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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
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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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 13/11-15
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.
You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - Feb. 26
🔥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).
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018: The Graphic Novel by Cassie Anderson - #13 in the I Survived graphic novel series - Feb. 20
👦🏿3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter.
Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell - Feb. 4
💔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.
Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman - 769 ratings - Feb. 15
🏀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 and T (tell us their name).
Let's Go, Coco!: A Graphic Novel – A Funny, Heartfelt Story About Basketball and Friendship for Kids by Coco Fox - MC's name is Coco - Feb. 4
🧧6. Died in 1925
Read a book by an author uses an initial OR uses a middle initial.
Geraldine Pu and Her Cat Hat, Too! by Maggie P. Chang - Feb. 14
🐶7. New Books
Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
Pepper by Ellen Miles - New York City - Feb. 24
💤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.)
Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis - genre is Horror - Feb. 4
👠9. On The Radio
Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
If the Shoe Fits: The Graphic Novel by Sarah Mlynowski - Feb. 6
IN THE NEWS
🐺10. Read a book with a dog in the story.
Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit Feb. 14
📚11. March 18 – Read a book with MPG/tagged History.
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier - Feb. 3
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.
Tiffany’s Griffon by Magnolia Porter Siddell - Feb. 11
👻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.
All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Mary Downing Hahn - Feb. 22
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
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).Cunning Eian by Hinsel Meyer 05/02 The Turris #1
3. Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter A Furever Homeby Kaje Harper and Gabbi Grey 01/02
4. Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.Before the End by Jennifer Carter 01/02 19
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).Vexley by Jennifer Carter 02/02 Jace
6. Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant.Wicked Little Darling by Lyla Dane04/02
7. Read a book set in New Mexico Robby Riverton: Mail Order Bride by Eli Easton09/02
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.)Mortal Skin by Lily Mayne 05/02 fantasy
9. Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored)All Kidding Aside by Macy Blake18/02
IN THE NEWS
10. Read a book with a dog in the story Hearts We Claimby Christina Berry 24/02
11. Read a book published in March (of any year) Embers of Winter by Kat Sinclair 07/03
12. Read a book where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.What We Earnedby Hinsel Meyer07/02 George takes a modelling contract
13. Read a book with a sculptor character.It Has to Be Youby Hinsel Meyer07/02
14. Read a book with a gray cover (show cover)Unwanted by Marley Valentine 22/02
15. Read a book whose title begins with MMated in Ink by Edie Monte 04/03
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
12/11+
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.
✅ Author Mary - Knot In My Backyard by Mary Marks 2/14/26
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).
✅ #1 Haunted Guesthouse - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman. 2/6/26
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.
✅ 14,662 ratings - The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers 2/8/26
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).
✅ MC Savannah Reid - Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett 2/2/26
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.
✅ Author's initials are both consonants - New Kid by Jerry Craft 2/1/26
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).
✅ Set in New York City - Class Act by Jerry Craft 2/12/26
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.)
✅ Romance - Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady 2/3/26
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).
✅ Book title begins with "I" - Irish Knit Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 2/9/26
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.
✅ Dog in story - On Animals by Susan Orlean 2/5/26
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.
✅ Published 3/31/2002 - Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde 2/7/26
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.
✅ Bill Carmichael - Death in Rough Water by Francine Mathews 2/11/26
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.
✅ Athena Durand goes to a motel - Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon 2/4/26
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 13/11-15 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.
Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler 3/11/2026
Charlie (Charles) owns the bookstore
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).
Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon 3/9/2026 Hope Harbor #1
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart.
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney 2/22/2026
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.
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin 2/3/2026 9457 reviews/ 139,588 ratings
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).
No Words by Meg Cabot 2/6/2026 Jo Wright
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 who uses three names
Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross 3/4/2026
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).
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline 2/22/2026 Italy
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.)
Beach House Rules by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2/16/2026
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).
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi 2/13/2026
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 with a dog in the story
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton 2/19/2026
Edwin is Rosie's dog.
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 published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
The Girl from Greenwich Street by Lauren Willig 2/11/2026 Pub'd 3/4/2025 and 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 with a main character who is a teacher.
Not They Who Soar by Amanda Flower 2/3/2026
Katherine is a teacher.
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.
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clark Moore 2/3/2026
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 whose title begins with M.
My Sunshine Away by M. O. Walsh 2/28/2026
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925February 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.
Confessions of a Red Herring, Dana Dratch 02/11
2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 ==> Rosa Reed #3
Murder at the Bomb Shelter, Lee Strauss, Norm Strauss 02/10
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
Maltese Vulture Murder, Leslie Langtry 02/12
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. ==> 2,281
The Shop on Hidden Lane, Jayne Ann Krentz 02/07
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 ==> Gertie
Coeds and Cattails, Jana Deleon 02/05
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 who an initial
Death of a Traitor, M.C. Beaton 02/13
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 ==> Italy
Murder in the Tuscan Hills, T.A. Williams 02/11
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 ==> Adventure
The Bounty, Janet Evanovich 02/04
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).
Suture Self, Mary Daheim 02/03
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 with a dog in the story
Despicable Desserts, Mildred Abbott 02/13
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 published in March (of any year) ==> 2024
Musket Ball Murder, Leslie Langtry 02/12
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
Unleashed, David Rosenfelt 03/11
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 set in South Dakota
Haunted Hotel, R.E. Merrill 03/03
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
And the Crowd Went Wild, Susan Elizabeth Phillips 03/03
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 whose title begins with M.
Murder at Somerset House, Andrea Penrose 03/05
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
13/11-15 Completed. Finish
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.
Mary Stone-Storm's Cut 2/02/26
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).
(Val Costa #1)
Gone by Dawn-H.K. Christie 2/01/26
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book set in Vermont.
Snowed in with Grumpy-Olivia Noble 3/14/26
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.
(17,266)
Hidden Miles-Claire Kingsley 2/01/26
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).
(Eve)
The Lost Children-Elle Gray 2/11/26
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 last name begins with a with a vowel
Janet Evanovich-Takedown Twenty 2/02/26
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.)
(Romance)
Sweet Little Hearts-Shanora Williams 2/13/26
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).
All This Time-Harlow James 2/05/26
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
Thaw of Spring-Rebecca Zanetti 3/04/26
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 published in March (of any year)
(03/01/05)
Deep Freeze-Lisa Jackson 2/07/26
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
An Invisible Client-Victor Methos 3/17/26
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
Lani Lynn Vale-Forced Proximity 3/12/26
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 whose title begins with M.
Make It Out Alive-Allison Brennan 2/25/26
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
15/15
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.
Character, Margaret The Maple Pecan Murder Lily Castle 2/4/26
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).
#1 Harveston Murder Mysteries Pumpkins and Peril Cara Thorne 2/1/26
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.
HH A Cold Case of Murder Hailey Hartley 2/18/26
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.
17 as of this posting Death by Family Ties Tess Marlowe 2/3/26
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 and T (tell us their name).
Bex Cosgrove Klepto Kitty Kathi Daley 2/2/26
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.
TM Death by Holiday Bliss Tess Marlowe 2/4/26
7. New Books
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
Italy The Phantom of Venice Carolyn Keene 2/5/26
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.)
Tagged Fantasy The House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne 3/12/26
9. On The Radio
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
Murder at the Lighthouse Holly Finch 2/6/26
IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – 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.
MC's dog, Coffee A Fair to Die For Una Madison 2/8/26
11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
pub 3/3/26 The Bark Before the Dawn Sarah Fox 3/4/26
12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States
🟢 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.
Lily's a yoga teacher Corpse Pose Hailey Hartley 2/17/26
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.
Grave Mistakes Were Made Wynn Valentine 2/7/26
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.
Borrowed Time Elizabeth Spann Craig 3/4/26
15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.
Treasure Trapped Patti Benning 2/10/26
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Completion:15 /15
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names 🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles. | Mary | The Lake House | Theo Baxter | 03.11
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). This Woven Kingdom #1 | This Woven Kingdom | Tahereh Mafi | 02.08
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge 🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart | Sophie falls apart after Darcy is kidnapped | The Lost Girl | Mark Gillespie | 02.05
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. | 1,317 | The Ex | Shalini Boland | 02.05
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 and T (tell us their name). | Autumn Carpenter and Daphne | The Memory Watcher | Minka Kent | 02.02
6. Died in 1925🟢 Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant. | Bossypants | Tina Fey | 02.02
7. New Books 🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where). London | The Horse Dancer | Jojo Moyes | 02.05
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.) Romance The Graham Effect | Elle Kennedy | 02.01
9. On The Radio🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored). Paper Wife | Laila Ibrahim | 02.03
IN THE NEWS
10. 🟢 Read a book with a dog in the story | Mac | Not My Sister | Rosie Walker | 02.16
11. March 18 –🟢 Read a book with MPG/tagged History. | The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia | Greg King | 02.05
12. July 10–21 🟢 Read a book with a main character who is a teacher | Creep | Sheila | Jennifer Hillier | 02.04
13. October 1 – 🟢 Read a book where land is taken from someone. | The Destruction of Smyrna (Forced Displacement)| Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | 02.22
14. October 2🟢 Read a book with a gray cover (show cover) | Something Bad Happened Here: A horrifying haunted house novella | Zoe Rosi | 02.19
15. December 12 –🟢 Read a book where a character goes to a motel | Gianna p. 194 | What My Mother Hid | Daniel Hurst | 02.10
FINISHED!!! A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/15
Read a book where a tornado happens
OR published in March (of any year)
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.
Anatomy of an Alibi Ashley Elston (Margaret) 02/06/26
☑️ 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).
Murder in Venice (Armstrong and Oscar 13) T.A. Williams 02/11/26
☑️ 3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge (1)
X 🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart
Misinterpretation Ledia Xhoga (Anna’s mother lost a child and wasn’t a good parent to her) 02/04/26
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.
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country Helen Russell (32,710 ratings) 02/04/26
☑️ 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).
Gertrude Gumshoe -
Gertrude, Gumshoe: Murder at the Thrift Store (Gertrude Gunshoe 2) Robin Merrill 02/01/26
☑️ 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
X OR both names begin with a consonant.
Crime Rangoon (Noodle Shop Mystery 12) Vivien Chien 02/02/26
☑️ 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).
Loved and Missed Susie Boyt (London) 02/06/26
☑️ 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.)
Independence Hall (I, Q 1) Roland Smith (Adventure) 02/02/26
☑️ 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).
Stone and Sky (Rivers of London 10) Ben Aaronovitch 02/03/26
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.
X 🟢 Read a book set in Alaska
Alaska Reunion (Wild River 5) Jennifer Snow 02/05/26
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
X OR published in March (of any year)
The Wife Upstairs Rachel Hawkins (pub. March 23, 2020) 02/16/26
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
X OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.
The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda Nathalia Holt (p. 167) 02/08/26
☑️ 13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
X 🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character
Spent: A Comic Novel Alison Bechdel (Holly) 02/08/26
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
I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster Lynne Reid Banks 02/03/26
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
X OR where a character goes to a motel
The Blake Assignment (Janet Markham Bennett 2) Diana Xarissa (the entire book they move from motel, to hotel to B & B) 02/06/26
OR whose title begins with M.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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 2026LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 10/15
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.
✓
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
✓
4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
✓
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
✓
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
✓
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
✓
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
✓
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
✓
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.
✓
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.
✓
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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Progress: 10/11
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).
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas #1 in Series - Finished 2/12/26
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.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 2,121,802 ratings - Finished 2/2/26
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 and T (tell us their name).
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich MC is Stephanie - Finished 2/2/26
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.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee - Finished 2/9/26
7. New Books
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
I, Claudius by Robert Graves - Set in Italy - Finished 2/5/26
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.)
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand - Romance - Finished 2/26/26
9. On The Radio
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang - Finished 2/9/26
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.
Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay Rabies outbreak - Finished 3/25/26
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.
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara Tagged History - Finished 3/5/26
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.
by Tahereh Mafi - Finished 3/5/2615. 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 - 1925Duration: 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).
The Barbarian's Heart
Savagely Sweet Barbarians #1 finished 6/3
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).
mc“Azaethoth,”Finished 6/1
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).
Trusting Quin
Finished 13/3
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.
mc eddie is a sculptor finished 5/314. 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 – 4/3015/15 COMPLETE
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author named Margaret
author Margaret Mizushima – Tracking Game (Timber Creek K-9 #5), finished 3/1/26 ★★★★
2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #3 (include series name and number)
Offstage in Nuala (Inspector de Silva #3), by Harriet Steel, finished 2/10/26 ★★★★
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter
author Marcia Muller – The Shape of Dread (Sharon McCone #9), finished 2/22/26 ★★★★
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.
18,942 ratings : Arthur & George, by Julian Barnes, finished 2/18/26 ★★★.5
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).
Gemma and Sebastian : The Carnival Murders (Tate & Bell #7), by Irina Shapiro, finished 2/15/26 ★★★★
6. Died in 1925
🟢 Read a book by an author last name begins with a with a vowel
author Joe Ide – Wrecked (IQ #3), finished 2/14/26 ★★★★
7. New Books
🟢 Read a book set in London
The House at Devil’s Neck (Spector Locked-Room #4), by Tom Mead, finished 2/17/26 ★★★★
8. In Theaters
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged War (tell us which one you chose)
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS, by Lisa Rogak, finished 3/5/26 ★★★.5
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)
Make No Bones (Gideon Oliver #7), by Aaron Elkins, finished 2/16/26 ★★★★
IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska
Prince Georges Island : Open Carry (Arliss Cutter #1), by Marc Cameron, finished 2/7/26 ★★★★
11. March 18
🟢 Read a book published in March (of any year)
publ 3-6-26 : A Game of Murder (Cosy Crime Club #2), by M.R.G. Davies, finished 2/12/26 ★★★.5
12. July 10–21
🟢 Read a book where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive
Murder with Collard Greens and Hot Sauce (Mahalia Watkins Soul Food #3), by A.L. Herbert, finished 2/6/26 ★★★.5
almost everything Dominque does is to promote her business – lavish parties, garish tour bus, radio/TV interviews
13. October 1
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character
A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell #9), by Deanna Raybourn, finished 2/9/26 ★★★★
14. October 2
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names
author Mary Anna Evans – Effigies (Faye Longchamp #3), finished 2/24/26 ★★★★
15. December 12
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with M
Macchiatos, Macarons and Malice (Cape Bay Café #9), by Harper Lin, finished 2/10/26 ★★★.5
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
One book for each task
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.
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Read 2/19/26
Charles B. Thorne
✅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).
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood Red 2/2/26
series #1 Marlow Murder Club
✅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.
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Read 2/15/26
Alice loses her chldlren when her slave master sells them and she commits suicide.
✅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. 110 ratings
The Baseball Code by Gary L. Watts Read 2/7/26
✅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).
The Body in the Bookstore by Ellie Alexander Read 2/5/26
MC Annie Murray Two letters A and M
✅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.
Never Never by Colleen Hoover Read 2/6/26
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.)
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi Read 2/9/26
Genre-Fantasy
✅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).
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand Read 2/14/26
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.
Just Another Love Song by Kerry Winfrey Read 2/12/26
Sandy has a dog named Toby
✅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.
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee Read 2/21/26
Historical SanFranciso earthquake
✅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.
book:The Doctor’s Wife|66546661] by Daniel Hurst Read 2/7/26
Alice is put on trial for Drew Devlin's murder
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.
The Road Home by Richard Paul Evans Read 3/5/26
3 names
✅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
.The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom Read 3/6/26
Mod
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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.
The Secret Garden: The Original 1911 Unabridged and Complete Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett 14 Feb (MC MARY)
🐈2. The average income in the US was $1370.00.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70
Plainsong Kent Haruf 7 Feb (Plainsong #1)
🐈3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne 15 Feb
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 and T (tell us their name).
North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 20 Feb (MARGARET)
🐈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 both names begin with a consonant.
The Door-to-Door Bookstore Carsten Henn 5 Mar
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
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
The Ice Palace Tarjei Vesaas 1 Mar
IN THE NEWS
🐈10. 🟢 Read a book with a dog in the story
True to Form Elizabeth Berg 25 Feb
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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Goal: 9/11+
LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
✔ 1. 🟢 Read a book with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry - 02/09/26 – Margaret Ives
✔ 2. 🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).
The Viscount's Tempting Minx - Erica Ridley - 02/06/26 – The Dukes of War #1
✔ 3. 🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter.
Queen Sonja Vol. 3: Coming of Age - Luke Lieberman - 02/24/26
✔ 4. 🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead - 02/14/26 – 446,954 ratings on 02/14/26
✔ 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).
Velvet Kiss, Vol. 4 - Chihiro Harumi - 02/11/26 – Shin Nitta
✔ 6. 🟢 Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant.
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave - 02/16/26
✔ 7. 🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
The Re-Do List - Denise Williams - 02/15/26 – Des Moines, Iowa
8. 🟢 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. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir - 02/26/26
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.
Carrie Soto Is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 02/20/26
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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Goal: 0/11+
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. 🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
Book: One Golden Summer
Author: Carley Fortune
Read: 2/3/2026
Fits: MCs name is Charles.
2. 🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).
Book: Nightshade
Author: Michael Connelly
Read: 2/26/2026
Fits: #1 in the series Catalina
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.
Book: Count My Lies
Author: Sophie Stava
Read: 2/10/2026
Fits: Authors initials are the same letter
4. 🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Book: Every Summer After
Author: Carley Fortune
Read: 2/6/2026
Fits: Rating is 4.17
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).
Book: The Academy
Author: Elin Hilderbrand
Read: 2/2/2026
Fits: MC's name is Charley
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.
Book: The Rom-Commers
Author: Katherine Center
Read: 2/4/2026
Fits: 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).
Book: The Tenant
Author: Freida McFadden
Read: 2/27/2026
Fits: Set in New York
8. 🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)
Book: The Unraveling of Julia
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Read: 2/12/2026
Fits: MPG Romance
9. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
Book: Alchemy of Secrets
Author: Stephanie Garber
Read: 2/9/2026
Fits: Starts with A
IN THE NEWS
10. 🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.
Book: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Author: Lisa See
Read: 2/13/2026
Fits: There is an epidemic
11. 🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
Book: The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Author: Laurie Gilmore
Read: 3/12/2026
Fits: Published March 2025
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.
Book: Lessons in Chemestry
Author: Bonnie Garmus
Read: 3/4/2026
Fits: MC does things on her TV show for publicity
13. 🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.
Book: Happy Place
Author: Emily Henry
Read: 3/3/2026
Fits: MC is a sculptor
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.
Book: Maid For Each Other
Author: Lynn Painter
Read: 2/8/2026
Fits: Title begins with M
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 19251st 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. Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).
The Autumn Bride - Anne Gracie - 4 Stars - 2/20/26 - #1 Chance Sisters
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter.
Rules for Ruin - Mimi Matthews - 4 Stars - 2/12/26
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. 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).
You Can Kill - Rebecca Zanetti - 4 Stars - 2/19/26 - Laurel Snow
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.
Buffalo West Wing - Julie Hyzy - 3.5 Stars - 2/2/26
7. Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
The Lost Bookshop - Evie Woods - 3.5 Stars - 2/18/26 - set in Ireland
8. Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)
The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins - 4 Stars - 2/3/26
9. Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y.
Palomino - Danielle Steel - 4 Stars - 2/10/26
10. Read a book set in Alaska.
Open Carry
11. Read a book published in March (of any year).
Airliner Down - John Etzil - 4 Stars - 2/27/26 - orig pub Mar 20, 2017
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
Match Me If You Can - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 4 Stars - 2/16/26
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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Level: Nostalgia
15/15
Tasks:
1. 🟢 Read a book by an author named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
The Abducted Bride by Dorothy Mack 16/2 1.5★
2. 🟢 Read a series book #1
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb 16/2 4.5★
3. 🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart - Max's wife
Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz 21/2 3.5★
4. 🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received - 3.95
The Bachelors of Broken Hill by Arthur W. Upfield 7/2 4★
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 - Nick
The Scottish Rebel by Emma Lange 2/2 3★
6. 🟢 Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant.
Twelfth Night by Joy Reed 3/2 3★
7. 🟢 Read a book set in New York
Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb 6/2 3★
8. 🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Romance
Lady Alex's Gamble by Evelyn Richardson 8/2 3★
9. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
The Crag by Claire Sutherland 11/2 3.5★
10. 🟢 Read a book with a dog in the story - Cur
The Devil's Due by Rita Boucher 5/2 3.5★
11. 🟢 Read a book published in March
The Missing Maid by Holly Hepburn 26/2 3.5★
12. 🟢 Read a book with a main character who is a teacher - Vivian
The Writing Class by Esther Campion 9/2 4★
13. 🟢 Read a bookwhere land is taken from someone - from the Baka Ban Mana
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind 20/2 4★
14. 🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names
The Abyss by Orson Scott Card 1/2 4★
15. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with M.
Miss Hamilton's Hero by Nancy Lawrence 11/2 1.5★
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Mod
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
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
February - April
My Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925 Challenge (msg 32)
Level Nostalgia 🫧 11-15 tasks
Books Read 🫧
Cultural
1. Popular Baby Names
🫧Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary... ❱❱ author Mary Frame
🫧If I Could Turn Back Time
2. The average income in the US was $1370.00
🫧Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 ❱❱ #7 Eternal Guardians
🫧Twisted
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🫧Read a book set in Vermont
🫧Here Comes the Sun
☑️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 ❱❱ 1,241 ratings
🫧The Flightless Birds of New Hope ❱❱ 02.08 ★★★★
☑️5. Born in 1925
🫧Read a book with a character whose first or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E... ❱❱ mc Elisa
🫧Devouring Darkness ❱❱ 02.03 ★★★★
6. Died in 1925
🫧Read a book by an author uses an initial ❱❱ initials J.D.
🫧Stolen in Death
☑️7. New Books
🫧Read a book set in ...New York...
🫧Taking the Heat ❱❱ 02.05 ★★★★
8. In Theaters
🫧Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure... ❱❱ mpg adventure
🫧Hart Attack
9. On The Radio
🫧Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y
🫧Anything but Sweet
In the News
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome
🫧Read a book set in Alaska
🫧Wild at Heart
11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in U.S. history
🫧Read a book published in March
🫧Night Broken
12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial
🫧Read a book where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive
🫧The Chocolate Thief
13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial
🫧Read a book with a sculptor character
🫧Phenomenal X
14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird successfully transmits the first television pictures
🫧Read a book by an author that uses three names ❱❱ author Lisa Renee Jones
🫧Being Me
☑️15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the Milestone Mo-Tel, opens
🫧Read a book whose title begins with M
🫧Mate ❱❱ 02.01 ★★★★
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 19251st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
10/15
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).
Snow Kissed - RaeAnne Thayne (Canary Street/HQN - Oct 2025) (Shelter Springs #3) - Feb 8
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.
The Blind Lyon - Sandra Sookoo (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (initials) - Feb 14
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.
Her Cowboy for the Holiday - Makenna Lee (HSE #3116 - Nov 2025) (27) - Feb 28
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).
Big Sky Safe House - Juno Rushdan (HI #2328 - Dec 2025) (Nora) - Feb 2
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.
Hero's Touch - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Feb 2026) (both names/consonant) - Feb 6
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).
The Lyon Returns - Kimberly Keyes (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (London) - Feb 19
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.)
Lyon of Scotland - Susan King (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (romance) - Feb 11
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).
A Secret Between Friends - Christine Rimmer (HSE #3155 - Apr 2026) - Mar 8
1
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.
Danger Zone - Cindi Myers (HI #2345 - Mar 2026) (dog) - Mar 3
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.
Desperate Justice - Bonnie Vanak (HI #2349 - Nov 2025) (motel) - Feb 24
11 12 13 14
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
COMPLETED: 4
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.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame by Erin Williams 2/11/26 (2475 ratings)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).
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 last name begins with a with a vowel
Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou 2/4/267. 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.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington (agged History)
Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington 2/16/2026🟢 Read a book where there is a trial
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3/3/2613. 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 - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read:
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, Humor, 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 - 1925Duration: 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 - 1925Duration: Feb. 1st, 2026 - Apr. 30th, 2026
LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
14/15
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.
Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 12th
✅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).
Knight of the Ice, Vol. 7 by Yayoi Ogawa - Feb. 11th
✅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.
Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh - Mar. 4th
✅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.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Feb. 28th
1 246 988 ratings
✅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).
Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews - Feb. 17th
Catalina Baylor
✅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.
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher - Feb. 9th
✅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).
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan - Feb. 25th
✅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.)
Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill - Mar. 5th
✅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).
Peacocks of Instagram: Stories by Deepa Rajagopalan - Feb. 19th
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.
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews - Feb. 15th
✅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.
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival by Anne Sebba - Feb. 4th
✅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.
Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser - Mar. 8th
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.
Knight of the Ice, Vol. 9 by Yayoi Ogawa - Mar. 6th✅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.
Mate by Ali Hazelwood - Feb. 18th
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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.
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker 02/20 - Author: Robert
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).
Raven of the Sea by Stacey Reynolds 02/09 - The O'Brien Tales #1
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.
The C*ck Down the Block by Amy Award 02/13
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.
Kin by Tayari Jones 02/01 - 579 ratings
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).
What Have I Done? by Teresa Driscoll 02/01 - Laura
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.
Heart of Ice by Gregg Olsen 02/02
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).
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes 02/07 - Ireland
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.)
Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roehrich 02/04 - Fantasy
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).
A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage by M.K. Oliver 02/02
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.
Sometimes You Stay by Liz Johnson 02/26
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.
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green 02/10
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.
Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Julie Murphy 02/05
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.
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams 02/22
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.
My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak 02/05
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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).
🫐Zone Entry-Maia Kinley, 2/13/26 - New York
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.
FINISHEDA Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
12/11+
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.
✅ Author Mary - Knot In My Backyard by Mary Marks 2/14/26
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).
✅ #1 Haunted Guesthouse - Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman. 2/6/26
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.
✅ 14,662 ratings - The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers 2/8/26
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).
✅ MC Savannah Reid - Just Desserts by G.A. McKevett 2/2/26
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.
✅ Author's initials are both consonants - New Kid by Jerry Craft 2/1/26
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).
✅ Set in New York City - Class Act by Jerry Craft 2/12/26
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.)
✅ Romance - Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady 2/3/26
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).
✅ Book title begins with "I" - Irish Knit Murder by Peggy Ehrhart 2/9/26
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.
✅ Dog in story - On Animals by Susan Orlean 2/5/26
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.
✅ Published 3/31/2002 - Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde 2/7/26
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.
✅ Bill Carmichael - Death in Rough Water by Francine Mathews 2/11/26
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.
✅ Athena Durand goes to a motel - Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon 2/4/26
FINISHED!!! A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/15
Read a book where a tornado happens
OR published in March (of any year)
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.
Anatomy of an Alibi Ashley Elston (Margaret) 02/06/26
☑️ 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).
Murder in Venice (Armstrong and Oscar 13) T.A. Williams 02/11/26
☑️ 3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge (1)
X 🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart
Misinterpretation Ledia Xhoga (Anna’s mother lost a child and wasn’t a good parent to her) 02/04/26
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.
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country Helen Russell (32,710 ratings) 02/04/26
☑️ 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).
Gertrude Gumshoe -
Gertrude, Gumshoe: Murder at the Thrift Store (Gertrude Gunshoe 2) Robin Merrill 02/01/26
☑️ 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
X OR both names begin with a consonant.
Crime Rangoon (Noodle Shop Mystery 12) Vivien Chien 02/02/26
☑️ 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).
Loved and Missed Susie Boyt (London) 02/06/26
☑️ 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.)
Independence Hall (I, Q 1) Roland Smith (Adventure) 02/02/26
☑️ 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).
Stone and Sky (Rivers of London 10) Ben Aaronovitch 02/03/26
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.
X 🟢 Read a book set in Alaska
Alaska Reunion (Wild River 5) Jennifer Snow 02/05/26
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
X OR published in March (of any year)
The Wife Upstairs Rachel Hawkins (pub. March 23, 2020) 02/16/26
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
X OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.
The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda Nathalia Holt (p. 167) 02/08/26
☑️ 13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on federal land in South Dakota.
X 🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character
Spent: A Comic Novel Alison Bechdel (Holly) 02/08/26
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
I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster Lynne Reid Banks 02/03/26
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
X OR where a character goes to a motel
The Blake Assignment (Janet Markham Bennett 2) Diana Xarissa (the entire book they move from motel, to hotel to B & B) 02/06/26
OR whose title begins with M.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925Duration: 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).
patriot acts
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.
gideon's trumpet anthony lewi 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.
COMPLETED 02.22.26A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925: 15/11+
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 Robert: New Hampshire | Robert Frost | 02.12.26
🟢 2. The Average Income in the US was $1370.00 - Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70: Lost and Lassoed | Lyla Sage | 02.22.26 | Rebel Blue Ranch, #3
🟢 3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge - Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart: The Correspondent | Virginia Evans | 02.05.26
🟢 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: The Basic Eight | Daniel Handler | 02.04.26 | 7315 ratings
🟢 5. Born in 1925: April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician - Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with B or T: Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | 02.09.26 | Billy Pilgrim
🟢 6. Died in 1925: January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor - Read a book by an author whose first and last names both begin with a consonant: Lost Lambs | Madeline Cash | 02.09.26
🟢 7. New Books: Willa Cather – The Professor's House - Read a book set in New Mexico: Hill of Secrets | Galina Vromen | 02.19.26 | set in Los Alamos, New Mexico
🟢 8. In Theaters: The Phantom of the Opera - Read a book with the tagged horror: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Seth Grahame-Smith | 02.08.26
🟢 9. On The Radio: "Tea for Two" - Marion Harris- Read a book whose title begins with T: Top Ten | Katie Cotugno | 02.07.26
🟢 10. The 1925 Serum Run to Nome - Read a book with a dog in the story: Longing for a Hero | Debra Clopton | 02.10.26 | p. 10: Yanking at his leash, the dog took off, chasing the firetruck and practically dragging her behind him.
🟢 11. The Tri-State Tornado - Read a book tagged history: Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America | Bridget Read | 02.06.26
🟢 12. The Scopes Monkey Trial - Read a book where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive: Finding Her Edge | Jennifer Iacopelli | 02.04.26 | Adriana and Brayden fake an off-ice romance
🟢 13. Mount Rushmore National Memorial Construction Begins - Read a book with a sculptor character: Seven Summers | Paige Toon | 02.12.26 | Liv Arterton
🟢 14. First Television Pictures Transmitted - Read a book by an author that uses three names: How the Marquess Was Won | Julie Anne Long | 02.07.26
🟢 15. The World's First Motel Opens - Read a book whose title begins with M: The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley | 02.06.26
CompletedA Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
Duration: 1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Level: Nostalgia
15/15
Tasks:
1. 🟢 Read a book by an author named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
The Abducted Bride by Dorothy Mack 16/2 1.5★
2. 🟢 Read a series book #1
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb 16/2 4.5★
3. 🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart - Max's wife
Into the Fire by Gregg Hurwitz 21/2 3.5★
4. 🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received - 3.95
The Bachelors of Broken Hill by Arthur W. Upfield 7/2 4★
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 - Nick
The Scottish Rebel by Emma Lange 2/2 3★
6. 🟢 Read a book by an author whose both names begin with a consonant.
Twelfth Night by Joy Reed 3/2 3★
7. 🟢 Read a book set in New York
Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb 6/2 3★
8. 🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Romance
Lady Alex's Gamble by Evelyn Richardson 8/2 3★
9. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
The Crag by Claire Sutherland 11/2 3.5★
10. 🟢 Read a book with a dog in the story - Cur
The Devil's Due by Rita Boucher 5/2 3.5★
11. 🟢 Read a book published in March
The Missing Maid by Holly Hepburn 26/2 3.5★
12. 🟢 Read a book with a main character who is a teacher - Vivian
The Writing Class by Esther Campion 9/2 4★
13. 🟢 Read a bookwhere land is taken from someone - from the Baka Ban Mana
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind 20/2 4★
14. 🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names
The Abyss by Orson Scott Card 1/2 4★
15. 🟢 Read a book whose title begins with M.
Miss Hamilton's Hero by Nancy Lawrence 11/2 1.5★
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FINISHED! 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: 13/11-15
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.
You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne - Feb. 26
🔥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).
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018: The Graphic Novel by Cassie Anderson - #13 in the I Survived graphic novel series - Feb. 20
👦🏿3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter.
Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell - Feb. 4
💔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.
Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman - 769 ratings - Feb. 15
🏀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 and T (tell us their name).
Let's Go, Coco!: A Graphic Novel – A Funny, Heartfelt Story About Basketball and Friendship for Kids by Coco Fox - MC's name is Coco - Feb. 4
🧧6. Died in 1925
Read a book by an author uses an initial OR uses a middle initial.
Geraldine Pu and Her Cat Hat, Too! by Maggie P. Chang - Feb. 14
🐶7. New Books
Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
book:Pepper|221770960] by Ellen Miles - New York City - Feb. 24
💤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.)
Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis - genre is Horror - Feb. 4
👠9. On The Radio
Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
If the Shoe Fits: The Graphic Novel by Sarah Mlynowski - Feb. 6
IN THE NEWS
🐺10. Read a book with a dog in the story.
Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit Feb. 14
📚11. March 18 – Read a book with MPG/tagged History.
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier - Feb. 3
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.
Tiffany’s Griffon by Magnolia Porter Siddell - Feb. 11
👻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.
All the Lovely Bad Ones: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel by Mary Downing Hahn - Feb. 22
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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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