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 #5: Wedding Veil





The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.


If you thought Meghan Markle's wedding veil was long, get this: there's a woman in Cyprus who set the Guinness World Record for the longest wedding veil. How long was it, you ask? Nearly 23,000 feet, which is the same length as about 63.5 football fields.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👰🏻‍♀️ 1. Read a book with something related to a bride on the cover.
👰🏻‍♀️ 2. Read a book where someone gets married.
👰🏻‍♀️ 3. Read a book that is long - more than 400 pages.
👰🏻‍♀️ 4. Read a book with a 6 and a 3 in the total number of reviews.

Fantastic!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #44: 700 Grapes





About 700 grapes go into one bottle of wine.


That's approximately 2.6 pounds, if you're wondering how much "fruit" you get when you uncork your favorite red.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🍇 1. Read a book with less than 700 reviews on Goodreads.
🍇 2. Read a book with a red or purple cover. {Your discretion.}
🍇 3. Read a book with a 2 and a 6 in the publication date.
🍇 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in UNCORK.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs





Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.


The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs





Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.


The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs





Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.


The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.

¡¡Muy bien!!

Ridiculously Random Prompt #17: Facebook





Facebook has more users than many major populations.


At 2.89 billion monthly users, Facebook overshadows China's (1.4 billion) and India's (1.3 billion) populations.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

ƒ 1. Read a book where social media is used/mentioned.
ƒ 2. Read a book set in China.
ƒ 3. Read a book with all the letters of FACEBOOK found in the title.
ƒ 4. Read a book where at least two of these digits are found in the publication date: 2, 8, 9.

Superb!

Prompt Name / #: Romances #3





Sundays at Tiffany's
Published: January 2008


As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, the powerful head of a Broadway theater company, has no time for her. She does have one friend - a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael - but only she can see him.

Years later, Jane is in her thirties and just as alone as ever. Then she meets Michael again - as handsome, smart and perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael knows the reason they've really been reunited.

SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY'S is a love story with an irresistible twist, a novel about the child inside all of us - and the boundary-crossing power of love.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book with two people embracing on the cover.
2. Read a book with an author or character named Michael, or a variation of it.
3. Read a book with a day of the week in the title.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

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.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs





Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.


The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #42: Running of the Bulls





The Running of the Bulls takes place in the summer in Pamplona, Spain.


The event involves patrons running in front of 6 bulls that have been let loose in the town’s streets. Every year between 50-100 injuries are reported with 15 deaths reported since 1910.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐂 1. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐂 2. Read a book where multiple characters die.
🐂 3. Read a book with between 50,000 and 100,000 Goodreads ratings.
🐂 4. Read a book set mostly in the summer.

Excellent!

Thank you!

🤽🏻‍♀️⛹🏽🤾🏼‍♀️ 12: June 15, 2025 - Rubgy 🤾🏼‍♀️⛹🏽🤽🏻‍♀️





Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league.

Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, where the rules were first codified in 1845. Forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to the Middle Ages. Rugby football spread to other English public schools in the 19th century and across the British Empire as former pupils continued to play it.

Rugby football split into two codes in 1895, when twenty-one clubs from the North of England left the Rugby Football Union to form the Northern Rugby Football Union (renamed the Rugby Football League in 1922) at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, over payments to players who took time off work to play ("broken-time payments"), thus making rugby league the first code to turn professional and pay players. Rugby union turned professional one hundred years later, following the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. The respective world governing bodies are World Rugby (rugby union) and the International Rugby League (rugby league).

Canadian football and, to a lesser extent, American football were once considered forms of rugby football, but are seldom now referred to as such. The governing body of Canadian football, Football Canada, was known as the Canadian Rugby Union as late as 1967, more than fifty years after the sport parted ways with rugby rules.


Complete ONE of the following:

🏉 Read a book set in England or Canada.
🏉 Read a book published before 1995.
🏉 Read a book with the word UNION found in the text.
🏉 Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in MIDDLE AGES.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #33





The President is Missing
Published: June 2018


President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson have written a spellbinding thriller, The President is Missing.

As the novel opens, a threat looms. Enemies are planning an attack of unprecedented scale on America. Uncertainty and fear grip Washington. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the cabinet. The President himself becomes a suspect, and then goes missing...

Set in real time, over the course of three days, The President Is Missing is one of the most dramatic thrillers in decades. And it could all really happen. The President Is Missing is Bill Clinton and James Patterson's totally authentic and spellbinding thriller.


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where the author is known for another line of work as well.
2. Read a book with a presidential character - can be a president of anything.
3. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in BILL CLINTON.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #31: Elvis





Elvis only won 3 Grammys.


The King of Rock and Roll had 18 #1 hits in his career, but struck out on 11 of his 14 nominations. The record for the most Grammy wins actually belongs to George Solti, the longtime leader of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with 31 awards to his name.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎙 1. Read a book where a famous person is mentioned.
🎙 2. Read a book with an 11, 14, or 18 intact in the page count.
🎙 3. Read a book where NO letters of KING are found in the title.
🎙 4. Read a book with the word AWARD(S) found in the text.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #31: Elvis





Elvis only won 3 Grammys.


The King of Rock and Roll had 18 #1 hits in his career, but struck out on 11 of his 14 nominations. The record for the most Grammy wins actually belongs to George Solti, the longtime leader of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with 31 awards to his name.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎙 1. Read a book where a famous person is mentioned.
🎙 2. Read a book with an 11, 14, or 18 intact in the page count.
🎙 3. Read a book where NO letters of KING are found in the title.
🎙 4. Read a book with the word AWARD(S) found in the text.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #31: Elvis





Elvis only won 3 Grammys.


The King of Rock and Roll had 18 #1 hits in his career, but struck out on 11 of his 14 nominations. The record for the most Grammy wins actually belongs to George Solti, the longtime leader of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with 31 awards to his name.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎙 1. Read a book where a famous person is mentioned.
🎙 2. Read a book with an 11, 14, or 18 intact in the page count.
🎙 3. Read a book where NO letters of KING are found in the title.
🎙 4. Read a book with the word AWARD(S) found in the text.