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🎪 Team Name: Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
🎟️ Task Completed: 🎭 Genre Attraction: The Spyglass Observatory

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🎭 Genre Attraction: The Spyglass Observatory

The Spyglass Observatory: MPG Espionage, Date Completed: 05/09/2025 Page Count: 432
The Spyglass Observatory: MPG Espionage, Date Completed: 05/07/2025 Page Count: 618
The Spyglass Observatory: Tagged Crime Thriller 19x, Detective fiction 8x, , Date Completed: 05/06/2025 Page Count: 401
The Spyglass Observatory: MPG Detective and MPG Fiction and tagged Detective fiction x63, Date Completed: 05/12/2025 Page Count: 1874
The Spyglass Observatory: MPG Detective, MPG Fiction, MPG Crime, MPG Thriller , Date Completed: 05/18/2025 Page Count: 350

Ridiculously Random Prompt #11: Crown Jewels

The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.

They both came from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905. The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown (pictured).

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👑 1. Read a book with a crown on the cover.
👑 2. Read a book set at least partially in Africa.
👑 3. Read a book with a royal character.
👑 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #11: Crown Jewels

The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.

They both came from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905. The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown (pictured).

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

👑 1. Read a book with a crown on the cover.
👑 2. Read a book set at least partially in Africa.
👑 3. Read a book with a royal character.
👑 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #54

The Jailhouse Lawyer
Published: September 2021

A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. James Patterson does John Grisham.

In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court.
Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets.

Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.

Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in JAILHOUSE.
2. Read a book where the word LAWYER is found in the text.
3. Read a book where the title is located at the bottom of the cover.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #65

Lion & Lamb
Published: August 2023

They can catch a killer—if they don’t kill each other first. Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case. Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes.

One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1.

Even before the case hits the courtroom, it’s the hottest ticket in town.

For the Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars.

For the Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she’s got to wear shades.

Between them, they know every secret in Philadelphia. Together, they prove how two wrongs can make a right. They are Lion & Lamb.

Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book published in 2023.
2. Read a book where one spouse is suspected of killing the other.
3. Read a book with an ampersand in the title.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

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 #41: Northern Cardinal

The Northern cardinal is the most popular state bird.

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all picked it as their favorite species. The western meadowlark takes second place as the honoree in six other states.

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

♥️ 1. Read a book with a bird on the cover.
♥️ 2. Read a book set in any of the states listed above.
♥️ 3. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in SPECIES.
♥️ 4. Read a book with a 6 in the page count.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #72: Zorbing

Zorbing is considered a recreational sport that involves rolling down a hill in a transparent plastic orb – essentially a “hamster ball."

It is generally used on hills, but can also be used on water, as well as flat surfaces. Orbs with no harnesses can carry up to three people, whereas a harnessed orb can only carry 1 or 2.

Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐹 1. Read a book with a Z in the title.
🐹 2. Read a book with something made of plastic on the cover.
🐹 3. Read a book with the word TRANSPARENT found in the text.
🐹 4. Read a book where the author's last name ENDS with a letter in HAMSTER.

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #46

1st Case
Published: July 2020

A computer genius pulls off her greatest hack yet -- and her skill might just get her killed.

Angela Hoot's government career begins with an ending. Her unorthodox programming skills get her kicked out of MIT's graduate school and into the Bureau's cyber-forensics unit.

A messaging app with sophisticated tracking capabilities surfaces. Its beta users, all young women, are only identified as they turn up dead in their bedrooms. As Angela races to crack the killer's digital code, their technical rivalry escalates. She must deny the killer access to her personal life, or risk losing her life to the underbelly of the Internet.

Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book where the MC works with computers in some way.
2. Read a book with the word INTERNET found in the text.
3. Read a book with a mostly black and white cover. {Your discretion.}
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

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.