A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1965
1st August 2024 - 31st October 2024
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Popular Baby Names
Lisa, Mary, Michael, John
✴️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name beings with L, J or M.
No Turning Back - Lindsay McKenna (HI #2217 - June 2024) - Aug 5
2. The average price for a car was $2650.00.
✴️ Read a series book #2 or #5 or #6 or #26 or #50 or #65 (include series name and number).
✴️ Read a series book #2 or #5 or #6 or #26 or #50 or #65 (include series name and number).
Wyoming Ranch Justice - Juno Rushdan (HI #2239 - Sept 2024) (#2 - Cowboy State Lawmen: Duty and Honor) - Aug 16
3. U.S. President - Lyndon B. Johnson
✴️ Read a book where a character is a teacher OR by an author with a middle initial OR set in Texas.
✴️ Read a book where a character is a teacher OR by an author with a middle initial OR set in Texas.
Protecting the Amish Child - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1127 - Sept 2024) - Aug 8
4. The U.S. average income was $6450.
✴️ Read a book that has a 6, 4, 5 or 0 in the book's average rating. Tell us the rating.
✴️ Read a book that has a 6, 4, 5 or 0 in the book's average rating. Tell us the rating.
A Scandal at Stonecliffe - Candace Camp (HQN - Aug 2024) (GR 4.10) - Aug 31
5. Born in 1965
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
David Wenham, Australian actor
J. K. Rowling, English author
Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
Paulina Porizkova, Swedish-American model and actress
Salman Khan, Indian actor, television presenter
Vinnie Jones, British footballer-turned-actor
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, C, D, K, M, J, P, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name).
Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
David Wenham, Australian actor
J. K. Rowling, English author
Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
Paulina Porizkova, Swedish-American model and actress
Salman Khan, Indian actor, television presenter
Vinnie Jones, British footballer-turned-actor
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, C, D, K, M, J, P, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name).
Last Mission - Lisa Childs (HRS #2292 - Sept 2024) (Wynona) - Aug 13
6. Died in 1965
January 4 – T. S. Eliot, American-British poet, Nobel Prize laureate
February 15 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician
April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist
May 19 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer
June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses a middle initial OR uses initials instead of a first name OR who has three names OR whose first or last name ends with a vowel or Y.
January 4 – T. S. Eliot, American-British poet, Nobel Prize laureate
February 15 – Nat King Cole, American singer and musician
April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist
May 19 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer
June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer
September 8 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses a middle initial OR uses initials instead of a first name OR who has three names OR whose first or last name ends with a vowel or Y.
Liberating the Lady of Loughmoe - C.H. Admirand (Dragonblade - Aug 2024) (initials) - Aug 9
7. New Books
John Dickson Carr – The House at Satan's Elbow
Frank Herbert – Dune
John D. MacDonald – A Deadly Shade of Gold
Marguerite Young – Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Susan Cooper – Over Sea, Under Stone
Dean Acheson – Morning and Noon
✴️ Read a book whose title has 5 words OR
whose title is one word OR
whose title has a color word OR
John Dickson Carr – The House at Satan's Elbow
Frank Herbert – Dune
John D. MacDonald – A Deadly Shade of Gold
Marguerite Young – Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Susan Cooper – Over Sea, Under Stone
Dean Acheson – Morning and Noon
✴️ Read a book whose title has 5 words OR
whose title is one word OR
whose title has a color word OR
The Lyon's Golden Touch - Sara Adrien (Dragonblade - July 2024) - Aug 2
whose title has a name OR
whose title contains opposite words OR
that is from the non-fiction genre.
8. In Theaters
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Thunderball
The Great Race
That Darn Cat!
Cat Ballou
Von Ryan's Express
✴️ Read a book with the genre/tagged Music, Historical, Romance, Action, Spy, Humor, Thriller, Western, War or Adventure (tell us which you chose).
whose title has a name OR
whose title contains opposite words OR
that is from the non-fiction genre.
The Sound of Music
Doctor Zhivago
Thunderball
The Great Race
That Darn Cat!
Cat Ballou
Von Ryan's Express
✴️ Read a book with the genre/tagged Music, Historical, Romance, Action, Spy, Humor, Thriller, Western, War or Adventure (tell us which you chose).
Road Trip Rivalry - Mona Shroff (HSE #3058 - Sept 2024) (romance) - Aug 15
9. On The Radio
"California Girls" by The Beach Boys
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
"Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
"King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with C, D, E, H, I, K, M, S, T, W or Y - all words count.
"California Girls" by The Beach Boys
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
"Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
"Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys
"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
"King Of The Road" by Roger Miller
"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" by The Byrds
"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with C, D, E, H, I, K, M, S, T, W or Y - all words count.
In Service to a Lyon - E.L. Johnson (Dragonblade - Aug 2024) - Aug 12
IN THE NEWS
10. February 21 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
✴️ Read a book where a character is murdered OR with a character who was in foster care OR with a Muslim character.
10. February 21 – Malcolm X is gunned down while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
✴️ Read a book where a character is murdered OR with a character who was in foster care OR with a Muslim character.
Mile High Mystery - Cindi Myers (HI #2236 - Sept 2024) (murdered) - Aug 10
11. April 23 – The Pennine Way officially opens. This is
a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail
stretches for 268 miles.
✴️ Read a book set in England or Scotland OR where a character goes walking or hiking OR with a 2, 6, or 8 in the page count (share page count).
✴️ Read a book set in England or Scotland OR where a character goes walking or hiking OR with a 2, 6, or 8 in the page count (share page count).
Cinderella at the Duke's Ball - Bronwyn Scott (HH #1815 - Sept 2024) (England) - Aug 22
12. July 14 – U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars,
becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
✴️ Read a book with a red cover (show cover) OR where someone shares images with another OR a Series #4 (share series name).
✴️ Read a book with a red cover (show cover) OR where someone shares images with another OR a Series #4 (share series name).
Castles - Julie Garwood (Pocket - July 1993) (#4 - Crown's Spies) - Sept 13
13. October 7 – Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off
Guam by super typhoon Carmen; 209 are killed.
✴️ Read a book where a weather event occurs (hurricane, tornado, severe thunderstorm, earthquake, etc.) OR with a character who is a fisherman OR set on an island (tell us where).
✴️ Read a book where a weather event occurs (hurricane, tornado, severe thunderstorm, earthquake, etc.) OR with a character who is a fisherman OR set on an island (tell us where).
Stranded with the Island Doctor - Annie Claydon (HMED #1264 - Aug 2022) (tropical storm/island) - Aug 14
14. October 28 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
is completed.
✴️ Read a book with an arch on the cover (show cover) OR set in Missouri OR with an architect character.
15. December 9 – A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first
Peanuts television special, debuts on CBS in the United States. It becomes a
Christmas tradition.
✴️ Read a book with the words Charlie Brown in the title OR a book set during Christmas OR with a character whose first name is Charlie or last name is Brown.
✴️ Read a book with an arch on the cover (show cover) OR set in Missouri OR with an architect character.
✴️ Read a book with the words Charlie Brown in the title OR a book set during Christmas OR with a character whose first name is Charlie or last name is Brown.
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