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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #7: Allergic CatsBook: The Vampire and the Case of her Dastardly Death
Author: Heather G. Harris
Date Read: 10/12/25
Pages: 168
Task: 2. Read a book where someone takes a bath or a shower.
How it fits - Page 32 - "I peeled off my clothes, hastily went into the bathroom and had a speed SHOWER..."
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M&M stands for Mars and Murrie.
Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🔴 1. Read a book with an alliterative title.
🔴 2. Read a book with at least two men on the cover.
🔴 3. Read a book tagged SPACE any number of times.
🔴 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in HERSHEY.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #16: M&MsBook: Sprinkles and Secrets
Author: Lisa Schroeder
Date Read: 10/18/25
Pages: 224
Task: 1. Read a book with an alliterative title.
How it fits - Sprinkles and Secrets (I think, but not sure)
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #11: Crown JewelsBook: Afterward: A Novel
Author: Jennifer Mathieu
Date Read: 10/19/25
Pages: 308
Task: 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.
How it fits - 308 Pages
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The Oscars used to give out an award to child performers.
The award show discontinued the Academy Juvenile Award in 1960 after famous names like Shirley Temple and Judy Garland nabbed the honor. Also no longer on the ballot? Best Dance Direction and Best Title Writing.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏆 1. Read a book with something gold on the cover.
🏆 2. Read a book that has won an award.
🏆 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in OSCARS.
🏆 4. Read a book where a character acts, dances, or writes.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #22: The OscarsBook: Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by
Author: Patricia C. McKissack
Date Read: 10/21/25
Pages: 144
Task:4. Read a book where a character acts, dances, or writes.
How it fits - Nzingha writes in her diary
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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: Shelter in Place by
Author: Nora Roberts
Date Read: 10/23/25
Pages: 438
Task: 4. Read a book author's first AND last initials are found in NEIL ARMSTRONG.
How it fits - Neil aRmstrong
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #47: $1 BillBook: Salt Lake City by
Author: Al Halsey
Date Read: 10/28/25
Pages: 205
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MONEY.
How it fits AFN "A"
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A baby puffin is called a "puffling."
To feed its chick, a puffin parent will carry around 10 fish in its beak at one time, but the biggest recorded haul is a whopping 62 fish, according to Audubon Project Puffin.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐠 1. Read a book with a bird on the cover.
🐠 2. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
🐠 3. Read a book with a 6 and a 2 in the page count.
🐠 4. Read a book with all the letters of PUFFIN found in the title/subtitle.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #26: Baby PuffinsBook: Wrong Ways Down by
Author: Stacia Kane
Date Read: 10/29/25
Pages: 240
Task: 2. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
How it fits - Terrible has a 9 year old daughter
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #13: Mickey & MinnieBook: Relict by
Author: Chris McInally
Date Read: 10/31/25
Pages: 126
Task: 1. Read a book where someone dies.
How it fits - The pilot of the helicopter is eaten by the Megladon
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #56: Largest Sand CastleBook: Sasquatch 33: Albino
Author: Jeffrey B Miley
Date Read: 11/5/25
Pages: 153
Task: 2. Read a book with a 5 OR a 4 in the page count.
How it fits - 153 Pages
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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}
Ridiculously Random Prompt #51: Tuna TossBook: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by
Author: T. Kingfisher
Date Read: 11/10/25
Pages: 306
Task: 2. Read a book published since 2008.
How it fits - Published October 12, 2021
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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: The Countdown
Author: E.G. Michaels
Date Read: 11/13/25
Pages: 261
Task: 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
How it fits
CAR - Page 76 - "He has no problem cuffing and stuffing a suspect into the back of the patrol car."
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #69: Worm CharmingBook: The Haunting of Porlock House
Author: B.J. Conroy
Date Read: 11/16/25
Pages: 145
Task: 1. Read a book where the title contains an -ing word.
How it fits - Haunting
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #30: Mud-Pit Belly FlopBook: Dead South
Author: Zach Bohannon
Date Read: 11/17/25
Pages: 216
Task: 👀 2. Read a book with a crowd, more than 4 people, 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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #45: Snail RacingBook: Escaping the Giant Wave by
Author: Peg Kehret
Date Read: 11/18/25
Pages: 151
Task: 4. Read a book where the publisher's name starts with a letter in SHELL.
How it fits - Publisher Scholastic
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The speed of a computer mouse is measured in "Mickeys."
A British scientist first invented the roller-ball device in 1946 while working for the Royal Navy, but the word "mouse" didn't get coined until 1965.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🖱 1. Read a book published or set between 1946 and 1965.
🖱 2. Read a book with a scientist character.
🖱 3. Read a book with the word MOUSE found in the text.
🖱 4. Read a book that seemed to speed by.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #34: Mouse SpeedBook: Girl in the Glass Coffin: The Tonkin Affairs
Author: Lee Ellen Hickey
Date Read: 11/21/25
Pages: 280
Task: 4. Read a book that seemed to speed by.
How it fits - The book was like a train wreck, you wanted to look away, but you just couldn't so you kept on reading.
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In a Wood Chopping competition, the aim of the game is to be the first “axeman” to chop or saw through a log or block of wood.
These sorts of competitions are often found at places such as state fairs and agricultural shows and have been around since 1870.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪚 1. Read a book where the MC goes to a state fair or a similar place.
🪚 2. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 1870.
🪚 3. Read a book with the word CHOP or SAW found in the text.
🪚 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in AXEMAN.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #66: Wood ChoppingBook: Grave Surprise by
Author: Charlaine Harris
Date Read: 11/22/25
Pages: 295
Task: 3. Read a book with the word CHOP or SAW found in the text.
How it fits - Pg. 104 - "I SAW it."
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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 where the MC's first initial is found in BUOYANT.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #49: Baby Sea OttersBook: Dead On My Feet by
Author: J.A. Konrath
Date Read: 11/23/25
Pages: 250
Task: 3. Read a book with the word SLEEP found in the text..
How it fits - pg 38 - "Is that how they sleep?"
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #54: Ultimate Taser BallBook: When the Wolf Comes Home
Author: Nat Cassidy
Date Read: 11/28/25
Pages: 304
Task: 2. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in EXTREME.
How it fits - Title end with the letter E
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Parkour is the act of running, jumping, swinging, climbing, etc. based on military obstacle course training techniques.
It is often practiced in urban environments with the aim of getting from one point to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible without the use of specialized equipment.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏃🏼♀️ 1. Read a book with a character who is in the military.
🏃🏼♀️ 2. Read a book set in an urban environment.
🏃🏼♀️ 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR.
🏃🏼♀️ 4. Read a book with any of these words in the text: running, jumping, swinging, climbing. {variations accepted}
Ridiculously Random Prompt #36: ParkourBook: The Serpent in Heaven by
Author: Charlaine Harris
Date Read: 11/29/25
Pages: 304
Task: 2. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in EXTREME.
How it fits - Pg. 21 - "A policeman came running toward us."
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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.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #60: Unicycle BasketballBook: Megalodon in Paradise by
Author: Hunter Shea
Date Read: 12/1/25
Pages: 244
Task: 2. 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are NOT found in UNICYCLE
How it fits - AI - HS
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There's a world record for the most world record titles.
It belongs to Brooklyn, New York resident Ashrita Furman, who's held more than 700 Guinness World Records in his lifetime, ranging from heaviest shoes walked in (323 pounds) to most baseballs held in a baseball glove (26).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥇 1. Read a book with at least 323 pages.
🥇 2. Read a book with at least 26 chapters.
🥇 3. Read a book with at least 700 ratings.
🥇 4. Read a book of your choice.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #50: Guinness World RecordsBook: Into the Fire by
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Date Read: 12/3/25
Pages: 340
Task: 1. Read a book with at least 323 pages.
How it fits - 340 Pages
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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.
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Book: The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf
Author: Heather G. Harris
Date Read: 10/10/25
Pages: 550
Task: 1. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
How it fits - Dog on the cover