Michelle's Empty Nest’s Comments (group member since Sep 26, 2022)

Michelle's Empty Nest’s comments from the Game Night group.

Game: Spades
Book: Whistling Past the Graveyard
Author: Susan Crandall
Date Read: 2-8-2023
Pages: 307
Task: 4) Read a book with a 3 & 0 in the page count
How it Fits: 3 & 0 in 307 pages

♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️Week 6: Spades♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️


To make your bid and win the game, complete one of the following tasks:
1) Read a book with a black and white cover
2) Read a book where the title begins with a letter in the word SPADE
3) Read a book with the word "trick" in the text
4) Read a book with a 3 & 0 in the page count

Card 1; Match 2


Book: The Last Templar
Author: Michael Jecks
Date Read: 2-20-2023
Task: Fire: Fire on the cover
How It Fits: Fire from dragon on cover

Card 1; Match 1


Book: A Man Called Ove
Author: Fredrik Backman
Date Read: 2-10-2023
Task: Clown: Main page genre of Humor
How It Fits: MPG Humor

Card 1 Matches


1: Clown: Main page genre of Humor
2: Fire: Fire on the cover
3: Ladybug: A bug on the cover

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4 Leaf Clover: 4 in the page count
Anchor: Takes place on a boat/ship
Baby Bottle: Main Character is a parent
Bird: Bird on the cover
Bomb: Story has an explosion

Cactus: Takes place in a desert
Candle: Has a light source on the cover
Car: All letters of CAR found in the title (not subtitle)
Carrot: Predominately orange cover
Cat: Feline on cover
Chess Piece: Main page genre of FANTASY
Clock: Main page genre of TIME TRAVEL
Clown: Main page genre of Humor

Daisy: Flower(s) on the cover
Dinosaur: With a main page genre that includes HISTORY or HISTORICAL
Dobble Hand: All letters of HAND in title/subtitle
Dog: Canine on the cover
Do Not Enter Sign: with one of the following in the title: DO, NOT, or ENTER
Dragon: Tagged DRAGONS on first page of tags

Exclamation Point: X in the title
Eye: Title begins and ends with a vowel
Fire: Fire on the cover
Green Apple: Produce found on the cover

Heart: Main page genre of ROMANCE
Ice cube: With a drink on the cover
Inkblot: Abstract cover
Key: Main page genre of MYSTERY

Ladybug: A bug on the cover
Lightbulb: Main page genre of DYSTOPIA
Lightning Bolt: Main page genre of Paranormal
Lips: A female on the cover

Man: A male on the cover
Maple Leaf: Set in Canada
Moon: Main page genre of SCIENCE FICTION (or SCI-FI)
Padlock: Author first and last name initial are found in PADLOCK
Pencil: Main page genre of MEMOIR
Question Mark: Has WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, or HOW in the title
Raindrop: Main page genre of POETRY

Scissors: Main page genre of CHILDRENS
Skull and Bones: Features a pirate
Snowflake: Winter scene on the cover
Snowman: Main page genre of CLASSICS
Spider: Primarily black cover
Spider Web: Main page genre of ADVENTURE
Sun: Primarily yellow cover
Sunglasses: With a main page genre of DARK

Target: Main page genre of SPORTS
Treble Clef: An artistic main character
Tree: Set in rural location
Whale: 500+ page count
Wooden Sign: Main character gets lost
Zebra: Stripes on the cover

Pink, level 3, please.

Game: Unstable Unicorns
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🦄💜🦄💜🦄💜🦄💜🦄Week 5: UNSTABLE UNICORNS🦄💜🦄💜🦄💜🦄💜🦄


Tasks
🦄Read a book with an mpg of fantasy
🦄Read a book with 7 in the page count
🦄Read a book with UNICORN in the text
🦄Read a book that has won or been nominated for an award

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What Happened On This Day – January 30
* 1982 The first computer virus is released “into the wild”
Elk Cloner was created by 15-year-old Richard Skrenta as a practical joke.
* 1972 On “Bloody Sunday”, British troops kill 13 unarmed protesters
It was one of the most significant events of the Northern Ireland conflict.
* 1969 The Beatles give their last public performance
The concert was played on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building at 3 Savile Row in London.
* 1945 9,400 people die in the deadliest maritime disaster in history
The “Wilhelm Gustloff” was sunk by a Soviet submarine during World War II.
* 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
The “Machtergreifung” marked the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the “Third Reich”.


Tasks

📍 Read a book with a day of the week in the title.

📍 read a book with a character named John, Paul, Ringo, or George.

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What Happened On This Day – January 28
* 1986 Space Shuttle “Challenger” explodes
The orbiter broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 astronauts on board.
* 1985 USA for Africa record “We Are the World”
Over 20 million copies of the charity single were sold.
* 1958 The Lego brick is patented
The Lego company has since produced 500 billion Lego elements, amounting to 10 lego towers from Earth to the Moon.
* 1820 Fabian von Bellinghausen discovers the Antarctic
The Baltic German explorer is believed to be the first person to sight the Earth's southernmost continent.
* 1813 Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, is published
It is one of the best-known works of English literature and it was sold about 20 million times.


Tasks

📍 read a book with a mpg of classics.

📍 read a book with a title that contains all the letters in LEGO.

Will you accept Billie for a character named Bill?

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What Happened On This Day – January 26
* 2001 A massive earthquake hits Gujarat, India
About 20,000 people died and over 160,000 people were injured.
* 1998 In a TV statement, Bill Clinton denies having had “sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky”
On August 17, 1998, Clinton admitted to having had an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky.
* 1950 India becomes a republic
The Constitution of India came into effect that day.
* 1905 The world's largest diamond is found in South Africa
The Cullinan Diamond weighed 3106.75 carats (621.35 g or 1.37 lb) and has an estimated value of 2 billion USD.
* 1788 The first Europeans settle in Australia
The first elements of the British “First Fleet” had arrived in Sydney Harbour on January 18.


Tasks

📍 Read a book with a character named Bill or Monica.

📍 Read a book that takes place in India or Australia.

Day: 24
Task:📍 Read a book with the word COMPUTER anywhere in the text.
Book: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Date: 1-29-2023
How it Fits: Page 74

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What Happened On This Day – January 24
* 1990 Japan launches its first lunar probe
Hiten was the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Luna 24 in 1976 and the first deep space probe that executed an aerobraking maneuver.
* 1984 The Apple Macintosh computer goes on sale
The “Mac” was the first commercially successful personal computer using a graphical user interface and a mouse.
* 1946 The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution
Resolution 1 was passed to found the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC).
* 1848 The California Gold Rush begins
Some 300,000 people traveled to California after James W. Marshall had found gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
* 1835 Slaves stage a rebellion in Brazil to end slavery
The Malê Revolt was instrumental in ending slavery in Brazil.


Tasks

📍 Read a book that takes place in California.

📍 Read a book with the word COMPUTER anywhere in the text.

I don't think I understand yet, but I'm going to give it a go anyway. 😅


Feb COTM: Psychobabble


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(view spoiler)[Set A: Read a book that
* the first word of title is a beginning article (A, An, The)
* has the word SUMMER somewhere in the text
* has at least 1000 Goodreads ratings

Set B: Read a book that
* can be found on a Goodreads friend's read list
* is tagged Mystery or Thriller
* has the word WINTER somewhere in the text

Set C: Read a book that
* is tagged Magical Realism
* is a standalone
* was published by a publisher beginning with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, Y)

Set D: Read a book that
* was published during 2022 or 2023
* was authored by someone whose first or last name initial is S or J
* has more than 185 pages

Set E: Read a book that
* has a word in the title that is exactly 5 characters long
* has the color orange somewhere on the cover
* has the word AUTUMN found somewhere in the text

Set F: Read a book that
* author's initials can be found in PSYCHO
* was published in the 20th century
* is part of a series

Set G: Read a book that
* has less than 320 pages
* is found on any listopia list that begins with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U, Y)
* has a Goodreads rating of at least 3.8

Set H: Read a book that
* has a Goodreads rating under 3.8
* title begins with a letter in BABBLE
* has the word SPRING found somewhere in the text

Set I: Read a book that
* has a food item on the cover
* was published in a month beginning with an A
* is written by an author whose first or last name is exactly 6 characters long

Set J: Read a book that
* was published in a month beginning with an M
* has an even page count
* is tagged Nonfiction

Set K: Read a book that
* has an odd page count
* has a motorized vehicle on the cover
* title begins with a letter in POPCAP

Set L: Read a book that
* was published in a month beginning with a J
* has a page count equally divisible by 3
* is tagged Young Adult (hide spoiler)]


Prompts
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With these words, you will compile a (perhaps) cohesive sentence or thought that you feel works within one of the following Ransom Note prompts:
Prompt #1: Compliment a stripper on the quality of his/her performance.
Prompt #2: Summarize the existence of men.
Prompt #3: Tell someone their fly is open.
Prompt #4: Create the tagline for a travel brochure for a small town in Idaho.
Prompt #5: Welcome someone to Walmart.
Prompt #6: Where do babies come from?
Prompt #7: Use your best pick up line.
Prompt #8: Write a fortune cookie message. (hide spoiler)]


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