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

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

Chapter 2 has been added to your SS!


Remember, you MUST use the evidence and clues/hints to make a correct guess in #2 before you move on to reading for the tasks in #3. You may begin planning your books, but they can't be completed and checked in before you make a correct guess. 🕵🏼

Chapter 1 has been added to your SS!


Remember, you MUST use the evidence and clues/hints to make a correct guess in #2 before you move on to reading for the tasks in #3. You may begin planning your books, but they can't be completed and checked in before you make a correct guess. 🕵🏼

Sorry, team!


That is not the correct answer. I have left you another hint!


You will now each need to read any book that meets HOB's general guidelines. Post the completions HERE in the thread for these "hint payment" books, but only list the Hint #...no words to give the hint away. Then do a team completion post in the Check-In Thread. After that, you may make another guess based on the evidence and the hints.

DeeNeez wrote: "I think the Hints posts are in this thread with just the Hint # 🤔"


Yes, that is correct! 😊

Ridiculously Random Prompt #8: Apple Pie





Apple Pie isn't actually American at all.


The next time you call something "as American as apple pie," you might want to consider the fact that neither apple pies nor apples originally came from America. Apples are in fact native to Asia, and the first recorded recipe for apple pie was actually written in England.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🥧 1. Read a book set in America, England, or Asia.
🥧 2. Read a book that includes a recipe.
🥧 3. Read a book with a cliché in the text.
🥧 4. Read a book with an apple or other fruit on the cover.

AWESOME JOB, team!!!


You may now read for Chapter 1's tasks!

Geri wrote: "Michelle. Not a surprise, but I’m confused. LOL For chapter 1, what are we guessing for? I’ve read through the hints. But not sure what answer you are wanting from the information.

If you can’t an..."


There's a question bubble right above the letter (Clue 5a). You're using the evidence to answer that question in Part 2. If you get it correct, you can move on to Part 3. Does that help?

AWESOME JOB, team!!!


You may now read for Chapter 1's tasks!

Chapter 1 has been added to your SS!


Remember, you MUST use the evidence and clues/hints to make a correct guess in #2 before you move on to reading for the tasks in #3. You may begin planning your books, but they can't be completed and checked in before you make a correct guess. 🕵🏼

Laura wrote: "I’m pretty sure we only need completions in here when we ask for a hint. That’s the way I read the instructions."


That's correct, Laura! 😊

Chapter 1 has been added to your SS!


Remember, you MUST use the evidence and clues/hints to make a correct guess in #2 before you move on to reading for the tasks in #3. You may begin planning your books, but they can't be completed and checked in before you make a correct guess. 🕵🏼

Chapter 1 has been added to your SS!


Remember, you MUST use the evidence and clues/hints to make a correct guess in #2 before you move on to reading for the tasks in #3. You may begin planning your books, but they can't be completed and checked in before you make a correct guess. 🕵🏼

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #55





2 Sisters Detective Agency
Published: September 2021


A detective duo of sisters finds themselves in the crosshairs of a dangerous and lawless group. Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to the detective agency, a young man who claims he was abducted. During the course of the investigation, Rhonda and Baby become entangled in a dangerous case involving a group of overprivileged young adults who break laws for fun, their psychopath ringleader, and an ex-assassin victim who decides to hunt them down for revenge.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book that you also used for one of Namita's challenges.
2. Read a book with two people on the cover.
3. Read a book where a parent dies.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Great tasks, both of you!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #46: Triskaidekaphobia





Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.


Irrationally scared of clowns? You might have coulrophobia. Oh, and gephyrophobia is a fear of bridges.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

1️⃣3️⃣ 1. Read a book where someone has a great fear of something.
1️⃣3️⃣ 2. Read a book with a number, a clown, or a bridge on the cover.
1️⃣3️⃣ 3. Read a book with the number 13 intact in the page count or publication date.
1️⃣3️⃣ 4. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. {3-word minimum}