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The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.
Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
📸 1. Read a book set in Australia.
📸 2. Read a book where one book seems to mimic another in plot or design.
📸 3. Read a book with a piece of machinery on the cover.
📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
Completion Post -#29: The Lyrebird Option 1Book: Hunter Hunted by Keri Arthur
Pages: 331
How Book Qualified: Set in Australia.
Date Read: Aug 3
Rating/Review: 4 stars
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The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling & Wake is an annual event that takes place each spring near Gloucester, England and involves a 9 pound round of cheese, which is rolled from the top of a hill.
Competitors race after the cheese and the first person to reach the finish line at the bottom wins the cheese.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🧀 1. Read a book where a character eats cheese, or does something foolish.
🧀 2. Read a book set at least partially in England.
🧀 3. Read a book with all the letters of SPRING in the title.
🧀 4. Read a book with a 9 in the page count or publication date.
Completion Post -#12: Cheese Rolling Option 4Book: Satisfaction Guaranteed by Lauren Blakely
Pages: 296
How Book Qualified: 9 in the page count.
Date Read: Sep 12
Rating/Review: 2 stars
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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.
Completion Post -#16: M&Ms Option 4Book: Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston
Pages: 384
How Book Qualified: MMC name is Sebastian
Date Read: Sep 19
Rating/Review: 3 stars
Next number: #18 please
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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 -#18: Cycleball Option 1Book: Caribbean Crush by R.S. Grey
Pages: 296
How Book Qualified: Two MCs
Date Read: Sep 26
Rating/Review: 3.5 stars
Hi Michelle, can I please get my next prompt?
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #10: National Animal of Scotland
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.
Completion Post -#10: Unicorn Option 4Book: A Killing of Innocents by Deborah Crombie
Pages: 384
How Book Qualified: Author First Initial is D - not found in CELTIC
Date Read: Oct 6
Rating/Review: 4 stars
Thank you for your efforts Michelle!Next prompt: #26 please.
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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 -#26: Baby Puffins Option 1Book: Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher
Pages: 282
How Book Qualified: Bird on cover
Date Read: Oct 24
Rating/Review: 4 stars
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #8: Apple Pie
Apple Pie isn't actually American at all.
The next time you call something "as American as apple pie," you might want to consider the fact that neither apple pies nor apples originally came from America. Apples are in fact native to Asia, and the first recorded recipe for apple pie was actually written in England.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥧 1. Read a book set in America, England, or Asia.
🥧 2. Read a book that includes a recipe.
🥧 3. Read a book with a cliché in the text.
🥧 4. Read a book with an apple or other fruit on the cover.
Completion Post #8 - Apple Pie Option 1Book: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Pages: 327
Date Read: 28 Oct
How it Fits: Set in Atlanta, USA
Next option: 11 please
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The Crown Jewels contain the two biggest cut diamonds on Earth.
They both came from the Cullinan Diamond, a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905. The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown (pictured).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👑 1. Read a book with a crown on the cover.
👑 2. Read a book set at least partially in Africa.
👑 3. Read a book with a royal character.
👑 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers in the page count: 3, 1, 0, 6.
Completion #11: Crown Jewels Book: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Pages: 372
Date Read: 28 October
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Read a book with a royal character. - Kate Daniels can be considered royal in the book's world.
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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 #4 - Girl Crush Option 2Book: When He Dares by Suzanne Wright
Pages: 259
Date Read: 7 Nov
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: FMC Havana has a crush on MMC Tate.
Next option #2 please.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #71: Two-Buck Chuck
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 #71 - Two-Buck Chuck Option 4Book: Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea
Pages: 354
Date Read: 9 Nov
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Pub Dec 18 2020
Next option #20 please.
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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 #20 - Blue Whale Option 4Book: Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
Pages: 282
Date Read: 17 Nov
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Page count has 2 in it.
Next prompt: 27 please
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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 #27 - Greasy Pole Climbing Option 2Book: Fall by Kristen Callihan
Pages: 452
Date Read: 28 Nov
Rating: 3.5 stars
How it Fits: Title begins with F, not in Greasy Pole
Next prompt: 48 please
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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 #48: Toe Wrestling Option 1Book: Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire
Pages: 389
Date Read: 5 Dec
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Toby is a Blood-worker - she tastes blood to figure out the magic etc. Totally gross.
Next prompt: 60 please
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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 #60: Unicycle Basketball Option 4Book: The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée by Annika Martin
Pages: 389
Date Read: 9 Dec
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: Author initials are A and M, not in Unicycle
Next prompt: 21 please
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Book: Love, in English by Karina Halle
Pages: 456
How Book Qualified: About 30% set in Vancouver, Canada.
Date Read: July 29
Rating/Review: 1 stars