Celebrate the Century: 1920s
July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Title: The Roaring Twenties.
Date of issue: 28 May 1998.
Denomination: 32¢
No of stamps in sheet: 15
1st row:
1. Babe Ruth
🔳 Read a book where a character has a nickname OR with a baseball item on the cover. Please post the cover.
Snowflake Bay - Donna Kauffman (Kensington - Sept 2015) (nickname) - June 12
2. Novel: The Great Gatsby
🔳 Read The Great Gatsby OR a book from Required Reading in High School or I'm glad someone made me read this book.
🔳 Read The Great Gatsby OR a book from Required Reading in High School or I'm glad someone made me read this book.
Steeped to Death - Gretchen Rue (Crooked Lane Books - Sept 2022) (made me read) - Sept 9
3. Prohibition
🔳 Read a book set between 1919 and 1933 OR by an author whose first and last initial can be found in VOLSTEAD.
🔳 Read a book set between 1919 and 1933 OR by an author whose first and last initial can be found in VOLSTEAD.
Last of the Red-Hot Cowboys - Tina Leonard (Random House - June 2014) (T.L.)- July 6
4. Toy trains
🔳 Read a Children's/YA or a book with a train on the cover. Please post the cover.
🔳 Read a Children's/YA or a book with a train on the cover. Please post the cover.
Beauty - Robin McKinley (Open Road Pub - Nov 2014) (YA) - Sept 13
5. Women's suffrage
🔳 Read a book where a character votes for something OR a Series/TBR #19.
🔳 Read a book where a character votes for something OR a Series/TBR #19.
In the Ring with the Maverick - Kathy Douglass (HSE #2924 - Aug 2022) - July 17
2nd row:
6. Emily Post
🔳 Read a book written by a woman OR with a title that begins with a letter in ETIQUETTE (excluding The).
6. Emily Post
🔳 Read a book written by a woman OR with a title that begins with a letter in ETIQUETTE (excluding The).
The Accidental Newlywed Game - Jaci Burton (Penguin - July 2022) (woman author) - July 1
7. Margaret Mead
🔳 Read a book where a character lives on an island (like Samoa, not Australia) OR with a character that works at a museum or is an anthropologist.
🔳 Read a book where a character lives on an island (like Samoa, not Australia) OR with a character that works at a museum or is an anthropologist.
Compromised Into a Scandalous Marriage - Lydia San Andres (HH #1670 - Aug 2022) (Dominican Republic) - July 16
8. John Held, Jr.
🔳 Read a book by an author that also writes under another name (Tell us both names) OR with people dancing, driving, playing sports, or engaging in other popular activities of the era on the cover. Please post the cover.
🔳 Read a book by an author that also writes under another name (Tell us both names) OR with people dancing, driving, playing sports, or engaging in other popular activities of the era on the cover. Please post the cover.
From Feuding to Falling - Jules Bennett (HD #2852 - Feb 2022) (dancing) - Sept 9
9. Radio
🔳 Read a book where a character listens to the radio OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in RADIO.
🔳 Read a book where a character listens to the radio OR by an author whose last name begins with a letter in RADIO.
The Viking's Stolen Princess - Sarah Rodi (HH #1622 - Dec 2021) (last name "R") - July 5
10. Chrysler Building
🔳 Read a book with a character that works in construction or real estate OR with a skyscraper on the cover. Please post the cover.
🔳 Read a book with a character that works in construction or real estate OR with a skyscraper on the cover. Please post the cover.
It Started with a Puppy - Christy Jeffries (HSE #2926 - Aug 2022) - July 21
3rd row:
11. Jazz
🔳 Read a book where a character listens to music while drinking in a bar or club OR with a one-word title.
11. Jazz
🔳 Read a book where a character listens to music while drinking in a bar or club OR with a one-word title.
Montana Mystery - Josie Jade, Janie Crouch (Calamittie Jane Pub - July 2022) - July 8
12. Notre Dame's Four Horsemen
🔳 Read a book with a college or university as the setting OR with a character who plays football.
🔳 Read a book with a college or university as the setting OR with a character who plays football.
Do You Take This Baby? - Wendy Warren (HSE #2579 - Oct 2017) (football) - Dec 15
13. Charles Lindbergh
🔳 Read a book with a pilot or airplane on the cover (Please post the cover) OR with a 3, 6 or 0 in the page count.
🔳 Read a book with a pilot or airplane on the cover (Please post the cover) OR with a 3, 6 or 0 in the page count.
One-Night Fling in Positano - Ann McIntosh (HMED #1263 -Aug 2022) (256 pages) - July 14
4th row:
14. Automat
🔳 Read a book with a scene where a lone woman sits in a coffee shop OR with a pair of woman's legs on the cover. Please post the cover.
14. Automat
🔳 Read a book with a scene where a lone woman sits in a coffee shop OR with a pair of woman's legs on the cover. Please post the cover.
Anyone but a Fortune - Judy Duarte (HSE #2893 - Mar 2022) - Aug 3
15. Black Thursday
🔳 Read a book published in October (of any year) OR where a character faces financial devastation.
🔳 Read a book published in October (of any year) OR where a character faces financial devastation.
Christian Seaton: Duke of Danger - Carole Mortimer (HH #1252 - Oct 2015) - July 7
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16. Members of a dance troupe strike poses from the Charleston on a California beach during a break in the filming of a movie in 1926.
🔳 Read a book where a character is in a dance troupe or is filming a movie OR with a beach scene on the cover.
16. Members of a dance troupe strike poses from the Charleston on a California beach during a break in the filming of a movie in 1926.
🔳 Read a book where a character is in a dance troupe or is filming a movie OR with a beach scene on the cover.
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