Hooked on Books discussion

Fifty Nifty US States: Louisiana

✅ Total: 14/14

1. Pages - 1 & 8
18/12 - Approaching Disability: Critical issues and perspectives by Mallett Rebecca Runswick-Cole Katherine (2014-06-25) Paperback, Rebecca Mallett - ⭐️⭐️
168 pages

2. Title - starts with L
20/12 - A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry, Robert Hass - ⭐️⭐️

3. Title - starts with B
20/12 - Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II, Stephen Budiansky - ⭐️⭐️

4. Author - initials in BROWN PELICAN
18/12 - Transformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds, Remi Adeleke - ⭐️⭐️

5. Cover - white
20/12 - , Mo Gawdat - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

6. Cover - pink
22/12 - , Kate Coyne - ⭐️

7. MC - FN starts with B
21/12 - Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness, Bill Bailey - ⭐️
Bill

8. MC - FN starts with C
23/12 - American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Marc Eliot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clint

9. Title - all initials in THE PELICAN STATE
21/12 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology, Geoffrey P. Kramer - ⭐️⭐️
ITCP

10. Title - 3 words
18/12 - Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote, Jane Robinson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

11. Text - 'gumbo'
21/12 - The Instant Pot Bible: More than 350 Recipes and Strategies: The Only Book You Need for Every Model of Instant Pot, Bruce Weinstein - ⭐️⭐️
"for étouffée, gumbo, and other Louisiana favorites" p.272

12. Title - a word that ends with O
19/12 - Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation, Jim O’Heir - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
TO

13. Char - wealthy female
20/12 - The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, David S. Landes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Queen Victoria" p.390

14. Set - Louisiana
22/12 - City Adrift: New Orleans Before and After Katrina, Jenni Bergal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

TLC - Whatever the Weather

✅ Total: 39/39

Spell-Out

Fall
F: 19/12 - Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, Tim Harford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A: 23/12 - American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Marc Eliot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 20/12 - A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry, Robert Hass - ⭐️⭐️
L: 21/12 - A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole, Marian Schembari - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Spring
S: 24/12 - Sugar: A Bittersweet History, Elizabeth Abbott - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
P: 25/12 - Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps, Tim Marshall - ⭐️⭐️
R: 25/12 - Remembering Whitney: My Story of Life, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped, Cissy Houston - ⭐️⭐️
I: 19/12 - I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, Daniel J. Levitin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 21/12 - No Time to Panic: How I Curbed My Anxiety and Conquered a Lifetime of Panic Attacks, Matt Gutman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
G: 24/12 - The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II, Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Summer
S: 26/12 - String Theory and the Scientific Method, Richard Dawid - ⭐️⭐️
U: 19/12 - The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance, William McDonough - ⭐️⭐️
M: 24/12 - Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Heinrich Robert Zimmer - ⭐️⭐️
M: 26/12 - Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same, Michelle Rial - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 22/12 - Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison’s American Utopia, Thomas Hager - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 26/12 - Rejection Reset: Restore Social Confidence, Reshape Your Inferior Mindset, and Thrive In a Shame-Free Lifestyle, Scott Allan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Winter
W: 19/12 - Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation, Jim O’Heir - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: 20/12 - The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, David S. Landes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: 21/12 - No Worries: A Guide to Releasing Anxiety and Worry Using CBT, Sarah Edelman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 19/12 - A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter, Andrew Hui - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: 28/12 - Einstein's Beets, Alexander Theroux - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 29/12 - Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, Jia Jiang - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Text

Cloud
20/12 - Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living, Mo Gawdat - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Like a dark cloud of despair" p.208

Fog
20/12 - Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II, Stephen Budiansky - ⭐️⭐️
"coalesce from the fog of events" p.34

Lightning
20/12 - Yinsights: A Journey Into the Philosophy & Practice of Yin Yoga, Bernie Clark - ⭐️⭐️
"Lightning kills sixty-seven people in an average year" p.154

Rain
21/12 - The Billionaire and The Monk: An Inspirational Story About Finding Extraordinary Happiness, Vibhor Kumar Singh - ⭐️⭐️
"the earthy fragrance of rain" p.16

Rainbow
19/12 - Carpe Diem: Seizing the Day in a Distracted World, Roman Alexander Krznaric - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“the rainbow arch” p.95

Snow
20/12 - Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe, Rachel Chrastil - ⭐️⭐️
"soldiers tramped through the snow" p.443

Storm
20/12 - History of Hawaii: A Captivating Guide to Hawaiian History, Captivating History - ⭐️⭐️
"a heavy, loud storm" p.37

Sun
20/12 - The Zürau Aphorisms, Franz Kafka - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the sun is outshone" p.54

Thunder
19/12 - Crazy from the Heat, David Lee Roth - ⭐️
"We were storm and thunder" p.131

Wind
19/12 - The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing, Michael Castleman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a violent gust of wind" p.65

Cover

Red
21/12 - , Kelly Weill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Orange
21/12 - , Sheila Morovati - ⭐️⭐️

Yellow
23/12 - , Clint Emerson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Green
19/12 - , Diana Beresford-Kroeger - ⭐️⭐️

Blue
22/12 - , Pang Camilla - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Indigo
20/12 - , Chris Lele - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Violet
22/12 - , Benoît Clerc - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

WC - Via Appia (Appian Way)

✅ Total: 30/30

1. The Rediscovery of a Road
MC - writer
19/12 - The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing, Michael Castleman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The economics of publishing from a writer’s point of view
MPG - travel
21/12 - Lonely Planet Germany, Austria & Switzerland's Best Trips, Lonely Planet - ⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in PAOLO RUMIZ
25/12 - Open, Honest, and Direct: A Guide to Unlocking Your Team's Potential, Aaron Levy - ⭐️⭐️

2. The Roman Roads
Cover - road
22/12 - , Jenni Bergal - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Set - a country once belonging to the Roman Empire
20/12 - Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe, Rachel Chrastil - ⭐️⭐️
France

3. The Via Appia
Plot - commercial business
22/12 - Ice Cream Social: The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry's, Brad Edmondson - ⭐️⭐️
Plot - MC takes a journey
22/12 - The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - all initials in APPIO CLAUDIO CIECO
23/12 - Overcoming Imposter Anxiety: Move Beyond Fear of Failure and Self-Doubt to Embrace Your Worthy, Capable Self, Ijeoma Nwaogu - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
OIA

4. Starting Location: Rome
Published - year ends with 4
19/12 - Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation, Jim O’Heir - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2024
Title - all letters of ROME
19/12 - Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, Tim Harford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

5. The Appia Antica Regional Park
Cover - graveyard
25/12 - , Peter Ross - ⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in CECILIA
26/12 - On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service, Anthony Fauci - ⭐️⭐️
Anthony

6. The Castelli Romani Area
Set - Italian Middle Ages
26/12 - The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, Philip Ball - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"In Italy, epidemics of bubonic plague returned every ten years or so until the middle of the fifteenth century" p.56
MC - religious
21/12 - The Billionaire and The Monk: An Inspirational Story About Finding Extraordinary Happiness, Vibhor Kumar Singh - ⭐️⭐️
An MC is a Buddhist monk
Title - starts with a letter in CASTELLI
19/12 - Carpe Diem: Seizing the Day in a Distracted World, Roman Alexander Krznaric - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

7. Along the Lazio Coast
Text - important figure from the past
22/12 - Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture, Grace Elizabeth Hale - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Around Andy Warhol, drag had mashed together avant-garde and burlesque" p.37
Pages - 4 & 0
19/12 - I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine, Daniel J. Levitin - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
410 pages

8. Capua
Set - a place that has a nickname
20/12 - History of Hawaii: A Captivating Guide to Hawaiian History, Captivating History - ⭐️⭐️
"Hawaiʻi, the largest island, bearing the same name as the state itself, has the nickname The Big Island" p.11
Char - royal
24/12 - Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson, Paul French - ⭐️⭐️
MC became Duchess of Windsor
Author - initials in BELVEDERE OF SAN LEUCIO
19/12 - Crazy from the Heat, David Lee Roth - ⭐️

9. Detour to Naples
Plot - archaeology
20/12 - The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times, David S. Landes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Archaeology has confirmed that 'modern' elements of enterprise were present and even dominant already in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC" p.50

10. Benevento
Plot - MC must make an important choice
22/12 - Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison’s American Utopia, Thomas Hager - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Ford emerged from the meeting realizing that he was being given a choice: He could either make a run for the White House, or he could get control of the Shoals. He could not have both." p.159
Title - all letters of WIND
25/12 - Own Your Weird: An Oddly Effective Way for Finding Happiness in Work, Life, and Love, Jason Zook - ⭐️⭐️

11. Basilicata
Pages - 2 of 1, 9, 5, 0
19/12 - Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, Diana Beresford-Kroeger - ⭐️⭐️
215 pages
Published - before 1993
20/12 - The Zürau Aphorisms, Franz Kafka - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
1931
MC - FN initial in MATERA
20/12 - Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living, Mo Gawdat - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mo

12. Taranto
Cover - ship
21/12 - , Kelly Weill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Title - starts with a letter in NAVY
20/12 - The Vocabulary Builder Workbook: Simple Lessons and Activities to Teach Yourself Over 1,400 Must-Know Words, Chris Lele - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

13. Brindisi
Text - 'olive oil'
21/12 - Imperfect Environmentalist: How to Reduce Waste and Create Change for a Better Planet, Sheila Morovati - ⭐️⭐️
"lip scrub can be made by mixing just olive oil and brown sugar" p.106
Title - all initials in GATEWAY TO THE EAST
19/12 - A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter, Andrew Hui - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ATOTA

✅ C&F - Richard in the Upside Down

✅ Task 72
Book: The Untold Story of Books: A Writer's History of Publishing
Author: Michael Castleman
Date Read: Dec 19th
Task: Char - Eleanor
How it Fits: Eleanor Roosevelt

✅ Task 73
Book: A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry
Author: Robert Hass
Date Read: Dec 20th
Task: Cover - shadow
How it Fits:

✅ Task 74
Book: The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
Author: David S. Landes
Date Read: Dec 20th
Task: Char - Scott
How it Fits: F . Scott Fitzgerald

✅ Task 75
Book: A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole
Author: Marian Schembari
Date Read: Dec 21st
Task: Author - initials in COMPASS
How it Fits: MS

✅ Task 76
Book: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Author: Geoffrey P. Kramer
Date Read: Dec 21st
Task: Text - 'monster'
How it Fits: "Monster (2003): In a graphic film" p.302

✅ Task 77
Book: Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel
Author: Dan Slater
Date Read: Dec 22nd
Task: Plot - soldiers
How it Fits: "Los Zetas soon numbered about fifty former soldiers and a few nonsoldiers." p.74

✅ Task 78
Task: Pages - 1,100

Book: Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Author: Benoît Clerc
Date Read: Dec 22nd
How it Fits: 648 pages

Book: American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood
Author: Marc Eliot
Date Read: Dec 23rd
How it Fits: 377 pages

Book: Overcoming Imposter Anxiety: Move Beyond Fear of Failure and Self-Doubt to Embrace Your Worthy, Capable Self
Author: Ijeoma Nwaogu
Date Read: Dec 23rd
How it Fits: 200 pages

648 + 377 + 200 = 1,225

✅ Task 79
Book: 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation
Author: Clint Emerson
Date Read: Dec 23rd
Task: Text - 'escape'
How it Fits: "spur-of-the-moment escape plans" p.15

✅ Task 80
Book: The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II
Author: Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder
Date Read: Dec 24th
Task: Cover - 4 people
How it Fits:

✅ Task 81
Book: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Author: Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Date Read: Dec 24th
Task: Text - 'deprivation'
How it Fits: "devices of self-curtailment and deprivation" p.167

✅ Task 82
Book: Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre
Author: Aaron Mahnke
Date Read: Dec 25th
Author - initials in CLASSROOM
How it Fits: AM

✅ Task 83
Book: Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
Author: John Elder Robison
Date Read: Dec 25th
Task: Text - 'fireball'
How it Fits: "A fireball would rise into the sky" p.72

WC - Ring of Fire Tour

✅ Total: 21/21

1. USA: Katmai National Park
Cover - plane
23/12 - , Clint Emerson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cover - boat
21/12 - , Kelly Weill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in NOVARUPTA
22/12 - Unlocking Spanish with Paul Noble: Your key to language success, Paul Noble - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in BROOKS
21/12 - If You Live To 100, You Might As Well Be Happy: Lessons for a Long and Joyful Life: The Korean Bestseller, Rhee Kun Hoo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rhee
Title - all initials in KATMAI NATIONAL PARK
21/12 - No Time to Panic: How I Curbed My Anxiety and Conquered a Lifetime of Panic Attacks, Matt Gutman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
NTTP

2. Russia: Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Cover - fire
23/12 - , Jeffrey Ross - ⭐️
Author - initials in KLYUCHEVSKOY
21/12 - The Billionaire and The Monk: An Inspirational Story About Finding Extraordinary Happiness, Vibhor Kumar Singh - ⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in SPRINGS
22/12 - Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track, Benoît Clerc - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Prince
Title - all initials in VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA
25/12 - Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre, Aaron Mahnke - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
COC

3. Indonesia: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
Cover - Jeep
25/12 - , Nicolas Michaud - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in SUNRISE TOUR
21/12 - No Worries: A Guide to Releasing Anxiety and Worry Using CBT, Sarah Edelman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in SEMERU
21/12 - A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole, Marian Schembari - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Marian
Title - all initials in BROMO TENGGER SEMERU
31/12 - Beam, Straight Up: The Bold Story of the First Family of Bourbon, Fred Noe - ⭐️⭐️

4. Japan: Joshinetsu Kogen National Park
Cover - river
22/12 - , Thomas Hager - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in TANIGAWA
23/12 - Overcoming Imposter Anxiety: Move Beyond Fear of Failure and Self-Doubt to Embrace Your Worthy, Capable Self, Ijeoma Nwaogu - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in YUGAMA
25/12 - Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey, Mark Webber - ⭐️⭐️
Mark
Title - all initials in JOSHINETSU KOGEN
31/12 - Never Grow Up, Jackie Chan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

5. Chile: Villarrica National Park
Cover - snow covered mountain
22/12 - , Debashis Chatterjee - ⭐️⭐️
Author - initials in ERUPTION
22/12 - No Apologies: Ditch Diet Culture and Rebuild Your Relationship with Food, Niamh Orbinski - ⭐️⭐️
MC - FN initial in CAVES
23/12 - American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Marc Eliot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clint
Title - all initials in VILLARRICA NATIONAL PARK
21/12 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology, Geoffrey P. Kramer - ⭐️⭐️
ITCP

FLOAB - Richard's Celebration

✅ Completed Movie: Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Trivia Book: I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges
Author: Jeffrey Ross
Pages: 308
Date Read: Dec 23rd
Task: Title - starts with a letter in ATLANTIS
How it Fits: I

MC Book: Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism
Author: Pierre Novellie
Pages: 293
Date Read: Dec 23rd
Task: GR - title & subtitle

✅ Completed Movie: Lilo & Stich

Trivia Book: Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey
Author: Mark Webber
Pages: 434
Date Read: Dec 25th
Task: Plot - MC has a pet
How it Fits: "our dog Milo had developed a chesty cough" p.222

MC Book: A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
Author: Peter Ross
Pages: 350
Date Read: Dec 25th
Task: Cover - blue text
How it Fits:

✅ Completed Movie: Treasure Planet

Trivia Book: 100 Headlines That Changed the World
Author: James Maloney
Pages: 320
Task: Cover - ship
How it Fits:

MC Book: Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps
Author: Tim Marshall
Pages: 132
Date Read: Dec 25th
Task: Cover - map
How it Fits:

✅ Completed Movie: Brother Bear

Trivia Book: The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss
Author: Cody Delistraty
Pages: 200
Date Read: Dec 26th
Task: Title - starts with a letter in LIGHTS
How it Fits: G

MC Book: Rejection Reset: Restore Social Confidence, Reshape Your Inferior Mindset, and Thrive In a Shame-Free Lifestyle
Author: Scott Allan
Pages: 194
Date Read: Dec 26th
Task: Title - 2 words
How it Fits: Rejection Reset = 2 words

✅ Completed Movie: Home on the Range

Trivia Book: Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners
Author: Alan J. K. Sanders
Pages: 352
Date Read: Dec 27th
Task: Text - 'heaven'
How it Fits: "Heaven helps those who help themselves" p.2

MC Book: Beef: A Global History
Author: Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Pages: 156
Date Read: Dec 27th
Task: Cover - cow
How it Fits:

✅ Completed Movie: Chicken Little

Trivia Book: Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole
Author: Cecilia Blomdahl
Pages: 268
Date Read: Dec 28th
Task: Cover - night sky
How it Fits:

MC Book: Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family
Author: Omid Scobie
Pages: 401
Date Read: Dec 28th
Task: Text - 'baseball'
How it Fits: "A hoodie and a baseball cap" p.62

✅ Completed Movie: Meet the Robinsons

Trivia Book: Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection
Author: Jia Jiang
Pages: 240
Task: Plot - char encourages another char to try something new
How it Fits: "Their feedback told me that I was onto something and gave me the confidence to finally—finally!—try turning one of my entrepreneurial ideas into a reality." p.18

MC Book: Unlocking German with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach
Author: Paul Noble
Pages: 326
Date Read: Dec 30th
Task: Pages - 2 of 2037
How it Fits: 326 pages

✅ Completed Movie: Bolt

Trivia Book: No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves
Author: Lee Wind
Pages: 306
Task: Cover - 3+ people
How it Fits:

MC Book: Never Grow Up
Author: Jackie Chan
Pages: 353
Task: Cover - white text
How it Fits:

WC - Road Trip Bingo

✅ Total: 50/50

TITLE

Line 1
B: 26/12 - The Boy Who Did Not Sign : How I Failed Physics at Age 18 and yet became a Scientist at both India's Nuclear and Space Programs by 24., Ashish Ranjan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 25/12 - Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre, Aaron Mahnke - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
D: 23/12 - Daemons are Forever: Contacts and Exchanges in the Eurasian Pandemonium, David Gordon White - ⭐️⭐️
W: 23/12 - Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism, Pierre Novellie - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 25/12 - Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's, John Elder Robison - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Line 2
W: 27/12 - Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England, Ian Crofton - ⭐️
T: 25/12 - A Tomb With a View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards, Peter Ross - ⭐️⭐️
N: 30/12 - Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present, Philipp Blom - ⭐️⭐️
R: 25/12 - Remembering Whitney: My Story of Life, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped, Cissy Houston - ⭐️⭐️
G: 24/12 - The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II, Maj. Gen. Mari K. Eder - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Line 3
W: 28/12 - A Walk Through Ancient Rome: A Tour of the Historical Sites That Shaped the City, Philip Matyszak - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: 24/12 - Sugar: A Bittersweet History, Elizabeth Abbott - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 26/12 - Rejection Reset: Restore Social Confidence, Reshape Your Inferior Mindset, and Thrive In a Shame-Free Lifestyle, Scott Allan - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
L: 27/12 - LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series, Emily St. James - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 26/12 - Coconut: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️

Line 4
B: 25/12 - Beyond Getting By: The Financial Diet's Guide to Abundant and Intentional Living, Holly Trantham - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: 27/12 - Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners, Alan J. K. Sanders - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
P: 25/12 - Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps, Tim Marshall - ⭐️⭐️
B: 29/12 - Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach: Use the Enneagram System for Exceptional Results, Ginger Lapid-Bogda - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: 23/12 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Line 5
S: 26/12 - String Theory and the Scientific Method, Richard Dawid - ⭐️⭐️
M: 24/12 - Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization, Heinrich Robert Zimmer - ⭐️⭐️
F: 24/12 - Feeling 'Blah'?: Why Life Feels Joyless and How to Recapture Its Highs, Tanith Carey - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: 28/12 - Tea and Cake with Demons: A Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy, Adreanna Limbach - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
R: 29/12 - Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, Jia Jiang - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

AFN & ALN

Line 1
Billboard
27/12 - Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore, Liyana Dhamirah - ⭐️⭐️
Cow
31/12 - Beat Low Self-Esteem With CBT, Christine Wilding - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Diner
23/12 - How To Not Work Forever: Start Investing and Build a Life You Love, Natasha Etschmann - ⭐️⭐️
Windmill
25/12 - Aussie Grit: My Formula One Journey, Mark Webber - ⭐️⭐️
Lake
25/12 - Field Guide to Urban Gardening: Sort Through the Small-Space Options and Get Growing Today, Kevin Espiritu - ⭐️⭐️

Line 2
Weather Vane
25/12 - One Day Smarter: Hilarious, Random Information to Uplift and Inspire, Emily Winter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trailer
23/12 - Overcoming Imposter Anxiety: Move Beyond Fear of Failure and Self-Doubt to Embrace Your Worthy, Capable Self, Ijeoma Nwaogu - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
National Park
27/12 - Beef: A Global History, Lorna Piatti-Farnell - ⭐️⭐️
Railway Crossing
28/12 - Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, Omid Scobie - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gas Station
26/12 - Unlock Your Resilience: Strategies for Dealing with Life’s Challenges, Stephanie Azri - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Line 3
Wood
31/12 - Africola: Slow food fast words cult chef, Duncan Welgemoed - ⭐️⭐️
Semi Truck
23/12 - American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, Marc Eliot - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Road Trip
30/12 - 24 Assets: Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world, Daniel Priestley - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
License Plate
23/12 - 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation, Clint Emerson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Covered Bridge
26/12 - The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss, Cody Delistraty - ⭐️⭐️

Line 4
Barn
25/12 - On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not, Robert A. Burton - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crops
27/12 - Scotland Yard: A Bloody History, Simon Read - ⭐️⭐️
Police Car
30/12 - Numbers: Their Tales, Types, and Treasures, Alfred S. Posamentier - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Birds on Wire
27/12 - Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, Sara C. Bronin - ⭐️
Hotel
31/12 - 101 Things I Learned ® in Culinary School, Louis Eguaras - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Line 5
State Line
28/12 - Einstein's Beets, Alexander Theroux - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mountain
25/12 - Jurassic Park and Philosophy: The Truth Is Terrifying, Nicolas Michaud - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Flag
25/12 - Open, Honest, and Direct: A Guide to Unlocking Your Team's Potential, Aaron Levy - ⭐️⭐️
Traffic Cone
26/12 - On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service, Anthony Fauci - ⭐️⭐️
West Area
27/12 - Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology, Tracy Westerman - ⭐️⭐️

✅ BC - Indian Culture Challenge

1. Book: Jurassic Park and Philosophy: The Truth Is Terrifying
Author: Nicolas Michaud
Date Read: Dec 25th
Task: Plot - colonisation
How it Fits: "Over the course of the couple of million years that we have been slowly but surely colonizing the planet, we’ve put a lot of other species out of commission. Completely. As in, we’ve annihilated entire groups of animals forever. So now we’re trying to bring them back." p.78

2. Book: The Boy Who Did Not Sign : How I Failed Physics at Age 18 and yet became a Scientist at both India's Nuclear and Space Programs by 24.
Author: Ashish Ranjan
Date Read: Dec 26th
Task: Plot - char speaks in an Indian language
How it Fits: "Since my mother tongue is Hindi, I felt the need to work on it." p.81

3. Book: Never Grow Up
Author: Jackie Chan
Date Read: Dec 31st
Task: Char - kind
How it Fits: "(Jackie Chan) is actually the same as the day I met him. Honest, funny, kind, and, despite the years, still possesses an astonishing physical prowess." p.8

✅ TOAP - December 2024 Read-a-thon

26/12: 3,200
Rejection Reset: Restore Social Confidence, Reshape Your Inferior Mindset, and Thrive In a Shame-Free Lifestyle - 194 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unlock Your Resilience: Strategies for Dealing with Life’s Challenges - 218 - ⭐️⭐️
The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science - 453 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness - 722 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service - 477 - ⭐️⭐️
The Boy Who Did Not Sign : How I Failed Physics at Age 18 and yet became a Scientist at both India's Nuclear and Space Programs by 24. - 375 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Coconut: A Global History - 188 - ⭐️⭐️
The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss - 200 - ⭐️⭐️
Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same - 160 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
String Theory and the Scientific Method - 213 - ⭐️⭐️

27/12: 2,470
Beef: A Global History - 156 - ⭐️⭐️
Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners - 352 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Scotland Yard: A Bloody History - 557 - ⭐️⭐️
Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England - 272 - ⭐️
LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series - 330 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore - 144 - ⭐️⭐️
Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World - 225 - ⭐️
Jilya: How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology - 434 - ⭐️⭐️

28/12: 3,608
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 453 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Baking Basics and Beyond: Learn These Simple Techniques and Bake Like a Pro - 312 - ⭐️⭐️
Einstein's Beets - 792 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolute Mayhem: Secret Confessions of a Porn Star - 212 - ⭐️
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family - 401 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Walk Through Ancient Rome: A Tour of the Historical Sites That Shaped the City - 225 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole - 268 - ⭐️
Exploited - 304 - ⭐️⭐️
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom - 369 - ⭐️⭐️
Tea and Cake with Demons: A Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy - 172 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

29/12: 1,962
Magnetic Marketing: How To Attract A Flood Of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer - 148 - ⭐️⭐️
Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot - 366 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vagus Nerve & Polyvagal Theory Exposed: Accessing the Nervus Vagus and the Power of a Healthy Brain-Gut Connection, Ease Gastroparesis, Trauma and Complex ... Records, Empath and Vagus Nerve Book 2) - 120 - ⭐️⭐️
Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach: Use the Enneagram System for Exceptional Results- 466 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By - 256 - ⭐️
Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection - 240 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - 366 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

30/12: 4,148
Unlocking German with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach - 326 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - 356 - ⭐️⭐️
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food - 332 - ⭐️
Troll Culture: A Comprehensive Guide - 200 - ⭐️
24 Assets: Create a digital, scalable, valuable and fun business that will thrive in a fast changing world - 210 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology - 336 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Numbers: Their Tales, Types, and Treasures - 400 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - 326 - ⭐️⭐️
Etymological Dictionary of Greek (2 Vols.) (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary) - 1,862 - ⭐️⭐️

31/12: 4,028
101 Things I Learned ® in Culinary School - 208 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Saffron: A Global History - 160 - ⭐️⭐️
Never Grow Up - 353 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present - 341 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves - 306 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Africola: Slow food fast words cult chef - 256 - ⭐️⭐️
Beat Low Self-Esteem With CBT, Christine Wilding - 256 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Unlocking Japanese with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach - 256 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beam, Straight Up: The Bold Story of the First Family of Bourbon - 224 - ⭐️⭐️
Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-ups - 452 - ⭐️
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops - 387 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves - 381 - ⭐️⭐️
A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth’s Court - 448 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Total pages: 91,009

Total books: 258

NBRC - Richard's Marauding Monsters
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✅ 12. Jinmenju
a. 350-450 pages
No Apologies: Ditch Diet Culture and Rebuild Your Relationship with Food - ⭐️⭐️
b. "laughing" in text
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Human head on cover
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. MPG Humour
I Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges - ⭐️
e. Set in India
Leading Consciously: A Pilgrimage Toward Self-Mastery - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 13. Devil's Snare
a. 100-175 pages
Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps - ⭐️⭐️
b. A character can't handle light
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. 'Devil' in title
The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. Title starts with a letter in SNARE
Remembering Whitney: My Story of Life, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped - ⭐️⭐️
e. Black cover
Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 14. Pulgasari
a. 500-650 pages
Sugar: A Bittersweet History - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. Tagged Korea
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. "bear" in text
The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line: Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. Fire important to the plot
LOST: Back to the Island: The Complete Critical Companion to The Classic TV Series - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
e. Weapon on cover
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 15. Whomping Willow
a. 651+ pages
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. Body of water on the cover
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Two words starting with the same letter in title
Beyond Getting By: The Financial Diet's Guide to Abundant and Intentional Living - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. Author uses initials
Colloquial Mongolian: The Complete Course for Beginners - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
e. A form of transportation is destroyed
Jurassic Park and Philosophy: The Truth Is Terrifying - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 16. Hungry Grass
a. 100 to 175 pages
Rejection Reset: Restore Social Confidence, Reshape Your Inferior Mindset, and Thrive In a Shame-Free Lifestyle - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. Title starts with letter in GRASS
The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss - ⭐️⭐️
c. Someone finds a corpse
100 Headlines That Changed the World - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 17. Vampire Pumpkins
a. 100 to 175 pages
Unlock Your Resilience: Strategies for Dealing with Life’s Challenges - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. Orange item on cover
One Day Smarter: Hilarious, Random Information to Uplift and Inspire - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Title starts with letter in BLOOD
Open, Honest, and Direct: A Guide to Unlocking Your Team's Potential - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 18. Kobold
a. 100 to 175 pages
Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. Interior scene on cover
Baking Basics and Beyond: Learn These Simple Techniques and Bake Like a Pro - ⭐️⭐️
c. Title starts with a K
Kraftwerk: I Was a Robot - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 19. Alicanto
a. 350 to 450 pages
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service - ⭐️⭐️
b. Author initials in ENTIERRO
Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Item with wings on cover
The Boy Who Did Not Sign : How I Failed Physics at Age 18 and yet became a Scientist at both India's Nuclear and Space Programs by 24. - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. "treasure" in text
Coconut: A Global History - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 20. Irrwurz
a. 500 to 650 pages
Scotland Yard: A Bloody History - ⭐️⭐️
b. Shoe on cover
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Author initials in IRRWURZ
Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults and Cover-ups - ⭐️

✅ 21. Gingerbread Man
a. 100 to 175 pages
Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother’s Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore - ⭐️⭐️
b. An ingredient in title
Einstein's Beets - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Three "R"s in title
A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. Set in the 1500s or 1600s
Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 22. Gremlin
a. 200 to 299 pages
Magnetic Marketing: How To Attract A Flood Of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer - ⭐️⭐️
b. Trickster character
If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By - ⭐️
c. Author first or last name starts with R, A ,or F
Tea and Cake with Demons: A Buddhist Guide to Feeling Worthy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 23. Waq Waq Tree
a. 350 to 450 pages
Bringing Out the Best in Everyone You Coach: Use the Enneagram System for Exceptional Results - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
b. gold words on cover
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Book has a map inside
Vagus Nerve & Polyvagal Theory Exposed: Accessing the Nervus Vagus and the Power of a Healthy Brain-Gut Connection, Ease Gastroparesis, Trauma and Complex ... Records, Empath and Vagus Nerve Book 2) - ⭐️⭐️

✅ 24. Chervona Ruta
a. 350 to 450 pages
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography - ⭐️⭐️
b. Author initials in FERN FLOWER
No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. Night scene on cover
A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth’s Court - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. MC choice has unintended consequences
Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 25. Cherufe
a. 350 to 450 pages
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food - ⭐️
b. Title starts with a letter in MAPUCHE
Unlocking German with Paul Noble: Your key to language success with the bestselling language coach - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
c. A sacrifice is important to plot
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
d. Hot object on cover
Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves - ⭐️⭐️

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