The Lost Challenges discussion

Every 3 months we will give you a list of facts about a randomly selected year with reading tasks to go with them. Read one book for each task.


A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks



Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.




Challenge Rules
*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
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* 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.
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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a librarian.
Yule Log Eulogy Addison Moore 1/4/21

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC.
Badd Mojo Jasinda Wilder 1/1/21

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Now & Then Robert B. Parker 1/21/21

4. First James Bond Film
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
No Man's Land David Baldacci 3/8/21

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character.
Dance Away with Me Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1/2/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book where a character video chats.
Mistletoe and Mr. Right Sarah Morgenthaler 1/10/21

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
This is How I Lied Heather Gudenkauf 1/13/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Man Overboard J.A. Jance 1/7/21

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Deep in the Alaskan Woods Karen Harper 1/15/21

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer.
The Magnolia Sisters Michelle Major 1/22/21

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Daughters of Wild Rose Bay Susanne O'Leary 1/25/21

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count.
234 pages Lighthouse Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 1/3/21

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV.
Dream Chaser Kristen Ashley 1/18/21

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with M.
The Tourist Attraction Sarah Morgenthaler 1/8/21

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count.
112 pages Random Acts J.A. Jance 1/5/21

Trip into 1962
January - March 2021

Finished 5/6/21

1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a librarian.
All this Time by Melissa Tagg 1/6/21
Raegan Walker (one of several jobs)

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet.
I Heart Bloomberg by Melody Carlson 3/18/21
86 Bloomberg Place #1

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown 2/13/21

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
espionage; 1st page of tags (approved by Jan on 2/11/21)

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character.
All Through the Night by Tara Johnson 1/15/21
Cadence Piper, MC

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book with a robot in the story.
The Hugo Movie Companion: A Behind the Scenes Look at How a Beloved Book Became a Major Motion Picture by Brian Selznick 11/8/21
automaton featured

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery.
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 1/19/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright 1/10/21
(view spoiler)[Patty Luchent (hide spoiler)]

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
The Governess of Penwythe Hall by Sarah E. Ladd 5/6/21

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
The Gold Digger by Liz Tolsma 1/31/21
Ingrid; confectionary

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Shine Like the Dawn by Carrie Turansky 2/25/21

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
Just a Kiss by Denise Hunter 1/23/21
336 pages

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV.
Twilight at Blueberry Barrens by Colleen Coble 1/31/21
Kate and Drake watched a movie.

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book whose last name begins with M.
Wrong Train to Paris by Jennifer Moore 1/11/21

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book where someone is bluffing.
No Less Days by Amanda G. Stevens 1/25/21
(view spoiler)[Colm, about his threats to Moira. (hide spoiler)]

COMPLETED
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks = 13/15

Tasks
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.
Nope - couldn't find a book for this one

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book # with a musician as the MC.
Don’t stop believin’ Olivia newton-john 20.03.21
Don't Stop Believin'
3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Devil in the fog Leon Garfield 17.01.21
Devil in the Fog
4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
no - couldn't find a spy book and i don't like James Bond

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
Elizabeth is missing Emma Healey 25.03.21
Elizabeth Is Missing
6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons
🔴 Read a book OR where a character video chats
17 church row James carol 21.03.21
17 Church Row
7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
The Bad Daughter - Joy Fielding - 02.01.21
The Bad Daughter
8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death
Monday’s are Murder … zombies? Spooks? Or just plain murder - Tanya Landman - 13.03.21
Mondays Are Murder
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Survivors: one brave detective’s battle to expose the Rochdale child abuse scandal Maggie oliver 10.01.21
Survivors: One Brave Detective's Battle to Expose the Rochdale Child Abuse Scandal
10. January 3
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business The book of two ways Jodi Picoult 03.01.21
The Book of Two Ways
11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman 03.01.21
The Thursday Murder Club
12. February 20
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP
Dark Skies LJ Ross 02.01.21
Dark Skies
13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV
The apprentice - Tess gerristen 25.03.21
The Apprentice
14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested
Best day ever Kaira rouda 23.03.21
Best Day Ever
15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count
Who was … Admiral Nelson – the sailor who dared all Sam llewellyn 13.03.21 128pgs
Admiral Nelson: The Sailor Who Dared All to Win

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Completed: 15/15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good.
The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden - Completed: 1/18/2021 (Nomvula)

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet.
Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves - Completed: 3/23/2021

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - Completed: 1/12/2021

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
Water Memory by Daniel Pyne - Completed: 1/21/2021

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue - Completed: 1/14/2021 (Konga)

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future.
Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb - Completed: 1/3/2021

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn - Completed: 1/15/2021

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver - Completed: 1/12/2021

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things That Matter by Hal Urban - Completed: 3/24/2021

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
To Fetch a Felon by Jennifer Hawkins - Completed: 1/6/2021

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major.
We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman - Completed: 1/26/2021

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes by Gabrielle Korn - Completed: 1/2/2021

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV.
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare - Completed: 1/6/2021

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
United Eden by Nicole Williams - Completed: 1/4/2021

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book with an American president in the story.
Bossypants by Tina Fey - Completed: 1/4/2021

✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 12/15



A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

1962

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"

🔴 A character that is a band instructor AND where a character who was bad becomes good: Wink ★★★★ 21 January

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles

🔴 A musician as the MC: You Should See Me in a Crown ★★★★ 6 January

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.

🔴 Written by a man: Apple: Skin to the Core ★★★★ 14 January

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

🔴 A person with a mental illness: The Jetsetters ★★ 10 February

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.

🔴 Set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.

🔴 A Mystery or Thriller: I, Claudia ★★★★ 14 March

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.

🔴 A character who has a questionable death ~Roux~: White Ivy ★★★★ 8 February

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.

🔴 Letters SEAL in order in the title: Life on the Leash ★★★ 8 January

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴Ballet dancer OR a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.

🔴 Author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK: The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead ★★★★ 8 January

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.

🔴 A 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count ~394p. AND Title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP: The House in the Cerulean Sea ★★★★★ 16 January

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.

🔴 A character watches TV or uses a telephone: Devils Within ★★★ 13 February

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.

🔴 Author whose first name begins with N: The Search For Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor ★★★ 15 February

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.

🔴 Where someone is bluffing ~various incidences including bluffing it's not her pregnancy results~ Unpregnant ★★★ 13 January

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Books Read:

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
11/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good- Fathom vol 1: Blue Sun-Michael Layne Turner 1/10

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC- 다이아몬드 더스트 2-강형규 2/20

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man- Vagabond, Vol. 3-Takehiko Inoue 1/23

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character- The Baby Shift: Missouri-Becca Fanning 1/20

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats- Chiller-currygom 1/11

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller- The Haunting of Brynn Wilder-Wendy Webb 1/26

IN THE NEWS
11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK- Wizard Beach-Shaun Simon 1/17

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count)- Skydragon-Anh Do 1/7

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone- The Baby Shift: North Dakota-Becca Fanning 1/1

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M- Assassination Classroom, Vol. 09: A Shocking Time-Yūsei Matsui 1/9

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count- shot glass confessional-Parker Lee 1/6

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

12/12 Completed. Finish!!


Tasks:
2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC.
01.Rocking Kin-Terri Anne Browning 1/03/21


3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
02.Mickey Miller-The Lying Game 1/07/21


4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
03.My Wife, the President-Jes Drew 1/21/21


5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
04.Six Feet Under-Whitney Barbetti 3/10/21


7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
05.The Wrong Family-Tarryn Fisher 1/05/21


IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order.
06.Issued to the Bride: One Navy SEAL-Cora Seton 2/04/21


10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book set in Washington D.C.
07.Fatal Mistake-Marie Force 2/18/21


11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
08.Cynthia Eden-Mine to Keep 2/21/21


12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
(255)
09.Vindicated-Sharon C. Cooper 3/12/21


13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character uses a telephone.
10.For a Good Time, Call...-Jessica Gadziala 1/14/21


14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
11.Marni Mann-Memoirs Aren't Fairytales 1/18/21


15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book with an American president in the story.
12.A Promised Land-Barack Obama 2/15/21

A Trip Down Memory Lane – 1962 (TLC)
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Reminiscing 6-10 tasks
0/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2021 - Mar. 31st, 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

13/15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.
Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts - Jan. 4th

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - Jan. 7th

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson - Jan. 22nd

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.
My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 9th

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.
Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search For Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor - Jan. 7th

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 20th

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong - Jan. 9th

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.
Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - Feb. 19th

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler - Feb. 2nd

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 12th
174 pages.

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - Jan. 2nd
Episodes of Killjoys

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi - Jan. 3rd

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black - Jan. 2nd

Welcome Andrea, Den, Lex, Jessica, Grace, Frankie, Kathryn and Kendra!!

Tasks
12/15 - Nostalgia

✓1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good.
Alone at the Gate by Florian Schneider 3/14
✓2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet.
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima 1/6 - Seven Realms quartet
✓3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 2/21
4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

✓5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character.
The Palace of Lost Memories by C.J. Archer 1/26 (MC is a doctor's assistant and can be considered a nurse)
✓6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 1/31
✓7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery.
Drool Baby by C.A. Newsome 1/7 (cozy mystery)
✓8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Apple Die by Chelsea Thomas 2/26 (police think death was an accident, MC and friends disagree)
IN THE NEWS
✓9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George 2/7 (Princess of the Midnight Ball)
✓10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
Sweets and a Stabbing by Harper Lin 3/7 (MC starts her own food truck)
11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
Dreamer of Briarfell by Lucy Tempest 1/13 (354 pages)
13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character uses a telephone.
Wild Open Faces by Jennifer G. Edelson 3/20
14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

✓15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book where someone is bluffing.
Conviction by Denise Mina 1/29 (MC lies about her identity through most of the book)

Welcome Celia!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Tasks done: 11

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.
Librarian-Helen Hart-Murder Turns the Page Thea Cambert 1/2/21

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.
Myra Mitchell-Tomes and Terriers Hillary Avis 1/3/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.
Eli and Candice video chatted with her parents who were on a cruise-Rock Candy and Robberies Patti Benning 1/11/21 MI

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder Joanne Fluke 1/3/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
Greasy the chef's death was questionable-Slay Bells Ring Mona Marple 1/1/21

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
In the word Serial-Seriously Serial Patti Benning 1/21/21

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.
Rachael started a bakery-A Pie to Die For Stacey Alabaster 1/5/21

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
RP-Christmas Cake Murder Rosie A. Point 1/6/21

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
P-Pages and Pyrenees Hillary Avis 1/4/21

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.
Phone-Brewing Up Trouble Constance Barker 1/6/21

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
The killer-A Wicked Yarn Emmie Caldwell 1/7/21

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.
Escape From Danger Courtney McFarlin 1/11/21

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
January 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.
To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer (1/19/21)
librarian

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.
Falling for Lucy by Heather B. Moore (1/17/21) - Falling

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.
Over the Edge by Mary Connealy (1/31/21)


4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
Friends and Foes by Sarah M. Eden (1/27/21)
spy

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.
Stuck Together by Mary Connealy (1/27/21)
mental illness

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
The Gentleman and the Thief by Sarah M. Eden (1/5/21)
mystery

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
Widows of Somerset by Rebecca Connolly, et. al. (1/10/21) - Lydia Steele
curvy blond

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Snowed In at the Castle by Lucy McConnell (1/15/21)
letters in order

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.
Fired Up by Mary Connealy (1/25/21)
starts her own business

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Love on the Sound by Ciara Knight (1/23/21)

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Lies, Love, and Breakfast at Tiffany's by Julie Wright (1/11/21) - 320 pages

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.
Round Up by Rebecca Connolly (1/28/21)
uses a telephone

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
The Christmas Wish by Shanna Hatfield (1/3/21)
character arrested

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.
The Best-Laid Plans by Sarah M. Eden (1/1/21)
bluffing

Welcome Tari and Shash!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
4/1-5

Tasks:
5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read with a nurse as a major character - Enchanted Lexi Blake - 1/16

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) - 320 pgs - Undercover Bromance Lyssa Kay Adams - 1/3

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M. - 311 Pelican Court Debbie Macomber - 1/5

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count - 112 pgs - May Audrey Carlan - 1/2

Welcome Karen!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962 FiNIsHED
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 2/2/21

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet. The Beast of Aros Castle - Heather McCollum 2/26/21 {Highland Isles #1}

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man. Isolation - Travis Thrasher 1/3/21

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage. A Book of Truths - Ty Hutchinson 3/22/21

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness. Let Me In - John Ajvide Lindqvist 1/14/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book where a character video chats. The Hidden Court - Dominique Kristine 1/31/21

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery. True Confections - Ruth Hartzler 1/15/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death. Admission - Travis Thrasher 2/9/21 {Carnie}

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title. Arsenic in the Azaleas - Dale Mayer 3/12/21

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab 1/8/21

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK. Weight of the Badge - T.R. Cupak 2/13/21

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count. The Undertaker's Wife: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Laughter in the Unlikeliest of Places - Dee Oliver 1/14/21

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character uses a telephone. The Boylan House - Ron Ripley 1/5/21

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested. Her Husband's Harlot - Grace Callaway 2/10/21

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book where someone is bluffing. The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien 1/29/21

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

Goal: 12/11-15
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

1962

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good.
Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine - 01/24/21 - Zara Cole

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Szindbád ​utazásai - Gyula Krúdy - 01/06/21

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
The Names of the Dead - Kevin Wignall - 02/01/21

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam - Jake Anderson - 01/21/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
Mr. Nobody - Catherine Steadman - 01/15/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Gyilkosság az Orient expresszen - Agatha Christie - 01/20/21

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
The Upside of Falling - Alex Light - 01/09/21 - Becca's mom opens a bakery

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine - 01/23/21

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
Heartstopper: Volume Three - Alice Oseman - 01/17/21 - 384 pages

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone.
The Start of Me and You - Emery Lord - 01/28/21

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
Felkavaró tartalom - Neil Gaiman - 01/16/21

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count.
The Test - Sylvain Neuvel - 02/01/21 - 112 pages

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
0/11-1

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

1/11

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man. - Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs 01.01.21

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks

4 / 1-5

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

✅ 3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger - 26/01

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

✅ 11. February 18
author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Please Look After Mom - Shin Kyung-sook - 11/01

✅ 12. February 20
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Illuminae - Amie Kaufman - 08/02

✅ 13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone
The Thirteen Problems - Agatha Christie - 19/01
I accordingly accompanied him to the outer office and remained there for about five minutes engaged in conversation over the telephone. (p. 75).

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.

Welcome Chelsea, Ferenc, Mave, Dita and Clare.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
3/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future
The Heir by Kiera Cass [finished 5.1.2021]
OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count)
A Winter Beneath the Stars by Jo Thomas [finished 3.1.2021] pages 253
OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested
The Robber Bride by Jerrica Knight-Catania [finished 7.1.21]
OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.

A Trip Down Memory Lane 1962
Duration: January 1 - March 31, 2020

READ: 10/11+

1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

✔3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.
To Kill a Sorcerer - Greg Mongrain 1/1

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

✔5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.
The Requiem Red - Brynn Chapman 2/13

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

✔7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
The Considerate Killer - Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnette Friis 1/8

✔8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner 2/4

IN THE NEWS
✔9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
SEALed Forever - Mary-Margret Daughtridge 1/2

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.

✔11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
A New Leash on Death - Susan Conant 1/23

✔12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
I'll Be Slaying You - Cynthia Eden (275 pages) 1/29

✔13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.
The Dark Corners of the Night - Meg Gardiner (MC uses telephone) 1/24

✔14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
The Awakening - Nora Roberts 1/22

✔15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.
A Second Chance - Jodi Taylor (MC bluffs the villain) 1/29

Welcome Jirrine and Barbara!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Done 11/15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character where a character who was bad becomes good. Wayne (the ex) and Finn( old boyfriend)
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson 3/18/2021

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/15/2021

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery.
Deck the Halls with Fudge by Nancy CoCo 01/04/2021

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
A Vintage Affair by Josh Lanyon 03/01/2021

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell 1/19/2021

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney 2/16/2021

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Bingoed by Patricia Rockwell 1/13/2021

12. February 20 – Project Mercury:
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Shotgun, Wedding, Bells by Joanna Campbell Slan 1/31/2021

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket.
🔴 Read a book where something is launched into space. A rocket.
Twelve Seconds by Meg Perry 2/14/2021

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book with an author whose last name begins with M.
This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz 02/21/2021

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis:
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count. P212
BlackBuried Pie by Lyndsey Cole 3/12/2021

Welcome Genevieve!

Finished as I'll get I think lol

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Tasks done: 11

Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a traveling salesman, a band instructor or a librarian OR where a character who was bad becomes good.
Librarian-Helen Hart-Murder Turns the Page Thea Cambert 1/2/21

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet OR with a musician as the MC.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a guitar or a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover) OR written by a man.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest OR with a nurse as a major character OR with a person with a mental illness.
Myra Mitchell-Tomes and Terriers Hillary Avis 1/3/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.
Eli and Candice video chatted with her parents who were on a cruise-Rock Candy and Robberies Patti Benning 1/11/21 MI

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller OR a book by Harlan Coben.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder Joanne Fluke 1/3/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death OR with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
Greasy the chef's death was questionable-Slay Bells Ring Mona Marple 1/1/21

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
In the word Serial-Seriously Serial Patti Benning 1/21/21

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer OR where a female character starts her own business OR set in Washington D.C.
Rachael started a bakery-A Pie to Die For Stacey Alabaster 1/5/21

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book where a female character wins something major OR whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
RP-Christmas Cake Murder Rosie A. Point 1/6/21

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) OR whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
P-Pages and Pyrenees Hillary Avis 1/4/21

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone OR where something is launched into space.
Phone-Brewing Up Trouble Constance Barker 1/6/21

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested OR by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
The killer-A Wicked Yarn Emmie Caldwell 1/7/21

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count OR with an American president in the story OR where someone is bluffing.
Escape From Danger Courtney McFarlin 1/11/21

WOOHOO Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

Finished! :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
January 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a librarian.
To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer (1/19/21)

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book from a quartet.
Falling for Lucy by Heather B. Moore (1/17/21) - Falling

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book with a man wearing a hat on the cover (show cover).
Over the Edge by Mary Connealy (1/31/21)


4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
Friends and Foes by Sarah M. Eden (1/27/21)

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
Stuck Together by Mary Connealy (1/27/21)

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats OR with a robot in the story.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery.
The Gentleman and the Thief by Sarah M. Eden (1/5/21)

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who is a curvy blonde. Tell us their name.
Widows of Somerset by Rebecca Connolly, et. al. (1/10/21) - Lydia Steele

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Snowed In at the Castle by Lucy McConnell (1/15/21)

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
Fired Up by Mary Connealy (1/25/21)

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Love on the Sound by Ciara Knight (1/23/21)

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
Lies, Love, and Breakfast at Tiffany's by Julie Wright (1/11/21) - 320 pages

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character uses a telephone.
Round Up by Rebecca Connolly (1/28/21)

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book where a character is arrested.
The Christmas Wish by Shanna Hatfield (1/3/21)

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book where someone is bluffing.
The Best-Laid Plans by Sarah M. Eden (1/1/21)

FINISHED

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
13/11-15


Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a librarian.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Read 1/26.

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC. The Final Reconciliation by Todd Keisling.

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man. Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn. Read 1/8.

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book from the James Bond Series OR The List is Bond, James Bond OR a book tagged Spy/Espionage.

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
🔴 Read a book where a person has a mental illness. His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Read 2/26/21. Roderick Macrae’s trial defense is criminal insanity.

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats. Finna by Nino Cipri. Read 3/18/21.

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery. The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman. Read 2/11.

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death. Demon Theory by Stephen Graham Jones. Read 3/15.

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title. Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew by Brian Hicks. Read 1/15.

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict. Agatha Christie begins to write detective novels.

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK. We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century by Erwin Chemerinsky. Read 1/27.

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count). Dracul by Dacre Stoker. Read 1/9.

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where something is launched into space. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. Read 1/19.

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with M. The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal. Read 1/17.

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book with an American president in the story. Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall. Read 3/29/21.

WOOHOO Shash!!

Welcome Kathy!

JoAnne, would a book work for #4 tagged espionage if it's on the first page of tags? Or does it have to be a main-page genre?

The Lost Girls of Paris

Andrea wrote: "JoAnne, would a book work for #4 tagged espionage if it's on the first page of tags? Or does it have to be a main-page genre?

The Lost Girls of Paris"

That's good! :)

I read a book the other day that has Christmas on the MPG and it took place during the summer.

Thanks, JoAnne!

Whoa! That's super weird.

Finished!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
4/1-5

Tasks:
5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read with a nurse as a major character - Enchanted Lexi Blake - 1/16

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count) - 320 pgs - Undercover Bromance Lyssa Kay Adams - 1/3

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M. - 311 Pelican Court Debbie Macomber - 1/5

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count - 112 pgs - May Audrey Carlan - 1/2

WOOHOO Karen!

Finished!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

Goal: 12/11-15
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

1962

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good.
Sword and Pen - Rachel Caine - 01/24/21 - Zara Cole

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Szindbád ​utazásai - Gyula Krúdy - 01/06/21

4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
The Names of the Dead - Kevin Wignall - 02/01/21

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam - Jake Anderson - 01/21/21

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
Mr. Nobody - Catherine Steadman - 01/15/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Gyilkosság az Orient expresszen - Agatha Christie - 01/20/21

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
The Upside of Falling - Alex Light - 01/09/21 - Becca's mom opens a bakery

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Smoke and Iron - Rachel Caine - 01/23/21

12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
Heartstopper: Volume Three - Alice Oseman - 01/17/21 - 384 pages

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone.
The Start of Me and You - Emery Lord - 01/28/21

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
Felkavaró tartalom - Neil Gaiman - 01/16/21

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count.
The Test - Sylvain Neuvel - 02/01/21 - 112 pages

WOOHOO Ferenc!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
11/11-15
FINISHED

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book where a character who was bad becomes good- Fathom vol 1: Blue Sun-Michael Layne Turner 1/10

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC- 다이아몬드 더스트 2-강형규 2/20

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man- Vagabond, Vol. 3-Takehiko Inoue 1/23

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character- The Baby Shift: Missouri-Becca Fanning 1/20

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book set in the future OR where a character video chats- Chiller-currygom 1/11

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller- The Haunting of Brynn Wilder-Wendy Webb 1/26

IN THE NEWS
11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK- Wizard Beach-Shaun Simon 1/17

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count)- Skydragon-Anh Do 1/7

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV or uses a telephone- The Baby Shift: North Dakota-Becca Fanning 1/1

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M- Assassination Classroom, Vol. 09: A Shocking Time-Yūsei Matsui 1/9

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count- shot glass confessional-Parker Lee 1/6

WOOHOO Grace!

FINISHED
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/11-15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character that is a librarian.
Yule Log Eulogy Addison Moore 1/4/21

2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC.
Badd Mojo Jasinda Wilder 1/1/21

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Now & Then Robert B. Parker 1/21/21

4. First James Bond Film
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
No Man's Land David Baldacci 3/8/21

5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a nurse as a major character.
Dance Away with Me Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1/2/21

6. New Television Show (US): - The Jetsons - the first program to air in color on ABC.
🔴 Read a book where a character video chats.
Mistletoe and Mr. Right Sarah Morgenthaler 1/10/21

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
This is How I Lied Heather Gudenkauf 1/13/21

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
Man Overboard J.A. Jance 1/7/21

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Deep in the Alaskan Woods Karen Harper 1/15/21

10. January 3
🔴 Read a book with a ballet dancer.
The Magnolia Sisters Michelle Major 1/22/21

11. February 18
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Daughters of Wild Rose Bay Susanne O'Leary 1/25/21

12. February 20
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count.
234 pages Lighthouse Cottage Barbara Cool Lee 1/3/21

13. July 10
🔴 Read a book where a character watches TV.
Dream Chaser Kristen Ashley 1/18/21

14. August 5
🔴 Read a book by an author whose last name begins with M.
The Tourist Attraction Sarah Morgenthaler 1/8/21

15. October 14 -
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count.
112 pages Random Acts J.A. Jance 1/5/21

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

12/12 Completed. Finish!!


Tasks:
2. #1 Hit Single (UK) – "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
🔴 Read a book with a musician as the MC.
01.Rocking Kin-Terri Anne Browning 1/03/21


3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
02.Mickey Miller-The Lying Game 1/07/21


4. First James Bond Film – Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres at the London Pavilion, featuring Sean Connery as the hero.
🔴 Read a book tagged Spy/Espionage.
03.My Wife, the President-Jes Drew 1/21/21


5. New Fiction - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
🔴 Read a book with a person with a mental illness.
04.Six Feet Under-Whitney Barbetti 3/10/21


7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery or Thriller.
05.The Wrong Family-Tarryn Fisher 1/05/21


IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated. Navy Seal 1 is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet, and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.
🔴 Read a book featuring a Navy SEAL OR with the letters SEAL in order.
06.Issued to the Bride: One Navy SEAL-Cora Seton 2/04/21


10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book set in Washington D.C.
07.Fatal Mistake-Marie Force 2/18/21


11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals: Carol Cox becomes the first woman allowed to race at a National Hot Rod Association national event; she wins in the Super Stock class.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
08.Cynthia Eden-Mine to Keep 2/21/21


12. February 20 – Project Mercury: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
🔴 Read a book with a 3, 4, 5 or 7 in the page count (Tell us the page count).
(255)
09.Vindicated-Sharon C. Cooper 3/12/21


13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket. It successfully relayed through space the first television pictures, telephone calls, and telegraph images, and provided the first live transatlantic television feed.
🔴 Read a book where a character uses a telephone.
10.For a Good Time, Call...-Jessica Gadziala 1/14/21


14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book by an author whose first name begins with N or last name begins with M.
11.Marni Mann-Memoirs Aren't Fairytales 1/18/21


15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba in the Caribbean photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. A stand-off then ensues for another 12 days, after President Kennedy is told of the pictures, between the United States and the Soviet Union, threatening the world with nuclear war.
🔴 Read a book with an American president in the story.
12.A Promised Land-Barack Obama 2/15/21

WOOHOO Frankie!

FINISHED
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1962
Duration: 1st January 2021 - 31st March 2021

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Done 11/15

Tasks:
1. Musical Film - "The Music Man"
🔴 Read a book with a character where a character who was bad becomes good. Wayne (the ex) and Finn( old boyfriend)
I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson 3/18/2021

3. New Album – "Bob Dylan " by Bob Dylan.
🔴 Read a book written by a man.
Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien 1/15/2021

7. Born this year: January 4 - Harlan Coben, American writer of mystery novels and thrillers.
🔴 Read a Mystery.
Deck the Halls with Fudge by Nancy CoCo 01/04/2021

8. Died this year: August 5 – Marilyn Monroe is found dead after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills.
🔴 Read a book with a character who has a questionable death.
A Vintage Affair by Josh Lanyon 03/01/2021

IN THE NEWS
9. January 1 – The United States Navy SEALs, elite special forces, are activated.
🔴 Read a book with the letters SEAL in order in the title.
Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell 1/19/2021

10. January 3 – National Ballet of Washington, D.C. founded by Jean Riddell debuted at the George Washington University Lisner Auditorium.
🔴 Read a book where a female character starts her own business.
Killer Jam by Karen MacInerney 2/16/2021

11. February 18 - NHRA Winternationals.
🔴 Read a book whose author's initials can be found in SUPER STOCK.
Bingoed by Patricia Rockwell 1/13/2021

12. February 20 – Project Mercury:
🔴 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in FRIENDSHIP (all words count).
Shotgun, Wedding, Bells by Joanna Campbell Slan 1/31/2021

13. July 10 - Telstar 1 (satellite) launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket.
🔴 Read a book where something is launched into space. A rocket.
Twelve Seconds by Meg Perry 2/14/2021

14. August 5 - Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government near Howick, and charged with incitement to rebellion.
🔴 Read a book with an author whose last name begins with M.
This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz 02/21/2021

15. October 14 - The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis:
🔴 Read a book a 12 (intact) in the page count. P212
BlackBuried Pie by Lyndsey Cole 3/12/2021