Jun 2023 - Flashed Reporting

[Janice, Moderator]

This is the reporting thread for the Jun 2023 Monthly Challenge, Flashback to your childhood. When reporting, please include the following:

There will be no scoring. In the reporting thread, please state -
- your WoF name,
- which decade did you turn 10 years old,
- what fact did you chose to base your book on (changed my mind from 3 to 1)
- link to the book you read, and explain how it fits.

[Marnie]

WoF Marnie

1. I turned 10 in the 1970’s
2. Egypt elected Anwar Sadat as its President
3. The Antiquity Affair This book is about Egyptian artifacts and is mostly set in Egypt

[Amanda (Mandy)]

WoF Amanda (Mandy)

1. Turned 10 in the 1990's
2. OJ Simpson car chase and trial
3. The Brass Verdict
4. The book's main character is a defense attorney in Los Angeles, CA which is where OJ's trial took place.
Listened to audiobook, Hardcover is 422 pages

[Kristie, Moderator]

WoF name: Kristie

Decade: 1980

Fact: Former actor and former governor of California, Ronald Reagan, was elected the 40th President of the United States in November, 1980.

Book: Flop Dead Gorgeous

Link: One of the main characters is a woman being accused of murder and she is an actress. Ronald Reagan was an actor.

[Fiona]

WoF Fiona
1. Decade: 2000's
2. London Bombings in 2005
3. Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes
Connection: The book is set in London.

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme

Decade: 1970
Fact: The first Gay Pride Liberation March was held in Manhattan in 1970 to commemorate the one year anniversary of Stonewall.
Book: Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Connection: This book is an lgbt romance.

[Grainne]

WoF Grainne
Decade: 1980
Fact: The Iran-Iraq War lasted from 1980-1988.
Book: All Quiet on the Western Front
Connection: This book has MPG theme of war.

[Sharon]

WoFSharonBiskit
Decade:1960
Fact: Devastating hurricanes scourged the East Coast of the US. (Inez (5), Betsy, Donna (Cat 4), Cleo and Isabelle)
Book: And the Sea Became Blood
Connection: Devastating hurricane hits Florida causing much damage and loss of life. (Based on the experiences of the author who based the storm on Hurricane Michael.) *I lived in Southeast Florida until I was married. I was in all of them at one point or another in their process.

[Anna]

Wof Anna M
2000's
2005 Doctor Who returned to television
Doctor Who: Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories
The book is collection of 13 short stories featuring Doctor.

[Ayacchi]

WoF Aya

Decade: 2000's
Fact: Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 hit Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India
Book: Wingit
Connection: The book set in Indonesia

[Katrisa]

WoF Katrisa
Decade: 80s
Fact: Michael Jackson Releases Thriller
I read The Younger Wife which has an MPG of Thriller

[Almeta]

WoF Almeta

YLTO! GROUP CHALLENGE 1950’s Flashback
1950 The comic strip Peanuts was introduced
✔️The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, & the Meaning of Life
352 pages 17 Jun

Charles Schulz
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Lucy Van Pelt
Linus
Woostock
Peppermint Patty
Pig-Pen
Schroeder.

Other consideratios were:

In 1950 the McCarthy hearings began in Congress as a reply to the growing threat of Communism in the world. .

In 1950 baseball great Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.

[Jane Reads]

WoF Jane Reads


I turned 10 years old in the 1960s.

1964
The Beatles hold the top 5 positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America, an unprecedented achievement. Due mostly to the explosive growth, fragmentation, and marketing of popular music since, this is certain to never happen again. The top songs in America as listed on April 4, in order, are: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Please Please Me."

The Twist and Shout Murder
The book's title contains one of Billboard's top five songs of 4/4/1965.

[Beth]

WoF name: Beth
- which decade did you turn 10 years old: 1970s
- what top 3 facts did you consider when choosing a book Orioles won World Series in 1970, Vietnam War, Melania Trump was born in 1970.
- link to the book you read, and explain how it fits: The Younger Wife. Melania is the youngest of Trump's wives, so that fit with the title of this book.

[Janice, Moderator]

WoF - Janice

I turned 10 the the 1960's
Marilyn Monroe died on Aug 4, 1962,
I read Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe which is a biography of Marilyn Monroe and discusses in detail the circumstances around her death and the controversies surrounding it.

[Lynn]

WoF: Lynn

- Decade: 80s
- Fact: Charles & Diana Wedding
- Book: The Wedding Crasher
- Fits: The story starts with the main character crashing a wedding and stopping it from going ahead. Also Wedding in the title.

[Marie (UK)]

WOF MArie UK
I turned 10 in 1960's
For this challenge I read 11/22/63
Detailing the assassination of Kennedy

I found this a real change from the normal King Horror / thriller It did have its suspenseful moments and more than a smattering of horror and thrill but the emphasis was on time travel and the altering of Historical events.

It is a lengthy book that I read as part of another group's BOM. Many readers felt it was drawn out and maybe lacked a certain something. However, I really enjoyed the whole premise and thought King did a great job of walking us through the late 50's and early 60's America.

It also dealt well with the aspects of time travelling, the action/reaction that occurs in changing events and of course the butterfly effect. I loved the MC - Jake and was completely drawn in by him. Not so keen on Sadie who I felt was a bit less realistically drawn but an oveerall 4 star read for me

[Janice, Moderator]

I debated reading that one too Marie, but I had read it shortly after it was published and decided to go with something else. It was a perfect book to read for the 60's.

[Marie (UK)]

Janice wrote: "I debated reading that one too Marie, but I had read it shortly after it was published and decided to go with something else. It was a perfect book to read for the 60's."

i really enjoyed it Janice

[Nistha]

WoF Nix
I turned 10 in 2010s
Book: Becoming
Event: Obama was elected as president
How it fits? Book by his wife where she speaks in great detail of the campaign, elections and aftermaths

[Janice, Moderator]

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