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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: Ridiculously Random Prompt #69: Worm CharmingBook:
36 HoursAuthor: Angela Marsons
Date Read: 08/08/2025
Pages: 388
Task: 🪱 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WORM.
How it Fits: MC is Kim Stone and K is not in WORM
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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: Ridiculously Random Prompt #54: Ultimate Taser BallBook:
Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your LifeAuthor: Shawn Stevenson
Date Read: 08/08/2025
Pages: 432
Task: 🔫 2. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in EXTREME.
How it Fits: Title ends in E, a letter in EXTREME
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #58: Chocolate HolidaysBook:
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent MenAuthor: Peter FitzSimons
Date Read: 10/08/2025
Pages: 924
Task: 🍫 4. Read a book where the MC's FIRST initial is NOT found in ALMONDS.
How it Fits: MC is Charles Kingsford Smith and C is not in ALMONDS
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Neil Armstrong didn't say "That's one small step for man."
The astronaut insists he actually stated, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." "That's the only way the statement makes any sense," Armstrong told biographer James Hansen. And for the record, no real astronaut ever uttered "Houston, we have a problem." — Tom Hanks only said that in the movie Apollo 13.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👩🚀 1. Read a book with something small on the cover.
👩🚀 2. Read a book with double letters in the title.
👩🚀 3. Read a book where you can share a favorite quote.
👩🚀 4. Read a book author's first AND last initials are found in NEIL ARMSTRONG.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #19: One Small StepBook:
The Ninth GraveAuthor: Stefan Ahnhem
Date Read: 10/08/2025
Pages: 601
Task: 👩🚀 4. Read a book author's first AND last initials are found in NEIL ARMSTRONG.
How it Fits: SA in NEIL ARMSTRONG
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Like Arm Wrestling or Thumb Wrestling, Toe Wrestling involves two competitors who lock bare feet in an attempt to pin the other person’s foot to the ground for at least 3 seconds.
There tends to be 3 rounds played with the winner having the best 2 out of 3.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👣 1. Read a book where a character does something you think is gross.
👣 2. Read a book where toes/feet are visible on the cover.
👣 3. Read a book you would rate between 2 and 3 stars.
👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #48: Toe WrestlingBook:
The 9th GirlAuthor: Tami Hoag
Date Read: 14/08/2025
Pages: 417
Task: 👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.
How it Fits: Title starts with T, a letter in TOE, and ends with L, a letter in WRESTLING
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #70: Tunnel of LoveBook:
Graves on the FensAuthor: Joy Ellis
Date Read: 18/08/2025
Pages: 404
Task: 🛤 3. Read a book where a character makes or is granted a wish.
How it Fits: p80 "I wish she'd go and stay with her great-gran or get someone to move in with her for a while."
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A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle."
Most people dub them a herd, but apparently parts of Northern Canada use this much cuter designation.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐰 1. Read a book with 3 or more Fs in the title.
🐰 2. Read a book with a group of something on the cover.
🐰 3. Read a book tagged ANIMALS any number of times.
🐰 4. Read a book that had a "cute" plot.
Prompt # / Name: Ridiculously Random Prompt #61: FluffleBook:
Meet Your BakerAuthor: Ellie Alexander
Date Read: 19/08/2025
Pages: 307
Task: 🐰 2. Read a book with a group of something on the cover.
How it Fits: Groups of baked goods on cover
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You can major in wine at Cornell University.
Technically it's a degree in "Viticulture and Enology" (a.k.a. the cultivation of grapes and the science of winemaking), but we're still sending in our applications.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍷 1. Read a book at least partially set on a university campus.
🍷 2. Read a book where a character consumes wine.
🍷 3. Read a book with some type of fruit or alcoholic beverage on the cover.
🍷 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in VITICULTURE ENOLOGY.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #40: Wine MajorBook:
Fourth WingAuthor: Rebecca Yarros
Date Read: 21/08/2025
Pages: 665
Task: 🍷 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in VITICULTURE ENOLOGY.
How it Fits: RY in VITICULTURE ENOLOGY.
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About 700 grapes go into one bottle of wine.
That's approximately 2.6 pounds, if you're wondering how much "fruit" you get when you uncork your favorite red.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍇 1. Read a book with less than 700 reviews on Goodreads.
🍇 2. Read a book with a red or purple cover. {Your discretion.}
🍇 3. Read a book with a 2 and a 6 in the publication date.
🍇 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in UNCORK.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #44: 700 GrapesBook:
The Director's CutAuthor: Steve Higgs
Date Read: 22/08/2028
Pages: 162
Task: 🍇 1. Read a book with less than 700 reviews on Goodreads.
How it Fits: 93 reviews
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Pumpkins, squash, and gourds are all technically the same species.
That's right, your zucchini and Jack o' lanterns are one and the same: Cucurbita pepo, a species that originated in Mexico more than 10,000 years ago. Farmers have since developed the many cultivars we know and use today.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👩🏽🌾 1. Read a book with some type of vegetable on the cover.
👩🏽🌾 2. Read a book with at least 10,000 ratings.
👩🏽🌾 3. Read a book set in Mexico.
👩🏽🌾 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in CUCURBITA PEPO.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #35: Pumpkins, Squash, and Gourds...Oh My!Book:
Foreign DeceitAuthor: Jeff Carson
Date Read: 22/08/2025
Pages: 312
Task: 👩🏽🌾 2. Read a book with at least 10,000 ratings.
How it Fits: 17,715 ratings
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Originating in Spain, Bossaball comprises elements of volleyball, football (soccer), gymnastics, and capoeira, which is an Afro-Brazilian cultural practice simultaneously involving a fight and a dance.
The game is played on an inflatable course with inbuilt trampolines on each side. The teams consist of 4 - 5 players with the aim of getting the ball over the net without the other team being able to return it.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏐 1. Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars.
🏐 2. Read a book where a character fights or dances.
🏐 3. Read a book set at least partially in Spain.
🏐 4. Read a book where the MC's first name does NOT start with a letter in BOSSABALL.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #9: BossaballBook:
Alice With a Why: Return to WonderlandAuthor: Anna James
Date Read: 23/08/2025
Pages: 235
Task: 🏐 1. Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars.
How it Fits: I rated this 5 stars
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There's a word for animals with partial pigment loss.
Albinism is the congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration, but leucism is a different rare condition where some pattern or color remains.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🦒 1. Read a book without much color on the cover. {Your discretion.}
🦒 2. Read a book where the author's LAST initial is found in LEUCISM.
🦒 3. Read a book where a character has a rare condition.
🦒 4. Read a book where all the letters of PIGMENT are found in the title.
Prompt # / Name: Ridiculously Random Prompt #52: LeucismBook:
The Regatta Mystery and Other StoriesAuthor: Agatha Christie
Date Read: 25/08/2025
Pages: 214
Task: 🦒 2. Read a book where the author's LAST initial is found in LEUCISM.
How it Fits: C in LEUCISM
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Some cats are allergic to people.
FYI for all you people allergic to cats: they might be allergic to you, too! It's pretty uncommon due to the fact that we bathe ourselves more often than other species and don't shed as much hair or dead skin, but yes, it does happen.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐈 1. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
🐈 2. Read a book where someone takes a bath or a shower.
🐈 3. Read a book with all the letters of ALLERGIC found in the title/subtitle.
🐈 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.
Prompt # / Name: Ridiculously Random Prompt #7: Allergic CatsBook:
The Paris AffairAuthor: Pip Drysdale
Date Read: 25/08/2025
Pages: 336
Task: 🐈 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.
How it Fits: p47 "sweeping my hair from my face."
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Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet.
Theodore Geisel's editor didn't believe the author could write a book in 50 words or less. The finished product contains 50 words on the dot.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍳 1. Read a book where a character eats a meal.
🍳 2. Read a book with a 50 intact in the page count.
🍳 3. Read a book where a main/major character is a doctor.
🍳 4. Read a book where someone makes a bet of any kind.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #68: Green Eggs & HamBook:
The Red Thumb MarkAuthor: R. Austin Freeman
Date Read: 29/08/2025
Pages: 235
Task: 🍳 3. Read a book where a main/major character is a doctor.
How it Fits: Dr. Thorndyke is a doctor
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The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.
Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
📸 1. Read a book set in Australia.
📸 2. Read a book where one book seems to mimic another in plot or design.
📸 3. Read a book with a piece of machinery on the cover.
📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #29: The LyrebirdBook:
Zen and the Art of HappinessAuthor: Chris Prentiss
Date Read: 30/08/2025
Pages: 145
Task: 📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
How it Fits: p30 "on a prominant place in your car,"
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Coca-Cola consumers will pay more to drink less ounces.
Coca-Cola consumers prefer smaller packaging of their beverage and are willing to pay more per ounce. While soda consumption is declining in the U.S., Coca-Cola had a net revenue of $33 billion worldwide last year. Talk about vanity sizing!
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥤 1. Read a book with a dashed word in the title.
🥤 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
🥤 3. Read a book with two 3s in the publication date.
🥤 4. Read a book you were willing to pay for.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #32: Coca-ColaBook:
High FiveAuthor: Janet Evanovich
Date Read: 30/08/2025
Pages: 336
Task: 🥤 4. Read a book you were willing to pay for.
How it Fits: Have bought most of the books in this series
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Moon flowers actually bloom in response to the moon.
Sunflowers will follow the sun as it moves across the sky, but their lunar counterparts only open after nightfall or on cloudy days.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🌺 1. Read a book with flowers on the cover.
🌺 2. Read a book with double vowels in the title.
🌺 3. Read a book where the author's FIRST initial is found in LUNAR.
🌺 4. Read a book where you can share a scene that happens after nightfall with me.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #55: Moon FlowersBook:
The Butter Did ItAuthor: Phyllis C. Richman
Date Read: 01/09/2025
Pages: 384
Task: 🌺 1. Read a book with flowers on the cover.
How it Fits: Flowers on cover
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The Northern cardinal is the most popular state bird.
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all picked it as their favorite species. The western meadowlark takes second place as the honoree in six other states.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
♥️ 1. Read a book with a bird on the cover.
♥️ 2. Read a book set in any of the states listed above.
♥️ 3. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in SPECIES.
♥️ 4. Read a book with a 6 in the page count.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #41: Northern CardinalBook:
The Golden OneAuthor: Elizabeth Peters
Date Read: 02/09/2025
Pages: 641
Task: ♥️ 3. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in SPECIES.
How it Fits: Title starts with G which is not found in SPECIES
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #37: Fleur-de-LisBook:
Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured PoetsAuthor: Rachel Feder
Date Read: 04/09/2025
Pages: 256
Task: ⚜️ 4. Read a book with all the letters of MONARCHY in the title.
How it Fits: All letters of MONARCHY in title
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The way you eat Oreos says something about your personality.
Kraft Foods once surveyed hundreds of Oreo eaters and sussed it out: Biters are easy-going and self-confident, while dunkers displayed more energetic and adventurous qualities. Twisters, on the other hand, are sensitive and trendy.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥛 1. Read a book with something sweet on the cover.
🥛 2. Read a book with a character you would consider trendy.
🥛 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in KRAFT FOODS.
🥛 4. Read a book with either of these words found in the text: BITE, DUNK, or TWIST.
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Author: Steve Higgs
Date Read: 07/08/2025
Pages: 193
Task: 💵 3. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in MONEY.
How it Fits: Title starts with N, a letter in MONEY