A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1949
1 November 2023 - 31 January 2024
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
15/15
Tasks:
1. Popular Baby Names
Linda, Mary, James and Robert
❇️ Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with L, M, J or R.
Code Name: Gemini - Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas( Calamitte Jane Pub - Nov 2023) - Nov 9
2. The average price for a new house was $7450.00.
❇️ Read a series book #4 or #5 or #7 (include series name and number).
❇️ Read a series book #4 or #5 or #7 (include series name and number).
Secrets, Vegas Style - Kira Sinclair (HD #2838 - Nov 2021) (Bad Billionaires #4) - Dec 3
3. U.S. President - Harry S. Truman
❇️ Read a book where a character wears glasses OR by an author who uses a middle initial OR set in Missouri.
❇️ Read a book where a character wears glasses OR by an author who uses a middle initial OR set in Missouri.
Never Wager With a Wallflower - Virginia Heath (St. Martin's - Nov 2023) (glasses) - Nov 7
4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $2950.
❇️ Read a book that has a 0, 2, 5 or 9 in the page count. Tell us the page count.
❇️ Read a book that has a 0, 2, 5 or 9 in the page count. Tell us the page count.
The Lyon's Redemption - Sandra Sookoo (Dragonblade Pub - Nov 2023) (222 pgs) - Nov 10
5. Born in 1949
January 24 – John Belushi, American actor and comedian
February 22 – Niki Lauda, Austrian triple Formula 1 world champion
March 16 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor
March 18 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player
June 5 – Ken Follett, English novelist
July 15 – Richard Russo, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
October 8 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress
❇️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name).
January 24 – John Belushi, American actor and comedian
February 22 – Niki Lauda, Austrian triple Formula 1 world champion
March 16 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor
March 18 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player
June 5 – Ken Follett, English novelist
July 15 – Richard Russo, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
October 8 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress
❇️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, R, S, V, or W (tell us their name).
Luck of the Lyon - Belle Ami (Dragonblade - Nov 2023) (Sarah) - Nov 13
6. Died in 1949
January 15 – Charles Ponzi, Italian-born American con man
April 15 – Wallace Beery, American actor, Grand Hotel, The Champ, Robin Hood, Viva Villa!
May 27 – Robert Ripley, American creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!
August 16 – Margaret Mitchell, American novelist
October 21 – Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, Colombian Roman Catholic religious professed and saint
December 6 – Lead Belly, African-American blues musician
❇️ Read a book published in January, April, May, August, October or December of any year.
January 15 – Charles Ponzi, Italian-born American con man
April 15 – Wallace Beery, American actor, Grand Hotel, The Champ, Robin Hood, Viva Villa!
May 27 – Robert Ripley, American creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!
August 16 – Margaret Mitchell, American novelist
October 21 – Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, Colombian Roman Catholic religious professed and saint
December 6 – Lead Belly, African-American blues musician
❇️ Read a book published in January, April, May, August, October or December of any year.
The Prince's Safari Temptation - Nina Singh (HR #4872 - Oct 2023) - Nov 15
7. New Books
Agatha Christie – Crooked House
Ellery Queen – Cat of Many Tails
Foster Fitzsimmons – Bright Leaf
Harold Robbins – The Dream Merchants
Howard Clewes – Green Grow the Rushes
Nelson Algren – The Man with the Golden Arm
Nevil Shute – A Town Like Alice
Ross Macdonald – The Moving Target
❇️ Read a book set in London, New York City, North Carolina, England, California, Chicago, or Australia.
Agatha Christie – Crooked House
Ellery Queen – Cat of Many Tails
Foster Fitzsimmons – Bright Leaf
Harold Robbins – The Dream Merchants
Howard Clewes – Green Grow the Rushes
Nelson Algren – The Man with the Golden Arm
Nevil Shute – A Town Like Alice
Ross Macdonald – The Moving Target
❇️ Read a book set in London, New York City, North Carolina, England, California, Chicago, or Australia.
Truth or Lyon - Katherine Bone (Dragonblade Pub - Oct 2023) (London) - Nov 4
8. In Theaters
I Was a Male War Bride
Intruder in the Dust
Jolson Sings Again
Little Women
Neptune's Daughter
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Secret Garden
White Heat
❇️ Read a book with the genre Biography, Childrens, Classics, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, or War.
I Was a Male War Bride
Intruder in the Dust
Jolson Sings Again
Little Women
Neptune's Daughter
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Secret Garden
White Heat
❇️ Read a book with the genre Biography, Childrens, Classics, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance, or War.
Cinderella's Costa Rican Adventure - Scarlet Wilson (HR #4876 - Nov 2023) (romance) - Nov 16
IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow, gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma, and garners national media attention in the United States.
❇️ Read a book where you find the word COW in the text (share page/loc#) OR set in Oklahoma OR where something captures media attention (tell us what).
The Lyon, the Liar, and the Scandalous Wardrobe - Chasity Bowlin (Dragonblade Pub - Nov 2023) (cow - loc 790) - Nov 22
10. March 2 – First automatic street lights go into
operation in New Milford, Connecticut.
❇️ Read a book with a street light on the cover (show cover) OR set in a small town.
❇️ Read a book with a street light on the cover (show cover) OR set in a small town.
Dead Again - Nichole Severn (HI #2147 - June 2023) (small town) - Nov 18
11. March 31 – The former British colony of Newfoundland
joins Canada, as its 10th province.
❇️ Read a book set on an island OR set in Canada OR a Series #10.
❇️ Read a book set on an island OR set in Canada OR a Series #10.
Misty Hollow Massacre - Carol Ericson (HI #2184 - Dec 2023) (island) - Nov 28
12. June 8 – George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen
Eighty-Four is published in London by Secker & Warburg.
❇️ Read a book with the genre Dystopian, Social or Sci Fi OR a book with a number in the title.
❇️ Read a book with the genre Dystopian, Social or Sci Fi OR a book with a number in the title.
The Fearless One - Lori Foster (HQN - Jan 2024) - Dec 27
13. June 24 – The first television western, Hopalong
Cassidy, airs on NBC in the United States.
❇️ Read a book where the MC is a cowboy OR whose title is in cursive lettering OR read a book that has ties to movies and/or TV like Hopalong Cassidy.
❇️ Read a book where the MC is a cowboy OR whose title is in cursive lettering OR read a book that has ties to movies and/or TV like Hopalong Cassidy.
The Soldier's Refuge - Sabrina York (HSE #2986 - June 2023) (set designer) - Dec 4
14. September 2 – Film noir The Third Man, with
screenplay by Graham Greene and set in Allied-occupied Vienna, is released in
the United Kingdom; it wins the 1949 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
❇️ Read a book where a person investigates a friend's murder OR with a Main Page Genre Mystery OR a book that has won a prize (tell us the name).
❇️ Read a book where a person investigates a friend's murder OR with a Main Page Genre Mystery OR a book that has won a prize (tell us the name).
Falling for His Pretend Countess - Lauri Robinson (HH #1721 - May 2023) (investigates murder) - Dec 10
15. September 17 – Warner Bros. cartoon, "Fast and
Furry-ous" is released. It also marks the debut of Wile E. Coyote and the
Road Runner.
❇️ Read a book with a title that is a pun OR with a sign on the cover (show cover) OR the first book in a new to you series.
❇️ Read a book with a title that is a pun OR with a sign on the cover (show cover) OR the first book in a new to you series.
The Heart-Shaped Murders - Denise N. Wheatley (HI #2078 - June 2022) (first book) - Nov 14
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