Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge: valeria

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge
Individual, Open-Ended
April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2027


You know how most reading challenges you join have some type of theme or main idea, kind of like the books themselves? Well, this one...not so much! We'll look at Crown Jewels, Greasy Pole Climbing, Model Ts, Zorbing, and anything and everything in between. So buckle up for the ride and enjoy!


Each time you satisfy a task, make a post here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use the following example for your Completion Post.


Prompt # / Name: {For example: #1: Octothorpe}
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
Task:
How it Fits:


If you have any questions about this challenge, please post them in the Ridiculously Random Q&A Thread.


Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘 I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘 Your first prompt will be posted on April 1, 2025.
📘 Books must be completed after the task has been posted. For example, if your task is posted on 4-15, you can't use a book you completed on 4-14.


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If a set of tasks is too difficult or just out of your comfort zone, you have 4 SKIPS to use in this challenge. In order to use a SKIP, read any book that meets the Standard Book Qualifications for Hooked on Books. The link is in the Challenge Rules above. Simply list SKIP on the Task line.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Just to shake things up a bit more and keep them really random, I'm throwing caution...and my OCD...to the wind for this challenge. Your prompts will be given to you in random orders, with everyone following a different path. I'll be tracking your prompts on a separate spreadsheet to make sure we don't miss one.


If you would like to pick your starting place, tell me your favorite number between 1 and 72 before March 31st.

[valeria]

26

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #26: Baby Puffins





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.

[valeria]

Prompt # 26/ Name: Baby Puffins
Book:Broken Whispers
Author:Neva Altaj
Date Read:5/8 4*
Pages:232
Task:🐠 2. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
How it Fits: has a daughter who is 3 years old

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #67: Baby Elephants





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.

[valeria]

Prompt # Ridiculously Random Prompt #67:
/ Name: Baby Elephants
Book:Burned Cinder
Author:Jagger Cole
Date Read:16/10 4*
Pages:426
Task:🐘 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.

How it Fits: starts with B

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #62: Oreos





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.