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My Biblio Badges✔12. Things on a Beach ~guys~ "...when the four guys..." p. 15 The Friend Zone ★★★★ 07 November
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MISCELLANEOUS
STRANGE STATE FACTS
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Start Date: 1 February 2019
End Date: 7 September 2019
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Seven Wonders of Canada
Seven Wonders of Canada 1 Year: July 1, 2020- June 30, 2021
~ 50 States ~ Open Ended ~ ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ Done July 2024
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TRIPS DOWN MEMORY LANE
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~ 1966 1 August 2025 - 31st October 2025 quarterly
~ 2005 1 May 2025 - 31st July 2025 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1992 1 February 2024 - 30th April 2025 quarterly
~ 1972 1 November 2024 - 31st January 2025 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 10/15
~ 1965 1 August 2024 - 31st October 2024 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1996 1 May 2024 - 31st July 2024 quarterly✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1953 1 February 2023 - 30th April 2024 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1949 1 November 2023 - 31st January 2024 quarterly
~ 1988 1 August 2023 - 31st October 2023 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15
~ 1964 1 May 2023 - 31st July 2023 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15
~ 1933 1 February 2023 - 30th April 2023 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15
~ 1908 1 October 2022 - 31st December 2022 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1941 1 July 2022 - 30th September 2022 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 14/15
~ 1975 1 April 2022 - 30th June 2022 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15 BADGE???
~ 1926 1 January 2022 - 31st March 2022 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15
~ 1982 1 October 2021 - 30 December 2021 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1991 1 July 2021 - 30 September 2021 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 15/15
~ 1973 1 April 2021 - 31 June 2021 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 14/15
~ 1962 1 January 2021 - 31 March 2021 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 12/15
~ 1958 1 October 2020 - 31 December 2020 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 14/15
~ 1932 1 July 2020 - 31 September 2020 quarterly✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 13/15
~ 1947 1 April 2020 - 30 June 2020 quarterly✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅
~ 1955 1st January 2020 - 31st March 2020 quarterly ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅
~ 1970 1 October 2019-31 December 2019 3 month ~ 13/15 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅
~ 1985 13/15 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ July 2019-Sept 2019
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SCAVENGER HUNTS
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Word Search ~ September ~ September 2025
Word Search ~ ~ August 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 41/50
Word Search ~ Jungle Book Movie~ July 2025 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 50/50
Word Search ~ Small Town Secrets~ June 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 48/50
Word Search ~ Harvest Moon Homecoming~ May 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 48/50
Word Search ~ Five Letter Words~ April 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 46/50
Word Search ~ Wizard of Oz~ March 2025 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 50/50
Word Search ~ Murder is a Piece of Cake~ February 2025✅Done!!!✅ 49/50
Word Search ~ The Obituary Society~ January 2025✅Done!!!✅ 48/50
Word Search ~ Gifts ~ December 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 43/50
Word Search ~ A Catered Thanksgiving~ November 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 47/50
Word Search ~ Death by Pumpkin Spice~ October 2024 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅
Word Search ~ Labor Day~ September 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 46/50
Word Search ~ Sisters ~ August 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 48/50
Word Search ~ A Catered Fourth of July ~ July 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 48/50
Word Search ~ Clammed Up ~ June 2024 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 50/50
Word Search ~ Mother's Day ~ May 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 49/50
Word Search ~ Assaulted Caramel ~ April 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 39/50
Word Search ~ Irish~ March 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 31/50
Word Search ~ All My Love~ February 2024 ✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 50/50
Word Search ~ Winter Fun~ January 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 47/50
OLD SCAVENGER HUNTS
WORDS in a WORD
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Words in a Word #15 Beatles 15 November 2021- 14 February 2022
Words in a Word #15 Vintage 1991 15 August 2021- 14 November 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 30 words
Words in a Word #14 90s Disney Flicks 15 May 2021- 14 August 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 31 words
Words in a Word #13 Special Days 15 February 2021- 14 May 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 42 words
Words in a Word #12 Egg Dish 15 November 2020- 14 February 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 28 words
Words in a Word #11 Canadian Wonders 15 August 2020- 14 November 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 14 words
Words in a Word #10 Swimming Holes 15 May 2020- 14 August 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 36 words
Words in a Word #9 Jingle Bells Auld Lang Syne Follow You Follow Me 15 December 2019 - 14 March 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 19 words
Words in a Word #8 Ballpoint Felt Tip Highlighter Pencil 1 September 2019 - 30 November 2019 ✅Done!!!✅
Words in a Word #7 Unparagoned Callipygian ✅Done!!!✅
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READING the SEASONS
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Winter 2021 22 September 2021 - 20 December 2021
Summer 2021 21 June- 21 September 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ ☀️☀️81points☀️☀️
Spring 2021 21 March - 20 June 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 🐤🐤 55 points! 🐤🐤
Winter 2020 22 December- 22 March 2021 ✅Done!!!✅❄️❄️36pts❄️❄️
Fall 2020 22 September - 21 December 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 🍁🍁39 points🍁🍁
Summer 2020 20 June- 21 September 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ ☀️☀️50 points☀️☀️
Spring 2020 23 March- 19June 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 🌼🌼73points🌼🌼
Winter 2019 23 December - 22 March 2020✅Done!!!✅ ⛄⛄ 34 points⛄⛄
Fall 2019 23 September - 22 December 2019 ✅Done!!!✅ 🍂🍂48 points🍂🍂
Summer 2019 22 June 2019 - 22 September 2019 ✅Done!!!✅ 56 points
Spring 2019 20 March 2019 - 21 June 2019 ✅Done!!!✅
ONE HIT WONDERS
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1960 1 August 2024 - 31 October 2024 ~ quarterly
1973 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2022 ~ year ✅Done!!!✅
1985 1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020 ~finished 17 November 2019 year ✅Done!!!✅
2003 1 March 2019 - 31 May 2019 quarterly ✅Done!!!✅
SCATTERGORIES
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Letter E September 2025
Letter W August 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter A July 2025 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter S June 2025✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
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Letter F March 2024 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
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Letter J December 2023 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
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Letter C December 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter K November 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter T October 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter P September 2021✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter R August 2021✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter E July 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter M June 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter H May 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter F April 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter B March 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter W February 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter L January 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter O December 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter G November 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter N October 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter D September 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter T August 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter A July 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter S June 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter P May 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter C April 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter K March 2020✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter J January 2020 9/12
Letter E December 2019 9/12
Letter M November 2019 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter F October 2019 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
Letter H September 2019 ✅Done!!!✅ 12/12
CELEBRATE the CENTURY
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1990s 1 May 2023 - 31 October 2023 ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1910s 9 April 2023 ~ 6 months from start
1980s 1 November 2022 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1970s 1 April 2022 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1960s 1 October 2021 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1950s 1 April 2021 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1940s 3 October 2020 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1930s 3 April 2020 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1920s 1 September 2019 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
1900s 1 February 2022 ~ 6 months from start ✅Done!!!✅ 16/16
Celebrate the Century
MUSIC CHALLENGES
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San Francisco ~ 15 November 2021 ~ 14 January 2022
Diana Ross ~ 15 May 2021 ~ 14 July 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 15/15
Carole King ~ 15 March 2021 ~ 14 May 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 14/15
Austin, Texas ~ 15 January 2021 ~ 14 March 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 14/15
No Doubt ~ 15 November 2020 ~ 14 January 2021 ✅Done!!!✅ 15/15
Boyz II Men ~ 15 September 2020 ~ 14 November 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 11/15
Nashville ~ 15 July 2020 ~ 14 September 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 15/15
Madonna ~ 15 May 2020 ~ 14 July 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 13/15
Chicago ~ 15 March 2020 ~ 14 May 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 14/15
Blondie ~ 15 January 2020 ~ 14 February 2020
Lady Gaga ~ 15 December 2019 ~ 14 January 2020 ✅Done!!!✅ 7/9
Judy Garland ~ 15 November 2019 ~ 14 December 2019 ~ ✅Done!!!✅ 7/9
U2 ~ 15 October 2019 ~ 14 November 2019 ~ ✅Done!!!✅ 7/8
Linkin Park ~ 15 September 2019 ~ 14 October 2019 ~ ✅Done!!!✅ 8/8
A to Z
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Female MC ~ 2025 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Genres ~ 2025 ~ WILDCARD ~humor~
Locations ~ 2025 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
2024
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Titles ~ 2024 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Genres ~ 2024 ~ X WILDCARD ~humor~✅Done!!!✅
Female MC ~ 2024 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
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2020
Covers ~ 2020 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Titles ~ 2020 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Locations ~ 2020 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Authors ~ 2020 ~ ✅Done!!!✅
Future Challengeshttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Celebrate the centuries https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Dog's life open ended: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tour the Us open ended: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
open ended princess spell out: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
open ended states: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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~ 2024 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2023 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2022 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2021 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2020 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
EXPLORE
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MONTHLY KEYWORD
~ 2022 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2021 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
~ 2020 yearly ✅Done!!!✅
Musical City: ChicagoDuration: March 15, 2020- May 14, 2020
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
A badge will be awarded for participation.
Chicago, Illinois in the United States has a varied musical background.
Choose your level:
School Music Class: 2-5 tasks
The Metro: 6-10 tasks
Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion: 11-15 tasks
🌆Although New Orleans is the acknowledged birthplace of jazz, Chicago is regarded as the first place other than the South where jazz was heard, and New Orleans–style jazz was first recorded in Chicago. When World War I increased employment opportunities for African Americans living outside the South, Chicago became a center of the black community. Jazz moved to Chicago to fill the need for familiar entertainment.
1. Read a book tagged historical fiction.
2. Read a book written by an author of color (AOC).
🌆While the Blues weren’t invented in Chicago, Chicago has definitely earned a reputation as a hub of exploration and inspiration for a variety of artists. From 1916 through 1970, large numbers of African Americas moved North in search of better opportunities in as what is known as the Great Migration, and many famous artists, such as Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, and Kingston Mines helped put Chicago in the blues spotlight.
3. Read a book where the MC moves locations.
4. Read a book with a blue cover.
🌆Every June one of the largest free concert events occurs in Chicago. In 1984, to honor Muddy Waters, who had passed away the year before, the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs created the Chicago Blues Festival. Every year the festival has a theme, often to honor a recently deceased blues musician. In 2017 the festival grounds moved from Grant Park to Millenium Park.
5. Read a book published in the 1980s.
6. Read a book where someone dies.
🌆Well-known rappers and hip hop stars, such as Common, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Chance the Rapper have all come from Chicago or surrounding suburbs. In July of 2019, an alligator shocked Chicago residents in a neighborhood. The people of the city named the alligator Chance the Snapper. Chance the Snapper evaded capture for a week.
7. Read a book featuring an animal or an animal is the main character (shifters allowed).
8. Read a book where a character has a nickname. Tell us the nickname.
🌆 Originally designed as a traveling music festival, Chicago has been home to Lollapalooza since 2005. Creator, Perry Farrell originally thought of it as a farewell tour for his band, Jane’s Addiction. Early events focused on non-mainstream artists, as well as indie and alternative acts. Lollapalooza’s inclusion of numerous nonmusical features helped secure its success. The word Lollapalooza was first recorded in 1896 and is American idiomatic phrase meaning "an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.”
9. Read a book that involves traveling.
10. Read a book with the letters P&F in the title or author’s name.
11. Read a book with an extraordinary or unusual character or event. Tell us what it is.
🌆 Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups, and one of the world's best-selling groups of all time, having sold more than 100 million records. The group has received ten Grammy Award nominations, winning one for the song, "If You Leave Me Now" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
12. Read a book that has won an award. Tell us the award.
13. Read a book with 1, 6, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings the book has received OR a page count with 10 (intact) in it OR "If You Leave Me Now" a title with one of these words.
🌆 Chicago has been home to or the birthplace of many musicians such as Bo Didley, The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, Benny Goodman, Buddy Guy, Lupe Fiasco, Jennifer Hudson, Curtis Mayfield, the rapper Common, Ray Manzarek of the Doors, Muddy Waters, Styx, Minnie Riperton, Koko Taylor, Patti Smith, Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, the band Wilco, Cheap Trick, Earth Wind & Fire, Kill Hannah, OK GO, The Buckinghams, etc.
14. Read a biography of a famous musician or band.
15. Read a book that takes place in Chicago.
Sources:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...
Sources: Salamone, Frank A. "Chicago Jazz." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Online, Gale, 2013. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/JKQXKU.... Accessed 2 Mar. 2020.
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Musician: MadonnaDuration: May 15, 2020- July 14, 2020
You may do as many tasks as you wish.
You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.
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Love her or hate her, Madonna is one of the most recognized and sold musical artists in the world.
Choose your level:
Lucky Star: 2-5 tasks
True Blue: 6-10 tasks
Express Yourself: 11-15 tasks
🎼 Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan, on August 16, 1958. Her father's parents were Italian emigrants from Pacentro, while her mother was of French-Canadian descent. Since Madonna had the same name as her mother; family members called her "Little Nonni". Madonna later commented about her name, "How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.” She has two older brothers, Anthony and Martin, and three younger siblings, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie. She was raised in the Detroit suburbs of Pontiac and Avon Township (now Rochester Hills). Her mother died of breast cancer at age 30 on December 1, 1963, which had a significant impact on Madonna’s formative years.
🎼1. Read a book that takes place in Michigan OR a book with a character that is Italian, French or Canadian.
🎼2. Read a book with siblings OR read a book that the title or author’s first or last name has a M, L, & C in it.
🎼 In 1966, Madonna’s dad, Tony, married the family's housekeeper Joan Gustafson. They had two children, Jennifer and Mario. Madonna resented her father for getting remarried, and began rebelling against him, which strained their relationship for many years afterward. Madonna maintained a high grade point average, but still achieved notoriety for her unconventional behavior. Madonna's father put her in classical piano lessons, but she later convinced him to allow her to take ballet lessons. In high school she became a straight-A student and a member of the cheerleading squad. After graduating, she received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan. At the age of 19, Madonna began studying dance, but, in 1978, dropped out of college and relocated to New York City. Madonna said of her move to New York, "It was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi cab. I came here with $35 in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done."
🎼3. Read a book that has a high school or college character OR read a book that has a character that is a dancer.
🎼4. Read a book that has a rebellious character OR read a book that involves a character getting remarried.
🎼 While performing as a backup singer and dancer for the French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on his 1979 world tour, Madonna became involved with several different musicians and bands, but eventually she later decided to promote herself as a solo act. Madonna had a few small singles released before 1982, but it wasn’t until her album Madonna, that she really took off. With the help of a boyfriend, Madonna remixed one of her songs, which would later become “Holiday,” her first international top-ten hit. The overall sound of Madonna was in the form of upbeat synthetic disco, using some of the new technology of the time, like the Linn drum machine and the OB-X synthesizer. "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" were two top-ten singles. In June 1986, Madonna released her third studio album, True Blue. Rolling Stone was impressed with the effort, writing that the album "sound[s] as if it comes from the heart". Five singles were released—"Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach", "True Blue", "Open Your Heart", and "La Isla Bonita"—all of which reached number one in the US or the UK. The album topped the charts in 28 countries worldwide, an unprecedented achievement at the time, and remains Madonna's best-selling studio album, with sales of 25 million copies. True Blue was featured in the 1992 edition of Guinness World Records as the best-selling album by a woman of all time.
🎼5. Read a book that takes place or was written in the 1980s OR read a book where a character takes a vacation/holiday or celebrates holiday.
🎼6. Read a book that has won an award OR read a book with over a million ratings or a book on your TBR list that his a high number of ratings. Some examples: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
🎼7. Read a book with a blue cover OR read a book with a musical instrument on the cover.
🎼 Madonna's look and style of dressing, her performances, and her music videos influenced young girls and women. Her style became one of the female fashion trends of the 1980s. Madonna's popularity continued to rise globally with the release of her second studio album, Like a Virgin, in November 1984. Like a Virgin became the very first album by a female to sell over five million copies in the U.S. The album's title track served as its first single, and topped the Hot 100 chart for six consecutive weeks. It attracted the attention of conservative organizations who complained that the song and its accompanying video promoted premarital sex and undermined family values, and moralists sought to have the song and video banned. Madonna received huge media coverage for her performance of "Like a Virgin" at the first 1984 MTV Video Music Awards. Wearing a wedding dress and white gloves, Madonna appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake and then rolled around suggestively on the floor. MTV retrospectively considered it one of the "most iconic" pop performances of all time.
🎼8. Read a book with clothing on the cover OR read a book that starts with a letter in MADONNA.
🎼9. Read a book that is considered controversial or has been banned or challenged. Some ideas here: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/fr... OR read a book that has a wedding in it.
🎼In addition to music and dancing, Madonna is also an actress. In 1992, Madonna starred in A League of Their Own as Mae Mordabito, a baseball player on an all-women's team. It reached number one on the box-office and became the tenth highest-grossing film of the year in the U.S. She recorded the film's theme song, "This Used to Be My Playground", which became her tenth Hot 100 number-one hit, the most by any female artist at the time. The same year, she founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, consisting of a record company, a film production company, and associated music publishing, television broadcasting, book publishing and merchandising divisions. The deal was a joint venture with Time Warner and paid Madonna an advance of $60 million. It gave her 20% royalties from the music proceedings, the highest rate in the industry at the time, equaled only by Michael Jackson's royalty rate established a year earlier with Sony.
🎼10. Read a book that has 1,2, or 9 in the page count OR read a sports book.
🎼11. Read a historical fiction book OR read a book where the MC is in a nontraditional gender field (a male nurse, a female engineer, etc.: https://www.blinn.edu/nontraditional-...)
🎼 In the 1996 musical, Evita, Madonna played the title role of Eva Perón. For a long time, Madonna had desired to play Perón and wrote to director Alan Parker to explain why she would be perfect for the part. She said later, "This is the role I was born to play. I put everything of me into this because it was much more than a role in a movie. It was exhilarating and intimidating at the same time. And I am prouder of Evita than anything else I have done." After securing the role, she had vocal training and learned about the history of Argentina and Perón. After Evita's release in December 1996, Madonna's performance was praised by film critics. Zach Conner from Time magazine commented, "It's a relief to say that Evita is pretty damn fine, well cast and handsomely visualized. Madonna once again confounds our expectations." Madonna won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the role.
🎼12. Read a book that takes place outside of your country of residence OR read a book by a female author.
🎼13. Read a book that is also a movie. Some ideas here: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... OR read a book about a historical figure, fiction or nonfiction.
🎼 Madonna is one of the wealthiest women in the music business, with an estimated net worth between US$590 million to $800 million. She has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. The Guinness World Records acknowledged her as the best-selling female recording artist of all time. Madonna remains the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time, and Madonna has also won seven Grammy Awards and twenty MTV Video Music Awards.
According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo artist in the Hot 100 chart history (second overall behind the Beatles). She has also scored 38 top-ten singles on the Hot 100, more than any other artist in history. Madonna has acted in numerous movies, as well as directed two movies. Additionally, Madonna has started several fashion brands as well as several charitable foundations.
🎼14. Read a book that has two of the following numbers in the page count: 0, 5, 8, 9 OR read a standalone.
🎼15. Read a book that has a character or author named Miranda, Dolly or Carrie OR read a book where a character goes to or performs in a concert.
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Musical City: Nashville
Duration: July 15, 2020- September 14, 2020
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Nashville, Tennessee in the United States has a varied musical background.
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Nashville, Tennessee in the United States has a varied musical background.
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Honky Tonk: 1-5 tasks
Grand Ole Opry: 6-10 tasks
Ryman Auditorium: 11-15 tasks
🏙 Nashville’s earliest settlers celebrated in the late 1700s with fiddle tunes and buck dancing after safely disembarking on the shores of the Cumberland River. Nashville’s first “celebrity,” noted frontiersman and Congressman Davy Crockett was known for his colorful stories and fiddle playing. In the 1800s, Nashville grew to become a national center for music publishing. The first around-the-world tour by a musical act was by the Fisk Jubilee Singers from Nashville’s Fisk University. Their efforts helped fund the school’s mission of educating freed slaves after the Civil War – and also put Nashville on the map as a global music center.
🏙1. Read a book that takes place in or at a college campus OR read a book that takes place near a river or has a river on the cover.
🏙2. Read a book about a frontier (you decide and tell us) OR read a book that starts with a letter in MUSIC CITY.
🏙 The Ryman Auditorium, built in 1892, is one of Nashville’s most famous music venues. The Ryman has received
Pollstar magazine’s prestigious “Theater of the Year” award seven times in the past ten years as the best auditorium in the nation to experience live music. Today the Ryman celebrates 125 years as one of the most famous concert venues in America where stars who normally play arenas and even stadiums perform in the 2,362-seat venue. The long list of famous Ryman performers includes Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Paul Simon, The Foo Fighters, Aretha Franklin, Jack White, James Brown, Neil Diamond, and Diana Ross. The Ryman is also open for daily tours where visitors can stand on its famous stage, watch a film of the history of the building, view clothes of Opry performers, and see Ryman memorabilia.
🏙3. Read a book that has the numbers 2,2,3,&/or 6 in the page count OR read a book that has a fictional or real celebrity in it.
🏙4. Read a book that involves a theater OR read a book that involves music.
🏙 The Grand Ole Opry was started in 1925 and was hosted at the Ryman from 1943-1973. Country Music Hall of Fame stars Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, and Elvis all performed at the Opry on the Ryman stage for the first time. In 1925, the establishment of radio station WSM and its launch of the broadcast that would be called the Grand Ole Opry further secured Nashville’s reputation as a musical center and sparked its durable nickname of Music City. The Opry, still staged live every week, is America’s longest-running radio show, in continuous production for more than 90 years.
🏙5. Read a book that takes place sometime between 1925-1943 OR a book that mentions a radio or a character listens to the radio.
🏙6. Read a book that has won an award OR read a book where a character has a nickname or the book is known by another name. Some examples: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
🏙7. Read a book where the letters G & O are in the title or author’s name OR read a debut book.
🏙 Nashville is also known as the “Songwriting Capital of the World.” The famous Bluebird Cafe showcases songwriters performing their original music in an intimate “in the round” setting that was created in Nashville. The annual Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival puts these songwriters somewhere they’re not used to being, in the spotlight. Over the course of five days, more than 300 songwriters perform at venues around town.
🏙8. Read a book with a blue cover OR read a book with a bird on the cover.
🏙9. Read a book that has a festival in it OR read a book that has a character that is a writer.
🏙 In 1958, the Country Music Association was founded to spread the word about country music. In addition to combating the 1950s rock ’n’ roll onslaught, the organization created the CMA Awards, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and the city’s signature event, the CMA Music Festival. Some of the most famous names that came out of Nashville are the Allman Brothers, Hank Williams, and Liz Kilgo. Many country singers reference Nashville as being their home, due to the huge influence the city has in the world of country music.
🏙10. Read a book that has 1, 5, 8, &/or 9 in the page count OR a book that has a rural setting.
🏙11. Read a book that takes place in Nashville OR read a book with a number in the title. Some examples: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
🏙 Live music can be seen and heard every day and night of the week in Nashville. The world-famous honky tonks, located on Broadway, offer free live music 365 days a year. There are more than 180 music venues around town ranging from large arenas and concert halls to small clubs and featuring nearly every genre of music. However, Nashville is more than just country music. In December 1945 when Bill Monroe played his mandolin at the Ryman with Lester Flatt playing guitar, Chubby Wise on fiddle and Howard Watts on bass a new musical genre of bluegrass music was created on the famous stage. Nashville has also become a hub for pop, rock, bluegrass, Americana, jazz, classical, contemporary Christian, blues, and soul music. Rolling Stone recently gave Nashville the title of “Best Music Scene.” Artists like Robert Plant, Kid Rock, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, and Michael Buble, among many others, have come to Music City to write and record.
🏙12. Read a book that has between 180-365 pages OR read a book that was published in December of any year.
🏙13. Read a book by an author that writes in more than one genre or read a book that can be considered a “best of.” Some options: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
🏙 In early March of 2020, deadly tornados struck Tennessee, killing 24 people and causing widespread damage. Musicians like Miranda Lambert, Dirks Bentley, Dolly Parton, and Lynard Skynard helped with donations and bringing awareness.
🏙14. Read a book that has a catastrophe or natural disaster in it OR read a book where someone dies.
🏙15. Read a book that has a character or author named Miranda, Dolly, or Carrie OR read a book where a character goes to or performs in a concert.
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No Doubt
Musician: No Doubt
Duration: November 15, 2020- January 14, 2021
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No Doubt was a popular punk/ska band formed in the 1980s.
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Don’t Speak: 2-5 tasks
Spiderwebs: 6-10 tasks
Just a Girl: 11-15 tasks
🎸 In 1986, American rock band, No Doubt was formed in Anaheim, California. Originally, the band was formed by Eric Stefani and John Spence, with Gwen Stefani as backup vocals. Other members of the band were Jerry McMahon, Chris Leal, and Chris Webb. Its current members consist of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. No Doubt's musical style has been characterized as ska punk, reggae fusion,[1] punk rock, pop punk, new wave, alternative rock and pop rock.
1. Read a book that involves music OR a book that takes place in California.
2. Read a book with siblings OR read a book that was published or takes place in the 1980s.
🎸 No Doubt signed a multi-album deal with Interscope Records in 1990 and in 1992 released a self-titled debut album. Following that, Eric Stefani started to feel withdrawn from the group and eventually by 1994 he decided to leave the band to pursue a career in animation. He was an animator for the TV series, The Simpson, even drawing a scene involving No Doubt. Around this time, Gwen Stefani & bassist Tony Kanal’s seven-year relationship ended. The Beacon Street Collection was released and sold more than its predecessors, but it was their third album, Tragic Kingdom, much of which dealt with the relationship between Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani, that was the catapult to commercial success.
3. Read a book where a character feels withdrawn (you decide) OR read a third in a series OR read a book with a break-up.
4. Read a book that involves a breakup OR read a book with pictures/illustrations or involves art.
🎸 Tragic Kingdom and the single "Just a Girl" was released in 1995 and the band began touring that same year. Singles "Spiderwebs" and "Don't Speak" were released thereafter. Widely credited with bringing ska back to the forefront of the music scene in the 1990s, the album eventually sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. At the 1997 Grammy Awards, No Doubt was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album. Later, they were nominated for two more Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, both for "Don't Speak.” Due to the success of Tragic Kingdom, the band's debut album began again to sell copies, and reached total sales of over a quarter of a million copies.
5. Read a book with Girl in the title OR a book with two of the following numbers in the page count: 1,7,9,9.
6. Read a book that has won an award OR read a debut book: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
7. Read a book that has a number on the cover or in the title OR read a book that has the letters SKA in the title, in any order.
🎸 After touring ended in 1997, the band collaborated and contributed to a variety of musical projects, such as "I Throw My Toys Around" with Elvis Costello for The Rugrats Movie. Stefani also contributed vocals to track for a variety of musicians and bands, including boyfriend Gavin Rossdale’s band, Bush. Fourth album, Return to Saturn, received critical acclaim, but commercial success was lackluster. Mediocre sales contributed to a shorted tour date. Fifteen months later, the band reappeared with the album Rock Steady, which incorporated reggae and dancehall music into their work. The 2001 album was primarily recorded in Jamaica and featured collaborations with Jamaican artists Bounty Killer, Sly and Robbie, and Lady Saw. Singles "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All", both from the Rock Stead album, won Grammys.
8. Read a book that involves a collaboration (you decidehow) OR read a book that has been released in the past 15 months OR read a book where the author’s initials are G or R.
9. Read a book that involved the Caribbean OR read a book that involves space. Tell us how.
🎸In addition, Prince made an appearance on Rock Steady as cowriter, producer, and vocalist on the song "Waiting Room." Rock Steady also proved to be more commercially success than Return of Saturn. The album eventually was certified double platinum. Around this same time, Stefani and Rossdale made headlines when they decided to tie the knot in 2002. The couple now have two children—Kingston James McGregor Rossdale and Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. The following year in 2003, No Doubt released a greatest hits album called The Singles 1992-2003.
10. Read a book that involves royalty or someone named Prince OR read a book that involves a wedding.
11. Read a that has a 0,1,2, 3, or 9 in the ratings. Tell us what the number is. OR read a book that is a re-release or considered a classic.
🎸After a 2004 tour the band embarked on solo projects, with Stefani releasing two successful solo albums Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004) and The Sweet Escape (2006). Meanwhile Tom Dumont released his own solo music project, Invincible Overlord. Adrian Young, the band's drummer, played on other albums and in 2008, Tony Kanal collaborated with pop rock artist Pink on the album Funhouse. In 2008, the band resumed working slowly on their sixth effort, titled Push and Shove (2012), and released their single "Settle Down". Stefani launched her first solo arena tour in October 2005, which coincided with the news of her pregnancy of her first child, Kingston. She released her second solo dance-pop album, The Sweet Escape in December 2006.
12. Read a book with one of the words LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, or BABY in the title OR read a book with a pink cover.
13. Read a book that involves children. You decide how and tell us. OR read a book that has something sweet on the cover. Show us the cover.
🎸In 2010, No Doubt also released another compilation album called Icon, but they have not released anything since 2012. In a June 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, Stefani expressed uncertainty over the future of No Doubt. "I don't know what's going to happen with No Doubt. When Tony [Kanal] and I are connected creatively, it's magic. But I think we've grown apart as far as what kind of music we want to make. I was really drained and burned out when we recorded that album [2012's Push and Shove]. And I had a lot of guilt: 'I have to do it.' That's not the right setting to make music. There's some really great writing on that record. But the production felt really conflicted. It was sad how we all waited that long to put something out and it didn't get heard." Still, over the course of almost 2 decades, No Doubt won numerous awards and made several indelible contributions to the world of music.
14. Read a book where characters are drifting apart (tell us how OR read a book that was written in the past two decades.
15. Read a book considered a compilation or collection OR read a book where the title begins with a letter in ICON.
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Musical City: Austin, TexasDuration: January 15, 2021- March 14, 2021
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Austin’s official motto is: “Live Music Capital of the World.”
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🏙 Cactus Cafe: 6-10 tasks
🏙 Mood Theater: 11-15 tasks
🏙 Early German, Swede, and Mexican settlers brought their musical heritage with them in the late 1800s to Austin, Texas. After the US Civil War, soldier stationed in the Texas capitol were drawn to the town’s many bars, especially German Beer Gardens. The 1920s brough jazz and blues to Austin and then transitioned into country and big band in the 1940s. In the later 1940s and 1950s, acts such as Glenn Miller, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley played at Dessau Hall.
1. Read a book that involves music OR read a book with a character that could be considered an immigrant.
2. Read a book that involves war OR read a book that has a German, Swede, or Mexican character or takes place in one of those countries.
3. Read a book that has a blue cover OR read a book with alcohol in the story or on the cover.
🏙 The number of musical venues in Austin has been long and varied and the East Side of town, which historically had a rich culture of African American heritage and influence, was no exception. Some popular and well-known venues included the Victory Grill, Charlie's Playhouse, Big Mary's, Ernie's Chicken Shack, and Doris Miller Auditorium featured local and touring acts. In the 30’s, the East Side music halls became known as the “Chitlin Circuit”. Famous musicians like BB King, Duke Ellington, the Turners, and Ray Charles were known to play Austin’s East Side. In the 1960s and 1970s rock and roll became popular while country Tejano and folk also grew.
4. Read a book with predominantly African American characters or by an African American author OR read a book whose title begins with a letter in AUSTIN.
5. Read a book with a character names Charlie, Mary, Ernie, or Doris OR read a book where a character travels.
6. Read a book that takes place in Texas OR read a book that has a musical instrument (or symbol) on the cover.
🏙 The television show Austin City Limits began as a series in 1976. It was set up to showcase a variety of music styles and continues today. Country star Willie Nelson was the debut performer on the show’s pilot. It is considered America’s longest-running television music series. The Moody Theater is home to live tapings of "Austin City Limits" and has hosted a wide range of artists from Belle & Sebastian to ZZ Top. The Moody Theater is a state-of-the-art, 2,700+ person capacity live music venue. No seat in the theater is more than 75 feet from the stage. In the following years, Austin gained a reputation as a place where struggling musicians could launch their careers in front of interested audiences, at informal live venues. Along with the strong variety of music in Austin, one of the local radio station, KOKE.FM started to switch to a new format geared toward that mixed crowd, called "country rock", and later "progressive country".
7. Read a that involves television OR read a book that has the numbers 1,6,7, or 9 in the page count OR read a book that is part of a series.
8. Read a book with a struggling character (you decide). Tell us how. OR read a book that has two different genre tags (like mystery and historical).
9. Read a book with the letters ACL in the title OR read a book with an urban setting.
🏙 A major influence during this time was Antone’s, a blues club located on 6th street and named after it’s founder, Clifford Antone. Antone's fostered the careers of a number of musicians, including Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughn was born in Dallas, but spent a significant amount of time in Austin. He rose to fame in the 70s and 80s with his band Double Trouble, but in 1983 he died tragically in a helicopter crash. Native Texan Janis Joplin also got her start in Austin. Other Texas bands or musicians that were from or frequented Austin include Spoon, Iron & Wine, rapper Nelly, and the Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks).
10. Read a book that involves a collaboration (you decide how) OR read a book where a character dies.
11. Read a book where the title rhymes or is two words only OR read a debut book.
🏙 Liberty Lunch was a live-music venue in Austin and during its heyday in the late 1970s and 1980s featured all different kinds of genres, including reggae and ska, punk, indie, country and rock. In the 1990s during Austin’s downtown redevelopment, it was forced to close. But it still retains a legendary status in Austin’s music history. Now-defunct Armadillo World Headquarters has attained similar status.
12. Read a book that the author or title all starts with the same letter, excluding a, an or the (Rick Riordan or Gone Girl for example https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... or https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9... OR read a book with a genre that is new to you (or least frequently read). https://www.goodreads.com/genres
13. Read a book by an author that is no longer alive OR read a book with a restaurant setting.
🏙 South by Southwest, aka SXSW, is an annual festival that takes place in mid-March. It began in 1987 and has grown in both concept and size every year. It now includes films, interactive media, conferences, and of course, musical events. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. The music event has grown from 700 registrants in 1987 to over 161,000 attendees in 2018. Numerous other music festivals occur year-round in Austin. In addition to Austin’s official motto of “Live Music Capital of the World,” Austin also an annual festival called the “Keep Austin Weird Festival.”
14. Read a book that was published between 1987 & 2018 OR read a book that has a 5, 7, or 9 in the ratings OR read a book that celebrates “weirdness”. Tell us how.
15. Read a book that has a festival, fair, concert, or similar on the cover or in the story OR read a book that has over 700 ratings.
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Carole King
Musician: Carole King
Duration: March 15, 2021- May 14, 2021
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🎧 Born Carole Klein in Brooklyn, New York in 1942, Carole’s parents met on an elevator at Brooklyn College in 1936. Carole showed an early aptitude for music and learned how to play the piano from her mother around the age of three. Starting kindergarten at the age of four, Carole also skipped first grade after showing exceptional skills with words and numbers. While attending James Madison High School in the 1950s, she formed her first band called the Co-Sines.
1. Read a book where a character plays an instrument OR read a book with a child as a character.
2. Read a book that takes place in New York OR read a book tagged historical fiction or music.
3. Read a book by author with the letters C & K in their name OR read a book that takes place on a college campus.
🎧 Eventually Carole changed her name to Carole King. While attending Queens College, she met Gerry Goffin, who became her songwriting partner and eventually husband. They married in a Jewish ceremony in 1959, having daughter Louise in 1960 (eventually having a second child together). They both quit college and got day jobs while writing songs together in the evening. King & Goffin joined Al Nevins and Don Kirshner’s Aldon Music company and composed hundreds of songs together. Their first hit was in 1961 with “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” performed by the Shirelles. King was not yet 20. Throughout the Sixties, King & Goffin continued to write a string a hits and now classic songs for a variety of artists, including “One Fine Day” for the Chiffons and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman for Aretha Franklin.
4. Read a book a teenage protagonist OR read a book where a character has an alias.
5. Read a book with a wedding OR read a book that is considered a classic or a “hit” (you decide).
🎧 By 1968 King & Goffin were divorced and she had moved to Los Angeles. She formed a musical trio with Charles Larkey, her future husband, and Danny Kortchmar, but she was reluctant to perform on stage and eventually the group disbanded. In the early 1970s, King meet James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. Taylor collaborated with King for her first solo album, Writer. King also play keyboards for one of BB King’s albums.
6. Read a book with a divorce OR read a book where a character is shy or has stage fright.
7. Read a book that takes place in the 1950s, 1960s, or 1970s OR read a standalone.
🎧 In 1971, King released Tapestry which featured new compositions as wells as reinterpretations of “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” Tapestry was a success, winning four Grammy Awards including the Song of the Year with “You’ve Got a Friend.” King was the first female to win that category.
8. Read a book with a female protagonist or written by a female OR read a book that has been re-released or has multiple editions (hardcover, paperback, or audio).
9. Read a book where the title begins with a letter in TAPESTRY OR read a book tagged or considered a retelling.
🎧 King went on to release eleven albums between 1970-1979. In the 1980s, she released four different albums, and she and Goffin were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987. The 80s also brought about a change with her moving from Ode Records to Atlantic. During this time, she also wrote and performed several songs for movie soundtracks, including “Now and Forever” for the movie A League of Their Own. Altogether, King has released 25 solo albums, written or co-written hundreds of songs, and received number awards and honors.
10. Read a book from a series that has four books OR read a book that has a character that is a writer.
11. Read a book that involves baseball or has a baseball item on the cover OR read a book that has the words Now or Forever in the title OR read a book that has the numbers 2 and 5 in the page count. Tell us the page count.
12. Read a book that has won an award OR read a book that has over 1987 ratings. Tell us the number.
🎧 Over time, King has collaborated with or written songs for a wide range of musicians from Eric Clapton to Mariah Carey. She has also made appearances in several movies and TV shows, such as A League of Their Own and Gilmore Girls, eventually earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. King has been married four different times and has four children. After relocating to Idaho in the late 70s, she became involved in environmental issues. Additionally, in 2013, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, a musical about her life and career came out and was performed on Broadway.
13. Read a book that is also a movie or TV show OR read a book written by two (or more) authors.
14. Read a book where a character has children OR read a book where a character is involved in social issues (you decide).
15. Read a book where a character has been married several times OR read a book that is tagged memoir OR read a book written in the 2010s.
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Musician: Diana Ross
Duration: May 15, 2021- July 14, 2021
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🎤 Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1944, Diana Ross was the second-oldest child. A clerical error occurred at her birth in 1944 when her name was recorded as Diana; her mother had actually named her “Diane”. Early Supremes records list Ross as Diane and her family still calls her Diane as well, but the rest of the world knows her as Diana. Ross’ elder sister is American physician Barbara Ross-Lee. The family moved to Alabama when Ross’s mother battled tuberculosis but returned to Detroit after.
1. Read a book with siblings OR read a book with an author or character having a nickname, misspelled name, name error, name irregularity, etc. Open to other interpretations. 😊
2. Read a book that takes place in Michigan. BONUS for Detroit, Michigan OR read a book that has a physician character.
3. Read a book that takes place or was published in the 1940s. OR read a book where a character is sick.
🎤 Ross took a variety of classes at her magnet high school, such as clothing design, pattern making, tailoring, etc. as she aspired to be a fashion designer. Additionally, she took cosmetology and modeling, eventually performing hairdressing services for her neighbors. At the age of 15, Ross joined the Primettes, a female group of four. The Primettes were invited to audition for Motown Records in 1960, and later, after success at sock hops, Ross approached William “Smokey” Robinson, Ross’s former neighbor, for another audition. Due do their youth, they were advised to return after high school. Undeterred, they regularly provided extra support for Motown’s recordings, such as hand claps or background vocals, by regularly visiting Hitsville, USA, which was Motown’s headquarters. In the group’s early years, hairstyling, make-up, seamstress, and costume design duties were all done by Ross.
4. Read a book with a MC in high school OR read a book with one of the following words in the story: fashion, tailoring, clothing, hairdresser, cosmetology, or costume. Give us the sentence and location. Reasonable variations allowed.
5. Read a book with a character name Diane/Diana, Ross, Smokey, William or Robinson. Tell us their name OR read a book a character that is a musician.
🎤Berry Gordy, one of Motown’s founders and executives, agreed to sign the Primettes if they changed their name. Group member Florence Ballard picked “Supremes” from a list because it was the only name on the list that didn’t end with “ette.” The other members were not thrilled, but signed with their new name in January, 1961. By 1963, the group was a trio and had their first number-one hit with "Where Did Our Love Go." Between August 1964 and May 1967, the women had sang on ten number-one hit singles.
By 1967 the group was renamed Diana Ross & the Supremes so Gordy could charge larger performance fees for a solo star and backing group.
6. Read a book that takes place or was written in the 1960s OR read a book with a singular main character (as opposed to books that have multiple character perspectives).
7. Read a that starts with a letter in SUPREME OR read a book where love “goes away”. You decide how and tell us.
🎤Between their early 1968 single "Forever Came Today" and their final single with Ross, "Someday We'll Be Together", Ross would be the only Supremes member to be featured on many of their recordings, often accompanied by studio singers. Due to anxiety from Gordy’s high demands, Ross started suffering from anorexia nervosa, eventually collapsing at a performance and being hospitalized for exhaustion. In 1968, Ross began to perform as a solo artist, with her final performance with the Supremes in Las Vegas on January 4th, 1970. In May of 1970, Ross released her self-titled solo debut, which included “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” the latter becoming her first number one hit as a solo act.
8. Read a book with SOMEDAY, FOREVER, TODAY or TOGETHER in the title OR read the end of a series.
9. Read a book with a character that suffers a collapse or illness OR read a book published in January or May of any year.
10. Read a book with the letters DR in the title or author’s name OR read a book with a mountain on the cover OR read a debut book.
🎤 In the 70s and early 80s, Ross was in a number of movies including Lady Sings the Blues, loosely based on singer Billie Holiday; Mohagany; and The Wiz, a re-do of The Wizard of Oz and also starring Michael Jackson. She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for Lady Sings the Blues.
Additionally, she had a number of hits during this time, including: her soundtracks for Lady Sings the Blues & Mohagany; her duet album with Marvin Gaye: Diana & Marvin; single, “Touch Me in the Morning”; and her album Diana which featured the hits "I'm Coming Out" and "Upside Down." Ross has published six albums since the 1990s and continues to create and collaborate on music with a variety of musicians.
11. Read a re-telling OR read a book that is also a movie OR read a book about Billie Holliday.
12. Read a book with a blue cover OR read a book by two authors: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
🎤She was married twice and has five children. Ross married music executive Robert Ellis Silberstein while two months pregnant with Barry Gordy’s daughter, Rhonda Suzanne. Rhonda would be raised by Silberstein. Ross and Silberstein had two other daughters before they divorced in 1977: actress Tracee Joy and Chudney Lane in the early 70s. Her second marriage was to Norwegian shipping mogul Arne Naess Jr. in 1985, and they had two sons together: Ross Arne and Evan Olav before divorcing in 1988.
Ross was named the "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard in 1976 and in 1988 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She is also in the Guinness Book of World Records for having more hits than any female artist in the charts, with a total of 70 hit singles between her solo career and the Supremes. Additionally, Ross was the first entertainer in Japan’s history to receive an invitation to the Imperial Palace with a private audience with the Empress Nagako. She was the first African-American woman to co-host the Acamedy Award and she hosted the 13th & 14th American Music Awards.She has also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
13. Read a book written by an African American author OR read a book that has won an award. Tell us the award.
14. Read a book where a character gets divorced OR read a book with royalty (empress, king, etc.)
15. Read a book that has two of the following numbers in the page count: 1, 1, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9 OR read a book where the character is “first” in something. Tell us what it is.
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Musician: The Black Keys
Duration: July 15, 2021- September 14, 2021
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🎸 Grammy-award-winning rock duo the Black Keys has steadily won increasing popular and critical recognition for their classic bluesy sounds and dynamic rhythms in the years following their 200¬2 debut, The Big Come Up. Growing up in the same neighborhood in Akron, Ohio, guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney did not officially form until 2001 after Auerbach was looking for assistance in making a demo. Even though they knew each other at an early age, they weren’t part of the same crowds, nor did they really become friends until high school when they were encouraged by their brothers to collaborate.
1. Read a book where a character plays an instrument OR read a book that takes place in a high school.
2. Read a book that takes place in Ohio OR read a book where the title begins with D A C or P, ignoring a, an, and the.
3. Read a book that has a blue cover OR read a book that was published or takes place in 2001.
🎸 Before too long, the duo had started to grow a regional fan base and after recording a demo in Carney’s basement, they signed with independent label Alive to release their debut. Over the course of the next couple years, the duo signed with different labels, eventually attracting national attention. The Black Keys were brought to new audiences after opening for musicians such as Beck and Sleater Kinney. Their third album, Rubber Factory, a reference to the former Akron tire plant where they recorded the album, marked a turn towards alternative music and a focus on songwriting.
4. Read a book that is a debut OR read a book that has a tire on the cover or in the story. Give us the sentence & location #.
5. Read the third book in a series OR read a book with a character that is a writer.
🎸 In an interview, Carney said that by the time the fifth album came around, he and Auerbach felt that they were ready to work with a producer because they couldn’t teach themselves anything more. So entered Brian Burton, also known as Danger Mouse. Several songs from the 2007 album, Attack & Release, which was also their first record to chart on the US Billboard 200, were picked up for commercials and television programs, further helping to make the band's music familiar to many new listeners. The band had some tension due to Carney’s now ex-wife, but the duo reconciled in 2009.
6. Read a book with a divorce OR read a book that has a 5 in the page count. Tell us the page count.
7. Read a book the letters D & M in the title or author’s name OR read a book where someone is attacked.
🎸 After a move to Nashville in 2010, The Black Keys released their next album, Brothers, which was their most successful to date, earning the number two spot on Rolling Stone’s best albums of 2010. Brothers showed a return to their roots with grittier blues and rock tracks, especially the songs "Tighten Up," “Howlin’ for You,” and "Next Girl." At the Grammys, they won three of the five awards they were nominated for, including Best Recording Packaging for the cover. They continued to gain exposure through song licensing and were Warner Bros Records’ most licensed band of the year. The video for “Howlin’ for You” was nominated for the 2011 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, and in 2014, the band donated the song rights to PETA for an animal adoption ad campaign.[76]
8. Read a book with brothers OR read a book that has over 2010 ratings. Tell us the # of ratings.
9. Read a book that has been on a best of list. Ideas here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... OR read a book with a girl on the cover.
10. Read a book with an animal, animal character, or an animal on the cover OR read a book with only font of the cover as inspired by the Brothers cover.
🎸 Overwhelmed with the success and additional commitments and touring stops, in early 2011 the group cancelled concerts in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. The desire to record another album soon after Brothers also led to the decision. Carney said, "We could have waited another year or so, and milked the Brothers album and kept touring, but we like bands, and our favorite bands growing up and even today are bands that put out a lot of music and every album is different from the last.” In December of 2011, The Black Keys released El Camino their seventh album. The record draws from popular genres from the 1950s–1970s, including rock and roll, glam rock, rockabilly, surf rock, and soul. The band cited several retro acts as musical influences on the album, including the Clash, the Cramps, T. Rex, Ramones, the Beatles, and the Cars. The single, “Lonely Boy” made it to the number 2 spot on the Billboard 200, their highest chart position to date.
11. Read a book with a car on the cover OR read a book that takes place in Australia, New Zealand, or Europe. Tell us where.
12. Read a book where a character gets “overwhelmed.” You decide. OR read a book that could fall under multiple genres (historical mystery for example). Tell us the genres.
13. Read a book written by a duo OR read a book with two of the letters from EL CAMINO in the title.
🎸 El Camino put The Black Keys back at the 2013 Grammys with a nomination for Album of the Year and a win for the Best Rock Album. They also made several appearances on late-night television programs, including Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman. After a five year hiatus, in 2019, they released a new album titled Let’s Rock and a North American tour with Modest Mouse. The band is still creating and in April 2021, the band announced via the Lonely Boys and Girls fan club that there were releasing 11 covers of hill country blues songs on an album titled Delta Kream.
14. Read a book that has won an award OR read a book where a character is on TV.
15. Read a book published in 2021 OR read a book that has a lonely character (you decide).
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Musician: Amy WinehouseDuration: September 15, 2021- November 14, 2021
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🎼 Amy Jade Winehouse was born on 14 September 1983 in Gordon Hill, Enfield, England to Jewish parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse. She had an older brother, Alex (born 1979). When she was nine, Winehouse’s parents separated.
1. Read a book that takes place in England OR Read a book where the author or a character’s name is Amy OR Read a book where characters separate (you decide).
2. Read a book with siblings OR Read a book that takes place or was written in 1983.
3. Read a book the letters A, J, &/or W in the title or author’s name OR Read a book with 2 of the following numbers in the page count: 1, 3, 8, 9. Tell us the page count.
🎼 Music ran in the family, with a number of professional jazz musician uncles, and a grandmother that was a singer. When she was nine, her grandmother suggested Amy attend a theatre school on weekends to further her vocal education, eventually attending additional performing arts schools. At 14, Amy bought her own guitar and started writing music, eventually she developed her skills with various bands. She credited Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington as her influences. After a friend passed along her demo, Winehouse was signed with Island Records at the age of 19.
4. Read a book that has musical instruments on the cover OR Read a book where a character plays an instrument.
5. Read a book about a family OR Read a book that takes place at a performing arts school OR Read a book where a character is influenced by another. You decide and tell us how.
6. Read a book with a character that is 19 OR Read a book that takes place on an island or has an island on the cover. Show us the cover.
🎼 In 2003, her first album¸Frank, was named after one of her idols, Frank Sinatra, but the album contained a distinct mix of jazz, R&B, and hip-hop. The subject matter was also very diverse, containing songs ranging from romantic relationships to the burial of a pet canary. Additionally, Winehouse’s image was inspired by 1960s girl groups. Her eclectic style also helped her stand out, with her beehive hairdo and Cleopatra inspired makeup. She also had 14 known tattoos.
7. Read a book with a bird on the cover. Show us the cover OR Read a book where the author has a first or last initial as F or S.
8. Read a debut book OR Read a book with more than 2003 ratings. Tell us the ratings.
9. Read a book with a face on the cover OR Read a book where fashion/style is important (you decide) OR Read a book with a tattoo on the cover or in the story.
🎼 Winehouse’s sophomore album, Back to Black was released in 2006, and climbed the charts quickly. In May, Winehouse's tracks "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" helped contribute to the rise of her album, positive critical reviews, and reaching best-selling status in both the US and UK. During this time and into 2007, Winehouse collaborated with other artists on singles and performed at various festivals, including the Glastonbury Festival and Lollapalooza in Chicago. However, despite her critical and popular success, Winehouse’s managers worried about her erratic behavior. He management requested she enter rehab for alcohol abuse (which inspired the song).
10. Read a book with a 4 star+ average on Goodreads (at the time of your reading) OR Read a book where a character is “not good.” Tell us how.
11. Read a book where a character goes to rehab or rehab appears in the book. Tell us the sentence and location. OR Read a book that is an author’s sophomore book OR Read a book that is written by two or more authors.
🎼In 2008, Winehouse received five Grammy Awards, but her tour was marred with negative attention and incidences, with fans saying that she looked highly intoxicated throughout the performance. Her remaining performances and public appearances were cancelled. By March of 2008, Back to Black had reached the UK’s top 10 best selling albums of the 21st century for the first time. In 2009, Winehouse also launched her own record label.
12. Read a book that has won an award OR Read a book that was published in March of any year.
13. Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in GRAMMY. All letters count. OR Read a book that takes place in the 21st century.
🎼 Personally, Winehouse faced a number of demons during her musical career. In May of 2007, Winehouse married Blake Fielder-Civil, a former video production assistant. Their relationship was tumultuous and violent, with both families expressing concerns with their drinking, use of drugs like crack cocaine and heroin, and violent and erratic behaviors. After less than two years of marriage, her husband initiated divorce proceedings. Throughout 2009-2011, Winehouse struggled with alcohol and bulimia, which made her struggle with fulfilling her obligations; finally she ended up having to cancel a tour. Her last public appearance was a surprise appearance on stage to support her goddaughter. She was found dead three days later from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. Even though her career was short-lived, her legacy continues today.
14. Read a book that has a character concerned about another character (you decide) OR Read a book that has a divorce.
15. Read a book where a character dies OR Read a book where a character leaves a legacy (you decide).
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Duration: November 15, 2021- January 14, 2022
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🌉 Although San Francisco was incorporated in 1850, it is mostly known for it’s music scene from the 1950’s jazz movement through the musical revolution of the 1960s and beyond.
1. Read a book that takes place in San Francisco OR Read a book that takes place or was published in the 1950s or 1960s.
2. Read a book with a title where all the letters are in SAN FRANCISCO (three word minimum) OR Read a book that is tagged music.
🌉 Built in 1912, the Fillmore Auditorium changed names and hands several times. At one point, the Fillmore was a dance hall and a roller rink. But in 1954, Charles Sullivan, a successful African American businessman christened the Fillmore with its current name and started booking bands. It really wasn’t until 1965 until San Francisco’s rock scene really took off, though, with The Grateful Dead playing at the Fillmore. The same year, a new band called Jefferson Airplane, with Grace Slick at their helm, played at SF’s first folk night club, The Matrix.
3. Read a book with an African American character OR Read a debut book.
4. Read a book with a character names Charles, Sullivan, Grace, or Jefferson OR Read a book with a death or dead person (ghosts count).
5. Read a book where a character roller skates OR Read a book where a character dances OR Read a book with a businessman/woman.
🌉 . Besides the Fillmore Auditorium, there are a number of legendary musical venues in the San Francisco area. The Great American Music Hall, opened in 1907 after the 1906 earthquake, was originally a casino and brothel before evolving into an elegant venue to host acts like Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughn. The Warfield was a center for film and vaudeville before it began hosting the likes of Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, and Prince.
6. Read a book where a character gambles OR Read a book that has royalty in the story.
7. Read a book that is also a film OR Read a book that is tagged historical OR Read a book with a building on the cover.
🌉Over this period of the 1960s, San Francisco became a hub for America’s counterculture, especially the neighborhoods of North Beach and Haight-Ashbury. In addition to the growing music scene, the Beat Generation of writers were also developing in the Bay area, with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg making it their home. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded City Light Bookstore in the North Beach neighborhood as well. Musical landmarks of those neighborhoods include Janis Joplin’s house at 635 Ashbury Street, in close proximit to the Grateful Dead house at 710 Ashbury Street. Jimi Hendrix’s former house was 1524A Haight Street.
8. Read a book that has the word neighborhood in the text. Tell us the sentence and location. OR Read a book with a writer OR Read a book that starts with an A (not counting a or an).
9. Read a book with a page count or publication that has two of the following numbers: 0,1,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 OR Read a book that has a book on the cover or takes place in a bookstore.
🌉 San Francisco would not be complete without a mention of the Summer of Love. There was a gathering of nearly 100,000 hippies in the Haight and Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco during the summer of 1967. It was like a rebellion against the established norms of the society and encompassed hippie music, flower children, hallucinogenic drugs, anti-war sentiments, and free-love. The Summer of Love thus gave birth to a new kind of music in the San Francisco music scene called acid rock. Artists like Janis Joplin, the members of Jefferson Airplane, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead came to the forefront and took the music world by storm.
10. Read a book with more than 100,000 ratings. Tell us how many. OR Read a book that takes place during summer.
11. Read a book that has the words Summer or Love in the title OR Read a book with a “hippie” in the story OR Read a book where a character rebels. Tell us how.
12. Read a book that has a flower on the cover OR Read a book that is considered “anti-war” OR Read a book that is tagged Romance.
🌉 A number of other bands can claim their roots to the San Francisco Bay area. Carlos Santana is also a San Francisco native and is considered a pioneer of Latin American rock. Although Janis Joplin is originally from Los Angeles, her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, was formed in San Francisco. In the 60s and 70s, funk and soul band Sly and the Family Stone could trace their formation to the Bay area. The 1970s brought the emergence of punk music with the Dead Kennedys. 1980s bad Huey Lewis and the News lived in the area as well, and Metallica settled in SF. Finally, 1990s bands like Counting Cros, Third Eye Blind, and The Donnas all also hailed from the Bay area.
13. Read a book that takes place in California OR Read a book where a character is a musician.
14. Read a book that has water on the cover or takes place near water OR Read a book with a Latinx character.
15. Read a book with a bird on the cover OR read a book that has an airplane on the cover OR Read a book with an author’s initials of S & F.
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https://www.musicinsf.com/rich-musica...
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https://blog.ihg.com/san-francisco-ri...
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Musician: Ella Fitzgerald
Duration: January 15, 2022- March 14, 2022
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🎤 Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1918. Her parents separated their common-law marriage early in Ella’s life, and Ella and her mother moved to Yonkers, near New York City with Fitzgerald’s mother’s new partner, a Portuguese immigrant named Joseph da Silva. Ella’s half-sister, Frances da Silva, was born in 1923 and she and Ella remained close for the rest of their lives. When Ella was 15, her mother passed away from injuries from a car accident. Eventually Ella moved in with an aunt in Harlem, and she began to skip school and chose activities that would eventually cause her to come into contact with authorities. She rarely talked about that time in her life.
1. Read a book that takes place in Virginia or New York OR Read a book with an African American character.
2. Read a book with a title where all the starting letters are in ELLA FITZGERALD (three-word minimum) OR Read a book published or that takes place in April of any year.
3. Read a book with the letters E & F in the author’s name OR Read a book where a character separates or divorces OR Read a book with half-siblings or sisters.
4. Read a book where a parent dies OR Read a book where a character has a run of misfortune (you decide) OR Read a book with a teen character.
🎤 Originally, Ella strove to be a dancer, but after she won a talent competition in 1935 with her singing, she decided that would be her vocation. Fitzgerald continued to play a variety of engagements, including at the Harlem Opera House, but not many groups were interested in her. Drummer Chick Webb and his band thought Fitzgerald would be an asset but weren’t interested in auditioning her, so Fitzgerald took matters into her own hands and forced the band to listen by hiding in their dressing room. They agreed to have her show for one night, which turned into her becoming a featured singer. After Webb’s death in 1939, she took over the band and renamed it Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra, and led the band until it dissolved at the start of WWII.
5. Read a book that has a band OR Read a book where someone wins something. Tell us what it is.
6. Read a book where a character auditions or tries out for something OR Read a book where the character's name is in the title OR Read a book with a singer or dancer.
🎤 Fitzgerald’s career took off after WWII after she joined Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts and toured internationally with other well-known jazz instrumentalists. The highlight of Fitzgerald’s career was her series of “songbooks” recordings from 1956 to 1964, when she sang songs by some of the best composers in American music, like Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and George and Ira Gershwin. This brought Fitzgerald more to mainstream audiences. Critics and others that knew Fitzgerald, though, would comment on her capacity for self-doubt. She would still worry extensively about what others thought of her singing.
7. Read a book where a character has self-doubt (you decide) OR Read a book with a character that plays an instrument or instruments on the cover (show us the cover).
8. Read a book that takes place during WWII OR Read a book where a character’s career “takes off.” Tell us how.
9. Read a book where a character travels OR Read a book that is tagged music.
🎤 With the end of the swing era and the decline of the great touring big bands, a major change in jazz music occurred. The beginning of bebop led to new developments in Fitzgerald's vocal style as she started including scat singing as a major part of her performance. Scat singing is a vocal improvisation with wordless vocables or nonsense syllables as the singer improvises melodies and rhythms. She was universally admired by her colleagues for her outstanding musicality. Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.
Fitzgerald received recognition from many sources. She was named Best Female Singer in Down Beat magazine's Reader's Poll 21 times. In 1984, she was presented with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Person's Whitney Young Award, and she received the Medal of Freedom Award from President George Bush in 1992. She held honorary degrees from several universities, and in 1974 the University of Maryland named its Ella Fitzgerald School of Performing Arts in her honor.
Plagued by health problems, Fitzgerald made her last recording in 1991 and her last public performances in 1993.
10. Read a book where a character performs OR Read a book with the letters SCAT in the title (any order).
11. Read a book that has a 1, 3, or 9 in the rating or publication date. Tell us the number. OR Read a book with the word “lady” in the story. Give us the sentence and location.
12. Read a book where a character wins an award or medal OR Read a book that has a president OR Read a book that the timeline spans more than half a century. Some ideas: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
🎤 In contrast to her active career as a performer, Fitzgerald led a quiet personal life. Her first marriage 1941 was annulled two years later. In 1948, she married jazz bassist Ray Brown, and in 1951, the couple adopted a baby boy, whom they named Raymond Brown, Jr. They were divorced in 1953, and Fitzgerald raised the child on her own. There is also speculation that she was married a third time to a young Norwegian, Thor Einar Larsen.
Health problems slowed Fitzgerald down in her later years--she underwent cataract surgery in 1971 and open-heart surgery in 1986-- but she continued to perform and record sporadically. In 1993, the vocalist celebrated her 75th birthday, and in tribute, her "songbooks”, as well as all her recordings with Chick Webb, were reissued. In the same year, Fitzgerald had both legs amputated below the knee due to complications from diabetes, although this information was not released to the public until the following year. Both professionally and personally, Ella was a survivor.
On June 15, 1996, Ella Fitzgerald died quietly at her Beverly Hills home. She will be fondly remembered as one of America's finest female vocalists.
13. Read a book with a shy or reserved character OR Read a book with an adoption OR Read a book that has won an award.
14. Read a book that takes place or was published in the 1930s through 1990s. Tell us the year. OR Read a book where a character has multiple marriages OR Read a book with a secret.
15. Read a book that has a character in their 70s OR Read a book that has been “re-issued” or published several times OR Read a book that takes place on a college campus or a character gets a degree OR Read a book with a “survivor”. You decide.
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Musician: Paula Abdul
Duration: March 15, 2022- May 14, 2022
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💿 Paula Julie Abdul made a name for herself as a dancer, choreographer, and vocalist in the 1980s and 1990s, but continues to be involved in the entertainment industry. She was born on June 19, 1962 in San Fernando, California. Her father was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in Brazil, and eventually emigrated to the United States. Her mother grew up in Manitoba, Canada, but her ancestors came from Ukraine. Besides being a concert pianist, Abdul’s mother also worked at Hollywood film studios and was an assistant to director Billy Wilder. Both of her parents were Jewish, and Abdul still celebrates her Jewish faith. Abdul also has a sister seven years her senior named Wendy.
1. Read a book that takes place in California OR Read a book with sisters.
2. Read a book published or that takes place in June of any year OR Read a book with Jewish characters or by a Jewish author.
3. Read a book with the letters P, J &/or A in the author’s name OR Read a book with a title where all the starting letters are in PAULA ABDUL (three word minimum).
💿 Abdul started dancing at age seven, about the same time that her parent’s divorced. After seeing Singin’ in the Rain, Abdul was inspired to pursue a career in show business. Soon she was spending summers performing with Young Americans, a traveling theatrical musical group. At the age of ten she added jazz and tap dancing to her repertoire. Her sister heavily influenced her musical tastes, which contributed to her singing in her teens. She was also very active while in high school, and was head cheerleader, class president, a flutist in the orchestra, and a member of the science team.
4. Read a book where a character dances OR Read a book that takes place at a high school.
5. Read a book that has a character that is under ten OR Read a book that is tagged music.
6. Read a book where a character is involved in show business somehow OR Read a book with weather on the cover. Show us the cover. OR Read a book with a teen character.
💿 In 1980, Abdul was a college student studying radio and television sportscasting, when she got a job as a cheerleader with the Laker Girls, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team's professional cheerleading squad. After her first year as a Laker Girl, she was choreographing routines. Her style focused less on gymnastics and more on dance. The Jacksons saw her at a Lakers game in 1984 and asked her to choreograph a routine for a song, which eventually led to her becoming a private dance trainer for Janet Jackson. They eventually became close friends.
7. Read a book tagged Sports OR Read a book that takes place at a college or has a character in college OR Read a book by an author with the same first and last initials.
8. Read a book that has a celebrity in it. You decide how. OR Read a book with friends in the story OR Read a book that is also a song title: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
💿 After her work with the Jacksons, Abdul received numerous job opportunities, resulting in her being too busy to continue on as a Laker Girl. She choreographed commercials for diverse products and videos for a variety of musical groups. She worked on movies as well, coaching the movements of Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall in Coming to America, and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man, among others. In 1989 Abdul surprised the music industry with her debut album, Forever Your Girl, which rose to multi-platinum status with the top hits "Straight Up," "Cold Hearted," and the title song. She released her second album, Spellbound, in 1991, with hits such as "Rush Rush" and "Blowing Kisses in the Wind."
9. Read a book with a man on the cover OR Read a book where characters kiss.
10. Read a book with a witch in it or someone who is under a spell (you decide) OR Read a book with the word FOREVER or GIRL in the title OR Read a book that is also a movie or TV show.
11. Read a debut novel OR Read a book with two of the following numbers in the ratings or publication date: 1,1,1,8, 9,9,9. Tell us the number. OR Read a book where a character gets a job.
💿 In 2002, after a hiatus from the spotlight, Abdul was named one of the judges of American Idol, a reality television singing competition. She joined judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. At the same time, she was a guest judge on Cowell's The X Factor, an United Kingdom television show. Abdul stayed with American Idol for seven years. From 2013-2014, Abdul judged on So You Think You Can Dance.
12. Read a book with a character that is a judge or judges something (tell us what) OR Read a book that takes place in the United Kingdom.
13. Read a book with a competition (you decide) OR read a book published with more than 2002 ratings.
💿 After a publicized romance with actor Emilio Estevez, the couple wed in 1992, only to divorce two years later. After entering rehab for an eating disorder, Abdul came back in 1995 with her third album Head Over Heels. Abdul married for a second time in 1996 to clothing manufacturer Brad Beckerman, but it only lasted two years as well. Since 2016, Abdul has toured a few times. Eventually, in 2019, for a year, she did a residency in Las Vegas. She’s won number awards, including for her choreography, music, and contribution to reality programing. She continues to do a variety of entertainment jobs and engagements still.
14. Read a book where a character gets divorced OR Read a book with a character that has a disorder OR Read a book that won an award.
15. Read a book that takes place or was published in the 1990s OR Read a book tagged Romance OR Read a book with a character in their 50s.
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Musician: Otis Redding
Duration: May 15, 2022- July 14, 2022
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💿 He was one of the most influential artists in both Soul and R&B. Born in Dawson, Georgia on September 9, 1941, Otis Ray Redding, Jr. was the fourth of six children and the first boy. His father was a sharecropper who eventually worked on an Air Force Base and occasionally preached at local churches. His family moved several times in his first few years. Redding also sang in church choirs and learned guitar and piano.
1. Read a book with a character that is a singer OR Read a book where a character has more than two siblings OR Read a book that takes place after 1941.
2. Read a book that takes place in Georgia OR Read a book where a character plays an instrument or instruments on the cover. Show us the cover.
3. Read a book with the letters O, R & R in the title (any order) OR Read a book with a character that is religious OR Read a book tagged music.
💿 Redding quit school at 15 to help support his family, as his father had contracted tuberculosis. He worked a variety of jobs such as a well digger, gasoline station attendance, and occasionally a musician or singer. On Sundays he earned $6 by performing gospel songs for a radio station. His passion was singing. One day in 1962, at the end of a recording session, Redding cut a song, “These Arms of Mine,” which went to sell 800,000 copies and caught the attention of record label executives. He was signed by Volt Records.
4. Read a book where a character works a variety of jobs OR Read a book where a parent is sick OR Read a book where a character quits something. Tell us what it is.
5. Read a book where a character listens to the radio OR Read a book with over 800,000 ratings. Tell us the ratings.
6. Read a book with a title where all the starting letters are in OTIS REDDING (three word minimum) OR Read a book where a character is a teenager.
💿 In the mid-60s, Redding moved to Los Angeles, California with his sister, while his wife and children stayed in Georgia. Redding had a different format for recording songs. He would record quickly to capture the energy. “When I go into a studio to record a song, I only have a title and maybe a first verse… The rest I make up as we’re recording,” Redding is quoted in Rock 100. His style was considered rough-edged, but gentle and it helped him gather a following. Redding’s studio songs, including songs like “Mr. Pitful” and “Try a Little Tenderness” helped create a new sound that would be known as the Memphis Sound.
7. Read a book that takes place or was published in the 1960s OR Read a book where the character makes something up. Tell us what it is.
8. Read a book where a character has a nickname OR Read a book that has a 1, 6, 7 or 9 in the page count.
9. Read a book with a family that moves OR Read a book that takes place in Los Angeles or Memphis OR Read a book where a character moves.
💿 In 1963, Redding traveled to New York to perform at the Apollo Theater for a live album. Redding and his band were paid per week, but they also had to pay for sheet music for the house band, which often left them with financial difficulty. Redding also wrote “Respect,” which became a Number 1 hit in 1967 for Aretha Franklin. Redding covered “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and “Day Tripper” by the Beatles, which helped him earn pop radio airplay with white audiences. However, Redding was known for his stage performances, such as at the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. He was considered a masterful ballad singer and a great live showman. By 1967 he had already put out a number of albums and was in a significantly better financial situation.
10. Read a book with a character that is a performer OR Read a book by an African American author.
11. Read a book where a character gets respect. Tell us how. OR Read a book that is a retelling.
12. Read a book where a character is having financial difficulties OR Read a book with a festival.
💿 In early December 1967, Redding was once again in the recording studio. One new co-written song was "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Redding was inspired by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles and tried to create a similar sound, even though it was against the label's wishes. His wife Zelma disliked its melody as well. However, Redding wanted to expand his musical style and thought it was his best song. He thought it would top the charts, which it did, becoming his only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also the first posthumous number-one single in U.S. chart history.
On December 9, 1967, Redding and his band were traveling from Cleveland, Ohio to Madison, Wisconsin for performances. After a phone call with his wife, and even though the weather was poor with heavy rain and fog, he boarded the airplane and took off with seven other men. Shortly thereafter, the plane crashed into a lake, killing all but one band member. Redding has been called the “King of Soul” and has been considered by many to be a significant musical influence, especially for R&B and Soul music genres.
13. Read a book where a character does something against someone’s wishes. Tell us what it is. OR Read a book with water or a dock/pier/bridge on the cover.
14. Read a book written by two or more authors OR Read a book with a plane on the cover or in the story OR Read a book with royalty.
15. Read a book where a character dies OR Read a book with or about an “icon”. You decide. OR Read a book that falls into more than one genre. Tell us the genres.
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Musician: The Beastie Boys
Duration: July 15, 2022- September 14, 2022
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🎤Formed in 1981, the Beastie Boys were an American rap group from New York City. They started out as a young trio who wanted to "fight for their right to party," but the Beastie Boys grew into socially conscious rappers over nearly three decades of producing their own rap/punk blend. Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "King Ad-Rock" Horovitz, and Adam “MCA” Yauch met as teenagers hanging out in New York clubs, and they all grew up in families that were no strangers to creativity. Horovitz was the son of playwright Israel Horovitz. His parents divorced when he was just three years old and his mother, Doris, a painter who managed a thrift store, raised him. Adam Yauch grew up with a father who was a painter and an architect and a mother who was a social worker. Michael Diamond's father worked as an art dealer but died when Michael was just 16 years old. His mother was an interior decorator.
1. Read a book with three main characters OR Read a book that takes place or was written in the 1980s OR Read a book with a character that is “creative.” Tell us how.
2. Read a book that takes place in New York City OR Read a book with a musician.
3. Read a book with a title where all the starting letters are in BEASTIE BOYS OR Read a book tagged music OR Read a book where a character has a nickname. Tell us the nickname.
🎤 Originally, the Beastie Boys experimented with hardcore punk. In 1986, the band released their debut on Def Jam Records, titled Licensed to Ill, which became one of the bestselling albums of the 1980s. The album included singles “Fight for Your Right (to Party)” and “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” While touring and promoting, the members received bad reputations for partying and other “bad” behaviors. Eventually, they got into a dispute with their label and even each other, resulting in a break.
4. Read a book where a character is ill OR Read a book where there is a party.
5. Read a book where a character doesn’t sleep OR Read a book that has a “loud” character. You decide.
6. Read a book where characters fight OR Read a book where a character or the author has the same initials.
🎤In 1989, the band released their next album, Paul’s Boutique, which showed more maturity than their first album but also showed growth with the members of the group. The album was described as a work of experimental hip hop. At first, the album was not a commercial success but eventually received critical acclaim. They followed Paul’s Boutique with Check Your Head in 1992. This time, the members all played their own instruments, unlike on previous albums. Maintaining an easy-going recording pace, the Beastie Boys waited until 1994 to release their next album, Ill Communication, which included "Get It Together" and "Sabotage." They reclaimed their popularity and high sales when the album debuted at number one on Billboard's album charts.
7. Read a book where a character grows (Bildungsroman). Some examples here: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... or https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3... OR Read a book that is a blend of multiple genres (historical fantasy for example.
8. Read a book that takes place in a store or boutique or has a store/boutique on the cover OR Read a book that has a 1, 8, 8, or 9 in the page count OR Read a book that is considered “experimental.” You decide.
9. Read a book where a character plays an instrument or there is an instrument on the cover OR Read a book where a character commits “sabotage” OR Read a book in a series.
🎤 The Beastie Boys took nearly four years off before they returned to the studio again. All three members moved back to New York from California, and each spent time pursuing his own interests, while still maintaining their friendships. In 1998 the trio released Hello Nasty and the single "Intergalactic." Within the first week of its release, the album soared to number one on Billboard's album chart and sold over 681,500 copies. Aside from the requisite touring that followed the release of Hello Nasty, the Beastie Boys remained relatively quiet over the next few years, focusing their attention away from the band and more on their label, Grand Royal, their magazine, Grand Royal Magazine, and their clothing company named X-Large. They would go on to release several more albums, including To the 5 Boroughs which is essentially a love letter to New York and hip hop.
10. Read a book with more than 681,500 ratings OR Read a book by a male author.
11. Read a book tagged Science fiction OR Read a book about friendship.
12. Read a book that has an article of clothing on the cover OR Read a book that uses the word “quiet” in a sentence. Tell us the sentence and location. OR Read a book where a character starts a business.
13. Read a book tagged Romance OR Read a book that has a love letter OR Read a book that has the number 5 in the title or on the cover.
🎤 In the early 1990s, Yauch began exploring Buddhism, and eventually cofounded the Milarepa Fund to raise awareness of China's oppression of the Tibetan people. The group often focused on political activism and human rights campaigns. Many musicians and critics have described the Beastie Boys as one of the most influential rap and hip hop groups of all time. Only weeks after the Beasties were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April of 2012, the group lost a founding member, Adam "MCA" Yauch, to cancer. Without Yauch, the Beastie Boys essentially reached their end. The Beastie Boys have sold 20 million records in the United States and had seven platinum-selling albums from 1986 to 2004. They are the biggest-selling rap group since Billboard began recording sales in 1991.
14. Read a book that has won an award OR Read a book where a character dies OR Read a book where a character fights for a cause. You decide.
15. Read a book that was published before 2012 OR Read the last book in a series OR Read a book where a character fights for a cause.
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Musician: David Bowie
Duration: September 15, 2022- November 14, 2022
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✨ On January 8, 1947, David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in the working class section of London known as Brixton. He described his childhood as difficult. His parents were married after his birth, which was scandalous for the time. Also, his brother was eventually confined to a psychiatric hospital. He loved music from an early age and his parents gave him records of American rock musicians such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Fats Domino while also introducing him to jazz and R&B. He learned guitar as a child and saxophone at 12 but didn’t take a career in music seriously until the 1960s. He held various jobs including at an ad agency and with a mime troupe until his first serious group, Davie Jones and the King Bees in 1964, but they didn’t last very long. Bowie gave up the name Davy Jones for David Bowie after the The Monkees became popular. He was in a number of small bands but didn’t really get a break until 1967 when he got a solo recording deal.
1. Read a book that takes place or was written in the 1940s OR Read a book with a character that has mental health issues OR Read a book where a character has a “difficult childhood.” You decide how.
2. Read a book that takes place in London OR Read a book that is a standalone.
3. Read a book with a title where all the starting letters are in DAVID BOWIE (all words count) OR Read a book tagged music OR Read a book where a character goes by a different name, including a nickname. Tell us the name.
✨ Bowie had his first Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom in 1969 with the single "Space Oddity," which was the tale of a stranded astronaut and was influenced by Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. He also met his future wife, Angela Barnett, at this time and she convinced a friend at Mercury Records to listen to his music. “Space Oddity” coincided with the enthusiasm for the American moon landing and helped launch Bowie’s US music career. Bowie released his first official solo album in 1969, titled Man of Words, Man of Music . The following year Bowie married Barnett and in 1971 they had a son named Duncan Zowie Hayward Jones. In 1970, Bowie also released The Man Who Sold the World which featured Bowie in a dress and make-up on the cover, which foreshadowed Bowie’s glam rock persona.
4. Read a book that takes place in the United Kingdom OR Read a book where there is a wedding OR Read a book that has 1, 6, 9 or 9 in the page count.
5. Read a book with a man on the cover OR Read a book where a character has a baby OR Read a book where a character dresses up. You decide how.
6. Read a book that takes place in the 1960s or 1970s OR Read a book that has the word space or moon in it. Tell us the sentence and location.
✨ In 1971, at the age of 24, Bowie released his next album Hunky Dory, which included the single “Changes.” During this time, Bowie also spent time in New York City’s wild underground art science with cult figures including Andy Warhol and Lou Reed. In 1972, Bowie released a sci-fi concept album about a band from outer space called The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars . Bowie himself was becoming a cult figure, noted for his cross-dressing, different colored eyes, and refreshing new sound. He also created a media sensation by telling an interviewer that he was bisexual. Before the end of the 1970s, Bowie would release several more albums and have several chart-topping hits, including “Rebel Rebel,” “Fame,” “Fashion,” and “Golden Years”. He also starred in his first major film.
7. Read a book where a character is in their early 20s OR Read a book where a character goes through changes. You decide.
8. Read a book that is tagged LGBTQ+ or has an LGBTQ+ character OR Read a book that takes place in New York City OR Read a book where art is relevant to the plot.
9. Read a book where a character is famous (fictional or nonfictional) OR Read a book where a character is a rebel OR Read a book that is tagged Science fiction.
✨ In 1980, Bowie and his wife divorced. Bowie turned to other creative outlets and started acting. He had positive reviews for the lead in the play The Elephant Man. He also starred in several movies including the vampire thriller The Hunger with Susan Sarandon. During this time, Bowie recorded the hit single "Under Pressure" with Queen. He released his most commercially successful album to date in 1983, titled Let's Dance. The album featured the hit singles "Let's Dance," "Modern Love," and "China Girl." In 1986 Bowie appeared in the fantasy film Labyrinth and in Absolute Beginners. Bowie married Somali model Iman in 1992 and released Black Tie, White Noise in 1993.
10. Read a book where a character gets divorced OR Read a book that has an elephant in the story or on the cover OR Read a book where a character is under pressure. You decide.
11. Read a book that has a vampire in it OR Read a book with a character that is royalty OR Read a book where characters dance.
12. Read a book that is tagged Fantasy OR Read a book that is also a movie or TV show.
13. Read a book tagged Romance OR Read a book that has the words Modern or Love in the title OR Read a book that has a black and white cover.
✨ Bowie celebrated his 50th birthday in 1997 with an all-star concert at Madison Square Garden. At age 53, he became a father for the second time when Iman gave birth to the couple's only child, a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones, born in August of 2000. Bowie continued to release original albums and tour into the 2000s. Health issues caused him to cut back on touring in the early 2000s. Bowie's much-anticipated album Blackstar was released on January 8, 2016, which coincided with the rocker's 69th birthday. Two days later, news of Bowie's death from cancer stunned his fans and made international headlines, as few people knew he was sick. Bowie was survived by the supermodel Iman, his wife of more than 20 years, and his children, Duncan Jones and Alexandria Zahra Jones. Bowie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in July of 1996 and before his death released over 25 studio albums. Inventive and original even in his final months, Bowie would live on through his music and his contributions to art, film, and popular culture.
14. Read a book that has won an award OR Read a book where a character dies OR Read a book where a character is a father.
15. Read a book that was published in 2016 OR Read a book where a character celebrates a birthday OR Read a book with a 2 and a 5 in the page count.
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*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge
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