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Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge: Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*
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Just to shake things up a bit more and keep them really random, I'm throwing caution...and my OCD...to the wind for this challenge. Your prompts will be given to you in random orders, with everyone following a different path. I'll be tracking your prompts on a separate spreadsheet to make sure we don't miss one.
If you would like to pick your starting place, tell me your favorite number between 1 and 72 before March 31st.
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Some cats are allergic to people.
FYI for all you people allergic to cats: they might be allergic to you, too! It's pretty uncommon due to the fact that we bathe ourselves more often than other species and don't shed as much hair or dead skin, but yes, it does happen.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐈 1. Read a book with a cat on the cover.
🐈 2. Read a book where someone takes a bath or a shower.
🐈 3. Read a book with all the letters of ALLERGIC found in the title/subtitle.
🐈 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #7: Allergic Cats
BOOK: ➤ Wicche Hunt
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/01/25
PAGES/RATING: 334 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🐈 4. Read a book with the word HAIR or SKIN found in the text.
HOW IT FITS: She talks about her hair a lot, such as
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was the weirdo with long, curly hair that was a mélange of
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The Mud-Pit Belly Flop is one of the biggest events that takes place during the ‘Redneck Games.'
The event, of course, takes place in a giant mud pit and the crowd gathered to watch chooses the winner by judging who can make the biggest, muddiest splash. The winner receives a trophy – always featuring a smashed beer can.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👀 1. Read a book where the MC drinks a beer.
👀 2. Read a book with a crowd, more than 4 people, on the cover.
👀 3. Read a book where someone wins a trophy.
👀 4. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK.
COMPLETION POST
Ridiculously Random Prompt #30: Mud-Pit Belly Flop
BOOK: ➤ Wicching Hour
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/02/25
PAGES/RATING: 389 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 👀 4. Read a book where the title ENDS with a letter in REDNECK.
HOW IT FITS:
Ends in R
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The Oscars used to give out an award to child performers.
The award show discontinued the Academy Juvenile Award in 1960 after famous names like Shirley Temple and Judy Garland nabbed the honor. Also no longer on the ballot? Best Dance Direction and Best Title Writing.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏆 1. Read a book with something gold on the cover.
🏆 2. Read a book that has won an award.
🏆 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in OSCARS.
🏆 4. Read a book where a character acts, dances, or writes.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #22: The Oscars
BOOK: ➤ The Haunting of Hill House
AUTHOR: Shirley Jackson
DATE READ: 04/04/25
PAGES/RATING: 182 | ☆☆☆☆☆
TASK: 📔🏆 4. Read a book where a character acts, dances, or writes.
HOW IT FITS:
Eleanor dances
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The Northern cardinal is the most popular state bird.
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all picked it as their favorite species. The western meadowlark takes second place as the honoree in six other states.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
♥️ 1. Read a book with a bird on the cover.
♥️ 2. Read a book set in any of the states listed above.
♥️ 3. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in SPECIES.
♥️ 4. Read a book with a 6 in the page count.
COMPLETION POST
The Northern cardinal
BOOK: ➤ The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/06/25
PAGES/RATING: 317 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 ♥️ 3. Read a book where the title does NOT start with a letter in SPECIES.
HOW IT FITS:
Starts with T
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Cycleball is also known as “Radball” and is essentially a game of football (or ‘soccer’ depending on which country you’re from) played on bicycles.
Unlike traditional football, however, players use the bike to control, flick, and move the ball into the opposing team’s goal. The bikes used have fixed gears with no brakes and there tends to be 2 players on each team.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🚴♀️ 1. Read a book with two main/major characters.
🚴♀️ 2. Read a book that has also been known by another title.
🚴♀️ 3. Read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
🚴♀️ 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS.
COMPLETION POST
Ridiculously Random Prompt #18: Cycleball
BOOK: ➤ 14
AUTHOR: Peter Clines
DATE READ: 04/06/25
PAGES/RATING: 387 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🚴♀️ 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS.
HOW IT FITS:
P is not found in FIXED GEARS
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The largest known living organism is an aspen grove.
Pando (Latin for "I spread out") is a group of genetically identical quaking aspens in Utah with an interconnected root system. It's an estimated 80,000 years old and takes up more than 100 acres.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🟡 1. Read a book set in Utah.
🟡 2. Read a book with more than 80,000 ratings.
🟡 3. Read a book with more than 100 reviews.
🟡 4. Read a book with a mostly yellow cover. {Your discretion.}
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #14: An Aspen Grove
BOOK: ➤ The Wicche Glass Tavern
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/08/25
PAGES/RATING: 299 |
TASK: 📔 🟡 3. Read a book with more than 100 reviews.
HOW IT FITS:
131 reviews
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Not every Model T was black.
For the first few years of production, Ford's famous car came in gray, green, blue and red. It was only after 1914 that customers could order "any color so long as it is black," as the dark paint dried faster than other hues.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⚫️ 1. Read a book with a car on the cover.
⚫️ 2. Read a book with a color in the title.
⚫️ 3. Read a book with BLACK, GRAY, GREEN, BLUE, or RED found in the text.
⚫️ 4. Read a book with at least two of these numbers found in the page count/publication date: 1, 9, 1, 4.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #38: Model T
BOOK: ➤ The Viper's Nest Roadhouse & Cafe
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/13/25
PAGES/RATING: 288 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 ⚫️ 3. Read a book with BLACK, GRAY, GREEN, BLUE, or RED found in the text.
HOW IT FITS:
Page 2
gray eyes and burnished hair. He wore a black t-shirt
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The longest wedding veil was longer than 63 football fields.
If you thought Meghan Markle's wedding veil was long, get this: there's a woman in Cyprus who set the Guinness World Record for the longest wedding veil. How long was it, you ask? Nearly 23,000 feet, which is the same length as about 63.5 football fields.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👰🏻♀️ 1. Read a book with something related to a bride on the cover.
👰🏻♀️ 2. Read a book where someone gets married.
👰🏻♀️ 3. Read a book that is long - more than 400 pages.
👰🏻♀️ 4. Read a book with a 6 and a 3 in the total number of reviews.
COMPLETION POST
Prompt 5
BOOK: ➤ Soulless
AUTHOR: Gail Carriger
DATE READ: 04/15/25
PAGES/RATING: 357 |
TASK: 📔 👰🏻♀️ 2. Read a book where someone gets married.
HOW IT FITS:
The MC's Alexia and Macron get married
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The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields!
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
#️⃣ 1. Read a book with an MPG of MYSTERY.
#️⃣ 2. Read a book with an 8 in the page count.
#️⃣ 3. Read a book with all the letters of THORPE in the title.
#️⃣ 4. Read a book with the word VILLAGE found in the text.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #1: Octothorpe
BOOK: ➤ The Bloody Ruin Asylum
AUTHOR: Seana Kelly
DATE READ: 04/15/25
PAGES/RATING: 268 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 #️⃣ 2. Read a book with an 8 in the page count.
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The speed of a computer mouse is measured in "Mickeys."
A British scientist first invented the roller-ball device in 1946 while working for the Royal Navy, but the word "mouse" didn't get coined until 1965.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🖱 1. Read a book published or set between 1946 and 1965.
🖱 2. Read a book with a scientist character.
🖱 3. Read a book with the word MOUSE found in the text.
🖱 4. Read a book that seemed to speed by.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #34: Mouse SpeedCOMPLETION POST
BOOK: ➤ I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls
AUTHOR: Ben Farthing
DATE READ: 04/18/25
PAGES/RATING: 160 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🖱 4. Read a book that seemed to speed by.
HOW IT FITS:
Fast and short book
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Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.
The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #43: Lincoln Logs
BOOK: ➤ Murder by Cheesecake
AUTHOR: Rachel Ekstrom Courage
DATE READ: 04/19/25
PAGES/RATING: 336 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
HOW IT FITS:
Rachel Ekstrom Courage
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Zorbing is considered a recreational sport that involves rolling down a hill in a transparent plastic orb – essentially a “hamster ball."
It is generally used on hills, but can also be used on water, as well as flat surfaces. Orbs with no harnesses can carry up to three people, whereas a harnessed orb can only carry 1 or 2.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐹 1. Read a book with a Z in the title.
🐹 2. Read a book with something made of plastic on the cover.
🐹 3. Read a book with the word TRANSPARENT found in the text.
🐹 4. Read a book where the author's last name ENDS with a letter in HAMSTER.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #72: Zorbing
BOOK: ➤ Pressure
AUTHOR: Brian Keene
DATE READ: 04/20/25
PAGES/RATING: 288 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 🐹 4. Read a book where the author's last name ENDS with a letter in HAMSTER.
HOW IT FITS:
Ends in E
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We're all stars.
Okay, technically we're all made of stardust, but that's still pretty cool. Recent research found that humans and the galaxy share 97% of the same kind of atoms.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🌌 1. Read a book with a nighttime scene on the cover.
🌌 2. Read a book where the word STAR is found in the text.
🌌 3. Read a book with a 9 OR a 7 found in the page count.
🌌 4. Read a book with an MPG of NON-FICTION.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #53: Stardust
BOOK: ➤ The Boy Who Loved Batman
AUTHOR: Michael E. Uslan
DATE READ: 04/24/25
PAGES/RATING: 256 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🌌 4. Read a book with an MPG of NON-FICTION.
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Worm Charming is a competitive sport with the aim of attracting earthworms out of the ground.
The competitor that charms the most worms within a set period of time and a set zone on the ground wins. In 2009, Sophie Smith of England (aged 10) set the world record with 567 worms.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪱 1. Read a book where the title contains an -ing word.
🪱 2. Read a book with an author who has the same first and last initials.
🪱 3. Read a book published before 2009.
🪱 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WORM.
COMPLETION POST
BOOK: ➤ THE MUMMY CASE
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Peters
DATE READ: 04/26/25
PAGES/RATING: 327 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 🪱 3. Read a book published before 2009.
HOW IT FITS:
1985
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A baby puffin is called a "puffling."
To feed its chick, a puffin parent will carry around 10 fish in its beak at one time, but the biggest recorded haul is a whopping 62 fish, according to Audubon Project Puffin.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐠 1. Read a book with a bird on the cover.
🐠 2. Read a book where the MC is a parent.
🐠 3. Read a book with a 6 and a 2 in the page count.
🐠 4. Read a book with all the letters of PUFFIN found in the title/subtitle.
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BOOK: ➤ A VIsion a Day Keeps the Killer Away
AUTHOR: Kelly Hashway
DATE READ: 05/02/25
PAGES/RATING: 206 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🐠 3. Read a book with a 6 and a 2 in the page count.
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The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.
Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
📸 1. Read a book set in Australia.
📸 2. Read a book where one book seems to mimic another in plot or design.
📸 3. Read a book with a piece of machinery on the cover.
📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
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BOOK: ➤ Dead Famous
AUTHOR: Kate Allenton
DATE READ: 05/03/25
PAGES/RATING: 125 |
TASK: 📔 📸 4. Read a book with the word CAR or CAMERA found in the text.
HOW IT FITS:
pg count not listed - estranged, and we were told he died in a car bomb. The heat from the accelerant incinerate
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Chocolate is (kinda) a fruit.
In more great chocolate news, the cocoa powder that goes into our fave best dark chocolate bars comes from the "beans" — or fruit of the cacao tree.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
❓1. Read a book with a brown cover. {Your discretion.}
❓2. Read a book with all the letters of CACAO found in the title.
❓3. Read a book with the word BEANS found in the text.
❓4. Read a book where a character gets great news.
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BOOK: ➤ Wrong Number
AUTHOR: R.L. Stine
DATE READ: 05/04/25
PAGES/RATING: 165 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔❓4. Read a book where a character gets great news.
HOW IT FITS:
Innocence is cleared for an MC
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The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn — chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.
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Ridiculously Random Prompt #10: National Animal of Scotland
BOOK: ➤ The Godfather: A Film We Can't Refuse
AUTHOR: Paramount Pictures
DATE READ: 05/06/25
PAGES/RATING: 290 | ★★★★☆
TASK: 📔 🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.
HOW IT FITS:
R / Rebecca
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The famous Tuna Toss is held as part of the Tunarama Festival in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in celebration of the local fishing industry. The event was first held in 1979, and is still going strong.
The competition is to throw a tuna as far as possible. Originally, a fresh tuna fish was used. Since 2008, competitors throw a weighted, plastic tuna in the initial heats. In the finals, they use a frozen 9 or 10kg Southern Bluefin Tuna, with a rope handle threaded through its gills. No fish are killed for the competition, only undersized fish that have died naturally are used.
The most successful competitors use a hammer throwing technique, spinning several times before unleashing the tuna. The current record for the longest throw is held by Australian Olympic hammer thrower, Sean Carlin, who threw 37.23 meters in 1998. Carlin also holds the Australian hammer throw record. The women's record of 22.15m was set in 2002 by hammer thrower Brook Kruger. The winners take home $1,000, and second place wins $500.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐟 1. Read a book set at least partially in Australia.
🐟 2. Read a book published since 2008.
🐟 3. Read a book where a character eats any kind of fish.
🐟 4. Read a book where the MC or the author is named Sean or Brook. {spelling variations accepted}
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BOOK: ➤ Deadly Ties
AUTHOR: Kate Allenton
DATE READ: 05/06/25
PAGES/RATING: 192 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🐟 2. Read a book published since 2008.
HOW IT FITS:
Published 2018
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The way you eat Oreos says something about your personality.
Kraft Foods once surveyed hundreds of Oreo eaters and sussed it out: Biters are easy-going and self-confident, while dunkers displayed more energetic and adventurous qualities. Twisters, on the other hand, are sensitive and trendy.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥛 1. Read a book with something sweet on the cover.
🥛 2. Read a book with a character you would consider trendy.
🥛 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in KRAFT FOODS.
🥛 4. Read a book with either of these words found in the text: BITE, DUNK, or TWIST.
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BOOK: ➤ Stinetinglers 2: 10 MORE New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
AUTHOR: R.L. Stine
DATE READ: 05/09/25
PAGES/RATING: 400 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🥛 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in KRAFT FOODS.
HOW IT FITS:
Starts with S
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Like Arm Wrestling or Thumb Wrestling, Toe Wrestling involves two competitors who lock bare feet in an attempt to pin the other person’s foot to the ground for at least 3 seconds.
There tends to be 3 rounds played with the winner having the best 2 out of 3.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👣 1. Read a book where a character does something you think is gross.
👣 2. Read a book where toes/feet are visible on the cover.
👣 3. Read a book you would rate between 2 and 3 stars.
👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.
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BOOK: ➤ The Lake of Lost Girls
AUTHOR: Katherine Greene
DATE READ: 05/10/25
PAGES/RATING: 320 | ☆☆☆☆☆
TASK: 📔 👣 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in TOE and ends with a letter in WRESTLING.
HOW IT FITS:
Starts with T and ends with S
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Popular at lumberjack competitions, Axe Throwing is a sport in which players throw an axe at a target, attempting to reach the bulls-eye.
On the target, the outside ring is worth 1 point, the second ring is worth 2 points, and so on with the bulls-eye worth 5 points. In a game, each player is allowed 5 throws with a maximum of 25 points possible.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪓 1. Read a book with all the letters of AXE in the title.
🪓 2. Read a book with a 25 intact in the page count or publication date.
🪓 3. Read a book a round object, like a target, on the cover.
🪓 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in LUMBERJACK.
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BOOK: ➤ October Fest
AUTHOR: Jess Lourey
DATE READ: 05/16/25
PAGES/RATING: 234 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🪓 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in LUMBERJACK.
HOW IT FITS:
Mira is her First name
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Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
While more people speak English as a second language, nearly three times more people speak Mandarin Chinese natively.
English has nearly two billion people learning it as a second language and only 350 million people speaking it natively.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🗣 1. Read a book where the MC could be speaking English as a second language.
🗣 2. Read a book with all the letters of MANDARIN found in the title.
🗣 3. Read a book with more than 350 pages.
🗣 4. Read a book with the word NATIVE found in the text.
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BOOK: ➤ Hijack the Seas
AUTHOR: Karen Chance
DATE READ: 12/30/99
PAGES/RATING: 475 | ★★★☆☆
TASK: 📔 🗣 3. Read a book with more than 350 pages.
Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge
Individual, Open-Ended
April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2027
You know how most reading challenges you join have some type of theme or main idea, kind of like the books themselves? Well, this one...not so much! We'll look at Crown Jewels, Greasy Pole Climbing, Model Ts, Zorbing, and anything and everything in between. So buckle up for the ride and enjoy!
Each time you satisfy a task, make a post here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use the following example for your Completion Post.
Prompt # / Name: {For example: #1: Octothorpe}
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions about this challenge, please post them in the Ridiculously Random Q&A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘 I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘 Your first prompt will be posted on April 1, 2025.
📘 Books must be completed after the task has been posted. For example, if your task is posted on 4-15, you can't use a book you completed on 4-14.
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If a set of tasks is too difficult or just out of your comfort zone, you have 4 SKIPS to use in this challenge. In order to use a SKIP, read any book that meets the Standard Book Qualifications for Hooked on Books. The link is in the Challenge Rules above. Simply list SKIP on the Task line.