Play Book Tag discussion

General Reading Goals:

Boxall List: Goal is 20 - Completed

Booker Nominees & Winners: Goal is 20 - Completed

Countries of the World: Goal is 24 - Completed

Tomes: Goal is 12 over 500 pages - Completed

Author's Body of Work: Lydia Millet - at least 5 - Completed

Link to where I track all my challenges aside from PBT - related activities (listed below):
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

PBT Tag: January - March:

January: Historical Mystery
A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly - 1/1/24 - 3* - My Review
Snow by John Banville - 1/2/24 - 3.5* - My Review
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore - 1/4/24 - 5* - My Review
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - 1/5/24 - 4* - My Review
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - 1/6/24 - 4* - My Review
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - 1/14/24 - 3* - My Review
A Casualty of War by Charles Todd - 1/22/24 - 3* - My Review
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger - 1/27/24 - 4* - My Review

February: Authors of Color
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan - 2/1/24 - 5* - My Review
Open City by Teju Cole - 2/4/24 - 5* - My Review
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi - 2/5/24 - 4* - My Review
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - 2/8/24 - 3* - My Review
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton - 2/10/24 - 4* - My Review
A House For Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul - 2/10/24 - 4* - My Review
The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander - 2/11/24 - 4* - My Review
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar - 2/13/24 - 3* - My Review
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya - 2/17/24 - 4* - My Review
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino - 2/18/24 - 4* - My Review
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor - 2/23/24 - 4* - My Review
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok - 2/24/24 - 3* - My Review
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill - 2/25/24 - 5* - My Review
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow - 2/26/24 - 3* - My Review
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue - 2/28/24 - 3.5* - My Review

March: Coming of Age
Mobility by Lydia Kiesling- 3/1/24 - 5* - My Review
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse - 3/1/24 - 4* - My Review
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan - 3/2/24 - 4* - My Review
The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel - 3/6/24 - 3.5 - My Review
Chronicle in Stone: A Novel by Ismail Kadare - 3/7/24 - 4* - My Review
milk and honey by Rupi Kaur - 3/8/24 - 3* - My Review
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa - 3/9/24 - 3* - My Review
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell - 3/11/24 - 4 stars - My Review
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray - 3/20/24 - 4* - My Review
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones - 3/23/24 - 4* - My Review
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 3/24/24 - 2* - My Review
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride - 3/26/24 - 2* - My Review
The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti - 3/27/24 - 4* - My Review
Indignation by Philip Roth - 3/28/24 - 3* - My Review
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 3/29/24 - 4* - My Review
Elmet by Fiona Mozley - 3/29/24 - 3* - My Review
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford - 3/30/24 - 3.5 - My Review
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - 3/31/24 - 4* - My Review

PBT Monthly Tag: April - June:

April: Fantasy Romance
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - 4/6/24 - 2* - My Review
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett - 4/11/24 - 4* - My Review
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden - 4/12/24 - 4* - My Review
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - 4/21/24 - 2* - My Review
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett - 4/27/24 - 4* - My Review
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor - 4/28/24 - 2* - My Review
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young - 4/30/24 - 1* - My Review

May: Crime
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - 5/2/24 - 3* - My Review
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption by Benjamin Rachlin - 5/3/24 - 4* - My Review
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie - 5/4/24 - 3* - My Review
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - 5/5/24 - 4* - My Review
Saturday by Ian McEwan - 5/6/24 - 4.5 - My Review
Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indriðason - 5/8/24 - 3* - My Review
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK by Gerald Posner - 5/11/24 - 4* - My Review
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy - 5/12/24 - 4* - My Review
The Children of Men by P.D. James - 5/13/24 - 4* - My Review
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - 5/14/24 - 4* - My Review
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan - 5/15/24 - 4* - My Review
An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell - 5/17/24 - 3* - My Review
Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner - 5/18/24 - 3* - My Review
Number9Dream by David Mitchell - 5/19/24 - 3.5* - My Review
James by Percival Everett - 5/20/24 - 4* - My Review
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara - 5/21/24 - 2* - My Review
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie - 5/22/24 - 4* - My Review
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 5/23/24 - 4* - My Review
A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age by Matt Richtel - 5/25/24 - 3* - My Review
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa - 5/26/24 - 3* - My Review
This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor - 5/29/24 - 3* - My Review

June: Europe
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman - 6/1/24 - 4* - My Review
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - 6/2/24 - 4* - My Review
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor - 6/3/24 - 5* - My Review
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov - 6/4/24 - 4* - My Review
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo - 6/5/24 - 4* - My Review
The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero - 6/6/24 - 3* - My Review
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle - 6/7/24 - 2* - My Review
Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849 by Christopher Clark - 6/8/24 - 4* - My Review
East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity by Philippe Sands - 6/9/24 - 4* - My Review
The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell - 6/10/24 - 4* - My Review
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams - 6/11/24 - 4* - My Review
Star of the Sea: A Novel by Joseph O'Connor - 6/12/24 - 4* - My Review
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin - 6/13/24 - 3* - My Review
The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin - 6/14/24 - 5* - My Review
Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - 6/15/24 - 4* - My Review
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf - 6/17/24 - 4* - My Review
The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth - 6/19/24 - 4.5* - My Review
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s by Cornelia Otis Skinner - 6/20/24 - 4* - My Review
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor - 6/20/24 - 4* - My Review
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck - 6/22/24 - 2* - My Review
Pied Piper by Nevil Shute - 6/23/24 - 5* - My Review
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - 6/25/24 - 4* - My Review
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason - 6/26/24 - 4* - My Review
The Painter of Battles by Arturo Pérez-Reverte - 6/27/24 - 5* - My Review
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh - 6/28/24 - 3* - My Review
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley - 6/29/24 - 4* - My Review
The Undertaking by Audrey Magee - 6/29/24 - 3* - My Review

PBT Tag: July - September:

July: Debut
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - 7/1/24 - 3* - My Review
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper - 7/4/24 - 4* - My Review
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo - 7/5/24 - 4* - My Review
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen - 7/7/24 - 2* - My Review
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - 7/7/24 - 4* - My Review
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks - 7/9/24 - 1* - My Review
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - 7/13/24 - 3* - My Review
Winter Loon by Susan Bernhard - 7/13/24 - 2* - My Review
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks - 7/15/24 - 4* - My Review
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo - 7/16/24 - 4* - My Review
Brick Lane by Monica Ali - 7/18/24 - 4* - My Review
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson - 7/21/24 - 3* - My Review
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat - 7/22/24 - 4* - My Review
Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott - 7/25/24 - 3* - My Review
A Map for the Missing - 4* - 7/27/24 - My Review
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett - 7/30/24 - 2* - My Review

August: 5-Stars
The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - 8/1/24 - 3* - My Review
Tears of Amber by Sofía Segovia - 8/1/24 - 3.5* - My Review
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs - 8/2/24 - 4* - My Review
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay - 8/2/24 - 3* - My Review
My Friends by Hisham Matar - 8/3/24 - 5* - My Review
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein - 8/4/24 - 3* - My Review
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 8/5/24 - 3* - My Review
Q & A by Vikas Swarup - 8/6/24 - 5* - My Review
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre - 8/7/24 - 4* - My Review
The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan - 8/8/24 - 4* - My Review
Baltasar and Blimunda by José Saramago - 8/9/24 - 4* - My Review
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi - 8/11/24 - 5* - My Review
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin - 8/12/24 - 4* - My Review
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov - 8/13/24 - 4* - My Review
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro - 8/14/24 - 4* - My Review
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery - 8/15/24 - 4* - My Review
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson - 8/16/24 - 4* - My Review
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera - 8/17/24 - 2* - My Review
The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel - 8/18/24 - 3* - My Review
Still Life by Sarah Winman - 8/19/24 - 3* - My Review
Stardust by Neil Gaiman - 8/20/24 - 3* - My Review
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by Svetlana Alexievich - 8/22/24 - 4* - My Review
The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan - 8/23/24 - 4.5 - My Review
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell - 8/24/24 - 3* - My Review
Lila by Marilynne Robinson - 8/25/24 - 4* - My Review
After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell - 8/26/24 - 2* - My Review
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery - 8/27/24 - 4* - My Review
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster - 8/28/24 - 2* - My Review
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler - 8/29/24 - 4* - My Review
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah - 8/30/24 - 3* - My Review
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport - 8/31/24 - 4* - My Review

September: Sad
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass - 9/4/24 - 4* - My Review
The sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur - 9/8/24 - 3* - My Review
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery - 9/9/24 - 4* - My Review
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 9/10/24 - 3* - My Review
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa - 9/11/24 - 4* - My Review
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick - 9/12/24 - 4* - My Review
Death Of A River Guide by Richard Flanagan - 9/14/24 - 4* - My Review
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - 9/15/24 - 4* - My Review
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez - 9/18/24 - 3* - My Review
The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer - 9/23/24 - 4* - My Review
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward - 9/24/24 - 5* - My Review
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally - 9/25/24 - 4* - My Review
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood - 9/26/24 - 1* - My Review
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 9/27/24 - 4* - My Review
The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante - 9/27/24 - 3* - My Review
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb - 9/29/24 - 2* - My Review
Allegiant by Veronica Roth - 9/30/24 - 2* - My Review

PBT Tag: October - November:

October: Travel
Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Kerri Andrews - 10/1/24 - 3.5* - My Review
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea by Michael J. Tougias - 10/2/24 - 4* - My Review
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff - 10/3/24 - 4* - My Review
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron - 10/4/24 - 4* - My Review
Take Me with You by Catherine Ryan Hyde - 10/5/24 - 4.5* - My Review
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester - 10/6/24 - 4* - My Review
Around the World in Eighty Days by Michael Palin - 10/7/24 - 4* - My Review
Mosquitoland by David Arnold - 10/8/24 - 4* - My Review
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter - 10/10/24 - 4* - My Review
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy - 10/11/24 - 4* - My Review
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck - 10/12/24 - 4* - My Review
Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge by Jill Fredston - 10/13/24 - 4* - My Review
Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road by Kate Harris - 10/14/24 - 4* - My Review
The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago - 10/15/24 - 4* - My Review
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui - 10/16/24 - 4* - My Review
The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Marc Levy - 10/17/24 - 3.5* - My Review
Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition by Buddy Levy - 10/18/24 - 4* - My Review
The Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler - 10/19/24 - 4* - My Review
Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie - 10/20/24 - 5* - My Review
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman - 10/21/24 - 4.5* - My Review
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration by Edward J. Larson - 10/22/24 - 4* - My Review
Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle - 10/23/24 - 4* - My Review
The Invisible Circus: A Novel by Jennifer Egan - 10/23/24 - 3* - My Review
The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson - 10/24/24 - 4* - My Review
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad - 10/25/24 - 4* - My Review
Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier by Mark Adams - 10/26/24 - 4* - My Review
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam - 10/26/24 - 5* - My Review
A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy Egan - 10/27/24 - 4* - My Review
Rites of Passage by William Golding - 10/27/24 - 4* - My Review
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas by Jerry Dennis - 10/27/24 - 3.5* - My Review
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez - 10/28/24 - 3.5* - My Review
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind by Ivan Doig - 10/28/24 - 4* - My Review
The River of Kings by Taylor Brown - 10/28/24 - 2* - My Review
Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson - 10/29/24 - 4* - My Review
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann - 10/29/24 - 4* - My Review
An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East by Levison Wood - 10/30/24 - 5* - My Review
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez - 10/30/24 - 3* - My Review
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner - 10/30/24 - 2* - My Review
The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review
Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review
All the Way to the Tigers by Mary Morris - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers - 10/31/24 - 4* - My Review

November: Steampunk
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville - 11/4/24 - 4* - My Review
Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells - 11/11/24 - 3.5* - My Review
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket - 11/14/24 - 3.5* - My Review
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket - 11/14/24 - 3* - My Review
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket - 11/21/24 - 3.5* - My Review
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - 11/21/24 - 4* - My Review
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket - 11/26/24 - 3.5* - My Review
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik - 11/27/24 - 4* - My Review
The Master of the World by Jules Verne - 11/28/24 - 3* - My Review
The City & the City by China Miéville - 11/29/24 - 4* - My Review
The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket - 11/30/24 - 3* - My Review

December: Mystery-Suspense
Nicked by M.T. Anderson - 12/13/24 - 4.5* - My Review
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry - 12/17/24 - 4* - My Review
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson - 12/28/24 - 4.5 - My Review

Books with Friends:

Team Shadow & Flame - Contributions to team spelling:
January - Historical
H - A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly - 1/1/24 - 3* - My Review - Tagged historical mystery x55: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
S - Snow by John Banville - 1/2/24 - 3.5* - My Review - Tagged historical mystery x20: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Extras that fit the tag:
tbd

Extras that do NOT fit the tag:
C - The General and Julia by Jon Clinch - 1/3/24 - 4* - My Review

Books with Friends: Extras
January - Historical

PBT Trim

Fall Flurries:

October - Indigenous Peoples, Hispanic Heritage:
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez - 10/28/24 - 3.5* - My Review

October - Halloween:
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers - 4* - My Review

November - Armistice Day:
Toby's Room by Pat Barker - 11/15/24 - 4* - My Review

December - Christmas:
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva - 12/3/24 - 3* - My Review
Holidays:
Nicked by M.T. Anderson - 12/13/24 - 4.5* - My Review
Time of the Child by Niall Williams - 12/15/24 - 5* - My Review
Winter:
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry - 12/17/24 - 4* - My Review

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Falling Animals: Ireland x7
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Planning for Level 8
Level 8 – The Silk Road Steeplechase Track

Spinner will have numbers 1-5
Participants will add the 1-3 grab bag tags (Added: 🎡 London, Espionage, Speculative)
If member has two spins of 1 in a row, they will be asked to boost another randomized participant up to 15 spaces.
If member has two spins of 3 in a row, they will move back 5 spaces.

1. nonfiction
2. Renaissance (Theresa)
3. Italy 💙
4. Race
5. Speculative 🎡
6. Steampunk🔸
7. Quirky
8. alternate history📚
9. Criminal
10. True Crime
11. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
12. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
13. western
14. survival💙
15. espionage 🎡
16. revenge
17. LatinX (BookConcierge)
18. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
19. Hollywood
20. Farm
21. Pogo Stick Hurdle ♐
22. London 🎡
23. Mermaids
24. black authors📕
25. letters
26. Cities (Robin P)
27. noir 📕
28. Disasters
29. Novella
30. Caribbean (Cora)
31. Egypt


Saved Benefits:(view spoiler)[
- 2/13 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/14 - Monumental Monday earned +2 spaces (increment=2)
- 2/16 - move two spaces with a spin
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- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space - used 4/28
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- 3/8 - Mammoth March +3 spaces (increments are 2, 1)
- 3/9 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/11 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/12 - Mammoth March +3 spaces (increments are 2, 1)
- 3/18 - Mammoth March + 5 spaces (increments are 2, 2, 1)
- 3/20 - move 2 spaces with a spin
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- 3/29 - move +3 with a spin (The Climbing Wall Barrier)
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- 4/12 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 4/18 - Earth Day + 7 spaces (increments are 2, 2, 3)
- 4/20 - Earth Day + 7 spaces (increments are 2, 2, 3)
- 4/21 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 4/22 - Earth Day +2 spaces (increment=2)
- 4/25 - Earned 10 spaces for new level name (Galloping Gauntlet) can be broken down or used all at once
- 4/28 - move 2 spaces with a spin
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Level 1 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Tags read in Level 1: Time, Did Not Finish, Drama, Scandinavia, Slice of Life, Translated, Space Opera, Multiple POV, Beach Reads, Hilarious, Mafia, Abandoned, Sea (2), Canada, Environment, Geography

Hurdles completed in Level 1: Double Jump, Puddle Jumper, Hardenbergia Trellis

Grab bag tag read in Level 1: Environmental

Game Points in Level 1: 65
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Level 2 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🔹Level 2 - Added School Books, Culture, & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle

Points for Level 2: 73
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73=138

Tags read in level 2: aging, short stories, debut, animals, journey, southern fiction, crime, nature, women writers, book to screen, time travel, STEM, New Orleans, marriage, fun, literary fiction, ghosts

Hurdles completed in level 2: Fixed Barrier Swing Set, Donneybrook Water Feature

Grab bag tags read in level 2: childhood favorites (Swing Set Hurdle), dragons (monumental challenge), love (monumental challenge, Asian literature (monumental)

Replaced Graphic Novels with Travel (Swing Set reward) (hide spoiler)]

Level 3 Summary: (view spoiler)[
🔶Added Steampunk + Favorites and World Literature from Grab Bag; Added Rose Hedge Hurdle

Tags read in level 3: school books, technology, asian literature, norway, ireland, travel, urban fantasy, mental health, coming of age, culture, made me cry, medieval, life changing, strong women, comedy, dystopia, medical, historical fiction

Hurdles completed in level 3: Rose Hedge

Grab bag tags read in level 3: wishlist (1 of 6)

Game Points in Level 3: 82
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85=223
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Level 4 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Added speculative fiction
Added 3 tags from the grab bag (Bildungsroman, Adventure, Maritime)
Added The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle & Pogo Stick Hurdle

Tags Read in Level 4: bildungsroman, highly recommend, adventure, gothic, music, international, essays, linguistics, food, outdoors, sisters

Hurdles Completed in Level 4: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge, The Old Mill Stream, Meditating in a Zen Garden

Grab bag tags read in level 4: cozy (for hurdle), books about books (2 of 6)

Extra tags: Diversity, Ireland, Rome and Ancient Rome (all from Mammoth March)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72=295 (hide spoiler)]

Level 5 Summary: (view spoiler)[
💙Added Italy
Added 4 from grab bag (Classics, Science Fiction, Survival, mountaineering)
Added The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle, and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier

Tags read in level 5: small town, asia, plot twist, aviation, feminism, fav, favorites, fairytale, secrets, dark, mountaineering, world literature, spooky, hoopla, sf-masterworks, whodunit

Hurdles Completed in Level 5: The Climbing Wall Barrier, Trophy Fixed Barrier

Grab bag tags read in level 5: none

Extra tags: fantasy-romance (for Hurdle-Trophy Fixed Barrier)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73=368 (hide spoiler)]

Level 6 Summary: (view spoiler)[
📚Added from grab bag: alternate history, archeology, fantasy, science fantasy, space

Tags read in level 6: quest, Victorian, fantasy, colonialism, science fiction, detective, artificial intelligence, science fantasy, space, archeology, maritime

Hurdles Completed in Level 6: Frozen Tundra Hurdle, The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier

Grab bag tags read in level 6: none

Extra tags: winter (hurdle), planets (earth day), plastic (earth day), climate (earth day), fantasy (again - for Bookshelf Fixed Barrier)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60=428 (hide spoiler)]

Level 7 Summary:(view spoiler)[
📕Added 4 from grab bag: lit, black authors, noir, suspense

Tags read in level 7: lit, classics, police, speculative fiction, addiction, suspense

Hurdles Completed in Level 7: Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle, Put On Your Wings Hurdle

Grab bag tags read in level 7: none

Extra tags: desert (Sahara Sand hurdle), climate (Earth Day), earth (Earth Day), plastic (Earth Day)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60_40=468
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Planning for level 10:(view spoiler)[

🚮Added 10 tags from grab-bag: Bio memoir, birds, books to movies, circus, historical mystery, language, middle ages, motherhood, retellings, theater

1. Paris⭐
2. Royalty ⭐
3. retellings 🚮
4. Aliens⭐
5. books to movies🚮
6. historical mystery🚮
7. language🚮
8. Renaissance (Theresa)
9. bio memoir🚮
10. Italy 💙
11. Speculative 🎡
12. Steampunk🔸
13. Quirky
14. alternate history📚
15. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
16. revenge
17. Hollywood
18. Farm
19. Pogo Stick Hurdle ♐
20. black authors📕
21. Cities (Robin P)
22. Disasters
23. Caribbean (Cora)
24. Egypt
25. Ocean⭐
26. Revolution⭐
27. Not Interested⭐
28. NYC⭐
29. Memoir⭐
30. middle ages🚮
31. theater🚮
32. birds🚮
33. circus🚮
34. motherhood🚮
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💜🖤☑🏋‍♂️🐕🚩⏭️
★✩🐴🐎💰💍⚪⚫🥚🔥📌

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(view spoiler)[🌸Add 10 tags from grab-bag: astronomy, beach, college, intelligence, myths, nigeria, sapphic, seasons, sequel, shopping list

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1. shopping list🌸
2. intelligence🌸
3. college🌸
4. Paris⭐
5. Royalty ⭐
6. Aliens⭐
7. books to movies🚮
8. language🚮
9. Renaissance (Theresa)
10. sapphic🌸
11. myths🌸
12. Italy 💙
13. Speculative 🎡
14. Quirky
15. alternate history📚
16. Hollywood
17. Farm
18. seasons🌸
19. nigeria🌸
20. black authors📕
21. Cities (Robin P)
22. Disasters
23. Caribbean (Cora)
24. Ocean⭐
25. sequel🌸.
26. beach🌸
27. astronomy🌸
28. Revolution⭐
29. Not Interested⭐
30. NYC⭐
31. middle ages🚮
32. theater🚮
33. circus🚮



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🍫10 tags added for base camp 2 from grab bag:(view spoiler)[
girl power, graphic novels, guilty pleasures, horror suspense, horses, immigration, multiple reads, page to screen, pirates, strong female

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1. shopping list🌸
2. intelligence🌸
3. astronomy🌸
4. Royalty ⭐
5. Graphic Novels 🍫
6. sapphic🌸
7. nigeria🌸
8. Aliens⭐
9. language🚮
10. Renaissance (Theresa)
11. pirates 🍫
12. immigration 🍫
13. horses 🍫
14. Speculative 🎡
15. myths🌸
16. Quirky
17. alternate history📚
18. Hollywood
19. strong female 🍫
20. Farm
21. Cities (Robin P)
22. Disasters
23. Caribbean (Cora)
24. girl power🍫
25. seasons🌸
26. sequel🌸
27. horror suspense🍫
28. Not Interested⭐
29. NYC⭐
30. page to screen🍫
31. guilty pleasures🍫
32. middle ages🚮
33. theater🚮
34. circus🚮
35. multiple reads🍫 (hide spoiler)]

Racetrack without links:
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue)
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities (Robin P)
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin)
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

Grab-Bag

1. Adventure
2. aliens
3. alternate history
4. Angel
5. Archaeology
6. Arranged Marriage
7. astronomy
8. Awesome books
9. Beach
10. Bible
11. Bildungsroman
12. Bio memoir
13. Birds
14. black authors
15. Book boyfriends
16. Bookish
17. Books to movies
18. books-about-books
19. childhood favorites
20. Circus
21. Classics
22. College
23. cozy
24. cozy-fantasy
25. Culture
26. Environmental
27. Espionage
28. Fantasy
29. Favorites
30. fbi
31. Food
32. games
33. ghosts
34. Girl power
35. Guilty pleasures
36. High school reads
37. historical-mystery
38. Horror Suspense
39. horses
40. Immigration
41. Indonesia
42. Insects
43. Intelligence
44. jazz
45. Language
46. libraries
47. Lit
48. London
49. Manga
50. Maritime
51. Memoir
52. middle ages
53. Motherhood
54. mountaineering
55. Multiple reads
56. myths
57. Nigeria
58. noir
59. Not interested
60. NYC
61. Ocean
62. Page to Screen
63. Paris
64. police procedural
65. Regency
66. re-tellings
67. Revolution
68. royalty
69. sapphic
70. Science Fantasy
71. science fiction,
72. seasons
73. second chances
74. sequel.
75. Shopping list
76. southern-lit
77. Space
78. Speculative
79. Strong Female
80. Survival
81. suspense
82. theater
83. Travel
84. Walking
85. Wine
86. wishlist
87. World literature
88. Zombie

Combined List
R80. abandoned,
R90. addiction
G1. Adventure
R7. Aging
G2. aliens
G3. alternate history
G4. Angel
R29. Animals
G5. Archaeology
G6. Arranged Marriage
R55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
R4. Asia
R16. Asian Literature (Patty)
G7. astronomy
R12. Aviation
G8. Awesome books
G9. Beach
R68. Beach Reads
G10. Bible
G11. Bildungsroman
G12. Bio memoir
G13. Birds
G14. black authors
R63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
G15. Book boyfriends
R60. Book to screen
G16. Bookish
HL5. Bookshelf Fixed Barrier (The)
G17. Books to movies
G18. books-about-books
R103.Canada (Library Cin)
R101. Caribbean (Cora)
G19. childhood favorites
G20. Circus
R82. Cities (Robin P)
G21. Classics
H43. Climbing Wall barrier (The)
G22. College
R37. colonialism
R96. Comedy
R45. Coming of age
G23. cozy
G24. cozy-fantasy
R50. Crime
R26. Criminal
G25. Culture
R49. dark
R21. Debut
R53. Detective
R9. Did not finish
R93. Disasters
H102.Donnybrook water feature
H58. Double Jump fixed barrier
R19. Drama
R99. Dystopia
R104.Egypt
R107.Environment
G26. Environmental
G27. Espionage
R64. Essays
R34. Fairytale
G28. Fantasy
R69. Farm
R25. Fav
G29. Favorites
G30. fbi
R22. Feminism
H67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
G31. Food
R75. Food (Joanne)
HL5. Frozen Tundra Snow Festival (or Sculpture) Hurdle (The)
R92. Fun
G32. games
R109.Geography (Ellen)
R105.Ghosts (Amy)
G33. ghosts
G34. Girl power
R41. Gothic
R30. Graphic Novels
G35. Guilty pleasures
H95. Hardenbergia Trellis
G36. High school reads
R17. Highly Recommend (KT)
R71. hilarious
R110.Historical fiction
G37. historical-mystery
R66. Hollywood
R78. Hoopla
G38. Horror Suspense
G39. horses
G40. Immigration
G41. Indonesia
G42. Insects
G43. Intelligence
R62. International (Olivermagnus)
R27. Ireland
AL5. Italy
G44. jazz
R36. Journey
G45. Language
R61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
R81. letters
G46. libraries
R89. Life changing
R70. linguistics
G47. Lit
R98. Literary fiction
G48. London
R59. made-me-cry
R74. mafia
G49. Manga
G50. Maritime
R91. marriage
R108. Medical
R83. medieval
HL2. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle (L2)
G51. Memoir
R38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
R72. Mermaids
G52. middle ages
G53. Motherhood
G54. mountaineering
R46. Multiple POV (Diana)
G55. Multiple reads
R42. Music
G56. myths
R51. nature
R85. New Orleans
G57. Nigeria
G58. noir
R2. nonfiction,
R24. Norway
G59. Not interested
R100. Novella
G60. NYC
G61. Ocean
H20. Old Mill Stream Water Feature (The)
R86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
G62. Page to Screen
G63. Paris
R65. Pirates
R5. Plot twist
HL4. Pogo Stick Hurdle
R57. Police
G64. police procedural
H76. Puddle Jumper
HL5. Put on your Wings Hurdle
R6. Quest
R18. Quirky
R14. Race
H39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
G65. Regency
R3. Renaissance (Theresa)
R52. retellings
G66. re-tellings
R56. revenge
G67. Revolution
HL3. Rose Hedge
G68. royalty
HL4. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle (The)
G69. sapphic
R23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
AL2. School books
G70. Science Fantasy
G71. science fiction,
R88. Sea (Lyn)
G72. seasons
G73. second chances
R47. secrets
G74. sequel.
R94. sf-masterworks
G75. Shopping list
R31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
R15. Short Stories
R97. Sisters
R32. slice of life
R1. Small town
R44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
G76. southern-lit
G77. Space
R40. Space Opera (Sue)
G78. Speculative
AL4. speculative fiction
R73. spooky
AL3. Steampunk
R79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
G79. Strong Female
R87. Strong women
G80. Survival
G81. suspense
R10. Technology
G82. theater
R8. Time
R77. Time Travel
H11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
R33. Translated
G83. Travel
H84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
R28. True Crime
R35. urban fantasy
R13. Victorian
G84. Walking
R48. western
R106.Whodunit
G85. Wine
G86. wishlist
R54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
G87. World literature
G88. Zombie
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Combined List

R80. abandoned, - Level 1
R90. addiction - Level 7
G1. Adventure - Level 4
R7. Aging - Level 2
G2. aliens - Level 11 BC2
G3. alternate history - Level 11 BC5
C. ancient rome - Level 4 (Mammoth March)
G4. Angel - Level 11 BC7
R29. Animals - Level 2
G5. Archaeology - Level 6
G6. Arranged Marriage - Level 11 BC5
R55. artificial intelligence (Joy D) - Level 6
R4. Asia - Level 5
R16. Asian Literature (Patty) - Level 2
C. Asian literature #2 - Level 3 (Monumental Monday)
G7. astronomy - Level 11 BC7
R12. Aviation - Level 5
G8. Awesome books - Level 11 BC5
G9. Beach - Level 11 BC1
R68. Beach Reads - Level 1
G10. Bible - Level 11 BC7
G11. Bildungsroman - Level 4
G12. Bio memoir - Level 10
G13. Birds - Level 10
G14. black authors - Level 11 BC1
R63. black-lives-matter (Shelly) - Level 9
G15. Book boyfriends - Level 11 BC7
R60. Book to screen - Level 2
G16. Bookish - Level 11 BC4
HL5. Bookshelf Fixed Barrier (The) - Level 6
G17. Books to movies - Level 11 BC1
G18. books-about-books - Level 4
R103.Canada (Library Cin) - Level 1
R101. Caribbean (Cora) - Level 11 BC6
G19. childhood favorites - Level 2
C. China - Olympics
G20. Circus - Level 11 BC3
R82. Cities (Robin P) - Level 11 BC7
G21. Classics - Level 7
C. Climate - Level 6
H43. Climbing Wall barrier (The) - Level 5
G22. College - Level 11 BC1
R37. colonialism - Level 6
R96. Comedy - Level 3
R45. Coming of age - Level 3
G23. cozy - Level 4
G24. cozy-fantasy - Level 11 BC6
R50. Crime - Level 2
R26. Criminal - Level 8
G25. Culture - Level 3
R49. dark - Level 5
R21. Debut - Level 2
C. Desert - Level 7
R53. Detective - Level 6
R9. Did not finish - Level 1
R93. Disasters - Level 11 BC4
C. Diversity - Level 4 (Mammoth March)
H102.Donnybrook water feature - Level 2
H58. Double Jump fixed barrier - Level 1
C. dragons - Level 2
R19. Drama - Level 1
R99. Dystopia - Level 3
C. Earth - Level 7
R104.Egypt - Level 10
C. England - Olympics
R107.Environment - Level 1
G26. Environmental - Level 1
G27. Espionage - Level 8
R64. Essays - Level 4
R34. Fairytale - Level 5
G28. Fantasy - Level 6
H. fantasy - 2nd time - Level 6 (Hurdle)
H. Fantasy Romance - Level 5 (Hurdle)
R69. Farm - Level 11 BC2
R25. Fav - Level 5
G29. Favorites - Level 5
G30. fbi - Level 11 BC7
R22. Feminism - Level 5
H67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - Level 2
G31. Food - Level 11 BC4
R75. Food (Joanne) - Level 4
HL5. Frozen Tundra Snow Festival (or Sculpture) Hurdle (The) - Level 6
R92. Fun - Level 2
G32. games - Level 11 BC7
R109.Geography (Ellen) - Level 1
R105.Ghosts (Amy) - Level 2
G33. ghosts #2 - Level 11 BC7
G34. Girl power - Level 11 BC2
R41. Gothic - Level 4
R30. Graphic Novels - Level 11 BC3
C. Greece - Olympics
G35. Guilty pleasures - Level 11 BC7
H95. Hardenbergia Trellis - Level 1
G36. High school reads - Level 11 BC3
R17. Highly Recommend (KT) - Level 4
R71. hilarious - Level 1
R110.Historical fiction - Level 3
G37. historical-mystery - Level 10
R66. Hollywood - Level 11 BC2
R78. Hoopla - Level 5
G38. Horror Suspense - Level 11 BC4
G39. horses - Level 11 BC3
G40. Immigration - Level 11 BC2
C. India - Olympics
G41. Indonesia - Level 11 BC7 (also Olympics)
G42. Insects - Level 11 BC7
G43. Intelligence - Level 11 BC7
R62. International (Olivermagnus) - Level 4
R27. Ireland - Level 3
C. Ireland - Level 4 (Mammoth March)
C. Ireland #3 - Olympics
AL5. Italy - Level 11 BC1
C. Italy #2 - Olympics
G44. jazz - Level 11 BC7
R36. Journey - Level 2
G45. Language - Level 11 BC3
R61. LatinX (BookConcierge) - Level 9
R81. letters - Level 8
G46. libraries - Level 11 BC3
C. Libya - Olympics
R89. life changing - Level 3
R70. linguistics - Level 4
G47. Lit - Level 7
R98. Literary fiction - Level 2
G48. London - Level 8
C. love - Level 2
R59. made-me-cry - Level 3
R74. mafia - Level 1
G49. Manga - Level 11 BC4
G50. Maritime - Level 6
R91. marriage - Level 2
R108. Medical - Level 3
R83. medieval - Level 3
HL2. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle (L2) - Level 4
G51. Memoir - Level 10
R38. Mental Health (Nancy J) - Level 3
R72. Mermaids - Level 9
G52. middle ages - Level 11 BC2
G53. Motherhood - Level 10
G54. mountaineering - Level 5
R46. Multiple POV (Diana) - Level 1
G55. Multiple reads - Level 11 BC3
R42. Music - Level 4
G56. myths - Level 11 BC6
R51. nature - Level 2
R85. New Orleans - Level 2
G57. Nigeria - Level 11 BC4
G58. noir - Level 8
R2. nonfiction, - Level 9
R24. Norway - Level 3
G59. Not interested - Level 11 BC2
R100. Novella - Level 8
G60. NYC - Level 11 BC5
G61. Ocean - Level 11 BC1
H20. Old Mill Stream Water Feature (The) - Level 4
R86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) - Level 4
G62. Page to Screen - Level 11 BC5
G63. Paris - Level 11 BC1
R65. Pirates - Level 11 BC6
C. Planets - Level 6
C. Plastic - Level 6
R5. Plot twist - Level 5
HL4. Pogo Stick Hurdle - Level 10
C. Poland - Olympics
R57. Police - Level 7
G64. police procedural - Level 9
H76. Puddle Jumper - Level 1
HL5. Put on your Wings Hurdle - Level 7
R6. Quest - Level 6
R18. Quirky - Level 11 BC3
R14. Race - Level 8
H39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - Level 10
G65. Regency - Level 11 BC4
R3. Renaissance (Theresa) - Level 11 BC5
R52. retellings - Level 10
G66. re-tellings - Level 11 BC7
R56. revenge - Level 10
G67. Revolution - Level 11 BC1
C. Rome - Level 4
HL3. Rose Hedge - Level 3
G68. royalty - Level 11 BC2
HL4. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle (The) - Level 7
G69. sapphic - Level 11 BC7
R23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - Level 1
AL2. School books - Level 3
G70. Science Fantasy - Level 6
G71. science fiction, - Level 6
R88. Sea (Lyn) - Level 1
H. Sea (2nd time) - Level 1
G72. seasons - Level 12 BC6
G73. second chances - Level 11 BC4
R47. secrets - Level 5
G74. sequel. - Level 11 BC3
R94. sf-masterworks - Level 5
G75. Shopping list - Level 11 BC4
R31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - Level 8
R15. Short Stories - Level 2
R97. Sisters - Level 4
R32. slice of life - Level 1
R1. Small town - Level 5
C. South Africa - Olympics
R44. Southern Fiction (Holly) - Level 2
G76. southern-lit - Level 9
G77. Space - Level 6
R40. Space Opera (Sue) - Level 1
G78. Speculative - Level 11 BC2
AL4. speculative fiction - Level 7
R73. spooky - Level 5
AL3. Steampunk - Level 10
H. Steampunk (2nd time) - Level 10
R79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C) - Level 2
G79. Strong Female - Level 11 BC2
R87. Strong women - Level 3
G80. Survival - Level 9
G81. suspense - Level 7
R10. Technology - Level 3
G82. theater - Level 11 BC4
R8. Time - Level 1
R77. Time Travel - Level 2
H11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary - Level 4
R33. Translated - Level 1
G83. Travel - Level 3
H84. Trophy Fixed Barrier - Level 5
R28. True Crime - Level 8
R35. urban fantasy - Level 3
R13. Victorian - Level 6
G84. Walking - Level 11 BC4
R48. western - Level 9
R106.Whodunit - Level 5
G85. Wine - Level 11 BC3
H. Winter - Hurdle
G86. wishlist - Level 3
R54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) - Level 2
G87. World literature - Level 5
G88. Zombie - Level 11 BC5

R=racetrack
G=grab bag
H=hurdle
A=tag added in higher levels per instructions
C=challenge

Level 11 base camp 7 tags read:
(view spoiler)[7A: sapphic, jazz, insects, angel, ghosts #2, cities, re-tellings, fbi, Bible, Indonesia, games, guilty pleasures, intelligence, book boyfriends (hide spoiler)]

Extra Tags Read for game:
(view spoiler)[✔️Sea (#2 for Hurdle)
✔️dragons (Monumental Monday)
✔️love (Monumental Monday)
✔️asian literature (#2) (Monumental Monday)
✔️Diversity (Mammoth March)
✔️ancient rome (Mammoth March)
✔️Ireland (Mammoth March)
✔️Fantasy Romance (read for hurdle)
✔️winter - read for hurdle
✔️fantasy - read for hurdle
✔️planets - Earth Day
✔️plastic - Earth Day
✔️climate - Earth Day
✔️earth - Earth Day
✔️China - Olympics
✔️Italy - Olympics
✔️Ireland #3 - Olympics
✔️Greece - Olympics
✔️England - Olympics
✔️Poland - Olympics
✔️Indonesia - Olympics
✔️Libya - Olympics
✔️South Africa - Olympics
✔️India - Olympics (hide spoiler)]

Level 1 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Tags read in Level 1: Time, Did Not Finish, Drama, Scandinavia, Slice of Life, Translated, Space Opera, Multiple POV, Beach Reads, Hilarious, Mafia, Abandoned, Sea (2), Canada, Environment, Geography

Hurdles completed in Level 1: Double Jump, Puddle Jumper, Hardenbergia Trellis

Grab bag tag read in Level 1: Environmental

Game Points in Level 1: 65 (need to add points for 2nd reading of Sea)
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Level 2 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🔹Level 2 - Added School Books, Culture, & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle

Points for Level 2: 73
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73=138

Tags read in level 2: aging, short stories, debut, animals, journey, southern fiction, crime, nature, women writers, book to screen, time travel, STEM, New Orleans, marriage, fun, literary fiction, ghosts

Hurdles completed in level 2: Fixed Barrier Swing Set, Donneybrook Water Feature

Grab bag tags read in level 2: childhood favorites (Swing Set Hurdle), dragons (monumental challenge), love (monumental challenge, Asian literature (monumental)

Replaced Graphic Novels with Travel (Swing Set reward) (hide spoiler)]

Level 3 Summary: (view spoiler)[
🔶Added Steampunk + Favorites and World Literature from Grab Bag; Added Rose Hedge Hurdle

Tags read in level 3: school books, technology, asian literature, norway, ireland, travel, urban fantasy, mental health, coming of age, culture, made me cry, medieval, life changing, strong women, comedy, dystopia, medical, historical fiction

Hurdles completed in level 3: Rose Hedge

Grab bag tags read in level 3: wishlist (1 of 6)

Game Points in Level 3: 82
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85=223
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Level 4 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Added speculative fiction
Added 3 tags from the grab bag (Bildungsroman, Adventure, Maritime)
Added The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle & Pogo Stick Hurdle

Tags Read in Level 4: bildungsroman, highly recommend, adventure, gothic, music, international, essays, linguistics, food, outdoors, sisters

Hurdles Completed in Level 4: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge, The Old Mill Stream, Meditating in a Zen Garden

Grab bag tags read in level 4: cozy (for hurdle), books about books (2 of 6)

Extra tags: Diversity, Ireland, Rome and Ancient Rome (all from Mammoth March)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72=295 (hide spoiler)]

Level 5 Summary: (view spoiler)[
💙Added Italy
Added 4 from grab bag (Classics, Science Fiction, Survival, mountaineering)
Added The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle, and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier

Tags read in level 5: small town, asia, plot twist, aviation, feminism, fav, favorites, fairytale, secrets, dark, mountaineering, world literature, spooky, hoopla, sf-masterworks, whodunit

Hurdles Completed in Level 5: The Climbing Wall Barrier, Trophy Fixed Barrier

Grab bag tags read in level 5: none

Extra tags: fantasy-romance (for Hurdle-Trophy Fixed Barrier)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73=368 (hide spoiler)]

Level 6 Summary: (view spoiler)[
📚Added from grab bag: alternate history, archeology, fantasy, science fantasy, space

Tags read in level 6: quest, Victorian, fantasy, colonialism, science fiction, detective, artificial intelligence, science fantasy, space, archeology, maritime

Hurdles Completed in Level 6: Frozen Tundra Hurdle, The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier

Grab bag tags read in level 6: none

Extra tags: winter (hurdle), planets (earth day), plastic (earth day), climate (earth day), fantasy (again - for Bookshelf Fixed Barrier)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60=428 (hide spoiler)]

Level 7 Summary:(view spoiler)[
📕Added 4 from grab bag: lit, black authors, noir, suspense

Tags read in level 7: lit, classics, police, speculative fiction, addiction, suspense

Hurdles Completed in Level 7: Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle, Put On Your Wings Hurdle

Grab bag tags read in level 7: none

Extra tags: desert (Sahara Sand hurdle), earth (Earth Day)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60_40=468
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Level 8 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🎡Added 3 tags from grab bag: London, Espionage, Speculative

Tags read in level 8: race, criminal, true crime, short, espionage, London, letters, noir, novella

Hurdles Completed in Level 8: none

Grab bag tags substituted in Level 8: none

Extra tags: none

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60+40+42=510
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Level 9 Summary:(view spoiler)[
⭐= 10 grab-bag tags added: Paris, Aliens, Royalty, Police Procedural, Ocean, Revolution, Not Interested, Southern Lit, NYC, Memoir

Tags read in level 9: nonfiction, western, survival, latinx, black lives matter, mermaids, police procedural, southern lit

Hurdles Completed in Level 9: none

Extra tags: none

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60+40+42+47=557
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Level 10 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🚮Added 10 tags from grab-bag: Bio memoir, birds, books to movies, circus, historical mystery, language, middle ages, motherhood, retellings, theater

Tags read in level 10: retellings, historical mystery, bio memoir, steampunk (twice), revenge, egypt, memoir, birds, motherhood

Hurdles Completed in Level 10: Raven's Roost Hedge, Pogo Stick - all hurdles completed

Extra tags: steampunk (second time)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60+40+42+47+47=604 (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 Base Camp 1 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🌸Added 10 tags from grab-bag: astronomy, beach, college, intelligence, myths, nigeria, sapphic, seasons, sequel, shopping list

Tags read in level 11 Base Camp 1: Paris, books to movies, Italy, college, black authors, ocean, beach, revolution

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60+40+42+47+47+44=648 (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 Base Camp 2 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🍫10 tags added for base camp 2 from grab bag: girl power, graphic novels, guilty pleasures, horror suspense, horses, immigration, multiple reads, page to screen, pirates, strong female

Tags read in level 11 Base Camp 2: royalty, aliens, immigration, speculative, hollywood, strong female, farm, girl power, not interested, middle ages

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73+60+40+42+47+47+44+44=692 (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 Base Camp 3 tags read:
(view spoiler)[graphic novels, language, high school reads, quirky, wine, sequel, multiple reads, circus, horses, libraries (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 base camp 4 tags read:
(view spoiler)[shopping list, second chances, nigeria, walking, manga, regency, food #2, disasters, horror suspense, theater, bookish (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 base camp 5 tags read:
(view spoiler)[renaissance, page to screen, alternate history, zombie, awesome books, NYC, arranged marriage (hide spoiler)]

Level 11 base camp 6 tags read:
(view spoiler)[ pirates, myths, caribbean, seasons, cozy fantasy (hide spoiler)]

Base Camp 3 Planning
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🔗Possible additions: *bookish, *food, *games, *high school reads, *indonesia, *libraries, *re-tellings, *second chances, walking, *wine

Game marker = 🐉

1. shopping list🌸
2. intelligence🌸
3. astronomy🌸
4. Graphic Novels 🍫
5. sapphic🌸
6. second chances🔗
7. bookish🔗
8. nigeria🌸
9. food 🔗
10. games 🔗
11. high school reads 🔗
12. language🚮
13. Renaissance (Theresa)
14. pirates 🍫
15. page to screen🍫
16. myths🌸
17. Quirky
18. alternate history📚
19. Cities (Robin P)
20. indonesia🔗
21. Disasters
22. Caribbean (Cora)
23. seasons🌸
24. sequel🌸
25. wine 🔗
26. horror suspense🍫
27. NYC⭐
28. multiple reads🍫
29. guilty pleasures🍫
30. theater🚮
31. libraries🔗
32. walking🔗
33. circus🚮
34. re-tellings🔗
35. horses 🍫

Alternative - Probably use this order
1. shopping list🌸
2. intelligence🌸
3. astronomy🌸
4. Graphic Novels 🍫
5. sapphic🌸
6. second chances🔗
7. nigeria🌸
8. language🚮
9. Renaissance (Theresa)
10. pirates 🍫
11. high school reads 🔗
12. walking🔗
13. page to screen🍫
14. myths🌸
15. Quirky
16. alternate history📚
19. Cities (Robin P)
20. food 🔗
21. Disasters
22. wine 🔗
23. Caribbean (Cora)
24. seasons🌸
25. sequel🌸
26. horror suspense🍫
27. NYC⭐
28. games 🔗
29. multiple reads🍫
30. guilty pleasures🍫
31. theater🚮
32. indonesia🔗
33. circus🚮
34. horses 🍫
35. re-tellings🔗
36. bookish🔗
37. libraries🔗 (hide spoiler)]

Base Camp 4 Planning(view spoiler)[

Joy D and Dr. Hippo's Mount Everest Ascent - Level 11
Base Camp 4

Game marker = 🐉

☄️Additions: awesome books, cozy fantasy, fbi, insects, jazz, manga, regency, zombie

1. shopping list🌸 x
2. intelligence🌸
3. astronomy🌸
4. sapphic🌸 x
5. second chances🔗z
6. nigeria🌸z
7. Renaissance (Theresa) x
8. pirates 🍫x
9. walking🔗z
10. fbi ☄️
11. manga☄️
12. jazz ☄️
13. page to screen🍫z
14. myths🌸
15. insects ☄️
16. regency ☄️
17. alternate history📚 z
18. zombie ☄️
19. Cities (Robin P)
20. food 🔗x
21. Disasters z
22. Caribbean (Cora)
23. awesome books☄️
24. seasons🌸
25. horror suspense🍫x
26. NYC⭐
27. games 🔗
28. guilty pleasures🍫x
29. theater🚮z
30. indonesia🔗
31. re-tellings🔗
32. cozy fantasy ☄️
33. bookish🔗 (hide spoiler)]

Base Camp 5 Planning
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Game marker = 🐉

✴️Additions: Angel, Arranged Marriage, Bible, book boyfriends, ghosts #2

Note: This round finishes the adding of tags from the grab-bag.

1. intelligence🌸
2. astronomy🌸
3. sapphic🌸
4. Renaissance (Theresa) z
5. pirates 🍫
6. fbi ☄️
7. jazz ☄️
8. page to screen🍫z
9. myths🌸
10. insects ☄️
11. Bible ✴️
12. alternate history📚 z
13. zombie ☄️
14. Cities (Robin P)
15. Caribbean (Cora)
16. awesome books☄️z
17. book boyfriends✴️
18. seasons🌸
19. Angel ✴️
20. NYC⭐z
21. games 🔗
22. guilty pleasures🍫
23. indonesia🔗
23. Arranged Marriage✴️
24. ghosts #2✴️
25. re-tellings🔗
26. cozy fantasy ☄️ (hide spoiler)]

Base Camp 6 Planning
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1. intelligence🌸
2. astronomy🌸
3. sapphic🌸z
4. pirates 🍫z
5. fbi ☄️
6. jazz ☄️z
7. myths🌸z
8. insects ☄️
9. Bible ✴️z
10. Cities (Robin P)
11. Caribbean (Cora) z
12. book boyfriends✴️
13. seasons🌸z
14. Angel ✴️z
15. games 🔗z
16. guilty pleasures🍫
17. indonesia🔗
18. ghosts #2✴️
19. re-tellings🔗
20. cozy fantasy ☄️z (hide spoiler)]

Base Camp 7 Planning:(view spoiler)[

1. intelligence🌸z
2. astronomy🌸
3. sapphic🌸z
4. fbi ☄️
5. jazz ☄️z
6. insects ☄️
7. Bible ✴️z
8. Cities (Robin P)
9. book boyfriends✴️
10. Angel ✴️z
11. games 🔗z
12. guilty pleasures🍫z
13. indonesia🔗
14. ghosts #2✴️
15. re-tellings🔗z (hide spoiler)]