters of SIMON
How it Fits: galileO'S MIddle fiNger
Week 11
Book: Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Author: Carly Findlay
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Title - all letters of PIG
How it Fits: GrowIng uP
Week 12
Book: Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life
Author: Ana Bianchi
Date Read: Apr 4th
Task: Cover - red & green on it
How it Fits:
Week 13
Book: Curling for Dummies, Bob Weeks
Date Read: Apr 5th
Task: Title - double letter word
How it Fits: duMMies
Week 14
Book: The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?
Author: Seth Godin
Date Read: Apr 8th
Task: Text - "chair"
How it Fits: "live in fear of the committee chair" p.83
FLOAB - Firework Effectshttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link:
Current Firework:
Task:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
How it Fits:
NBRC - Marauding Monsters✅ Team: Absolutely Not the Protagonist
TOAP - Richard Accepted the Challenge!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
Author: Robert Hutton
Date Read: Feb 18th
Task: Set - big city
How it Fits: London
Book: Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
Author: William E. Wallace
Date Read: Apr 22nd
Task: MC - architect
How it Fits: MC was an architect
FTKA - Stranger Things Team ChallengeTeam: The Rogues
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
TCF - 2026 The Year of the Horsehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book: Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life
Author: Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Date Read: Feb 19th
Task: MC - passionate
How it Fits: MC is passionate about spirituality
Book: Alone in Plain Sight: Searching for Connection When You're Seen but Not Known
Author: Ben Higgins
Date Read: Mar 7th
Task: Published - Feb
How it Fits: February 2, 2021
Book: Keeping Finance Personal: Ditch the “Shoulds” and the Shame and Rewrite Your Money Story
Author: Ellyce Fulmore
Date Read: Mar 16th
Task: Plot - 1+ person seeks their freedom
How it Fits: MC seeks financial freedom
Book: Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality
Author: Rebecca Housel
Date Read: Mar 21st
Task: Plot - char has legendary speed or endurance
How it Fits: Edward has unusual speed & strength
Book: A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Author: Brad Snyder
Date Read: Mar 27th
Task: Plot - MC faces a very difficult set of challenges to achieve a goal
How it Fits: MC fought to play for the team of his choice at the cost of his career & placement in the Hall of Fame, but paved the way for future players to become free agents.
Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
Author: Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Date Read: Mar 29th
Task: MC - vibrant & energetic
How it Fits: He is
Book: Inviting A Monkey To Tea: Befriending Your Mind and Discovering Lasting Contentment
Author: Nancy Colier
Date Read: Mar 29th
Task: Author - initials in DYNAMICS
How it Fits: NC
Book: A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel's Genocide in Palestine
Author: Francesca Albanese
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Title - all letters of FIRE HORSE
How it Fits: RISE FrOm tHE daRkness
Book: Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
Author: William E. Wallace
Date Read: Apr 22nd
Task: Plot - char makes a very bold move
How it Fits: Michelangelo made a bold promise to create “the most beautiful work in all Italy", being the Basilica.
Book: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Author: Ilyon Woo
Date Read: May 3rd
Task: MC - FN initial in EQUINE
How it Fits: Female MC's FN is Ellen
AMMP - Bridgerton BallTeam: Plot Twists & Petticoats
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GN - Queue to Queue Streaming SwapTeam: The Tulip Trendsetters
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Book: Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization
Author: Andrew Lawler
Date Read: Mar 13th
Task: Cover - bird
How it Fits:
Book: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Author: Michael A. Heller
Date Read: Mar 17th
Task: Cover - food
How it Fits:
Book: Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Author: Carly Findlay
Date Read: Apr 3rd
Task: Set - island
How it Fits: Australia is an island continent
Book: The Secret House: 24 Hours in the Strange and Unexpected World in Which We Spend Our Nights and Days
Author: David Bodanis
Date Read: Apr 11th
Task: Title - "house"
How it Fits: It's in the title
Book: This Book Will (Help) Cool the Climate: 50 Ways to Cut Pollution, Speak Up and Protect Our Planet!
Author: Isabel Thomas
Date Read: Apr 18th
Task: Plot - natural disaster
How it Fits: Climate Change
Book: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Author: Ilyon Woo
Date Read: May 3rd
Task: Title - 'wife', 'husband', 'marriage', 'couple', or 'engagement'
How it Fits: Husband & Wife
HOB - Books in the Ball ParkTeam: It's Just Not Cricket
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⭐⭐ - Was ok, but wouldn't re-read.
⭐⭐⭐ - I liked it & took some notes.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I really enjoyed it & took a lot of notes.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I got so much value from this & would recommend to anyone.
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