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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.
Prompt #3: Axe Throwing
Book: The Work of Art
Author: Mimi Matthews
Date Read: 7/3/25
Pages: 392
Task: 2. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in LUMBERJACK.
How it Fits: MC's first initial is A for Arthur
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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.
Prompt #71: Two-Buck Chuck
Book: Rogue Protocol
Author: Martha Wells
Date Read: 7/7/25
Pages: 158
Task: 4. Read a book with a 2 and an 8 in the publication date.
How it Fits: publ in 2018
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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.
Prompt #23: Royal Flush
Book: The Seed Keeper
Author: Diane Wilson
Date Read: 7/14/25
Pages: 372
Task: 1. Read a book where a character plays a hand of cards.
How it Fits: p.299 - characters are playing a game of UNO
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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.
Prompt #32: Coca-Cola
Book: Quesadillas
Author: Juan Pablo Villalobos
Date Read: 7/31/25
Pages: 158
Task: 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
How it Fits: p. 43 "...afternoon snack: chocolate cake and Coca Cola for Jarek, and..."
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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.
Prompt #67: Baby Elephants
Book: Best Staged Plans
Author: Claire Cook
Date Read: 8/8/25
Pages: 256
Task: 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.
How it Fits: title starts with B in NEWBORNS
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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.
Prompt #19: One Small Step
Book: Pasta Wars
Author: Elisa Lorello
Date Read: 8/11/25
Pages: 252
Task: 4. Read a book author's first AND last initials are found in NEIL ARMSTRONG.
How it Fits: E L in NEIL
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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.
Prompt #66: Wood Chopping
Book: One Plus One
Author: Jojo Moyes
Date Read: 8/14/25
Pages: 594
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in AXEMAN.
How it Fits: MC 1st name Ed - E in AXEMAN
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Giant Pumpkin Kayaking is quite simply the sport of kayaking inside of a giant, hollowed-out pumpkin.
The most famous race takes place on Lake Pesaquid in Nova Scotia at the annual Windsor Pumpkin Regatta. The course is a half-mile long and competitors often decorate their pumpkins with paint and flags.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🎃 1. Read a book set at least partially in Canada.
🎃 2.Read a book with all the letters of KAYAK in the title. {2 As, 2 Ks}
🎃 3. Read a book with something painted or flags on the cover.
🎃 4. Read a book with the word PUMPKIN found in the text.
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Book: Unraveled
Author: C.J. Barry
Date Read: 6/30/25
Pages: 343
Task: 2. Read a book where the MC is described as being tall.
How it Fits: p. 30 Male MC describing F MC - "Tall, sleek, built for speed."