The Reading Challenge Group discussion

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The Board

GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled

Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change

Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned

Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite

Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)

Go to Book Ban!

Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner

How to Play

- Roll 2 dice to move around the board. You can use regular or electronic dice. Click here for electronic dice.

- Read a book for the genre, category, or theme of the square you land on before rolling again. You may plan up to one roll in advance.

- Choose books from your existing shelves if you can (real or virtual).

- If you need ideas, ask!

- If you land on a "Partner Pick" square, request in the game thread for someone to choose a book for you to read from one of your shelves (please provide the link to your shelf).

- If you are choosing a book for another player, select from their existing shelves. You may offer a choice of up to 3 books.

- One round is complete when you pass GO. You can play as many times as you like.

- If you find that you're unable to finish a book, you can forfeit the turn by asking for a Partner Pick substitute.

Oh, I love this!
I'll update my thread when I'm on the computer but I want to roll now and have a book lined up for January 1st. I promise I won't start reading before :-D

Round 1
1. Roll 1:5 - Travel Afar. Wilder in the West Read 7/1/18
2. Roll 2:8 - Recommended. A View Across the Valley: Short Stories by Women from Wales, 1850-1950. Forfeit. Partner Pick: Further Chronicles of Avonlea Read 13/2/18.
3. Roll 3: 11. Shortest Book. Comme un roman Read 25/2/18.
4. Roll 4: 3. Society. Forfeit. The House at Bishopsgate. Read 28/4/18.
5. Roll 5: 8. Travel Away. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version. Read 12/5/18.
6. Roll 6: 6 -> onto Round 2.

Rolled 7:Light blue:Theme: Relationships: Her Soldier of Fortune1/5/18
Rolled:6 Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you:The King in Yellow1/8/18
Rolled 8: Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction:Last Stop in Brooklyn1/11/18
Rolled 9: Library Fine - A borrowed book:Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon1/25/18
Rolled 6:Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 30001/15/18( 1051 pages)
Rolled 6:GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled:The Blood Gospel1/28/18

I rolled 10 Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned The Gatheringdone

Orange - Genre: Mystery A Time to Kill

Will you use books across multiple challenges for this one? I did not see any rule against using a title for multiple challenges.

Stephanie wrote: "Will you use books across multiple challenges for this one? I did not see any rule against using a title for multiple challenges."

Hi Stephanie, yes you can use a title for multiple challenges. The only exception is on the mini challenges.

Hi Stephanie, yes you can use a title for multi..."

Great! Thanks so much for clarifying for me. :)

1st roll: 3-Fantasy/science fiction

Roll 1: 4
Category: A borrowed book.
Book: Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
Finished: 1/9/2018

Roll 2: 7
Category: A book published in 2018 (this could be a while).
Book: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Finished: 2/8/2018

Roll 3: 3
Category: Part of a series
Book: A Fatal Grace
Finished: 2/22/2018

Roll 4: 5
Category: Historical Fiction
Reading: The Great Alone
Finished: 2/28/18

Round 2:
Roll 1: 11
Category: Go to Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned.
Book: Sula
Finished: 3/10/18

Roll 2: 7
Category: Partner Pick
Book: The Song of Achilles
Finished: 5/12/2018
I loved this book! Thanks for the wonderful pick.

Roll 3: 12
Category: Times of Life
Book: Warlight
Finished: 5/16/2018

Roll 4: 10
Category: Award winner
Book: Prayers for the Stolen (2015 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction)
Finished: 8/8/2018

Round 3
Roll 1: 4
Category: Fantasy or science fiction
Book: The Three-Body Problem
Finished: 9/12/2017

Roll 2: 4
Category: Chance: Set your shelf to random and pick first book on the list.
Book: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Finished:

Rd 1
I rolled a seven, landed on chance. I will read Paradise Valley by C. J. Box

Roll 1: 10 - Book Ban...let me see what's in the "unfinished" folder....

I'm back :)

Bookopoly 2018
Roll #1- 4
Spot: Library Fine - A borrowed book
Book: I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark
Date Read: 1/1/18

Roll #2 - 10 -
Spot: Purple - Category: Part of a series
Book: Turned
Date read: 1/14/18

Roll #3 - 11
Spot: Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Book: You Slay Me
Dated read: 1/20/18
Set in: Paris

Roll #4 -10
Spot: Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Book: Reign
Read: 8/12/18
Set in Valinsk (Europe)

Roll #5 - 5
Spot: GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Book:
Read:
Fits :

I'll start this one soon too

1st roll: 3 - Fantasy or Sci Fi - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea *Read*
2nd roll: 7 - Banned Book - Lolita *Read*
3rd roll: 5 - Travel Along - The Monk *Read*
4th roll: 4 - Historical Fiction - The Name of the Rose

Elizabeth wrote: "Question: what's the yellow lightbulb, I landed on it .but can't seem to figure out what it stands for."


Electric co, a setting that's new to you.

I finished Paradise Valley and rolled a 5. That puts me on "a setting that's new to you also." Will have to see what I have.

My first roll was a 3-Fantasy/Science Fiction-Read Magic Dreams

2nd roll-3-Relationships

hi I'm new to these book challenge s but bookopoly looked do much fun I thought I'd give it a go. rolled a 9 which is tradition or change. just wondering what sort of book would fit that? Any ideas please?

Amy wrote: "hi I'm new to these book challenge s but bookopoly looked do much fun I thought I'd give it a go. rolled a 9 which is tradition or change. just wondering what sort of book would fit that? Any ideas..."

I think in a way the Handmaid's tale which you have in your tbr list would work. Any story involving a form of change is fine.

I'm in --- how much fun is this - can't wait to share this with my daughter.

rolled a 5 - Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey.
Starting: The Places In Between by Rory Stewart

Finished reading The Places in Between by Rory Stewart. Can't wait to roll again.
I choose this book blindly for a specific challenge - having never read the reviews or knowing anything about the author I just began to read. Once I was finished I read the reviews and with each one thought to myself, I agree with this person - good or bad. This book requires you to form your own opinion because it deals with different social, ethical, moral beliefs in which I feel each individual experiences differently. The author did an excellent job describing the land (view) before him and what the people looked like, however, appearances versus truly getting to know an individual was missing - and it’s because he was on a schedule and only stayed in places for one night. I do recommend this book and suggest just picking it up and reading it so that no personal biases are made prior to reading it.

next roll landed in jail: Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
I'll be finishing -- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. by Michael Wolff

Nancy wrote: "next roll landed in jail: Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
I'll be finishing -- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump Whit..."
That sounds like an interesting book!

Bookopoly 2018

Roll 1 - 10
Book Ban: Girl with Guitar by Caisey Quinn - January 15th, 2018 - 3 Stars

Roll 2 - 9
Historical Fiction:

Definitely not too late, and glad to have you join, Sarah.

Roll 1 - 3
Fantasy or Science Fiction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Read on 19/01/2018

Roll 2 - 7
Book Ban
Might as well read Five Weeks in a Balloon which has been waiting for me to be done with it since July 4th 2016 :D

Round 1

Rolled 2: Partner Pick

Please pick from one of these:
No Need For Speed
The Tree Shepherd's Daughter
The Great Fire of London
Whiskey Beach

Cindy wrote: "Round 1

Rolled 2: Partner Pick..."

Cindy, how about Whiskey Beach?

Ok....I'm in!

Roll 1, 6: Relationships....

Thanks Allison! Sounds good to me!

Camille wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "Question: what's the yellow lightbulb, I landed on it .but can't seem to figure out what it stands for."


Electric co, a setting that's new to you."
Thinks for answering my question,

Well, I spent some time in Paris, thanks to The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. I rolled an 8, which puts me at Book Sale.

Rolled 7: Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book :I, Ripper2/1/18
Rolled 22: Historical Fiction:The Devil's Grin2/20/18

I read Copy Cat by Alex Lake for book sale, rolled a 10 and landed on Book Ban! Think I know what I will read next.

Read The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich. Rolled an 8 and need a mystery.

Read Apple Turnover Murder for my mystery, rolled an 11 and now need to read a "times of life" book.

Just finished The Cruel Prince for published this year. Next roll:8-Historical fiction

My 4th roll -10
Spot: Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world

As I forfeited my go, could someone please give me 3 partner picks from my owned but not read shelf?
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thank you!

Here you go, Camille:

By Gaslight
The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North
Further Chronicles of Avonlea

Allison wrote: "Here you go, Camille:

By Gaslight
The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North
Further Chronicles of Avonlea"

Thank you!

Since I've tried multiple times with multiple books to complete this roll, I've decided to forfeit my turn and take a partner pick. If someone could choose a pick for me from the books below I'd really appreciate it. :)

1) Holding Fire
2) Daughter of the Pirate King
3) My Favorite Mistake
4) Beautiful Disaster

Daughter of the Pirate King looks intriguing, Amber. Enjoy!

Allison wrote: "Daughter of the Pirate King looks intriguing, Amber. Enjoy!"

Thanks Allison!

Read The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros for times of childhood. Now to read the last book added to my shelf.

Rolled 3:Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book: 2/23/18/

Roll #1, 8
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival:


Roll #2, 6
Purple - Category: Part of a series:


Roll #3, 4
Orange - Genre: Mystery:

Bookopoly 2018

Roll 1: 6: Railroad - Featuring a journey.
5/6/18 ★★★★★

Roll 2: 5: Book Ban - you've been putting off for a long time.
7/6/18 ★★★★★

Roll 3: 2: Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you.
7/6/18 ★★★★

Roll 4: 3: Railroad - Set in a different time.
11/6/18 ★★★

Roll 5: 4: Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction.
13/6/18 ★★★★

Roll 6: 3: Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book.
14/6/18 ★★★★

Roll 7: 2: Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf.
15/6/18 ★★★★

Roll 8: 2: Yellow - Theme: Nature.
16/6/18 ★★★

Roll 9: 2: Library Fine - A borrowed book.
6/6/18 ★★★

Roll 10: 2: Go to Book Ban! Read a book you've been putting off.
20/6/18 ★★★

Roll 11: 2: Green - Category: On your shelf the longest.
19/8/18 ★★★★★

Roll 12: 2: Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf.
16/10/18 ★★★★★

Roll 13: 2: Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
17/11/18 ★★★★★

Roll 14: 2: Water Works - By an author that's new to you.
22/11/18 ★★★

Roll 15: Blue - Genre: Award winner.
22/11/18 ★★★★★