A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1964
1 May 2023 - 31 July 2023
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Popular Baby Names
Lisa, Michael, Susan, John, Donna
✴️ Read a book by an author or with a character named Lisa, Michael, Susan, John or Donna.
Skyscrapers to Greener Pastures - Jo McNally (HSE #2984 - June 2023) (Michael) - May 11
✴️ Read a series book #1 or #11 or #15 (include series name and number).
The Return of His Promised Duchess - Lauri Robinson (HH #2072 - June 2022) (Southern Belles in London - Book 1) - May 14
3. U.S. President - Lyndon B. Johnson
✴️ Read a book where a character is a high school teacher OR by an author who uses a middle initial OR set in Texas.
✴️ Read a book where a character is a high school teacher OR by an author who uses a middle initial OR set in Texas.
One Christmas Night - Jules Bennett (HD #2911 - Dec 2022) (Texas) - May 2
4. World Population - 3.273 Billion
✴️ Read a book that has a rating of 3.2 or higher. Tell us the book's rating.
✴️ Read a book that has a rating of 3.2 or higher. Tell us the book's rating.
K-9 Detectives - Rachel Lee (HI #2127 - Feb 2023) (rating 4.38) - May 1
5. Born in 1964
Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model
Dan Brown, American author
Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born actor
Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director
Vivica A. Fox, American actress
Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter, and actor
Teresa Edwards, American basketball player
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with B, C, D, E, F, G, K, L, M, R, T or V (tell us their name).
Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model
Dan Brown, American author
Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born actor
Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director
Vivica A. Fox, American actress
Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter, and actor
Teresa Edwards, American basketball player
✴️ Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with B, C, D, E, F, G, K, L, M, R, T or V (tell us their name).
Gabby's Protector - Regan Black, Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - May 2023) (Tony) - May 1
6. Died in 1964
February 25 – Grace Metalious, American writer
March 23 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor
April 5 – Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army general, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after World War II
May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician, 1st Prime Minister of India
July 31 – Jim Reeves, American country singer
October 20 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States
October 27 – Pierre Cartier, French jeweler
December 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer and songwriter
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter or whose initials are only consonants - no vowels.
February 25 – Grace Metalious, American writer
March 23 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor
April 5 – Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army general, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after World War II
May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician, 1st Prime Minister of India
July 31 – Jim Reeves, American country singer
October 20 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States
October 27 – Pierre Cartier, French jeweler
December 11 – Sam Cooke, American singer and songwriter
✴️ Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter or whose initials are only consonants - no vowels.
An Alliance with His Enemy Princess - Lissa Morgan (HH #1700 - Jan 2023) (consonants) - May 8
7. Sports Winners
World Series (Baseball): St. Louis Cardinals
World Heavyweight Championship (Boxing): Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 7th round.
Stanley Cup (Hockey): Toronto Maple Leafs
NFL Champions: Cleveland Browns
U.S. Open Golf: Ken Venturi
Kentucky Derby: Northern Dancer becomes the first Canadian–bred horse to win it.
✴️ Read a book set in Canada, California, Missouri, Ohio OR with a character that has the same initials like Cassius Clay OR with a bird, maple leaf or horse on the cover (show cover).
World Series (Baseball): St. Louis Cardinals
World Heavyweight Championship (Boxing): Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by TKO in the 7th round.
Stanley Cup (Hockey): Toronto Maple Leafs
NFL Champions: Cleveland Browns
U.S. Open Golf: Ken Venturi
Kentucky Derby: Northern Dancer becomes the first Canadian–bred horse to win it.
✴️ Read a book set in Canada, California, Missouri, Ohio OR with a character that has the same initials like Cassius Clay OR with a bird, maple leaf or horse on the cover (show cover).
Undercover Cowboy Defender - Linda O. Johnston (HRS #2222 - Mar 2023) (California) - May 7
8. In Theaters
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
Goldfinger
The Carpetbaggers
The Pink Panther
✴️ Read a book with the genre Anime, Billionaire, Comedy, Cowboy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Spy/Espionage or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Mary Poppins
My Fair Lady
Goldfinger
The Carpetbaggers
The Pink Panther
✴️ Read a book with the genre Anime, Billionaire, Comedy, Cowboy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Spy/Espionage or Thriller (tell us which one you chose.)
Dead Giveaway - Nichole Severn (HI #2059 - Mar 2022) (thriller) - May 5
9. On The Radio
"Baby I Need Your Loving" – The Four Tops
"Dancing In The Street" – Martha and The Vandellas
"House of the Rising Sun" – The Animals
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
"Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-las
"Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison
"Where Did Our Love Go?" – The Supremes
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with B, D, H, I, L, O or W.
"Baby I Need Your Loving" – The Four Tops
"Dancing In The Street" – Martha and The Vandellas
"House of the Rising Sun" – The Animals
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
"Leader of the Pack" – The Shangri-las
"Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison
"Where Did Our Love Go?" – The Supremes
✴️ Read a book whose title begins with B, D, H, I, L, O or W.
10. February 26 – U.S. politician John Glenn withdraws from the race for the Democratic Party Senate nomination, following a domestic accident.
✴️ Read a book where a character injures themselves while trying to do household chores/fixing house OR with a character that has two first names - like John Glenn OR where someone quits something (what is it?).
Rancher After Midnight - Karen Booth (HD #2917 - Jan 2023) (Heath Thurston) - May 7
11. March 6 – Boxer Cassius Clay announces the change of
his name to Muhammad Ali.
✴️ Read a book where the MC is a boxer OR where a character changes their name OR by an author who uses a pseudonym.
✴️ Read a book where the MC is a boxer OR where a character changes their name OR by an author who uses a pseudonym.
Malice at the Marina - Carol Ericson (HI #2122 - Jan 2023) (name change) - May 18
12. April 13 – At the 36th Academy Awards ceremony,
Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award in
the category Best Actor in a Leading Role in Lilies of the Field.
✴️ Read a book with an African-American character OR with nuns in the story OR from the Christian genre.
✴️ Read a book with an African-American character OR with nuns in the story OR from the Christian genre.
Playing with Danger - Deborah Fletcher Mello (HRS #2236 - July 2023) (African American character) - July 1
13. August 27 – Walt Disney's Mary Poppins has its world
premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker,
and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including a Best Actress. It is the first
Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture.
✴️ Read a Mary Poppins book OR a book that has a movie or TV tie-in OR a book where the MC is a nanny.
14. November 21 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge across New
York Bay opens to traffic (the world's longest suspension bridge at this time).
The bridge has a central span of 4,260 feet.
✴️ Read a book with a bridge on the cover (show cover) OR set in Staten Island or Brooklyn (NYC) OR with a 0, 2, 4 or 6 in the page count.
✴️ Read a Mary Poppins book OR a book that has a movie or TV tie-in OR a book where the MC is a nanny.
✴️ Read a book with a bridge on the cover (show cover) OR set in Staten Island or Brooklyn (NYC) OR with a 0, 2, 4 or 6 in the page count.
Detecting a Killer - Marie Ferrarella (HRS #2220 - Mar 2023) (Brooklyn) - May 12
15. December 10 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
✴️ Read a book with a minister in the story OR a book that has won a prize OR whose title begins with a letter in PEACE.
✴️ Read a book with a minister in the story OR a book that has won a prize OR whose title begins with a letter in PEACE.
New Beginnings in the Little Irish Village - Michelle Vernal (Bookouture - May 2023) (priest/minister) - May 4
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