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I'm going to continue to read all 3 nominated tags if I have something in mount TBR that fits. In 2022 there surprisingly was something for every nominated tag on my shelf.
Ones didn't get to in 2022:
European history: prisoners of geography; lilac girls
character driven: This Tender Land
german: salt to the sea
movie: tommyknockers/hamlet
zombies: Dead Beat (nominated twice, only doing once)
social commentary: anxious people
writing:Beach Read
2023
January
anthology: Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
*food: Arsenic and Adobo
self help: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
February
*england: Mr. Churchill's Secretary
modern: addie la rue; city brass
speculative fiction: obelisk gate, fairy tale
March
*japan: The Honjin Murders
music: violin conspiracy
realistic fiction: Malibu Rising
April
bestsellers: The Last Thing He Told Me
*friendship: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
paranormal romance: all together dead (on gameboard)
May
greek mythology: The Lost Hero
*indigenous: Dance Hall of the Dead
theology: nothing
June
*immigration: Three Keys
steampunk: Waistcoats & Weaponry
USA: big sleep,
July
*adventure: Project Hail Mary
new york: city we became, lillian boxfish, addie larue
war: The Huntress
August
art history: chasing vermeer
*moral dilemmas: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
politics: President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler
September
*literary fiction: Disappearing Earth
twins: magic for liars, onyx
violence: throne of glass, red rising
October
emotions: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
weird: american gods, city we became, verity, leave the world behind
*winter: No Exit
November
*dragons: The Invisible Library
magical realism: cartographers, midnight blackbird cafe
philosophy:nothing, can read farenheit 451 or trolley problem if it wins
December
bullying: One of Us Is Lying
*holiday: Twelve Slays of Christmas; In a Holidaze
vietnam: artemis fowl (? why?)

post 21 in tracking thread
The Candles
1. Read a book that fits our very first tag: historical fiction. Note that our very first tagger was MOM2RUDY who is now a published author, W.J. Small (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...).
The Doublet Affair 4-1-23
2. PBT was founded in February, 2008. Read a book that represents or relates to any event that occurred (or occurs) in February.
presidents day
John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit-1-28-23
3. Read a 5 star book from any of our administrators (past or present) "read" shelf. Administrators include: Ladyslott, LibraryCin, Annapi, JoLene, BooknBlues, Nicole R, Kristal and Anita.
Uprooted 3-4-23 anna's shelf
4. We have been compiling the PBT Top 10 list since our inception. Read a book from any of our 15 years of Top 10 selections.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Project Hail Mary 7-19-23
5. Read a book that fits the tag of India. Read in December, 2013, it represents our least read tag (excluding administrator special tags).
The Satapur Moonstone 3-16-23
6. Surprisingly, our favorite tag as measured by books read in one month was read way back in 2008. Read a book that fits the tag of mystery.
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder 1-31-23
7. When PBT was 7 years old, we compiled our own top 100 non-fiction books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
84 Charing Cross Road
8. When PBT was 8 years old, we compiled our own top 100 fictional books of all time. Read one to blow out this candle.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
The Investigation 9-19-23
9. In 2016, we were forced to make the move from Shelfari to Goodreads. Read a book that fits EITHER the last tag we read at Shelfari (2010) or the first tag we read at Goodreads (world war ii).
Mr. Churchill's Secretary 2-11-23
10. Our most prolific poster (in the Goodreads era) is Amy (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...). Amy has posted more than anyone (including the administrators!) with 9301 comments as of this writing. Read a book in Amy's honor that somehow relates to her (either it is on her shelf, or highlights something you know about her personally, or her geography, or her profession). Indicate how you selected the book with your review.
The Shadow Sister 4-28-23
11. Read a book that was a buddy read here on PBT that you have not read before. Link to the buddy read thread along with your review.
Malibu Rising 9-11-23
12. Fall Flurries and Trim the TBR have been staples for PBT for a very long time! Select a book that has been read for either of these PBT stalwarts that is shelved on our PBT bookshelf found here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Dance Hall of the Dead 5-13-23
13. PBT's very first game/challenge was called "Last Tagger Standing", and it was modelled on the famous television show, Survivor. Read a book that is tagged with survival or survivor.
This Tender Land 1-24-23
14. Read a book from your favorite tag of all the tags you've personally read with PBT.
friendship apr 2009
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4-9-23
15. PBT is 15 years old! Read a book that was published the year YOU turned 15.
When the Bough Breaks 12-2-23

4. Special Dice Rolls
The following rolls lead to unique actions.
If you roll:
1-1: The current leader must move back 3 spaces on their game board and read the book where they have landed next.
Any combination totaling 7: You move 7 spaces and stay on that space, but you may read the book you land on OR one book forward or one book back - - your choice.
6-6: Don't like the book you will land on? You may roll again.
3-1: You get to take pick someone's next move on the board. The admins will use random.org to decide who will be moved. You get to decide which book they must move to next on their game board - - backward or forward -- within a 15 book radius. So you can move your opponent up to 15 spaces back or up to 15 spaces forward to the book of your choosing. Should you be reluctant to move another player ,or if you do not respond to an administrator's request to designate the move, random.org will move the player - odd rolls will move the player backward and even rolls will move the player forward.
2-1: You may use up to 3 of your participation points to move yourself ahead up to 3 spaces.
6-5: You must read a book that's on someone else's board and NOT on your own before you may roll again.
4-4: Receive 4 participation points for the next book you read/review.
2-3 Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game.
6-4 Earn a surprise advantage to use anytime during the game
1 The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
2 Disappearing Earth
3. Light from Other Stars
4. Grace Under Pressure
5. The Hanged Man
6. Ban This Book
7. The Chalk Man
8. Cold Storage-1st roll 6-2 not special; 1-11-23
9. Trophy Hunt
10. Whisper Network
11. Chilling Effect
12 Dying in the Wool
13 Ask Me No Questions
14 Books Can Be Deceiving rolled 5-1 not special; 2-5-23
15 The Truants
16 Buried Secrets
17 Dead Ex
18 Boundary Waters
19 Murder on the Mauretania
20 Kilt Dead
21 88 Names
22 The Mermaids Singing
23 The Wild Inside rolled 3-6 not special
24 Stillhouse Lake
25 The Family Upstairs
26 Disney in Shadow
27 A Whole New World
28 Her Last Breath
29 Thirteenth Child-rolled 2-4 not special
30 Well Met
31 A Minute to Midnight
32 Magic Burns
33 Necessary People
34 Death of a Red Heroine
35 If It Bleeds rolled 1-5 not special
36 The Guest List
37 Al Capone Does My Homework
38 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
39 The Constant Rabbit
40 Danger, Sweetheart
41 Love Your Life 2-4 not special subbing hell bent
42 The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
43 Brownies and Broomsticks
44 Christmas Cow Bells
45 Bed of Roses
46 Tyrannosaur Canyon- 2-3: extra swap
47 Verity
48 Never Have I Ever
49 Heat Stroke
50 All Together Dead
51 Hattie Big Sky
52 Miss Benson's Beetle
53 A Distance Too Grand
54 The Llama of Death
55 In a Holidaze
56 One of Us Is Lying
57 When No One Is Watching
58 Leave the World Behind
59 Chasing Vermeer
60 Book Scavenger
61 A Necessary Evil-moved by Sue
62 The Turn of the Key
63 Injustice for All
64 The Last Garden in England
65 Every Last Fear
66 Every Vow You Break
67 Murder in Old Bombay
68 The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
69 The Stranger in the Mirror
70 When the Stars Go Dark
71 The Lost Apothecary_ 6-4, ride on bullet train, 7-29-23
72 Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel
73 The Thursday Murder Club
74 The Scorpion's Tail
75 The Case of the Missing Marquess
76 Borderlines
77 The Sun Down Motel
78 A Death of No Importance
79 Design for Dying
80 Dance Hall of the Dead- rolled 6-3; reading space 79
81 The Escape Room
82 Revenge of the Spellmans
83 Coop Knows the Scoop
84 Little Bee
85 Murder on a Girls' Night Out
86 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
87 Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron
88 Who Is Maud Dixon?- 3-5, not special; read 8-28-23
89 Eleven on Top
90 The Kiss Quotient
91 The Murder List
92 A Spy in the House
93 The Quiet Boy
94 The Whispering House
95 The Vanishing Season-rolled 4-3,can read book before or after, read bait and witch; 9-7-23
96 Bait and Witch
97 Dial A for Aunties
98 Dead Dead Girls
99 The Windsor Knot-read 9-15-23; 3-1 (moved Nicole)
100 Mimi Lee Gets a Clue

December-January(2023): John Quincy Adams
Feb-march: Andrew Jackson
April-may: martin van buren
June: William Henry Harrison
July-august: John Tyler
Sept-oct: James Polk
Nov: Zachary Taylor
Dec-jan(2024): Millard Fillmore

feb free choice: dreadful splendor; woman in the library; buried in a good book
march debut: portrait of a thief
april best novel: the maid

a) If you read a book longer than 500 pages you get to roll an extra die for every incremental 100 pages. So a 500 page book let's you roll two dice on your next turn. A 600 page book let's you roll 3 dice, and so on.
b) If you land on a book that has the same tag as the monthly tag, you will get an extra move in conjunction with any future roll:
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces
50-100 taggers move forward 5 spaces
More than 100 taggers - roll two dice
This award must be noted on your tracking thread at the time you land on the book that earns it. The book does not need to be completed/reviewed in the month with the tag . . .this bonus is triggered when you land on the book.
1 The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
2 Disappearing Earth-9-22-23 rolled 2, monthly tag 210 times, can roll 2 dice any time
3. Light from Other Stars
4. Grace Under Pressure
5. The Hanged Man
6. Ban This Book
7. The Chalk Man
8. Cold Wind
9. Trophy Hunt
10. Whisper Network
11. Chilling Effect
12 Dying in the Wool
13 Ask Me No Questions
14 The Bookshop on the Shore
15 The Restorer
16 Buried Secrets
17 Dead Ex
18 Boundary Waters
19 Murder on the Mauretania
20 Kilt Dead
21 88 Names
22 The Mermaids Singing
23 Wicked Saints
24 Stillhouse Lake
25 The Family Upstairs
26 Disney in Shadow
27 A Whole New World
28 Her Last Breath
29 White Nights
30 Well Met
31 A Minute to Midnight
32 Magic Burns
33 Necessary People
34 Death of a Red Heroine
35 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
36 The Guest List
37 Al Capone Does My Homework
38 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
39 Thirteen Hours
40 Homicide in Hardcover
41 For the Wolf
42 The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
43 Brownies and Broomsticks
44 Christmas Cow Bells
45 Bed of Roses
46 The Purity of Vengeance
47 Verity
48 Never Have I Ever
49 Heat Stroke
50 All Together Dead
51 Hattie Big Sky
52 Miss Benson's Beetle
53 A Distance Too Grand
54 The Llama of Death
55 In a Holidaze
56 One of Us Is Lying
57 Such a Quiet Place
58 Leave the World Behind
59 Trace of Evil
60 Book Scavenger
61 A Deadly Cliché
62 The Turn of the Key
63 Injustice for All
64 Murder at the Lakeside Library
65 Every Last Fear
66 Every Vow You Break
67 Murder in Old Bombay
68 The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
69 The Stranger in the Mirror
70 When the Stars Go Dark
71 Jack of Spies
72 Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel
73 The Thursday Murder Club
74 The Scorpion's Tail
75 The Case of the Missing Marquess
76 Borderlines
77 The Seven Day Switch
78 A Death of No Importance
79 The Escape Room
80 Revenge of the Spellmans
81 Little Bee
82 Murder on a Girls' Night Out
83 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
84 Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron
85 Eleven on Top
86 The Kiss Quotient
87 The Murder List
88 A Spy in the House
89 The Quiet Boy
90 The Seven Day Switch
91 Into the Drowning Deep
92 Ash and Quill-10-6-23
93 The Search
94 Second Street Station
95 Questland-10-16-23
96 Murder's No Votive Confidence
97 Dial A for Aunties
98 Mimi Lee Gets a Clue
99 Murder in Westminster
100 Whack A Mole-current location
Books mentioned in this topic
One of Us Is Lying (other topics)In a Holidaze (other topics)
The Invisible Library (other topics)
Twelve Slays of Christmas (other topics)
When the Bough Breaks (other topics)
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