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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #26: Baby Puffins
Task: Read a book with a bird on the cover
Book read:
Ruffled Feathers by Zoe ChantDate completed: 22/07/25
Pages: 101
How it fits: Bird 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.
Completion Post Prompt - #45: Snail Racing
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in SNAIL
Book read:
Me and My Ghoulfriends by Rose PresseyDate completed: 26/07/25
Pages: 308
How it fits: MC’s first name starts with L - Larue
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #4: Girl Crush
Task: Read a book where the title starts with a letter in SPOTIFY
Book read:
That Old Witch Magic by J.D. WintersDate completed: 29/07/25
Pages: 269
How it fits: Title starts with T
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #32: Coca-Cola
Task: Read a book you were willing to pay for
Book read:
Heart of the Country by Tricia StringerDate completed: 02/08/25
Pages: 512
How it fits: Tricia is an author I always willing to pay for rather than wait for the library to get it
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #40: Wine Major
Task: Read a book where a character consumes wine
Book read:
My Midlife Magic Daze by Jennifer L. HartDate completed: 03/08/25
Pages: 266
How it fits: Rue, Hatty and Emma share a bottle of sweet red wine and avoided talking about ghosts, murders, or witchcraft.
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Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
Irrationally scared of clowns? You might have coulrophobia. Oh, and gephyrophobia is a fear of bridges.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
1️⃣3️⃣ 1. Read a book where someone has a great fear of something.
1️⃣3️⃣ 2. Read a book with a number, a clown, or a bridge on the cover.
1️⃣3️⃣ 3. Read a book with the number 13 intact in the page count or publication date.
1️⃣3️⃣ 4. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title is found in TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA. {3-word minimum}
Completion Post Prompt - #46: Triskaidekaphobia
Task: Read a book with the number 13 intact in the page count or publication date
Book read:
Tickle the Dragon's Tail by Cate LawleyDate completed: /08/25
Pages: 132
How it fits: 132 pages
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #13: Mickey & Minnie
Task: Read a book with some type of animal on the cover
Book read:
Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress by Traci WiltonDate completed: 23/08/25
Pages: 304
How it fits: Cat on cover
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #48: Toe Wrestling
Task: Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING
Book read:
The Fox and the Viscount by Laura GreenwoodDate completed: 27/08/25
Pages: 150
How it fits: Title starts with T and ends with T
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #60: Unicycle Basketball
Task: Read a book where a sport is watched or played
Book read:
Show of Honor by Tawna FenskeDate completed: 29/08/25
Pages: 184
How it fits: Jessie and Joe go and watch an ice-hockey game on their baby free date night
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #23: Royal Flush
Task: Read a book with a bathroom scene
Book read:
The School at the Chalet by Elinor M. Brent-DyerDate completed: 30/08/25
How it fits: One of the day students, Bernhilda, slips down a muddy slope and Miss Bettany (Madge) takes her to the border’s bathroom and chats to her as she helps clean Bernhilda up and wash the mud out of her hair
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #18: Cycleball
Task: Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS
Book read:
Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly HarperDate completed: 03/09/25
How it fits: Author’s initials are MH
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The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
If you thought Meghan Markle's wedding veil was long, get this: there's a woman in Cyprus who set the Guinness World Record for the longest wedding veil. How long was it, you ask? Nearly 23,000 feet, which is the same length as about 63.5 football fields.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👰🏻♀️ 1. Read a book with something related to a bride on the cover.
👰🏻♀️ 2. Read a book where someone gets married.
👰🏻♀️ 3. Read a book that is long - more than 400 pages.
👰🏻♀️ 4. Read a book with a 6 and a 3 in the total number of reviews.
Completion Post Prompt - #5: Wedding Veil
Task: Read a book where someone gets married
Book read:
Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun by Ava RossDate completed: 06/09/25
How it fits: The 2 MCs, Violet and Goreg, get married so she can inherit her B&B
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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}
Completion Post Prompt - #36: Parkour
Task: Read a book where the title starts with a letter in PARKOUR
Book read:
The Road Trip by Tricia StringerDate completed: 17/09/25
How it fits: Title starts with R
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #71: Two-Buck Chuck
Task: Read a book where a store of any type is mentioned
Book read:
The Warrior Priest by C.J. ArcherDate completed: 22/09/25
How it fits: Rhys and Jac hide in the recessed doorway of “Blundle’s Pie Shoppe” then use an upstairs room in the same store to meet when Jac has something to report - so the store is mentioned often during the progress of the book.
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Popular at lumberjack competitions, Axe Throwing is a sport in which players throw an axe at a target, attempting to reach the bulls-eye.
On the target, the outside ring is worth 1 point, the second ring is worth 2 points, and so on with the bulls-eye worth 5 points. In a game, each player is allowed 5 throws with a maximum of 25 points possible.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪓 1. Read a book with all the letters of AXE in the title.
🪓 2. Read a book with a 25 intact in the page count or publication date.
🪓 3. Read a book a round object, like a target, on the cover.
🪓 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in LUMBERJACK.
Completion Post Prompt - #3: Axe Throwing
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in LUMBERJACK
Book read:
Shifter and the Succubus by A.E. JonesDate completed: 25/09/25
How it fits: MC is Jason
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #70: Tunnel of Love
Task: Read a book with the word TUNNEL found in the text
Book read:
Driving Mr. Dead by Molly HarperDate completed: 27/09/25
How it fits: Word tunnel found on page 132 “…I wondered whether I could crinkle paper near the receiver and pretend I was driving through a tunnel … in Nebraska. Did they have tunnels in Nebraska?..”
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #55: Moon Flowers
Task: Read a book where the author's FIRST initial is found in LUNAR
Book read:
The Lucky Sisters by Rachael JohnsDate completed: 17/10/25
How it fits: Author’s first initial is R
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #62: Oreos
Task: Read a book where the title starts with a letter in KRAFT FOODS
Book read:
The Funeral Crashers by Joanna NellDate completed: 19/10/25
How it fits: Title starts with T
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You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.
The world's largest animal's heart weighs about 400 pounds — approximately the size of a small piano.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐳 1. Read a book with a blue cover.
🐳 2. Read a book where someone plays a piano.
🐳 3. Read a book with all the letters of HEART found in the title.
🐳 4. Read a book with a 2 in the page count.
Completion Post Prompt - #20: Blue Whale
Task: Read a book with all the letters of HEART found in the title
Book read:
Murder aboard the Olympic by Jennifer S. AldersonDate completed: 26/10/25
How it fits: murder aboARd THE olympic
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #61: Fluffle
Task: Read a book that had a "cute" plot
Book read:
Deep Sea Kiss by Zoe AshwoodDate completed: 27/10/25
How it fits: Is so cute because MC has baby twins and while trying to get the baby daddy to sign papers to say he want a nothing to so with them she finds out they are baby sea dragons. Their uncle then helps the little dragons to change and then help their mum to protect and nurture them - aaawe moments all through the book.
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Surprisingly, the sporting event of climbing a greased-up slippery pole is quite common around the world.
These traditional events are essentially the same - there is a long pole covered in grease, lard, or some other lubricant, and participants attempt to climb or walk along the pole to get to the other end, where there may be a prize or flag to recover.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🎁 1. Read a book where a character climbs something.
🎁 2. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in GREASY POLE.
🎁 3. Read a book where the MC wins a prize of any type.
🎁 4. Read a book with the word FLAG found in the text.
Completion Post Prompt - #27: Greasy Pole Climbing
Task: Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in GREASY POLE
Book read:
The Amish Author's Christmas by Ashley EmmaDate completed: 30/10/25
How it fits: Title starts with T
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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.
Completion Post Prompt - #56: Largest Sand Castle
Task: Read a book that took place over more than a week's time
Book read:
Nightmare at the North Pole by Kristen PainterDate completed: 02/11/25
How it fits: Takes place over a 2 week period from JJ’s birth to just after his naming day
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Bog Snorkelling takes place in a 55-metre-long water-filled trench carved out of a peat bog (comprised of dead plant material).
Competitors wear snorkels and flippers and cannot use traditional swimming techniques, but rather must rely solely on flipper power to get across and back. Kirsty Johnson set the record back in 2014 with a time of 1 minute and 22.56 seconds.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🤿 1. Read a book published in 2014.
🤿 2. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SNORKELLING.
🤿 3. Read a book with some type of plant material on the cover.
🤿 4. Read a book that does not follow a "traditional" style. {dual-timelines, epistolary, etc.}
Completion Post Prompt - #6: Bog Snorkelling
Task: Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in SNORKELLING
Book read:
Space Coast Holiday Hijinks: A Collection of Festive Florida Tales by Kristen PainterDate completed: 26/11/25
How it fits: Title starts with S
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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.
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Prompt - #43: Lincoln Logs
Task: Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title
Book read:
Date completed: 27/06/25
Pages: 295
How it fits: 3 x Ls in the title