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.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #12: Cheese Rolling
Book: Hell Bent
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Date Read: 11/9/25
Pages: 481
Task: 4. Read a book with a 9 in the page count or publication date.
How it fits: The Edition I read was published on Jan 9 2024.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #59: A Fruit?





Chocolate is (kinda) a fruit.


In more great chocolate news, the cocoa powder that goes into our fave best dark chocolate bars comes from the "beans" — or fruit of the cacao tree.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

❓1. Read a book with a brown cover. {Your discretion.}
❓2. Read a book with all the letters of CACAO found in the title.
❓3. Read a book with the word BEANS found in the text.
❓4. Read a book where a character gets great news.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #59: A Fruit?
Book: A Tale of Foxes and Moons
Author: Rebecca Humpert
Date Read: 16/9/25
Pages: 474
Task: ❓4. Read a book where a character gets great news.
How it fits: (view spoiler)[ After the death of the Kodamas, Aiko "gets great news" that after completing certain tasks, she could get information on the location of another Kodama as a reward. (hide spoiler)]

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #42: Running of the Bulls





The Running of the Bulls takes place in the summer in Pamplona, Spain.


The event involves patrons running in front of 6 bulls that have been let loose in the town’s streets. Every year between 50-100 injuries are reported with 15 deaths reported since 1910.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🐂 1. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐂 2. Read a book where multiple characters die.
🐂 3. Read a book with between 50,000 and 100,000 Goodreads ratings.
🐂 4. Read a book set mostly in the summer.

[❡MaRisa]

Prompt #42: Running of the Bulls
Book: Phantasma
Author: Kaylie Smith
Date Read: 25/9/25
Pages: 407 (checking the googdreads page number later)
Task: 2. Read a book where multiple characters die.
How it fits: The whole premise of the book is that the FMC participates in a deathly game where mutliple people do in fact die.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #71: Two-Buck Chuck





Two-Buck Chuck once won a top wine award.


Trader Joe's 2002 Charles Shaw Shiraz beat out 2,300 other wines to win a prestigious double gold medal at the 28th Annual International Eastern Wine Competition, so don't feel bad stocking up on the bargain brand.


Complete ONE of the following tasks:

🤑 1. Read a book with rhyming words in the title.
🤑 2. Read a book published in 2002.
🤑 3. Read a book where a store of any type is mentioned.
🤑 4. Read a book with a 2 and an 8 in the publication date.