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Ridiculously Random Prompt #7: Allergic Cats

Some cats are allergic to people.

FYI for all you people allergic to cats: they might be allergic to you, too! It's pretty uncommon due to the fact that we bathe ourselves more often than other species and don't shed as much hair or dead skin, but yes, it does happen.

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐈 1. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
🐈 2. Read a book where someone takes a bath or a shower.
🐈 3. Read a book with all the letters of ALLERGIC found in the title/subtitle.
🐈 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.

Prompt #9C: Medium Roasts

This roast is medium brown in color with a stronger flavor and a non-oily surface. It’s often referred to as the American roast because it is generally preferred in the United States.

City
American
Breakfast

Complete ONE of the following:

☕️ 1. Read a book where the MC lives in or visits a large city.
☕️ 2. Read a book set in America.
☕️ 3. Read a book where a character eats breakfast.
☕️ 4. Read a book with a subtitle.

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.

Prompt Name / #: Young Adult #3

The Injustice
Published: October 2017

When four teens are accused of crimes they didn't commit, they team up to investigate everyone at school who could have set them up.

Theo Foster's Twitter account used to be anonymous -- until someone posted a revealing photo that got him expelled. No final grade. No future. No fair.

Theo's resigned to a life of misery working at the local mini-mart when a miracle happens: Sasha Ellis speaks to him. Sasha Ellis knows his name. She was also expelled for a crime she didn't commit, and now he has the perfect way to get her attention: find out who set them up.

To uncover the truth, Theo has to get close to the suspects: the hacker, the quarterback, the mean girl, the vice principal, and his own best friend. What secrets are they hiding? And how can Theo catch their confessions on camera?

Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where Twitter or another social media platform is mentioned.
2. Read a book with a J in the title.
3. Read a book where the word PHOTO is found in the text.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #48

The Coast-to-Coast Murders
Published: September 2020

A detective and an FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case—but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller.

Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a terrifying past. Both adopted, and now grown—Michael is a long-haul truck driver, Megan a college student majoring in psychology—they trust each other before anyone else. They've had to. Their parents are public intellectuals, an Ivy League clinical psychologist and a renowned psychiatrist, and they brought up their adopted children in a rarefied, experimental environment. It sheltered them from the world's harsh realities, but it also forced secrets upon them, secrets they keep at all costs.

In Los Angeles, Detective Garrett Dobbs and FBI Agent Jessica Gimble have joined forces to work a murder that seems like a dead cinch. Their chief suspect is quickly identified and apprehended—but then there's another killing just like the one they've been investigating. And another. And not just in Los Angeles—the spree spreads across the country. The Fitzgerald family comes to the investigators' attention, but Dobbs and Gimble are at a loss—if one of the four is involved, which Fitzgerald might it be?

From coastal California to upstate New York, Dobbs and Gimble race against time and across state lines to stop an ingenious and deeply deranged killer—one whose dark and twisted appetites put them outside the range of logic or experience.

Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where a word is repeated in the title.
2. Read a book where there are no people on the cover.
3. Read a book with sibling characters.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

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. 🕵🏼

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Excellent!

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 #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.

Once you see how the next tabs on the SS are set up, this will probably make more sense. For the Intro, Chapters, and Conclusion, you are only posting on the SS and then linking to it. For "hint payment" books, you will list them here in the thread as there is no place allotted for them on the SS. You just won't list out the word portion of the hints. Only list the the number of the hint.

💰 For books that are being used as "HINT PAYMENTS," please list them in this Team Thread as you typically would, and then post as a team in the Check-In with the Chief: Check-In Thread. This is due to the fact that you won't be giving anything away to another team, as no actual hints or clues will be typed out here. After all, we ALL KNOW that eyes go wandering around. I know MINE do! 😅

➡️ Please use this format for your Team Thread.

Chapter #:
Hint #2 or #3: {number ONLY, NO words}
Book/Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
How it Fits: Meets general HOB guidelines

➡️ You can just do a Team Completion with links to each post in the Check-In Thread.

Player 1: Link
Player 2: Link
Etc.

🕵🏼‍♀️ Once you've answered the clue question correctly and are ready to submit your books for the Prompt/Tasks, post ONLY A LINK to the proper SPREADSHEET CHAPTER TAB in the Check-In Thread. PLEASE DO NOT list those books here in your Team Thread. The same goes for the Introduction and the Conclusion. Handle them the same way, please.

➡️ Please use this format for the Chapters/Introduction/Conclusion.

Team Name:
Link to Team Thread:
Link to Spreadsheet Chapter Tab:

August 2025

🤽🏻‍♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼‍♀️ 15: August 1, 2025 - Tennis 🤾🏼‍♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻‍♀️

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point.

Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.

The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that until 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye.

Tennis is played by millions of recreational players and is a popular worldwide spectator sport. The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the majors) are especially popular and are considered the highest level of competition for the sport. These tournaments are the Australian Open, played on hardcourts; the French Open, played on red clay courts; Wimbledon, played on grass courts; and the US Open, also played on hardcourts. Additionally, tennis was one of the original Olympic sports, and has been consistently competed in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988.

Complete ONE of the following:

🎾 Read a book set in France.
🎾 Read a book where the MC is single.
🎾 Read a book with the word HAWK or EYE found in the text.
🎾 Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the publication date: 1988.

Aiswrya wrote: "In a team of 4, do you need each player to read a book for the intro chapter? Can a player read more than one book?"

Yes, each player will be reading for a task, but there is a line there about repeat tasks between players being OK. So if everyone wants to read for the first task, that is perfectly fine. Just one book per player is all that's needed.

Sally906 wrote: "I’ve got access - I have taken task 4 - but we don’t have to do 4 different tasks

I think Michelle want a us to discuss tactics on the spreadsheet but not sure how that would work. So will follow ..."

Most teams are creating a secret group to do their discussions, which is probably a lot easier than using the SS. I just didn't know if everyone would want to make another group to keep up with...that's why I put in the SS discussion option instead. The choice is totally up to your team. 😊

MN Lisa wrote: "From the looks of it we need 3 Check-In Posts?

1 - Individual when you finish your book in your Team Thread
2 - When everyone is done, a set of links in the check in thread.
Then we get a clue
3 ..."

Yes, but the rest of your SS tabs look a little different than the Intro tab. There will be a box there for your actual answer to go...then just post a link to that tab in the Check-In Thread...not the answer itself.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #67: Baby Elephants

Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.

They're just like human newborns making funny faces, except a tad bigger.

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐘 1. Read a book you found comforting.
🐘 2. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐘 3. Read a book tagged FUNNY any number of times.
🐘 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #67: Baby Elephants

Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.

They're just like human newborns making funny faces, except a tad bigger.

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐘 1. Read a book you found comforting.
🐘 2. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐘 3. Read a book tagged FUNNY any number of times.
🐘 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.

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