Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge: ❡Risa

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #9: Bossball
Book: Die Lügen des Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Date Read: 24/8/25
Pages: 752
Task: 🏐 1. Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #49: Baby Sea Otters





Baby sea otters can't swim right away.


Their moms will wrap them in pieces of kelp while they hunt until the buoyant pups learn how to paddle around on their own. A raft of otters will also hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart!


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🦦 1. Read a book where someone swims.
🦦 2. Read a book with people holding hands on the cover.
🦦 3. Read a book with the word SLEEP found in the text.
🦦 4. Read a book MC's first initial is found in BUOYANT.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #49: Baby Sea Otters
Book: Foxglove
Author: Adalyn Grace
Date Read: 28/8/25
Pages: 465
Task: 🦦 4. Read a book MC's first initial is found in BUOYANT.
How it fits: One of the two FMC's name is Blythe.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #15: Chess Boxing





Unsurprisingly, Chess Boxing involves both the classic game of chess and the popular sport of boxing.


The competitors alternate between 5 rounds of boxing and 6 rounds of chess for a total of 11 rounds, each lasting 3-minutes. The game was inspired by a French comic and invented by Dutch artist Lepe Rubingh.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🥊 1. Read a book where a character plays chess or another board game.
🥊 2. Read a book that has a French or a Dutch translation.
🥊 3. Read a book with an MPG of HUMOR or COMEDY.
🥊 4. Read a book with the word boxing {can also be box, boxes, boxed, etc.} found in the text.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #15: Chess Boxing
Book: Meet me in Autumn
Author: Laurie Gilmore
Date Read: 29/8/25
Pages: 305
Task: 🥊 2. Read a book that has a French or a Dutch translation.
How it fits: It has a translation in both languages.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #23: Royal Flush





The odds of getting a royal flush are exactly 1 in 649,740.


Poker fiends have a slightly better chance of laying down a straight flush: Try 72,192 to 1. Out of the 7,462 distinct five-card poker hands, you have a 42% chance of getting a single pair though.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🃏 1. Read a book where a character plays a hand of cards.
🃏 2. Read a book with a bathroom scene.
🃏 3. Read a book with the word ROYAL found in the text.
🃏 4. Read a book with more than 649,740 ratings.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #23: Royal Flush
Book: We Free the Stars
Author: Hafsah Faizal
Date Read: 30/8/25
Pages: 608
Task: 🃏 3. Read a book with the word ROYAL found in the text.
How it fits: Ch. 1 "...the five caliphate's royal minarets,..."

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #4: Girl Crush





The most streamed Spotify single is Harry Styles' "Girl Crush."


The solo star's Spotify single has the most streams at 154 million. Such a win for the One Direction alum.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🎤 1. Read a book where the author or MC is named Harry.
🎤 2. Read a book where a character has a crush on someone.
🎤 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in SPOTIFY.
🎤 4. Read a book where at least 2 of these digits are found in the total number of ratings: 1, 5, 4.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #4: Girl Crush
Book: Lights Out
Author: Navessa Allen
Date Read: 3/9/25
Pages: 338
Task: 🎤 2. Read a book where a character has a crush on someone.
How it fits: Both the FMC and MMC have crushes on each other (FMC on the MMCs TikTok Persona way before).

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #12: Cheese Rolling





The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling & Wake is an annual event that takes place each spring near Gloucester, England and involves a 9 pound round of cheese, which is rolled from the top of a hill.


Competitors race after the cheese and the first person to reach the finish line at the bottom wins the cheese.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🧀 1. Read a book where a character eats cheese, or does something foolish.
🧀 2. Read a book set at least partially in England.
🧀 3. Read a book with all the letters of SPRING in the title.
🧀 4. Read a book with a 9 in the page count or publication date.