A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1925
1st February 2026 - 30th April 2026
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Popular Baby Names
Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, Charles
🟢 Read a book by an author or with a character named Mary, Margaret, Dorothy, Robert, William, or Charles.
🟢 Read a series book #1 or #3 or #7 or #13, #37 or #70 (include series name and number).
Snow Kissed - RaeAnne Thayne (Canary Street/HQN - Oct 2025) (Shelter Springs #3) - Feb 8
3. U.S. President - Calvin Coolidge
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.
🟢 Read a book where a person loses a child and falls apart OR by an author whose initials are the same letter OR set in Vermont.
The Blind Lyon - Sandra Sookoo (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (initials) - Feb 14
4. The world population was 1.97 billion.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
🟢 Read a book that has a 1, 7 or 9 in the number of ratings it has received. Tell us the number.
Her Cowboy for the Holiday - Makenna Lee (HSE #3116 - Nov 2025) (27) - Feb 28
5. Born in 1925
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).
January 6 – John DeLorean, American car maker
April 3 – Tony Benn, British politician
May 1 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
June 29 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and 11th President of Italy
July 19 - Otto Arosemena, 32nd president of Ecuador
September 1 – Michael J. Cleary, Irish Roman Catholic bishop
September 7 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer
October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
🟢 Read a book with a character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, O, S and T (tell us their name).
Big Sky Safe House - Juno Rushdan (HI #2328 - Dec 2025) (Nora) - Feb 2
6. Died in 1925
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.
January 14 – Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor
February 2 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater
March 2 – William A. Clark, American entrepreneur and politician
April 14 – John Singer Sargent, American artist
May 14 – H. Rider Haggard, British writer
July 26 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver
🟢 Read a book by an author whose initials are the same letter OR who uses three names OR uses an initial OR uses a middle initial OR whose last name begins with a vowel OR both names begin with a consonant.
Hero's Touch - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Pub - Feb 2026) (both names/consonant) - Feb 6
7. New Books
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
Agatha Christie – The Secret of Chimneys
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne – Hangman's House
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
DuBose Heyward – Porgy
Aldous Huxley – Those Barren Leaves
Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith
Willa Cather – The Professor's House
🟢 Read a book set in London, Ireland, New York, South Carolina, Italy, North Dakota, Iowa, or New Mexico (tell us where).
The Lyon Returns - Kimberly Keyes (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (London) - Feb 19
8. In Theaters
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)
The Big Parade
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Freshman
The Phantom of the Opera
Don Q, Son of Zorro
The Lost World
🟢 Read a book with the genre/tagged Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Monster, Romance, Swashbuckler, War (tell us which one you chose.)
Lyon of Scotland - Susan King (Dragonblade - Oct 2025) (romance) - Feb 11
9. On The Radio
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
IN THE NEWS
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.
"I'll See You in My Dreams" - Isham Jones
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - Gene Austin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" - Vernon Dalhart
"All Alone" - Al Jolson
"Manhattan" - The Knickerbockers
"Tea for Two" - Marion Harris
🟢 Read a book whose title begins with A, I, M, P, S, T and Y - (A, An and The may be ignored).
10. January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.
🟢 Read a book set in Alaska OR with a dog in the story OR where there is an epidemic.
Danger Zone - Cindi Myers (HI #2345 - Mar 2026) (dog) - Mar 3
11. March 18 – The Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest in
U.S. history, rampages through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, killing 695
people and injuring 2,027.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
12. July 10–21 – Scopes trial: in a staged test case (the
"Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tennessee, United States, John T. Scopes,
a young high school science teacher is accused of assigning a reading from a
state-mandated textbook on Darwinian evolution in violation of a Tennessee
state law, the "Butler Act". He is found guilty and fined $100,
though the verdict is later overturned on a technicality.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.
13. October 1 – The US Congress grants permission for
Gutzon Borglum to begin constructing Mount Rushmore National Memorial on
federal land in South Dakota.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.
14. October 2 – In London, UK, John Logie Baird
successfully transmits the first television pictures with a greyscale image.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.
15. December 12 – The first motel in the world, the
Milestone Mo-Tel (later the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo), opens in San Luis
Obispo, California.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.
🟢 Read a book where a tornado happens OR published in March (of any year) OR with MPG/tagged History.
🟢 Read a book where there is a trial OR with a main character who is a teacher OR where something is done mainly for the publicity it will receive.
🟢 Read a book with a sculptor character OR set in South Dakota OR where land is taken from someone.
🟢 Read a book by an author that uses three names OR with a gray cover (show cover) OR with a character named Bill or William.
🟢 Read a book set at a motel OR where a character goes to a motel OR whose title begins with M.
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