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Prompt # / Name: 70: Tunnel of LoveBook: From Fable to Grave
Author: Marlene Chase
Date Read: 8/16
Pages: 193
Task: Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in UKRAINIAN
How it Fits: published by Annie's
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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.
Prompt # / Name: 59: A Fruit?Book: The Hitchcock Hotel
Author: Stephanie Wrobel
Date Read: 8/19
Pages: 352
Task: Read a book with the word BEANS found in the text.
How it Fits: pg 161 "Zoe is pushing green beans around her mashed potatoes"
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The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.
They both came from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905. The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown (pictured).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👑 1. Read a book with a crown on the cover.
👑 2. Read a book set at least partially in Africa.
👑 3. Read a book with a royal character.
👑 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.
Prompt # / Name: 11: Crown JewelsBook: A Fateful Sentence: Secrets of the Castleton Manor Library
Author: Lucy Averill
Date Read: 8/19
Pages: 196
Task: Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.
How it Fits: has 196 pages
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Quidditch was invented by J.K. Rowling in her Harry Potter series and involves 2 teams of 7 players mounted on broomsticks with 4 different balls and goals on either side of the pitch.
The game has since been adapted for the real world with the ultimate goal being to score more goals than the other team before the ‘snitch’ is caught.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🧹 1. Read a book where one character snitches on another.
🧹 2. Read a book that is part of a series.
🧹 3. Read a book where the author uses initials in their name.
🧹 4. Read a book with a storyline that could be adapted into a board game or a real-life game.
Prompt # / Name: 39: QuidditchBook: The Dark King and the Eternal Dance
Author: Alesha Adamson
Date Read: 8/20
Pages: 236
Task: Read a book that is part of a series.
How it Fits: first book in the Ever After in Vilastoria series
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The voices of Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.
Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor were married for 18 years until Allwine's death in 2009.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐭 1. Read a book where someone dies.
🐭 2. Read a book published in 2009.
🐭 3. Read a book with a 1 and an 8 in the page count.
🐭 4. Read a book with some type of animal on the cover.
Prompt # / Name: 13: Mickey & MinnieBook: Wolf Cure
Author: Jes Drew
Date Read: 8/22
Pages: 176
Task: Read a book with some type of animal on the cover.
How it Fits: wolf on the cover
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Snail Racing is essentially a race between ordinary garden snails, with snail racing events taking place around the world.
The snails tend to race on a 13 - 14 inch circular track and start in the center with the winning snail being the first to reach the perimeter. Racing numbers or stickers are often put on the shells in order to distinguish each competitor.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐌 1. Read a book with the word CRAWL in the text.
🐌 2. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in SNAIL.
🐌 3. Read a book where the author's last initial is found in GARDEN.
🐌 4. Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in SHELL.
Prompt # / Name: 45: Snail RacingBook: Retreat
Author: Krysten Ritter
Date Read: 8/23
Pages: 272
Task: Read a book where the author's last initial is found in GARDEN.
How it Fits: author's last initial is R
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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.
Prompt # / Name: 49: Baby Sea OttersBook: Cajun Kiss of Death
Author: Ellen Byron
Date Read: 8/25
Pages: 320
Task: Read a book with the word SLEEP found in the text.
How it Fits: pg 234 "Maggie tried to sleep"
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The largest known living organism is an aspen grove.
Pando (Latin for "I spread out") is a group of genetically identical quaking aspens in Utah with an interconnected root system. It's an estimated 80,000 years old and takes up more than 100 acres.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🟡 1. Read a book set in Utah.
🟡 2. Read a book with more than 80,000 ratings.
🟡 3. Read a book with more than 100 reviews.
🟡 4. Read a book with a mostly yellow cover. {Your discretion.}
Prompt # / Name: 14: An Aspen GroveBook: Captains Courageous
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Date Read: 8/25
Pages: 161
Task: Read a book with more than 100 reviews
How it Fits: has over 1150 reviews
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Worm Charming is a competitive sport with the aim of attracting earthworms out of the ground.
The competitor that charms the most worms within a set period of time and a set zone on the ground wins. In 2009, Sophie Smith of England (aged 10) set the world record with 567 worms.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪱 1. Read a book where the title contains an -ing word.
🪱 2. Read a book with an author who has the same first and last initials.
🪱 3. Read a book published before 2009.
🪱 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WORM.
Prompt # / Name: 69: Worm CharmingBook: Around the World in Eighty Days
Author: Jules Verne
Date Read: 8/27
Pages: 252
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WORM.
How it Fits: MC is Phileas (P)
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The Mud-Pit Belly Flop is one of the biggest events that takes place during the ‘Redneck Games.'
The event, of course, takes place in a giant mud pit and the crowd gathered to watch chooses the winner by judging who can make the biggest, muddiest splash. The winner receives a trophy – always featuring a smashed beer can.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👀 1. Read a book where the MC drinks a beer.
👀 2. Read a book with a crowd, more than 4 people, on the cover.
👀 3. Read a book where someone wins a trophy.
👀 4. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK.
Prompt # / Name: 30: Mud-Pit Belly FlopBook: Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder
Author: Kerryn Mayne
Date Read: 8/30
Pages: 368
Task: Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK
How it Fits: title ends with R
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In Outhouse Racing, an outhouse (outdoor toilet) is kitted with wheels, brakes, and a steering system, and is raced down hills with competitors sitting on the toilet seat inside.
Competitors decorate their outhouses with clever names like “Royal Flush” and the first outhouse to make it across the finish line wins.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🚽 1. Read a book where a character decorates something.
🚽 2. Read a book with all the letters of OUTHOUSE in the title and/or subtitle.
🚽 3. Read a book with something with a steering system on the cover.
🚽 4. Read a book where a character sits down.
Prompt # / Name: 33: Outhouse RacingBook: The Wicked Ones
Author: Robin Benway
Date Read: 9/4
Pages: 316
Task: Read a book where a character sits down.
How it Fits: pg 32 "Drizella and Anastasia sit in their own seats"
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Facebook has more users than many major populations.
At 2.89 billion monthly users, Facebook overshadows China's (1.4 billion) and India's (1.3 billion) populations.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
ƒ 1. Read a book where social media is used/mentioned.
ƒ 2. Read a book set in China.
ƒ 3. Read a book with all the letters of FACEBOOK found in the title.
ƒ 4. Read a book where at least two of these digits are found in the publication date: 2, 8, 9.
Prompt # / Name: 17: FacebookBook: Dear Mrs. Bird
Author: AJ Pearce
Date Read: 9/6
Pages: 281
Task: Read a book where at least two of these digits are found in the publication date: 2, 8, 9
How it Fits: published 4/5/2018
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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.
Prompt # / Name: 42: Running of the BullsBook: The Sorcerer and the Swan Princess
Author: Lucy Tempest
Date Read: 9/9
Pages: 200
Task: Read a book with an animal on the cover.
How it Fits: swan on the cover
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Baby elephants suck their trunks for comfort.
They're just like human newborns making funny faces, except a tad bigger.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐘 1. Read a book you found comforting.
🐘 2. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐘 3. Read a book tagged FUNNY any number of times.
🐘 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.
Prompt # / Name: 67: Baby ElephantsBook: A Lost Clause
Author: K.D. McCrite
Date Read: 9/10
Pages: 199
Task: Read a book with an animal on the cover.
How it Fits: car on the cover
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Only one NFL team has a plant for a logo.
The New Orleans Saints' fleur-de-lis is actually a stylized lily historically associated with the French monarchy. It's also the state symbol of Louisiana and appears on the Quebec flag.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⚜️ 1. Read a book where a character plays or watches football.
⚜️ 2. Read a book set in Louisiana, France, or Canada.
⚜️ 3. Read a book with a logo or a flag on the cover.
⚜️ 4. Read a book with all the letters of MONARCHY in the title.
Prompt # / Name: 37: Fleur-de-LisBook: Mardi Gras and Magic
Author: Jen Pitts
Date Read: 10/23
Pages: 232
Task: Read a book set in Louisiana, France, or Canada.
How it Fits: set in New Orleans
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A $1 bill doesn't live as long as you'd think.
According to the Federal Reserve, each buck lasts about 6.6 years, and there's about $1.79 trillion of U.S. currency in circulation right now.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
💵 1. Read a book with money on the cover.
💵 2. Read a book you got for no money.
💵 3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MONEY.
💵 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MONEY.
Prompt # / Name: 47: $1 BillBook: From Snow
Author: J.E. Pace
Date Read: 10/26
Pages: 310
Task: Read a book you got for no money.
How it Fits: borrowed book from the library
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A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
While historians have only recently recognized their achievements (or female discoveries credited to men), the female mathematicians participated in a World War II program coding instructions into the revolutionary Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⌨️ 1. Read a book with a strong female lead.
⌨️ 2. Read a book with all the letters of ENIAC found in the title.
⌨️ 3. Read a book set during World War II.
⌨️ 4. Read a book where a character uses a computer.
Prompt # / Name: 65: ENIACBook: Mother Knows Best
Author: Serena Valentino
Date Read: 10/30
Pages: 400
Task: Read a book with a strong female lead.
How it Fits: the FMC Gothel is a strong female
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The largest sand castle in the world measured 54 feet high.
It took 168 trucks over a week to deliver enough sand for this carefully sculpted masterpiece.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏝 1. Read a book with sand visible on the cover.
🏝 2. Read a book with a 5 OR a 4 in the page count.
🏝 3. Read a book with a 1, 6, AND 8 in the publication date.
🏝 4. Read a book that took place over more than a week's time.
Prompt # / Name: 56: Largest Sand CastleBook: The Lion Women of Tehran
Author: Marjan Kamali
Date Read: 11/2
Pages: 327
Task: Read a book that took place over more than a week's time.
How it Fits: story takes place over 70 years
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The famous Tuna Toss is held as part of the Tunarama Festival in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in celebration of the local fishing industry. The event was first held in 1979, and is still going strong.
The competition is to throw a tuna as far as possible. Originally, a fresh tuna fish was used. Since 2008, competitors throw a weighted, plastic tuna in the initial heats. In the finals, they use a frozen 9 or 10kg Southern Bluefin Tuna, with a rope handle threaded through its gills. No fish are killed for the competition, only undersized fish that have died naturally are used.
The most successful competitors use a hammer throwing technique, spinning several times before unleashing the tuna. The current record for the longest throw is held by Australian Olympic hammer thrower, Sean Carlin, who threw 37.23 meters in 1998. Carlin also holds the Australian hammer throw record. The women's record of 22.15m was set in 2002 by hammer thrower Brook Kruger. The winners take home $1,000, and second place wins $500.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐟 1. Read a book set at least partially in Australia.
🐟 2. Read a book published since 2008.
🐟 3. Read a book where a character eats any kind of fish.
🐟 4. Read a book where the MC or the author is named Sean or Brook. {spelling variations accepted}
Prompt # / Name: 51: Tuna TossBook: Merry Mazes and Mistletoe Magic
Author: Aubrey Wynne
Date Read: 11/3
Pages: 133
Task: Read a book published since 2008
How it Fits: published in 2025
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The moon has its own time zones.
An astronomer even designed a special watch that relies on "lunations," or the amount of time it takes for the moon to revolve and rotate around the Earth.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🌙 1. Read a book with a moon, watch, or clock on the cover.
🌙 2. Read a book with the word REVOLVE or ROTATE found in the text.
🌙 3. Read a book where the MC's first name ENDS with a letter in EARTH.
🌙 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in LUNATIONS.
Prompt # / Name: 64: Moon Time ZonesBook: Crimes, Conspiracies, and Courtship
Author: Aubrey Wynne
Date Read: 11/4
Pages: 194
Task: Read a book with a moon, watch, or clock on the cover.
How it Fits: Clock is visible in the background
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Ultimate Taser Ball is a kind of extreme and crazy sport that not many would have heard of or believe that it is true. It involves players carrying a real taser gun and using it on opponents to gain possession of the ball. If you are thinking, who would have come up with such an idea, the honors go to three California natives: Leif Kellenberger, Eric Prum, and Erik Wunsch.
The game is played on a 200 x 85 feet field. The ball used is a large 24 inch diameter inflated ball. The objective of the sport is to successfully carry the ball onto the opponents goalpost without getting tased en-route.
Rather than allowing players to go wild with their stun guns, the game fortunately has a rule that only players that have possession of the ball can be tased. The stun guns used emit a maximum of five milliamps, enough to cause muscle spasms to give up the ball, but well under the 1 amp lethal dose, and hence causes no permanent damage.
It's not hard to imagine that the sport was not well received. People would rather play than get tased and fall on their face. The founders, however, seem to be working towards getting a minor league going for the sport.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🔫 1. Read a book with a character who is in law enforcement.
🔫 2. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in EXTREME.
🔫 3. Read a book with a plot that seems too crazy to be true.
🔫 4. Read a book where the MC's first name ENDS with a letter in LETHAL.
Prompt # / Name: 54: Ultimate Taser BallBook: Pads, Purses, and Plum Pudding
Author: Aubrey Wynne
Date Read: 11/7
Pages: 138
Task: Read a book where the MC's first name ENDS with a letter in LETHAL.
How it Fits: FMC is Dottie or Dorothea, both of which work
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Cycleball is also known as “Radball” and is essentially a game of football (or ‘soccer’ depending on which country you’re from) played on bicycles.
Unlike traditional football, however, players use the bike to control, flick, and move the ball into the opposing team’s goal. The bikes used have fixed gears with no brakes and there tends to be 2 players on each team.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🚴♀️ 1. Read a book with two main/major characters.
🚴♀️ 2. Read a book that has also been known by another title.
🚴♀️ 3. Read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
🚴♀️ 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS.
Prompt # / Name: 18: CycleballBook: I Didn't Do It
Author: Jaime Lynn Hendricks
Date Read: 11/7
Pages: 312
Task: Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS.
How it Fits: author's first initial is J
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There are over 10 holidays that celebrate chocolate.
The National Confectioners Association recognizes everything from National Milk Chocolate Day to National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day. National Chocolate Day alone happens three times annually: July 7, October 28 and December 28.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍫 1. Read a book where a character eats chocolate.
🍫 2. Read a book where the same type of thing happens at least 3 times.
🍫 3. Read a book with a bittersweet ending.
🍫 4. Read a book where the MC's FIRST initial is NOT found in ALMONDS.
Prompt # / Name: 58: Chocolate HolidaysBook: The Odd Sisters
Author: Serena Valentino
Date Read: 11/9
Pages: 288
Task: Read a book with a bittersweet ending.
How it Fits: (view spoiler)
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Unicycle Basketball is a variation of the traditional game but where all of the players are mounted on unicycles during play.
The same rules apply, such as dribbling the ball while riding, and trying to score in the other team’s net. The game is played on a regulation basketball court and players tend to use 24” unicycles.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏀 1. Read a book that takes place within a 24-hour period of time.
🏀 2. Read a book where a sport is watched or played.
🏀 3. Read a book with the word COURT found in the text.
🏀 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are NOT found in UNICYCLE.
Prompt # / Name: 60: Unicycle BasketballBook: How to Survive a Horror Story
Author: Mallory Arnold
Date Read: 11/12
Pages: 368
Task: Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are NOT found in UNICYCLE
How it Fits: author initials are MA
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CONGRATULATIONS!! You did it! You completed all 72 Ridiculously Random prompts in this challenge. I hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you again soon!
Wow, hard to believe it's over! Thanks Michelle, it's been a blast!! 🎉👍🏻
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You can ride a train through the "Tunnel of Love."
The Ukrainian rails actually service an industrial train, but couples can still hitch a ride (or take one of these affordable family train trips) and make a wish, according to a new tourist legend.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🛤 1. Read a book with a train on the cover.
🛤 2. Read a book with the word TUNNEL found in the text.
🛤 3. Read a book where a character makes or is granted a wish.
🛤 4. Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in UKRAINIAN.