A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1980
November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
1. Popular Baby Names
Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, Stephanie,
🟪 Read a book by an author/main character named Brandon, Kristen, Joshua, or Stephanie.
🟪 Read a series book #2, #6, #9, #26, #29 or #69 (include series name and number).
The Marriage Plan - Christine Rimmer (HSE #3119 - Dec 2025) (#6 - Bravo Family Ties: The Next Generation) - Nov 29
3. U.S. President - Jimmy Carter
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.
4. In the U.S. average yearly wages were $19,500.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
🟪 Read a book where a character is/was in the Navy OR with a character who plays football or runs cross country OR set in Georgia.
🟪 Read a book that has a 0, 1, 5 or 9 in the page count (share page count).
Amish Midwife Witness - Dana R. Lynn (LIS #1217 - Dec 2025) (208 pgs) - Nov 23
5. Born in 1980
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
January 16 – Seydou Keita, Malian athlete
January 17 – Gareth McLearnon, Irish musician
May 8 – Alfredo Valente, Canadian soccer player
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor
July 18 - Kristen Bell, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, British actor
August 26 – Chris Pine, American actor
October 21 – Kim Kardashian, American celebrity
October 31 – Samaire Armstrong, American actor
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
🟪 Read a book with a main character whose first name or last name begins with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S, or V (tell us their name).
The Highlander's Mysterious Maiden - Nicole Locke (HH #1878 - Sept 2025) (Barabel) - Nov 12
6. Died in 1980
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
February - Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian rock singer (AC/DC)
March - Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete
April - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate in Literature
July - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor
September - Katherine Anne Porter, American author
November - Steve McQueen, American actor
🟪 Read a book published in February, March, April, July, September, or November of any year (share pub date).
A Hero's Return - Carrie Nichols (HSE #3107 - Sept 2025) - Nov 22
7. New Books
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
V. C. Andrews – Petals on the Wind
Pat Conroy – The Lords of Discipline
Stephen King – Firestarter
Madeleine L'Engle – A Ring of Endless Light
Robert Ludlum – The Bourne Identity
Mordecai Richler – Joshua Then and Now
Robert B. Parker – Looking for Rachel Wallace
🟪 Read a book set in Canada, Florida, France, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, on an island, South Carolina, Switzerland, or Virginia (share location).
Their First Dance - Laurie Batzel (HHW #580 - Sept 2025) (New York) - Dec 8
8. In Theaters
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
IN THE NEWS
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
10. May 18 – The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
volcano in Washington (state) kills 57 and causes US$3 billion in damage.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
The Empire Strikes Back
9 to 5
Any Which Way You Can
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Blue Lagoon
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
🟪 Read a book with the genre or tag Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Epic, Family, Music, Space Opera, Sports or Young Adult (share genre).
9. February 22 – The US upset the USSR in the Olympics, a hockey game known as the Miracle on Ice. They then proceeded to defeat Finland to secure the first and only gold medal since 1960.
🟪 Read a book where a hockey game is played OR where the Olympics are referenced OR where a miracle happens.
🟪 Read a book where a natural disaster happens OR set in Washington OR a series #3, #5 or #7 (share series name).
Duty Compromised - Dominic Pierce (Calamitte Jane Pub - Nov 2025) (#3 - Citadel Solutions) - Nov 5
11. May 23 – Horror film "The Shining" is
released, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley
Duvall, based on the book by Stephen King
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
12. June 1 – The first 24-hour news channel, Cable News
Network (CNN), is launched.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
13. November 4 – 1980 United States presidential
election: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California
defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and is elected the 40th
President of the United States.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
🟪 Read The Shining OR a book where someone stays in a grand hotel OR a book tagged Horror.
🟪 Read a book set in Atlanta OR where a character watches the news OR whose title contains the letters CNN in any order.
🟪 Read a book with a character that is an actor or governor OR where there is an election OR by an author whose first and last initial is the same letter.
Forbidden Fling with the Princess - Amy Andrews (HMED #1483 - Sept 2025) (initials) - Nov 19
14. November 21 – A record number of viewers on this date
(for an entertainment program) tune into the U.S. television show Dallas to
learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J.R.?" event
is an international obsession.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
15. December 8 – Murder of John Lennon: Mark David
Chapman is arrested following the murder of English musician John Lennon,
formerly of the Beatles, outside his New York City apartment building, The
Dakota.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
🟪 Read a book set in Texas OR with a character who has a nickname OR where someone is shot but does not die.
🟪 Read a book where someone is murdered OR with a main character that is a musician.
Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb (HI #2309 - Sept 2025) (murdered) - Dec 2
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