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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.
Prompt # / Name: #16: M&MsBook: Rogue
Author: Michael Anderle
Date Read: 8/29
Pages: 258
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in HERSHEY.
How it Fits: MC is named Rogue
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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 # / Name: #23: Royal FlushBook: Jimmy Coates: Target
Author: Joe Craig
Date Read: 9/1
Pages: 272
Task: 3. Read a book with the word ROYAL found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 82 - Just beneath the crest of the royal family.
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #50: Guinness World RecordsBook: First King of Shannara
Author: Terry Brooks
Date Read: 9/6
Pages: 489
Task: 1. Read a book with at least 323 pages.
How it Fits: 489 pages
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Not every Model T was black.
For the first few years of production, Ford's famous car came in gray, green, blue and red. It was only after 1914 that customers could order "any color so long as it is black," as the dark paint dried faster than other hues.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⚫️ 1. Read a book with a car on the cover.
⚫️ 2. Read a book with a color in the title.
⚫️ 3. Read a book with BLACK, GRAY, GREEN, BLUE, or RED found in the text.
⚫️ 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers found in the page count/publication date: 1, 9, 1, 4.
Prompt # / Name: #38: Model TBook: The Jane Austen Project
Author: Kathleen A. Flynn
Date Read: 9/14
Pages: 384
Task: 3. Read a book with BLACK, GRAY, GREEN, BLUE, or RED found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 19 - ...black spots before my eyes,...
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The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn — chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.
Prompt # / Name: #10: National Animal of ScotlandBook: One Step Past Sundown
Author: Bradford Bates
Date Read: 9/15
Pages: 284
Task: 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC
How it Fits: Author first initial B
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #58: Chocolate HolidaysBook: Genesis Draconis
Author: Kevin O. McLaughlin
Date Read: 9/18
Pages: 228
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's FIRST initial is NOT found in ALMONDS.
How it Fits: MC Kristen
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The Running of the Bulls takes place in the summer in Pamplona, Spain.
The event involves patrons running in front of 6 bulls that have been let loose in the town’s streets. Every year between 50-100 injuries are reported with 15 deaths reported since 1910.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐂 1. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
🐂 2. Read a book where multiple characters die.
🐂 3. Read a book with between 50,000 and 100,000 Goodreads ratings.
🐂 4. Read a book set mostly in the summer.
Prompt # / Name: #42: Running of the BullsBook: Footprints
Author: Alex Archer
Date Read: 9/21
Pages: 315
Task: 2. Read a book where multiple characters die.
How it Fits: Lots of criminal characters are killed.
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #70: Tunnel of LoveBook: Diablo Mesa
Author: Douglas Preston
Date Read: 9/24
Pages: 385
Task: 2. Read a book with the word TUNNEL found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 358 - She felt the tunnel branch into a horizontal T,...
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #55: Moon FlowersBook: Payment in Blood
Author: Elizabeth George
Date Read: 10/6
Pages: 374
Task: 2. Read a book with double vowels in the title.
How it Fits: Double O in title
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The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
Yes, that tall, pleated white hat that chefs wear — technically called a toque — has 100 folds for a reason! According to Reluctant Gourmet, the pleats used to signify a chef's level of experience, like the number of ways he or she knew how to prepare eggs.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👩🏼🍳 1. Read a book with a mostly white cover. {Your discretion.}
👩🏼🍳 2. Read a book where the MC is described as being tall.
👩🏼🍳 3. Read a book with a 1 and 2 0s found in the publication date.
👩🏼🍳 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in RELUCTANT GOURMET.
Prompt # / Name: #2: Chef's HatBook: Seven If By Luck
Author: Martha Carr
Date Read: 10/9
Pages: 235
Task: 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in RELUCTANT GOURMET
How it Fits: Author initials MC - reluCtant gourMet
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #20: Blue WhaleBook: Breakaway
Author: Jeff Hirsch
Date Read: 10/13
Pages: 192
Task: 4. Read a book with a 2 in the page count.
How it Fits: 192 pages
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #7: Allergic CatsBook: The Defiant Magician
Author: Sarah Noffke
Date Read: 10/16
Pages: 322
Task: 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 19 - ...silently judging my dress and messy hair.
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #5: Wedding VeilBook: The Penderwicks at Last
Author: Jeanne Birdsall
Date Read: 10/23
Pages: 256
Task: 2. Read a book where someone gets married.
How it Fits: Rosalind and Skye each get married in the book.
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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 # / Name: #67: Baby ElephantsBook: Rogue Mom
Author: Martha Carr
Date Read: 10/27
Pages: 302
Task: 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in NEWBORNS.
How it Fits: Title starts with R
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #4: Girl CrushBook: The Tale of Halcyon Crane
Author: Wendy Webb
Date Read: 10/29
Pages: 328
Task: 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in SPOTIFY.
How it Fits: Title starts with T
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #69: Worm CharmingBook: The Highgate Cemetery Murder
Author: Irina Shapiro
Date Read: 11/1
Pages: 358
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WORM
How it Fits: MC Sebastian
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There's a word for animals with partial pigment loss.
Albinism is the congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration, but leucism is a different rare condition where some pattern or color remains.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🦒 1. Read a book without much color on the cover. {Your discretion.}
🦒 2. Read a book where the author's LAST initial is found in LEUCISM.
🦒 3. Read a book where a character has a rare condition.
🦒 4. Read a book where all the letters of PIGMENT are found in the title.
Prompt # / Name: #52: LeucismBook: Lost in the Moment and Found
Author: Seanan McGuire
Date Read: 11/8
Pages: 208
Task: 2. Read a book where the author's LAST initial is found in LEUCISM.
How it Fits: Author last initial M
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #13: Mickey & MinnieBook: The Magnolia Palace
Author: Fiona Davis
Date Read: 11/15
Pages: 340
Task: 1. Read a book where someone dies.
How it Fits: Henry Frick dies.
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #34: Mouse SpeedBook: House of Whispers
Author: J.L. Bryan
Date Read: 11/19
Pages: 215
Task: 3. Read a book with the word MOUSE found in the text.
How it Fits: Page 93 - ...clicked the mouse,...
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A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
While historians have only recently recognized their achievements (or female discoveries credited to men), the female mathematicians participated in a World War II program coding instructions into the revolutionary Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⌨️ 1. Read a book with a strong female lead.
⌨️ 2. Read a book with all the letters of ENIAC found in the title.
⌨️ 3. Read a book set during World War II.
⌨️ 4. Read a book where a character uses a computer.
Prompt # / Name: #65: ENIACBook: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Author: Stieg Larsson
Date Read: 11/24
Pages: 566
Task: 1. Read a book with a strong female lead.
How it Fits: Lisbeth Salander is strong female MC
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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.
Prompt # / Name: #15: Chess BoxingBook: A Gentleman in Moscow
Author: Amor Towles
Date Read: 12/2
Pages: 495
Task: 2. Read a book that has a French or a Dutch translation.
How it Fits: French translation
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Dr. Seuss wrote "Green Eggs and Ham" on a bet.
Theodore Geisel's editor didn't believe the author could write a book in 50 words or less. The finished product contains 50 words on the dot.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍳 1. Read a book where a character eats a meal.
🍳 2. Read a book with a 50 intact in the page count.
🍳 3. Read a book where a main/major character is a doctor.
🍳 4. Read a book where someone makes a bet of any kind.
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Book: Just One Day
Author: Gayle Forman
Date Read: 8/26
Pages: 369
Task: 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6
How it Fits: 369 pages