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TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
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Duration: Jan 23, 2018-July 22, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
23/12+
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a teacher.
Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson 1/27/18
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow.
Rattlesnake Crossing J.A. Jance 1/26/18
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
Love Unbroken J.H. Croix 2/9/18
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee.
Alone In the Dark Karen Rose 2/12/18
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character of African descent.
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Kevin Hart 1/28/18
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Booty Call Ainsley Booth 1/31/18
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge.
Crown Jewels Ella James 1/25/18
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1.
Every Day David Levithan 1/30/18
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses 3 names.
Promise Not to Tell Jayne Ann Krentz 2/16/18
3. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side.
Snow Angels James Thompson 2/15/18
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted.
Closer Than You Think Karen Rose 2/5/18
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important.
(allowing a fire investigator on their property)
No One But You Brenda Novak 3/8/18
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Wild Adriane Leigh 1/31/18
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character.
The View from Rainshadow Bay Colleen Coble 2/18/18
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that was published in July of any year.
The Exile of Sara Stevenson Darci Hannah 2/3/18
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Bliss
Like a Memory Abbi Glines 2/1/18
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre.
Death Below Stairs Jennifer Ashley 3/6/18
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Dangerous Games Lora Leigh 1/29/18
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery 2/4/18
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
I Am Watching You Teresa Driscoll 2/13/18
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character is a journalist.
Holiday Hearts: A Fairytale Christmas\The St. James Affair Susan Wiggs 2/2/18
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc. BOTH
The Lullaby Girl Loreth Anne White 1/23/18
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
Lucifer's Tears James Thompson 3/2/18
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: Jan 23, 2018-July 22, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
1/16
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin:
🎭
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth Pages:391 p. Date read: 23/1/2018 Rating:4 starsThe president of the US is a pilot
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
3. "Atomic City"-
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Mod
You copied my post and I finished a book today and marked it for #15! LOL
JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Claire!You copied my post and I finished a book today and marked it for #15! LOL"
Haha :-)
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Start date: 1/25/2018
Finish date: 7/25/2018
Levels:
Observer: 1-5 Tasks
Film Buff: 6-11 Tasks
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - 2/16/2018How it fits: MC Anne Marie is close to her mum and little sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower.
Opal's Story: A Novel - Phyllis H. Moore - 2/21/2018How it fits: Opal is a widow.
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
The Betrayal - Kate Furnivall - 3/5/2018How it fits: Romy is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a LGBTQIA character.
The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff - 3/17/2018How it fits: Lili is transgendered.
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - 1/31/2018How it fits: Jamie Fraser is described as being 24 years old.
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge.
The Good Samaritan - John Marrs - 3/16/2018How it fits: The husband is bent on revenge after his wife suicides.
Episodes
1. Pilot
🎭 Read a Series book #1
The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 3/20/2018How it fits: Book 1 in the Don Tillman series.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names.
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - R.J. Palacio - 1/26/20183. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted
The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux - 3/10/2018How it fits: Christine is abducted.
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Worth Fighting for: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward - Lisa Niemi Swayze - 2/23/20187. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 2/11/2018How it fits: Character Perry.
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Helen of Troy - Margaret George - 2/28/2018How it fits: Prominent brothers include Hector and Paris (Troy) and Menelaus and Agamemnon (Sparta)
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
Y Is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton - 2/16/2018How it fits: A character is blackmailed for money in regards to a videotape.
My spotTimeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher
Mc toshi is a history teacher finished 8/2
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 OR a LGBTQIA character.
Sweetboy: A Yaoi Prison Romance mc micah is gay finished 31/1
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered
Shadows of the Past
Mc cassians family is murderd finished 31/1
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is)
Mc parker is persuaded by his dad to move back home to care for his Alzheimers sick mother
Finished 8/2
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Mc heller finished 7/2
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: 28.01.2018 - 27.07.2018
Progress: 23
Level:
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher.
Auge um Auge, Lukas Erler, 20.02.2018 - MC is a professor
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower.
Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon, 31.01.2018 - Maddy's mother is a widow.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
Airport, Arthur Hailey, 23.04.2018
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a LGBTQIA character.
The Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli, 04.03.2018 - Many LGBTQIA characters
🎭 Read a character of African descent.
After the Wedding, Courtney Milan, 26.04.2018
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, 22.02.2018 - Harry Potter is 15.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling, 05.04.2018 - Harry's family was murdered
Episodes
🎭 Read a Series book #1
Graceling, Kristin Cashore, 16.02.2018 - "Graceling Realm" #1
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson, 23.03.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side.
Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, 13.02.2018 - Renata's husband has a lover.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris, 30.01.2018 - Farrell is abducted.
🎭 Read a book with a character that inspires others.
The Shop on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber, 04.05.2018 - MC inspires others
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Wonder Woman: Warbringer, Leigh Bardugo, 17.03.2018
🎭 Read a book with a female character that is in charge.
The Lost Plot, Genevieve Cogman, 12.03.2018
🎭 Read a book published in July of any year.
Trapped at the Altar, Jane Feather, 09.02.2018 - published in July 2014
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Lady of the Lake, Andrzej Sapkowski, 28.01.2018 - Yennefer, Cirilla.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre.
Once Upon a Marquess, Courtney Milan, 03.02.2018 - MPG Historical
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells, Rose Pressey, 08.02.2018 - MC is a magician
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Air Awakens, Elise Kova, 08.04.2018 - Aldrik and Baldair are brothers and prominent characters.
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz, 14.03.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character is a journalist.
The Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan, 03.04.2018 - Frederica owns a newspaper and writes articles for it.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
Along Came a Spider, James Patterson, 28.02.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda, 29.03.2018 - MC gets blackmailed
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1 Duration: January 27, 2018 - July 26, 2018
READ: 22/12+
Main Characters:
✔️Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Sea Glass Winter - JoAnn Ross (hero is a science teacher) 5/3
✔️Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
The Sixth Day - Catherine Coulter (Adam is a hacker) 6/7
✔️Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
City of Endless Night - Douglas Preston (FBI agent) 5/6
✔️Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Hunting Season - Shelly Laurenston (heroine) 3/8
✔️Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (mc is 18) 5/29
✔️Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
The Red Hunter - Lisa Unger 4/12
Episodes
✔️1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor 4/15
✔️2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
The Knight & the Seer - Ruth Ryan Langan 4/16
✔️3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
The Copenhagen Affair - Amulya Malladi 5/5
✔️4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
Midnight's Kiss - Thea Harrison 5/4
✔️5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
Blood, Smoke and Mirrors - Robyn Bachar 5/5
(heroine is coerced to change mind by a vampire who wants to rule the world)
✔️ 6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover - Sarah MacLean 4/29
✔️7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
Phantom Evil - Heather Graham (hero is half Cheyenne) 4/28
✔️8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
Oasis - Randie Lipkin 3/2
✔️9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
So I Married a Sorcerer - Kerrelyn Sparks (Brigitta) 4/30
✔️10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark - Donna Lea Simpson 4/12
✔️11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Dragonward - Michael Meyerhofer 4/4
✔️12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Bird Box - Josh Malerman 4/10
✔️13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
The Drowning - Camilla Läckberg 4/7
✔️14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
Over Her Dead Body - Kate White 5/28
✔️15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
I Know a Secret - Tess Gerritsen 4/2
✔️16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Y is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton 4/22
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: Jan 27, 2018-July 26, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
21 Tasks
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher - Unteachable Elliot Wake - 1/30
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower. - Light After Dark Marie Force - 2/3
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers - The Book Of Twenty Four Nathan L. Flamank - 2/5
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee - No One Left to Tell Karen Rose - 2/12
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character of African descent. - The Wife Alafair Burke - 3/2
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger - Shadowboxer Cari Quinn - 2/11
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered - Falling in Deeper Shayla Black - 3/4
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1 - Dirty Girl Meghan March - 1/30
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton - Haunted in Death J.D. Robb - 2/3
3. "Atomic City"-
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side - Hers Dawn Robertson - 3/13
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted - Wicked for You Shayla Black - 2/12
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W. - Wicked Need Sawyer Bennett - 2/16
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character - Mackenzie's Mountain Linda Howard - 3/3
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book published in July of any year. - Pub July, 2017 - The Red Tiffany Reisz - 2/2
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name! - Enrico Lucchesi - Malavita Dana Delamar - 2/3
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre - The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett - 2/10
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter. - Ride Me Dirty Vanessa Vale - 2/25
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a Western - Rocky Mountain Freedom Vivian Arend - 3/8
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered. - Blaze Susan Fanetti - 2/22
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc. - Obsession Debra Webb - 3/7
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a grandfather. - Mack Daddy Penelope Ward - 2/23
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: January 28, 2018-July 27, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
1/12
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes
1. Pilot
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. *The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln*
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
*Inherit Midnight by Kate Kae Myers* January 28, 2018
3. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Levels:
Observer: 1-5 Tasks
Film Buff: 6-11 Tasks
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Level Cinephile: 22/12+
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands 4/8/18
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military
Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast 3/4/18
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 2/12/18
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee
The Naughty List by Perrin Briar 3/23/18
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company
The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy 3/25/18
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger
Biting the Bullet by Jennifer Rardin 2/9/18
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge. Staked by Kevin Hearne 6/13/18
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson 2/1/18
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names
Savage by Iain Rob Wright 2/18/18
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side
Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse by Sherri Bryan 2/8/18
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock 2/28/18
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book with a character that inspires others.
Winter by Marissa Meyer 2/23/18
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs
The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer 4/15/18
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a female character that is in charge.
Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge 3/9/18
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is published in July of any year.
Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams 2/26/18
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. - Atticus
Shattered by Kevin Hearne 3/4/18
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book with a character that can be considered a traitor.
Elven Blood by Debra Dunbar 2/6/18
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person
Flight by Alyssa Rose Ivy 4/20/18
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape 4/5/18
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Demon Night by Sara Bourgeois 2/13/18
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
The Case of the Hidden Flame by Alison Golden 2/15/18
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed
Out of Darkness by Jason D. Morrow 5/19/18
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1Duration: January 28, 2018-July 27, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
4/12
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Dark Energy by Robison Wells ~2/2/18
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes
1. Pilot
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. *The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln*
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
*Inherit Midnight by Kate Kae Myers* January 28, 2018
3. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
The Language of Stars by Louise Hawes ~2/4/18
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
Warcross by Marie Lu ~2/6/18
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Mod
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: Jan 23, 2018-July 22, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
23/12+
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a teacher.
Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson 1/27/18
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow.
Rattlesnake Crossing J.A. Jance 1/26/18
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
Love Unbroken J.H. Croix 2/9/18
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee.
Alone In the Dark Karen Rose 2/12/18
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character of African descent.
I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Kevin Hart 1/28/18
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Booty Call Ainsley Booth 1/31/18
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge.
Crown Jewels Ella James 1/25/18
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1.
Every Day David Levithan 1/30/18
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses 3 names.
Promise Not to Tell Jayne Ann Krentz 2/16/18
3. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side.
Snow Angels James Thompson 2/15/18
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted.
Closer Than You Think Karen Rose 2/5/18
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important.
(allowing a fire investigator on their property)
No One But You Brenda Novak 3/8/18
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Wild Adriane Leigh 1/31/18
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character.
The View from Rainshadow Bay Colleen Coble 2/18/18
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that was published in July of any year.
The Exile of Sara Stevenson Darci Hannah 2/3/18
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Bliss
Like a Memory Abbi Glines 2/1/18
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre.
Death Below Stairs Jennifer Ashley 3/6/18
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
Dangerous Games Lora Leigh 1/29/18
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery 2/4/18
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
I Am Watching You Teresa Driscoll 2/13/18
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character is a journalist.
Holiday Hearts: A Fairytale Christmas\The St. James Affair Susan Wiggs 2/2/18
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc. BOTH
The Lullaby Girl Loreth Anne White 1/23/18
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
Lucifer's Tears James Thompson 3/2/18
Thanks for a great Challenge!TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: Jan 27, 2018-July 26, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
21 Tasks
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher - Unteachable Elliot Wake - 1/30
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower. - Light After Dark Marie Force - 2/3
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers - The Book Of Twenty Four Nathan L. Flamank - 2/5
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee - No One Left to Tell Karen Rose - 2/12
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character of African descent. - The Wife Alafair Burke - 3/2
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger - Shadowboxer Cari Quinn - 2/11
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered - Falling in Deeper Shayla Black - 3/4
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1 - Dirty Girl Meghan March - 1/30
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton - Haunted in Death J.D. Robb - 2/3
3. "Atomic City"-
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side - Hers Dawn Robertson - 3/13
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted - Wicked for You Shayla Black - 2/12
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W. - Wicked Need Sawyer Bennett - 2/16
7. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character - Mackenzie's Mountain Linda Howard - 3/3
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book published in July of any year. - Pub July, 2017 - The Red Tiffany Reisz - 2/2
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name! - Enrico Lucchesi - Malavita Dana Delamar - 2/3
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre - The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett - 2/10
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter. - Ride Me Dirty Vanessa Vale - 2/25
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a Western - Rocky Mountain Freedom Vivian Arend - 3/8
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered. - Blaze Susan Fanetti - 2/22
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc. - Obsession Debra Webb - 3/7
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a grandfather. - Mack Daddy Penelope Ward - 2/23
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The 2nd episode of Season 2 is on tonight. Can't wait. I love this show.
COMPLETION POSTTV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Start date: 1/25/2018
Finish date: 7/25/2018
Levels:
Observer: 1-5 Tasks
Film Buff: 6-11 Tasks
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Tasks complete: 13
Timeless - Season 1
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry - 2/16/2018How it fits: MC Anne Marie is close to her mum and little sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower.
Opal's Story: A Novel - Phyllis H. Moore - 2/21/2018How it fits: Opal is a widow.
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
The Betrayal - Kate Furnivall - 3/5/2018How it fits: Romy is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a LGBTQIA character.
The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff - 3/17/2018How it fits: Lili is transgendered.
Connor Mason:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - 1/31/2018How it fits: Jamie Fraser is described as being 24 years old.
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge.
The Good Samaritan - John Marrs - 3/16/2018How it fits: The husband is bent on revenge after his wife suicides.
Episodes
1. Pilot
🎭 Read a Series book #1
The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion - 3/20/2018How it fits: Book 1 in the Don Tillman series.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names.
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories - R.J. Palacio - 1/26/20183. "Atomic City"
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar"
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted
The Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux - 3/10/2018How it fits: Christine is abducted.
5. "The Alamo"
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape"
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Worth Fighting for: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward - Lisa Niemi Swayze - 2/23/20187. "Stranded"
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race"
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde"
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 2/11/2018How it fits: Character Perry.
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold"
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition"
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James"
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Helen of Troy - Margaret George - 2/28/2018How it fits: Prominent brothers include Hector and Paris (Troy) and Menelaus and Agamemnon (Sparta)
13. "Karma Chameleon"
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation"
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1"
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare"
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
Y Is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton - 2/16/2018How it fits: A character is blackmailed for money in regards to a videotape.
I've been looking at this challenge for a while and I think I'll start it now!Duration: April 1st - October 1st
Level: Film Buff (6-11 tasks)
Progress: 6/11
Task 1: Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower
Task 2: Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot
Take 3: Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - Simon is gay (5/4/18)
Task 4 : Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent
Task 5: Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their significant other
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger - Bianca is 17 (8/4/18)
Task 6: Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge
Task 7: Read a series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7
Task 8: Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names
Task 9: Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas
Task 10: Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Flemming
Task 11: Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important OR a character that inspires others
If I Stay by Gayle Forman - Mia changes her mind about whether she should "stay" or "go" (15/4/18)
Task 12: Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title with a W
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Task 13: Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge
Task 14: Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year
Task 15: Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - Andrew Laeddis (3/4/18)
Task 16: Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor
Task 17: Read a book with a character who is a banker, investor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begins with the same letter
Task 18: Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - Starr's brother, Seven, is a prominent character (26/4/18)
Task 19: Read a book where a one night stand occurs OR where a character is murdered
Task 20: Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist
Task 21: Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, law enforcement
Task 22: Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather
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I'm bummed because it's not on TV tonight! :(
The Lost ChallengesTV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 8/1/2020 - 1/31/2021 (6 months from your start date)
Progress: 0 out of 23
Levels:
Film Buff: 6-11 Tasks
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent:
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse:
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge:
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year:
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
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Challenge Rules
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FINISHEDTV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 1/23/18-6/23/18
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Main Characters:
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower The Forever of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen 1/27
Rufus Carlin:
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer 2/1
Special Agent Denise Christopher:
🎭 Read a book with a LGBTQIA character Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli 2/3
Jiya Marri:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover 1/27
Garcia Flynn:
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge Chasing Wishes by Jessica Sorensen 2/3
Episodes
1. Pilot -
🎭 Read a Series book #1 The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan 4/6
3. "Atomic City"-
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side Never Never by Colleen Hoover 2/6
5. "The Alamo" -
🎭 Read a book with a character that inspires others Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia 3/3
7. "Stranded" -
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton 4/1
8. "Space Race" -
🎭 Read a book that is c published in July of any year The Distance Between Us by Kasie West 2/20
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" -
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title The Ever After of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen 1/31
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" -
🎭 Read a book with a character that can be considered a traitor Captivate by Jessica Sorensen 3/23
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" -
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person Fairy Tale Remix: Blayze & Ash by Jessica Sorensen 2/3 - Architect
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" -
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter 3/6
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" -
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 3/25
Finished!TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 28.01.2018 - 27.07.2018
Progress: 23
Level:
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher.
Auge um Auge, Lukas Erler, 20.02.2018 - MC is a professor
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a widow/widower.
Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon, 31.01.2018 - Maddy's mother is a widow.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
Airport, Arthur Hailey, 23.04.2018
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a LGBTQIA character.
The Upside of Unrequited, Becky Albertalli, 04.03.2018 - Many LGBTQIA characters
🎭 Read a character of African descent.
After the Wedding, Courtney Milan, 26.04.2018
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling, 22.02.2018 - Harry Potter is 15.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling, 05.04.2018 - Harry's family was murdered
Episodes
🎭 Read a Series book #1
Graceling, Kristin Cashore, 16.02.2018 - "Graceling Realm" #1
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson, 23.03.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side.
Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, 13.02.2018 - Renata's husband has a lover.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris, 30.01.2018 - Farrell is abducted.
🎭 Read a book with a character that inspires others.
The Shop on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber, 04.05.2018 - MC inspires others
🎭 Read a book with a title that begins with a W.
Wonder Woman: Warbringer, Leigh Bardugo, 17.03.2018
🎭 Read a book with a female character that is in charge.
The Lost Plot, Genevieve Cogman, 12.03.2018
🎭 Read a book published in July of any year.
Trapped at the Altar, Jane Feather, 09.02.2018 - published in July 2014
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
Lady of the Lake, Andrzej Sapkowski, 28.01.2018 - Yennefer, Cirilla.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre.
Once Upon a Marquess, Courtney Milan, 03.02.2018 - MPG Historical
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells, Rose Pressey, 08.02.2018 - MC is a magician
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Air Awakens, Elise Kova, 08.04.2018 - Aldrik and Baldair are brothers and prominent characters.
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz, 14.03.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character is a journalist.
The Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan, 03.04.2018 - Frederica owns a newspaper and writes articles for it.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
Along Came a Spider, James Patterson, 28.02.2018
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed.
All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda, 29.03.2018 - MC gets blackmailed
TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1June 1, 2018 - Nov. 30, 2018
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
19/23 Tasks Completed
Main Characters:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Not Your Match by Lindzee Armstrong (6/10/18)
Ben is a science teacher.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Lawfully Loved by Jenna Brandt (6/15/18)
Jake is a widower.
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
The Feisty One by Cami Checketts (6/19/18)
Tucker is a programmer.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Hawaiian Masquerade by Rachelle J. Christensen (6/23/18)
Jordan is the head of Burke Enterprises.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Heart Strings by Donna Hatch (6/17/18)
Susanna is 19.
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes:
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
Love at First Date by Susan Hatler (6/7/18)
Book 1 in the Better Date than Never series
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
Waiting for You by Heather B. Moore (6/6/18)
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer (6/19/18)
Lily is kidnapped.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
How I Met Your Brother by Janette Rallison (6/8/18)
The whole reason Belle goes to the resort is to convince Marco she is the one for him, but Marco's brother, Flynn, gets her to keep her feelings from Marco using their mother's health and the stress it would cause her and threatening her job.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
Jade by Rachelle Ayala (6/11/18)
Keith Kirkland is caught plagiarizing Aiden's novel.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
Moot Court by Jennifer Griffith (6/21/18)
Professor Vincent is in charge of the class and judge of the moot court.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
The Resolved Warrior by Jennifer Youngblood (6/16/18)
Sutton
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
The Crush Dilemma by Susan Hatler (6/1/18)
Trish hooks up with her best friend's boyfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Light of the Lovers' Moon by Marcia Lynn McClure (6/14/18)
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Reluctantly Charmed by Kate Cambridge (6/15/18)
Western Historical Romance
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
Blackberry Crumble by Josi S. Kilpack (6/13/18)
Jim is murdered.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
Keep Me At Christmas by Lucinda Whitney (6/5/18)
Luciana flies from New York to Portugal.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield (6/25/18)
Dugan is a deputy sheriff.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Sweet Entanglement by Jean C. Gordon (6/4/18)
Jeff is a grandfather.
Finished! :)TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
19/23 Tasks Completed
Main Characters:
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Not Your Match by Lindzee Armstrong (6/10/18)
Ben is a science teacher.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Lawfully Loved by Jenna Brandt (6/15/18)
Jake is a widower.
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
The Feisty One by Cami Checketts (6/19/18)
Tucker is a programmer.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Hawaiian Masquerade by Rachelle J. Christensen (6/23/18)
Jordan is the head of Burke Enterprises.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Heart Strings by Donna Hatch (6/17/18)
Susanna is 19.
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes:
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
Love at First Date by Susan Hatler (6/7/18)
Book 1 in the Better Date than Never series
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
Waiting for You by Heather B. Moore (6/6/18)
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer (6/19/18)
Lily is kidnapped.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
How I Met Your Brother by Janette Rallison (6/8/18)
The whole reason Belle goes to the resort is to convince Marco she is the one for him, but Marco's brother, Flynn, gets her to keep her feelings from Marco using their mother's health and the stress it would cause her and threatening her job.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
Jade by Rachelle Ayala (6/11/18)
Keith Kirkland is caught plagiarizing Aiden's novel.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
Moot Court by Jennifer Griffith (6/21/18)
Professor Vincent is in charge of the class and judge of the moot court.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
The Resolved Warrior by Jennifer Youngblood (6/16/18)
Sutton
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
The Crush Dilemma by Susan Hatler (6/1/18)
Trish hooks up with her best friend's boyfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Light of the Lovers' Moon by Marcia Lynn McClure (6/14/18)
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Reluctantly Charmed by Kate Cambridge (6/15/18)
Western Historical Romance
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
Blackberry Crumble by Josi S. Kilpack (6/13/18)
Jim is murdered.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
Keep Me At Christmas by Lucinda Whitney (6/5/18)
Luciana flies from New York to Portugal.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield (6/25/18)
Dugan is a deputy sheriff.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Sweet Entanglement by Jean C. Gordon (6/4/18)
Jeff is a grandfather.
Challenge Complete.READ: 22/12+
Main Characters:
✔️Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Sea Glass Winter - JoAnn Ross (hero is a science teacher) 5/3
✔️Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
The Sixth Day - Catherine Coulter (Adam is a hacker) 6/7
✔️Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
City of Endless Night - Douglas Preston (FBI agent) 5/6
✔️Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Hunting Season - Shelly Laurenston (heroine) 3/8
✔️Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (mc is 18) 5/29
✔️Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
The Red Hunter - Lisa Unger 4/12
Episodes
✔️1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor 4/15
✔️2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
The Knight & the Seer - Ruth Ryan Langan 4/16
✔️3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
The Copenhagen Affair - Amulya Malladi 5/5
✔️4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
Midnight's Kiss - Thea Harrison 5/4
✔️5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
Blood, Smoke and Mirrors - Robyn Bachar 5/5
(heroine is coerced to change mind by a vampire who wants to rule the world)
✔️ 6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover - Sarah MacLean 4/29
✔️7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
Phantom Evil - Heather Graham (hero is half Cheyenne) 4/28
✔️8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
Oasis - Randie Lipkin 3/2
✔️9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
So I Married a Sorcerer - Kerrelyn Sparks (Brigitta) 4/30
✔️10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark - Donna Lea Simpson 4/12
✔️11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
The Dragonward - Michael Meyerhofer 4/4
✔️12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Bird Box - Josh Malerman 4/10
✔️13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
The Drowning - Camilla Läckberg 4/7
✔️14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
Over Her Dead Body - Kate White 5/28
✔️15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
I Know a Secret - Tess Gerritsen 4/2
✔️16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
Y is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton 4/22
I think I only missed 1. :-DTV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Level Cinephile: 22/12+
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands 4/8/18
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military
Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast 3/4/18
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 2/12/18
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee
The Naughty List by Perrin Briar 3/23/18
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company
The Accidental Werewolf by Dakota Cassidy 3/25/18
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger
Biting the Bullet by Jennifer Rardin 2/9/18
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is bent on revenge. Staked by Kevin Hearne 6/13/18
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1
Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson 2/1/18
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names
Savage by Iain Rob Wright 2/18/18
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side
Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse by Sherri Bryan 2/8/18
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock 2/28/18
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book with a character that inspires others.
Winter by Marissa Meyer 2/23/18
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs
The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer 4/15/18
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a female character that is in charge.
Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge 3/9/18
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is published in July of any year.
Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams 2/26/18
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose name has double letters in it. - Atticus
Shattered by Kevin Hearne 3/4/18
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book with a character that can be considered a traitor.
Elven Blood by Debra Dunbar 2/6/18
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person
Flight by Alyssa Rose Ivy 4/20/18
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a book where brothers are prominent characters.
Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape 4/5/18
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a character is murdered.
Demon Night by Sara Bourgeois 2/13/18
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
The Case of the Hidden Flame by Alison Golden 2/15/18
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed
Out of Darkness by Jason D. Morrow 5/19/18
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TV/Movie Challenge: Timeless - Season 1
Duration: 6 months from your start date.
Levels:
Observer: 1-5 Tasks
Film Buff: 6-11 Tasks
Cinephile: 12+ Tasks
Timeless - Season 1
When an experimental time machine is stolen, a history professor, a soldier and an engineer are tasked with capturing the culprit only to learn that he plans to rewrite American history and that each of them has a connection to his plan as well as the mysterious organization that funded the machine's development.
Main Characters:
Lucy Preston: A history professor struggling to fulfill the legacy of her mother, and get back her sister.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a professor/teacher OR with a character that is very close to their mother and sister.
Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan: A U.S. Army Delta Force operative trying to cope with the death of his wife, Jessica.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is currently serving in the military OR a character that is a widow/widower.
Rufus Carlin: A programmer assigned to pilot the prototype time machine referred to as the "Lifeboat".
🎭 Read a book with a character that works with computers OR is a pilot.
Special Agent Denise Christopher: The Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the time machine recovery mission.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is a government employee OR a LGBTQIA character.
Connor Mason: Head of Mason Industries, the company that created the time machine.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is the head of a company OR a character of African descent.
Jiya Marri: A talented young programmer at Mason Industries who becomes Rufus' girlfriend.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is 25 or younger OR works at the same company as their boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse.
Garcia Flynn: A former NSA asset who steals a fully operational time machine with the intention of changing American history.
🎭 Read a book with a character whose family is murdered OR that is bent on revenge.
Episodes
1. Pilot - The team pursues Flynn to 1937, where he prevents the Hindenburg disaster in order to bomb the dirigible on its return flight to Europe, when it is carrying important Americans to the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Lucy theorizes that Flynn wants to destroy the United States of America "in the crib". Flynn tells Lucy to find out about "Rittenhouse".
🎭 Read a Series book #1 OR a book with a page count that contains 2 of the following numbers: 1, 9, 3, 7.
2. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - Flynn travels to April 14, 1865, the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He works with John Wilkes Booth, intending to ensure the success of the planned assassinations of Vice President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of State William H. Seward, and General Ulysses S. Grant. Lucy meets Robert Todd Lincoln and attends the fateful performance at Ford's Theatre as his guest.
🎭 Read a book where a character attends a play OR with an author that uses a middle initial or 3 names. eg. Robert B Parker Mary Clark Dalton
3. "Atomic City"- In 1962 Las Vegas, when atomic tests are common near the city, Flynn uses intimate photographs to blackmail John F. Kennedy's mistress, Judith Campbell, into helping him steal a plutonium core, as her relationship with a general enables her to access a secure nuclear facility.
🎭 Read a book where a character has a mistress or a lover on the side OR set in Las Vegas.
4. "Party at Castle Varlar" - In Germany during 1944, the team believes Flynn intends to give his nuclear weapon to the Nazis, but it turns out he is actually planning to abduct Wernher von Braun and deliver him to the Soviet Union. With help from Ian Fleming, the team secures von Braun's defection to the Allies.
🎭 Read a book where a character is abducted OR a book by Ian Fleming.
5. "The Alamo" - Flynn travels to March 2, 1836, and convinces Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna to attack the Alamo three days before the actual attack occurred. Lucy, Wyatt, and Rufus follow suit and enter the Alamo Mission, but Flynn kills William B. Travis, preventing him from finishing his "Victory or Death" letter.
🎭 Read a book where a character is coerced into changing their mind about something important (tell us what that is) OR with a character that inspires others.
6. "The Watergate Tape" - The team goes after Flynn at the start of the Watergate scandal in 1972 to prevent him from finding the missing gap in the Watergate tapes, but Flynn captures them and reveals he already has the tape.
🎭 Read a book where a scandal occurs OR with a title that begins with a W.
7. "Stranded" - The team follows Flynn to 1754, the beginning of the French and Indian War. The trio are captured by the Shawnee tribe and they meet chieftainess Nonhelema.
🎭 Read a book with a Native/First Nations character OR a book with a female character that is in charge.
8. "Space Race" - Flynn and his team travel to July 20, 1969, to infiltrate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and disrupt the Apollo 11 mission.
🎭 Read a book that is considered SciFi OR published in July of any year.
9. "Last Ride of Bonnie & Clyde" - The trio travels to 1934 in Arkansas as Flynn tries to find a necklace key related to Rittenhouse. Upon their arrival, they encounter Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery and discover that Bonnie is wearing the key.
🎭 Read a book with 2 first names in the title OR with a character whose name has double letters in it. Tell us the character's name!
10. "The Capture of Benedict Arnold" - The Lifeboat team pursues Flynn to New York on September 25, 1780, the day Benedict Arnold planned to surrender West Point to the British Army. The trio are captured by George Washington's forces and confronted by Flynn, who reveals that the secret letter shows Arnold was a founding member of Rittenhouse.
🎭 Read a book from the Historical genre OR with a character that can be considered a traitor.
11. "The World's Columbian Exposition" - Flynn takes Lucy to 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair with the intent to kill Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and J. P. Morgan. Wyatt and Rufus follow them, but get trapped with architect Sophia Hayden and a guest named George Henry in the World's Fair Hotel, run by serial killer H. H. Holmes. At the fair, Lucy and Flynn apprehend Harry Houdini and have him break into Edison's office to plant a bomb, but Houdini prevents Flynn from killing them.
🎭 Read a book with a character who is a banker, inventor, architect, hotelier, magician or business person OR by an author whose first and last name begin with the same letter.
12. "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels to April 3, 1882, where Flynn saves famous outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by Charley and Robert Ford in order to get his cooperation in finding a person deep within Indian territory.
🎭 Read a Western OR a book where brothers are prominent characters.
13. "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus steal the Lifeboat and travel to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 to circumvent the one-night stand between the parents of Jessica's killer, a bartender and a stewardess.
🎭 Read a book where a one-night stand occurs OR a book where a character is murdered.
14. "The Lost Generation" - Lucy and Rufus travel with Master Sergeant Dave Baumgardner to Paris on May 21, 1927, the day Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight. There, Flynn shoots down the Spirit of St. Louis and takes Lindbergh hostage. The Lifeboat team meets journalist Ernest Hemingway, who helps them search for Flynn and Lindbergh.
🎭 Read a book where a character flies over the Atlantic Ocean OR is a journalist.
15. "Public Enemy No. 1" - The team jumps to 1931 Chicago to pursue Flynn. There, Flynn helps Al Capone avoid jail in exchange for a meeting with Chicago mayor and Rittenhouse member William Hale Thompson. The team joins forces with Eliot Ness to bring the mobster to justice.
🎭 Read a book with a character that is some kind of gangster OR a policeman, Prohibition agent, FBI agent, or in law enforcement etc.
16. "The Red Scare" - The team and Jiya jump to Washington, D.C., in 1954, where Flynn blackmails Joseph McCarthy into giving him the address of the Rittenhouse summit. After being arrested on suspicion of being Soviet spies, Lucy and Wyatt escape and coerce Ethan Cahill, Lucy's grandfather, into taking them to the summit.
🎭 Read a book where a character gets blackmailed OR with a character that is a grandfather.
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