Michelle's Empty Nest’s Comments (group member since Oct 31, 2021)

Michelle's Empty Nest’s comments from the Hooked on Books group.

Hey, Esther!


I always turn to ChatGPT these days for help. Sometimes there's a winner, and sometimes the options inspire a different name, but here's what I came up with so far.


🔑 Key-Themed Team Names
The Master Keys
Skeleton Key Squad
The Golden Keys
Key Keepers
The Keyholders
Turn the Key
The Keychain Crew
Hidden Keys
The Keynote Readers
Secret Keys
The Key Unlockers
Lost Keys Found


📖 Bookish Key Team Names
Keys to the Kingdom (of Stories)
Chapter Keys
Plot Keys
The Key to Reading
Story Keys
Keys to Imagination
Novel Keys
The Keynote Chapters
Literary Keys
Keys to the Library
Unlock the Story
The Epilogue Keys


Locked Box Challenge 🔒📚 — all with a bookish, puzzle-solving twist:

📚 Bookish & Clever
Plot Keys
The Page Turners
Unlock the Story
Chapter Crackers
Keys to the Library
The Novel Unlockers

🔎 Mystery & Puzzle Vibe
The Codebreakers
Clue Finders
The Cipher Readers
The Hidden Chapter
Riddle Readers
The Secret Keepers

⚡ Short & Punchy
Unlock’d
KeyMasters
LockBusters
Story Sleuths
BookKeys
WordLock


I'm totally open to an entirely different name from any of these as well...

Ridiculously Random Prompt #49: Baby Sea Otters





Baby sea otters can't swim right away.


Their moms will wrap them in pieces of kelp while they hunt until the buoyant pups learn how to paddle around on their own. A raft of otters will also hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart!


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦦 1. Read a book where someone swims.
🦦 2. Read a book with people holding hands on the cover.
🦦 3. Read a book with the word SLEEP found in the text.
🦦 4. Read a book MC's first initial is found in BUOYANT.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #49: Baby Sea Otters





Baby sea otters can't swim right away.


Their moms will wrap them in pieces of kelp while they hunt until the buoyant pups learn how to paddle around on their own. A raft of otters will also hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart!


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦦 1. Read a book where someone swims.
🦦 2. Read a book with people holding hands on the cover.
🦦 3. Read a book with the word SLEEP found in the text.
🦦 4. Read a book MC's first initial is found in BUOYANT.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs





Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.


The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.

Excellent!


I have added the Chapter 9 Tab to your SS. Good luck!

AWESOME!!


You may now read for Chapter 4's tasks!

OUTSTANDING!!


You may now read for Chapter 6's tasks!

I have added Hint #2 to your SS. Good luck!

OUTSTANDING!!


You may now read for Chapter 3's tasks!

Excellent!


I have added the Chapter 8 Tab to your SS. Good luck!

Excellent!


I have added the Chapter 7 Tab to your SS. Good luck!

Nice work!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #30: Mud-Pit Belly Flop





The Mud-Pit Belly Flop is one of the biggest events that takes place during the ‘Redneck Games.'


The event, of course, takes place in a giant mud pit and the crowd gathered to watch chooses the winner by judging who can make the biggest, muddiest splash. The winner receives a trophy – always featuring a smashed beer can.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👀 1. Read a book where the MC drinks a beer.
👀 2. Read a book with a crowd, more than 4 people, on the cover.
👀 3. Read a book where someone wins a trophy.
👀 4. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #29: The Lyrebird





The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.


Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

📸 1. Read a book set in Australia.
📸 2. Read a book where one book seems to mimic another in plot or design.
📸 3. Read a book with a piece of machinery on the cover.
📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #30: Mud-Pit Belly Flop





The Mud-Pit Belly Flop is one of the biggest events that takes place during the ‘Redneck Games.'


The event, of course, takes place in a giant mud pit and the crowd gathered to watch chooses the winner by judging who can make the biggest, muddiest splash. The winner receives a trophy – always featuring a smashed beer can.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👀 1. Read a book where the MC drinks a beer.
👀 2. Read a book with a crowd, more than 4 people, on the cover.
👀 3. Read a book where someone wins a trophy.
👀 4. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #21: Extreme Ironing





Extreme Ironing is considered a ‘danger sport’ in which people take ironing boards to various, often remote, locations to iron clothes and take a picture.


Some of the locations have included cliff tops, underwater, in the middle of a motorway, and also while skiing and parachuting.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🧺 1. Read a book where the MC has a dangerous career/hobby.
🧺 2. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in EXTREME.
🧺 3. Read a book set at least partially in a remote location.
🧺 4. Read a book where a character irons or does other household chores.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #19: One Small Step





Neil Armstrong didn't say "That's one small step for man."


The astronaut insists he actually stated, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." "That's the only way the statement makes any sense," Armstrong told biographer James Hansen. And for the record, no real astronaut ever uttered "Houston, we have a problem." — Tom Hanks only said that in the movie Apollo 13.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👩‍🚀 1. Read a book with something small on the cover.
👩‍🚀 2. Read a book with double letters in the title.
👩‍🚀 3. Read a book where you can share a favorite quote.
👩‍🚀 4. Read a book author's first AND last initials are found in NEIL ARMSTRONG.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #59





Death of the Black Widow
Published: April 2022


She destroys the men she loves—and escapes every time. The most dangerous killer James Patterson has ever created is also his most seductive.

On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O’Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with skill that shocks even O’Brien’s veteran partner. The young woman is also a brilliant escape artist. Her bold flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve—and, for Walter, even more impossible to forget.

By the time Walter’s promoted to detective, his fascination with the missing, gray-eyed woman is approaching obsession. And when Walter discovers that he’s not alone in his search, one truth is certain. This deadly string of secrets didn’t begin in his home city—but he’s going to make sure it ends there.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book with a color in the title.
2. Read a book where there are words other than the title and author on the cover.
3. Read a book published in 2022.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.