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Roll Number 9:6Landed on Pennysylvania Railroad
Read a book set during the American Revolution
Book Chosen: The Turncoatby Donna Thorland
Date completed: 4/17/2019
Roll Number 10: 4Landed on Never Happened Road
Read a historical fiction novel where one of the title words starts with "A"
Book Chosen: The Address by Fiona Davis
Date Completed: finished 5/1/2019
Roll Number 11: 5Landed on Power Pathway
Read a book with red on the cover
Book Chosen:
by Faye KellermanDate Finished: 5/2/2019
Roll Number 12: 5Landed on Timeless Trail--read any historical fiction novel by one of the following authors: author chosen Jean Plaidy
Book Chosen: To Hold the Crown
Date Finished: 5/14/5019
Roll Number 13: 1Landed on Go to Jail
Book Chosen: The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton 485 pages
Date finished: 6/4/2019
Roll Number 14:2Landed on Electric Co.
Book Chosen: Read any historical fiction novel that takes place before the invention of the lightbulb (1879) The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
Date completed: 6/20/2019
Roll Number 15:3Landed on Pennsylvania Railroad
Book chosen: Read a book with a white building on the cover Hotel Sacher by Rodica Doehnert
Date Completed: 7/10/2019
Roll Number 16:6Landed on Arthur Alley
Book Chosen: Read a book about King Arthur The Mists of Avalon
Roll Number 17:4Landed on B & O Railroad
Book Chosen: Read a historical fiction book with a black cover
by Rebecca Cantrell
Roll Number 18:2Landed on Back to Youth Avenue
Book Chosen: Girl in the Blue Coat--read a Young Adult novel that took place when my parents were teenagers (World War II)
Cool idea. Still rolling. Hoping for a double
roll Number 19:4Landed on Traveler's Way
Book Chosen: The Secrets of Armstrong House by A. O'Connor --read a historical fiction literary novel by an author who lives in a different country than you Finished 10/12/2020
Roll Number 20:2Landed on Community Chest
Book Chosen:This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger. Have a group member pick a historical fiction novel based on your TBR list (suggested by Maureen) finished 11/04/2020
Roll Number 21;3Landed on Chance
Book Chosen: The Furies by John Jakes Randomize your TBR and read the first historic fiction novel finished 11/30/2020
Roll Number 22: 5Landed on Marco Polo Parkway
Book Chosen: Read a book with a purple cover
by David Starkey finished 12/28/2020
Roll Number 23: 1Landed on Community Chest.
Book Chosen: Ask a group member to choose an historical event or person to read about. Thanks to Maureen for suggesting the California Gold Rush so I picked The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis finished 2/18/2021
Roll Number 24: 3Landed on Reading Railroad
Book Chosen: Read a historical fiction book with a book on the cover The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson finished 2/26/2021
Roll Number 25: 3Landed on Start Up Street
Book Chosen: Read a book with a light blue cover
by Kristin Hannah
Roll Number 26:3Landed on Amateur Alley
Book chosen: Read a historical mystery with an amateur sleuth And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander finished 3/15/2021
Roll Number 27:4Landed on Pennsylvania Railroad
Book Chosen: Read a historical fiction book about a non-royal politician or person in government American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld finished 7/6/2021 (George and Laura Bush)
Roll Number 28: 1Landed on As We Know it Avenue
Book chosen: Read a book with orange on the cover
by Joanne Fluke finished 5/27/2021
Roll Number 29: Roll again so I did and got a 1.Landed on Arthur Alley
Read a historical fiction novel with something "glowing" on the cover
Book Chosen:
by Louise Penny finished 10/25/2021
Roll Number 30: 4Landed on B&O Railroad
Read a historical fiction book written by an author that only uses initials as first name
The Forgotten Queen by D L Bogdan
Finished 12/19/2021
Roll Number 31: 6Landed on Traveler's Way
Read a literary historical novel that takes place more than 500 miles from your current location
Book Chosen: In Praise of the Bees by Kristen Gleeson (takes place in Ireland and I'm in the USA)
Roll Number 32: 2Landed on Community Chest
Have a moderator pick a historical fiction book for you based on your TBR
Roll Number 33: 5Got no response to last roll so moving on
Landed on Luxury Tax
Take the number of pages in the last book your read, add 15%, read a historical fiction book with 15% more pages
The last book was The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (448 pages) so 15% is 66 pages so the new book has to have 514 pages
Book chosen Second Generation by Howard Fast (546 pages, but close enough) finished 4/24/2022
Roll Number 34: 4Landed on Community Chest but got no response to the only item I had left there from the last time so rolled again and got 4 and landed on
Royalty Road
Read a historical fiction book about a member of royalty
/Roll number 35: 5Landed on Amateur Avenue
Read a historical mystery featuring an amateur sleuth
And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander finished 9/3/2022
Roll number 36:3Landed on Dark Alley Read a historical fiction mystery where the protagonist does not have a sidekick or partnerr A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander finished 11/18/2022
Roll number 37:6Landed on Roll Agai
Rolled a 2 which landed me on Chance which I have already finished Rolled a 6 which landed me on Water Works
Read a historical fiction book that takes place on a boat Seven Days in May by Kim Izzo finished 12/4/2022
Roll number 38Rolled a 5 but have already ccompleted the task
Rolled another 5 and landed on luxury tax Read a book with gems or jewel on the cover
by Anne Glenconner finished 2/6/2023finished 2/6/2023
Roll 39 Rolled 1[
Landed on One on One Alley
Read a historical fiction novel that is more than 500 pages long
[book:The Lincoln Highway|57109107] by Amor Towles (576 pages) finished 4/6/2023
Roll 40Rolled a 4
Landed on Aloha Wonderwall Way
Read a book with a plane or ship on the cover
finished 5/18/2023
Roll 41Rolled a 5 and landed on Start up Street
Read a biographical fiction novel with a rags to riches character
The Tudor Roseby Margaret Campbell Barnes finished 1/31/2024
Roll 42Rolled a 4 and landed on Electric Company
Read a book with the word "light" in the title
The Lightkeeper's Bride by Colleen Coble finished 6/29/2024
Roll 43Rolled a 1. Landed on Deception Drive
Read a historical fiction novel in which the protagonist is a professional police or detective
Hemlock Bay by Catherine Coulter finished 2/27/2025
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Adventure Alley (Purples)
Marco Polo Parkway
-Read an adventure novel where the main character goes on a long journey over land
-Read an adventure novel that takes place outside of Europe
-Read a book with a purple cover (does not have to be an adventure genre)
Aloha Wanderwell Way
-Read an adventure novel where the main character takes a journey by air or sea
-Read an adventure novel featuring a female protagonist
-Read a book with an airplane or a ship on the cover
Biography Boulevard (Light Blue)
Royalty Road
-Read a biographical fiction novel about a member of a royal family The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir finished 6/5/2022
-Read a biographical fiction novel about a royal told from a perspective other than the royal’s
-Read a novel with a crown or castle on the cover
Start Up Street
-Read a biographical fiction novel featuring a rags-to-riches character
-Read a biographical fiction novel about someone who is part of a resistance (slavery in the United States, Jewish resistance in WWII, Spanish Inquisition, etc.)
-Read a book with a light blue cover
Reputation Run
-Read a biographical fiction about a historical figure with a bad reputation (ie Catherine d’Medici, any Borgia family members, Mary I, Richard III) The Gospel of Pilate by Paul E. Creasy
-Read a biographical fiction about someone who has a job with a bad reputation (think bankers, prostitutes, royal officials (think Thomas Cromwell, Rasputin)
-Read a biographical fiction about someone who changes sides
Mystery Midway (Pink)
Amateur Avenue
-Read a historical mystery featuring an amateur detective/sleuth And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander finished 9/3/2022
-Read the first novel in a historical mystery series
-Read a historical fiction mystery novel with a body on the cover
Deduction Drive
-Read a book featured on The Idiot's Guide to Reading - Historical Sleuths List
The Cater Street Hangman - Anne Perry
The Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice - Laurie King
A Conspiracy of Paper - David Liss
Cut to the Quick - Kate Ross
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor - Stephanie Brown
The Last Kashmin Rose - Barbara Cleverly
Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
The Novice’s Tale- Margaret Frazer
The Queen’s Man - Sharon Kay Penman
Roman Blood - Steven Saylor
Shinju - Laura Joh Rowland
Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis
To Shield the Queen - Fiona Buckley
- Read a historical fiction mystery novel where the protagonist’s profession is policeman/detective Hemlock Bay by Catherine Coulter finished 2/27/2025
- Read a book with pink on the cover
Dark Alley
- Read a historical fiction mystery where the mystery is something other than a murder
- Read a historical fiction mystery where the protagonist does not have a “sidekick” or partner A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander finished 11/18/2022
-Read a book featuring a dark road or alley on the cover
Alternate Fiction Highway (Orange)
As Things We Know It Ave
- Read a historical fiction novel where the outcome of a battle is different from what we know (Napoleon wins at Waterloo, Duke William doesn’t win, etc.
-Read a historical fiction novel where either WWI or WWII happens differently than what we know
- Read an historical fiction with a battle/war scene on the cover
Ancient Ways Circle
- Read an alternate historical fiction novel featuring an ancient empire (Romans, Greeks, Incas, etc.)
- Read an alternate historical fiction that takes place outside of Europe
- Read a book with orange on the cover
Never Happened Road
- Read an alternate historical fiction where a well-known ruler, military official, or other leader, never gets a chance to lead
- Read an alternate historical fiction where someone lives instead of dies or dies instead of lives
- Read a historical fiction novel where one of the title words starts with “A” (a, an, and do not count) The Address by Fiona Davis finished 2/1/2019
Fantasy Freeway (Red)
Arthur Alley
- Read any novel about King Arthur
- Read a fantasy historical fiction featuring a witch/wizard who is not Merlin
- Read a historical fiction novel with something “glowing” on the cover
Magic Street
- Read a historical fiction fantasy that is a retelling of a myth or fairy tale
- Read a historical fiction fantasy novel where the protagonist does not have magical powers
- Read a historical fiction fantasy novel featuring “mythical” beasts
Power Pathway
- Read a historical fiction fantasy where the protagonist is a god/higher being
-Read a historical fiction fantasy featuring a battle
-Read a historical fiction novel with red on the cover
Time to Change to Classic Circle(Yellow)
Slip Street
- Read a historical fiction time-slip novel featuring a mystery
- Read a historical fiction time-slip novel where the protagonist goes back to the Dark Ages
- Read a historical fiction time-slip novel where the protagonist goes back to a war
Back to Youth
-Read a young adult historical fiction novel that takes place during a time when your parents or grandparents were teenagers Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse finished 9/21/2020
- Read a young adult historical fiction novel that was made into a movie/television show
- Read any young adult historical fiction novel that is part of a series The Ivy by Lauren Kunze finished 6/2024
Timeless Trail
- Read any historical fiction novel that you think should be considered a classic (re-reads are allowed)
-Read any historical fiction novel by one of the following authors (re-reads are allowed but new authors/books are encouraged):
James Clavell
Dorothy Dunnett
Howard Fast
George MacDonald Fraser
Robert Graves
Georgette Heyer
Louis L’Amour
Norman Mailer
James Michener
Patrick O’Brian
Jean Plaidy To Hold the Crown finished 5/14/2019
Mary Renault
Sir Walter Scott
Anya Seton
Irving Stone
Sigrid Undset
Leon Uris
Gore Vidal
Umberto Eco
Edward Rutherfurd
Elizabeth Chadwick
-Read any historical fiction novel with yellow on the cover
Literary Lane (Green)
Traveler’s Way
-Read a historical fiction literary novel about an immigrant Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende finished 2/18/2019
-Read a historical fiction literary novel that takes place more than 500 miles away from your current location In Praise of the Bees by Kristin Gleeson
- Read a historical fiction literary novel by an author who lives in a different country than you The Secrets of Armstrong House by A. O'Connor finished 10/12/2020
Lover’s Row
- Read a historical fiction literary novel featuring a pair of “star crossed” lovers
- Read a historical fiction literary novel that features male and female point of views
-Read a historical fiction novel by an author you love (re-reads will be allowed)
All Over Avenue
- Read a historical fiction literary novel that takes place in South/Central America
-Read a historical fiction literary novel that takes place in Asia
- Read a historical fiction literary novel that takes place in Europe before WWII
Saga Street(Dark Blue)
Family Matters Row
- Read any historical fiction saga that features an American family
- Read any historical fiction saga that features a family that relocates
On and On Alley
-Read any historical fiction saga that is part of a series with three or more books Ceridwen of Kilton by Octavia Randolph
-Read any historical fiction saga with 500+ pages The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (576 pages) finished 4/6/2023
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-Have a group member pick a historical fiction novel for you based on your TBR This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger finished 11/04/2020
-Have a moderator pick a historical fiction novel for you based on your TBR
-Have a group member pick the historical subject or person - you pick the book The Proud Breed by Celeste de Blasis finished 2/18/2021
Chance
-Randomize your TBR. Read the book that appears in the top spot - does not have to be historical fiction The Rivals of Versailles by Sally Christie finished 1/18/2019
-Randomize your TBR - Read the first historical fiction book on the list The Furies by John Jakes finished 11/30/2020
Water Works
-Read a historical fiction novel that takes place on a boat Seven Days in May finishe 12/4/2022
-Read a historical fiction novel that takes place in a country that borders a major body of water
-Read a book that shows a body of water (ocean, lake, river, etc.) on the cover
Electric Company
-Read any historical fiction novel that deals with an important discovery/invention
-Read any historical fiction novel that takes place before the invention of the light bulb (1879) The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd finished 6/20/2019
-Read any historical fiction novel with the word “light” in the title
The Lightkeeper's Bride by Colleen Coble finished 6/29/2024
Reading Railroad
-Read a book that takes place after the printing press was invented (after 1450)
-Read a book that takes place before the the printing press was invented (before 1440)
-Read a historical fiction novel with a book on the cover The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Pennsylvania Railroad
-Read a historical fiction novel featuring a non-royal leader (president, prime-minister, dictator, etc.)American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld finished 7/6/2021 (George and Laura Bush)
-Read a historical fiction novel about the American Revolution The Turncoat by Donna Thorland completed 4/17/2019
-Read a book with a white building on the cover
B.&O. Railroad
-Read a historical fiction novel written by an author who only uses initials as their “first” name
-Read a historical fiction novel by an author whose name starts with a “B” or an “O” (first or last name) The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure finished 2/4/2019
-Read a historical fiction novel with a black cover
Shortline Railroad
-Read a “short” historical fiction novel- less than 250 pages
-Read a historical fiction novel with lines on the cover
-Read a historical fiction novel that is part of a “short” series - duology or trilogy Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Go to Jail
- Read a book of your choosing with 400+ pages. For every 800 pages read, you earn a get out of jail free card. Mods will help track cards earned. The Clockmaker's Daughter
by Kate Morton finished 6/4/2019
Luxury Tax
- Read any historical fiction novel that takes place in England during the reign of George III
-Read any historical fiction novel with money or jewels on the cover
-Take the number of pages read in your last book and add 15%. Read a historical fiction novel with 15% more pages Second Generation by Howard Fast finished 4/24/2022
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