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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 - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.


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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 0/?

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 0/?

Tasks:
1. Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humour, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
February 01 - April 30, 2026 🎈
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: February 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Completed: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

00/11-15 Completed

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925: 0/11+
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

🟢 Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks 🟢

1. Popular Baby Names: Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles - Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The AverageIincome in the US was $1370.00 - Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70:

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge - Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont:

4. The World Population was 1.97 Billion - Read a book that has a 1, 7, or 9 in the number of ratings it has received:

5. Born in 1925:
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist - Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T:

6. Died in 1925:
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver - Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books:
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House - Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico:

8. In Theaters:
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World - Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War:

9. On The Radio:
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T, or Y:

10. The 1925 Serum Run to Nome - Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic:

11. The Tri-State Tornado - Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March of any year OR with MPG/tagged History:

12. The Scopes Monkey Trial - Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive:

13. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Construction Begins - Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone:

14. First Television Pictures Transmitted - Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover OR with a character named Bill or William:

15. The World's First Motel Opens - Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M:

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
0/5 to start

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

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Completion: 0/15
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

Welcome all!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.


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Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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

Progress: 0/15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

Welcome Christina and Chrissie!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE – 1925, 2/1 – 4/30
0/15 COMPLETE

1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S or T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T or Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026

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


Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.

2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).

3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.

4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.

5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).

6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.

7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).

8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)

9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).

IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.

11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.

12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100, though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.

13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.

14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.

15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.

Welcome Susan, Emeli, Barb and Michele!