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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
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Duration: 1st October 2022 - 11th November 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 14/11-15
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
Autumn in Sycamore Park C.P. Ward 10/6/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Fantasy.
When Gracie Met The Grump Mariana Zapata 10/18/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with M.
The Fall of Legend Meghan March 10/15/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings.
859 ratings Wild Ride Breezie Bennett 10/9/22
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter AND where there is a heavy snowfall in the story AND with snow on the cover.
Falling Fast J.H. Croix 10/7/22IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E.
Elliot Slow Ride Breezie Bennett 10/10/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made.
J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis Katy Regnery 10/14/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS.
Summertime Nights Katie Winters 11/23/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where a character has the title "special agent".
The Newcomer Mary Kay Andrews 10/16/22
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins.
Fall For Me J.H. Croix 10/21/22
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book where someone breaks their ribs.
A Medium's Thanksgiving Table Chariss K. Walker 10/13/22
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan.
Too Good to Be True Susan Coventry 10/4/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with an office scene in the book.
Brown-Eyed Girl Lisa Kleypas 10/1/22
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
Vermont The Fall of Us Kennedy Fox 10/20/22
In! Any book posted has been read. ***Finished 10/27/20221. ✴️ Read a book where a film is being made. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity (part of it concerns Elvis while the film Viva Las Vegas is being made)
2. ✴️ Read a book with a MPG Historical, Mystery. Cold Morning
3. ✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S. The Audience Peter Morgan
4. ✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number. Mischief in Maggody (1539 ratings the day I read it)
5. ✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General(battle of the bulge)
6. ✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat). Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan (The USS Indianapolis…)
7. ✴️ Read a book from the genre YA. Dear Edward
8. ✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK. Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America Bill O'Reilly
9. ✴️ Read a book set in London. The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen
10. ✴️ Read a book set in Washington D.C. Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
11. ✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins. Four Killing Birds (holiday novella)
12. ✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs. The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 2: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle, and the Years That Defined Elizabeth II (Phillip is a pilot)
13. ✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date. Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering (published 1/1/2011
14. ✴️ Read a book with an office scene in the book. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II (Lots of them)
15. ✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA. Nothing Gold Can Stay (alaska)
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
12/11-15 Completed. Finished
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Emily's Dreams-Magdalena Scott 10/10/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Mystery:Dying to Tell-Rita Herron 11/03/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Isabella Maldonado-Death Blow 10/27/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
(1870)
Impulse-Debra Webb 10/07/22
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Falling Stars-Fern Michaels 11/09/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Emmett Maxwell:Give Me Love-Corinne Michaels 10/13/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names.
Melanie Harlow-Only Him 11/09/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum).
No More Secrets-Lucy Score 10/14/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI.
Her Perfect Crime-Elle Gray10/12/22
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins.
Life's Too Short-Abby Jimenez 10/16/22
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan.
Tease-Melanie Harlow 10/03/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
(Boston)
Bleeding Blue-Brian Shea 11/12/22
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read:11/11-15
COMPLETED!
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Poppy Harmon and the Pillow Talk Killer by Lee Hollis 10/21/2022
Women's name and a film is made
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Murder Under the Covered Bridge by Elizabeth Perona 10/13/2022
Mystery
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman 10/8/2022
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White 11/29/2022
4,982 ratings
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story .
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White 10/16/2022
Set in winter and Charleston gets 5 inches of snow, which is heavy for them.
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
On the Wings of Murder by Danielle Collins 10/6/2022
Eva Stewart
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made.
Death on the Green by Catie Murphy 11/2/2022
Discovery of a dead body!
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London.
I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll 11/23/2022
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Probable Claws by Rita Mae Brown 11/17/2022
Pub'd2018
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book set in Italy.
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle 11/6/2022
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
Death of a Knit Wit by Peggy Ehrhart 10/22/2022
Arborville, NJ A is in BoliviA
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2022
Level: Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
READ: 15/15
✔ 1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Why She Lied - H.K. Christie 11/13
✔ 2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Daybreak - Cheree Alsop 11/11
✔ 3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Gone with the Twins - Kylie Logan 11/5
✔ 4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
A Rumor Of Bones - Beverly Connor (900 ratings) 10/11
✔ 5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Save Me - Molly Black 10/20
IN THE NEWS
✔ 6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E
Capturing a Unicorn - Eve Langlais (Emma Baker) 11/4
✔ 7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Ravenfall - Kalyn Josephson 10/13
✔ 8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Moon Dancer - Aimee Easterling (a new archaeology site is discovered) 11/10
✔ 9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover - Sarah MacLean 10/30
✔ 10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Wired In - Toby Neal (Sophie Ang) 10/16
✔ 11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
Nathaniel - John Saul (Michael and Ryan) 11/20
✔ 12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
Wolf Dreams - Aimee Easterling 10/27
✔ 13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
The Black Phone - Joe Hill (pub 2005) 10/8
✔ 14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
The Sculptor - Gregory Funaro 11/5
✔ 15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
A Chimera's Revenge - Eve Langlais (British Columbia, Canada) 11/1
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Goal | Nostalgia: 11-15 tasksRead: 15/15
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Treachery in Death, J.D. Robb | 10/5
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Royally Remembered, Emma Chase | 10/10
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson | 10/2
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings - 4.09
Take Me, Olivia Cunning | 10/1
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).Incriminating Evidence, Rachel Grant | 10/6
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails
Stardust, Neil Gaiman | 10/12
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Betrayal, Ivy Smoak | 10/8
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
Touch Me, OLIvia cunning | 10/17
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
Take Me, Olivia Cunning | 10/1
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Fatal Justice, Marie Force | 10/13
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
The Guncle, Steven Rowley | 10/10
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot - space ship
Orphans of the Sky, Robert A. Heinlein | 10/21
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date. -
Oct 11, 2020
Elite, Ivy Smoak | 10/5
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
What I Did for Love, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | 10/15
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward | 10/12
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1908
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas by Debbie Macomber 11.06.22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Fiction
The Terminal List by Jack Carr 10.13.22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's last name begins with M
The Chocolate Lovers' Club by Carole Matthews 10.20.22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Love Life by Rob Lowe 10.20.22 ratings 10,049
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter
Death of a Dapper Snowman by Angela Pepper 12.26.22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Haunted Hijinks by Madison Johns 10.22.22 (Eleanor)
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman 12.26.22
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
Small Towns can be Murder by Connie Shelton 12.27.22
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum)
Shards of Murder by Cheryl Hollon 11.17.22
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus 11.03.22
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan
Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass 10.04.22
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book set in Italy.
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri 11.28.22
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
14/15
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
The Tagged Tragedy Mel Morgan 11/16/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Dog Days of Summer Kathleen Y'Barbo 10/1/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
EL-Hints and a Homicide Emmie Lyn 10/3/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
20 ratings as of this posting-None the Riser Emma Ainsley 10/4/22
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Christmas Scarf Murder Carlene O'Connor 10/2/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
A Donated Death Mel Morgan 10/5/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Kill Them with Canvas Bailee Abbott 10/11/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
SOM-Strikes of Murder Patti Benning 10/9/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
GBI Special Agent Brad Jones-Crime for the Books Kate Young 10/13/22
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
Camper Catastrophe Mary Lu Scholl 10/8/22
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
A Trip with Trouble Diane Kelly 10/23/22
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
9/26/2022-Hostile Taco-over Gretchen Allen 10/1/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
Overdue Elizabeth Spann Craig 10/10/22
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Handmade Hoax Mel Morgan 10/14/22
I'm in!A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
14/15
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Cinderella's Last Stand - Michelle Lindo-Rice (HSE #2934 - Sept 2022) (film) - Oct 18
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
A Lady Never Surrenders - Bronwen Evans (Bronwen Evans -Sept 2022) (historical) - Oct 7
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Marriage Mandate - Shannon McKenna (HD #2894 - Sept 2022) - Oct 10
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Rivals at Love Creek - Michelle Lindo-Rice (SSE #2922 - July 2022) (20 ratings) - Oct 13
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Eagle Mountain Cliffhanger - Cindi Myers (HI #2105 - Nov 2022) (winter/cover) - Oct 14
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Colton Countdown - Tara Taylor Quinn (HRS #2187 - July 2022) - Oct 1
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
The Viking She Would Have Married - Lucy Morris (HH #1657 - June 2022) (OIL) - Oct 1
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
The Gentleman of Holly Street - Lotte R. James (HH #1694 - Dec 2022) (London) - Nov 30
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Wyoming Winter Rescue - Juno Rushdan (HI #2108 - Nov 2022) (FBI) - Oct 28
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
Their Marriage Bargain - Shannon McKenna (HD #2888 - Aug 2022) (cousins) - Oct 8
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
Colton's Secret Sabotage - Deborah Fletcher Mello (HRS #2191 - Aug 2022) (breaks leg) - Oct 6
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Hotshot Hero on the Edge - Lisa Childs (HRS #2197 - Sept 2022) (Michigan) - Oct 4
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
The Rebel's Return - Nadine Gonzalez (HD #2857 - Mar 2022) (office scene) - Oct 3
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Christmas Cottage - Christine Rimmer (HSE #2941 - Nov 2022) (location - Oregon) - Oct 25
7
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Completed: 15/15
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title. The Restoration of Celia Fairchild by Marie Bostwick 10/11/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton 12/17/22 - Tagged classics and mysteries (and is on the list of 1908 bestsellers)
3. Births
✴️ Read a bookwhose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman 10/4/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 10/15/22 - 73,408 ratings on October 15
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book where there is a heavy snowfall in the story. A Country Affair by Debbie Macomber 10/7/22 - Kate gets caught in a snowstorm and drives into a snowbank.
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name). The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 10/17/22 - Eve
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Masterminds by Gordon Korman 10/11/22
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made. Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany 10/3/22 (view spoiler)
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London. Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy Springer 10/2/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where a character has the title "special agent."
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay 10/6/22 - Sarah Keller
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins. The House by the Lake by Ella Carey 10/18/22 -- Anna and Ingrid
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot. Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean, 11/11/22 (Akio)
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren 10/5/22 - 10/22/2019
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover). Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge 10/25/22
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA. The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly 10/27/22 - Los Angeles
Trip Into 1908October - December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title
Absence of Alice by Sherry Harris 11/29/22
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with an MPG of Fiction, Historical, and Mystery.
The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin 10/2/22
Fiction, Historical, Mystery (at the time of finishing the book; not sure if that's changed, as it's been a while since I've checked in)
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson 10/5/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
A Family for Christmas by Hannah Foster 10/6/22
30 ratings (at time of finishing)
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story
Welcome to the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan 10/17/22
set in winter and heavy snow in story
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
The Orchard: A Vietnam War Homefront Amish Romance by Beverly Lewis 10/11/22
Ellie Hostetler and twin brother, Evan
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book from the genre YA.
The Memory Index by Julian R. Vaca 12/1/22
Young Adult
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
The Alliance by Jolina Petersheim 10/3/22
Moses discovers an EMP has taken out electronics and electricity, and the author's name has OIL in it.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London
Love from Paddington by Michael Bond 12/2/22
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent"
Secret, Secret Agent Guy by Kira Bigwood 12/2/22
Leading boy pretends he's a "secret, secret agent guy" working for the FBI (for the whole story).
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins
Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson 12/17/22
Nico and Mario
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book where someone breaks their leg
Whenever You Come Around by Robin Lee Hatcher 11/7/22
Buck Malone
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen 10/7/22
pub 2007
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with an office scene in the book
The Seeds of Change by Lauraine Snelling 12/13/22
scene in a lawyer's office; another in a doctor's office
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal 11/9/22
Los Angeles, CA
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Goal: 11/15
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
**1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Eszter hagyatéka - Sándor Márai - 11/04/22 - Eszter
**2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo - 10/17/22 - Fantasy
**3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Renewed Love: Love on the Western Trail - Linda Ford - 10/05/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
**5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book where there is a heavy snowfall in the story.
The Year of the Hare: A Novel - Arto Paasilinna - 10/30/22
**6. January 1
✴️ Read a book set in New Zealand .
The Whale Rider - Witi Ihimaera - 10/24/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
**8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names.
Miss Kane's Christmas - Caroline Mickelson - 11/18/22
**9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London.
The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak - 11/16/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
**11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner.
The Hotel Nantucket - Elin Hilderbrand - 11/28/22 - Chad and Bibi
**12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
Out of the Blue: The Complete Series - Garth Ennis - 11/05/22 - Jamie McKenzie
**13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 1: The Quest for the Dual Glaive - Jeffrey Addiss & Nicole Andelfinger - 10/30/22 - Published 2020
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
**15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
The Huntress - Kate Quinn - 12/31/22 - Boston, Massachusetts
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 11/11-15
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name- Once Upon an Eid-S.K. Ali 10/17
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories- To Your Eternity, Vol. 5-Yoshitoki Oima 10/10
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S- Hack/Slash Omnibus, Volume 5-Tim Seeley 10/9
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number- Sensory: Life on the Spectrum-Schnumn 10/3 (206)
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter- The Promised Neverland, Vol. 8-Kaiu Shirai 10/1
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA- Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame-Louie Stowell 10/24
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum)- Secret Invasion, Book 1-Brian Michael Bendis 10/11
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot- Captain Marvel, Volume 2: Down-Kelly Sue DeConnick 10/21
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date- Secret Invasion, Book 2-Brian Michael Bendis 10/11 (120)
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with an office scene in the book- Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4-Sui Ishida 10/11
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA- A Certain Scientific Accelerator, Vol. 2-Kazuma Kamachi 10/12 (Academy City)
Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan by Barry Denenberg
Nov. 3, 2022
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Wizards and Witches by Ann Kerns
Oct. 18, 2022
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Gardener by Flora Ferrari
Oct. 15, 2022
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Half-Witch by John Schoffstall (480 ratings)
Oct. 13, 2022
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book where there is a heavy snowfall in the story.
June, Reimagined: A Novel by Rebekah Crane
Oct. 10, 2022
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Driven by Flora Ferrari (MC's Name- Erica)
Oct. 17, 2022
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
The Wolf Who Visited the Land of Fairy Tales by Orianne Lallemand
Oct. 18, 2022
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made.
Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels
Oct. 27, 2022
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book set in Washington D.C.
A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen by Kathryn Lasky
Nov. 8, 2022
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins.
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones
Nov. 6, 2022
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book where someone breaks their ribs or a leg.
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Oct. 6, 2022
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Published Sept. 5, 2017
Read Nov. 22, 2022
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book where a character is killed but no body is found.
Wild River by Rodman Philbrick
Oct. 29, 2022
Mod
FINISHED.A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVEL: Reminiscing: 9 tasks
Read: 9/9
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
C.L. Taylor wrote Sleep 11/11/22
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Canada MPG) 11/1/22
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Elly Griffiths wrote The Postscript Murders 10/7/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Lost Girls by Angela Marsons (rating 4.40) 10/19/22
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley (Children/YA) 11/13/22
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young (UK author) 10/12/22
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh 11/6/22
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Angels of the North: Notable Women of the North East by Joyce Quin (2018) 10/14/22
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Scrublands by Chris Hammer (Australia) 11/17/22
FINISHED!!! 12/31/22 A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Goal | Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks: 15+
Part One 42 Part Two 33
Books Read: 75/15+
1. Film
X ✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title
Daisy Darker Alice Feeney 11/23/22
Mika in Real Life Emiko Jean 12/04/22
X ✴️ OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name
Just Desserts (A Savannah Reid Mystery #1) G.A. McKevett 10/11/22
All the Queen's Men (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #2) S.J. Bennett 10/16/22
Pressure Head (The Plumber’s Mate Mystery #1) J.L. Merrow 11/17/22
X ✴️ OR where a film is being made.
A Merry Little Meet Cute Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone (They're making a Christmas movie) 11/09/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG
Adventure - Twister!: A Terrifying Tale of Superstorms Samone Bos(Adventure Series) 12/09/22
Animals - Horse Geraldine Brooks 11/12/22
Canada - A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #18) Louise Penny 12/28/22
Classics - The Mystery of the Blue Train Agatha Christie 11/30/22
Cultural - Honey & Spice Bolu Babalola 12/12/22
Fantasy - The Night Masquerade(Binti #3) Nnedi Okorafor 10/05/22
Fiction - It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover 10/18/22
Gothic - The Grownup Gillian Flynn 11/04/22
Historical - On the Rooftop Margaret Wilkerson Sexton 11/22/22
Italy -
Mystery - Through the Grinder (A Coffeehouse Mystery) Cleo Coyle 10/01/22
Picture Books - The Hanukkah Trike Michelle Edwards (Hoopla) 12/06/22
Short Storied - Oh. What. Fun. Chandler Baker 12/01/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by
Louis L'Amour - War Party Louis L'Amour 12/10/22
Ian Fleming - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming 12/11/22
M. M. Kaye -
Elizabeth George Speare -
X ✴️ OR whose author's first or last name begins with
E - The Lies That Bind Emily Giffin 10/01/22
F - The Best Awful Carrie Fisher 10/29/22
I -Incense and Sensibility (Rajes #3) Sonali Dev 10/04/22
K - Blue's River Kathleen Marie Doyle 11/30/22
L - Granny Strikes Back (Secret Agent Granny #3) Harper Lin 10/08/22
M - The One Night Meghan Quinn 10/13/22
S - The Kiss Curse (The Ex-Hex #2) Erin Sterling 11/16/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
X ✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks (152,202 ratings on 10/09/22)
Grand, Death, Auto (Kiki Lowenstein #14) Joanna Campbell Slan (439 ratings on 12/20/22)
A Deadly Yarn (A Knitting Mystery #3) Maggie Sefton (3,609 ratings) 12/21/22
5. The Year 1908
X ✴️ Read a book set during the winter
Murder in Christmas River (Christmas River #1) Meg Muldoon (1840 ratings) 12/03/22
Resting Scrooge Face Meghan Quinn 12/16/22
X ✴️ OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson (p. 171 “. . . there must be three feet of snow . . .”) 11/04/22
X ✴️ OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Stockholm (Getaway Collection #3) Catherine Steadman 12/02/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
X ✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat)
Granny on Board (Secret Agent Granny #7) Harper Lin (Barbara takes a cruise) 10/13/22
The Cloisters Katy Hays (Rachel sails) 12/11/22
Bacon Cheddar Murder(Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria #2) Patti Benning (Ellie took her friends out on her boat) 12/18/22
✴️ OR set in New Zealand
X ✴️ OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
The Love of my Life Rosie Walsh (Emma) 10/08/22
Pall Bearers and Pepperoni (Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria #1) Patti Benning (Ellie) 12/18/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name
✴️ OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name
X ✴️ OR from the genre Children's
The Hanukkah Trike Michelle Edwards 12/07/22
X ✴️ or YA.
Coraline Neil Gaiman 11/16/22
Tokyo Dreaming(Tokyo Ever After #2) Emiko Jean 12/17/22
Continued on post #22
Part Two - 33 points 8. May 26
X ✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made
Granny Gets Fancy (Secret Agent Granny #6) Harper Lin (A dead body is found in a men’s room.) 10/12/22
Belle Mer (Getaway #4) Luanne Rice (Clea finds a body) 12/14/22
Shakespeare's Landlord(Lily Bard mystery #1) Charlaine Harris (Lily finds a body) 12/15/22
X ✴️ OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
The Emma Project (Rajes #4) Sonali Dev 10/07/22
X ✴️ OR by an author from the UK.
Wrong Place Wrong Time Gillian McAllister 10/01/22
9. July 13-25
X ✴️ Read a book set in London
I Found You Lisa Jewell 11/27/22
X ✴️ OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum)
The Santa Suit Mary Kay Andrews 12/02/22
*✴️ OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI
X ✴️ OR where a character has the title "special agent"
Catch Her in a Lie (Getaway #5) Jess Lourey (p. 34 - BCA Special Agent Harry Steinbeck) 11/04/22
Once Upon a Grind (Coffeehouse Mystery #14) Cleo Coyle (there are CIA and other federal agents in this book - with “special agent” as a title) 12/19/22
X ✴️ OR set in Washington D.C.
Dead to the Last Drop (Coffeehouse Mystery #16) Cleo Coyle (Mike is working as a special agent) 12/31/22
11. August 8
X ✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner
Just Desserts (A Savannah Reid Mystery #1) G.A. McKevett (@8% the janitor discovers a body after vacuuming) 10/11/22
X ✴️ OR where two characters are cousins
Roast Mortem (Coffeehouse Mystery #9) Cleo Coyle (Michael and Mike are cousins) 11/14/22
Madness in Christmas River (Christmas River #3) Meg Muldoon (Cinnamon and Marie) 12/06/22
*✴️ OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
X ✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot
The Winners (Beartown #3) Fredrik Backman (one of the characters becomes a helicopter pilot) 11/30/22
X ✴️ OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg
It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover (Atlas has his leg broken) 10/19/22
Malice in Christmas River (Christmas River #4) Meg Muldoon (Dan’s leg is broken by a horse) 12/07/22
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech (Sal breaks her leg) 12/11/22
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse 1) Charlaine Harris (Sookie breaks a rib) 12/29/22
X ✴️ OR where a plane crash occurs.
Holiday Buzz (Coffeehouse #12) Cleo Coyle (Mike misses his plane that crashes) 12/10/22
13. October 1
X ✴️ Read a book set in Michigan
The Virgin Suicides Jeffrey Eugenides 11/06/22
*✴️ OR with a car on the cover (show cover)
X ✴️ OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Latte Trouble (Coffeehouse Mystery #3) Cleo Coyle (pub. 08/02/2005) 10/03/22
Opposites Attract (Opposites Attract #1) Camilla Isley (Pub. 02/25/2021) 12/13/22
Bread of the Dead (Santa Fe Cafe Mystery #1) Ann Myers (Pub. 09/29/2015) 12/17/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover)
X ✴️ OR with an office scene in the book
Granny Bares It All (Secret Agent Granny #4) Harper Lin (Barbara broke into an office and was confronted by Adrian) 10/09/22
The Violin Conspiracy Brendan Slocumb (scene in agent’s office) 11/30/22
✴️ OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
X ✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA
The Wives Tarryn Fisher (Oregon) 11/02/22
Delilah Green Doesn't Care Ashley Herring Blake (Oregon) 11/06/22
Mayhem in Christmas River (Christmas River #2) Meg Muldoon (Oregon) 12/04/22
Roasted in Christmas River (Christmas River 4.5) Meg Muldoon (Oregon) 12/08/22
The Red Lotus Chris Bohjalian (Viet Nam) 12/08/22
X ✴️ OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers
Beneath a Starless Sky Tessa Harris (Lily visits Hitler) 10/01/22
Solito Javier Zamora (the migrants are stopped by soldiers) 12/22/22
X ✴️ OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Bullet That Missed (The Thursday Murder Club) Richard Osman (Bethany was declared dead, but her body was never found) 10/08/22
Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908October 1 - December 31, 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Completed: 0/11-15
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Read one book for each task.A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket 10/4 - 12 authors first initial begins with L
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret - Ondjaki 10/17 - 20 Bishop's Beach, Luanda, Angola
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found
FINISHEDA Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
💙TASKS: 5
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
1908
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
✅2. Best selling books
Read a book with a MPG Short Stories
🦃Nick and Charlie - Alice Oseman, 11/26/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
✅5. The Year 1908
✴️Read a book set during the winter
🎄Better For You - Andy Gallo, 12/14/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
✅8. May 26
Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
🎃Hidden Waters - Catherine Cowles, 10/7/22
✅9. July 13-25
Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum)
🎄Scattered Showers - Rainbow Rowell, 12/10/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
✅15. November 6
Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA
🦃The Archer and His Rosebud - Mindy Michele, 11/1/22 -- Vermont
Mod
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: Oct. 1st, 2022 - Dec. 31st, 2022
LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/15
✅1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning - Nov. 5th
✅2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Sufferance: A Novel by Thomas King - Oct. 3rd
✅3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 14th
✅4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer - Oct. 6th
1330 ratings.
✅5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 19thIN THE NEWS
✅6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 11th
Etienne
✅7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 7 by Naoko Takeuchi - Oct. 3rd
✅8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming - Oct. 4th
✅9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - Oct. 7th
✅10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Spy x Family, Vol. 8 by Tatsuya Endo - Nov. 29th
✅11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - Oct. 22nd
✅12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik - Nov. 5th
✅13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
The Once and Future King by Ryan Ferrier - Oct. 31st
Feb. 18th, 2020
✅14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman - Oct. 8th
✅15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Frankly in Love by David Yoon - Oct. 28th
Orange County
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908October 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/11-15 Tasks Completed
Tasks:
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea (10/4/22)
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis (10/10/22) - Fantasy
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Smuggler of Camden Cove by Kasey Stockton (10/1/22)
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
The Masked Baron by Anneka R. Walker (10/10/22) - 1080 ratings
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea (10/6/22)
set during winter
IN THE NEWS
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice by Becky Monson (10/10/22)
sailing
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Crown of Shadows by K.M. Shea (10/6/22)
YA
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Alone Together by Lindsey jesIOnowski (10/13/22)
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
Christmas Baggage by Deborah M. Hathaway (10/23/22)
London
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Moving Target by Lynette Eason (10/18/22)
special agent
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
A Pumpkin and a Patch by Jennifer Peel (10/4/22)
cousins
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
Games in a Ballroom by Jentry Flint (10/13/22) - ribs
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
The Fenton Case by Diana Xarissa (10/13/22) - Published 9/16/2016
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
The Mostly Real McCoy by Julie Christianson (10/15/22)
office scene
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Her Last First Date by Jenny Proctor (10/11/22) - Los Angeles
Mod
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
11/11-15 Completed
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 12/12/2022
2. Best selling books
Read a book tagged Fiction.
Murder with Cherry Tarts by Karen Rose Smith 10/2/2022
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Single Dad's Triple Trouble by Fiona Lowe 10/10/2022
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book with snow on the cover (show cover).
by Debbie Dadey 10/21/2022IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name). Evelyn Christie
Murder at the Manor by Catherine Coles 12/16/2022
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Mary Ingalls on Her Own by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel 11/28/2022
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn 12/14/2022
✴️ Read a book set in London.
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay 11/28/2022
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a car on the cover (show cover)
by J. Gregory Smith 11/19/202214. October 29
✴️ Read a book set in Italy.
Aged for Death by Fiona Grace 12/19/2022
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA. Little Leaf Creek.
Chaos in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell 10/4/2022
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS:
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
11/15
Tasks:
🧙🏻♀️1. Film
✴️ Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine 10/13/22
🧙🏻♀️2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Word to the Wise - Jenn McKinlay 10/21/22
🧙🏻♀️3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
{M} Maddie Day - Batter Off Dead 10/06/22
🧙🏻♀️4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number. 595
Bayou Book Thief - Ellen Byron 10/01/22 {595 ratings}
🧙🏻♀️5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter.
Crimes and Covers - Amanda Flower 10/25/22 {set the week of Christmas}
IN THE NEWS
🍗6. January 1
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Postcards From Stella Maris: Five Liz Talbot Short Stories - Susan M. Boyer 11/16/22 {Elizabeth Talbot but she goes by Liz}
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
🧙🏻♀️8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names.
Leighann Dobbs - Halloween Party Murder 10/25/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
🧙🏻♀️11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where where two characters are cousins.
Fair Isle and Fortunes - Nancy Warren 10/31/22 {Lucy & Violet}
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
🍗13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
One for the Books - Jenn McKinlay 11/10/22 published September 1, 2020
🍗14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with an office scene in the book.
The Cure for What Ales You - Ellie Alexander 11/12/22 Pg.102
🧙🏻♀️15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
Caught Bread Handed - Ellie Alexander 10/18/22 {A - Ashland, OR}
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1908
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Mpg fantasy
Finished 25/10
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Asher's Answer
Anna Sparrows
Finished 2/10
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Finished 4/12
Set around Christmas= winter
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Mc Elias finished 4/10
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Mod
✅Done!!!✅A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1908
★★★Tasks: ★★★
1. Film
✴️The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
Author who uses initials instead of a first name Mixed Signals by B.K. Borison ★★★★ 10 October
✴️2. Best selling books
Adult Books: G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday; E. M. Forster – A Room with a View; Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA: L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz; Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows; Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables; Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
MPG Adventure Amari and the Great Game ★★★★ 5 October
✴️3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
author's first or last name begins with
✴️4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
A 0 or 9 in the book's ratings ~17,399~ The Light in Hidden Places ★★★ 14 November
✴️5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
Set during the winter Just Like Magic ★★★ 14 November
IN THE NEWS
✴️6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
A character whose first name begins with E ~Evelyn St. James~ In the Weeds ★★★★ 3 October
✴️7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
From the genre Children's Frankie & Bug ★★★★ 19 October
✴️8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
An author from the UK The Wedding Season ★★★★ 12 October
✴️9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
✴️10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
Set in Washington D.C. Golden Boys ★★★★ 28 November
✴️11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
Two characters are cousins Tumble ★★★ 14 October
✴️12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
A character that is a pilot OR a plane crash occurs The Nightingale ★★★★ 17 October
✴️13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
A car on the cover
★★★★ 2 November✴️14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
✴️15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
Location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA ~Virginia~
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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
FINISHED!!!!
Tasks:
✔1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 2 by A.J. Sherwood (10/1/2022)
✔2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Arcane Adversaries by Jess Faraday (11/11/2022)
✔3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Headstrong by Eden Finley (10/3/2022)
✔4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Murder in Pastel by Josh Lanyon (10/24/2022), 994 ratings
✔5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
Himbos, Homicide & Heels by Shane K. Morton (11/3/2022)
IN THE NEWS
✔6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe (10/6/2022), Everett Larkin
✔7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Coming Out at the Ball Game by Jax Calder (12/11/2022)
✔8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
Body Art by Jordan Castillo Price (10/21/2022)
✔9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
Sanguine Solutions by Jess Faraday (11/9/2022)
✔10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
A Changeling Christmas by Eli Easton (12/4/2022)
✔11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
How I stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 4 by A.J. Sherwood (11/6/2022)
✔12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
Ski Patrol by Lucy Lennox (11/3/2022)
✔13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
Ancient History by A.J. Truman (11/13/2022)
✔14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
Get It Together by Shelby Rhodes (10/14/2022)
✔15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Pride of Amsterdam by Elizabeth Coldwell (10/8/2022)
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908October 2022 - December 31, 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15 of 11-15 Complete
Tasks:
🔹 1. Film
Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
Blood Truth - J.R. Ward - 10/4/22
🔹 2. Best selling books
Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - 11/1/22 - Classics
🔹 3. Births
Read a whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Irresistibly Yours - Lauren Layne - 10/21/22
🔹4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
Play Dead - Anne Frasier - 12/12/22 - 11,980 ratings
🔹 5. The Year 1908
Read a book with snow on the cover (show cover).
Alaskan Holiday - Debbie Macomber - 11/14/22
IN THE NEWS
🔹6. January 1
Read a book with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
Desperation in Death - J.D. Robb - 10/22/22 - Eve
🔹7. January 24
✴Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Cherry Ames, Rural Nurse - Helen Wells - 12/6/22 - tagged Children's and YA
🔹8. May 26
Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names.
Bloodline - James Rollins - 11/15/22 - rOLlIns
09. July 13-25
🔹Read a book where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum).
One September Morning - Rosalind Noonan - 11/13/22 - OSM
🔹10. July 26
Read a book set in Washington D.C.
State of the Onion - Julie Hyzy - 12/25/22
🔹11. August 8
Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner.
Christmas Blizzard - Lexie Nicholas - 12/22/22 - Cassie works at the Magnolia Hills Inn and was responsible for taking out the trash, cleaning bathrooms, hanging linen and running the vacujm.
🔹12. September 17
Read a book where someone breaks their ribs or a leg .
Aftershock - Jill Sorenson - 11/29/22
🔹13. October 1
Read a book set in Michigan.
Starvation Lake - Bryan Gruley - 12/23/22
🔹14. October 29
Read a book set in Italy.
Murder on the Road - Adriana Licio - 11/27/22
🔹15. November 6
Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA.
Body Double - Tess Gerritsen - 10/24/22 - set in Boston
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 10/1/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Fantasy.
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood 10/4/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco 10/3/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number. (61890 ratings)
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson 10/1/22
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter.
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter 10/7/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat).
The Maze Cutter by James Dashner 10/5/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Holes by Louis Sachar 10/4/22
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made.
Rosebud by Paul Cornell 10/11/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London.
The Killing Kind by Jane Casey 10/8/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where a character has the title "special agent".
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming 10/17/22
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins.
Black Widows by Cate Quinn 10/10/22
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 10/14/22
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date. (January 1, 1970)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 10/2/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with an office scene.
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith 10/13/22
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book where there is a group of soldiers.
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor 10/12/22
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
0/6-10
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
Finished!A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Tasks:
1. Film
✴️ Read a book by an author who uses initials instead of a first name.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 10/1/22
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Fantasy.
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood 10/4/22
3. Births
✴️ Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco 10/3/22
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number. (61890 ratings)
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson 10/1/22
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter.
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter 10/7/22
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat).
The Maze Cutter by James Dashner 10/5/22
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book from the genre Children's or YA.
Holes by Louis Sachar 10/4/22
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made.
Rosebud by Paul Cornell 10/11/22
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London.
The Killing Kind by Jane Casey 10/8/22
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where a character has the title "special agent".
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming 10/17/22
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where two characters are cousins.
Black Widows by Cate Quinn 10/10/22
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot.
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill 10/14/22
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date. (January 1, 1970)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 10/2/22
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with an office scene.
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith 10/13/22
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book where there is a group of soldiers.
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor 10/12/22
The Lost ChallengesA Trip Down Memory Lane - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
Progress: 0 out of 15
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.
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1908
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
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Challenge Rules
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completedGoal | Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 15/15
1. Film
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
Treachery in Death, J.D. Robb | 10/5
2. Best selling books
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
Royally Remembered, Emma Chase | 10/10
3. Births
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson | 10/2
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings - 4.09
Take Me, Olivia Cunning | 10/1
5. The Year 1908
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).Incriminating Evidence, Rachel Grant | 10/6
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
✴️ Read a book where a character sails
Stardust, Neil Gaiman | 10/12
7. January 24
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
Betrayal, Ivy Smoak | 10/8
8. May 26
✴️ Read a book where the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names
Touch Me, OLIvia cunning | 10/17
9. July 13-25
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
Take Me, Olivia Cunning | 10/1
10. July 26
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
Fatal Justice, Marie Force | 10/13
11. August 8
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
The Guncle, Steven Rowley | 10/10
12. September 17
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot - space ship
Orphans of the Sky, Robert A. Heinlein | 10/21
13. October 1
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date. -
Oct 11, 2020
Elite, Ivy Smoak | 10/5
14. October 29
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
What I Did for Love, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | 10/15
15. November 6
✴️ Read a book where a character is killed but no body is found.
The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward | 10/12
The Lost Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
The Lost Ticket (other topics)Welcome to the School by the Sea (other topics)
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy (other topics)
Absence of Alice (other topics)
A Family for Christmas (other topics)
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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 - 1908
Duration: 1st October 2022 - 31st December 2022
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Tasks:
1. Film
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director.
✴️ Read a book with a woman's name in the title OR by an author who uses initials instead of a first name OR where a film is being made.
2. Best selling books
Adult Books
G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday
E. M. Forster – A Room with a View
Mary Roberts Rinehart – The Circular Staircase
Children's/YA
L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Kenneth Grahame – The Wind in the Willows
Lucy Maud Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly Pudding
✴️ Read a book with a MPG Adventure, Animals, Canada, Classics, Cultural, Fantasy, Fiction, Gothic, Historical, Italy, Mystery, Picture Books or Short Stories.
3. Births
March 22 – Louis L'Amour, American author
May 28 – Ian Fleming, English espionage novelist
August 21 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-born English novelist and autobiographer
November 21 – Elizabeth George Speare, American children's writer
✴️ Read a book by Louis L'Amour, Ian Fleming, M. M. Kaye or Elizabeth George Speare OR whose author's first or last name begins with E, F, I, K, L, M or S.
4. U.S. Population - 90 Million
✴️ Read a book that has a 0 or 9 in the book's ratings. Tell us the number.
5. The Year 1908
According to NASA reports, 1908 was the coldest recorded year since 1880.
✴️ Read a book set during the winter OR where there is a heavy snowfall in the story OR with snow on the cover (show cover).
IN THE NEWS
6. January 1
The British Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the Nimrod for Antarctica.
✴️ Read a book where a character sails (can be any trip on a good sized boat) OR set in New Zealand OR with a character whose first name begins with E (tell us their name).
7. January 24
Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys begins publication in London. The book eventually sells over 100 million copies, and effectively begins the worldwide Boy Scout movement.
✴️ Read a book with the words BOY SCOUT in the title or series name OR on a list with the words BOY or SCOUT on it - tell us the list's name OR from the genre Children's or YA.
8. May 26
At Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil discovery in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
✴️ Read a book where a discovery is made OR the letters OIL (in any order) can be found in the author's names OR by an author from the UK.
9. July 13-25
The 1908 Summer Olympics are held in London, originally scheduled to be in Rome, but changed due to the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 1906.
✴️ Read a book set in London OR where the first letter of each title word is in MOUNT VESUVIUS (two word minimum) OR where a volcano erupts.
10. July 26
United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
✴️ Read a book where the main character works for the FBI OR where a character has the title "special agent" OR set in Washington D.C.
11. August 8
The Hoover Company of Canton, Ohio, acquires manufacturing rights to the upright portable vacuum cleaner just invented by James M. Spangler.
✴️ Read a book where a character uses a vacuum cleaner OR where two characters are cousins OR with a vacuum cleaner on the cover (show cover).
12. September 17
At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.
✴️ Read a book with a character that is a pilot OR where someone breaks their ribs or a leg OR where a plane crash occurs.
13. October 1
Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at $850.
✴️ Read a book set in Michigan OR with a car on the cover (show cover) OR with a 0, 5 or 8 in the publication date.
14. October 29
Olivetti, the well known typewriter and business equipment company, is founded in Italy.
✴️ Read a book with a typewriter on the cover (show cover) OR with an office scene in the book OR set in Italy.
15. November 6
Western bandits Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers.
✴️ Read a book whose location begins with a letter in BOLIVIA OR with a scene where there is a group of soldiers OR where a character is killed but no body is found.
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