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

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

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}

Prompt #9D: Medium Dark Roasts





Rich, dark color, this roast has some oil on the surface and with a slight bittersweet aftertaste.


Full City


Complete ONE of the following:

☕️ 1. Read a book with a bittersweet moment.
☕️ 2. Read a book where the MC eats chocolate.
☕️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in AFTERTASTE.
☕️ 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in FULL CITY.

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. 🕵🏼

Ridiculously Random Prompt #45: Snail Racing





Snail Racing is essentially a race between ordinary garden snails, with snail racing events taking place around the world.


The snails tend to race on a 13 - 14 inch circular track and start in the center with the winning snail being the first to reach the perimeter. Racing numbers or stickers are often put on the shells in order to distinguish each competitor.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐌 1. Read a book with the word CRAWL in the text.
🐌 2. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in SNAIL.
🐌 3. Read a book where the author's last initial is found in GARDEN.
🐌 4. Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in SHELL.

Beth wrote: "World Honey Bee Day Challenge

I don't know the meaning of the phrase "too many challenges"! 🐝

🐝 1. Read a book published in August of any year. - [book:As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Mur..."


IS that really a phrase?!? 😅

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 / #: Young Adult #5





The Runaway's Diary
Published: June 2022


A page-turning graphic novel of sisters, secrets, and second chances. I’m running away. Not to a place—to a person.

Eleanor is happiest when she's left alone to dream up elaborate stories. Sam is polished, fun, and popular. Still, the sisters have always been there for each other—until everything changed.

Now Sam is somewhere in Seattle, and Eleanor runs after her. Nothing is easy in the big, unforgiving city. As Eleanor faces new setbacks, she also makes new friends and tells new stories. Eleanor can rewrite her life in so many ways . . . but can she make a happy ending her reality?


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book with sister characters.
2. Read a graphic novel of any length (for this prompt only).
3. Read a book where the cover looks cartoonish or hand-drawn.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Nice!

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}

Ridiculously Random Prompt #45: Snail Racing





Snail Racing is essentially a race between ordinary garden snails, with snail racing events taking place around the world.


The snails tend to race on a 13 - 14 inch circular track and start in the center with the winning snail being the first to reach the perimeter. Racing numbers or stickers are often put on the shells in order to distinguish each competitor.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐌 1. Read a book with the word CRAWL in the text.
🐌 2. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in SNAIL.
🐌 3. Read a book where the author's last initial is found in GARDEN.
🐌 4. Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in SHELL.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #38: Model T





Not every Model T was black.


For the first few years of production, Ford's famous car came in gray, green, blue and red. It was only after 1914 that customers could order "any color so long as it is black," as the dark paint dried faster than other hues.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

⚫️ 1. Read a book with a car on the cover.
⚫️ 2. Read a book with a color in the title.
⚫️ 3. Read a book with BLACK, GRAY, GREEN, BLUE, or RED found in the text.
⚫️ 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers found in the page count/publication date: 1, 9, 1, 4.

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}

AWESOME JOB, team!!!


You may now read for Chapter 1's tasks!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #25: Detroit





If you drive south from Detroit, you'll hit Canada.


Head north from Windsor, Ontario, crossing the Detroit River, and you'll reach the good ol' US of A.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🇨🇦 1. Read a book set in Michigan.
🇨🇦 2. Read a book with a cityscape on the cover.
🇨🇦 3. Read a book with a directional word in the title.
🇨🇦 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WINDSOR.