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The Name Game: Richard & Michelle
When the alphabet got involved in Math, I began to hate it to.
Completion Post - Task 19: Read a book set in a schoolBook - Blob
Author - Frieda Wishinsky
Date Read - 3/3/25
Rating - 2 stars
How it fits - Set in a high school where a teenager is bullied and made fun of because of her weight.
✅ 19 - School4/3 - Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution, Ellie Roscher - ⭐️⭐️
Question 20: If you could write a book about your life, what would the title be and why?Task 20 Read a memoir, biography, or autobiography.
✅ 20 - Biography4/3 - Wired Differently – 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know, Joe Wells - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Flying by the Seat of my Pants"That would probably be my title
Completion Post - ✅ 20 - BiographyBook - A Piece of Cake
Author - Cupcake Brown
Date Read - 3/11/25
Rating - 4 Stars
How it fits - Biography of the author growing up
Question 21: What there words would your friends use to describe you?Task 21: Read a book where the characters have a strong friendship.
Question 21: What there words would your friends use to describe you?Weird, funny, loyal
Completion Post - ✅ 21: Read a book where the characters have a strong friendship.Book - Final Heir
Author - Faith Hunter
Date Read - 3/13/25
Rating - 5 Stars
How it fits - Jane and Eli are not only work partners, they have a strong friendship.
✅ 21 - Friendship13/3 - After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice, Erling Kagge - ⭐️⭐️
"To Ranulph Fiennes for the competition in the 1990s and for our friendship since." p.267
Question 22: What would you do if you were gifted a million dollars, no strings attached?Task 22: Read a book with a very rich MC.
What I'd do:- Put $50,000 into my emergencies account
- Put $50,000 into my bills account
- Put $100,000 into my VISA card account
- Put the remaining $800,000 into a long-term savings account with a high-interest rate & not touch it for at least 10 years.
✅ 22 - Wealth14/2 - The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must, Robert Zubrin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Elon Musk
What I'd do:Pay off student loans, mortgage, and other bills for the people in my immediate family (husband, 3 kids, MIL, SIL, and BIL.
Buy a newer car
Buy a summer house in The Outer Banks
Invest and hopefully make more money.
Donate to several charities and animal sanctuaries
✅ 22 - WealthBook - Blizzard
Author - H.W. "Buzz" Bernard
Date Read - 3/17/25
Rating - 2 stars
How it fits - J.C Riggins, due to his position in the company, is quite wealthy.
Question 23: What trend do you hope makes a come back?Task 23: Read a book published in the year your partner was born
I miss my 80's hair with all the hairspray 🤣🤷♀️
I'd be ok if that came back.
I was born in 1972. Are you able to find a book or did you want to skip this task?
I'll find a book.I was born in 1981.
Same question to you.
I'm good. I can usually find something. I'm looking through that list and seeing books that I read in the early 80's around the age of 12 or 13, books that I probably should not have been reading at the time. I should not have been collecting Jackie Collins at that age 🤣
✅ 23 - Birth YearMe: 1981
18/3 - The Present: The Secret to Enjoying Your Work and Life, Now!, Spencer Johnson - ⭐️⭐️
Michelle: 1972
19/3 - Ways of Seeing, John Berger - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Completion Post - 23 - Birth Year
Book - The Witches
Author - Roald Dahl
Date Read - 3/26 25
How it fits - Published in 1981
Question 24: What is your favorite color?Task 24: Read a book that is at least 50% of your partners favorite color. (if they want a challenge they can find both their favorite colors on 1 cover)
Well that's also my faveLet's go my 2nd fave...black
Richard wrote: "Well that's also my faveLet's go my 2nd fave...black"
That's my other favorite color too.
Slytherin colours, but I'm more Ravenclaw-coded haha
Completion Post
Book - Daguerreotype Dreams and other stories: 14 Dark Tales of the Civil War: Volume One
Author - Mark Stattelman
Date Read - 3/30/25
Rating - 1 star
How it fits - Black Cover
Question 25: What is your favorite ice cream flavor?Task 25: Read a book that has sugar or sweet in the title.
✅ 25 - Sugar & SweetTitle - 'sugar'
2/4 - The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years, Ulbe Bosma - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - 'sweet'
2/4 - The Sweet Polish Kitchen: A Celebration of Home Baking and Nostalgic Treats, Ren Behan - ⭐️⭐️
Question 26: Which do you prefer oceans or or lake?Task 26: Read a book that is set by the ocean or lake.
I like both, but since I'm a big fan of The Outer Banks, I'm going with the ocean.
I'll say lake, because I don't like wide open spaces.
✅ 26 - Lake/OceanMe: Lake
11/4 - The Eight: A Season in the Tradition of Harvard Crew, Susan Saint Sing - ⭐️⭐️
"the races for the collegiate national championships began out at Harsha Lake near Batavia, Ohio." p.16
Michelle: Ocean
8/4 - Atlas of Ocean Adventures: Plunge into the Depths of the Ocean and Discover Wonderful Sea Creatures, Incredible Habitats, and Unmissable Underwater Events, Emily Hawkins - ⭐️
Completion PostBook - The Shark Attacks of 1916
Author - Lauren Tarshis
Date Read - 4/16/25
Task - Task 26: Read a book that is set by the ocean or lake.
How it fits - Set in NJ near the Atlantic Ocean
Question 27: What is the best phrase or piece of slang used in your hometown?Task 27: Read a comedy book
I don't know about my hometown. However my favorite slang word used in the house is "yeet".
For my hometown it would be "chucking a Deanie"...which translates to "driving down the main street (Dean St)".
Completion PostBook - A Most Excellent Midlife Crisis
Author - Robyn Peterman
Date Read - 4/27/25
Task - Task 27: Read a comedy book
How it fits - MPG Humor.
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Task 19: Read a book set in a school
Favorite Class - English - I loved to read and write
Least Favorite Class - Art - I couldn't draw to save my life.