A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1996
1st May 2024 - 31st July 2024
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Popular Baby Names
Emily, Hannah, Joshua, Brandon
🟦 Read a book by an author whose first initial is E, H, J or B.
Beauty and the Playboy Prince - Justine Lewis (HR #4890 - Feb 2024) - May 14
2. The average price for a gallon of gas was $1.29.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
3. U.S. President - Bill Clinton
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
4. The U.S. minimum wage was $4.75.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
🟦 Read a series book #1 or #2 or #9 or #12 or #29 (include series name and number).
🟦 Read a book where a character is adopted by a step-parent OR by an author whose initials are consecutive (like B-C) OR set in Arkansas.
🟦 Read a book that has a 4, 5 or 7 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
The Gift - Julie Garwood (Pocket - Jan 1991) (20,167) - May 6
5. Born in 1996
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
6. Died in 1996
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
January 3 – Florence Pugh, English actress
March 23 – Alexander Albon, Thai racing driver
May 4 - Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
June 1 – Tom Holland, English actor
September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
November 16 - Brendan Murray, Irish singer
December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
🟦 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, D, F, H, K, M, P, R, T or Z (tell us their name).
François Mitterrand, 79, French statesman and President of France
Alistair Cameron Crombie, 80, Australian zoologist and historian of science
Susie Sharp, 88, American jurist and first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Erma Bombeck, 69, American humorist and writer, kidney disease
Albert R. Broccoli, 87, American film producer (Dr. No, Goldfinger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), heart failure
🟦 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR whose first name begins with a with a vowel and last name begins with a consonant OR both names begin with a consonant.
Margaret Atwood – Alias Grace
David Baldacci – Absolute Power
Helen Fielding – Bridget Jones's Diary
George R. R. Martin – A Game of Thrones
Terry McMillan – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Joyce Carol Oates – We Were the Mulvaneys
🟦 Read a book set in Canada, Chicago, Jamaica, Washington D.C., London, Alternate Earth, New York, (tell us where).
The Lyon's Gambit - Ruth A. Casie (Dragonblade Pub - May 2024) (London) - May 18
8. In Theaters
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
9. On The Radio
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
101 Dalmatians
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Space Jam
Twister
🟦 Read a book with the genre/tagged Action, Adventure, Children's, Comedy, Disaster, Science Fiction, Sports, Spy or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
"Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow
"Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms
"Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Fugees
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio
"One Headlight" – The Wallflowers
"Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
🟦 Read a book whose title begins with B, E, F, G, K, M, O, U and W - all words count.
What Ales the Earl - Sally MacKenzie (Zebra - Aug 2018) - May 15
IN THE NEWS
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
11. March 22 - Resident Evil, the first video game to use
the term "survival horror", is released in Japan.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
12. June 29 – The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde
Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in
their first performance since 1989.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
13. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be
successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in
Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
14. September 7 – Rapper and actor Tupac Shakur was shot
and injured in a drive-by shooting attack by an unknown assailant. He was left
in a critical condition afterwards and died of his injuries at the University
Medical Center of Southern Nevada six days later on September 13. The murder
remains unsolved.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
15. December 26 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found
beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family's home in Boulder,
Colorado.
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
10. March 11 – Australian John Howard sworn in as Prime Minister.
🟦 Read a book set in Australia OR by an author named John or Howard (first or last) OR with a character who is bald or wears glasses.
🟦 Read a book tagged Survival or Horror OR where a character plays video games OR whose title begins with R or ends with L.
🟦 Read a book where a character goes to a concert OR whose title begins with the word THE.
🟦 Read a book set in Scotland OR with a clone in the story OR with a MC whose first name begins with D.
🟦 Read a book with a singer or actor OR where someone dies in the hospital OR with a character who is famous (does not need to be in real life).
🟦 Read a book where a murder occurs OR set in Colorado OR where someone participates in pageants.
Amish Witness To Murder - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1108 - June 2024) (murder) - May 20
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