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Just to shake things up a bit more and keep them really random, I'm throwing caution to the wind for this challenge. Your prompts will be given to you in random order, with everyone following a different path. I'll be tracking your prompts on a separate spreadsheet to make sure we don't miss one.
If you would like to pick your starting place, tell me your favorite number between 1 and 72 before, or tell me to choose for you!
random.org tells me my favorite number is 56.
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The largest sand castle in the world measured 54 feet high.
It took 168 trucks over a week to deliver enough sand for this carefully sculpted masterpiece.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏝 1. Read a book with sand visible on the cover.
🏝 2. Read a book with a 5 OR a 4 in the page count.
🏝 3. Read a book with a 1, 6, AND 8 in the publication date.
🏝 4. Read a book that took place over more than a week's time.
Prompt # / Name: #56: Largest Sand CastleBook: Catching You
Author: E.M. Lindsey
Date Read: 2026.03.02
Pages: 261
Task: 4. Read a book that took place over more than a week's time
How it Fits: Takes place over an entire pregnancy.
In case it's relevant, random.org informs me that my next favorite number is 68
Mod
Haha.. but it wouldn't be random if you choose! Unless you rather go in the order you choose? That's an option if you want.
Let me know...
I don't care. It is still random. I'm honestly going to random.org and telling them to give me a random integer between 1 and 72. I could probably ask them for a random permutation, too... hmm...Here it is (removed 56 because that's already completed):
68 32 2 6 8 12 5 13 60 36
59 26 29 44 14 33 16 37 35 45
42 53 52 62 17 38 61 57 50
66 11 48 55 40 63 58 18 27 67
65 20 43 19 64 25 54 23 72 21
28 15 41 70 1 22 69 7 31 24
3 10 9 71 30 34 51 49 47 4
39 46
(source: https://www.random.org/sequences/?min...)
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I love it! Let's go with this plan! ... so next up is 68... going to grab it now!
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Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet.
Theodore Geisel's editor didn't believe the author could write a book in 50 words or less. The finished product contains 50 words on the dot.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍳 1. Read a book where a character eats a meal.
🍳 2. Read a book with a 50 intact in the page count.
🍳 3. Read a book where a main/major character is a doctor.
🍳 4. Read a book where someone makes a bet of any kind.
Prompt # / Name: #68: Green Eggs & HamBook: Barn Burner by
Author: Jodi Oliver
Date Read: 2026.03.03
Pages: 276
Task: 1. Read a book where a character eats a meal.
How it Fits: 25% MC cooks a meal (chicken dinner with all the trimmings), sits down to eat it with host family.
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Coca-Cola consumers will pay more to drink less ounces.
Coca-Cola consumers prefer smaller packaging of their beverage and are willing to pay more per ounce. While soda consumption is declining in the U.S., Coca-Cola had a net revenue of $33 billion worldwide last year. Talk about vanity sizing!
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥤 1. Read a book with a dashed word in the title.
🥤 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
🥤 3. Read a book with two 3s in the publication date.
🥤 4. Read a book you were willing to pay for.
Prompt # / Name: #32: Coca-ColaBook/Author: Confetti Hearts by Lily Morton
Date Read: 2026.03.07
Pages: 307
Task: 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
How it Fits: 3%, MC grabs a Coke out of the fridge.
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Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge
Individual, Open-Ended
(New) Duration: March 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027
New Sign-ups: Open Through March 31, 2026
You know how most reading challenges you join have some type of theme or main idea, kind of like the books themselves? Well, this one...not so much! We'll look at Crown Jewels, Greasy Pole Climbing, Model Ts, Zorbing, and anything and everything in between. So buckle up for the ride and enjoy!
This challenge originally started in March 2025 but is being re-opened for NEW sign-ups.
Each time you satisfy a task, make a post here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use the following example for your Completion Post.
Prompt # / Name: {For example: #1: Octothorpe}
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions about this challenge, please post them in the Ridiculously Random Q&A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘 I will create an individual thread for you after you sign-up.
📘 Your first prompt will be posted after you respond to the question in your thread's second message.
📘 Books must be completed after the task has been posted. For example, if your task is posted on April 15, you can't use a book you completed on April 14.
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If a set of tasks is too difficult or just out of your comfort zone, you have 4 SKIPS to use in this challenge. In order to use a SKIP, read any book that meets the Standard Book Qualifications for Hooked on Books. The link is in the Challenge Rules above. Simply list SKIP on the Task line.