A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1965

[Jessica]

✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15


A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1965
Duration: 1st August 2024 - 31st October 2024

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


★★★Tasks: ★★★


1. Popular Baby Names
Lisa, Mary, Michael, John
✴️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name beings with L, J or M: Mary Beth Keane
Ask Again, Yes★★★★ 26 August

2. The average price for a car was $2650.00.
✴️ Read a series book #2 or #5 or #6 or #26 or #50 or #65: Maple Hills #2
Wildfire ★★★★ 2 September

3. U.S. President - Lyndon B. Johnson
✴️ Read a book by an author with a middle initial: Dianne K. Salerni
The Carrefour Curse★★★★ 2 September

4. The U.S. average income was $6450.
✴️ Read a book that has a 6, 4, 5 or 0 in the book's average rating: 4.12
Puzzled: A Memoir about Growing Up with OCD ★★★★ 14 August

5. Born in 1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
David Wenham, Australian actor
J. K. Rowling, English author
Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
Paulina Porizkova, Swedish-American model and actress
Salman Khan, Indian actor, television presenter
Vinnie Jones, British footballer-turned-actor
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, C, D, K, M, J, P, R, S, V, or W: Preeti Patel
First Love, Take Two★★ 9 August

6. Died in 1965
January 4 – T. S. Eliot, American-British poet, Nobel Prize laureate
February 15 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician
April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist
May 19 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer
June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter: Breena Bard
Wildfire★★★★ 4 August

7. New Books
John Dickson Carr – The House at Satan's Elbow
Frank Herbert – Dune
John D. MacDonald – A Deadly Shade of Gold
Marguerite Young – Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Susan Cooper – Over Sea, Under Stone
Dean Acheson – Morning and Noon
✴️ Read a book whose title has a color word:
A ​Court of Silver Flames★★★★★ 5 August

8. In Theaters
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Thunderball
The Great Race
That Darn Cat!
Cat Ballou
Von Ryan's Express
✴️ Read a book with the genre/tagged Romance:
Icebreaker★★★★ 15 September

9. On The Radio
"California Girls" by The Beach Boys
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
"Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
"King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with C, D, E, H, I, K, M, S, T, W or Y - all words count.
Simon Sort of Says★★★★★ 4 August

IN THE NEWS
10. February 21 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
✴️ Read a book where a character is murdered:
One Came Home★★★ 21 August

11. April 23 – The Pennine Way officially opens. This is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail stretches for 268 miles.
✴️ Read a book with a 2, 6, or 8 in the page count ~208~
Invisible★★★★ 11 August

12. July 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
✴️ Read a book with a red cover:★★★ 11 August


13. October 7 – Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off Guam by super typhoon Carmen; 209 are killed.
✴️ Read a book where a weather event occurs ~earthquake~
Violeta★★★★ 13 October

14. October 28 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri is completed.
✴️ Read a book with an arch on the cover (show cover) OR set in Missouri OR with an architect character.

15. December 9 – A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts television special, debuts on CBS in the United States. It becomes a Christmas tradition.
✴️ Read a book with the words Charlie Brown in the title OR a book set during Christmas OR with a character whose first name is Charlie or last name is Brown.

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Jessica!

[Caraina]

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1965 - FINISHED
Duration: August 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024

LEVEL - Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Completed: 13/11-15

Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Lisa, Mary, Michael, John
✴️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name beings with L, J or M. A Time for Mercy - John Grisham 8/4/24

2. The average price for a car was $2650.00.
✴️ Read a series book #2 or #5 or #6 or #26 or #50 or #65 (include series name and number). When He Was Wicked - Julia Quinn 8/5/24 (Bridgertons Series, #6)

3. U.S. President - Lyndon B. Johnson
✴️ Read a book where a character is a teacher OR by an author with a middle initial OR set in Texas. Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton 8/25/24

4. The U.S. average income was $6450.
✴️ Read a book that has a 6, 4, 5 or 0 in the book's average rating. Tell us the rating. For the Love of Pumpkins: Small Town Holiday Romances - Joi Copeland 10/24/24 (4.67 rating)

5. Born in 1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
David Wenham, Australian actor
J. K. Rowling, English author
Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
Paulina Porizkova, Swedish-American model and actress
Salman Khan, Indian actor, television presenter
Vinnie Jones, British footballer-turned-actor
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, C, D, K, M, J, P, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name). Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich 10/22/24 (Stephanie Plum)

6. Died in 1965
January 4 – T. S. Eliot, American-British poet, Nobel Prize laureate
February 15 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician
April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist
May 19 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer
June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses a middle initial OR uses initials instead of a first name OR whose has three names OR whose first or last name ends with a vowel or Y. Hide and Seek - M.J. Arlidge 8/9/24

7. New Books
John Dickson Carr – The House at Satan's Elbow
Frank Herbert – Dune
John D. MacDonald – A Deadly Shade of Gold
Marguerite Young – Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Susan Cooper – Over Sea, Under Stone
Dean Acheson – Morning and Noon
✴️ Read a book whose title has 5 words OR
whose title is one word OR Saint - Lisa Lang Blakeney 8/27/24
whose title has a color word OR
whose title has a name OR
whose title contains opposite words OR
that is from the non-fiction genre.

8. In Theaters
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Thunderball
The Great Race
That Darn Cat!
Cat Ballou
Von Ryan's Express
✴️ Read a book with the genre/tagged Music, Historical, Romance, Action, Spy, Humor, Thriller, Western, War or Adventure (tell us which you chose). The Marriage Bargain - Jennifer Probst 9/18/24 (Romance)

9. On The Radio
"California Girls" by The Beach Boys
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
"Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
"King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with C, D, E, H, I, K, M, S, T, W or Y - all words count. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell - Abbi Waxman 9/28/24

IN THE NEWS
10. February 21 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
✴️ Read a book where a character is murdered OR with a character who was in foster care OR with a Muslim character. A Superior Death - Nevada Barr 10/10/24

11. April 23 – The Pennine Way officially opens. This is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail stretches for 268 miles.
✴️ Read a book set in England or Scotland OR where a character goes walking or hiking OR with a 2, 6, or 8 in the page count (share page count). Frozen Footprints - Therese Heckenkamp 10/12/24 (286 pgs.)

12. July 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
✴️ Read a book with a red cover (show cover) OR where someone shares images with another OR a Series #4 (share series name). Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 10/8/24 (Undead Series)

13. October 7 – Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off Guam by super typhoon Carmen; 209 are killed.
✴️ Read a book where a weather event occurs (hurricane, tornado, severe thunderstorm, earthquake, etc.) OR with a character who is a fishermanOR set on an island (tell us where). Hook, Line, and Sinker - Tessa Bailey 8/24/24

14. October 28 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri is completed.
✴️ Read a book with an arch on the cover (show cover) OR set in Missouri OR with an architect character.

15. December 9 – A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts television special, debuts on CBS in the United States. It becomes a Christmas tradition.
✴️ Read a book with the words Charlie Brown in the title OR a book set during Christmas OR with a character whose first name is Charlie or last name is Brown.

[Marla]

Completion Post for Msg #37

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1965
Duration: 8/1/24 - 10/31/24
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Progress: 10 of 10
Completed: 10/17/24


Tasks:
☑️ 1. Popular Baby Names
Lisa, Mary, Michael, John
✴️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name beings with L, J or M.
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman (10/10/24)

☑️ 2. The average price for a car was $2650.00.
✴️ Read a series book #2 or #5 or #6 or #26 or #50 or #65 (include series name and number).
Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks (8/5/24) ~ KGI #5

☑️ 3. U.S. President - Lyndon B. Johnson
✴️ Read a book where a character is a teacher OR by an author with a middle initial OR set in Texas.
Wizard Scout by Rodney W. Hartman (8/29/24)

☑️ 4. The U.S. average income was $6450.
✴️ Read a book that has a 6, 4, 5 or 0 in the book's average rating. Tell us the rating.
Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh (8/13/24) ~ 4.05 rating

☑️ 5. Born in 1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
David Wenham, Australian actor
J. K. Rowling, English author
Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
Paulina Porizkova, Swedish-American model and actress
Salman Khan, Indian actor, television presenter
Vinnie Jones, British footballer-turned-actor
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, C, D, K, M, J, P, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name).
Worst Case by James Patterson & Micheal Ledwidge (8/8/24) ~ Michael Bennett

☑️ 6. Died in 1965
January 4 – T. S. Eliot, American-British poet, Nobel Prize laureate
February 15 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician
April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist
May 19 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer
June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses a middle initial OR uses initials instead of a first name OR whose has three names OR whose first or last name ends with a vowel or Y.
Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher (10/7/24)

☑️ 7. New Books
John Dickson Carr – The House at Satan's Elbow
Frank Herbert – Dune
John D. MacDonald – A Deadly Shade of Gold
Marguerite Young – Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Susan Cooper – Over Sea, Under Stone
Dean Acheson – Morning and Noon
✴️ Read a book whose title has 5 words OR
whose title is one word OR
whose title has a color word OR
whose title has a name OR
whose title contains opposite words OR
that is from the non-fiction genre.
My Mother, the Psychopath: Growing Up In The Shadow Of A Monster by Olivia Rayne (9/13/24) ~ Non-fiction

☑️ 8. In Theaters
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Thunderball
The Great Race
That Darn Cat!
Cat Ballou
Von Ryan's Express
✴️ Read a book with the genre/tagged Music, Historical, Romance, Action, Spy, Humor, Thriller, Western, War or Adventure (tell us which you chose).

☑️ 9. On The Radio
"California Girls" by The Beach Boys
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
"Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
"King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with C, D, E, H, I, K, M, S, T, W or Y - all words count.
Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods (9/3/24)

☑️ IN THE NEWS
10. February 21 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
✴️ Read a book where a character is murdered OR with a character who was in foster care OR with a Muslim character.
The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver (10/8/24)

☑️ 11. April 23 – The Pennine Way officially opens. This is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail stretches for 268 miles.
✴️ Read a book set in England or Scotland OR where a character goes walking or hiking OR with a 2, 6, or 8 in the page count (share page count).
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (8/4/24) ~ 327 pages

☑️ 12. July 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
✴️ Read a book with a red cover (show cover) OR where someone shares images with another OR a Series #4 (share series name).
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (9/27/24) ~ The Murderbot Diaries #4

☑️ 13. October 7 – Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off Guam by super typhoon Carmen; 209 are killed.
✴️ Read a book where a weather event occurs (hurricane, tornado, severe thunderstorm, earthquake, etc.) OR with a character who is a fisherman OR set on an island (tell us where).
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer (9/17/24) ~ tornado

☑️ 14. October 28 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri is completed.
✴️ Read a book with an arch on the cover (show cover) OR set in Missouri OR with an architect character.
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas (8/27/24} ~ Leo studied architecture in school & Amelia's ex is an architect

☑️ 15. December 9 – A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts television special, debuts on CBS in the United States. It becomes a Christmas tradition.
✴️ Read a book with the words Charlie Brown in the title OR a book set during Christmas OR with a character whose first name is Charlie or last name is Brown.
Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones (8/14/24) ~ Charley Davidson

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Caraina and Marla!