Hooked on Books discussion

I've started 8 more reading challenges in the last 7 days. I'm such a challenge junkie... Mmmm...dopamine...

Richard wrote: "I've started 8 more reading challenges in the last 7 days. I'm such a challenge junkie... Mmmm...dopamine..."

Aaahahaa...Well I'm off to bed now, it's half two (02.30) Have fun you book fiend x

Question 3: What is your favorite decade?
Task 3: Read a book that was set in your partners favorite decade.

Hey Jazzy, since we've already answered this question, & like spell-outs...how about we do a spell-out of our answers again?

✅ T3. Fave Decades - 36/36

Mine - 2030
T: Jun 20th - You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together - Kat Timpf - 2023 - ⭐️
H: Jun 23rd - How to be a Study Ninja: Study smarter. Focus better. Achieve more. - Graham Allcott - 2017 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: Jun 21st - Ethiopia: Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa - Yohanis Gebreyesus - 2018 - ⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 16th - This is How - Augusten Burroughs - 2012 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
W: Jun 16th - The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well - Meik Wiking - 2016 - ⭐️⭐️
E: Jun 17th - Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons - One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help - Shelly Mazzanoble - 2011 - ⭐️⭐️
N: Jun 22nd - Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military - Neil deGrasse Tyson - 2018 - ⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 18th - Twin Peaks and Philosophy: That's Damn Fine Philosophy! - Richard Greene - 2018 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Y: Jun 16th - Your Story Matters: Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life - Leslie Leyland Fields - 2020 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 21st - Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change - Thane Gustafson - 2021 - ⭐️⭐️
H: Jun 15th - Unfuck Your Body: Using Science to Eat, Sleep, Breathe, Move, and Feel Better - Faith G. Harper - 2021 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: Jun 18th - Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today - Jane McGonigal - 2022 - ⭐️⭐️
R: Jun 15th - The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin S. Sharma - 2011 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 22nd - This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America - Ryan Grim - 2009 - ⭐️⭐️
I: Jun 23rd - The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be - Jay Ingram - 2023 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: Jun 21st - Earn the Right to Win: How Success in Any Field Starts with Superior Preparation - Tom Coughlin - 2013 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: Jun 16th - Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education - Stephen M. Kosslyn - 2017 - ⭐️⭐️

Jazzy's - 1920

T: Jun 25th - The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food - Dan Barber - 2014 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
H: Jun 25th - GASLIGHTING: Overcoming Emotional and Spiritual Abuse by Letting Go of a Bad Relationship The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook - G.S. Hansen - 2020 - ⭐️
E: Jun 22nd - Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe - Paul Sen - 2021 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: Jun 24th - Nazi Gold: The Full Story of the Fifty-Year Swiss-Nazi Conspiracy to Steal Billions from Europe's Jews and Holocaust Survivors - Tom Bower - 1997 - ⭐️⭐️
I: Jun 30th - If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor - Bruce Campbell - 2001 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: Jul 6th - The Mythology of Supernatural: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show - Nathan Robert Brown - 2011 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: Jun 22nd - Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos - Emma Seppälä - 2024 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 26th - Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Max Tegmark - 2017 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: Jun 23rd - Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates - Eric Jay Dolin - 2018 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
E: Jul 3rd - Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces - Susie Hodge - 2024 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
N: Jul 10th - The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company - ⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 26th - Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension - Matt Parker - 2014 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
W: Jun 20th - Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite - Andrew Jenkinson - 2020 - ⭐️⭐️
E: Jul 3rd - Enough - Jana Pittman - 2023 - ⭐️⭐️
N: Jul 12th - Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge - Tammie Jo Shults - 2019 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
T: Jun 27th - Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment - Thomas Gilovich - 2002 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I: Jul 3rd - Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World - Isabel Gillies - 2019 - ⭐️⭐️
E: Jul 4th - Illogical: Saying Yes to a Life Without Limits - Emmanuel Acho - 2022 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
S: Jun 16th - Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths - John Spurling - 2023 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Or should we do the TWENTY THIRTIES and the NINETEEN TWENTIES? Since they are decades... I'll do that if you agree, but if not let me know.

Jazzy wrote: "Or should we do the TWENTY THIRTIES and the NINETEEN TWENTIES?"

Sold!

Quelle est votre décennie préférée?
39/39

Richard - 2030s
17/17



✅ T : The Lives of Lee Miller (1985) - Antony Penrose 350pp 1/7/24 5★
✅ H : Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond (2023) - Henry Winkler 320pp 12/7/24 5★
✅ E : Eye of the Moon: Book One of Eye of the Moon (2018) - Ivan Obolensky 600pp 3/7/24 5★
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✅ T : Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) John le Carré 422pp 15/6/24 5★
✅ W : Words Can Kill (2014) - C.A. Larmer 16/6/24 5★
✅ E : Everyone Knows But You (2024) - Thomas E. Ricks 304pp 14/6/24 4★
✅ N : The Night in Question (2024) - Susan Fletcher 448pp 14/6/24 5★
✅ T : Look Evelyn, Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades, We Should Get Them.: A Collection of New Essays by David R Thorne (24-Sep-2014) Paperback (2014) - David Thorne 228pp 23/6/24 5★
✅ Y :Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (2010) - Satoshi Yagisawa 169pp 23/6/24 5★
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✅ T : The Arsenic Eater's Wife (2024) - Tonya Mitchell 334pp 16/6/24 5★
✅ H: Highland Games (2021) - Evie Alexander 330pp 17.6.24 5★
✅ I : The Stepford Wives (1972) - Ira Levin 195pp 16/6/24 5★
✅ R: A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories (2024) - Baron Ryan 256pp 17/6/24 5★
✅ T : The Little Drummer Girl (1983) - John le Carré 386pp 19/6/24 5🥄
✅ I : I Am Sam: screenplay (2020) - Neal Robinson 105pp 18/6/24 5★
✅ E : The Painted Lady A Christopher Redmayne Mystery (2007) - Edward Marston 350pp 26/6/24 5★
✅ S : The Pyramid Murders (2024) - Fiona Veitch Smith 300pp 16/6/24 5★

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Jazzy 1920s
19/19




✅ T : Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Redefined Sports and Launched the Modern Olympic Age (2024) - Todd Balf 350pp 2/7/24 5★
✅ H : The House Across the Street (2024) - Jill Childs 330pp 5/7/24 5★
✅ E : Murder on the Brighton Express (2007) - Edward Marston 378pp 15/7/24 5★
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✅ N : Weird Al: The Book (2012) - Nathan Rabin 367pp 27/6/24 5★
✅ I : I Will Ruin You (2024) = Linwood Barclay 368pp 20/6/2024 5★
✅ N : Before She Fell (2024) - Natalie Sammons 319pp 21/6/2024 5★
✅ E : Elsewhere (2024) - Sarah Tierney 276pp 21/6/2024 5★
✅ T : The Company She Keeps (2024) - James Woolf 352pp 24/6/24 is 5★
✅ E : Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind (2013) - Gavin Edwards 291pp 15/7/24 5★
✅ E : Echoes of our Ancestors (2024) - Brenda Vicars 415pp 11/7/24 ★
✅ N : The Cruel Dark (2024) - Bea Northwick 226pp 23/6/24 5★
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✅ T : The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) - John le Carré 686pp 25/6/24 5★
✅ W : Werewolf: The True Story of an Extraordinary Police Dog (2021) - David Alton Hedges 392pp 5★
✅ E : Echoes of Memory (2024) - Sara Driscoll 320pp 14/7/24 5★
✅ N : The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Summer Sci-Fi Abducted Hollywood (2024) - Chris Nashawaty 400pp 6/7/24 5★
✅ T : The Winner (2025) - C.J. Parsons 432pp 1/7/24 4★
✅ I : I Paint the Sky (2024) - Laura Kemp 342pp 25/6/24 4★
✅ E : The Silver Locomotive Mystery (2009) - Edward Marston 348pp 14/7/24 5★
✅ S : Shah of Shahs (1982) - Ryszard Kapuściński 176pp 21/6/24 5★

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Are we using 'The' or not this time?

Jazzy wrote: "Are we using 'The' or not this time?"

What do you mean?

In the spell outs :)

The =T? or not

Sure, we can if you want

Oh by the way, on one of your posts in the HOB group, I saw that you mentioned that you were autistic?

I'm currently going through the steps for a diagnosis for ADHD & autism. Small world.

I hope you don't mind me mentioning it.

Oh i wouldn't mind that at all!! that's probably why we do so much reading. I also play a few instruments and study languages :D

Jazzy wrote: "Oh i wouldn't mind that at all!! that's probably why we do so much reading. I also play a few instruments and study languages :D"

Quite possibly!

I also play clarinet & study a few languages too! At the moment, it's Spanish & Russian.

Are you on duolingo? I think we have space left for a 'friend or family member'?

I'm studying French right now.

Jazzy wrote: "Are you on duolingo?"

Yes, my username there is RichoDaVinci

yes that's right can you find me on What's App?

Jazzy wrote: "I think we have space left for a 'friend or family member'?"

That's so nice of you, but you really don't have to give me that space. Thank you anyway. :)

I'm Jazzy Lemon and it says Rock 'n' Roll Party Queen under that

Richard wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "I think we have space left for a 'friend or family member'?"

That's so nice of you, but you really don't have to give me that space. Thank you anyway. :)"

Nobody else wants it!

I don't have WhatsApp, sorry. If you need my email, I can send it in a personal message?

And thank you so much! That's so lovely!

It worked! Now what's your Duolingo username, so we can be friends?

...I mean, even more than we already are. :)

Richard wrote: "It worked! Now what's your Duolingo username, so we can be friends?

...I mean, even more than we already are. :)"

Yes my name is MusichettaJoly

Sorry I was at the pub quiz and just got home!

Jazzy wrote: "Yes my name is MusichettaJoly"

Oh we're already friends on there. ADHD brain. I forgot I must have added you already.

So sorry to hear about your wrist. Take care of yourself! Hugs

Jazzy wrote: "Are we using 'The' or not this time?"

By the way, I have added the THEs in my spell-outs.

Hugs to you to and with so many ts its for the best i think xx

Jazzy wrote: "With so many ts its for the best i think"

I think you misread me haha. I added them in - THE at the start of both of our decades. As in 'The Twenty Thirties' & 'The Nineteen Twenties'. 🙃

How is your wrist?

Oh & one more thing...Even though this current Name Game challenge finishes at the end of June, we can probably keep going with this one for as long as you want, for months! Why not, I say! I think we're perhaps the only 2 who read massive amounts.

haha Richard you beat me to it. I was going to ask if you two wanted to continue :-D The repeat questions you can just do the spell outs like you have been doing and the questions that are new you can do the task AND spell out.

Amanda wrote: "The repeat questions you can just do the spell outs like you have been doing and the questions that are new you can do the task AND spell out."

Sounds good to me. 🤓🙃

Jazzy wrote: "with so many ts its for the best i think"

Oh. I think I misread you actually. I don't count 'A', 'An' or 'The' in spell-outs. You can if you want. That's just how I like to do things.

I don't know where i'm going to find 4 more Es! haha

Richard wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "With so many ts its for the best i think"

I think you misread me haha. I added them in - THE at the start of both of our decades. As in 'The Twenty Thirties' & 'The Nineteen Twenties..."

Yes we could do it for YEARS!

Shall I add THE to mine now oh my so many Es!! Eeeeee

I got my cast off today! I think my wrist should start feeling better, it's not actually broken just bruised. :)

Oh congrats. Good to hear it's not broken. Take care of you.

Jazzy wrote: "oh my so many Es!! Eeeeee"

I know what you mean... they're a plague on people of our ilk. 😉

Still looking for Es! I found another one. I didn't read it yet, I just found one ahaha

Just letting you know I've finished the Decades task. I hope you are well.

EEp. Well I haven't finished it, i'm leaving for a performance at a folk festival in Saltburn in about an hour! x

Great have fun!

I have 4 left!

2 to go!

Honestly no rush. I have about 50 other challenges on the go. 🤓

I forgot to mention I'd finished yesterday! i've got a bout of covid AGAIN!

Jazzy wrote: "I forgot to mention I'd finished yesterday! i've got a bout of covid AGAIN!"

I saw that. I checked us in.

And I'm sooo sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon.

Question 4: You are stranded on a remote desert island, what book do you bring with you?
Task 4: Read the book your partner would bring.

Another spell out!!! lol

Not a specific book, but I'd choose:

'An Ultimate Survival Book' = 22 letters

I'll wait until you answer, so we can get on the same page. (I can see that this message is 249, so a new page is about to be created.)

Les Misérables - Victor Hugo 23 Letters :)