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20th Century - Back in Time Challenge



TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

Start Date: On or after April 21, 2020
End Date: Flexible

Guidelines:
A book can only be used for one task.
Books can be any genre, but cozies are preferred.
Books must be at least 125 pages except microwave task.

Guidance

Is this open-ended? Can we start anytime?
Yes, this is an open-ended challenge. You can start anytime after April 21 (the date it was posted) and take as long as you need/want.

For Zipper - The clothes or shoes can be worn by someone or on their own (ex: on a hanger). This task does not include accessories (like belts, scarves or hats) unless clothes or shoes are also shown.

Players:
Your name is a link to your post.

Alice

Anastasia

Barbara

Carrie

Christine

Donna

Helen

Hilary

Julie

Julesy

Leona

Linda R

Meg

Michelle

Nell

Qn Pooh Bear

writer

Sounds like fun! Libraries are closed right now. I have a bunch of free Kindle cozies to read and a few e-books on hold at the library so count me in.

Nell wrote: "

Guidelines:
A book can only be used for one task.
Books can be any genre, but cozies are preferred.
Books must be at least 125 pages except microwave task."

Hello, Nell: Is this open-ended? Can we start anytime?

Thanks!

P.S. Looks great, btw

CMC Back in Time
May 1 - ?

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Bye, Bye Blackbird

Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover.
A Little Night Murder

Chocolate chip cookies- *Read a book where the MC bakes.
By Cook or by Crook

Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). (MC was a free-lance crime photographer)
Close Up

Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
Buried in a Bog

Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Flirting With Danger

Personal Computer - Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).
A Fatal Grace

Cell or mobile phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
Murder in an Irish Village

Microwave oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
Plainly Murder

Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).
Arson at the Art Gallery

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health or fitness theme.
A Killer Retreat

Tea bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
Rumble in the Bayou

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK. (Italy)
Delayed Death

M & M - Read a book with a character who has served in the military.
Hurricane Force

McDonalds Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
Ghost Busting Mystery

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Read a book with eyes on the cover.
Monday's Murderer

Back in Time Challenge

Start Date: April 22, 2020
End Date: June 24, 2020
Progress: 16/16

⏰ Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Peril in High Heels by Gemma Halliday - May 26

⏰ Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover.
The Triple Hoax by Carolyn Keene - May 17

⏰ Chocolate chip cookies - Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.
Death of a Cookbook Author by Lee Hollis - May 7

⏰ Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host).
Far From True by Linwood Barclay - April 22

⏰ Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
Paper Son by S.J. Rozan - June 24

⏰ Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain - May 21

⏰ Personal Computer - Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).
Every Body on Deck by G.A. McKevett - April 28

⏰ Cell or mobile phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus - April 30

⏰ Microwave oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
Lupine Lies: A Gray Whale Inn Story by Karen MacInerney - May 12

⏰ Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).
Garage Sale Stalker by Suzi Weinert - lamp in background, behind sign - May 30

⏰ Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health or fitness theme.
Claws for Alarm by Karen MacInerney - yoga retreat - June 1

⏰ Tea bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron - MC is the same dog being reincarnated into a series of different dogs, each of whom naturally get into hot water - April 25

⏰ Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
The Puffin of Death by Betty Webb - Iceland - May 24

⏰ M & M - Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
Bone Hook by Toby Neal - May 9

⏰ McDonalds Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
The K Team by David Rosenfelt - May 13

⏰ Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.
I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer - May 4

Start date - 4/21/20 - 9/23/20

16/16

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
A Deal to Die For 5/1/20

Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover.
For Cheddar or Worse 8/31/20

Chocolate Chip Cookies- Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.
Strawberry Shortcake Murder 6/6/20

Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.
Stay Tuned for Murder 4/23/20

Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
Caught Read-Handed 6/3/20

Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Death in a Budapest Butterfly (MC is 27)6/23/20

Personal Computer -Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).
Fire Engine Dead 5/8/20

Cell or Mobile Phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
To Love and to Perish 5/3/20

Microwave Oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
Criminally Cocoa 5/31/20

Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).
Fatal Flip 5/8/20

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.
Beef Stolen-Off (cattle rustling) 4/30/20

Tea Bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
Come Homicide or High Water 5/6/20


Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
Assault & Beret (France) 9/23/20

M & M's - Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
A Dangerous Place 5/31/20

McDonald's Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
Death Takes Priority 5/17/20

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.
A Sprinkling of Murder 5/14/20

TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Witches' Brew by Morgana Best finished 24/11/2020 3 1/2 stars

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.
Coached to Death by Victoria Laurie finished 19/08/2020 5 stars

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.
Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton MC bakes donuts Finished 11/11/2020 4 stars

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.
The Agatha Christie Book Club by C.A. Larmer finished 02/11/2020 3 1/2 stars MC is a magazine editor

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint finished 28/09/2020 3 stars

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Truly, Madly by Heather Webber finished 04/05/2020 5 stars

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).
Hide and Sneak by G.A. McKevett finished 14/08/2020 5 stars

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
Murder In Thrall by Anne Cleeland finished 19/06/2020 3 stars

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
A Ghostly Gift by Angie Fox 56 pages finished 21/11/2020 4 stars

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen finished 08/05/2020 4 stars Lamp on cover

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health or fitness theme.
Swamp Santa by Jana Deleon finished 31/07/2020 5 stars Photos are stolen

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich finished 13/05/2020 5 stars

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen Set in Italy Finished 23/09/2020 5 stars

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.Cajun Fried Felony by Jana Deleon finished 29/04/2020 5 stars

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
Dead and Breakfast by Kate Kingsbury finished 03/06/2020 3 stars

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.
Death by Tiara by Laura Levine finished 03/08/2020 4 stars

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20th Century - Back in Time Challenge

TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Murder on Fleet Street by Lee Strauss


Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book where the MC bakes.
Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely


Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media.
Braking for Bodies by Duffy Brown - Fiona


Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
A Family Reunion by Brenda Jackson


Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas


Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online.
Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay


Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
Swan Dive by Kendel Lynn


Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
The Wedding of Ginger & Basil by Lee Strauss


Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover.


Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen
Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Lee Strauss


Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown


Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
Murder at the Boat Club by Lee Strauss


McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander 6/30/20


Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or
A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander

a book with eyes on the cover.

A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander

Complete

Zipper
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Murder & The Heir

Escalator -
Read a book with stairs on the cover.[
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Chocolate Chip Cookies-
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.


Radio -
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.
Bound for Murder

Airplane - .
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.
Cabs, Cakes, and Corpses

Television -
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Mutts & Murder


Personal Computer -
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).
Doughnuts and Deception

Cell or Mobile Phone -
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
Till Death Do Us Bark

Microwave Oven -
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.
Brownies & Bank Robbers

Laser -
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).
Dishing Up Deceit

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts -
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.
Murder at the Mena House (some things are stolen)

Tea Bags -
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
A Friend In Knead

Hershey's Milk Chocolate -
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
Macaron Murder

M & M's -
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
Murder at the Folly

McDonald's Fast Food -
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
Barking up the Wrong Bakery

Birds Eye Frozen Foods -
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.
Murder Made to Order

1. Read a book with shoes and clothing on cover.....Hems and Aprons by Elizabeth Penney
2. Read a book with stairs on the cover....Mortar and Murder by Jennie Bentley Finished 5/4/20
3. Read a book where MC bakes.....Southern Sass and Killer Cravings by Kate Young Finished 5/16/20
4. Character is member of media.....A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry 5/21/20 MC boyfriend is a reporter and is in many sciences.
5. MC flies on airplane.....The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle.. flys from Paris back to USA
6. Read book where MC is in her 20s...Still Knife Painting by Cheryl Hollon (7/14/20)
7. Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online through computer research.....Needled To Death by Annelise Ryan Finished 5/20/20. ( a lot of computer research done in this book)
8. Read a book in which the MC uses a cell phone....Let’s Play Dead by Shelia Connolly Finished 5/9/20
9. Read a short book....Dead Letters by Shelia Connolly Finished 5/10/20
10. Read a book with a source of light on cover....Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliot
11. Read a book where something is stolen....Death Takes Priority by Jean Flowers (6/13/20)
12. Read a book where the MC gets in hot water.....Beaches, Bungalows and Burglaries by Tonya Kappes Finished 5/18/20
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14. Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military. Death by Jack O’ Lantern by Alexis Morgan, suspect is a homeless veteran
15. Read the first book in a series.....Dead Man Talking by T.M. Simmons Finished 5/12/20
16. Read a book set during the winter....Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey

This one looks like fun. I already have some books picked out. 16/16

1. Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.



2. Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.



3. Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.



4. Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

MC runs a small town newspaper, and other newspaper staff appear through the book.

5. Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

, where the heroine flies to and from France twice.

6. Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.


7. Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).


8. Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.


9. Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.


10. Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).


11. Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.
in which a child goes missing and her favourite toys are stolen.

12. Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.
, where the MC has to be rescued by her boyfriend from a couple of fraudsters near the end.

13. Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
, where the action takes place on a cruise through the Balkans.

14. M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
Several characters formerly served in the British Army before joining MI5.

15. McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.



16. Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

Please add me to the list.
Dates to begin and end? Do books read before April 21 count?
Leona

TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

Leona wrote: "Please add me to the list.
Dates to begin and end? Do books read before April 21 count?
Leona"

Leona
The challenge begins anytime after April 21, the end date is open. Books read before April 21 do not count. :-(

Nell wrote: "Leona wrote: "Please add me to the list.
Dates to begin and end? Do books read before April 21 count?
Leona"

Leona
The challenge begins anytime after April 21, the end date is open. Books read bef..."

Thank you.

I'm in! Sounds like another fun challenge!

Start Date: May 1, 2020
End Date: ??
Progress: 15/16

⌚1. Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover:
Murder Wears a Little Black Dress by Debra Sennefelder (audio - finished 6/13/2020)

⌚2. Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover:
A Story to Kill by Lynn Cahoon (audio - finished 8/28/2020)

⌚3. Chocolate Chip Cookies - Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes:
Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (audio - finished 5/19/2020)

⌚ 4. Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene:
Last Girl Standing by Lisa Jackson (Ellie is a reporter) (finished 5/11/2020)'

⌚5. Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane:
Who Rescued Who by Victoria Schade (MC flies from US to England) (audio - finished 7/5/2020)

⌚6. Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s:
Thread and Buried by Lea Wait
(MC Angie Curtis is 28) (audio - finished 6/21/2020)

⌚7. Personal Computer - Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research):
Mystery at Seagrave Hall by Clare Chase (Eve Mallow researches her subjects/suspects online) (finished 5/31/2020)

⌚8. Cell or Mobile Phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone:
We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews (Meg Langslow uses a cell phone at the fan convention) (audio - finished 6/12/2020)

⌚9. Microwave Oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp:
Penned In by Lynn Cahoon (92 pages) (finished 8/22/2020)

⌚10. Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle):
Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron (audio - finished 5/5/2020)

⌚11. Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme:
Murder at Blackwater Bend by Clara McKenna (several objects are stolen from Lord Fairbrother's study) (finished 6/22/2020)

⌚12. Tea Bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water:
Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body by M.C. Beaton (Agatha is in hot water yet again!) (audio - finished 7/9/2020)

13. Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

⌚14. M & M's - Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military:
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris (MC’s best friend killed when he was deployed to Afghanistan) (finished 10/1/2020)

⌚15. McDonald's Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel:
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (finished 5/26/2020)

⌚16. Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover:
Pancakes and Corpses by Agatha Frost (book opens in February) (audio - finished 5/15/2020)

Sounds like Fun I will play

TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.
Judge Thee Not by Edith Maxwell

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

by A.L. Herber

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

The Megalodon Mix-Up by Amanda M. Lee
Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.
Bad to the Crone by Amanda M. Lee

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry


Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.
Cancelled by Murder by Jean Flowers

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.
Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women by Kate Quinn April 26th

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.
Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer Fleming

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.
Murder Knocks Twice by Susann Calkins

Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan
Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

Buried in the Stacks by Allison Brooks set in winter

I'd like to try this

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate chip cookies- Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host).

Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

Personal Computer - Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

Cell or Mobile Phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

Microwave Oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

McDonald's Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel: Poppy Harmon Investigates by Lee Hollis

Birds Eye Frozen Foods -Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

I’ve just posted my third book for this challenge.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS: 

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie. 
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904. 
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975. 
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers. 
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich. 
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military. 
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover. 

Donna wrote: "I’m in"

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene.

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme.

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

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TWENTIETH CENTURY:
Every day we use devices and products that were developed or reinvented during the 20th century. This challenge goes back in time to the inventions and innovations that have become integral parts of our lives.

INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS:

Zipper - Several inventors contributed to the mechanical device we know as the zipper. First used as a shoe closure, it was the magazine and fashion industry that popularized this device for clothing.
Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover. - Dior or Die by Angela M. Sanders

Escalator - This moving staircase transports people between floors of a building using a conveyor belt type device. It had its start as a novelty ride at Coney Island amusement park.
Read a book with stairs on the cover. - Death by Committee by Alexis Morgan

Chocolate Chip Cookies- In 1930 Ruth Wakefield, a baker at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts, added pieces of chocolate to a batch of cookie dough and invented the chocolate chip cookie.
Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes. - Cookies and Clairvoyance by Bailey Cates

Radio - Radio resulted from the contributions of several scientists and inventors. Both Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi are given credit as inventors. The device was patented in 1904.
Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host). Does not have to be MC, does have to appear in more than one scene. - I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson

Airplane - The Wright brothers demonstrated that humans could fly in 1903 with the first successful flight.
Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane. - Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie

Television - A device that captivates people all over the world was invented independently by Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird and American, Charles Francis Jenkins, in the early 1920s. The first electronic television was created in 1927 by a 21-year old, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s. - Nacho Average Murder by Maddie Day ("Clumps of classmates, all of us nearly thirty," quote from the book)

Personal Computer - Computer technology underwent major transformations during the 20th century. The first personal computer was introduced in 1975.
Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research). - Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay

Cell or Mobile Phone - Invented in 1977, this device revolutionized the way we communicate.
Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone. - Murder Ink by Lorraine Bartlett

Microwave Oven - This electric oven reheats or rapidly cooks food. An American engineer, Percy Spencer is credited with using radar technology to invent the first microwave oven in 1946.
Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp. - Dead End: A Cassandra Sato Short Story by Kelly Brakenhoff

Laser - A laser beam is a narrow, focused source of light. The first laser was built in 1960 although it is founded on a theory established by Albert Einstein in 1917.
Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle). - Silent Knit, Deadly Knit by Peggy Ehrhart

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - The Kellogg brothers created corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food served at their Battle Creek Sanitarium. C. W. Post, a patient at the sanitarium, stole the recipe and started a factory that produced a similar cereal he called Grape Nuts.
Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health/fitness theme. - Who's Dead, Doc? by J.M. Griffin

Tea Bags - Offering a no mess single serving cup, the tea bag was invented in 1901 by two women from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven years later, the device was popularized by a New York tea merchant who shipped tea samples in small bags to customers.
Read a book where the MC gets into hot water. - Color Me Murder by Krista Davis

Hershey's Milk Chocolate - In 1900, Milton Hershey began producing milk chocolate bars after seeing German-made chocolate processing machinery at the Chicago World Exposition. Hershey experimented until he developed a process that created a milk chocolate bar that was affordable and no longer a luxury reserved for the rich.
Read a book set in a European country other than the UK. Seaside Death by Beate Boeker (set in Italy)

M & M's - This chocolate candy was created for American soldiers in 1941. The hard shell made the candy harder to melt in warm weather and easier to transport and eat. During WWII, the candy was sold exclusively to the military.
Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military. - Death by Jack-O'-Lantern by Alexis Morgan (the MC's tenant and the Chief of Police are both ex army)

McDonald's Fast Food - The McDonald brothers, owners of a hamburger restaurant next to a highway in California, developed an assembly line process for preparing and serving food to customers fast. McDonalds became the first fast food restaurant and sold their system to other restaurants.
Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel. - The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate

Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Clarence Birdseye was a fisherman who learned from the Inuit how to quickly freeze the fish he caught. This led Birdseye to develop a method to flash freeze foods that preserved their texture and flavor and revolutionized the frozen food industry.
Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover - A Cajun Christmas Killing by Ellen Byron

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Back in Time Challenge

Start Date: June 01, 2020
End Date:
Progress: 0/16

⏰ Zipper - Read a book with shoes or clothing on the cover.

⏰ Escalator - Read a book with stairs on the cover.

⏰ Chocolate chip cookies - Read a book with cookies on the cover or where the MC bakes.

⏰ Radio - Read a book with a primary character who is a member of the media (ex: reporter, photographer, talk radio host).

⏰ Airplane - Read a book where the MC flies on an airplane.

⏰ Television - Read a book with an MC that is in his/her 20s.

⏰ Personal Computer - Read a book in which an important clue to solving the mystery is discovered online (i.e., through computer research).

⏰ Cell or mobile phone - Read a book in which the MC uses a cell/mobile phone.

⏰ Microwave oven - Read a short book - a novella or any book that is less than 125 pp.

⏰ Laser - Read a book with a source of light on the cover (ex: lamp, sun, fire, or candle).

⏰ Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Post's Grape Nuts - Read a book where something is stolen or read a book with a health or fitness theme.

⏰ Tea bags - Read a book where the MC gets into hot water.

⏰ Hershey's Milk Chocolate - Read a book set in a European country other than the UK.

⏰ M & M - Read a book with a character who is serving or has served in the military.

⏰ McDonalds Fast Food - Read the first book in a series or an author's first novel.

⏰ Birds Eye Frozen Foods - Read a book set during winter or a book with eyes on the cover.

Done! Loved this challenge, thank you! See message 6...

Well done, Meg! It looks like you had some great books.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Well done, Meg! It looks like you had some great books."

Thanks! I did get to read some good ones!

Congratulations Meg! Well done.

Great job, Meg! I'm finding this harder to complete than I expected.

Thanks, Nell!

QNPoohBear wrote: "Great job, Meg! I'm finding this harder to complete than I expected."

Thanks, too, QN! This definitely was a little more challenging, which was cool. Sometimes I need that.

Does a lighthouse count as a source of light? That one is proving tricky so far, surprisingly.

QNPoohBear wrote: "Does a lighthouse count as a source of light? That one is proving tricky so far, surprisingly."

Yes

Nell wrote: "QNPoohBear wrote: "Does a lighthouse count as a source of light? That one is proving tricky so far, surprisingly."

Yes"

Thanks! I'm at 10 of 16 with the lighthouse now. I have another 12 days of Kindle Unlimited and the library is back to delivering books from other libraries for curbside pickup.

QNPoohBear wrote: "Thanks! I'm at 10 of 16 with the lighthouse now. I have another 12 days of Kindle Unlimited and the library is back to delivering books from other libraries for curbside pickup."

My library branches are opening up this week with a limited number of people allowed inside or curbside pickup too. It's great to have access to all those books, audiobooks, and dvds again!

I forgot to mention that I finished this challenge a couple of days ago. It was a lot of fun! Since I've been binge reading during sheltering-in-place since March, it was easy to fulfill the tasks. See message #7.

Congratulations Julesy! So excited to discover The K Team - I didn't realize he was starting a new series. And my library offers it through overdrive. Yay!

Good job Julesy! Glad you enjoyed the challenge.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Congratulations Julesy! So excited to discover The K Team - I didn't realize he was starting a new series. And my library offers it through overdrive. Yay!"

Thanks! I was so happy to see Rosenfelt had a new series. But honestly, I was confused with the plot - it was pretty convoluted. I listened to it TWICE on audio to see what I missed the first time around. It wasn't any clearer for me the second round. Hopefully, you will like it better. Since Rosenfelt is one of my favorite authors, I have not written this series off yet. I will try book #2 when it's released to see if it gets better. Of course, I like the K9 dog. 😚

Congratulations Julesy!

Would work for stairs, as the bridge over the canal has stairs at each end?

Are the stairs showing, or is that the bridge? It looks like just the bridge to me...

Sorry so late answering. I've been sick - not COVID-19 thankfully!

Helen wrote: "Would work for stairs, as the bridge over the canal has stairs at each end?"

Helen - Oops, I missed your post. I do not see stairs on this cover so it would not count for that task. 😞

jaxnsmom wrote: "Sorry so late answering. I've been sick - not COVID-19 thankfully!"

Feel better!! 🤗

Julesy wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Sorry so late answering. I've been sick - not COVID-19 thankfully!"

Feel better!! 🤗"

Thanks! I'm getting there.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Julesy wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Sorry so late answering. I've been sick - not COVID-19 thankfully!"

Feel better!! 🤗"

Thanks! I'm getting there."

Glad to hear you are feeling better.

I have 13 out of 16. I'm having trouble with flying, stairs and European country other than the UK.

Maybe looking at what others are reading will help. For cozies set in Europe, this list from Stop, You're Killing Me! could be useful.

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Loc...

jaxnsmom wrote: "Are the stairs showing, or is that the bridge? It looks like just the bridge to me...

Sorry so late answering. I've been sick - not COVID-19 thankfully!"

So glad it isn’t Covid. Hope you are well now. I’ve been travelling over the last ten days (within my Australian state) so haven’t been able to check responses.
Thank you and Nell for the responses.