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

Ridiculously Random Prompt #21: Extreme Ironing





Extreme Ironing is considered a ‘danger sport’ in which people take ironing boards to various, often remote, locations to iron clothes and take a picture.


Some of the locations have included cliff tops, underwater, in the middle of a motorway, and also while skiing and parachuting.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🧺 1. Read a book where the MC has a dangerous career/hobby.
🧺 2. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in EXTREME.
🧺 3. Read a book set at least partially in a remote location.
🧺 4. Read a book where a character irons or does other household chores.

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.

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.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #16: M&Ms





M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.


Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🔴 1. Read a book with an alliterative title.
🔴 2. Read a book with at least two men on the cover.
🔴 3. Read a book tagged SPACE any number of times.
🔴 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in HERSHEY.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #16: M&Ms





M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.


Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🔴 1. Read a book with an alliterative title.
🔴 2. Read a book with at least two men on the cover.
🔴 3. Read a book tagged SPACE any number of times.
🔴 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in HERSHEY.

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.

MPG stands for Main Page Genre. That means the genre, or tag, is listed on the book's homepage. You can click on "more" and still be MPG, but you can't click on "show all."

I Spy! Reading Challenge
A Create-Your-Own, Individual Game
Grab Your Spy Glass on June 1, 2025


Come play HOB's version of I Spy! You will have two years to complete the challenge. The best part? You'll be creating your own tasks to go along with the items in the images! There are SO MANY ways to make your books fit. You are only limited by your own creativity.


Find out more details and sign up HERE!

I Spy! Reading Challenge
A Create-Your-Own, Individual Game
Grab Your Spy Glass on June 1, 2025


Come play HOB's version of I Spy! You will have two years to complete the challenge. The best part? You'll be creating your own tasks to go along with the items in the images! There are SO MANY ways to make your books fit. You are only limited by your own creativity.


Here is just a small sampling of tasks that could work for the image above. {Please note: images are much larger and clearer on the spreadsheet.}


SOME EXAMPLES
I SPY = all letters of I SPY in title
telephone = someone talks on the phone
glove = set in a cold climate
ants = multiples of something on cover
word red = red cover
school bus = MC is a student or a teacher
cat = character has a cat
chicken = set on a farm
tennis racket = tagged SPORTS
rocket = set in space
books = MPG Books About Books
letter T = title or author starts with T
boombox = character listens to music
cheeseburger = character eats a meal
umbrella = rains in the story
coffee mug = character has a drink
firetruck = some type of fire in story
ship = character travels
hot air balloon = character flies; physically or in an airplane
beach pail = character goes to a beach or set at the beach
horse = character rides a horse
chair = furniture on cover
shopping cart = character buys something
SpongeBob = contains author's first & last initials
Shoe = word SHOE(S) found in text
*IF there were numbers = part of page count or publication date
AND ON AND ON!!!


I will create a thread for you to use in any way that makes sense to you, and it will have a link to your spreadsheet. HOWEVER, all official tracking and checking in will be done via the simple, individual spreadsheet and the Check-In Thread. Please don't be intimidated by the use of the spreadsheet. I will be glad to help you figure it out in the beginning.


There will be 20 images to work with and you will create three tasks/read three books for each image. You can jump around and go in any order you wish. You can complete them all, or just get to as many as possible over the course of the two years. It's all pretty laid back!


Once you have completed all three books per image, post a link to that specific tab on the spreadsheet in the I Found It! Check-In Thread.


If you have any questions, please post them in the What Am I Looking For? Q&A Thread.


Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply.
📘 I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘 You may begin reading your books and creating your tasks on June 1, 2025.

I Spy! Reading Challenge
A Create-Your-Own, Individual Game
Grab Your Spy Glass on June 1, 2025


I Found It! Completion Thread: Once you have completed all three books for an image, post a link to your specific spreadsheet tab below. To do so, click on the tab at the bottom, then click in the search bar to copy the address. Paste that link here.

I Spy! Reading Challenge
A Create-Your-Own, Individual Game
Grab Your Spy Glass on June 1, 2025


What am I Looking For? Q&A Thread: Got a question? Post it below.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #24: Giant Pumpkin Kayaking





Giant Pumpkin Kayaking is quite simply the sport of kayaking inside of a giant, hollowed-out pumpkin.


The most famous race takes place on Lake Pesaquid in Nova Scotia at the annual Windsor Pumpkin Regatta. The course is a half-mile long and competitors often decorate their pumpkins with paint and flags.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎃 1. Read a book set at least partially in Canada.
🎃 2.Read a book with all the letters of KAYAK in the title. {2 As, 2 Ks}
🎃 3. Read a book with something painted or flags on the cover.
🎃 4. Read a book with the word PUMPKIN found in the text.

Midway Munchies is checked in.

🎪 Team Name: Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿 Food Vendor: Midway Munchies


🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✨ Summoning the Carnival Master for our next adventure!

🎪 Team Name: Read-iculous Rollercoaster Readers
🎟️ Task Completed: 🍿 Food Vendor: Midway Munchies


🔗 Proof of Completion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✨ Summoning the Carnival Master for our next adventure!

🍿 Food Vendor: Midway Munchies


🍿 Food Vendor Word: Core
Book: Beware of Chicken by CasualFarmer
Date Completed: 05/11/2025
Page Count: 485
Location: p. 5
Sentence: "The Inner and Core Diciples were beyond his purview."

🍿 Food Vendor Word: Essential
Book: Meddling and Murder by Ovidia Yu
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
Page Count: 256
Location: page 6
Sentence: "Daun kesum or kesum leaves were such an essential ingredient in making laksa"

🍿 Food Vendor Word: Central
Book: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Date Completed: 05/13/2025
Page Count: 304
Location: page 5
Sentence: "she wanted something in the middle, something for everyone, something central"

🍿 Food Vendor Word: fundamental
Book: A Disguise to Die For by Diane Vallere
Date Completed: 05/12/2025
Page Count: 304
Location: Page 106
Sentence: "fundamental difference in the way Shindig and Candy Girls approached party planning."

🍿 Food Vendor Word: Primary
Book: A Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
Date Completed: 05/13/2025
Page Count: 392
Location: 8% pg 35
Sentence: "Mariko knew robbery had not been the primary object"

Prompt Name / #: Thrillers #64





3 Days to Live
Published: February 2023


The people closest to you can be your most dangerous enemies in this heart-pounding collection of three thrillers from master of suspense and New York Times bestselling author James Patterson.

3 Days to Live : A CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned—leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge (with Duane Swierczynski).

Women and Children First : When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days (with Bill Schweigart).

The Housekeepers: A Los Angeles doctor trusts her two housekeepers, but when she’s murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, the pair of grifters vie to control their former employer’s estate—facing off against the Russian mob (with Julie Margaret Hogben).


Complete ONE of the following:

1. Read a book that takes place over a relatively short period of time.
2. Read a book set in Washington, DC.
3. Read a book with a doctor character.
4. Read any James Patterson novel.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #10: National Animal of Scotland





The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.


Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn — chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #10: National Animal of Scotland





The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.


Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn — chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.

Ridiculously Random Prompt #10: National Animal of Scotland





The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.


Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn — chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.