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Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2Duration: Sept. 1st, 2019 - Nov. 30th, 2019
10/10
FINISHED
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count- Happily Never After-Jeaniene Frost 9/2- pg. 106
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y- Black Wings Beating-Alex London 10/23
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book set in Europe- Tunnel of Bones-Victoria Schwab 10/11
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year- Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 14: Includes Vols. 40, 41 42-Masashi Kishimoto 10/5
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L- Monster Academy for the Magical-Jessica Sorensen 9/4
6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone- Catching Him-Aurora Rose Reynolds 9/8
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words)- Ultraviolet-Jessica Sorensen 9/5
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum)- Prince of Thorns-Mark Lawrence 9/13
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story- The Way of Shadows-Brent Weeks 9/7
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)- Freefall-Jessica Barry 10/26- "started rummaging through the refrigerator" pg. 31
Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
10/10 Completed. Finish!!
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
(page count=358)
Newly Exposed-Meghan Quinn 10/14/19
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y.
Beneath This Ink-Meghan March 10/04/19
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
(Spain)
Spain-Rebecca Ratliff 9/15/19
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
(published in 2016)
Something Green-London Miller 10/25/19
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L.
Kandi Steiner-Neat 10/21/19
6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize).
My Fianc�'s Brother: A Forbidden Second Chance Romance-Shanora Williams 10/28/19
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Hardpressed-Meredith Wild 9/04/19
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
Caught in the Current-Charlee James 10/23/19
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story.
Beneath These Chains-Meghan March 10/24/19
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
(Loc 2504: "Are there some already made up in the refrigerator?")
Rake's Redemption-Chantal Fernando 9/26/19
Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2Duration: September 1 - October 29, 2019
10 of 10
COMPLETED
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
Electricity has become the basic need for day to day life. It's been there around all along but the practical applications to effectively use it was invented. Although many use electricity, how many of you know the evolution of electricity?
Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. 1831 is marked the year of major breakthrough for electricity. A British scientist Michael Faraday discovered the basic principles of electricity generation.
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
The Faces of Strangers by Pia Paduluke 09/29/2019
310 pages
2. Battery:"
The usage of "battery to describe a group of electrical devices dates to Benjamin Franklin, who in 1748 described multiple Leyden jars by analogy to a battery of cannon (Benjamin Franklin borrowed the term "battery" from the military, which refers to weapons functioning together).
🔧 Read a book where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler 09/19/2019
The girls in the home need to function together to raise the children, learn work skills, and, most importantly, stay on a strict budget.
3. Printing Press:
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. The printing press spread within several decades to over two hundred cities in a dozen European countries.
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
Return with Honor by Scott O'Grady 10/4/2019
Set in Italy, Serbia, and Bosnia.
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
Morse code can be transmitted and received with very simple electrical equipment, such as the electrical telegraph invented in 1816. The telegraph changed society by giving Americans the ability to communicate long distances.
🔧 Read a book where someone communicates a long distance.
Sconed to Death by Lynn Calhoon
09/13/2019
Bren is at a writers retreat in Colorado, but is constantly on the phone with her boyfriend in Chicago.
5. Steel:
The invention of the Bessemer Process (a technique for creating steel using molten pig iron) paved the way for mass production of steel, making it one of the biggest industries on the planet. Now steel is used in the creation of everything from bridges to skyscrapers.
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S.
Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline 10/29/2019
6. Transistors:
The first practically implemented device was a point-contact transistor invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their achievement. Transistors revolutionized the field of electronics, and paved the way for smaller and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, cell phones and televisions, among other things.
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize).
Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julia Lawson Timmer 10/2/2019
Markie watches her television and uses her laptop to work.
7. Antibiotics:
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Throughout the 20th century, antibiotics spread rapidly and proved to be a major living improvement, fighting nearly every known form of infection and protecting peoples' health.
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter 09/24/2019
8. Contraceptives:
Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century.
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
The Name of the Rosé by Christine Blum
10/24/2019
TNOTR are all in cONTRacepTives.
9. X-ray:
On November 8, 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen stumbled on X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. He referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation. Since Röntgen's discovery that X-rays can identify bone structures, X-rays have been used for medical imaging.
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story OR where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object.
The Egyptian Antiquities Murder by Sara Rosett 9/5/2019
Lord Mulvern wants his mummies to be x-rayed.
10. Refrigerator:
The refrigerator allows the modern family to keep food fresh for longer than before. Refrigeration in transit makes it possible to enjoy food from distant places.
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel 10/8/2019
Page 18 Ever since her third birthday, when her cake sat uneaten in the fridge, nobody felt like celebrating.
COMPLETION POSTInventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted).
A Letter From Italy - Pamela Hart - 9/14/2019How it fits: Character Alessandro.
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly - 10/9/2019How it fits: Jack West Jnr's team is made up of smaller country representatives.
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette - Carolly Erickson - 10/24/2019How it fits: Set in France.
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
The Rumour - Lesley Kara - 9/2/2019How it fits: Publication year 2018
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin - 10/20/20196. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone.
What Remains of Her - Eric Rickstad - 10/5/2019How it fits: Lucinda uses a cell phone to record the interview.
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
The Rescuers: incredible stories of life-saving dogs - Laura Greaves - 9/21/2019How it fits: 11 letters long if ignoring the sub-title.
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives).
Pieces of My Sister's Life - Elizabeth Joy Arnold - 9/29/2019How it fits: Eve says her and Ryan used condoms.
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story.
The Other Woman - Joy Fielding - 10/28/2019How it fits: (view spoiler)
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
X - Sue Grafton - 9/11/2019How it fits: 'She got up and opened the refrigerator...' - pg 213
Challenge Completed - November 5, 2019Final Post! Goal Reached!
Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Date Started: September 1, 2019
Date Completed: November 5, 2019
Tasks Done: 10 / 10 - COMPLETED
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) - Michael is the MC's assistant - Purrfect Murder (Hazel Hart 1) by Louise Lynn - 10/3/19
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
Justice in Savannah (Made in Savannah 3) by Hope Callaghan - 9/26/19 - Carlita Garlucci, her daughter Mercedes, and four other small business owners from their neighborhood band together to protest in front of the Town Hall because Carlita's business license for a pawnshop that she wants to open is being delayed and they want to get it approved.
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book with a character that is a printer or uses a printing press.
Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 9/28/19 - Pg. 234 - "So when will we find out who the mystery advice columnist is?" asked Rob, one of the printers. (Rob is printer on the high school newspaper)
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
A Deadly Delivery (Psychic Cafe 1) by April Fernsby - 10/5/19 - Published January 18, 2018
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover). - Don't Close Your Eyes (Stephanie Chalise 1) by Lawrence Kelter - 10/29/19
6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone - Fruit Pie with a Side of Danger (Danger in Treasure Cove 2) by Meredith Potts - 10/13/19 - LOC 1316 - After looking up Luke's address in the computer database...
7. Antibiotics:
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Throughout the 20th century, antibiotics spread rapidly and proved to be a major living improvement, fighting nearly every known form of infection and protecting peoples' health.
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words). - A Mew To A Kill (Mystic Notch 3) by Leighann Dobbs - 11/5/19
8. Contraceptives:
Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century.
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives - Autumn Leaves: Chick-lit Anthology - 10/31/19 - two of the stories include characters using protection during sex
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story - Key to Savannah (Made in Savannah 1) by Hope Callaghan - 9/3/19 - pg. 210 - Father Dadore's face was all over the evening news. Apparently, he had a sketchy background and every evening Police uncovered additional evidence linking the Priest to mafia crimes.
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.) -
Hot Flash by Kathy Carmichael - 9/2/19 - pg. 182 - I glanced in the REFRIGERATOR, wondering if I'd been distracted enough by dinner preparations
Finished!Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Tasks:
Electricity has become the basic need for day to day life. It's been there around all along but the practical applications to effectively use it was invented. Although many use electricity, how many of you know the evolution of electricity?
Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. 1831 is marked the year of major breakthrough for electricity. A British scientist Michael Faraday discovered the basic principles of electricity generation.
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael
Diamond Fire, Ilona Andrews, 07.11.2019 - Alessandro Sagredo
The usage of "battery" to describe a group of electrical devices dates to Benjamin Franklin, who in 1748 described multiple Leyden jars by analogy to a battery of cannon (Benjamin Franklin borrowed the term "battery" from the military, which refers to weapons functioning together).
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y
This Fallen Prey, Kelley Armstrong, 07.09.2019
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. The printing press spread within several decades to over two hundred cities in a dozen European countries.
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
A Week to Be Wicked, Tessa Dare, 08.10.2019
Morse code can be transmitted and received with very simple electrical equipment, such as the electrical telegraph invented in 1816. The telegraph changed society by giving Americans the ability to communicate long distances.
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
The Mortal Word, Genevieve Cogman, 22.09.2019 - published in 2018
The invention of the Bessemer Process (a technique for creating steel using molten pig iron) paved the way for mass production of steel, making it one of the biggest industries on the planet. Now steel is used in the creation of everything from bridges to skyscrapers.
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L
Her Mad Hatter, Marie Hall, 03.09.2019
The first practically implemented device was a point-contact transistor invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their achievement. Transistors revolutionized the field of electronics, and paved the way for smaller and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, cell phones and televisions, among other things.
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV
Dream Man, Linda Howard, 23.09.2019
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Throughout the 20th century, antibiotics spread rapidly and proved to be a major living improvement, fighting nearly every known form of infection and protecting peoples' health.
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
The Iron King, Julie Kagawa, 13.09.2019
Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century.
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives
Spider's Bite, Jennifer Estep, 25.09.2019
On November 8, 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen stumbled on X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. He referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation. Since Röntgen's discovery that X-rays can identify bone structures, X-rays have been used for medical imaging.
🔧 Read a book where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object.
Burn for Me, Ilona Andrews, 19.10.2019
The refrigerator allows the modern family to keep food fresh for longer than before. Refrigeration in transit makes it possible to enjoy food from distant places.
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
My Life As a White Trash Zombie, Diana Rowland, 30.10.2019 - "Moving as quick as I could, I searched for anything that looked like it might contain brains - cooler, refrigerator, anything.", p. 250
The Lost ChallengesInventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Progress: 10 out of 10
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
Electricity has become the basic need for day to day life. It's been there around all along but the practical applications to effectively use it was invented. Although many use electricity, how many of you know the evolution of electricity?
Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical method of generating electricity. 1831 is marked the year of major breakthrough for electricity. A British scientist Michael Faraday discovered the basic principles of electricity generation.
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count:
Sea Witch by Sarah Henning - **** - 11/5/2019 - 368 Pages - 3 & 8 in page count
2. Battery:
The usage of "battery" to describe a group of electrical devices dates to Benjamin Franklin, who in 1748 described multiple Leyden jars by analogy to a battery of cannon (Benjamin Franklin borrowed the term "battery" from the military, which refers to weapons functioning together).
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y OR where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 11/12/2019 - 433 Pages - Function Together
3. Printing Press:
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. The printing press spread within several decades to over two hundred cities in a dozen European countries.
🔧 Read a book with a character that is a printer or uses a printing press OR set in Europe.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams - ***** - 12/19/2019 - 330 Pages
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
Morse code can be transmitted and received with very simple electrical equipment, such as the electrical telegraph invented in 1816. The telegraph changed society by giving Americans the ability to communicate long distances.
🔧 Read a book where someone communicates a long distance OR with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - ***** - 12/9/2019 - 368 Pages - 2018
5. Steel:
The invention of the Bessemer Process (a technique for creating steel using molten pig iron) paved the way for mass production of steel, making it one of the biggest industries on the planet. Now steel is used in the creation of everything from bridges to skyscrapers.
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L OR with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
Love and Lists by Tara Sivec - *** - 12/17/2019 - 254 Pages
6. Transistors:
The first practically implemented device was a point-contact transistor invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley. Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their achievement. Transistors revolutionized the field of electronics, and paved the way for smaller and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, cell phones and televisions, among other things.
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize)
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay - ***** - 9/6/2019 - 281 Pages
7. Antibiotics:
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Throughout the 20th century, antibiotics spread rapidly and proved to be a major living improvement, fighting nearly every known form of infection and protecting peoples' health.
🔧 Read a book where a character is given antibiotics OR with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words)
Slouch Witch by Helen Harper - ***** - 9/2/2019 - 342 Pages
8. Contraceptives:
Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century.
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole - ***** - 9/23/2019 - 360 Pages
9. X-ray:
On November 8, 1895, German physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen stumbled on X-rays while experimenting with Lenard tubes and Crookes tubes and began studying them. He referred to the radiation as "X", to indicate that it was an unknown type of radiation. Since Röntgen's discovery that X-rays can identify bone structures, X-rays have been used for medical imaging.
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story OR where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object.
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach - *** - 9/11/2019 - 370 Pages
10. Refrigerator:
The refrigerator allows the modern family to keep food fresh for longer than before. Refrigeration in transit makes it possible to enjoy food from distant places.
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
“I'll leave here in about an hour. How about we eat a little after that?” “Lemme see...” The sound of beeps and boops came through, probably from Penny checking her recipe and the fridge inventory."
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen - ***** - 11/13/2019 - 336 Pages
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COMPLETED!Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Goal: 10/10
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
Bookends by Liz Curtis Higgs – 10/09/2019
353 pages
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y.
The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson – 10/01/2019
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson – 09/05/2019
Set in Saxony, Medieval Germany.
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari – 10/21/2019
Published 2018
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L.
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel – 09/02/2019
6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize).
The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson – 09/08/2019
ACFW Carol Award for Young Adult (2012)
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Over the Edge by C.D. Reiss – 09/18/2019 (+8.)
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher – 11/09/2019
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis – 09/07/2019
The Eastern Seas are explored.
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
Stealthy Steps by Vikki Kestell – 09/24/2019
I slammed the refrigerator door, yanked open the freezer, and gasped: (p. 235)
Mod
What was in the freezer???
FinishedInventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
10/10
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
86 pages--Criminally Cocoa Amanda Flower 9/7/19
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y OR where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
A lot of people had to work together to pull off Spring Festival. A Curio Killing Mary Ellen Hughes 9/9/19
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book with a character that is a printer or uses a printing press OR set in Europe.
Something Borrowed, Something Mewed Bethany Blake 9/18/19 (Gabriel Graham)
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book where someone communicates a long distance OR with a 16 or 18 in publication year. Published Sept. 25, 2018--Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 9/6/19
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L OR with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
Seeley--In Cave Danger Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 9/12/19
6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize).
Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book where a character is given antibiotics OR with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Technically, Hayley HAD been given antibiotics and was now rambling to the police that those would be the only drugs found in her house: An Appetite for Murder Lucy Burdette 11/20/19 Ch. 16, p. 158 "Except for a prescription for antibiotics that I didn't quite finish."
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
TAP--Tide and Punishment Bree Baker 9/23/19
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story OR where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object.
Toxic Toffee Amanda Flower 9/8/2019--there were quite a few secrets in this book.
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.) An Untidy End Candice Prentice 9/3/19, Ch. 1 loc. 176 "Besides, the night before last Whitney left the refrigerator door opened."
JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"Thanks, JoAnne!
Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2 COMPLETED
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
10/10
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
Skeleton key – alex rider 3 – Anthony horowitz 01.09.19 pages: 340
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y
Fatality – caroline b conney – 02.09.19
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
Ethan’s voice – Rachel carter – 04.09.19
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
The monstrous child – Francesca simon – 05.09.19
Published in 2016
🔧 Read a book with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover
Death of riley – molly murphy #2 – rhys bowen – 04.09.19
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a cell phone – the majority of the characters use their mobiles as they’re teenagers/ young adults
Fierce fragile hearts - Sara barnard 18.09.19
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Eagle strike – Anthony horowitz – 24.09.19
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES
All together now – monica mcinerney – 14.09.19
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story
The owners have no idea why the leading horses are not winning the races they are put in – felix francis – triple crown 16.10.19
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
Page 73 she can change there, address on the fridge, A-Z with the cook… the nanny – Melissa Nathan 31.10.19
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
10/10
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
Skeleton key – alex rider 3 – Anthony horowitz 01.09.19 pages: 340
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y
Fatality – caroline b conney – 02.09.19
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
Ethan’s voice – Rachel carter – 04.09.19
🔧 Read a book with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
The monstrous child – Francesca simon – 05.09.19
Published in 2016
🔧 Read a book with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover
Death of riley – molly murphy #2 – rhys bowen – 04.09.19
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a cell phone – the majority of the characters use their mobiles as they’re teenagers/ young adults
Fierce fragile hearts - Sara barnard 18.09.19
🔧 Read a book with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
Eagle strike – Anthony horowitz – 24.09.19
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES
All together now – monica mcinerney – 14.09.19
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story
The owners have no idea why the leading horses are not winning the races they are put in – felix francis – triple crown 16.10.19
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
Page 73 she can change there, address on the fridge, A-Z with the cook… the nanny – Melissa Nathan 31.10.19
Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2 - COMPLETEDuration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
Progress: 10/10
✔ 1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
Butchered Dreams, Hadena James -9/9
362 pages
✔ 2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
All Souls Near & Nigh, Hailey Turner -9/4
Patrick & Jono have to work together to allow Patrick to pull magic from the ley lines through their soulbond.
✔ 3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book set in Europe.
Crimes Against Magic, Steve McHugh -9/9
The book takes place in England.
✔ 4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book where someone communicates a long distance.
Tales of the Forgotten, W.J. Lundy -9/20
The soliders use a satellite phone to contact America from Afghanistan.
✔ 5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
Dirty Kiss, Rhys Ford -9/3
Skyscraper
✔ 6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone.
Born of Hatred, Steve McHugh -9/10
Page 310: Instead, he picked up his radio and spoke into it fo…
✔ 7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book where a character is given antibiotics.
Explosive Dreams, Hadena James -9/24
All the characters on the team receive antibiotics after being exposed to a prairie dog with the bubonic plague.
✔ 8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES.
Cutting It Close, Reese Knightly -11/12
✔ 9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story.
With Silent Screams, Steve McHugh -9/12
An unknown realm gate is discovered by the MC in the story.
✔ 10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with the word refrigerator in the text.
Spiral of Need, Suzanne Wright -9/16
Page 3: ...and slinging the contents of the refrigerator around her home a mess.
FinishedInventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: September 1 - November 30, 2019
10/10
Tasks:
1. Electricity:
🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count. Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones 09.15.19 pages 293
2. Battery:
🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y OR where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation). Bunny by Mona Awad 09.28.19
3. Printing Press:
🔧 Read a book with a character that is a printer or uses a printing press OR set in Europe. The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (set in Europe) 09.08.19
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:
🔧 Read a book where someone communicates a long distance OR with a 16 or 18 in publication year. Color Me Murder 11/05/19 published 2018
5. Steel:
🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L OR with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
by Valentine Davies 11.30.19 little hard to see but the third band is skyscrapers set in NYC6. Transistors:
🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize). The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (receives text messages) 10.24.19
7. Antibiotics:
🔧 Read a book where a character is given antibiotics OR with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words). Archenemies by Marissa Meyer 10.05.19
8. Contraceptives:
🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum). Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson 10.28.19
9. X-ray:
🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story OR where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object. Old World Murder by Kathleen Ernst (a missing artifact is discovered) 09.12.19
10. Refrigerator:
🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.) Needle and Dread by Elizabeth Lynn Casey page 241 "... spelling bee." "Refrigerator. R-e-f-r-i-g-e-r-a-t-o-r." 09.30.19
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Inventions That Changed the World - Part 2
Duration: Sept. 1st, 2019 - Nov. 30th, 2019
10/10
Tasks:
1. Electricity:🔧 Read a book with a character named Alessandro or Michael (reasonable variations accepted) OR with a 1, 3 or 8 in the page count.
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield - Sept. 28th
384 pages
2. Battery:🔧 Read a book whose title begins with B or ends with Y OR where two or more characters need to "function together" to make something work (your interpretation).
The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire - Sept. 5th
3. Printing Press:🔧 Read a book with a character that is a printer or uses a printing press OR set in Europe.
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman - Sept. 26th
4. Morse Code and the Telegraph:🔧 Read a book where someone communicates over a long distance OR with a 16 or 18 in publication year.
River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams - Sept. 23rd
5. Steel:🔧 Read a book whose author's last name begins with S or ends with L OR with a bridge or skyscraper on the cover (show cover).
Firefly - The Big Damn Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel - Oct. 20th
6. Transistors:🔧 Read a book where a character uses a radio, calculator, computer, TV or cell phone OR that has won a prize (Tell us what kind of prize).
Bossypants by Tina Fey - Sept. 20th
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Humor 2011
7. Antibiotics:🔧 Read a book where a character is given antibiotics OR with a title that is 11 letters long (may be many words).
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - Oct. 1st
8. Contraceptives:🔧 Read a book with a character who uses contraceptives OR where the first letter of each title word can be found in CONTRACEPTIVES (three word minimum).
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - Sept. 10th
9. X-ray:🔧 Read a book where there is something unknown or something discovered in the story OR where a character gets an x-ray or an x-ray is taken of an object.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - Oct. 13th
10. Refrigerator:🔧 Read a book with a refrigerator on the cover OR with the word refrigerator in the text. (Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.)
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang - Sept. 7th
"The old electric stove, tiny refrigerator and miniature TV " 8%