Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge: Gillis

[Gillis]

Hey Michelle, I already did this one in july 2025 (see message 28: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Oh, Lordy. I wonder if I marked the wrong one by mistake?? Let's try this one instead.


Ridiculously Random Prompt #40: Wine Major





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.

[Gillis]

Prompt # / Name: #40: Wine Major
Book: Mijn dochter in Frankrijk
Author: Barbara Keating
Date Read: 6 Dec 2025
Pages: 445
Task: 2. Read a book where a character consumes wine.

[Michelle's Empty Nest, The Challenge Whisperer]

Ridiculously Random Prompt #6: Bog Snorkelling





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.}