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Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 1: 1-12 tasks
Level 2: 13-24 tasks
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.


Info from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling

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Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 25+ tasks
29/25+

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Unstoppable Laura Griffin 5/1/19

🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
Scuba Diving Runaway Girl Tessa Bailey 4/14/19

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Wine Glass Enrage Rachel Van Dyken 4/12/18

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
California Girls Susan Mallery 4/3/19 STRIKE p 211 I'd never felt lightning strike before, but I felt it with you.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Ally Carter 4/11/19

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
Rival Penelope Douglas 4/22/19

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
US The Trouble with Twelfth Grave Darynda Jones 4/17/19
US Vermilion Drift William Kent Krueger 4/18/19
US Sweet Little Thing Abbi Glines 4/19/19
US Sweet Little Lies Abbi Glines 4/19/19
US Sweet Little Memories Abbi Glines 4/20/19
US Rebel Heart Penelope Ward 4/22/19
UK Rainy Day Sisters Kate Hewitt 4/29/19

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Over the Middle Lauren Landish 4/3/19

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
Fall Kristen Callihan 4/9/19

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Finding Margo Susanne O'Leary 4/6/19
The Sinner Tess Gerritsen 5/2/19

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Magic Breaks Ilona Andrews 4/8/19

🎳 Read a book published in September.
A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 4/4/19

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
357 pages Trial by Fire J.A. Jance 4/10/19
286 pages Getaway Girl Tessa Bailey 4/15/19
368 pages Fast Burn Lori Foster 4/23/19
399 pages Marked in Flesh Anne Bishop 4/26/19

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
2019 Watcher in the Woods Kelley Armstrong 4/30/19

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Before I Let You Go Kelly Rimmer 4/6/19

🎳 Read a Series #2.
Haunting the Deep Adriana Mather 4/2/19
A Justified Murder Jude Deveraux 4/5/19

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
Tiny Little Thing Beatriz Williams 5/3/19

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight Darynda Jones 4/16/19

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

Goal: 25/25+
Current level: Level 3: 25+ tasks

TASKS:
🎳 1. Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 2. Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin – 04/02/2019

🎳 3. Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand – 08/21/2019
Jessie and her mother go bowling.

🎳 4. Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 5. Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Waking Lazarus by T.L. Hines – 10/23/2019
...in his clumsiness, however, he knocked over a metal bucket. (Kindle Location 2036)

🎳 6. Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier – 04/27/2019
The girls spent every SPARE minute at the beach (Kindle Location 3123)

🎳 7. Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston – 01/25/2020


🎳 8. Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 9. Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 10. Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick – 09/27/2019


🎳 11. Read a book where a character goes bowling.
All The Pieces Of You by Ari Reavis – 07/21/2019
Luces and Cassidy

🎳 12. Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 13. Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
2012: The War for Souls by Whitley Strieber – 04/29/2019
Set in Kansas, USA

🎳 14. Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
Katherine Howard: A New History by Conor Byrne – 03/04/2020

🎳 15. Read a book set in London.
The Light Over London by Julia Kelly – 07/01/2019

🎳 16. Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Storm by Carian Cole – 08/02/2019

🎳 17. Read a book set in New York City.
Run Away by Harlan Coben – 06/12/2019

🎳 18. Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Little Black Dress by James Patterson – 07/06/2019
Jane and James go to Gramercy Tavern.

🎳 19. Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 20. Read a book where a character goes to the park.
I See Me by Meghan Ciana Doidge – 05/29/2019
Then there was a park before us. It was narrow — really just a patch of grass that ran alongside a huge river — but it was pretty.(p. 158)

🎳 21. Read a book set in a large city.
New Orleans Carnival Krewes: The History, Spirit and Secrets of Mardi Gras by Rosary O'Neill – 04/11/2019

🎳 22. Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier’s First Gunfighter by Tom Clavin – 05/06/2019

🎳 23. Read a book published in September.
The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Complete Edition by Stéphane Melchior-Durand & Philip Pullman – 07/12/2019
Published September 5th 2017

🎳 24. Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Ophelia by Florence Stevenson – 04/08/2019
128 pages

🎳 25. Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina – 11/01/2019

🎳 26. Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians by Ian Frisch – 04/21/2019
Published February 26th 2019

🎳 27. Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Black Hearts Red by Anne Leigh – 07/13/2019

🎳 28. Read a Series #2.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo – 04/22/2019
Six of Crows #2

🎳 29. Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon – 08/16/2019
The Golden Empress.

🎳 30. Read a book that makes you laugh.
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith – 07/14/2019

🎳 31. Read a book set in Australia.
Out Gamed by Lila Rose – 07/26/2019

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 13-24
17/13-24

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover- The Magician's Nephew-C.S. Lewis 4/16
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.- From Twinkle, with Love-Sandhya Menon 5/20- Hiking
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.- Running into Love-Aurora Rose Reynolds 4/30- "pull off the spare key" 14%
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK- The Dead House-Dawn Kurtagich 5/9
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter- Tales of the Peculiar-Ransom Riggs 6/9
🎳 Read a book set in New York City- Bound by Hatred-Cora Reilly 5/2
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park- Inuyashiki, Vol. 1-Hiroya Oku 5/10
🎳 Read a book set in a large city- November 9-Colleen Hoover 4/20
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order)- A Blade So Black-L.L. McKinney 4/7
🎳 Read a book published in September- Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 9: Includes Vols. 25, 26 & 27-Masashi Kishimoto 7/10
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count- Fresh Ink: An Anthology-Lamar Giles 4/10- pg. 198
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one- Something New-Ashlee Rose 4/19
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year- Shadow Me-Tahereh Mafi 4/17
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A- Afterschool Charisma, Vol. 11-Kumiko Suekane 4/15
🎳 Read a Series #2- Inuyashiki, Vol. 2-Hiroya Oku 5/10
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic- The Fault in Our Stars-John Green 4/13
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh- Precarious-Bella Jewel 5/6

Welcome Ferenc and Grace!

Let's Go Bowling
April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

25/25 Tasks Completed

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
A November Bride by Beth K. Vogt (4/10/19) - buttons

Night at the Opera by Stacy Henrie (4/15/19) - clock face


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational
activity. Tell us the activity.
Onboard for Love by Cami Checketts (4/5/19) - miniature golf
The Dream Groom by Taylor Hart (4/22/19) - bike around the island

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Big Sky by Cindy Roland Anderson, et. al. (4/2/19) - bar stool
Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey (4/7/19) - person
Winning Back the Princess by Lindzee Armstrong (5/3/19) - chair

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Falling for Her Boss by Liz Isaacson (4/4/19)
"...didn't think he could strike out again..." (pg 184) & "...with only eight inches to spare." (pg 99)
Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason (4/14/19)
"...the killers before they strike again." (pg 223) & "...didn't even spare them a look." (pg 191)

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Fifth Generation Cowboy by Liz Isaacson (4/11/19) - US
Shadowed by Dani Pettrey (4/23/19) - US
Love on the Rocks by Jennifer Youngblood (4/27/19) - US

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London.
The Blackmailed Bride by Mandy Goff (4/11/19)
Married to a Marquess by Joyce Alec (4/30/19)

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Ranch Hand For Auction by Kimberly Krey (4/2/19)
The Book of Mayhem by Melissa McShane (4/21/19)

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.

🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Goofy Newfies by Ann Omasta (4/7/19)

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
A Deceptive Bargain by Laura Beers (4/9/19)

🎳 Read a book published in September.
An October Bride by Katie Ganshert (4/25/19)
Published September 23, 2014

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Rematched by Julie Jarnagin (4/24/19) - 95 pages
Upon My Heart Forever by Amber Lynn Perry (5/1/19) - 169 pages

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Kissing A Billionaire by Taylor Hart, et. al. (4/17/19)
Published April 16, 2019

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Always You by Lucinda Whitney (4/12/19)

🎳 Read a Series #2.
Beneath an Italian Sky by Stacy Henrie (4/29/19)
An American Heiress #2

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
The Fall of Lord Drayson by Rachael Anderson (4/19/19)

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 2: 13-24 tasks
Level 3: 25+ tasks

16/13-24

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover. - Kaylea Cross - 4/11
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#. - Pg 232 - perpetrators would strike next - Hope Flames Jaci Burton - 4/1
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover. - Robyn Carr - 4/3
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK. US & Canada - Colt Kate Bridges - 4/9
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter. - Misadventures with a Professor Sierra Simone - 7/16
🎳 Read a book set in New York City. - Treachery in Death J.D. Robb - 4/15
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern. - Buck Em Petrova - 5/2
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city. - New York - Tripwire Lee Child - 5/10
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order). - The Beach Wedding Lucy Kevin - 6/24
🎳 Read a book published in September. - Pub Sept, 2016 - Strung Up Lorelei James - 5/16
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count. - 861 pgs - Fearless Lauren Gilley - 4/4
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year. - Pub 2019 - The Last Letter Rebecca Yarros - 4/8
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A. - The Bourbon Kings J.R. Ward - 4/19
🎳 Read a Series #2. - Die Trying Lee Child - 4/9
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic. - Paradise Valley Robyn Carr - 6/10
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh. - Full Package Lauren Blakely - 7/15
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level: Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff - 6/29/2019 - Clock window.

🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Riverdale: The Day Before - Micol Ostow - 7/3/2019 - tree pattern into face.

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - 5/30/2019

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
A Simple Favour - Darcey Bell - 4/5/2019 - USA
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides - 4/29/2019 - UK
Grey Dawn - Clea Simon - 5/14/2019 - USA
U Is For Undertow - Sue Grafton - 6/8/2019 - USA
Find You In The Dark - Nathan Ripley - 6/15/2019 - USA
The Moscow Sleepers - Stella Rimington - 6/24/2019 - UK
The Guilty Party - Mel McGrath - 6/30/2019 - UK
A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult - 7/8/2019 - USA

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
The Wife Between Us - Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 5/5/2019
Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar - 6/15/2019

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Playing Dead - Allison Brennan - 4/17/2019 - characters visit Tip's Bar in Islington.

🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
The Sisters of Alameda Street - Lorena Hughes - 5/27/2019 - Malena sits in the park and reads the letter.
The Good Father - Diane Chamberlain - 7/12/2019 - Erin takes Bella to the park.

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Undercover - Danielle Steel - 5/20/2019 - Paris.

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).

🎳 Read a book published in September.
The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks - 4/3/2019 - September 2014.
Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel - 6/17/2019 - September 1993.

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Snowblind - Ragnar Jónasson - 5/17/2019 - page count 252
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 - Andrea White - 5/23/2019 - page count 448
Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbø - 6/21/2019 - page count 214
The Martian - Andy Weir - 7/4/2019 - page count 435

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses - A.B. Paterson - 5/27/2019 - Publication year 1996

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen - 4/21/2019
The Pianist - Władysław Szpilman - 5/7/2019

🎳 Read a Series #2.

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes - 4/18/2019

KRISSY'S SPOT
Level: ?

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
Nickel Plated
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Living Dead in Dallas
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity.
Omega Matured, makes jewelry
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.


🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text.
Alpha's Strength, pg 102 "Mikael was finally about to launch his first offensive strike", 4/01 ★★★
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.


🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.


🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.


🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.


🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 1: 1-12 tasks
Level 2: 13-24 tasks
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Shash, Karen, Banshee, Melanie, Krissy and Jess!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level 3: 25+ tasks 30/?

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
1. A vase...Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins 5/19/19

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
1. Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong 6/24/19

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
1. Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand 8/13/19

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
1. USA...The Lady in the Attic by Tara Randel 4/12/19
2. Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien 4/18/19
3.Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown 7/17/19

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
1. Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax 5/23/19
2. The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg 6/14/19


🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
1. Ladies Who Punch by Ramin Setoodeh 5/28/19
2. Damsel Under Stress by Shanna Swendson 9/16/19


🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
1. Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin 5/30/19
2. Monument to the Dead by Sheila Connolly 6/10/19


🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
1. The Big Cat Nap by Rita Mae Brown 4/30/19
2. Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution by Tucker Carlson 8/1/19
3. Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline 8/7/19


🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
1....218 pages...Hidden History by Melody Carlson 4/5/19
2. ...384 pages...Mayhem & Mass by Olivia Matthews 9/10/19


🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
1. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross 6/30/19


🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
1. 2019 A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux 4/2/19
2. 2019..California Girls by Susan Mallery 5/10/19
3. Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days by Janice Dean 6/5/19
4. 1997... Love Lies Bleeding by Susan Wittig Albert 6/20/19
5. 2019..The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega 7/12/19
6. 2019..Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews 7/24/19
7...1984...Murder and the First Lady by Elliott Roosevelt 7/29/19
8. 2019... Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer 8/8/19
9...2019..Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank 8/25/19
10....2019..The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton 9/22/19


🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
1. Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday by Nancy Atherton 7/5/19


🎳 Read a Series #2.
1. Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson 5/4/19
2. Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax 7/8/19

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
1. The Summer Guests by Mary Alice Monroe 8/19/19


🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
1. Tiles and Tribulations by Tamar Myers 6/28/19


🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 1: 1-12 tasks


The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay 3 April 2019 ★★★★
Hounded by Kevin Hearne 7 June 2019 ★★★★★
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 27 June 2019 ★★★




🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Deadly Décor by Karen Rose Smith 3 May 2019 ★★★ can of green paint
To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel 26 September 2019 ★★★★ a mug of beer



🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.


🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Deadline by Mira Grant 16 April 2019 ★★★★ USA
Not a Creature Was Purring by Krista Davis 14 May 2019 ★★★★★ USA
Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts 27 June 2019 ★★★★ USA
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn 4 July 2019 ★★★ USA





🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.
A Kiss Away from Scandal by Christine Merrill 15 August 2019 ★★★★



🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
A Demon Bound by Debra Dunbar 31 July 2019 ★★★★



🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
Damsel Under Stress by Shanna Swendson 22 June 2019 ★★★★




🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.


🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn 23 April 2019 ★★★★ Denver
Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher 1 May 2019 ★★★★ Chicago



🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews 21 April 2019 ★★★★★
Black Jasmine by Toby Neal 9 May 2019 ★★★
Brief Cases by Jim Butcher 30 May 2019 ★★★★



🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Red Lily by Nora Roberts 28 April 2019 ★★★★ 351
Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand byCarrie Vaughn 13 May 2019 ★★★★ 282
Kitty Raises Hell by Carrie Vaughn 9 June 2019 ★★★ 311
Ravishing in Red by Madeline Hunter 30 June 2019 ★★★★ 341




🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips 13 April 2019 ★★★ 2/1/1997
The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer 17 May 2019 ★★★ 1959
Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart 6 June 2019 ★★★★★ 1965
Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh 22 June 2019 ★★★★★ 6/4/2019


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🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong 11 May 2019 ★★★★
Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy 24 May 2019 ★★★★★



🎳 Read a Series #2.
Camelot Reborn #2 Enchanted Guardian by Sharon Ashwood 18 June 2019 ★★★
A Court of Thorns and Roses #2 A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 18 June 2019 ★★★★



🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Let’s go bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 25+ tasks
0/25+

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Debbie, Christina and Claire!

Let's Go Bowling COMPLETION POST
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 25+ tasks 25/25+

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Hetty’s farmhouse bakery – cathy bramley – 28.07.19Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
The Last Tudor – Philippa Gregory – 01.04.19The Last Tudor
🎳 Read a book set in London.
Brutally honest – Melanie brown – 11.07.19Brutally Honest
Dodger – Terry Pratchett – 04.04.19Dodger
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Cassandra clare – the city of heavenly fire 22.07.19City of Heavenly Fire
My Love Story - Tina Turner – 30.03.19My Love Story
Notes from a small island – bill Bryson – 04.04.19Notes from a Small Island
I’ll Find You - Liz Lawler – 25.03.19I'll Find You
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
The secret runners of new york – matthew reilly 01.06.19The Secret Runners of New York
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Before I was Yours – Virginia MacGregor – 02.04.19Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours?

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Pirate school – the birthday bash – Jeremy strong – 29.05.19Pirate School: The Birthday Bash
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
The amnesia clinic – James Scudamore 02.07.19 The Amnesia Clinic
Heartstopper – volume one – Alice Oseman 04.07.19 Heartstopper: Volume One
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19 553The Ask and the Answer
The bell – iris Murdoch – 06.04.19The Bell
Agatha raisin and the potted gardener – M.C. Beaton - 05.07.19 Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
Battered, Broken, Healed: A mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together – Maggie Hartley – 14.06.19Battered, Broken, Healed: A mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together
Art workshops for children – herve tullet 05.06.19Art Workshops for Children
The beak speaks – Jeremy strong – 27.07.19Beak Speaks
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler – 13.07.19The Big Sleep
Agatha raisin and the blood of an Englishman – m.c.beaton – 28.07.19The Blood of an Englishman
🎳 Read a Series #2.
#2 chaos walking The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19 The Ask and the Answer
#2 the river main The summer maiden – dilly court – 09.07.19The Summer Maiden
#lucky harbour The sweetest thing – jill shalvis – 23.07.19The Sweetest Thing
#dc will macreay Unforgivable – mike Thomas – 22.07.19Unforgivable

Level 2: 13-24 tasks
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in australia

Welcome Den and Emeli!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 25+ tasks

🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#-The Thomas Berryman Number 6/27/19 (page 199: The distance between them was about ten feet; the first shot seemed to strike Horn somewhere at the top of his chest.)
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.-Eliza and Her Monsters 8/25/19
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK-City of Bones 4/11/19 (set in New York City)
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London-Devil's Kiss 6/13/19
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.-Tales of the Peculiar (Ransom Riggs) 4/12/19
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.-Tempest 6/18/19
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.-The Iron Flower 4/8/19
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.-Moon Called 4/14/19
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year-Four Dead Queens 4/21/19
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.-Archenemies 5/24/19
🎳 Read a Series #2. -Crown of Midnight 4/18/19
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.-A Dirty Job 7/21/19
🎳 Read a book set in Australia

Welcome Nancy!

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either 2 or 3 balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
✔🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page #.
Twitch and Shout (4/28) - "...he would strike a movement or pose..." p.72

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries including 70 million in the United States, and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
✔🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Zodiac by Romina Russell (4/13)
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
✔🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 5/10
🎳 Read a book published in September.
✔🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Tempest (218 pages) 4/17

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio, reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
✔🎳 Read a Series #2.
Princess of Glass 5/4
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Celia!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 2: 13-24 tasks
19/25

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine (Finished 8/11)

🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
Black Butler, Vol. 4 by Yana Toboso (Finished 5/30)
Fencing

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins (Finished 5/23) - A grandfather clock is knocked over

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Finished 4/30)
"Ralph let out his spare breath with a little gasp that was echoed by his audience." (pg 80)

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (Finished 5/26)

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender (Finished 6/24)

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Finished 4/30)

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Celia, A Slave by Melton A. McLaurin (Finished 12/19)

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
The Dead Gentleman by Matthew Cody (Finished 7/23)

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (Finished 5/2)

🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Noggin by John Corey Whaley (Finished 4/24)

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas (Finished 5/19)

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley (Finished 5/27)

🎳 Read a book published in September.
The Hunt for the Seventh by Christine Morton-Shaw (Finished 7/15)

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Kagerou-Nostalgia: The Resurrection by Kubo Satomi (Finished 5/30)

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Finished 12/14)

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien (Finished 6/12)

🎳 Read a Series #2.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Finished 1/31)

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Finished 12/27)

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Mycal!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level 3: 25+ tasks

Completed: 30

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Divergent, Veronica Roth, 22.05.2019

A Curious Beginning, Deanna Raybourn, 31.05.2019

Curse the Day, Annabel Chase, 04.06.2019


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
The Barefoot Summer, Carolyn Brown, 26.04.2019 - set in Texas
Night Broken, Patricia Briggs, 12.05.2019 - set in Washington
The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 23.05.2019 - set in Alaska
Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow, 02.06.2019 - set in New York
The Vanished Man, Jeffery Deaver, 03.06.2019 - set in New York
Until Friday Night, Abbi Glines, 05.06.2019 - set in Alabama
Bellamy and the Brute, Alicia Michaels, 08.06.2019 - set in Georgia
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 11.06.2019 - set in the USA
Bet Me, Jennifer Crusie, 18.06.2019 - set in Ohio
The Calling, Kelley Armstrong, 22.06.2019 - set in Canada

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, 02.04.2019
- Death and Divination, Debra Dunbar, 22.04.2019
- Dragon's Love, Miranda Martin, 23.04.2019

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny, 16.05.2019

🎳 Read a book published in September.
A Mad Zombie Party, Gena Showalter, 16.06.2019 - first published September 17th 2015
The Ghost and the Graveyard, Genevieve Jack, 17.06.2019 - Published September 6th 2012

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Spells & Shelves, Elle Adams, 24.04.2019 - 190 pages
New Blood, Celeste Raye, 25.04.2019 - 190 pages
Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami, 26.04.2019 - 401 pages
The Witch of Shadowmarsh, Sara C. Roethle, 18.05.2019 - 328 pages
Edge of Eon, Anna Hackett, 03.06.2019 - 225 pages
A Shifter's Curse, Raven Steele, 07.06.2019 - 348 pages
The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway, 20.06.2019 - 256 pages
The Perfect Stranger, Anne Gracie, 28.06.2019 - 352 pages

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
Tea with Milk and Murder, H.Y. Hanna, 05.04.2019 - Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #2
Curse of the Akkeri, Sara C. Roethle, 24.05.2019 - The Moonstone Chronicles #2
Once Upon Stilettos, Shanna Swendson, 23.06.2019 - Enchanted, Inc. #2

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Rina!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
Level 3: 31/25+

Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
5/16/19 - 11/29/19
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. - Hiking
Geek Bearing Gifts by Milly Taiden 4/16/19

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. - A Vase
Terror at the Turtle Sanctuary by Mary Jane Hathaway 8/1/19
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Dark Ride by Iain Rob Wright 9/3/19
"pretending to strike the wrestler's skull…" Loc277

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
5/31/19
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
6/4/19

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
12/10/19

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the USA, Canada or the UK.
USA - Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox 4/12/19
Canada - Pestilence by Laura Thalassa 9/21/19

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book set in London.
Shadowed Threads by Shannon Mayer 10 10/9/19

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Ride Me Dirty by Vanessa Vale 4/14/19
Inn Over Her Head by Dixie Davis 11/23/19
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh 6/19/19
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Opal Fire by Barbra Annino 6/11/19

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan 6/17/19
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Dead Speak by Pandora Pine 4/16/19

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide for Teenagers by Jonathan McKee 5/29/19
🎳 Read a book published in September.
Spark by Michelle M. Pillow 4/25/19
Wounded by Shannon Mayer 11/8/19
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count. -351 Pages
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey 4/6/19

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
60 Ways to Die in South America by Tracy Ashworth 5/9/2019
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year. - 2019
Xander: A Forbidden Mafia Romance by Margot Rose 4/26/19
Her Dark Legion by Pippa DaCosta 11/7/19

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Priceless by Shannon Mayer 8/20/19
Burkheart Witch Saga by Christine Sutton 6/7/19
Angelfall by Susan Ee 10/21/19

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
The Lighthouse by Ron Ripley 4/12/19
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest 5/6/2019
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Laugh Yourself Healthy: Keep the Doctor Away With a Giggle a Day! by Charles Hunter 4/29/19
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.
Tracker by Shannon Mayer 10/25/19

I knew there was something I forgot :-)

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: 4/1/19 - 3/31/20
Level 3: 25+ tasks
Completed: 56/25+ - last updated: 6/19/19
50+% read after 4/1/19, no page minimum, re-reads are ok, re-post when finished, The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.


TASKS:
1.
a. Read a book with a target on the cover.
✓ b. Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Pancakes and Corpses book 1 of The Peridale Cafe Series: 10 Book Box Set 4* 4/4 - blueberries
✓✓✓ c. Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/1 - horse back riding
Old-Timers I Have Known: There are Some Geezers You Just Don't Mess With. by Will Bevis 0* 4/4 - fishing
Cuban Moon by Elle Rush 4* 4/26 - snorkeling, dancing
d. Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

2.
✓✓ a. Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Coffee and a Beagle by Tish Davis 4* (single story ratings: 3.5, 4, 4) 5/25 - coffe cup, a bottle of candy sprinkles, a sculpture (work in progress)
Every Day Is a Holiday by George Mahood 3* 5/21 - several vases
✓✓ b. Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young 3* 4/3 - With barely an inch to spare, the vehicle filled the door with its silver grill and monochrome bumper. - p. 246/loc. 3707
In His Shadow by Tiffany Snow 4* 4/25 - “Promise me you’ll strike that exact same pose later,” loc. 3337

3.
✓✓ a. Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Love Blooms at Pemberley: Darcy and Elizabeth Sweet Variation by Cassandra Knightley 5* 4/5 - mirrored flower patterns at the top and bottom of the cover
Der Schneekristallforscher by Titus Müller 6* 5/15 lit. transl: The Snow Crystal Searcher (or Scientist)
✓✓ b. Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough by Kay Warren 6* 5/29 - rail track
Rolle vorwärts: Das Leben geht weiter, als man denkt by Samuel Koch 3* 5/31/19 (232) lit. transl: A Roll Forward: The Life Goes Further Than One Thinks Possible (view spoiler)[(actually it's a combination of three German expressions usually not used together but making so much sense in this instance and his life: 1) Rolle vorwärts is (usually in sports) a roll forward (which makes sense due to his gymnastics background before his accident) but also can mean A new part that brings the carreer on a new level (he's part time actor now); 2) Das Leben geht weiter - The show must go on or Life goes on; and 3) ... geht weiter, als man denkt It's much more (than expected, wished for...) but also expressing something that happens unexpectedly in situations that often seem unsolvable or plain hopeless and shifts it into a completely new direction - the last expression is mostly colloquial or used humorous) (hide spoiler)] - the street the author's placed in his wheelchair

4.
a. Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
b. Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

5.
a. Read a book where a character goes bowling.
b. Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

✓✓✓ 6. Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Forever Hunted by by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/6 - USA
The Sweet Taste of Murder by CeeCee James 5* 4/14 - USA
The First Shot by E.H. Reinhard 3* 4/28 - USA

7.
a. Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
✓✓ b. Read a book set in London.
Verblendung=The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 1* 5/1 - one of the minor settings
Blue Monday by Nicci French 4* 5/4

8.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig 4* 4/22
Ausgefressen by Moritz Matthies 4* 5/19 Ray & Rufus #1 - lit. transl. lit. transl. Ate Something Clean or Was Up To Something or Was Naughty
Divorced, Desperate and Deceived by Christie Craig 3* 5/21
✓✓ b. Read a book set in New York City.
By Your Rules by Ally Decker 4* 4/7
The Chase book 1 of Justifiable Cause Series Box by Adrienne Giordano 4.5* 5/22
✓ c. Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Cold Lake by Jeff Carson 5* 5/31
d. Read a book by a Dutch author.

9.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 4* 5/13
Weißer Schatten=Blood Safari by Deon Meyer 4* 5/17
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3* 6/13
✓✓✓ b. Read a book set in a large city.
Dies ist keine Liebesgeschichte by José A. Pérez Ledo 3* 4/24 lit. transl.: This Is Not A Love Story - set in Madrid and Rome
Drive=Drive by James Sallis 4* 5/11 - mainly in Phoenix & L.A.
✓✓ a+b Lady Fiasco by Kathleen Baldwin 5* 4/11 - Hyde Park in London
Nur der Hamster war Zeuge: Soko Elsbeth ermittelt by Heike Hoyer 3* 6/4 lit. transl: The Hamster Was The Only Witness: Task Force Elsbeth - Berlin (incl. a park)

10.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Exercise Every Day: 32 Tactics for Building the Exercise Habit by S.J. Scott 4* 5/10 - exerCise every day: 32 tACtics for Building the exercise hABit - twice :-)
Die Macht der Vergebung by Rolf E. Keusen 5* 5/18 lit. transl: The Power of Forgiveness - die mACht der vergeBung
Mein unglaubliches Leben mit einem Mann, der sein Gedächtnis verlor und nach 25 Jahren wiederfand. by Ute Jäger & Bettina Klee 5* 6/13/19 (280) lit. transl: My Unbelievable Life With A Husband Who Lost His Memory And Re-gained (actually Found) It 25 Years Later - unglAuBliChes
✓✓✓ b. Read a book published in September.
Tidal Falls book 1 of Wounded Hearts- Books 1-4: Love Conquers All 4* 4/8 - published 9/15/14
Down to the Wire by Shannon Greenland 5* 4/13 - orig. 9/1/07 - my edition 9/5/17
Verführerische Täuschung=Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 6/1 - orig. 9/?/12
✓✓✓ c. Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Friendships hurt by Julia Averbeck 2* 4/23 - 8 pages
THE DALLAS 1963 STORIES by Pete Palamountain 4* 4/26 - 151 pages
The Long Way Home by Andrena Sawyer 4* 5/26 - 188 pages

11.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/13 - bridal magazines
Murder on the Night Shift by Kathy K. Cohen 3* 5/15 - horse magazines & while waiting at the cosmetician - not specified what kind
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows 5* 6/16 - celebrity/movie magazine (a WWI vet wanted to know how Rita Heyworth looks and the MC's publisher provided him a magazine)
✓✓✓ b. Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Mord im Pfarrhaus=Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 3* 5/27 - orig. pub: 1930
War of the Roses by Iris Morland 2* 6/12 - publ. 2019
Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks 5* 6/17 - publ. 2019

✓✓✓ 12. Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
All-Butter ShortDead book 1 of The Oxford Tearoom Mysteries Box Set Collection I by H.Y. Hanna 5* 4/11
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen & Nancy Moser (introduction & notes) 5* 4/30
Bound by my Stepbrother by Kenzie Haven 4* 6/14

13.
✓✓✓ a. Read a Series #2.
The Rebel's Redemption book 2 of Wounded Hearts - Books 1-3.5: Love Conquers All 4.5* 4/9 - Wounded Hearts #2
Divorced, Desperate And Dating by Christie Craig 4* 5/10 - Divorced and Desperate #2
Taught by my Stepbrother by Kenzie Haven 4* 6/14 - Bound by Secrecy #2
b. Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
✓✓✓ c. Read a book that makes you laugh.
Hessens Highway Sixty-Six: Ein Straßendrama zum Mitfiebern by Katharina Lankers 4* 4/7 lit. transl: Hesse's Highway Sixty-Six: A Street Drama With Shared Excitement
X-Treme Dating by Cathy McDavid 5* 5/28
Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks 5* 6/2
✓ d. Read a book set in Australia.
Asperger's on the Inside by Michelle Vines 4* 6/16

Welcome Sunshine and Agnieska!

Finished! :)

Let's Go Bowling
April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020

Levels:
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

25/25 Tasks Completed

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
A November Bride by Beth K. Vogt (4/10/19) - buttons

Night at the Opera by Stacy Henrie (4/15/19) - clock face


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational
activity. Tell us the activity.
Onboard for Love by Cami Checketts (4/5/19) - miniature golf
The Dream Groom by Taylor Hart (4/22/19) - bike around the island

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Big Sky by Cindy Roland Anderson, et. al. (4/2/19) - bar stool
Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey (4/7/19) - person
Winning Back the Princess by Lindzee Armstrong (5/3/19) - chair

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Falling for Her Boss by Liz Isaacson (4/4/19)
"...didn't think he could strike out again..." (pg 184) & "...with only eight inches to spare." (pg 99)
Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason (4/14/19)
"...the killers before they strike again." (pg 223) & "...didn't even spare them a look." (pg 191)

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Fifth Generation Cowboy by Liz Isaacson (4/11/19) - US
Shadowed by Dani Pettrey (4/23/19) - US
Love on the Rocks by Jennifer Youngblood (4/27/19) - US

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London.
The Blackmailed Bride by Mandy Goff (4/11/19)
Married to a Marquess by Joyce Alec (4/30/19)

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Ranch Hand For Auction by Kimberly Krey (4/2/19)
The Book of Mayhem by Melissa McShane (4/21/19)

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Goofy Newfies by Ann Omasta (4/7/19)

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
A Deceptive Bargain by Laura Beers (4/9/19)

🎳 Read a book published in September.
An October Bride by Katie Ganshert (4/25/19)
Published September 23, 2014

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Rematched by Julie Jarnagin (4/24/19) - 95 pages
Upon My Heart Forever by Amber Lynn Perry (5/1/19) - 169 pages

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Kissing A Billionaire by Taylor Hart, et. al. (4/17/19)
Published April 16, 2019

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Always You by Lucinda Whitney (4/12/19)

🎳 Read a Series #2.
Beneath an Italian Sky by Stacy Henrie (4/29/19)
An American Heiress #2

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
The Fall of Lord Drayson by Rachael Anderson (4/19/19)

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

WOOHOO Shash!

WOW Strike and spare in the text of both books!!

FINISHED
Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-May 3, 2019
Level 3: 25+ tasks
29/25+

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Unstoppable Laura Griffin 5/1/19

🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
Scuba Diving Runaway Girl Tessa Bailey 4/14/19

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Wine Glass Enrage Rachel Van Dyken 4/12/18

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
California Girls Susan Mallery 4/3/19 STRIKE p 211 I'd never felt lightning strike before, but I felt it with you.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Ally Carter 4/11/19

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
Rival Penelope Douglas 4/22/19

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
US The Trouble with Twelfth Grave Darynda Jones 4/17/19
US Vermilion Drift William Kent Krueger 4/18/19
US Sweet Little Thing Abbi Glines 4/19/19
US Sweet Little Lies Abbi Glines 4/19/19
US Sweet Little Memories Abbi Glines 4/20/19
US Rebel Heart Penelope Ward 4/22/19
UK Rainy Day Sisters Kate Hewitt 4/29/19

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Over the Middle Lauren Landish 4/3/19

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
Fall Kristen Callihan 4/9/19

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Finding Margo Susanne O'Leary 4/6/19
The Sinner Tess Gerritsen 5/2/19

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Magic Breaks Ilona Andrews 4/8/19

🎳 Read a book published in September.
A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 4/4/19

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
357 pages Trial by Fire J.A. Jance 4/10/19
286 pages Getaway Girl Tessa Bailey 4/15/19
368 pages Fast Burn Lori Foster 4/23/19
399 pages Marked in Flesh Anne Bishop 4/26/19

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
2019 Watcher in the Woods Kelley Armstrong 4/30/19

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Before I Let You Go Kelly Rimmer 4/6/19

🎳 Read a Series #2.
Haunting the Deep Adriana Mather 4/2/19
A Justified Murder Jude Deveraux 4/5/19

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
Tiny Little Thing Beatriz Williams 5/3/19

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight Darynda Jones 4/16/19

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Today I realised I'm starting losing fun with this challenge and before such an evil things happens I decided to declare it for completed:

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: 4/1/19 - 3/31/20
Level 3: 25+ tasks
Completed: 56/25+ - last updated: 6/19/19


TASKS:
1.
a. Read a book with a target on the cover.
✓ b. Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Pancakes and Corpses book 1 of The Peridale Cafe Series: 10 Book Box Set 4* 4/4 - blueberries
✓✓✓ c. Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
The Perfect Gift by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/1 - horse back riding
Old-Timers I Have Known: There are Some Geezers You Just Don't Mess With. by Will Bevis 0* 4/4 - fishing
Cuban Moon by Elle Rush 4* 4/26 - snorkeling, dancing
d. Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

2.
✓✓ a. Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
Coffee and a Beagle by Tish Davis 4* (single story ratings: 3.5, 4, 4) 5/25 - coffe cup, a bottle of candy sprinkles, a sculpture (work in progress)
Every Day Is a Holiday by George Mahood 3* 5/21 - several vases
✓✓ b. Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
Love Me If You Must by Nicole Young 3* 4/3 - With barely an inch to spare, the vehicle filled the door with its silver grill and monochrome bumper. - p. 246/loc. 3707
In His Shadow by Tiffany Snow 4* 4/25 - “Promise me you’ll strike that exact same pose later,” loc. 3337

3.
✓✓ a. Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Love Blooms at Pemberley: Darcy and Elizabeth Sweet Variation by Cassandra Knightley 5* 4/5 - mirrored flower patterns at the top and bottom of the cover
Der Schneekristallforscher by Titus Müller 6* 5/15 lit. transl: The Snow Crystal Searcher (or Scientist)
✓✓ b. Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.
Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn't Enough by Kay Warren 6* 5/29 - rail track
Rolle vorwärts: Das Leben geht weiter, als man denkt by Samuel Koch 3* 5/31/19 (232) lit. transl: A Roll Forward: The Life Goes Further Than One Thinks Possible (view spoiler)[(actually it's a combination of three German expressions usually not used together but making so much sense in this instance and his life: 1) Rolle vorwärts is (usually in sports) a roll forward (which makes sense due to his gymnastics background before his accident) but also can mean A new part that brings the carreer on a new level (he's part time actor now); 2) Das Leben geht weiter - The show must go on or Life goes on; and 3) ... geht weiter, als man denkt It's much more (than expected, wished for...) but also expressing something that happens unexpectedly in situations that often seem unsolvable or plain hopeless and shifts it into a completely new direction - the last expression is mostly colloquial or used humorous) (hide spoiler)] - the street the author's placed in his wheelchair

4.
a. Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
b. Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

5.
a. Read a book where a character goes bowling.
b. Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

✓✓✓ 6. Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Forever Hunted by by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/6 - USA
The Sweet Taste of Murder by CeeCee James 5* 4/14 - USA
The First Shot by E.H. Reinhard 3* 4/28 - USA

7.
a. Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
✓✓ b. Read a book set in London.
Verblendung=The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 1* 5/1 - one of the minor settings
Blue Monday by Nicci French 4* 5/4

8.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig 4* 4/22
Ausgefressen by Moritz Matthies 4* 5/19 Ray & Rufus #1 - lit. transl. lit. transl. Ate Something Clean or Was Up To Something or Was Naughty
Divorced, Desperate and Deceived by Christie Craig 3* 5/21
✓✓ b. Read a book set in New York City.
By Your Rules by Ally Decker 4* 4/7
The Chase book 1 of Justifiable Cause Series Box by Adrienne Giordano 4.5* 5/22
✓ c. Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Cold Lake by Jeff Carson 5* 5/31
d. Read a book by a Dutch author.

9.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria L.K. Williams 4* 5/13
Weißer Schatten=Blood Safari by Deon Meyer 4* 5/17
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3* 6/13
✓✓✓ b. Read a book set in a large city.
Dies ist keine Liebesgeschichte by José A. Pérez Ledo 3* 4/24 lit. transl.: This Is Not A Love Story - set in Madrid and Rome
Drive=Drive by James Sallis 4* 5/11 - mainly in Phoenix & L.A.
✓✓ a+b Lady Fiasco by Kathleen Baldwin 5* 4/11 - Hyde Park in London
Nur der Hamster war Zeuge: Soko Elsbeth ermittelt by Heike Hoyer 3* 6/4 lit. transl: The Hamster Was The Only Witness: Task Force Elsbeth - Berlin (incl. a park)

10.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Exercise Every Day: 32 Tactics for Building the Exercise Habit by S.J. Scott 4* 5/10 - exerCise every day: 32 tACtics for Building the exercise hABit - twice :-)
Die Macht der Vergebung by Rolf E. Keusen 5* 5/18 lit. transl: The Power of Forgiveness - die mACht der vergeBung
Mein unglaubliches Leben mit einem Mann, der sein Gedächtnis verlor und nach 25 Jahren wiederfand. by Ute Jäger & Bettina Klee 5* 6/13/19 (280) lit. transl: My Unbelievable Life With A Husband Who Lost His Memory And Re-gained (actually Found) It 25 Years Later - unglAuBliChes
✓✓✓ b. Read a book published in September.
Tidal Falls book 1 of Wounded Hearts- Books 1-4: Love Conquers All 4* 4/8 - published 9/15/14
Down to the Wire by Shannon Greenland 5* 4/13 - orig. 9/1/07 - my edition 9/5/17
Verführerische Täuschung=Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 6/1 - orig. 9/?/12
✓✓✓ c. Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Friendships hurt by Julia Averbeck 2* 4/23 - 8 pages
THE DALLAS 1963 STORIES by Pete Palamountain 4* 4/26 - 151 pages
The Long Way Home by Andrena Sawyer 4* 5/26 - 188 pages

11.
✓✓✓ a. Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks 5* 4/13 - bridal magazines
Murder on the Night Shift by Kathy K. Cohen 3* 5/15 - horse magazines & while waiting at the cosmetician - not specified what kind
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows 5* 6/16 - celebrity/movie magazine (a WWI vet wanted to know how Rita Heyworth looks and the MC's publisher provided him a magazine)
✓✓✓ b. Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
Mord im Pfarrhaus=Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie 3* 5/27 - orig. pub: 1930
War of the Roses by Iris Morland 2* 6/12 - publ. 2019
Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks 5* 6/17 - publ. 2019

✓✓✓ 12. Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
All-Butter ShortDead book 1 of The Oxford Tearoom Mysteries Box Set Collection I by H.Y. Hanna 5* 4/11
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen & Nancy Moser (introduction & notes) 5* 4/30
Bound by my Stepbrother by Kenzie Haven 4* 6/14

13.
✓✓✓ a. Read a Series #2.
The Rebel's Redemption book 2 of Wounded Hearts - Books 1-3.5: Love Conquers All 4.5* 4/9 - Wounded Hearts #2
Divorced, Desperate And Dating by Christie Craig 4* 5/10 - Divorced and Desperate #2
Taught by my Stepbrother by Kenzie Haven 4* 6/14 - Bound by Secrecy #2
b. Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
✓✓✓ c. Read a book that makes you laugh.
Hessens Highway Sixty-Six: Ein Straßendrama zum Mitfiebern by Katharina Lankers 4* 4/7 lit. transl: Hesse's Highway Sixty-Six: A Street Drama With Shared Excitement
X-Treme Dating by Cathy McDavid 5* 5/28
Forever Guarded by Kathleen Brooks 5* 6/2
✓ d. Read a book set in Australia.
Asperger's on the Inside by Michelle Vines 4* 6/16

WOOHOO Agnieszka!

I'd say you did enough! LOL!

The Lost Challenges
Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Progress: 0 out of 25+
Levels:
Level 1: 1-12 tasks
Level 2: 13-24 tasks
Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.


Info from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling

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Welcome Suzanne!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Date Started: June 29, 2019
Date Completed: October 5, 2019

Level Goal: Level 3 25+ Tasks
25 Tasks Done

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:

🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover. - pancakes - Maple Can Be Murder (Oh! Fudge 1) by Grace Lemon - 4/23/19


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity. - rock climbing - One S'more Summer (The Campfire 1) by Beth Merlin - 5/30/19

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is. --
a) glass vases -- The Final Arrangement )Flower Shop 1) by Annie Adams- 7/27/19 - Pg. 254 - tumbling glass vases clanged & crashed
b) Carlita - Key to Savannah (Made in Savannah 1) by Hope Callaghan - 9/3/19 - Carlita gets knocked over by Autumn when she can't stop her Segway before hitting Carlita

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
a)Sunny Side Up (Deadline 1) by Sonia Parin - 6/29/19 - pg. 188 - He said Richard had been pestering him about his big plans and how he'd strike it lucky...
b) A Deadly Delivery (Psychic Cafe 1) by April Fernsby - 10/5/19 - LOC. 1059 - We can SPARE you a glass.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
Harmony House (Home Sweet Home 1) by Ruth Hay - 5/15/19


🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada, or UK
a) set in PA - - Gangs and Outlaws of Western Pennsylvania by Thomas White - 7/5/19
b) set in GA - Road to Savannah (Made in Savannah 2) by Hope Callaghan - 9/24/19
c) Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 10/3/19

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London. - Divorcees.Biz by Eileen Thornton - 7/11/19

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
a)Tea with Milk and Murder (Oxford Tearoom 2) by H.Y. Hanna - 8/30/19
b) Purrfect Murder (Hazel Harper 1) by Louise Lynn - 10/3/19

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Treated as Murder (Edith Horton 1) by Noreen Wainwright- 7/3/19 - Jock Brothwaite goes to a pub called The Dalesman

🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park. - Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 7/28/19 - MC, Meghan, goes for a run in the park

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
The 13th Fellow: A Mystery in Provence (Havilah Gaie 1) by Tracy Whiting - 7/18/19 - set in Provence, France

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order). - Strawberries & Crème Murder (Donut Hole 1) by Susan Gillard - 7/28/19

🎳 Read a book published in September.
The Woman Who Knew Everything by Debbie Viggiano - 6/16/19 - Published September 1, 2017

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Even Witches Get the Blues (Wicked in Moonhaven 1) by J.D. Winters - 6/3/19 - Page count 156

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
Hot Flash by Kathy Carmichael - 9/2/19- pg. 229 - I flipped through the magazine until I found the article on Mr. Nagasaki and began to read.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year. - At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton-Porter - 7/20/19 - Originally published in 1907

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
a) Apple Pies and Alibis (Mom & Christy 1) by Christy Murphy - 5/31/19
b) Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 9/28/19

🎳 Read a Series #2.
I Am Girl Power (Health & Happiness Society 2) by Katie Cross - 6/29/19

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Invisible (Ivy Malone 1) by Lorena McCourtney - 5/29/19

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome SANDYE!

Finished!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level 3: 25+ tasks

Completed: 30

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
Divergent, Veronica Roth, 22.05.2019

A Curious Beginning, Deanna Raybourn, 31.05.2019

Curse the Day, Annabel Chase, 04.06.2019


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
The Barefoot Summer, Carolyn Brown, 26.04.2019 - set in Texas
Night Broken, Patricia Briggs, 12.05.2019 - set in Washington
The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 23.05.2019 - set in Alaska
Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow, 02.06.2019 - set in New York
The Vanished Man, Jeffery Deaver, 03.06.2019 - set in New York
Until Friday Night, Abbi Glines, 05.06.2019 - set in Alabama
Bellamy and the Brute, Alicia Michaels, 08.06.2019 - set in Georgia
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, 11.06.2019 - set in the USA
Bet Me, Jennifer Crusie, 18.06.2019 - set in Ohio
The Calling, Kelley Armstrong, 22.06.2019 - set in Canada

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, 02.04.2019
- Death and Divination, Debra Dunbar, 22.04.2019
- Dragon's Love, Miranda Martin, 23.04.2019

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny, 16.05.2019

🎳 Read a book published in September.
A Mad Zombie Party, Gena Showalter, 16.06.2019 - first published September 17th 2015
The Ghost and the Graveyard, Genevieve Jack, 17.06.2019 - Published September 6th 2012

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Spells & Shelves, Elle Adams, 24.04.2019 - 190 pages
New Blood, Celeste Raye, 25.04.2019 - 190 pages
Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami, 26.04.2019 - 401 pages
The Witch of Shadowmarsh, Sara C. Roethle, 18.05.2019 - 328 pages
Edge of Eon, Anna Hackett, 03.06.2019 - 225 pages
A Shifter's Curse, Raven Steele, 07.06.2019 - 348 pages
The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway, 20.06.2019 - 256 pages
The Perfect Stranger, Anne Gracie, 28.06.2019 - 352 pages

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
Tea with Milk and Murder, H.Y. Hanna, 05.04.2019 - Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #2
Curse of the Akkeri, Sara C. Roethle, 24.05.2019 - The Moonstone Chronicles #2
Once Upon Stilettos, Shanna Swendson, 23.06.2019 - Enchanted, Inc. #2

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

WOOHOO Rina!

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 13-24
17/13-24
FINSIHED

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover- The Magician's Nephew-C.S. Lewis 4/16
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.- From Twinkle, with Love-Sandhya Menon 5/20- Hiking
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.- Running into Love-Aurora Rose Reynolds 4/30- "pull off the spare key" 14%
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK- The Dead House-Dawn Kurtagich 5/9
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter- Tales of the Peculiar-Ransom Riggs 6/9
🎳 Read a book set in New York City- Bound by Hatred-Cora Reilly 5/2
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park- Inuyashiki, Vol. 1-Hiroya Oku 5/10
🎳 Read a book set in a large city- November 9-Colleen Hoover 4/20
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order)- A Blade So Black-L.L. McKinney 4/7
🎳 Read a book published in September- Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 9: Includes Vols. 25, 26 & 27-Masashi Kishimoto 7/10
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count- Fresh Ink: An Anthology-Lamar Giles 4/10- pg. 198
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one- Something New-Ashlee Rose 4/19
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year- Shadow Me-Tahereh Mafi 4/17
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A- Afterschool Charisma, Vol. 11-Kumiko Suekane 4/15
🎳 Read a Series #2- Inuyashiki, Vol. 2-Hiroya Oku 5/10
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic- The Fault in Our Stars-John Green 4/13
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh- Precarious-Bella Jewel 5/6

COMPLETION POST - 27 books

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level: Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff - 6/29/2019 - Clock window.

🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.

🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
Riverdale: The Day Before - Micol Ostow - 7/3/2019 - tree pattern into face.

🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.

🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
Every Heart a Doorway - Seanan McGuire - 5/30/2019

🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.

🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
A Simple Favour - Darcey Bell - 4/5/2019 - USA
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides - 4/29/2019 - UK
Grey Dawn - Clea Simon - 5/14/2019 - USA
U Is For Undertow - Sue Grafton - 6/8/2019 - USA
Find You In The Dark - Nathan Ripley - 6/15/2019 - USA
The Moscow Sleepers - Stella Rimington - 6/24/2019 - UK
The Guilty Party - Mel McGrath - 6/30/2019 - UK
A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult - 7/8/2019 - USA

🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.

🎳 Read a book set in London.

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.

🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
The Wife Between Us - Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 5/5/2019
Gossip Girl - Cecily von Ziegesar - 6/15/2019

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Playing Dead - Allison Brennan - 4/17/2019 - characters visit Tip's Bar in Islington.

🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
The Sisters of Alameda Street - Lorena Hughes - 5/27/2019 - Malena sits in the park and reads the letter.
The Good Father - Diane Chamberlain - 7/12/2019 - Erin takes Bella to the park.

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
Undercover - Danielle Steel - 5/20/2019 - Paris.

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).

🎳 Read a book published in September.
The Longest Ride - Nicholas Sparks - 4/3/2019 - September 2014.
Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel - 6/17/2019 - September 1993.

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Snowblind - Ragnar Jónasson - 5/17/2019 - page count 252
Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 - Andrea White - 5/23/2019 - page count 448
Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbø - 6/21/2019 - page count 214
The Martian - Andy Weir - 7/4/2019 - page count 435

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses - A.B. Paterson - 5/27/2019 - Publication year 1996

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
Briar Rose - Jane Yolen - 4/21/2019
The Pianist - Władysław Szpilman - 5/7/2019

🎳 Read a Series #2.

🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.

🎳 Read a book set in Australia.
Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes - 4/18/2019

WOOHOO Melanie!

WOOHOO Banshee!

CHALLENGE COMPLETED - 10/5/19 - Final Post

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Date Started: June 29, 2019
Date Completed: October 5, 2019

Level Goal: Level 3 25+ Tasks
25 Tasks Done

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:

🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover. - pancakes - Maple Can Be Murder (Oh! Fudge 1) by Grace Lemon - 4/23/19


🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity. - rock climbing - One S'more Summer (The Campfire 1) by Beth Merlin - 5/30/19

🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is. --
a) glass vases -- The Final Arrangement )Flower Shop 1) by Annie Adams- 7/27/19 - Pg. 254 - tumbling glass vases clanged & crashed
b) Carlita - Key to Savannah (Made in Savannah 1) by Hope Callaghan - 9/3/19 - Carlita gets knocked over by Autumn when she can't stop her Segway before hitting Carlita

🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.
a)Sunny Side Up (Deadline 1) by Sonia Parin - 6/29/19 - pg. 188 - He said Richard had been pestering him about his big plans and how he'd strike it lucky...
b) A Deadly Delivery (Psychic Cafe 1) by April Fernsby - 10/5/19 - LOC. 1059 - We can SPARE you a glass.


🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.
Harmony House (Home Sweet Home 1) by Ruth Hay - 5/15/19


🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada, or UK
a) set in PA - - Gangs and Outlaws of Western Pennsylvania by Thomas White - 7/5/19
b) set in GA - Road to Savannah (Made in Savannah 2) by Hope Callaghan - 9/24/19
c) set in UK - Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 10/3/19

🎳 Read a book set in London. - Divorcees.Biz by Eileen Thornton - 7/11/19

🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
a)Tea with Milk and Murder (Oxford Tearoom 2) by H.Y. Hanna - 8/30/19
b) Purrfect Murder (Hazel Harper 1) by Louise Lynn - 10/3/19

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
Treated as Murder (Edith Horton 1) by Noreen Wainwright- 7/3/19 - Jock Brothwaite goes to a pub called The Dalesman

🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park. - Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 7/28/19 - MC, Meghan, goes for a run in the park

🎳 Read a book set in a large city.
The 13th Fellow: A Mystery in Provence (Havilah Gaie 1) by Tracy Whiting - 7/18/19 - set in Provence, France

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order). - Strawberries & Crème Murder (Donut Hole 1) by Susan Gillard - 7/28/19

🎳 Read a book published in September.
The Woman Who Knew Everything by Debbie Viggiano - 6/16/19 - Published September 1, 2017

🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
Even Witches Get the Blues (Wicked in Moonhaven 1) by J.D. Winters - 6/3/19 - Page count 156

🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
Hot Flash by Kathy Carmichael - 9/2/19- pg. 229 - I flipped through the magazine until I found the article on Mr. Nagasaki and began to read.

🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year. - At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton-Porter - 7/20/19 - Originally published in 1907

🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
a) Apple Pies and Alibis (Mom & Christy 1) by Christy Murphy - 5/31/19
b) Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 9/28/19

🎳 Read a Series #2.
I Am Girl Power (Health & Happiness Society 2) by Katie Cross - 6/29/19

🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
Invisible (Ivy Malone 1) by Lorena McCourtney - 5/29/19

May I backdate?

Let's Go Bowling
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

Level 3: 25+ tasks

The tasks may be used as many times as you wish.

TASKS:
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball toward pins or another target.
🎳 Read a book with a target on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with a round object on the cover.
🎳 Read a book where a character participates in a recreational activity. Tell us the activity.
🎳 Read a book with a bowling ball or pin on the cover.

In pin bowling, the goal is to knock over pins at the end of a lane, with either two or three balls per frame allowed to knock down all pins. A strike is achieved when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, and a spare is achieved all the pins are knocked over on a second roll.
🎳 Read a book where something is knocked over. Tell us what that item is.
🎳 Read a book where the words STRIKE or SPARE is found in the text. Give us a partial sentence and page/loc#.

Lanes have wood or synthetic surfaces onto which protective lubricating oil is applied in different specified oil patterns that vary ball path characteristics.
🎳 Read a book with a pattern on the cover.
🎳 Read a book with an item on the cover that resembles a bowling lane.

In target bowling, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The surface in target bowling may be grass, gravel, or synthetic. Bowls, skittles, kegel, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque, and boules may have both indoor and outdoor varieties.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays outdoor bowling.
🎳 Read a book with a large lawn on the cover.

Bowling is played by 100 million people in more than 90 countries (including 70 million in the United States), and is the subject of video games.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes bowling.
🎳 Read a book where a character plays a bowling video game.

In the U.S. and Canada, the term bowling usually refers to ten-pin bowling, whereas in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries the term often denotes lawn bowls.
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.

English King Henry VIII was an avid bowler. In 1530 he acquired Whitehall Palace in central London as his new residence, having it extensively rebuilt complete with outdoor bowling lanes, indoor tennis court, jousting tiltyard, and cockfighting pit.
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
🎳 Read a book set in London.

In 1609 Dutch East India Company explorer Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay, bringing Dutch colonization to New Amsterdam (later New York); Hudson's men brought some form of lawn bowling with them. In 1670 Dutchmen liked to bowl at the Old King’s Arms Tavern near modern-day 2nd and Broadway in New York City.
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to a tavern.
🎳 Read a book by a Dutch author.

In 1733 Bowling Green (a venue for lawn bowling) in New York City was built on the site of a Dutch cattle market and parade ground, becoming the city's oldest public park to survive to modern times.
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
🎳 Read a book set in a large city.

On 9 September 1895, the modern standardized rules for ten-pin bowling were established in New York City by the new American Bowling Congress (ABC) which later became the United States Bowling Congress.
🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
🎳 Read a book published in September.
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.

In 1913 the monthly Bowlers Journal was founded in Chicago, Illinois, continuing to publish to the present day.
🎳 Read a book where a character either works at a magazine or reads one.
🎳 Read a book with a 19 in the publication year.

In 1958 the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) was founded in Akron, Ohio by Don Carter, Dick Weber, Dick Hoover, Buzz Fazio, Carmen Salvino, Glenn Allison et al., reaching 4,300 members in 14 countries worldwide.
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.

Bowling is a set piece for the featured number, "Score Tonight," in the 1982 film, Grease 2. Kingpin is a 1996 comedy film about a professional bowler who loses his hand but ends up making it back into professional bowling using a prosthetic hand. Ten-pin bowling is a frequent motif in the 1998 Coen brothers' film The Big Lebowski. The 2002 Australian comedy film Crackerjack centres on activities at a lawn bowls club.
🎳 Read a Series #2.
🎳 Read a book where a character wears a prosthetic.
🎳 Read a book that makes you laugh.
🎳 Read a book set in Australia.

Welcome Katharine!

Yes, you may backdate. :)

let's Go Bowling COMPLETION POST
Duration: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
Level 3: 25+ tasks 25/25+

TASKS:
🎳 Read a book set in the US, Canada or the UK.
Hetty’s farmhouse bakery – cathy bramley – 28.07.19Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery
🎳 Read a book with King Henry VIII as a character.
The Last Tudor – Philippa Gregory – 01.04.19The Last Tudor
🎳 Read a book set in London.
Brutally honest – Melanie brown – 11.07.19Brutally Honest
Dodger – Terry Pratchett – 04.04.19Dodger
🎳 Read a book whose author's initials are the same letter.
Cassandra clare – the city of heavenly fire 22.07.19City of Heavenly Fire
My Love Story - Tina Turner – 30.03.19My Love Story
Notes from a small island – bill Bryson – 04.04.19Notes from a Small Island
I’ll Find You - Liz Lawler – 25.03.19I'll Find You
🎳 Read a book set in New York City.
The secret runners of new york – matthew reilly 01.06.19The Secret Runners of New York
🎳 Read a book where a character goes to the park.
Before I was Yours – Virginia MacGregor – 02.04.19Before I Was Yours: How Far Would You Go for a Child Who Wasn't Yours?

🎳 Read a book with the letters ABC are in the title (in any order).
Pirate school – the birthday bash – Jeremy strong – 29.05.19Pirate School: The Birthday Bash
🎳 Read a book with 1, 5, 8, or 9 in the page count.
The amnesia clinic – James Scudamore 02.07.19 The Amnesia Clinic
Heartstopper – volume one – Alice Oseman 04.07.19 Heartstopper: Volume One
🎳 Read a book whose title begins with P, B or A.
The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19 553The Ask and the Answer
The bell – iris Murdoch – 06.04.19The Bell
Agatha raisin and the potted gardener – M.C. Beaton - 05.07.19 Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
Battered, Broken, Healed: A mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together – Maggie Hartley – 14.06.19Battered, Broken, Healed: A mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together
Art workshops for children – herve tullet 05.06.19Art Workshops for Children
The beak speaks – Jeremy strong – 27.07.19Beak Speaks
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler – 13.07.19The Big Sleep
Agatha raisin and the blood of an Englishman – m.c.beaton – 28.07.19The Blood of an Englishman
🎳 Read a Series #2.
#2 chaos walking The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19 The Ask and the Answer
#2 the river main The summer maiden – dilly court – 09.07.19The Summer Maiden
#lucky harbour The sweetest thing – jill shalvis – 23.07.19The Sweetest Thing
#dc will macreay Unforgivable – mike Thomas – 22.07.19Unforgivable

WOOHOO Den!