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

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

Ridiculously Random Prompt #40: Wine Major





You can major in wine at Cornell University.


Technically it's a degree in "Viticulture and Enology" (a.k.a. the cultivation of grapes and the science of winemaking), but we're still sending in our applications.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🍷 1. Read a book at least partially set on a university campus.
🍷 2. Read a book where a character consumes wine.
🍷 3. Read a book with some type of fruit or alcoholic beverage on the cover.
🍷 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in VITICULTURE ENOLOGY.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #39: Quidditch





Quidditch was invented by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter series and involves 2 teams of 7 players mounted on broomsticks with 4 different balls and goals on either side of the pitch.


The game has since been adapted for the real world with the ultimate goal being to score more goals than the other team before the ‘snitch’ is caught.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🧹 1. Read a book where one character snitches on another.
🧹 2. Read a book that is part of a series.
🧹 3. Read a book where the author uses initials in their name.
🧹 4. Read a book with a storyline that could be adapted into a board game or a real-life game.

AWESOME!!


You may now read for Chapter 10's tasks!

OUTSTANDING!!


You may now read for Chapter 3's tasks!

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #6





When the Wind Blows
Published: October 1998


Frannie O'Neill is a caring young veterinarian living in the Colorado Rockies, trying to erase the memory of her beloved husband's mysterious murder. It is not long before another neighbor suddenly dies, and FBI agent Kit Harrison arrives at Frannie's doorstep. Kit is hell-bent on solving the heinous case despite resounding protests from the FBI and the thrashing of his own internal demons.

Kit secretly pursues the investigation, yet witnesses keep turning up dead. Then Frannie stumbles upon an astonishing discovery in the nearby woods, and their lives are altered in ways they could never have imagined. Simply knowing the secret of Max -- the terrified 11-year-old girl with an amazing gift -- could mean death.

As more and more diabolical details are unearthed, the murderer's bloody trail ultimately leads the trio to an underground lab network, known as "the School." Here scientists conduct shockingly incomprehensible experiments involving children and genetic alteration.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book that has a child character age 12 years old or less.
2. Read a book with an MPG of Science Fiction or Fantasy.
3. Read a book with mountains on the cover.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Excellent!


I have added the Chapter 6 Tab to your SS. Good luck!

Excellent!


I have added Chapter 2 to your SS. Good luck!

OUTSTANDING!!


You may now read for Chapter 9's tasks!

Excellent!


I have added a Chapter 3 Evidence Tab and a Chapter 3 Tab to your SS. There's more evidence...so two tabs were easier. Good luck!

SUPERB!!


You may now read for Chapter 8's tasks!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #71: Two-Buck Chuck





Two-Buck Chuck once won a top wine award.


Trader Joe's 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz beat out 2,300 other wines to win a prestigious double gold medal at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition, so don't feel bad stocking up on the bargain brand.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🤑 1. Read a book with rhyming words in the title.
🤑 2. Read a book published in 2002.
🤑 3. Read a book where a store of any type is mentioned.
🤑 4. Read a book with a 2 and an 8 in the publication date.

Prompt #11A: North America & The Caribbean - Hawaii





Though coffee farms are found throughout the Hawaiian islands, it is Kona coffee, from the large island of Hawaii, that is best known and always in high demand. Here, nature provides just the right environment for the coffee trees on the slopes of the active Mauna Loa volcano. Young trees are planted in black, volcanic soil so new that it often seems the farmers are growing seedlings in rock. Afternoon shade from tropical clouds forms a natural canopy over the trees to protect them from intense sun, and frequent island showers give the plants just right amount of rain. Kona coffee is carefully processed to create a deliciously rich, aromatic cup of medium body.


Complete ONE of the following:

☕️ 1. Read a book set on an island.
☕️ 2. Read a book where all letters of K-O-N-A are found in the title.
☕️ 3. Read a book with something aromatic on the cover.
☕️ 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in MAUNA LOA.

Prompt Name / #: Non-Fiction #8





E.R. Nurses
Published: October 2021


James Patterson and Matt Eversmann present the medical frontline heroes who work to save our lives every day: E.R. Nurses.

Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our families.

You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. From behind the scenes. From the heart.

This book will make you laugh, make you cry, make you understand.

When we’re at our worst, E.R. nurses are at their best.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book with some type of mask on the cover.
2. Read a book where a character works in the medical field.
3. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in SACRIFICE.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

AWESOME!!


You may now read for Chapter 4's tasks!

Yes, boo for having to pay rent right out of the gate, but yay for Heather finding a short book so quickly!!

Shayne wrote: "Guys I'll try to remain active but we found my mother-in-law had passed yesterday morning when we went upstairs(I sleep on the lower floor and she's on the top floor of a split level) to get her he..."


I am so sorry to hear this, Shayne! I'll be thinking of you and your family.