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

Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: Parkour





Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.


It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🏃🏼‍♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}

Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: Parkour





Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.


It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🏃🏼‍♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}

Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: Parkour





Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.


It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🏃🏼‍♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}

Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: Parkour





Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.


It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🏃🏼‍♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}

Wonderful!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: Parkour





Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.


It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🏃🏼‍♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼‍♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}

Great job to both of you!

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 #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.

Prompt #6B: 10 Steps from Seed to Cup - Harvesting the Cherries





Depending on the variety, it will take approximately 3 to 4 years for the newly planted coffee trees to bear fruit. The fruit, called the coffee cherry, turns a bright, deep red when it is ripe and ready to be harvested.


There is typically one major harvest a year. In countries like Colombia, where there are two flowerings annually, there is a main and secondary crop.


In most countries, the crop is picked by hand in a labor-intensive and difficult process, though in places like Brazil where the landscape is relatively flat and the coffee fields immense, the process has been mechanized. Whether by hand or by machine, all coffee is harvested in one of two ways:


Strip Picked: All of the cherries are stripped off of the branch at one time, either by machine or by hand.


Selectively Picked: Only the ripe cherries are harvested, and they are picked individually by hand. Pickers rotate among the trees every eight to 10 days, choosing only the cherries which are at the peak of ripeness. Because this kind of harvest is labor intensive and more costly, it is used primarily to harvest the finer Arabica beans.


A good picker averages approximately 100 to 200 pounds of coffee cherries a day, which will produce 20 to 40 pounds of coffee beans. Each worker's daily haul is carefully weighed, and each picker is paid on the merit of his or her work. The day's harvest is then transported to the processing plant


Complete ONE of the following:

☕️ 1. Read a book that is 3 - 4 years old.
☕️ 2. Read a book with a mechanized item on the cover.
☕️ 3. Read a book where a character is paid for their work.
☕️ 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in HARVEST.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #47: $1 Bill





A $1 bill doesn't live as long as you'd think.


According to the Federal Reserve, each buck lasts about 6.6 years, and there's about $1.79 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation right now.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

💵 1. Read a book with money on the cover.
💵 2. Read a book you got for no money.
💵 3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MONEY.
💵 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MONEY.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #47: $1 Bill





A $1 bill doesn't live as long as you'd think.


According to the Federal Reserve, each buck lasts about 6.6 years, and there's about $1.79 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation right now.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

💵 1. Read a book with money on the cover.
💵 2. Read a book you got for no money.
💵 3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MONEY.
💵 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MONEY.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #48: Toe Wrestling





Like Arm Wrestling or Thumb Wrestling, Toe Wrestling involves two competitors who lock bare feet in an attempt to pin the other person’s foot to the ground for at least 3 seconds.


There tends to be 3 rounds played with the winner having the best 2 out of 3.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👣 1. Read a book where a character does something you think is gross.
👣 2. Read a book where toes/feet are visible on the cover.
👣 3. Read a book you would rate between 2 and 3 stars.
👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #48: Toe Wrestling





Like Arm Wrestling or Thumb Wrestling, Toe Wrestling involves two competitors who lock bare feet in an attempt to pin the other person’s foot to the ground for at least 3 seconds.


There tends to be 3 rounds played with the winner having the best 2 out of 3.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👣 1. Read a book where a character does something you think is gross.
👣 2. Read a book where toes/feet are visible on the cover.
👣 3. Read a book you would rate between 2 and 3 stars.
👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #48: Toe Wrestling





Like Arm Wrestling or Thumb Wrestling, Toe Wrestling involves two competitors who lock bare feet in an attempt to pin the other person’s foot to the ground for at least 3 seconds.


There tends to be 3 rounds played with the winner having the best 2 out of 3.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👣 1. Read a book where a character does something you think is gross.
👣 2. Read a book where toes/feet are visible on the cover.
👣 3. Read a book you would rate between 2 and 3 stars.
👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.

Awesome!





I love that you used the dental floss picks!! 😁

Ridiculously Random Prompt #27: Greasy Pole Climbing





Surprisingly, the sporting event of climbing a greased-up slippery pole is quite common around the world.


These traditional events are essentially the same - there is a long pole covered in grease, lard, or some other lubricant, and participants attempt to climb or walk along the pole to get to the other end, where there may be a prize or flag to recover.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎁 1. Read a book where a character climbs something.
🎁 2. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in GREASY POLE.
🎁 3. Read a book where the MC wins a prize of any type.
🎁 4. Read a book with the word FLAG found in the text.

Prompt #6G: 10 Steps from Seed to Cup - Tasting the Coffee





Coffee is repeatedly tested for quality and taste. This process is referred to as cupping and usually takes place in a room specifically designed to facilitate the process.


First, the taster — usually called the cupper — evaluates the beans for their overall visual quality. The beans are then roasted in a small laboratory roaster, immediately ground and infused in boiling water with carefully-controlled temperature. The cupper noses the brew to experience its aroma, an essential step in judging the coffee's quality.


After letting the coffee rest for several minutes, the cupper breaks the crust by pushing aside the grounds at the top of the cup. Again, the coffee is nosed before the tasting begins.


To taste the coffee, the cupper slurps a spoonful with a quick inhalation. The objective is to spray the coffee evenly over the cupper's taste buds, and then weigh it on the tongue before spitting it out.


Samples from a variety of batches and different beans are tasted daily. Coffees are not only analyzed to determine their characteristics and flaws, but also for the purpose of blending different beans or creating the proper roast. An expert cupper can taste hundreds of samples of coffee a day and still taste the subtle differences between them.


Complete ONE of the following:

☕️ 1. Read a book with a nose visible on the cover.
☕️ 2. Read a book with an -ing word in the title, like tasting.
☕️ 3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in CUPPER.
☕️ 4. Read a book where a character smells or spits out food or drink.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #17





You've Been Warned
Published: September 2007


Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot" -- pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time as the nanny for the fabulously wealthy Turnbull family, looking after their two wonderful children and waiting for her glamorous life as a New York photographer to begin. When her photographs are considered by an elite Manhattan art gallery, it seems she might finally get the chance that will start her career.
But Kristin has a major distraction: forbidden love. The man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. Breathless with an inexhaustible passion and the excitement of being within reach of her goals, Kristen ignores all signs of catastrophe brewing.

Fear exists for a reason. And Kristin can only dismiss the warnings for so long. Searching desperately for the truth through the lens of her camera, she can only hope that it's not too late. This novel of psychological suspense is a stunning achievement for thriller master James Patterson, "one of the bestselling writers in history" (New York Sun).


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book with an apostrophe in the title.
2. Read a book where the MC's name starts with a letter in PHOTOGRAPHER.
3. Read a book with the word CAMERA found in the text.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #15: Chess Boxing





Unsurprisingly, Chess Boxing involves both the classic game of chess and the popular sport of boxing.


The competitors alternate between 5 rounds of boxing and 6 rounds of chess for a total of 11 rounds, each lasting 3-minutes. The game was inspired by a French comic and invented by Dutch artist Lepe Rubingh.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🥊 1. Read a book where a character plays chess or another board game.
🥊 2. Read a book that has a French or a Dutch translation.
🥊 3. Read a book with an MPG of HUMOR or COMEDY.
🥊 4. Read a book with the word boxing {can also be box, boxes, boxed, etc.} found in the text.