The Lost Challenges

message 1: by Genevieve (new)

Apr 30, 2025 10:14AM

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So many died in 2024 so this is part 2 of those who died in 2024.

Level 1: 30 tasks 05/01/2025 - 11/30/2025
Level 2: 60 tasks 05/01/2025- 4/30/2026
Level 3: 90 tasks 05/01/2025 - 11/30/2026

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons (July 12, 1948 – July 13, 2024) was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his television show, The Richard Simmons Show and later the Sweatin' to the Oldies line of aerobics videos. He was born in New Orleans and died at his home in LA.
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
James Barrie Sikking (March 5, 1934 – July 13, 2024) was an American actor, best known for his roles as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s television series Hill Street Blues and David Howser on Doogie Howser, M.D. He was born in L.A. and served in the U.S. army. He was married twice and had two children. He worked to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

3. Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (September 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024) was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television. He was born in Illinois and was educated at Catholic schools and had four children.
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
Abdul Kareem "Duke" Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble under that name from 1953 until shortly before his death. He was the group's last surviving original member. He was born and died In Detroit Michigan.
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She rose to prominence for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films. She was born in Wisconsin and had 2 spouses and 3 children.
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was an American media personality, writer, film producer, and the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show. The television program, later known simply as Donahue, was the first popular talk show to feature a format that included audience participation. The show had a 29-year run on national television that began in Dayton, Ohio, in 1967 and ended in New York City in 1996.
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
Sidney Raymond Eudy (December 16, 1960 – August 26, 2024) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling under the ring names Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid. He was born in Washington and died in Arkansas. He was married with two children.
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (October 15, 1953 – September 15, 2024) was a founding member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons), a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s. In 2001, Jackson reunited with his brothers on Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary concert special at Madison Square Garden. Tito Jackson began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician. He was nominated for a Grammy Award three times, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Jackson 5.
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
Donald Drake Hogestyn ( September 29, 1953 – September 28, 2024) was an American actor best known for his long-running role as John Black on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives. He was born in Indianna and went to college in Florida on a baseball scholarship. He was then drafted by two professional baseball organizations: the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. Hogestyn signed with the Yankees and played third base for one of their farm teams until he was injured in 1977.
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style. Some of his most famous songs include "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which became hits for other artists. Kristofferson was also a member of the country music supergroup the Highwaymen
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
John Allen Amos Jr. (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Captain Meissner in Lock Up and Major Grant in Die Hard 2. He is also known as the adult Kunta Kinte in the landmark miniseries Roots and for portraying James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times. He also played football for many teams and was a social worker in New York City.
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.

12, Frank Fritz
Frank Fritz was a television personality and former co-host of American Pickers on The History Channel. The show followed Fritz and his co-host, Mike Wolfe, as they traveled the country searching for antiques and artifacts to sell or keep for their personal collections. Fritz was known as "the bearded charmer" for his endless pursuit of vintage motorcycles and bikes. In July 2021, The History Channel announced Fritz's departure from the show.
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
Emily Drinkard (September 30, 1933 – October 7, 2024), known professionally as Cissy Houston, was an American soul and gospel singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in the family gospel group, The Drinkard Singers. After initially joining her nieces' group the Gospelaires for a session with Ronnie Hawkins in 1961, Houston gradually took control of the group, which revamped into "The Group". She eventually founded the girl group The Sweet Inspirations in 1967 and that year signed a contract with Atlantic Records.
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.

14. Mike Bullard
Michael John Bullard (June 12, 1957 – October 11, 2024) was a Canadian stand-up comic and broadcaster. He was the host of two late-night talk shows, Open Mike with Mike Bullard on CTV from 1997 to 2003 and The Mike Bullard Show on the Global Television Network from 2003 to 2004. From 2010 to 2016, he hosted Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard weekdays at noon on Toronto radio station CFRB (Newstalk 1010).
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
Liam James Payne (29 August 1993 – 16 October 2024) was an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of the pop band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Payne twice appeared as a solo auditionee on the British television series The X Factor in 2008 and 2010; in the latter, he was invited to join One Direction alongside fellow contestants, placing third and later achieving global success.
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.

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Apr 30, 2025 10:15AM

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16. Michael Newman
Michael Newman (April 26, 1957 – October 20, 2024) was an American lifeguard, retired firefighter and actor known for his role of Michael "Newmie" Newman on Baywatch. Newman was born in San Francisco, California. Both during and after working on Baywatch, he advocated for education around water safety and first aid, including times that people credited him and Baywatch for giving them the knowledge of how to act in an emergency. After leaving the show, he worked with environmental groups to improve the water quality at beaches.
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.

17. Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce Ely (June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024) was an American actor and novelist, best known for portraying Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series of the same name and playing the lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981.
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
Terry Ann Garr (December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024), known for her comedic roles in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s, she often played women struggling to cope with the life-changing experiences of the people around her. She received nominations for her performance in Tootsie. In her youth, Garr trained in ballet and other forms of dance. She began her career as a teenager with small roles in television and film in the early 1960s, including appearances as a dancer in nine Elvis Presley musicals.
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received many accolades. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between Frank Sinatra and the jazz artist Count Basie.
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
harles Herbert Woolery (March 16, 1941 – November 23, 2024) was an American television host, actor, and musician. He had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune. After leaving Wheel of Fortune, Woolery hosted a number of other game shows including Love Connection, Scrabble, Greed and Lingo. Woolery's musical career includes several advertising jingles, a top-40 pop hit with the psychedelic pop duo The Avant-Garde, and a number of country music releases. In the 2010s, Woolery also hosted a political podcasting series.
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
Dayle Haddon (May 26, 1948 – December 27, 2024) was a Canadian model and actress, known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L'Oréal and appeared on the covers of many top fashion and beauty magazines, as well as the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1973. Additionally, she was credited as the author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being. Haddon also served as a wellness contributor to CBS News. Haddon married French businessman Glenn Souham, who was murdered because of his believed connections to the Iran-Contra affair. They had one daughter, journalist and producer Ryan Haddon. Haddon died at her daughter's property due to carbon monoxide poisoning in December 2024.
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
Gregory Girard Gumbel (May 3, 1946 – December 27, 2024) was an American television sportscaster. He was best known for his various assignments for CBS Sports (most notably, the National Football League and NCAA basketball). He became the first African-American announcer to call play-by-play of a major sports championship in the United States when he announced Super Bowl XXXV for the CBS network in 2001. Until 2023, Gumbel was the studio host for CBS' men's college basketball coverage and was a play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL on CBS.
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.

23, Charles Shyer
Charles Richard Shyer (October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024) was an American filmmaker. Shyer's films are mainly comedies, often with a romcom overtone. His writing-directing credits include Private Benjamin, Irreconcilable Differences Baby Boom, Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap, The Affair of the Necklace and Alfie. His father worked with D.W. Griffith and was one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America.
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
Alfa Anderson (September 7, 1946 – December 17, 2024) was an American singer and educator, best known as one of the lead vocalists of the 1970s band Chic. She first started out as a studio backup singer and was encourged to tryout for a backup singer to the newly formed group Chic and when one of the lead singers left Alfa moved in as a lead singer. She had a degree and two masters in education. . In the 1990s, she became a principal at El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice High School in Brooklyn, New York.
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
Sophie Anna Hediger (14 December 1998 – 23 December 2024) was a Swiss snowboarder. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, in women's snowboard cross, and in the mixed team snowboard cross. Hediger died in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, on 23 December 2024, at the age of 26. It was reported that she and an acquaintance were on the Black Diamond slope that was closed at the time due to avalanche risks
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
Jill Jacobson (May 21, 1954 – December 8, 2024) was an American actress of film, television, primetime soap opera, stage, and standup, best known for her television performances. She started her career in the 1970s, portraying the titular character in Nurse Sherri in 1977. Jacobson's credits include Days of Our Lives,, Newhart, Castle, Harper Valley PTA, Falcon Crest, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, Who's the Boss?, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Splash. In addition to acting, Jacobson also performed stand-up comedy routines and appeared on stage at The Improv in Los Angeles, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory.[
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
Michael Cole (July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024) was an American actor best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad. Michael said he slept under a freeway bridge when he first arrived in Hollywood. Later on, a huge Mod Squad billboard happened to be erected on the same freeway bridge, where Michael had once camped below.
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr.[1][2] (June 7, 1943 – December 9, 2024) was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. She is one of the world's best-known African-American poets. She won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal and the NAACP Image Award. Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the "Poet of the Black Revolution".
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
Mark Fred Withers (June 25, 1947 – November 22, 2024) was an American actor who was born in Binghamton, New York. Withers portrayed Ted Dinard, the ill-fated gay lover of Steven Carrington during the 1981 first season of the prime time soap opera Dynasty. Other television credits include Wonder Woman; The Greatest American Hero; Magnum, P.I.; The Dukes of Hazzard; Hart to Hart; Remington Steele; Hotel; Dallas; L.A. Law; Matlock; The King of Queens and Frasier.
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE (10 May 1933 – 24 November 2024) was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. She wrote 40 novels, often about young women of humble beginnings who rise through their hard work in business. Ten of her books were also adapted as television miniseries and television movies.
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.

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message 4: by Caraina (last edited Jul 28, 2025 01:10PM) (new)

Apr 30, 2025 10:34AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 30/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year. Love, Eternally - Morgan O'Neill 5/2/25 (Published on July 2, 2012)

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel, #2) by Emily Giffin

Something Blue - Emily Giffin 5/1/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series. The Unlucky Ones - Hannah Morrissey 5/8/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is owner of something. Let Me Show You - Alexandria House 5/3/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS. When in Rome - Sarah Adams 5/1/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John. The Best Wrong Move - Lily Parker 7/27/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum). Sinister Magic - Lindsay Buroker 6/15/25 (Seattle, Washington)

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON. Blood Test - Jonathan Kellerman 5/23/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera. Bat Boy - Christina Lee 6/12/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom) Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates - Eric Jay Dolin 7/26/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots. Let Me Hold You - Alexandria House 5/3/25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard. Savannah Breeze - Mary Kay Andrews 5/4/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES. The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff 5/12/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood 5/12/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show. On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn 5/19/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency. The Upper Room - Mary Monroe 5/24/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant. Private Rio - James Patterson 5/8/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE. Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier - Timothy J. Shannon 5/31/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum) Every Crooked Nanny - Kathy Hogan Trocheck 5/5/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

Someone Like Us - Dinaw Mengestu 6/25/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year. Murder is a Piece of Cake - Valerie Burns 5/7/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character. Mrs. Wiggins - Mary Monroe 5/2/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

When I'm Dead (Black Harbor, #3) by Hannah Morrissey

When I'm Dead - Hannah Morrissey 5/7/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC. Half a King - Joe Abercrombie 5/14/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #). Let Me Love You - Alexandria House 5/2/25 (pg. 3 – “You were late?” Shirl asked, her eyes on her diamond drenched work again.)

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich 5/17/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover. Funny Story - Emily Henry 7/20/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens. Fortune's Pawn - Rachel Bach 5/20/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover. A Darker Mischief - Derek Milman 7/11/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series. Spring at Blueberry Bay - Holly Martin 5/6/25

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message 5: by JoAnne (last edited Jul 24, 2025 07:56AM) (new)

Apr 30, 2025 02:17PM

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Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
Level 1: 30 tasks
Read: 30/30

TASKS
1. Richard Simmons
🌟 Read a book published in July of any year.
published July 23, 2024 The Forbidden Sawyer Bennett 6/16/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a doctor.
Ike Songer Home for the Holidays Sara Richardson 5/8/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book that is fourth in a series.
The Day He Let Go Elana Johnson 5/15/25 (Hawthorne Harbor #4)

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟 Read a book where a character is co-owner of something.
A Pinch of Salt Bethany Lopez 5/31/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
Hot Property Susanne O'Leary 5/29/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book that is a first in a series.
Corpse at a Cape Cod Inn Angela K. Ryan 5/19/25 (Cape Cod Cozy Mystery #1)

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book set in Arkansas.
Hooked By Love Katharine E. Hamilton 7/15/25

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Holiday in the Hamptons Sarah Morgan 5/27/25 (From Manhattan with Love #5)

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball.
The One for Me Corinne Michaels 7/24/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who helps another make it through the night.
Harrison and Daniella The Magic of Summer Leeanna Morgan 6/13/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book where a character goes looking for their roots.
Whiskey Chaser Lucy Score 5/19/25

12. Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book with a character with a beard.
Small Town Christmas Olivia Miles 5/11/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials cad in GOSPELAIRES.
From Grumpy to Forever Elena Aitken 5/16/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book with a character called Mike.
A Stitch in Time Leeanna Morgan 5/28/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book with a direction word in the title.
The River Runs South Audrey Ingram 6/7/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover.

The Night We Lost Him Laura Dave 5/4/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man.
Desolation Mountain William Kent Krueger 6/27/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟 Read a book where a character struggles with a life change.
Beautifully Broken Pieces Catherine Cowles 5/6/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES.
Now or Never Janet Evanovich 5/30/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book with a wheel on the cover.

The Day He Asked Again (Hawthorne Harbor #6) by Elana Johnson

The Day He Asked Again Elana Johnson 5/24/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book published in December of any year.
published December 11, 2023 Finding the Road to Us Carrie Ann Ryan 6/9/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟 Read a book where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order.
The Day He Left Town Elana Johnson 5/11/25

23. Charles Shyer
🌟 Read a book where the MC is a father.
The Feud Sawyer Bennett 6/6/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band.
Dying to Meet You Sarina Bowen 5/17/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟 Read a book where the word diamond can be found in the text.
p 11 ...business were smooth, greasy from lotion, and sporting a diamond ring or two. Seaside Cowboy's Marriage of Convenience Alexa Verde 5/18/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a nurse.
The Day He Came Home Elana Johnson 5/20/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless.
Whiskey River Runaway Justine Davis 5/9/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a revolution happens.
The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 6/10/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book with a character called Ted (Teddy).
Summer Light on Nantucket Nancy Thayer 5/22/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman.
Wind River Wrangler Lindsay McKenna 5/5/25

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message 6: by Kimberly (new)

Apr 30, 2025 02:20PM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 0/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.

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message 7: by Denise (last edited Aug 17, 2025 08:48PM) (new)

Apr 30, 2025 02:30PM

TASKS part 1 5/1-11/30/26 90 tasks

1. Richard Simmons
Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons (July 12, 1948 – July 13, 2024) was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his television show, The Richard Simmons Show and later the Sweatin' to the Oldies line of aerobics videos. He was born in New Orleans and died at his home in LA.
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🩷🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett 30 May doc and cancer

3. Bob Newhart
🩷🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
The Quiet American Graham Greene 17 Jun Catholic

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🩷🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.
We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo 23 Jun Michigan 50%

5. Gena Rowlands
🩷🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon 15 Jun initials

6. Phil Donahue
🩷🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
Impulse Ellen Hopkins 2 Jul series #1

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
Sidney Raymond Eudy (December 16, 1960 – August 26, 2024) was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), wrestling under the ring names Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid. He was born in Washington and died in Arkansas. He was married with two children.
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🩷🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
Three Apples Fell from the Sky Narine Abgaryan 22 Jun initials NA

9. Drake Hogestyn
🩷🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters 25 Jun scholarship

10. Kris Kristofferson
🩷🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
Daughter of Fire Sofia Robleda 5 Jun (outlaw)

11. John Amos
🩷🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
The Wangs vs. the World Jade Chang 6 Jun (roots)

12, Frank Fritz
💜🩷🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines Sam Stall 22 Jun history
Sandwich: A Global History Bee Wilson 2 Jul history

13. Cissy Houston
🩷🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
James Percival Everett 16 Jul Initials PE

14. Mike Bullard
🩷🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.
Anne of Avonlea L.M. Montgomery 24 May

15. Liam Payne
🩷🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams 17 Jul (England)

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message 8: by Denise (last edited Sep 01, 2025 05:35PM) (new)

Apr 30, 2025 02:30PM

TASKS part 2
16. Michael Newman
🩷🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams 21 Jul Emergency

17. Ron Ely
🩷🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
The Razor’s Edge W. Somerset Maugham 25 Jul MC male

18. Terri Garr
💜🩷🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return Marjane Satrapi 25 Jun life change
My Ántonia Willa Cather 14 Aug Life change

19. Quincy Jones
🩷🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)
The Garden Party and Other Stories Katherine Mansfield 23 May

20. Chuck Woolery
💜🩷🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros 27 Jul Game played
Three Days in June Anne Tyler 30 Aug Wedding is hosted

21. Dayle Haddon
🩷🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
The Missing Half Ashley Flowers 4 Aug Murder

🩷22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup J.L. Carr 24 Aug (tagged sports)

23, Charles Shyer
🩷🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.
The Humans Matt Haig 10 Aug (father)

24. Alfa Anderson
💜🩷🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky 26 Jun High School
How Proust Can Change Your Life Alain de Botton 22 Jul (H)

25. Sophie Hediger
🩷🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann 25 Jul

26. Jill Jacobson
💜🩷🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.
Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor 10 Jun sci fi
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs Dave Barry 30 Aug (laugh)

🩷27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks 9 Aug Michael

28. Nikki Giovanni
💜🩷🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.
A Passage to India E.M. Forster 15 Jul (poet)
Hitch-22: A Memoir Christopher Hitchens 24 Jul (revolution)

🩷29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day (Holidays with the Wongs, #4) by Jackie Lau

Jackie Lau 30 Aug

💜🩷30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.
The Rent Collector Camron Wright 1 Jul Woman MC
The Correspondent Virginia Evans 12 Aug woman MC

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message 9: by Ferenc (last edited Sep 01, 2025 08:01AM) (new)

May 01, 2025 05:16AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 - Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Goal: 27/30
Level 1: 30 tasks 05/01/2025 - 11/30/2025

TASKS

✔ 1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book published in July of any year.
The Silent Girl - Tess Gerritsen - 06/22/25 – Published July 5, 2011

✔ 2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover.
Miss Iceland - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - 07/05/25

✔ 3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who is Catholic.
The Wedding People - Alison Espach - 08/22/25 – Gary’s mother: “But Gary’s mother thinks that the marriage will be invalid unless I do it at a church. And who knew Gary’s family was that Catholic? (Kindle Locations 3557-3558)

✔ 4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book with a character who is a singer.
The Castaways - Elin Hilderbrand - 08/31/25 – Greg MacAvoy – “The Velociraptors were five guys who had done a PG year together at the Berkshire School […] Greg MacAvoy (Hamilton College) was the lead singer.” (Kindle Locations 2777-2778)

✔ 5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak - 06/09/25

✔ 6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book with a character called Phil or John.
The Great Divide - Cristina Henríquez - 05/04/25 – John Oswald

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

✔ 8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
Ali and Nino - Kurban Said - 07/26/25

✔ 9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book where a character watches a soap opera.
Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias - 09/06/25 – “Until Lyra left Barrio Ávila, Carmen combed her hair every night as they watched badly written telenovelas.” (Kindle Location 1589)

✔ 10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation).
All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker - 08/17/25 – (view spoiler)

✔ 11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker.
Next Girl - Kate Bold - 07/06/25 - “because I’ve asked Lisa Mendoza, the social worker, to ask her colleagues if they’ve noticed any other disappearances…” (p. 69)

✔ 12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history.
A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson - Camille Peri - 06/26/25

✔ 13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
The Kiss Countdown - Etta Easton - 05/13/25

✔ 14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book that is tagged humor.
The House of Unexpected Sisters - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/05/25

✔ 15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book with a direction word in the title.
Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan - Joanna Lillis - 05/18/25

✔ 16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book where a character needs first aid.
The Tryst - Sawyer Bennett - 05/21/25 – Wade Blackburn after his car accident.

✔ 17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man.
The Information Officer - Mark Mills - 05/05/25 – Max Chadwick

✔ 18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change.
The Harbor House - Mia Kent - 05/19/25 – Robyn Wright loses her job, breaks up with her boyfriend, and moves to a different city

✔ 19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party.
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf - 05/25/25 – Peter Walsh and many others

✔ 20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something.
The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/21/25 – Hollis Shaw hosts the Five-Star Weekend

✔ 21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered.
The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo - 05/31/25 – Bektu Nikan - “A foreigner was murdered this morning. We’ve reason to believe he might have been connected to this household.” (Kindle Locations 3963-3964)

✔ 22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order.
Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews - 07/13/25

✔ 23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father.
Geiger, Vol. 1 - Geoff Johns - 06/28/25 – Tariq Geiger

✔ 24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Ice Cream Man, Volume 2: Strange Neapolitan - W. Maxwell Prince - 05/09/25

✔ 25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book with a black cover.
Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak - 05/24/25

✔ 26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book tagged science fiction.
The Solid-State Shuffle - Jeffrey A. Ballard - 06/05/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

✔ 29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ.
The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong - 06/14/25

✔ 30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman.
The Storm We Made - Vanessa Chan - 05/10/25 - Cecily Alcantara

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message 10: by Frankie (last edited Aug 30, 2025 01:57PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 06:30AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - April 30, 2026

Level 2: 60 tasks 05/01/2025- 4/30/2026

53/60 Completed

TASKS
1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans
Easy Nights-Kristen Proby 5/17/25
Read a book published in July of any year.
(07/27/04)
The Perfect Husband-Lisa Gardner 5/31/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover
Falling Like Stars-Emma Scott 5/25/25

Read a book with a character who is a doctor
The Keepsake-Tess Gerritsen 6/21/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who is Catholic
The Founders-Stacy M. Jones 6/30/25
Read a book that is fourth in a series.
(Eve Ronin)
Movieland-Lee Goldberg 5/23/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan
Slap Shot Surprise-Melanie Harlow 8/25/25
Read a book where a character is cowner of something.
Forbidden Dreams-Natasha Madison 5/01/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin
Maniacal-C.M. Sutter 5/29/25
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
Willow Aster-Reckless Love 7/06/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s
Read a book that is a first in a series
(The Specialists)
Mr. Whisper-Andrew Mayne 5/14/25
Read a book with a character called Phil or John.
(John)
Collision Course: A John Tyler Thriller-Tom Fowler 7/08/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling
Read a book set in Arkansas or Washington
(Washington)
The Darkness at Deception Pass-D.D. Black 5/09/25
or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series
(Women's Murder Club)
5th Horseman-James Patterson 5/22/25
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
Claire Kingsley-Rewriting the Stars 7/23/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball
How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed-Thomas W. Gilbert 7/21/25
Read a book where a character watches a soap opera.
Sully-Jessica Gadziala 5/11/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation)
Deceptive-K.E. Osborn 5/10/25
Read a book with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
(Aiden)
Copper-Lilly Atlas 6/02/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker
Love After Duty-Amber Kelly 6/14/25
Read a book where a character goes looking at their roots.
The Hanging Dolls-Ruhi Choudhary 8/30/25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book where a character buys an antique
Crazy Imperfect Hearts-Samantha Christy 5/09/25
Read a book with a character with a beard.
Scatter the Bones-Autumn Jones Lake 8/05/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the MC is an aunt
Hidden Angels-Carolyn Arnold 5/21/25
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Laura Pavlov-My Silver Lining 6/06/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada
Wild Side-Elsie Silver 5/02/25
Read a book that is tagged humor
Hello Darling-Kayley Loring 8/15/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England
Peony Dreadful-Nancy Warren 5/25/25
Read a book that has been made into a tv show.
Ransom Canyon-Jodi Thomas 5/03/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book where a character needs first aid
The Woman Next Door-Elle Gray 5/30/25
Read a book with a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
The Girl on the Run-A.J. Rivers 5/31/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man
The Vanishing at Opal Creek-D.D. Black 8/01/25
Read a book where a character takes part in a pageant.
(Stacy)
8th Confession-James Patterson 7/30/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change
Before I'm Gone-Heidi McLaughlin 5/27/25
where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book where a character goes to a party
Fall With Me-Brooke Montgomery 5/24/25
where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book with a wheel on the cover
Chasing Her Fire-Claire Kingsley 5/13/25

Chasing Her Fire (Bailey Brothers, #5) by Claire Kingsley

Read a book where a character plays a game.
Rook-Jessica Gadziala 6/08/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered
Foul Play-Carolyn Ridder Aspenson 5/01/25
Read a book published in December of any year.
(12/13/24)
Until Bax-Aurora Rose Reynolds 5/14/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports
Meet Your Match-Kandi Steiner 6/20/25
Read a book with an African-American character.
Can't Get Enough-Kennedy Ryan 5/23/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father
The Fifth Witness-Michael Connelly 5/14/25
with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band
Games of the Heart-Kristen Ashley 8/18/25
Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book with a black cover
Clap Back-Lani Lynn Vale 6/01/25

Clap Back (Carter Brothers, #4) by Lani Lynn Vale

Read a book where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Pg.140"It was beautiful-a traditional diamond solitaire..."
Only Love Can Hurt Like This-Paige Toon 6/21/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh
Lessons in Lemonade-Kathryn Andrews 6/09/25
Read a book with a character who is a nurse
Cage-Harper Sloan 6/25/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless
Read a book with a character called either Michael or Peter
(Peter)
Hart's Ridge-Kay Bratt 5/02/25
with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet
Beneath Hemlock Skies-D.D. Black 6/12/25
or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or
Read a book with a heart on the cover.
At Peace-Kristen Ashley 7/01/25

At Peace (The 'Burg, #2) by Kristen Ashley

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman
Ten Big Ones-Janet Evanovich 7/26/25
Read a book which is tenth in a series.
(Detective Ellie Reeves)
The Ice Sisters-Rita Herron 6/04/25

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May 01, 2025 08:23AM

Remembering the Lost Ones

Level 1: 30 tasks 05/01/2025 - 11/30/2025
Level 2: 60 tasks 05/01/2025- 4/30/2026
Level 3: 90 tasks 05/01/2025 - 11/30/2026

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May 01, 2025 08:23AM

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message 13: by Michele (last edited Jul 01, 2025 02:12PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 08:45AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed 32/30

TASKS

✅1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.
Amber and Daphne both lose weight to please their husband..
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine Read 5/9/25

✅2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
Lauren's friend Maryam is a doctor
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. Read 5/3/25

✅3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain Read 5/22/25 Tess is Catholic

✅4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.
Smart Girl by Rachel Hollis Read 5/26/25 Landon and Miko are co-owners of an event planning business

✅5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS. Emily Hague is an actor
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain Read 5/2/25

✅6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns Read 5/30/25 #1 in Baker Street Mystery

✅7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum). Spokane, WA
Son: A Psychopath and his Victims by Jack Olsen. Read 6/5/25

✅8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane Read 5/17/25 Letters J and K

✅9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
Shree Boyette watches soap operas all day page 77
Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb Read 5/12/25.

✅10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom) Nick Harkness helps Carly Kirk make it through nights at the Sun Down
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Read 5/4/25

✅11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
April looks into her roots and she also sees a social worker
Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father by April Balascio Read 5/15/25

✅12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
Something Like Happy by Eva Woods Read 6/7/25 Dr. Max has a beard
. Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot Read 6/24/25 Letters E and E

✅✅13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.R and S
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Read 5/11/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

✅15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry Read 6/30/25

✅16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency. Charlies know what to do when Nora's pregnant sister Libby collapsed in a restaurant
Book Lovers by Emily Henry Read 5/16/25

✅✅17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson Read 6/13/25. Frank is the MC
The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story by Richard Preston Read 6/22/25. MC is a man Peter Jarhling

✅18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE. Geraldine Dillard struggles with her health failing and the sudden death of her husband and how to care for her two children

19. Quincy Jones
✅Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)
Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf by Hayley Krischer Read 6/20/25.
Ali goes to a high school where she runs into Seanl

20. Chuck Woolery
✅ Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan. Read 6/25/25 Simon plays video games with this friends

✅21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
Tommy is murdered
Don't Open the Door by Allison Brennan Read 5/8/25

✅22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
Letters NFL found in Titile
They All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire Read 5/19/25

✅23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army. Necklace on cover

Read 5/24/25

✅24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin. Read 6/13/25. Title starts with C

✅25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens. Read 6/23/25
Page 137. the ring was a delicate vintage gold with five small diamonds

✅✅26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction. Made me laugh several time
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Read 5/21/25

✅27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
Peter Rosen is a character in this story
A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay Read 5/19/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

✅29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover. tagged LGBQ
The Guncle by Steve Rowley Read 6/8/25

✅✅30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series. MC is Blythe
The Push by Ashley Audrain Read 5/5/25
Book: Watch Her Fall by Erin Kelly Read 5/22/25 MC Ava/Juliet Kirilova
.For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Read 6/14/25. MC Pauline "Posey" Benetto

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message 14: by Angel **Book Junkie** (last edited Aug 27, 2025 12:19PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 10:08AM

Limerence (Fated Fixation, #1) by H.C. Dolores

Protect Me Not (Tangled Web #1) by Danielle Keil

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message 15: by Tari (last edited Aug 18, 2025 06:35AM) (new)

May 01, 2025 11:52AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
30/30
Level 1: 30 tasks

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.
Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 6/2/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
Dr. Lexi Hamilton Canine Courier Kathi Daley 5/3/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
#4 Little Dog Diner Mysteries Cooking Up Chaos Emmie Lyn 5/14/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is co-owner of something.
Whined Up Patti Benning 5/5/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
Director Penelope Ainsley Murder at the Beehive Bistro Sue Hollowell 5/4/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
#1 Steeped in Mystery A Whiff of Wicked Angela Mayble 5/1/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
KC Murder on the Mesa Kristina Charles 5/9/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
Mrs. Finch Pedigrees and Poison Jinty James 5/2/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
Tom Shot Through the Book Eva Gates 5/8/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
Diamond in the Ruff Cindy Goyette 5/7/25

12. Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
The Blonde That Didn't Respond Amber Crewes 5/13/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Over Bite Patti Benning 5/5/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.
Christmas Claws Jinty James 5/2/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
Poison and Petals at the Castle Avery Kent 5/11/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
Wedding and Wands Lucinda Race 5/7/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
MC Jack Carter The Ledger Left Behind Lola Finch 8/18/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
Elise Fetching the Final Clue Sharon Michaels 5/24/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)
Shot Through the Book Eva Gates 5/8/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
The Final Chapter Fatality Maisy Marple, Wendy Winchester 5/8/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beauty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
Hounding a Killer Kallie E. Benjamin 5/6/25 (view spoiler) was murdered

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
Flippers, Blades and Murder Montie Red 5/10/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.
Christmas Heist Arthur Pearce 6/10/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Andrew April Showers Bring Murderous Flowers Lynda Brunelle 5/13/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Swiss Secrets Hazel Smith 5/19/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.
Patchwork Perils Kathryn Mykel 5/9/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
Peter A Body in the Rose Garden Savannah Rainn 5/19/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.
Phoebe A Perk of Trouble Tonya Kappes 6/3/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a character called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.
Mark Delicate Evidence Scarlett Moss 5/18/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.
MC Andrea Quilted Murder Amy Muir 5/12/25

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message 16: by Genevieve (new)

May 02, 2025 07:59AM

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Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 0/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series

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message 17: by Genevieve (new)

May 02, 2025 08:09AM

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Welcome all

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message 18: by Richard (last edited Jun 06, 2025 09:21PM) (new)

May 02, 2025 09:47AM

TLC - Remembering Lost Ones 2024: Part 2

✅ Total: 55/55

1. Richard Simmons
Set - LA
8/5 - Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"It’s a gorgeous spring day in Los Angeles." p.18
Plot - char loses weight
3/5 - Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines, Bailey Brett Williams - ⭐️⭐️
MC has an eating disorder & loses weight
Published - July
6/5 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
July 30, 2024

2. James Sikking
Cover - blue
5/5 -

The Body Keeps the Score Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

, Bessel van der Kolk - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - doctor
4/5 - If It Sounds Like a Quack...: A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
D. C. Jarvis

3. Bob Newhart
Char - Catholic
5/5 - Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, Craig A. Evans - ⭐️
Father Donald Senior, a Roman Catholic priest

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
Char - singer
8/5 - Billie Holiday: A Biography, Meg Greene - ⭐️
Billie Holiday
Plot - char is co-owner
14/5 - A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, Stephen "Steve-O" Glover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is co-owner of Jackass

5. Gena Rowlands
Char - actor
7/5 - Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, Doug Hill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chevy Chase
Char - director
9/5 - And God Created Burton, Tom Rubython - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Tony Palmer, the film director" p.43
Author - initials in GENA ROWLANDS
3/5 - Bucket List Adventures: 10 Incredible Journeys to Experience Before You Die, Annette White - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Phil Donahue
Set - 1960s
13/5 - My Mama, Cass: A Memoir, Owen Elliot-Kugell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - John
13/5 - Expansive Love: A Practical Guide to Relationship Anarchy, Tuck Malloy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"psychiatrist John Bowlby" p.69

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
Title - all initials in SID VICIOUS
7/6 - Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History, Olivia Campbell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
SIS

8. Tito Jackson
MPG - music
10/5 - Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in JACKSON
17/5 - Exploring Maya Ritual Caves: Dark Secrets from the Maya Underworld, Stanislav Chladek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

9. Drake Hogestyn
Plot - baseball
26/5 - Parking the Moose: One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots, Dave Hill - ⭐️
"attending a Major League Baseball game" p.31

10. Kris Kristofferson
Char - criminal
8/5 - The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Shanna Hogan - ⭐️⭐️
Ted Bundy

11. John Amos
Char - social worker
4/5 - Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them, Lalalaletmeexplain - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is a social worker
Plot - char plays football
23/5 - Edge: What Businesses Can Learn from Football, Ben Lyttleton - ⭐️⭐️
"Tuchel...would swim and play football with his friends" p.89

12. Frank Fritz
MPG - history
4/5 - Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - has beard
12/5 - A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors, Anthony Blond - ⭐️⭐️
"the bearded and belligerent Asterix" p.80

13. Cissy Houston
Author - initials in GOSPELAIRES
3/5 - Lonely Planet Scotland, Lonely Planet - ⭐️⭐️

14. Mike Bullard
Set - Canada
19/5 - Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum, Michael McCreary - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MPG - humour
21/5 - Buddhism for Bears, Claire Nielson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - Mike
17/1 - Unashamed: Healing Our Brokenness and Finding Freedom from Shame, Heather Davis Nelson - ⭐️
"Mike and Suzanne wisely pointed out" p.98

15. Liam Payne
Set - England
9/5 - The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown, Penny Junor - ⭐️
Title - direction word
7/5 - Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart, Rebecca Bradshaw - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Down

16. Michael Newman
Cover - beach
7/5 -

Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland A History and Gazetteer by Brian Long

, Brian Long - ⭐️⭐️

17. Ron Ely
MC - man
6/5 - The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive, Brendon Burchard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brendon Burchard

18. Terri Garr
Author - initials in TOOTSIE
10/5 - Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph, Ted Simon - ⭐️

19. Quincy Jones
Plot - jazz
12/5 - 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, David Henderson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - all initials in QUINCY JONES (3 word min)

20. Chuck Woolery
Plot - char hosts something
24/5 - Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor, Travis M. Andrews - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"he guest-hosted The Late Late Show with James Corden" p.55
Cover - wheel
27/5 -

Inside the Hotel Rwanda The Surprising True Story ... and Why It Matters Today by Edouard Kayihura

, Edouard Kayihura - ⭐️⭐️
Plot - char plays a game
26/5 - The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Various - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Aeneas held funeral games to commemorate his dead father, Anchises." p.174

21. Dayle Haddon
Plot - man is murdered
12/5 - Behind the Yellow Tape: On the Road with Some of America's Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators, Jarrett Hallcox - ⭐️⭐️
"Erik Schrieffer was no longer thought to be missing; he was now presumed to have been murdered" p.86
Published - Dec
11/5 - Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta--and Then Got Written Out of History, Howell Raines - ⭐️⭐️
December 5, 2023

22. Greg Gumbel
Title - letters of NFL
4/5 - When You're Falling, Dive: Acceptance, Freedom and Possibility, Cheri Huber - ⭐️⭐️

23. Charles Shyer
MC - father
22/5 - Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap, Ben Westhoff - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Eazy-E fathered 10 kids from 10 different women
Cover - necklace
12/5 -

Kings, Queens, Bones & Bastards Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II by David Hilliam

, David Hilliam - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

24. Alfa Anderson
Plot - char is in a band
10/5 - Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, Kristin Russo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"two of the members of Nerf Herder, Parry Gripp and Steve Sherlock" p.170
Title - first initial in CHIC
4/5 - Character Carved in Stone: The 12 Core Virtues of West Point That Build Leaders and Produce Success, Pat Williams - ⭐️⭐️

25. Sophie Hediger
Set - China
21/5 - Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China, Colin Thubron - ⭐️⭐️
Cover - black
13/5 -

Curious Minds The Power of Connection by Perry Zurn

, Perry Zurn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Text - 'diamond'
3/5 - Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration, Claude A. Piantadosi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"(Diamond 2005)" p.130

26. Jill Jacobson
Char - nurse
18/5 - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading, Nina Sankovitch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Sandra was the school nurse" p.48

27. Michael Cole
Char - Michael
17/5 - Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, David Edery - ⭐️⭐️
Michael Bloomberg
Char - Peter
14/5 - Who I Am: a Memoir, Pete Townshend - ⭐️⭐️

28. Nikki Giovanni
Char - poet
5/5 - Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places, Annette Giesecke - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the Roman poet Ovid" p.16
Plot - revolution
4/5 - The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine, Andrea Stuart - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
French revolution

29. Mark Withers
MPG - LGBTQ
3/5 - We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride In The History of Queer Liberation, Matthew Riemer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - Steven
18/5 - Veronica Mars and Philosophy: Investigating the Mysteries of Life (Which is a Bitch Until You Die), William Irwin - ⭐️⭐️
Steven Sanders
Char - Mark
17/5 - Bound by Blood: The true story of the Wollongong murders., John Suter Linton - ⭐️⭐️
Mark Valera
Cover - heart
31/5 -

Dancing with Elephants Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain by Jarem Sawatsky

, Jarem Sawatsky - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
MC - woman
14/5 - How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain, Jessica McCabe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jessica

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message 19: by Kim (last edited Jul 11, 2025 07:10AM) (new)

May 02, 2025 03:21PM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 30/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book published in July of any year. (7.17.2001)
Fatal Voyage. Kathy Reichs. 5.1.25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a character who has cancer.
Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention. Peggy Rowe. 5.2.25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who is Catholic.
My Ántonia. Willa Cather. 5.8.25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book with a character who is a singer (Krystal Brooks).
Splintered Bones. Carolyn Haines. 5.9.25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an actor or director (A movie is being filmed, Morro is the director)
Murder in the Tea Leaves. Laura Childs. 5.5.25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book that is a first in a series.
When Calls the Heart. Janette Oke. 5.1.25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book set in Washington (Podunk).
A Christmas Duet. Debbie Macomber. 5.11.25

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
The World's Fair Quilt. Jennifer Chiaverini. 6.2.25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book where a character watches a soap opera. (The Real Housewives of Whatever)
Horrorstör. Grady Hendrix. 6.5.25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an outlaw (Wyant)
The Thin Man. Dashiell Hammett. 5.3.25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book where a character goes looking at their roots.
‎What Alice Forgot. Liane Moriarty. 6.19.25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book where a character buys an antique.
Seabreeze Inn. Jan Moran. 5.7.25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Skull Duggery. Aaron Elkins. 5.15.25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book that is tagged humor.
Pony Confidential. Christina Lynch. 6.3.25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England
4:50 from Paddington. Agatha Christie. 5.16.25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book where a character needs first aid
The Librarianist.Patrick deWitt. 6.9.25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man
The Forgotten Road. Richard Paul Evans. 5.14.25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change (Cassie buys a haunted house)
Haunted Ever After. Jen DeLuca. 5.18.25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book where a character goes to a party
The Adventures of Sally. P.G. Wodehouse. 6.5.25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character plays a game. (Bernie plays soccer)
Nora Goes Off Script. Annabel Monaghan. 5.19.25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered (Lawrence Ambrose)
Buried Bones. Carolyn Haines. 5.12.25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports with an African-American character.
The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State. Aime Alley Card. 5.20.25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where a character is in the Army (Katie's father).
Joy School. Elizabeth Berg. 5.18.25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Hunger. Knut Hamsun. 6.7.25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book where the word diamond can be found in the text (It's a two-carat, old mine cut diamond…84%).
Grin and Beard It. Penny Reid. 6.22.25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a nurse (Bethie).
Float Up, Sing Down: Stories. Laird Hunt. 5.21.25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book with a character called either Michael (Saddler).
Texas Rain. Jodi Thomas. 6.14.25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet (Phaeton).
Struck Down on the Seventh: An Exorcism Performed by an Idiot. Aeddon Cayea. 7.4.25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a character called Ted.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. Kate Clifford Larson. 7.6.25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman.
The Wreath. Sigrid Undset. 6.3.25

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message 20: by Claire (new)

May 03, 2025 04:39AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 3: 90 tasks 05/01/2025- 11/30/2026

03/90 Completed

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.

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message 21: by Genevieve (new)

May 03, 2025 04:30PM

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Welcome Richard, Kim & Claire

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message 22: by Anne (last edited Sep 03, 2025 04:43PM) (new)

May 04, 2025 11:51AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 14/60

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA
where a character loses weight
published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover
Once Upon a Seaside Murder by Maggie Blackburn 7/18/2025

Once Upon a Seaside Murder (Beach Reads Mystery, #2) by Maggie Blackburn

character who is a doctor
My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank 8/1/2025 Dr. King
character who has cancer.

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers
character who is Catholic
Only the Brave by Danielle Steele 7/25/2025 Sophie is a Catholic novice in a convent.
fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan
character who is a singer
Murder With a View by Diane Kellye 8/15/2025
character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin
character who is an actor or director
It Happened One Fight by Maureen Lee Lenker 5/29/2025
authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s
first in a series
The Long Game by Elena Aranas 6/4/2025
character called Phil or John.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 5/14/2025
Nina's cat is Phil.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling
set in Arkansas or Washington
first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series
Close to Home by Robert Dugoni 9/1/2025
tagged music
authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball
character gets a scholarship
character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson
character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation)
The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl 5/18/2025
Cheyenne is an arsonist on the run for the PD.
character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 5/16/2025
character who plays football
character goes looking at their roots.
Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian 8/26/2025

12. Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history
character buys an antique
character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract
Getaway With Murder by Diane Kelly 7/30/2025
Misty signs a contract with Rocky to fix her foundation.
MC is an aunt
authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentile 6/1/2025

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada
tagged humor
character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England
The Examiner by Janice Hallet 7/12/2025
direction word in the title
book that has been made into a tv show.
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz 8/26/2025

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message 23: by Anne (last edited Aug 09, 2025 03:25PM) (new)

May 04, 2025 11:51AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2 (Second tab
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover
character needs first aid
I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell 6/29/2025
Alex/ Bess needs it.
character who knows what to do in an emergency.
Three Missing Days by Colleen Coble 5/22/2025
Jane is a sheriff.

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes
MC who is a man
character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change
The Family Recipe by Caroline Hunyh 6/4/2025
book about ballet
authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz
character goes to a party
first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something
Only Mine by Susan Mallory 6/26/2025 TV Game show!
a wheel on the cover
Graceland by Nancy Cochiere 715/2025

steering wheel
a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered
Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin 6/28/2025
character does a beauty routine,
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q Sutanto 5/15/2025
Meredith was a beauty influencer and showed off a curl routine.
published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports
letters NFL can be found in the title in any order
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonsen 5/24/2025
an African-American character.
A Game of Cones by Abby Collette 5/31/2025 Bronwyn

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father
a necklace on the cover
character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band
takes place at a high school
the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China
black cover
word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh
The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes 6/15/2025
character who is a nurse
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James 6/10/2025 Nina is a nurse
tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless
Dead in the Doorway by Diane Kelly 8/8/2025 Dakota is homeless.
character called either Michael or Peter
bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet
book by Nikki Giovanni
a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 a character called Steven, Ted or Mark
Patchwork Quilt Murder by Leslie Meier 6/9/2025
Ted Stillings is Lucy's boss.
heart on the cover.
Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire 8/9/2025

Last Word to the Wise (Christie Bookshop #2) by Ann Claire

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford
a MC who is a woman
Murders on Elderberry Road by Sally Goldbaum 5/28/2025
tenth in a series.

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message 24: by Olivermagnus (last edited Sep 04, 2025 09:58AM) (new)

May 05, 2025 06:21AM

Olivermagnus (lynda11282) | 1582 comments

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

24 of 30 Complete

Level 1: 30 tasks

TASKS

🌻 1. Richard Simmons
Read a book published in July of any year.
A Jewel in the Crown - David Lewis - 5 Stars - 5/17/25 - Jul 23, 2024

🌻 2. James Sikking
Read a book with a character who is a doctor.
The Absence of Mercy - John Burley - 4 Stars - 7/5/25

🌻 3. Bob Newhart
Read a book that is fourth in a series.
Suffer the Children - Lisa Black - 4 Stars - 5/14/25 -#4 Gardiner and Renner

🌻 4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
Read a book with a character who is a singer.
The Mighty Storm - Samantha Towle - 3 Stars - 6/5/25

🌻 i5. Gena Rowlands
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
The Panther - Nelson DeMille - 4 Stars - 5/11/25 - ND

🌻 6. Phil Donahue
Read a book with a character called Phil or John.
The Lion - Nelson DeMille - 4 Stars - 5/1/25 - MC = John Corey

🌻 7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington.
A Dead Draw - Robert Dugoni - 5 Stars - 7/14/25 - set in Washington

🌻 8. Tito Jackson
Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Agony in Amethyst - A.M. Stuart - 4 Stars - 5/15/25 - #5 Harriet Gordon

🌻 9. Drake Hogestyn
Read a book about baseball.
Break the Rules - Julia Jarrett - 3 Stars - 5/5/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

🌻 11. John Amos
Read a book with a character who plays football
Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25

🌻 12, Frank Fritz
Read a book tagged history
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS - Lisa Rogak - 4.5 Stars - 5/2/25

🌻 13. Cissy Houston
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Hide - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/26/25 - LG

🌻 14. Mike Bullard
Read a book set in Canada.
In The Shadow Of The Glacier - Vicki Delany - 3 Stars - 6/22/25

🌻 15. Liam Payne
Read a book set in England
Something Blue - Emma Jameson - 3 Stars - 5/21/25

🌻 16. Michael Newman
Read a book with a beach on the cover.
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand - 4 Stars - 7/15/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

🌻 18. Terri Garr
Read a book where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
The Wedding Shroud - Elisabeth Storrs - 4 Stars - 6/6/25 - ES

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

🌻 o21. Dayle Haddon
Read a book published in December of any year.
Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham - Marcia Clark - 4 Stars - 5/3/25 - orig pub Dec 01, 2024

🌻 22. Greg Gumbel
Read a book tagged sports
Fangirl Down - Tessa Bailey - 4 Stars - 5/10/25

🌻 23, Charles Shyer
Read a book where the MC is a father.
The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25

🌻 24. Alfa Anderson
Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Cemetery Lake - Paul Cleave - 4.5 Stars - 5/4/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

🌻 26. Jill Jacobson
Read a book tagged science fiction.
Death Is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury - 3 Stars - 5/12/25

🌻 27. Michael Cole
Read a book with a character called either Michael or Peter.
Out of the Dark - Gregg Hurwitz - 5 Stars - 8/11/25 - Peter Hall

🌻 28. Nikki Giovanni
Read a book where a character is a poet.
A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy - 3.5 Stars - 8/6/25 - Lionel

🌻 29. Mark Withers
Read a book wwith a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark.
Desert Star - Michael Connelly - 5 Stars - 8/13/25 - Ted Rawls

🌻30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
Read a book which is tenth in a series.
Who Buries the Dead - C.S. Harris - 4 Stars - 6/23/25 - #10 Sebastian St Cyr

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message 25: by Genevieve (new)

May 05, 2025 05:28PM

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Welcome Anne & Olivermagnus

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message 26: by Jess (last edited May 27, 2025 08:17AM) (new)

May 08, 2025 04:39AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 2/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery 05/05

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is cowner of something.

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
Happiness by Aminatta Forna 21/05

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year.

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.

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May 08, 2025 07:30AM

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Welcome Jess

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message 28: by Lali & Michelle (last edited Aug 28, 2025 03:16PM) (new)

May 14, 2025 08:37AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026

Level 3

Completed: 90/90

First half:

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.
🌻 Published 7/29/2014 - Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews 5/15/25
🌻 Set in New Orleans - French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25
🌻 Published 7/30/24 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 7/25/25
🌻 Published 7/9/2024 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 7/30/25
🌻 Published 7/14/2020 - A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber 8/4/25
🌻 First published 7/1/1982 - Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume 8/7/25
🌻 First published 7/21/22 - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 8/21/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
🌻 Jack is a doctor - Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25
🌻 Blue cover - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25

🌻 Hank and Anika are doctors - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 7/27/25
🌻 MC Eve has brain cancer - What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella 8/5/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
🌻 MC Megan stammers - Pawfully Wedded by Diane Kelly 6/13/25
🌻 ALL the characters are Catholic - Conclave by Robert Harris 6/25/25
🌻 Scottish Bookshop Mystery #4 - The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton 6/26/25
🌻 Sister Mary Theresa Conaty is a Catholic nun - Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West 8/2/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is co-owner of something.
🌻 Set in Michigan - Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 5/17/25
🌻 Set in Michigan - Tandem Demise by Duffy Brown 6/30/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
🌻 Author's initials are EA - Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams 5/27/25
🌻 Heidi St. Clair is an actress - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25
🌻 Author's initials are NS - The Golden Hour by Niki Smith 7/23/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
🌻 Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery #1 - Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette 5/23/25
🌻 Dizzy Heights Mystery #1 - The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. Kinsey 6/21/25
🌻 Knitting Mystery #1 - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25
🌻 MC's husband is John Gregory Duane - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 8/16/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
🌻 League of Literary Ladies #5 - Gone with the Twins by Kylie Logan 6/6/25
🌻 Author's initials are JS - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25
🌻 Author's initials are CK - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 8/20/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
🌻 Gloria gets a scholarship - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 7/24/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
🌻 Brock Benoit is a drug dealer and outlaw - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
🌻 Four half-siblings are looking for the father who abandoned them - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson 8/23/25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
🌻 Tagged History - A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 6/10/25
🌻 MMC has a beard - The Mechanic's Guide to Getting the Boss's Daughter by Valerie Pepper 8/26/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
🌻 MC is an aunt: Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross 5/19/25
🌻Author's initials are AR - Finders Keepers: A Flannigan Sisters Psychic Cozy Mystery by Amanda Reid 6/8/25
🌻 Author's initials are EE - The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton 6/16/25
🌻 Author's initials are IA - Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews 8/5/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.
🌻 Set in Canada - The Stand-In by Lily Chu 7/20/25
🌻 Tagged Humor - Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon 8/15/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
🌻 Set in England - Death Beside the Seaside by T.E. Kinsey 5/21/25
🌻 Set in England - The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley 6/2/25
🌻 Set in England - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 6/23/25
🌻 Set in England - The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 6/24/25
🌻 Set in England - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25
🌻 Set in England - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25
🌻 Set in England - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 8/1/25
🌻 Set in England - Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks 8/11/25
🌻 Set in England - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 8/26/25
🌻 Set in England - The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 8/27/25
🌻 Set in England - My Summer of Magic Moments by Caroline Roberts 8/28/25

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message 29: by Lali & Michelle (last edited Aug 28, 2025 03:19PM) (new)

May 14, 2025 09:19AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part II

Second half:

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
🌻 FMC and MMC meet when he is injured and needs first aid - Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 6/3/25
🌻 Beach on cover - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan 7/26/25

🌻 Beach on cover - Death of a Bachelorette by Laura Levine 8/6/25

Death of a Bachelorette (A Jaine Austen Mystery, #15) by Laura Levine

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
🌻 MC is male- Good Material by Dolly Alderton 5/20/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
🌻 MC Laurel struggles after being fired - Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan 5/25/25
🌻 MC struggles with the sudden onset of a debilitating disease - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 6/11/25
🌻 Author's initials are TO - There There by Tommy Orange 6/17/25
🌻 Author's initials are ES - A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan 8/9/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
🌻 MC hosts a party - Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton 6/22/25
🌻 Characters play a made-up game called "Billboard Assh*les" - Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beauty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
🌻 Published 12/1/2017 - The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score 5/14/25
🌻 Man is murdered - Ghost in Trouble by Carolyn G. Hart 6/15/25
🌻 Published 12/3/2019 - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
🌻 Published 12/12/2017 - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25
🌻 Man is murdered - Sins of the Sarcophagus by Kirsten Weiss 7/19/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
🌻 All main characters are African-American - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 5/29/25
🌻 NFL - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton 6/7/25
🌻 Both MCs are African-American - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 6/12/25
🌻 NFL - Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara Berry 7/22/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.
🌻 MC is a father - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 5/31/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
🌻 First title word is H: Hemingway's Cats by Lindsey Hooper 5/16/25
🌻 MC in a band: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 5/22/25
🌻 Takes place at a high school - Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly 6/28/25
🌻 Starts with H - Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross 6/29/25
🌻 Starts with H - Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 7/12/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🌻 Black cover - Bride by Ali Hazelwood 8/18/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.
🌻 Makes you laugh - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 8/10/24

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
🌻 Michael - Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan 6/5/25
🌻 Michael - White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.
🌻 MC Delphine's mother is a poet - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25
🌻 The author (and main character of this memoir) is a poet - Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir by Alba Donati 8/8/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.
🌻 LGBQ - Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour 6/23/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.
🌻 MC is a woman - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood 6/1/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Muddled Through by Barbara Ross 6/18/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Last Word by Taylor Adams 6/19/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream by Diane Kelly 7/18/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Cannoli Caper by Kirsten Weiss 7/31/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 8/3/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien 8/13/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Gone to Hot Pot: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien 8/27/25

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message 30: by Richard (new)

Jun 06, 2025 09:22PM

Finished

✅ Total: 55/55

1. Richard Simmons
Set - LA
8/5 - Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"It’s a gorgeous spring day in Los Angeles." p.18
Plot - char loses weight
3/5 - Hollow: A Memoir of My Body in the Marines, Bailey Brett Williams - ⭐️⭐️
MC has an eating disorder & loses weight
Published - July
6/5 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
July 30, 2024

2. James Sikking
Cover - blue
5/5 -

, Bessel van der Kolk - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - doctor
4/5 - If It Sounds Like a Quack...: A Journey to the Fringes of American Medicine, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
D. C. Jarvis

3. Bob Newhart
Char - Catholic
5/5 - Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, Craig A. Evans - ⭐️
Father Donald Senior, a Roman Catholic priest

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
Char - singer
8/5 - Billie Holiday: A Biography, Meg Greene - ⭐️
Billie Holiday
Plot - char is co-owner
14/5 - A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, Stephen "Steve-O" Glover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is co-owner of Jackass

5. Gena Rowlands
Char - actor
7/5 - Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, Doug Hill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chevy Chase
Char - director
9/5 - And God Created Burton, Tom Rubython - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Tony Palmer, the film director" p.43
Author - initials in GENA ROWLANDS
3/5 - Bucket List Adventures: 10 Incredible Journeys to Experience Before You Die, Annette White - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Phil Donahue
Set - 1960s
13/5 - My Mama, Cass: A Memoir, Owen Elliot-Kugell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - John
13/5 - Expansive Love: A Practical Guide to Relationship Anarchy, Tuck Malloy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"psychiatrist John Bowlby" p.69

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
Title - all initials in SID VICIOUS
7/6 - Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History, Olivia Campbell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
SIS

8. Tito Jackson
MPG - music
10/5 - Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in JACKSON
17/5 - Exploring Maya Ritual Caves: Dark Secrets from the Maya Underworld, Stanislav Chladek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

9. Drake Hogestyn
Plot - baseball
26/5 - Parking the Moose: One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots, Dave Hill - ⭐️
"attending a Major League Baseball game" p.31

10. Kris Kristofferson
Char - criminal
8/5 - The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Shanna Hogan - ⭐️⭐️
Ted Bundy

11. John Amos
Char - social worker
4/5 - Block, Delete, Move On: It's not you, it's them, Lalalaletmeexplain - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC is a social worker
Plot - char plays football
23/5 - Edge: What Businesses Can Learn from Football, Ben Lyttleton - ⭐️⭐️
"Tuchel...would swim and play football with his friends" p.89

12. Frank Fritz
MPG - history
4/5 - Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - has beard
12/5 - A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors, Anthony Blond - ⭐️⭐️
"the bearded and belligerent Asterix" p.80

13. Cissy Houston
Author - initials in GOSPELAIRES
3/5 - Lonely Planet Scotland, Lonely Planet - ⭐️⭐️

14. Mike Bullard
Set - Canada
19/5 - Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum, Michael McCreary - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MPG - humour
21/5 - Buddhism for Bears, Claire Nielson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - Mike
17/1 - Unashamed: Healing Our Brokenness and Finding Freedom from Shame, Heather Davis Nelson - ⭐️
"Mike and Suzanne wisely pointed out" p.98

15. Liam Payne
Set - England
9/5 - The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown, Penny Junor - ⭐️
Title - direction word
7/5 - Down to Earth Dharma: Insight Meditation to Awaken the Heart, Rebecca Bradshaw - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Down

16. Michael Newman
Cover - beach
7/5 -

, Brian Long - ⭐️⭐️

17. Ron Ely
MC - man
6/5 - The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive, Brendon Burchard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Brendon Burchard

18. Terri Garr
Author - initials in TOOTSIE
10/5 - Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph, Ted Simon - ⭐️

19. Quincy Jones
Plot - jazz
12/5 - 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child, David Henderson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - all initials in QUINCY JONES (3 word min)

20. Chuck Woolery
Plot - char hosts something
24/5 - Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor, Travis M. Andrews - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"he guest-hosted The Late Late Show with James Corden" p.55
Cover - wheel
27/5 -

, Edouard Kayihura - ⭐️⭐️
Plot - char plays a game
26/5 - The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Various - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Aeneas held funeral games to commemorate his dead father, Anchises." p.174

21. Dayle Haddon
Plot - man is murdered
12/5 - Behind the Yellow Tape: On the Road with Some of America's Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators, Jarrett Hallcox - ⭐️⭐️
"Erik Schrieffer was no longer thought to be missing; he was now presumed to have been murdered" p.86
Published - Dec
11/5 - Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta--and Then Got Written Out of History, Howell Raines - ⭐️⭐️
December 5, 2023

22. Greg Gumbel
Title - letters of NFL
4/5 - When You're Falling, Dive: Acceptance, Freedom and Possibility, Cheri Huber - ⭐️⭐️

23. Charles Shyer
MC - father
22/5 - Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap, Ben Westhoff - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Eazy-E fathered 10 kids from 10 different women
Cover - necklace
12/5 -

, David Hilliam - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

24. Alfa Anderson
Plot - char is in a band
10/5 - Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, Kristin Russo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"two of the members of Nerf Herder, Parry Gripp and Steve Sherlock" p.170
Title - first initial in CHIC
4/5 - Character Carved in Stone: The 12 Core Virtues of West Point That Build Leaders and Produce Success, Pat Williams - ⭐️⭐️

25. Sophie Hediger
Set - China
21/5 - Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China, Colin Thubron - ⭐️⭐️
Cover - black
13/5 -

, Perry Zurn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Text - 'diamond'
3/5 - Mankind Beyond Earth: The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration, Claude A. Piantadosi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"(Diamond 2005)" p.130

26. Jill Jacobson
Char - nurse
18/5 - Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading, Nina Sankovitch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Sandra was the school nurse" p.48

27. Michael Cole
Char - Michael
17/5 - Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, David Edery - ⭐️⭐️
Michael Bloomberg
Char - Peter
14/5 - Who I Am: a Memoir, Pete Townshend - ⭐️⭐️

28. Nikki Giovanni
Char - poet
5/5 - Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places, Annette Giesecke - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the Roman poet Ovid" p.16
Plot - revolution
4/5 - The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon's Josephine, Andrea Stuart - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
French revolution

29. Mark Withers
MPG - LGBTQ
3/5 - We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride In The History of Queer Liberation, Matthew Riemer - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Char - Steven
18/5 - Veronica Mars and Philosophy: Investigating the Mysteries of Life (Which is a Bitch Until You Die), William Irwin - ⭐️⭐️
Steven Sanders
Char - Mark
17/5 - Bound by Blood: The true story of the Wollongong murders., John Suter Linton - ⭐️⭐️
Mark Valera
Cover - heart
31/5 -

, Jarem Sawatsky - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
MC - woman
14/5 - How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain, Jessica McCabe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jessica

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message 31: by Genevieve (new)

Jun 09, 2025 07:48AM

Mod

Welcome Lali & Michelle. Well done Richard

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message 32: by Kim (new)

Jul 11, 2025 07:10AM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 30/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book published in July of any year. (7.17.2001)
Fatal Voyage. Kathy Reichs. 5.1.25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a character who has cancer.
Vacuuming in the Nude: And Other Ways to Get Attention. Peggy Rowe. 5.2.25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who is Catholic.
My Ántonia. Willa Cather. 5.8.25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book with a character who is a singer (Krystal Brooks).
Splintered Bones. Carolyn Haines. 5.9.25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an actor or director (A movie is being filmed, Morro is the director)
Murder in the Tea Leaves. Laura Childs. 5.5.25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book that is a first in a series.
When Calls the Heart. Janette Oke. 5.1.25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book set in Washington (Podunk).
A Christmas Duet. Debbie Macomber. 5.11.25

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
The World's Fair Quilt. Jennifer Chiaverini. 6.2.25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book where a character watches a soap opera. (The Real Housewives of Whatever)
Horrorstör. Grady Hendrix. 6.5.25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is an outlaw (Wyant)
The Thin Man. Dashiell Hammett. 5.3.25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book where a character goes looking at their roots.
‎What Alice Forgot. Liane Moriarty. 6.19.25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book where a character buys an antique.
Seabreeze Inn. Jan Moran. 5.7.25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Skull Duggery. Aaron Elkins. 5.15.25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book that is tagged humor.
Pony Confidential. Christina Lynch. 6.3.25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England
4:50 from Paddington. Agatha Christie. 5.16.25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book where a character needs first aid
The Librarianist.Patrick deWitt. 6.9.25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man
The Forgotten Road. Richard Paul Evans. 5.14.25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change (Cassie buys a haunted house)
Haunted Ever After. Jen DeLuca. 5.18.25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book where a character goes to a party
The Adventures of Sally. P.G. Wodehouse. 6.5.25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character plays a game. (Bernie plays soccer)
Nora Goes Off Script. Annabel Monaghan. 5.19.25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered (Lawrence Ambrose)
Buried Bones. Carolyn Haines. 5.12.25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports with an African-American character.
The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State. Aime Alley Card. 5.20.25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where a character is in the Army (Katie's father).
Joy School. Elizabeth Berg. 5.18.25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Hunger. Knut Hamsun. 6.7.25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book where the word diamond can be found in the text (It's a two-carat, old mine cut diamond…84%).
Grin and Beard It. Penny Reid. 6.22.25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a nurse (Bethie).
Float Up, Sing Down: Stories. Laird Hunt. 5.21.25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book with a character called either Michael (Saddler).
Texas Rain. Jodi Thomas. 6.14.25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet (Phaeton).
Struck Down on the Seventh: An Exorcism Performed by an Idiot. Aeddon Cayea. 7.4.25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a character called Ted.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. Kate Clifford Larson. 7.6.25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman.
The Wreath. Sigrid Undset. 6.3.25

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Way to go Kim

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Jul 24, 2025 07:57AM

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FINISHED
Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - July 24, 2025
Level 1: 30 tasks
Read: 30/30

TASKS
1. Richard Simmons
🌟 Read a book published in July of any year.
published July 23, 2024 The Forbidden Sawyer Bennett 6/16/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a doctor.
Ike Songer Home for the Holidays Sara Richardson 5/8/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book that is fourth in a series.
The Day He Let Go Elana Johnson 5/15/25 (Hawthorne Harbor #4)

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟 Read a book where a character is co-owner of something.
A Pinch of Salt Bethany Lopez 5/31/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
Hot Property Susanne O'Leary 5/29/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book that is a first in a series.
Corpse at a Cape Cod Inn Angela K. Ryan 5/19/25 (Cape Cod Cozy Mystery #1)

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book set in Arkansas.
Hooked By Love Katharine E. Hamilton 7/15/25

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series.
Holiday in the Hamptons Sarah Morgan 5/27/25 (From Manhattan with Love #5)

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball.
The One for Me Corinne Michaels 7/24/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book with a character who helps another make it through the night.
Harrison and Daniella The Magic of Summer Leeanna Morgan 6/13/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book where a character goes looking for their roots.
Whiskey Chaser Lucy Score 5/19/25

12. Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book with a character with a beard.
Small Town Christmas Olivia Miles 5/11/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where the authors initials cad in GOSPELAIRES.
From Grumpy to Forever Elena Aitken 5/16/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book with a character called Mike.
A Stitch in Time Leeanna Morgan 5/28/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book with a direction word in the title.
The River Runs South Audrey Ingram 6/7/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover.

The Night We Lost Him Laura Dave 5/4/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a man.
Desolation Mountain William Kent Krueger 6/27/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟 Read a book where a character struggles with a life change.
Beautifully Broken Pieces Catherine Cowles 5/6/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟 Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES.
Now or Never Janet Evanovich 5/30/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book with a wheel on the cover.

The Day He Asked Again Elana Johnson 5/24/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book published in December of any year.
published December 11, 2023 Finding the Road to Us Carrie Ann Ryan 6/9/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟 Read a book where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order.
The Day He Left Town Elana Johnson 5/11/25

23. Charles Shyer
🌟 Read a book where the MC is a father.
The Feud Sawyer Bennett 6/6/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band.
Dying to Meet You Sarina Bowen 5/17/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟 Read a book where the word diamond can be found in the text.
p 11 ...business were smooth, greasy from lotion, and sporting a diamond ring or two. Seaside Cowboy's Marriage of Convenience Alexa Verde 5/18/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a nurse.
The Day He Came Home Elana Johnson 5/20/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless.
Whiskey River Runaway Justine Davis 5/9/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a revolution happens.
The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 6/10/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book with a character called Ted (Teddy).
Summer Light on Nantucket Nancy Thayer 5/22/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book with a MC who is a woman.
Wind River Wrangler Lindsay McKenna 5/5/25

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Jul 27, 2025 10:18PM

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2: 28/30
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks

🌟 1. Richard Simmons: Read a book published in July of any year: The Library at Hellebore | Cassandra Khaw | 07.31.25 | published July 22, 2025
🌟 2. James Sikking: Read a book with a blue cover: Three Wild Dogs | Markus Zusak | 07.31.25
🌟 3. Bob Newhart: Read a book that is fourth in a series: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy | Julia Quinn | 08.09.25 | Smythe-Smith Quartet, #4
🌟 4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir: Read a book with a character who is a singer: Leather & Lark | Brynne Weaver | 08.05.25 | Lark Montague
🌟 5. Gena Rowlands: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS: The Compound | Aisling Rawle | 08.04.25
🌟 6. Phil Donahue: Read a book that is a first in a series: The Three-Body Problem | Liu Cixin | 07.24.25 | Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) by Markus Zusak

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #4) by Julia Quinn

Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) by Brynne Weaver

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) by Liu Cixin

🌟 7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy: Read a book about wrestling: Foxcatcher | Mark Schultz | 08.20.25
🌟 8. Tito Jackson: Read a book that is fifth in a series: Isles of the Emberdark | Brandon Sanderson | 08.26.25 | Secret Projects, #5
🌟 9. Drake Hogestyn: Read a book where a character gets a scholarship: Spectacular Things | Beck Dorey-Stein | 08.21.25
🌟10. Kris Kristofferson: Read a book with a character who is an outlaw: Too Old for This | Samantha Downing | 08.23.25
🌟11. John Amos: Read a book where a character goes looking at their roots: The Warbler | Sarah Beth Durst | 08.26.25
🌟12. Frank Fritz: Read a book tagged history: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad | 08.01.25

Foxcatcher The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Mark Schultz

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

🌟13. Cissy Houston: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES: Done and Dusted | Lyla Sage | 07.29.25
🌟14. Mike Bullard: Read a book set in Canada: This Summer Will Be Different | Carley Fortune | 07.24.25 | set on Prince Edward Island
🌟15. Liam Payne: Read a book set in England: Who Wants to Marry a Duke | Sabrina Jeffries | 08.14.25
🌟16. Michael Newman: Read a book with a character who knows what to do in an emergency: Lights Out | Navessa Allen | 07.28.25 | Aly Cappellucci
🌟17. Ron Ely: Read a book with a MC who is a man: Bewilderment | Richard Powers | 08.20.25 | Theo Byrne
🌟18. Teri Garr: Read a book where a character struggles with a life change: The Friendship List | Susan Mallery | 08.07.25 | Unity Leandre

Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1) by Lyla Sage

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

Who Wants to Marry a Duke (Duke Dynasty #3) by Sabrina Jeffries

Lights Out (Into Darkness, #1) by Navessa Allen

19. Quincy Jones: Read a book about jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES:

20. Chuck Woolery: Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game:

🌟21. Dayle Haddon: Read a book where a man is murdered: A Most Puzzling Murder | Bianca Marais | 07.28.25 | Mordecai Scruffmore
🌟22. Greg Gumbel: Read a book where the letters N-F-L can be found in the title in any order: The Young of Other Animals | Chris Cander | 07.29.25
🌟23. Charles Shyer: Read a book with a necklace on the cover: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? | Crystal Smith Paul | 08.18.25
🌟24. Alfa Anderson: Read a book where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC: An Indiscreet Princess | Georgie Blalock | 07.30.25

The Young of Other Animals by Chris Cander

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

An Indiscreet Princess by Georgie Blalock

🌟25. Sophie Hediger: Read a book with a black cover: The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy | Brigitte Knightley | 08.05.25
🌟26. Jill Jacobson: Read a book tagged science fiction: The Gate to Women's Country | Sheri S. Tepper | 07.24.25
🌟27. Michael Cole: Read a book with a character called either Michael or Peter: The God of the Woods | Liz Moore | 08.10.25 | Peter Van Laar
🌟28. Nikki Giovanni: Read a book where a character is a poet: The Stress of Her Regard | Tim Powers | 08.01.25 | Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats
🌟29. Mark Withers: Read a book tagged LGBT: Atmosphere | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 07.25.25
🌟30. Barbara Taylor Bradford: Read a book with a MC who is a woman: Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | 08.02.31 | Keiko Furukura

The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1) by Brigitte Knightley

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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FINISHED

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Level 1: 30 tasks
Completed: 30/30

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year. Love, Eternally - Morgan O'Neill 5/2/25 (Published on July 2, 2012)

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.

Something Blue - Emily Giffin 5/1/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series. The Unlucky Ones - Hannah Morrissey 5/8/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is owner of something. Let Me Show You - Alexandria House 5/3/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS. When in Rome - Sarah Adams 5/1/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John. The Best Wrong Move - Lily Parker 7/27/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum). Sinister Magic - Lindsay Buroker 6/15/25 (Seattle, Washington)

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON. Blood Test - Jonathan Kellerman 5/23/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera. Bat Boy - Christina Lee 6/12/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom) Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates - Eric Jay Dolin 7/26/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots. Let Me Hold You - Alexandria House 5/3/25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard. Savannah Breeze - Mary Kay Andrews 5/4/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES. The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff 5/12/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood 5/12/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show. On the Way to the Wedding - Julia Quinn 5/19/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency. The Upper Room - Mary Monroe 5/24/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant. Private Rio - James Patterson 5/8/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE. Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier - Timothy J. Shannon 5/31/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum) Every Crooked Nanny - Kathy Hogan Trocheck 5/5/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.

Someone Like Us - Dinaw Mengestu 6/25/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beuty routine, or a book published in December of any year. Murder is a Piece of Cake - Valerie Burns 5/7/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character. Mrs. Wiggins - Mary Monroe 5/2/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.

When I'm Dead - Hannah Morrissey 5/7/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC. Half a King - Joe Abercrombie 5/14/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #). Let Me Love You - Alexandria House 5/2/25 (pg. 3 – “You were late?” Shirl asked, her eyes on her diamond drenched work again.)

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich 5/17/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover. Funny Story - Emily Henry 7/20/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens. Fortune's Pawn - Rachel Bach 5/20/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover. A Darker Mischief - Derek Milman 7/11/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series. Spring at Blueberry Bay - Holly Martin 5/6/25

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Jul 29, 2025 07:30AM

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Welcome Laura Z and well done Caraina

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Aug 18, 2025 06:35AM

Finished

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025
30/30
Level 1: 30 tasks

TASKS

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.
Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 6/2/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
Dr. Lexi Hamilton Canine Courier Kathi Daley 5/3/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
#4 Little Dog Diner Mysteries Cooking Up Chaos Emmie Lyn 5/14/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is co-owner of something.
Whined Up Patti Benning 5/5/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
Director Penelope Ainsley Murder at the Beehive Bistro Sue Hollowell 5/4/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
#1 Steeped in Mystery A Whiff of Wicked Angela Mayble 5/1/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
KC Murder on the Mesa Kristina Charles 5/9/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
Mrs. Finch Pedigrees and Poison Jinty James 5/2/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
Tom Shot Through the Book Eva Gates 5/8/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
Diamond in the Ruff Cindy Goyette 5/7/25

12. Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
The Blonde That Didn't Respond Amber Crewes 5/13/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
Over Bite Patti Benning 5/5/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.
Christmas Claws Jinty James 5/2/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
Poison and Petals at the Castle Avery Kent 5/11/25

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
Wedding and Wands Lucinda Race 5/7/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
MC Jack Carter The Ledger Left Behind Lola Finch 8/18/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
Elise Fetching the Final Clue Sharon Michaels 5/24/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)
Shot Through the Book Eva Gates 5/8/25

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
The Final Chapter Fatality Maisy Marple, Wendy Winchester 5/8/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beauty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
Hounding a Killer Kallie E. Benjamin 5/6/25 (view spoiler) was murdered

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
Flippers, Blades and Murder Montie Red 5/10/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.
Christmas Heist Arthur Pearce 6/10/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
Andrew April Showers Bring Murderous Flowers Lynda Brunelle 5/13/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
Swiss Secrets Hazel Smith 5/19/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.
Patchwork Perils Kathryn Mykel 5/9/25

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
Peter A Body in the Rose Garden Savannah Rainn 5/19/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.
Phoebe A Perk of Trouble Tonya Kappes 6/3/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a character called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.
Mark Delicate Evidence Scarlett Moss 5/18/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.
MC Andrea Quilted Murder Amy Muir 5/12/25

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Aug 18, 2025 04:29PM

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Good job Tari

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Way to go Tari

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Genevieve wrote: "Way to go Tari"

Thanks Genevieve

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Aug 28, 2025 03:19PM

FINISHED

Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part 2
Duration: May 1, 2025 - November 30, 2026

Level 3

Completed: 90/90

First half:

1. Richard Simmons
🌟Read a book set in either New Orleans or LA or where a character loses weight or read a book published in July of any year.
🌻 Published 7/29/2014 - Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews 5/15/25
🌻 Set in New Orleans - French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 7/5/25
🌻 Published 7/30/24 - The Wedding People by Alison Espach 7/25/25
🌻 Published 7/9/2024 - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 7/30/25
🌻 Published 7/14/2020 - A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber 8/4/25
🌻 First published 7/1/1982 - Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume 8/7/25
🌻 First published 7/21/22 - The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty 8/21/25

2. James Sikking
🌟 Read a book with a blue cover or with a character who is a doctor or with a character who has cancer.
🌻 Jack is a doctor - Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan 7/5/25
🌻 Blue cover - Almost American Girl by Robin Ha 7/16/25

🌻 Hank and Anika are doctors - The Measure by Nikki Erlick 7/27/25
🌻 MC Eve has brain cancer - What Does It Feel Like? by Sophie Kinsella 8/5/25

3. Bob Newhart
🌟 Read a book with a character who stammers or a character who is Catholic or that is fourth in a series.
🌻 MC Megan stammers - Pawfully Wedded by Diane Kelly 6/13/25
🌻 ALL the characters are Catholic - Conclave by Robert Harris 6/25/25
🌻 Scottish Bookshop Mystery #4 - The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton 6/26/25
🌻 Sister Mary Theresa Conaty is a Catholic nun - Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West 8/2/25

4. Abdul (Duke) Fakir
🌟Read a book set in Michigan or with a character who is a singer or where a character is co-owner of something.
🌻 Set in Michigan - Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 5/17/25
🌻 Set in Michigan - Tandem Demise by Duffy Brown 6/30/25

5. Gena Rowlands
🌟 Read a book that is set in Wisconsin or a character who is an actor or director or where the authors initials can be found in GENA ROWLANDS.
🌻 Author's initials are EA - Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams 5/27/25
🌻 Heidi St. Clair is an actress - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 7/17/25
🌻 Author's initials are NS - The Golden Hour by Niki Smith 7/23/25

6. Phil Donahue
🌟 Read a book set or published in the 1960s or a book that is a first in a series or a character called Phil or John.
🌻 Outer Banks Bookshop Mystery #1 - Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette 5/23/25
🌻 Dizzy Heights Mystery #1 - The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. Kinsey 6/21/25
🌻 Knitting Mystery #1 - Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton 7/8/25
🌻 MC's husband is John Gregory Duane - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 8/16/25

7. Sid (Vicious) Eudy
🌟 Read a book about wrestling or set in Arkansas or Washington or where the first letter of each title word can be found in SID VICIOUS. (Three word minimum).

8. Tito Jackson
🌟 Read a book that is fifth in a series or that is tagged music or where the authors initials can be found in JACKSON.
🌻 League of Literary Ladies #5 - Gone with the Twins by Kylie Logan 6/6/25
🌻 Author's initials are JS - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25
🌻 Author's initials are CK - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 8/20/25

9. Drake Hogestyn
🌟 Read a book about baseball or where a character gets a scholarship or where a character watches a soap opera.
🌻 Gloria gets a scholarship - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann 7/24/25

10. Kris Kristofferson
🌟 Read a book about Kris Krisofferson or with a character who is an outlaw (Your interpretation) or with a character who helps another make it through the night. (Tell us whom)
🌻 Brock Benoit is a drug dealer and outlaw - Flame and Fortune by Jana Deleon 7/11/25

11. John Amos
🌟 Read a book with a character who is a social worker or a character who plays football or where a character goes looking at their roots.
🌻 Four half-siblings are looking for the father who abandoned them - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson 8/23/25

12, Frank Fritz
🌟 Read a book tagged history or where a character buys an antique or a character with a beard.
🌻 Tagged History - A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 6/10/25
🌻 MMC has a beard - The Mechanic's Guide to Getting the Boss's Daughter by Valerie Pepper 8/26/25

13. Cissy Houston
🌟 Read a book where a character signs a contract or where the MC is an aunt or where the authors initials can be found in GOSPELAIRES.
🌻 MC is an aunt: Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross 5/19/25
🌻Author's initials are AR - Finders Keepers: A Flannigan Sisters Psychic Cozy Mystery by Amanda Reid 6/8/25
🌻 Author's initials are EE - The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton 6/16/25
🌻 Author's initials are IA - Magic Steals by Ilona Andrews 8/5/25

14. Mike Bullard
🌟 Read a book set in Canada or a book that is tagged humor or a character called Mike.
🌻 Set in Canada - The Stand-In by Lily Chu 7/20/25
🌻 Tagged Humor - Swamp Spirits by Jana Deleon 8/15/25

15. Liam Payne
🌟 Read a book set in England or with a direction word in the title or a book that has been made into a tv show.
🌻 Set in England - Death Beside the Seaside by T.E. Kinsey 5/21/25
🌻 Set in England - The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley 6/2/25
🌻 Set in England - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 6/23/25
🌻 Set in England - The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 6/24/25
🌻 Set in England - Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess 7/1/25
🌻 Set in England - Lady Fortescue Steps Out by Marion Chesney 7/4/25
🌻 Set in England - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 8/1/25
🌻 Set in England - Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey by James Rebanks 8/11/25
🌻 Set in England - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 8/26/25
🌻 Set in England - The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 8/27/25
🌻 Set in England - My Summer of Magic Moments by Caroline Roberts 8/28/25

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message 44: by Lali & Michelle (new)

Aug 28, 2025 03:19PM

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Remembering Lost Ones 2024 Part II

Second half:

16. Michael Newman
🌟 Read a book with a beach on the cover or where a character needs first aid or a character who knows what to do in an emergency.
🌻 FMC and MMC meet when he is injured and needs first aid - Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 6/3/25
🌻 Beach on cover - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan 7/26/25

🌻 Beach on cover - Death of a Bachelorette by Laura Levine 8/6/25

17. Ron Ely
🌟 Read Tarzan of the Apes or a MC who is a man or where a character attends or takes part in a pageant.
🌻 MC is male- Good Material by Dolly Alderton 5/20/25

18. Terri Garr
🌟Read a book where a character struggles with a life change or a book about ballet or where the authors initials can be found in TOOTSIE.
🌻 MC Laurel struggles after being fired - Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan 5/25/25
🌻 MC struggles with the sudden onset of a debilitating disease - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 6/11/25
🌻 Author's initials are TO - There There by Tommy Orange 6/17/25
🌻 Author's initials are ES - A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan 8/9/25

19. Quincy Jones
🌟Read a book about Jazz or where a character goes to a party or where the first letter of each title word can be found in QUINCY JONES. (3 word minimum)

20. Chuck Woolery
🌟 Read a book where a character hosts something or with a wheel on the cover or where a character plays a game.
🌻 MC hosts a party - Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton 6/22/25
🌻 Characters play a made-up game called "Billboard Assh*les" - Accidentally Amy by Lynn Painter 7/10/25

21. Dayle Haddon
🌟 Read a book where a man is murdered or where a character does a beauty routine, or a book published in December of any year.
🌻 Published 12/1/2017 - The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score 5/14/25
🌻 Man is murdered - Ghost in Trouble by Carolyn G. Hart 6/15/25
🌻 Published 12/3/2019 - Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
🌻 Published 12/12/2017 - A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert 7/15/25
🌻 Man is murdered - Sins of the Sarcophagus by Kirsten Weiss 7/19/25

22. Greg Gumbel
🌟Read a book tagged sports or where the letters NFL can be found in the title in any order or with an African-American character.
🌻 All main characters are African-American - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 5/29/25
🌻 NFL - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton 6/7/25
🌻 Both MCs are African-American - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 6/12/25
🌻 NFL - Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara Berry 7/22/25

23, Charles Shyer
🌟Read a book where the MC is a father or with a necklace on the cover or where a character is in the Army.
🌻 MC is a father - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 5/31/25

24. Alfa Anderson
🌟 Read a book where a character is in a band or where a book takes place at a high school or where the the first letter of the title can be found in CHIC.
🌻 First title word is H: Hemingway's Cats by Lindsey Hooper 5/16/25
🌻 MC in a band: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 5/22/25
🌻 Takes place at a high school - Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly 6/28/25
🌻 Starts with H - Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross 6/29/25
🌻 Starts with H - Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 7/12/25

25. Sophie Hediger
🌟Read a book that takes place in Switzerland or China or read a book with a black cover or where the word diamond can be found in the text (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
🌻 Black cover - Bride by Ali Hazelwood 8/18/25

26. Jill Jacobson
🌟 Read a book that makes you laugh or a character who is a nurse or tagged science fiction.
🌻 Makes you laugh - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 8/10/24

27. Michael Cole
🌟 Read a book where a character is homeless or with a character called either Michael or Peter or with a bridge on the cover.
🌻 Michael - Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan 6/5/25
🌻 Michael - White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25

28. Nikki Giovanni
🌟 Read a book where a character is a poet or read a book by Nikki Giovanni or read a book where a revolution happens.
🌻 MC Delphine's mother is a poet - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25
🌻 The author (and main character of this memoir) is a poet - Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop: A Memoir by Alba Donati 8/8/25

29. Mark Withers
🌟 Read a book tagged LGBQ or with a charcter called Steven, Ted or Mark or read a book with a heart on the cover.
🌻 LGBQ - Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour 6/23/25

30. Barbara Taylor Bradford
🌟 Read a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford or with a MC who is a woman or which is tenth in a series.
🌻 MC is a woman - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood 6/1/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Muddled Through by Barbara Ross 6/18/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Last Word by Taylor Adams 6/19/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 7/3/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower 7/7/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream by Diane Kelly 7/18/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Cannoli Caper by Kirsten Weiss 7/31/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost 8/3/25
🌻 MC is a woman - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien 8/13/25
🌻 MC is a woman - Gone to Hot Pot: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien 8/27/25

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message 45: by Genevieve (new)

Sep 03, 2025 04:43AM

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Great job Lali & Michelle

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