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Just to shake things up a bit more and keep them really random, I'm throwing caution...and my OCD...to the wind for this challenge. Your prompts will be given to you in random orders, with everyone following a different path. I'll be tracking your prompts on a separate spreadsheet to make sure we don't miss one.
If you would like to pick your starting place, tell me your favorite number between 1 and 72 before March 31st.
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The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling & Wake is an annual event that takes place each spring near Gloucester, England and involves a 9 pound round of cheese, which is rolled from the top of a hill.
Competitors race after the cheese and the first person to reach the finish line at the bottom wins the cheese.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🧀 1. Read a book where a character eats cheese, or does something foolish.
🧀 2. Read a book set at least partially in England.
🧀 3. Read a book with all the letters of SPRING in the title.
🧀 4. Read a book with a 9 in the page count or publication date.
Prompt # 12/ Name: Cheese RollingBook: Guillotine
Author: Delilah S. Dawson
Date Read: 4/3/25
Pages: 196
Task: 4. Read a book with a 9 in the page count or publication date
How it Fits: 9 in the page count.
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Elvis only won 3 Grammys.
The King of Rock and Roll had 18 #1 hits in his career, but struck out on 11 of his 14 nominations. The record for the most Grammy wins actually belongs to George Solti, the longtime leader of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with 31 awards to his name.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🎙 1. Read a book where a famous person is mentioned.
🎙 2. Read a book with an 11, 14, or 18 intact in the page count.
🎙 3. Read a book where NO letters of KING are found in the title.
🎙 4. Read a book with the word AWARD(S) found in the text.
Prompt # 13/ Name: ElvisBook: Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild by
Author: Kristiana Gregory
Date Read: 4/9/25
Pages: 186
Task: 1. Read a book where a famous person is mentioned.
How it fits - Pg. 99 "We have a new president of The United States, Zachary Taylor."
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A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle."
Most people dub them a herd, but apparently parts of Northern Canada use this much cuter designation.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🐰 1. Read a book with 3 or more Fs in the title.
🐰 2. Read a book with a group of something on the cover.
🐰 3. Read a book tagged ANIMALS any number of times.
🐰 4. Read a book that had a "cute" plot.
Prompt # 61/ Name: FluffleBook: The Shark Attacks of 1916 by
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Date Read: 4/16/25
Pages: 112
Task: 3. Read a book tagged ANIMALS any number of times.
How it fits - Tagged animals 26x's
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The moon has its own time zones.
An astronomer even designed a special watch that relies on "lunations," or the amount of time it takes for the moon to revolve and rotate around the Earth.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🌙 1. Read a book with a moon, watch, or clock on the cover.
🌙 2. Read a book with the word REVOLVE or ROTATE found in the text.
🌙 3. Read a book where the MC's first name ENDS with a letter in EARTH.
🌙 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in LUNATIONS.
Prompt # 64/ Name: Moon Time ZonesBook: Ashes
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Date Read: 4/22/25
Pages: 298
Task: 4. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in LUNATIONS
How it fits - Title starts with an A
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Cycleball is also known as “Radball� and is essentially a game of football (or ‘soccer� depending on which country you’re from) played on bicycles.
Unlike traditional football, however, players use the bike to control, flick, and move the ball into the opposing team’s goal. The bikes used have fixed gears with no brakes and there tends to be 2 players on each team.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🚴♀� 1. Read a book with two main/major characters.
🚴♀� 2. Read a book that has also been known by another title.
🚴♀� 3. Read a book with a bicycle on the cover.
🚴♀� 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS.
Prompt # 18/ Name: CycleballBook: The River We Remember by
Author: William Kent Krueger
Date Read: 4/27/25
Pages: 432
Task: 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in FIXED GEARS
How it fits - W is not in the word FIXED GEARS
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Only one NFL team has a plant for a logo.
The New Orleans Saints' fleur-de-lis is actually a stylized lily historically associated with the French monarchy. It's also the state symbol of Louisiana and appears on the Quebec flag.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⚜️ 1. Read a book where a character plays or watches football.
⚜️ 2. Read a book set in Louisiana, France, or Canada.
⚜️ 3. Read a book with a logo or a flag on the cover.
⚜️ 4. Read a book with all the letters of MONARCHY in the title.
Prompt # 37/ Name: Fleur-de-LisBook: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 by
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Date Read: 4/28/25
Pages: 112
Task: 3. Read a book with a logo or a flag on the cover.
How it fits - Flag on the cover
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The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields!
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
#️⃣ 1. Read a book with an MPG of MYSTERY.
#️⃣ 2. Read a book with an 8 in the page count.
#️⃣ 3. Read a book with all the letters of THORPE in the title.
#️⃣ 4. Read a book with the word VILLAGE found in the text.
Prompt # 1/ Name: OctothorpeBook: The Seamstress by
Author: Sara Tuvel Bernstein
Date Read: 5/4/25
Pages: 384
Task: 2. Read a book with an 8 in the page count.
How it fits - 384
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Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.
The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🪵 1. Read a book where the author goes by 3 names.
🪵 2. Read a book with at least 3 Ls in the title.
🪵 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
🪵 4. Read a book set in Japan.
Prompt # 43/ Name: Lincoln LogsBook: The Jersey Devil -
Author: Hunter Shea
Date Read: 5/6/25
Pages: 384
Task: 3. Read a book with a log/tree on the cover.
How it fits - trees on the cover
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The way you eat Oreos says something about your personality.
Kraft Foods once surveyed hundreds of Oreo eaters and sussed it out: Biters are easy-going and self-confident, while dunkers displayed more energetic and adventurous qualities. Twisters, on the other hand, are sensitive and trendy.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥛 1. Read a book with something sweet on the cover.
🥛 2. Read a book with a character you would consider trendy.
🥛 3. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in KRAFT FOODS.
🥛 4. Read a book with either of these words found in the text: BITE, DUNK, or TWIST.
Prompt # 62/ Name: OreosBook: White Smoke by
Author: Tiffany D. Jackson
Date Read: 5/13/25
Pages: 373
Task: 4. Read a book with either of these words found in the text: BITE, DUNK, or TWIST.
How it fits - Page 185 - " I twist a finger around a strand of hair, wishing I had something profound or comforting to say."
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The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Yes, although it's a fabled creature, the national animal of Scotland is actually the mythical unicorn � chosen because of its association with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology. BRB, moving to Scotland real quick.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🦄 1. Read a book set in Scotland.
🦄 2. Read a book with all the letters of UNICORN found in the title.
🦄 3. Read a book tagged MYTHOLOGY any number of times.
🦄 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC.
Prompt # 10/ Name: National Animal of ScotlandBook: Spider's Revenge by
Author: Jennifer Estep
Date Read: 5/15/25
Pages: 404
Task: 4. Read a book where the author's first initial is NOT found in CELTIC..
How it fits - AFI is "J"
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Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
While more people speak English as a second language, nearly three times more people speak Mandarin Chinese natively.
English has nearly two billion people learning it as a second language and only 350 million people speaking it natively.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🗣 1. Read a book where the MC could be speaking English as a second language.
🗣 2. Read a book with all the letters of MANDARIN found in the title.
🗣 3. Read a book with more than 350 pages.
🗣 4. Read a book with the word NATIVE found in the text.
Prompt # 28/ Name: Speaking EnglishBook: The Road Trip by
Author: Beth O'Leary
Date Read: 5/16/25
Pages: 414
Task: 🗣 3. Read a book with more than 350 pages
How it fits - 414 pages
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A team of six women programmed the first digital computer.
While historians have only recently recognized their achievements (or female discoveries credited to men), the female mathematicians participated in a World War II program coding instructions into the revolutionary Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
⌨️ 1. Read a book with a strong female lead.
⌨️ 2. Read a book with all the letters of ENIAC found in the title.
⌨️ 3. Read a book set during World War II.
⌨️ 4. Read a book where a character uses a computer.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #65: ENIACBook: An Unexpected Peril by
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Date Read: 5/21/25
Pages: 340
Task: 1. Read a book with a strong female lead.
How it fits - Veronica is way ahead of her time. She likes to take charge of situations, is very vocal about women's rights, and is not afraid to travel alone.
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In Outhouse Racing, an outhouse (outdoor toilet) is kitted with wheels, brakes, and a steering system, and is raced down hills with competitors sitting on the toilet seat inside.
Competitors decorate their outhouses with clever names like “Royal Flush� and the first outhouse to make it across the finish line wins.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🚽 1. Read a book where a character decorates something.
🚽 2. Read a book with all the letters of OUTHOUSE in the title and/or subtitle.
🚽 3. Read a book with something with a steering system on the cover.
🚽 4. Read a book where a character sits down.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #33: Outhouse RacingBook: Encounters by
Author: Mark Tufo
Date Read: 5/23/25
Pages: 358
Task: 4. Read a book where a character sits down.
How it fits - Page 103 - "...I sat on my bunk..."
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Extreme Ironing is considered a ‘danger sport� in which people take ironing boards to various, often remote, locations to iron clothes and take a picture.
Some of the locations have included cliff tops, underwater, in the middle of a motorway, and also while skiing and parachuting.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🧺 1. Read a book where the MC has a dangerous career/hobby.
🧺 2. Read a book where the title starts with a letter in EXTREME.
🧺 3. Read a book set at least partially in a remote location.
🧺 4. Read a book where a character irons or does other household chores.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #21: Extreme IroningBook: In the Middle of Hickory Lane by
Author: Heather Webber
Date Read: 5/30/25
Pages: 309
Task: 4. Read a book where a character irons or does other household chores.
How it fits - Emme dusts and vacuums the house.
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You can major in wine at Cornell University.
Technically it's a degree in "Viticulture and Enology" (a.k.a. the cultivation of grapes and the science of winemaking), but we're still sending in our applications.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🍷 1. Read a book at least partially set on a university campus.
🍷 2. Read a book where a character consumes wine.
🍷 3. Read a book with some type of fruit or alcoholic beverage on the cover.
🍷 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in VITICULTURE ENOLOGY.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #40: Wine MajorBook: Remember When by [
Author: author:Nora Roberts|625] & J.D. Robb
Date Read: 6/2/25
Pages: 440
Task: 2. Read a book where a character consumes wine.
How it fits - Laine drinks wine while having dinner with Max
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Originating in Spain, Bossaball comprises elements of volleyball, football (soccer), gymnastics, and capoeira, which is an Afro-Brazilian cultural practice simultaneously involving a fight and a dance.
The game is played on an inflatable course with inbuilt trampolines on each side. The teams consist of 4 - 5 players with the aim of getting the ball over the net without the other team being able to return it.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🏐 1. Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars.
🏐 2. Read a book where a character fights or dances.
🏐 3. Read a book set at least partially in Spain.
🏐 4. Read a book where the MC's first name does NOT start with a letter in BOSSABALL.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #9: BossaballBook: The Dead Children's Playground by
Author: James Kaine
Date Read: 6/4/25
Pages: 254
Task: 1. Read a book that you rated 4 - 5 stars.
How it fits - Rated book 4 stars
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If you drive south from Detroit, you'll hit Canada.
Head north from Windsor, Ontario, crossing the Detroit River, and you'll reach the good ol' US of A.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🇨🇦 1. Read a book set in Michigan.
🇨🇦 2. Read a book with a cityscape on the cover.
🇨🇦 3. Read a book with a directional word in the title.
🇨🇦 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WINDSOR.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #25: DetroitBook: An Impossible Impostor by
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Date Read: 6/5/25
Pages: 325
Task: 4. Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in WINDSOR.
How it fits - MC 's name is Veronica
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Coca-Cola consumers will pay more to drink less ounces.
Coca-Cola consumers prefer smaller packaging of their beverage and are willing to pay more per ounce. While soda consumption is declining in the U.S., Coca-Cola had a net revenue of $33 billion worldwide last year. Talk about vanity sizing!
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
🥤 1. Read a book with a dashed word in the title.
🥤 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
🥤 3. Read a book with two 3s in the publication date.
🥤 4. Read a book you were willing to pay for.
Ridiculously Random Prompt #32: Coca-ColaBook: Coyote Lost and Found by
Author: Dan Gemeinhart
Date Read: 6/12/25
Pages: 282
Task: 🥤 2. Read a book where someone drinks a cola, soda, pop, whatever you call it where you're from.
How it fits - Rodeo drinks Squirt while driving the bus.
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The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
Yes, that tall, pleated white hat that chefs wear � technically called a toque � has 100 folds for a reason! According to Reluctant Gourmet, the pleats used to signify a chef's level of experience, like the number of ways he or she knew how to prepare eggs.
Complete ONE of the following tasks:
👩🏼� 1. Read a book with a mostly white cover. {Your discretion.}
👩🏼� 2. Read a book where the MC is described as being tall.
👩🏼� 3. Read a book with a 1 and 2 0s found in the publication date.
👩🏼� 4. Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in RELUCTANT GOURMET.
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Ridiculously Random Reading Challenge
Individual, Open-Ended
April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2027
You know how most reading challenges you join have some type of theme or main idea, kind of like the books themselves? Well, this one...not so much! We'll look at Crown Jewels, Greasy Pole Climbing, Model Ts, Zorbing, and anything and everything in between. So buckle up for the ride and enjoy!
Each time you satisfy a task, make a post here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use the following example for your Completion Post.
Prompt # / Name: {For example: #1: Octothorpe}
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Pages:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions about this challenge, please post them in the Ridiculously Random Q&A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘 I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘 Your first prompt will be posted on April 1, 2025.
📘 Books must be completed after the task has been posted. For example, if your task is posted on 4-15, you can't use a book you completed on 4-14.
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If a set of tasks is too difficult or just out of your comfort zone, you have 4 SKIPS to use in this challenge. In order to use a SKIP, read any book that meets the Standard Book Qualifications for Hooked on Books. The link is in the Challenge Rules above. Simply list SKIP on the Task line.