Play Book Tag discussion

Please set up your individual racetrack for the Galloping Gauntlet Steeplechase on this thread. You can copy from here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Message 4 has the track without links.

While on a tag or hurdle, please bold it and cross off when you have finished.

Amy https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Apple https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BookConcierge (Tessa) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cheryl https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cora https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Diana https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ellen https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hayjay https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hilde https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Holly https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jen K https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jen M https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joanne https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joy D https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LibraryCin https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Librarynerd https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda Nielson https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lyn https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nancy J https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Olivermagnus https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pam https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel N https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Robin P https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sabrina https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Shelly https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sue https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Theresa https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tien https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Cora & Savannah's Race Track

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish - 1/4/24 Cocaine Blues ==> tagged historical mystery (monthly tag for January), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
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) - 1/12/24 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (does not match monthly tag) ==> earned 2 points
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut - 1/27/24 The Lost Apothecary ==> tagged historical mystery (monthly tag for January), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav - 2/1/24 The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea ==> tagged authors of color (monthly tag for February), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals - 2/11/24 Black Sun ==> tagged authors of color (monthly tag for February), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated - 2/14/24 Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight (does not match monthly tag) ==> earned 2 points
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 ==> 3/12/24 Upright Women Wanted ==> Tagged Coming of Age (tag for March), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
49. dark
50. Crime ==> 3/19/24 The Sentence is Death ==> 2 points
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) ==> 3/25/24 Cemetery Boys Tagged Coming of Age (tag for March), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates ==> 4/30/24 Tress of the Emerald Sea, tagged fantasy romance (for April),earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky ==> 5/19/24 My Murder, tagged crime (for May),earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
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) ==> Traded for Food from Grab Bag. ==> 7/19/24 - Death by Dumpling, 2 points
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction ==> 8/17/24 Malibu Rising, tagged 5-stars (for August),earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella ==> 10/26/24 Linghun
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin)
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy) ==> I AM HERE
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

First Stop: #9 Did Not Finish - Cocaine Blues Kerry Greenwood, 1/4/24 ==>TAGGED HISTORICAL MYSTERY (earn 2 extra spots on a future tag) earned 6 points
Stop #17 Highly Recommend - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, 1/12/24 ==> earned 2 points
Stop #19+2 spot bonus= #21 Debut - The Lost Apothecary ==> tagged historical mystery (monthly tag for January), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #25 Fav - The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea ==> tagged authors of color (monthly tag for February), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #29 Animals - Black Sun ==> tagged authors of color (monthly tag for February), earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #33 Translated - Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight (does not match monthly tag) ==> earned 2 points
Stop #48 Western - Upright Women Wanted ==> Tagged Coming of Age, earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #50 Crime - The Sentence is Death ==> 2 points
Stop #61 LatinX - Cemetery Boys ==> Tagged Coming of Age, earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #65 Pirates - Tress of the Emerald Sea ==> Tagged Fantasy Romance, earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #73 Spooky - My Murder ==> tagged crime (for May),earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #82 Cities --> Switched out for Food from the Grab Bag - Death by Dumpling, 2 points
Stop #90 Addiction --> Malibu Rising ==> tagged 5-Stars (for August),earn two extra moves on a future spin, earned 6 points (2 for tag + 4 for monthly tag match)
Stop #100 Novella --> Linghun, 2 points


TOTAL POINTS: 56

BONUSES:

2 extra spots - Cocaine Blues also tagged historical mystery 1/4/24 - used 1/11/24
2 extra spots - The Lost Apothecary also tagged historical mystery 1/27/24 - used 3/14/24
2 extra spots - The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea also tagged authors of color 2/1/24
2 extra spots - Black Sun also tagged authors of color 2/11/24
3 extra spots - Climbing Wall Barrier 2/15/24
Leap Day Special: 1 space x 4, They can be used together or separately. They can be used after or with your next spin, earned 2/29/24
2 extra spots - Upright Women Wanted tagged coming of age 3/12/24
2 extra spots - Cemetery Boys tagged coming of age 3/25/24
4/30/24 - 2 extra spots - Tress of the Emerald Sea, tagged fantasy romance 4/30/24
5/19/24 - 2 extra spots - My Murder, tagged crime 5/19/24
2 extra spots - Malibu Rising, tagged 5-stars, 8/17/24

Joanne and EnnoaJ's Race

Game points (not participation points) are allocated as follows with participants tracking their points:
2 points per tag.
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBTag of the month
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages.
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages.
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages.

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia <-Sharpe's Triumph -tagged 5 times Completed 1-3-24 Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-
Page 1 https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary-Rolled a 7 ended up here-moved forward 5 spaces
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16 Asian Literature Jade Legacy tagged 6 time page page 3 https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... (+4 on next roll, +4 games points). Completed
1-23-2024
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature-Chose Classsics All Quiet on the Western Front tagged classics 8000+ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal -using grab bag Espionage instead The Intercept tagged by 6 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
27. Ireland Mammoth March-Saints for All Occasions
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 I am Here Went to Grab back and chose Science Fiction-Red Seas Under Red Skies tagged 37 times 558 pages-+2 next spin, +2 points
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 -Landed here +3 points for hurdle, +3 move (anytime) for moving Nancy
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets +2 move from #36 must be used next spin +3 move (anytime) Saints for All Occasions - tagged secrets 11 times
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-Choose from Grab Bag Adventure The White Rose tagged Adventure 18 times https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 Using grab bag Picking Alternate History-Hope for the Best Tagged 9 times
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne) The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese tagged Food 107 times
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 Killers of a Certain Age-tagged NOLA times Tagged 186 times Fits May monthly take of CRIME +2 move anytime, +4 games points
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival tagged 90 times
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage-, replacing from grab bag with Books about BooksBookshops & Bonedust
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy We Ride Upon Sticks Tagged Comedy 5 times
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction-
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin) I am here, used 5 stored spaces to move here A Brightness Long Ago - tagged Canada 9 times
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

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Holly and Perestroika's Race (How far can we go?)

I sent Perestroika back to Paris on 1-31-24 as she was homesick. We have withdrawn from the race. We've chalked up 6 points in total for the experience.

Racetrack:
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World tagged 95 times for Did Not Finish
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1-8-24
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty) - swapped for Alternate History - 1st Swap
The Lost Shtetl - tagged 6 times for Alternate History
My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1-22-24
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - Swapped for "NYC" - 2nd swap
They May Not Mean To, But They Do
Tagged "NYC" 5 times
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Date: 1-25-24
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

Grand Pardubice Steeplechase - Joy D and the Hippo Hippocrates, DVM:
(view spoiler)[
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
🐉8. Time - 1/1 - Spin 1: 8 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - shelved x13: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - also fits Historical Mystery - earned a move two spaces with a spin when they choose - 1/5 PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🐉9. Did not finish - 1/3 - Spin 2: 1 - The Woman in White - 1/6 PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 - 1/5 - Spin 3: 10 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
🐉23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - 1/7 - Spin 4: 4 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 - 1/9 - Spin 5: 9 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
(candidate for replacement)
🐉33. Translated - Spin 6: 1 - 1/11 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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) - Spin 7:7 - 1/12 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
45. Coming of age
🐉46. Multiple POV (Diana) - Spin 8: 6 - 1/13 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 - Spin 9: 8+4-12 - 1/14 - Grab bag: Environmental - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 - Spin 10: 10 - 1/15 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
69. Farm
70. linguistics
🐉71. hilarious - Spin 11: 3 - 1/17 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
🐉74. mafia - Spin 12: 3 - 1/18 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
75. Food (Joanne)
🐉76. Puddle Jumper - Spin 13: 2 - 1/19 - "Here is a pass to move forward 2 spaces." - SAVED (used on 1/20)
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla - Spin 14: 2 - 1/20 - used pass earned on 1/19 to move forward 2 spaces (did not read Hoopla so leave on the Board)
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
🐉80. abandoned - 1/20 - moved forward 2 spaces from Puddle Jumper hurdle - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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) - Spin 15: 4+4=8 - 1/21 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
🐉95. Hardenbergia Trellis - Spin 16: 7 - 1/22 - Last tag=Sea - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
🐉103.Canada (Library Cin) - Spin 17: 8 - 1/23 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
🐉107.Environment - Spin 18: 4 - 1/24 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
108. Medical
🐉109.Geography (Ellen) - Spin 19: 2 - 1/25 - PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
110.Historical fiction

Spin 20:3 - round finished 1/26

Spin 1: 8 - 8. Time - 13 Tags - 1/1
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - 4 Stars - 1/5
Also matches historical mystery x40
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Game total so far: 6
Saved: move two spaces with a spin when they choose

Spin 2: 1 - 9. Did Not Finish - 92 tags - 1/3
The Woman in White - 4 stars - 1/6
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Also matches historical mystery x31
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Game points so far: 12
Saved: move two spaces with a spin when they choose

Spin 3: 10 - 19. Drama - 62 tags - 1/5
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - 4 stars - 1/7
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game points so far: 14

Spin 4: 4 - 23. Scandinavia - 10x tags - 1/7
The Greenhouse - 4 stars - 1/9
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game points so far: 16

Spin 5: 9 - 32. Slice of Life - 81 tags - 1/9
Fangirl - 4 stars - 1/11
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game points so far: 18

Spin 6: 1 - 33. Translated - 30 tags - 1/11
The Forbidden Notebook - 3 stars - 1/12
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game points so far: 20

Spin 7: 7 - 40. Space Opera - 55 tags - 1/12
Artemis - 4 stars - 1/13
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2
Game points so far: 22

Spin 8: 6 - 46. Multiple POV - 5 tags - 1/13
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - 3 stars - 1/14
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
782 pages - "700 pages they can add 4 to their next spin & 4 game points"
Also tagged Historical Mystery x11:
Saved: move two spaces with a spin when they choose
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) + 4 (700 pages) =10
Game Points so far: 32

Spin 9: 8 + 4 (last book over 700 pages) =12 - 1/14
58. Hurdle
Grab bag: Environmental x 13
Fire Weather - 4 stars - 1/15
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) +3 (hurdle)
Game Points so far: 37

Spin 10: 10 - 68. Beach Reads x5 - 1/15
The Book of Essie - 4 stars - 1/17
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 39

Spin 11: 3 - 71. hilarious x23 - 1/17
A Confederacy of Dunces - 2 stars - 1/18
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 41

Spin 12: 3 - 74. mafia x46 - 1/18
I Heard You Paint Houses - 4 stars - 1/19
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 43

Spin 13: 3 - 76. Puddle Jumper - 1/19
"Here is a pass to move forward 2 spaces." - initially saved but used on 1/20
Points: 3 (hurdle)
Game Points so far: 46

Spin 14: 2 - 78. hoopla - 1/20
Used "pass to move forward 2 spaces" earned on 1/19 with Puddle Jumper hurdle, putting me on: 80. abandoned x17
House of Morgan - 4.5 stars - 1/21
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
812 pages: https://www.amazon.com/House-Morgan-A...
700 pages they can add 4 to their next spin & 4 game points
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (pages) = 6
Game Points so far: 52

Spin 15: 4+4 for pages = 8 - 1/21
88. Sea x10
A Voyage for Madmen - 4 stars - 1/22
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 54

Spin 16: 7 - 1/22
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
Read an extra book that fits the tag you read last and if your book mentions a plant, please give us a quote and page number to receive an additional 2 spaces to the spin of your choice.
The Deep - Sea x13
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 3 (hurdle) = 5
Game Points so far: 59
Saved: 2 additional spaces to be added to future spin
Quotes about plants:
"She is curious about how to make plants spring up from the ground, how to make plants into nets she can use to catch fish.” P. 46

“We remember chewing the fleshy seaweed that bound us to our first mothers.” P. 47

Spin 17: 8 - 1/23
103. Canada - In the Skin of a Lion
Tagged Canada x126: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 61

Spin 18: 4 - 1/24
107. Environment - Half-Earth
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 63
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Environment x67: https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin 19: 2 - 1/25
109. Geography - Factfulness - 4 stars - 1/26
Points: 2 (tag)
Game Points so far: 65
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged geography x2

Spin 20: 3 - 1/26
This roll takes me off the end of the Board
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Round completed 1/26

Grand Pardubice Steeplechase - Olivermagnus and Domino

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1. Small Town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
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
17. Highly Recommend
🎠 18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
🎠 23. Scandinavia
🎠 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
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera
41. Gothic
42. Music
🎠 43. The Climbing Wall Barrier
44. Southern Fiction
45. Coming of Age
46. Multiple POV
47. Secrets
48. Western
49. Dark
50. Crime
🎠 51. Nature
52. Retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers
55. Artificial Intelligence
56. Revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump Fixed Barrier
59. Made-Me-Cry
🎠 60. Book to Screen
61. LatinX
62. International
63. Black-Lives-Matter
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
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla
🎠 79. STEM
80. Abandoned
81. Letters
82. Cities
🎠 83. Medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
🎠 86. Outdoors
87. Strong Women
88. Sea
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
🎠102. Donnybrook Water Feature
103. Canada
104. Egypt
105. Ghosts
106. Whodunit
107. Environment
108. Medical
109. Geography
110. Historical Fiction

🔹Roll 1 = 8 - Time - 26 Tags
Kindred - Octavia E. Butler - 5 Stars - 1/1/24
Link to Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 2 = 8 - Asian Literature - 58 Tags
The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino - 5 Stars - 1/3/24
Link to Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 3 = 2 - Quirky - 33 Tags
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 1/5/24
Link to Review
Fits tag Historical Mystery - 174 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🔹Roll 4 = 5 - Scandinavia - 58 tags
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent - 4 Stars - 1/6/23
Link to Review
Fits tag Historical Mystery - 31 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🔹Roll 5 = 1 - Norway - 16 tags
The Human Flies - Hans Olav Lahlum - 4 Stars - 1/7/24
Link to Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 6 = 10 - Fairytale - 30 tags
Once Upon a Crime - Michael Buckley - 4 Stars - 1/8/24
Link to Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 7 = 6 Colonialism - 8 tags
Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 4 Stars - 1/9/24
Link to Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 8 = 6 - Climbing Wall Barrier
Gave Linda N a boost of 15 places - 3 space move to use when you please
Points: 3 (Hurdle)

🔹Roll 9 = 8 - Nature - 331 tags
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer - 5 Stars - 1/11/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 10 - 9 - Book to Screen - 32 tags
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold - 1/12/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 11 = 6 - Hollywood - 25 tags
The Unidentified Redhead - Alice Clayton - 2 Stars - 1/12/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 12 = 2 - Beach Reads - 9 tags
Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight - 4 Stars - 1/13/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 13 - 6 = Mafia - 3,344 tags
The Sweetest Oblivion - Danielle Lori - 4 Stars - 1/15/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 14 = 5 - STEM - 55 tags
The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - 4 Stars - 1/16/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 15 - 4 - Medieval - 45 tags
Cruel as the Grave - Sharon Kay Penman - 4 Stars - 1/17/24
Historical Mystery - 38 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🔹Roll 16 = Outdoors - 6 tags
Track of the Cat - Nevada Barr - 4 Stars - 1/18/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 17 = Marriage - 10 tags
The Expatriates - Janice Y.K. Lee - 4 Stars - 1/19/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔹Roll 18 = 8 = Dystopia - 13 tags
Scorpio - Marko Kloos - 4 Stars - 1/20/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

Roll 19 - Donnybrook Water Feature
Points: 3 (Hurdle)
Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.


Roll 20 = 10 - Off the Board

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Grand Pardubice Steeplechase Points & Bonus

Cumulative Points = 52

Bonus:
Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 8 - Climbing Wall Barrier - 3 space move to use when you please
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 19 - Donnybrook Water Feature - Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.

Steeplechase Racetrack Linda and Kanga

1. Small town
2. nonfiction -History Smashers: The Underground Railroad--Tagged 18 times as non-fiction-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 --The Secrets of Flight by Maggie Leffler Tagged aviation 6 times --https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--
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 -- Crowned and Dangerous-- Tagged Ireland 25 time --https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 --A Little Princess--Tagged colonialism 7 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue)
41. Gothic
42. Music --If We Were a Movie--tagged music 7 times-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction --The Secret Life of Bees--tagged Southern Fiction 149 times-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature --What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions--tagged nature 23 times-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 --The Fault in Our Stars-- tagged book to screen 70 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood --Finding Dorothy--tagged Hollywood 27 times-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food --The Quiche of Death--tagged food 12 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla --Midnight at the Blackbird Café--by Heather Webber--5 stars-- tagged hoopla 27 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities --When You Reach Me--by Rebecca Stead--3.5 stars
tagged cities 5 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors --The River--by-Gary Paulsen--3 stars
Tagged outdoors 19 times -https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing --Persuasion--by Jane Austen--3 stars
Tagged Life changing 5 times-https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Link to review-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
90.
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy --The 13-Story Treehouse: Monkey Mayhem!--by Andy Griffiths--3 stars
Tagged comedy 11 times--https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review-https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin)
104.Egypt
105. Ghosts --Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea--by Nancy Atherton--4 stars
Tagged ghosts 8 times-https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Link to review--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

1st roll - 2 =Nonfiction
2nd roll- 10 = 12-- Aviation
Moved ahead 15 by olivermagnus from a hurdle= 27-- Ireland
Roll 3- 10= 37-- Colonialism=
*earned 2 spaces on a spin of my choice for monthly tag
Roll 4- 5=42--music
Roll 5- 2=44--southern fiction
*earned 2 spaces on a spin of my choice for monthly tag
Roll 6- 7=51--nature
Roll 7- 9=60--Book to screen
Roll 8- 6=66--Hollywood
Roll 9- 9=75--Food
*earned 2 spaces on a spin of my choice for Monthly tag
Roll 10- 3=78--hoopla
Roll 11- 4=82--Cities
Roll 12- 4=86--Outdoors
Roll 13- 3=89--Life Changing
Roll 14- 7=96--Comedy
Roll 15- 9= FINISHED

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

Racetrack
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time - 1/6 - A Visit from the Goon Squad - 21x
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories Raven Hurdle
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky - tag 6x - The Thirteenth Tale - HM tag match 62x
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal- tag 12x Death on the Nile-HM tag 27x
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals - tag 38x The Hound of the Baskervilles - HM tag 30x
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - tag 10x Even Though I Knew the End - 137 pages - HM 12x
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 read a short story tagged 'short' then cross off this and 'short stories'. Add 2 spaces use any time. 1/21 last tag was #31 SHORT Galatea tag 68x pages 56. No monthly tag match.
40. Space Opera (Sue)
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly) - tag 11x - All the Sinners Bleed - AOC -18x
45. Coming of age - tag - 5x - Shutter - AOC 8x
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets - tag 17X - The Lying Game
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings - tag 21x - Tokyo Ever After - AOC 25x
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D) - tag 55x - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - no monthly tag match
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 - tags 7x - Crooked Kingdom - COA match 31x
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 - reached with spin 5 + used hoarded 6 spaces from Monumental Tuesday. Successfully navigated so moving +2 spaces
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla - 6x - Of Manners and Murder - no monthly tag match
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities (Robin P) 16x - Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London - no monthly tag match
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women - 16x - Soulless - monthly tag fantasy romance - 81x
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters - 6x The Winter of the Witch - monthly tag fantasy romance 36x
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 168x. -Murder at Queen's Landing

1st +8 - #8 Time - A Visit from the Goon Squad - 21x - +2 points
2nd + 10 - #18 Quirky - The Thirteenth Tale - 6x - finished 1/14 +2 points - match Historical Mystery - 62x - add 2 spaces + 4 game points
3rd + 8 - #26 Criminal - Death on the Nile - 12x - finished 1/18 +2 points - match Historical Mystery - 27x - add 2 spaces + 4 game points
4th +3 - #29 Animals - The Hound of the Baskervilles - 38x finished 1/20 +2 points - match Historical Mystery 30x - add 2 spaces + 4 points
5th +2 - #31 Short - Even Though I Knew the End - 10x finished 1/21 +2 points - match Historical Mystery 12x - add 2 spaces + 4 points
6th +8 - #39 - Raven Roost Red Rose Hedge - read a short story tagged 'short' and then cross out this and short stories. Add 2 spaces use any time (1/21) Galatea tag 68x pages 56 - + 2 points for short stories + 2 points for Short + 3 points for hurdle = 7 points total. No tag match.
7th +5 - #44 - Southern Fiction - All the Sinners Bleed - 11x finished 2/11 +2 points - matched AOC tag 18x - add 2 spaces + 4 points
8th +1 - #45 - Coming of Age - Shutter - 5x finished 2/15 +2 points - matched AOC tag 8x - add 2 spaces + 4 points
9th +2 - #47 - Secrets - The Lying Game - 17x finished 2/19 + 2 points - no match to monthly
10th +5 - #52 - Retellings - Tokyo Ever After 21x finished 2/25 + 2 points - matched AOC tag 25x - add 2 spaces + 4 points
11th +3 - #55 - Artificial Intelligence - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 55x + 2 points - no monthly match
12th +10 - #65 - Pirates - Crooked Kingdom 7x + 2 points - tag match COA 31x- add 2 spaces + 4 points - 560 pages - + 2 spaces must use next spin
13th - 11 = +5 spin + 6 Monumental Tuesday to #76 Puddle Jumper hurdle - earned a move of 2 spaces
14th - +2 earned at Puddle Jumper = #78 Hoopla - Of Manners and Murder - 6x + 2 points -no monthly tag match
15th - 2+2 (pages from #65 pirates) - #82 -Cities - Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London - 16x +2 points - no monthly tag
16th +5 - #87 Strong Women - finished 4/21 Soulless - 16x + 2 points - tag match fantasy romance 81x - +4 points +2 spaces
17th +10 = spin 6+4 (Mammoth March) = #97 Sisters - 6x +2 points - tag match fantasy romance 36x - +4 points +2 spaces
18th +12 = spin 10+3 (April Earth Day) = #104 Historical Fiction
END OF TRACK

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Totals (left at end Level 1):
Spaces - xx
Game Points - xx
Book length - 0

Monumental Tuesday - 2/12
Score:
completed - 3 - 6 points + 6 spaces
AOC match - 1 point
AOC 10x tag - 2 points
Total: 9 points + 6 spaces. - USED 3/31 -13th move

Mammoth March - 3/18
Women's History/DEI
Finished 2 - Points: 4 Spaces: 4 USED 4/20 - 17th move
No tag match no cover

APRIL EARTH DAY
APRIL I: Renaming Level
Ocean of Fire New Level 2 - 2 points + 2 spaces/10 points + 10 spaces

APRIL II: Earth Day
Total earned: 20 points. + 18 spaces (spaces earned 2 sets of 3 and 6 set of 2)
USED 3 - 18th roll - 4/30

Grand Total for Earth Day: 32 points + 30 Spaces

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Award Use Guide
2 spaces - from hurdle, tag match - use any time with spin - announce with spin request or after.
2 spaces - from page count - must use on next spin

Points for The Steeplechase
Game points (not participation points) are allocated as follows with participants tracking their points - game points cumulative:
2 points per tag.
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBT tag of the month
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages.
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages.
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages.
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Rachel N and Astra's racetrack

COMPLETED 10-15-24

1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa) Hamlet 1-15
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time The Winter Sea 2-18
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian And Only to Deceive
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 The Last Battle
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life Under the Whispering Door
33. Translated
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy: Ink Blood Sister Scribe
36. Journey
37. colonialism: The Hacienda
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): The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings: Pride and Premeditation
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:Sheep in a Jeep
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids Into the Drowning Deep
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): Guards! Guards!
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-moved by nancy: Nettle & Bone
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: An Unwanted Guest
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

Roll1 Renaissance: Hamlet-William Shakespeare 1-15-24 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged 143 times

Roll 2: Time: The Winter Sea-Susanna Kearsley 2-18-24 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged 6 times

Roll 3 Victorian: And Only to Deceive-Tasha Alexander 3-16-24 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... tagged 120 times

Moved by Cora to Fav: The Last Battle- C.S. Lewis 3-27-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged fav 7 times, tagged coming of age 27 times

Roll 4 slice of life Under the Whispering Door-T.J. Klune 4-21-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged slice of life 14 times; tagged fantasy romance 42 times

Roll 5 Urban fantasy: Ink Blood Sister Scribe-Emma Torzs 5-6-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged urban fantasy 169 times

Roll 6 colonialism: The Hacienda-Isabel Canas 5-20-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged colonialism 5 times; tagged crime 9 times

Roll 7 southern fiction: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek-Kim Michele Richardson 6-10-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged southern fiction 48 times:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Roll 8 retellings: Pride and Premeditation-Tizrah Price 76-13-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged retellings 282 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Moved by Theresa to Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle: Sheep in a Jeep-Nancy E. Shaw 7-13-24
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged farm 23 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

roll 9 mermaids
Into the Drowning Deep-Mira Grant 7-29-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged mermaids 348 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

roll 10 cities
Guards! Guards!-terry Pratchett 8-30-24
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged cities 5 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
tagged 5-stars 77 times

moved by nancy to sisters
Nettle & Bone-T. Kingfisher 10-6-24
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged sisters 18 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

roll 11 whodunit
An Unwanted Guest-Shari Lapena 10-14-24
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged whodunit 11 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

advantages
+2 roll for matching monthly tag with Last Battle
+2 for matching monthly tag with Under the Whispering Door
+2 for matching tag with The Hacienda
fixed barrier: replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice
olympics challenge points
+2 for monthly tag match with guards, guards

Apple and the Terrible Kitties

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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

Jen M and Sheldon are ready to go!


1. Small town- Under the Dome by Stephen King
Completed 2/1/2024, Review , 6 pts and + 4 to next spin
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish - What Never Happened - Rachel Howzell Hall
Completed 2/4/2024, Review , 2 pts (RPT=8 pts)
10. Technology - Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Young Readers' Edition by Ashlee Vance
Completed 2/6/2024, Review, 2 pts (RPT=10 pts)
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) - The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson
Completed 2/17/2024, Review, 2 pts (RPT=12 pts)
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut - Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
Completed 3/2/2024, Review, tag 2 pts; monthly tag "coming of age" 4 pts + 2 spaces (RPT=18 pts + 2 spaces)
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland - The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Completed 3/17/2024, Review , tag 2 pts; bonus game rewards: 6 pts, 4 spaces (RPT=26 pts + 6 spaces)
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated
34. Fairytale using 2 space skip
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey - Looking for Alaska by John Green
Completed 3/17/2024, Review , tag 2 pts; monthly tag: 4 (RPT=32pts + 4 spaces)
37. colonialism
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue)
41. Gothic
42. Music - Change of Seasons by John Oates
Completed 6/19/2024, Review , tag = 2 pts (RPT=34pts + 4 spaces)
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 - Desperate Measures by Katee Robert
Completed 6/26/2024. Review tag 2 pts (RPT=36 pts + 4 bonus spaces)
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) - Three Wishes by Lianne Moriarity
Completed 7/13/2024. Review tag 2 pts; monthly tag bonus for debut (RPT=42 pts + 6 bonus spaces)
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Completed 7/14/2024. Review tag 2 pts; monthly tag bonus for debut (RPT=48 pts + 8 bonus spaces)
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 - The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Completed 9/1/2024. Review tag 2 pts (RPT=50 pts + 8 bonus spaces)
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel - Out of Time by Lynn Abbey
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

Hayjay and Gusto's Galloping Gauntlet Racetrack

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

1/1- Spun a 5. Landed on Plot twist. Completed The Inheritance Games 1/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Plot Twist 41X (4th page, 1st column, 3 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Points Accumulated: 2

1/5- Spun a 4. Landed on Did not finish. Completed The Murder of Mr. Wickham 5/30/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Did not finish 60X (1st page, 1st column, 30 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Gained +2 spaces for book matching monthly tag
Tagged Crime 34X (1st page, 2nd column, 12 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Used bonus with 6/1/24 spin
Points accumulated: 6

1/27- Spun a 6. Landed on Short Stories. Completed: Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories 6/2/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Short Stories 39X (1st page, 1st column, 7 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Gained +2 spaces for book matching monthly tag
Tagged Crime 48X (1st page, 1st column, 4 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Used bonus with 6/18/24 spin
Points accumulated: 6

6/1- Spun a 9 and used +2 bonus = 11. Landed on Criminal. Completed: Peril at End House- 7/1/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Criminal 6X (4th page, 2nd column, 9 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Gained +2 spaces for book matching monthly tag
Tagged Europe 7X (4th page, 1st column, 5 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Used bonus with 7/5/24 spin.
Points accumulated: 6

6/18- Spun a 5 and used +2 bonus =7. Landed on Translated. Completed: The Red Address Book- 11/3/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Translated 15X (1st page, 2nd column, 5 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Points accumulated: 2

7/5- Spun a 10 and used a +2 bonus =12. Landed on Coming of age. Completed: Love & Other Great Expectations- 11/2/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Travel 21X (1st page, 1st column, 13 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Gained +2 spaces for book matching monthly tag
Tagged Coming of Age 5X (1st page, 2nd column, 13 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Used bonus with 11/3/24 spin
Points accumulated: 6

11/3- Spun a 6 with the +2 bonus applied. Completed: Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail- 11/30/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Nature 146X (1st page, 1st column, 9 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Points accumulated: 2

11/14- Spun a 5 and landed on Revenge. Used 2/18 Monumental Monday +2 to move to Double Jump fixed barrier. Tag selected from Grab Bag was Speculative. Completed: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street- 11/30/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Speculative 15X (2nd page, 2nd column, 9 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Gained +2 spaces for matching monthly tag
Tagged Steampunk 515X (1st page, 1st column, 6 down)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Points accumulated: 9

11/27- Spun a 3 and landed on LatinX. Reading: What the River Knows

Bonuses:

Monumental Monday: 2/18/24
Link to Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 pts. and 2 spaces gathered
Used the +2 spaces with 11/14 spin

Total Points Accumulated: 44

Ellen and Purrito's Steeplejack Racetrack

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 ** used +2 bonus to move from #40 **
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**landed here but am using a +2 bonus from spin #8 to move to #96.
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

Spin #1 = 9 DNF
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged 330 times as historical mystery
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag: move +2 bonus

Spin #2 = 10 Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
tagged 1,458 times as drama
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #3 = 9 True Crime
The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John Douglas
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Tagged 987 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #4 = 9 Colonialism
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged 15 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #5 = 3 ** using +2 bonus** Music
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged 509 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #6 = 9 Nature
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail - Ben Montgomery
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged 132 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #7 = 3 Women Writers
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged 39 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag: +2 bonus

Spin #8 = 7 Latin X
The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Tagged 5 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag: +2 bonus

Spin #9 =9 linguistics
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynne Truss
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 186 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #10 = 3 Spooky
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 23 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #11= 10 - Medieval
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 122 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #12 = 6 - Life-changing
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged 13 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #13 = 5 sf-masterworks **using +2 bonus to move to comedy**
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
tagged 526 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #14 = 4 - Novella
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 356 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #15 = 10 Historical Fiction
Lady Tan's Circle of Women - Lisa See
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 1961 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Tagged Authors of Color 7 times (+2 bonus)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve... +4 points
2/9/24

Total Points:
15 books x 2 points = 30
match monthly tag = 4 x 4 =16 points
Total = 46 points

Cheryl and Gladwyn's Racetrack

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged 7 times
does not fit tag - 2 points

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 2nd spin 9
Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged 10X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
does not fit tag - 2pts

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) 3rd spin 10
The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged Scandinavia 45 times https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
does not fit tag 2pts

24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals 4th spin 6
Seabiscuit by Laura Hildenbrand
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
does not fit tag 2pts
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated 5th spin 4
Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-Sook
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
does not fit tag- 2 pts
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
6th spin 3
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged journey 10X
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
fits tag fantasy-romance tagged 333X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
4/29/24 2pts+4pts

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 spin #7 -7 +3pts
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged dark 52X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
fitshttps://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...- tagged crime 324X

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 - Suspense
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged suspense 549X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
fits tag- tagged crime412X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
finished 5/12/24 2pts +4pts

59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged essays 382X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
finished 6/4/24 2pts.

65. Pirates
66. Hollywood Friends, Lover, and the Big Terrible Thing
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6/27/24 2 pts.

67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
Ella, Minnow, Pea by Mark Dunn
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged linguistics 6X https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
fits tag Tagged Debut 6X https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7/7/24 2pts +4pts =6pts

71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
Hunger by Roxanne Gay
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged food 124X, tagged 5 stars 66X (same page)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
finished8/11/24

76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 5 stars 464X https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
tagged Hoopla 18X https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
8/20/24

79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities (Robin P)
83. medieval
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged medieval 217X
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
11/19/24

84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
tagged strong women 25X
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
12/11/24

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

first spin - 4 Asia 2 points
second spin- 9- Victorian 2pts
third spin 10- Scandinavia 2 points
fourth spin 6- Animals 2 pts
fifth spin 4- Translated 2pts 3/28/24
sixth spin 3- Journey 2pts+4 pts 4/29/24
seventh spin- hurdle +3pts
eighth spin 6- dark 2pts +4pts 5/7/24
9th spin 9- hurdle 2pts + 4pts 5/12/24
10th spin 6-essays 2pts 6/4/24
11th spin 2- Hollywood 2pts. 6/27/24
12 spin 4 - Linguistics 2pts + 4 pts 7/7/24
13th spin 5 - Food 2pts + 4 pts 8/11/24
14th spin 3 - Hoopla 2 pts + 4 pts 8/20/24
15th spin 5- medieval 2pts 11/19/24
16th spin 4 - strong women 2 pts. 12/11/24
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Shelly and Snow White the Princess of Gravel
Steeplechase Racetrack

🚴🏼 1. Small town Still Life
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
🚴🏼9. Did not finish 1/17 Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
🚴🏼16. Asian Literature (Patty) 1/18 Crazy Rich Asians
🚴🏼17. Highly Recommend (KT) 2/8 The Anthropocene Reviewed
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
🚴🏼24. Norway 2/11 Kon-Tiki
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 3/2 Around the World in Eighty Days
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) 3/14 Before We Were Yours
45. Coming of age
🚴🏼46. Multiple POV (Diana) 4/13 This is How You Lose the Time War
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
🚴🏼55. artificial intelligence (Joy D) 4/14 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
🚴🏼62. International (Olivermagnus) 4/30 The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
🚴🏼66. Hollywood 5/17 Tom Lake
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
🚴🏼71. hilarious 5/26 Me Talk Pretty One Day
72. Mermaids
🚴🏼73. spooky 5/27 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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) 6/20 The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
🚴🏼92. Fun 7/6 Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
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 7/8

01/01 Spin #1 - 1 to 1. Small town Still Life
tagged 47x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

01/17 Spin #2 - 8 to #9. Did Not Finish Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
tagged 8x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

01/18 Spin #3 -7 to #16. Asian Lit Crazy Rich Asians
tagged 111x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag authors of color 102x
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

02/08 Spin #4 - 1 to #17. Highly recommend The Anthropocene Reviewed
tagged 11x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

02/11 Spin #5 - 7 to #24. Norway Kon-Tiki
tagged 29x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3/2 Spin #6 - 10 + 2 to #36. Journey Around the World in Eighty Days
(using 2 spaces from spin #3)
Tagged 21x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

3/14 spin #7 -8 to #44. Southern fiction Before We Were Yours
tagged 39x
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4/13 spin #8 -- 2 to #46 Multiple POV This is How You Lose the Time War
Tagged 26x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4/14 Spin #9 -- 9 to #55 AI A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Tagged 35x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

4/30 Spin #10 -- 7 to #62 International The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Tagged 5x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag of crime 456x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5/17 Spin #11 -- 4 to #66 Hollywood Tom Lake
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged Hollywood 12x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

5/26 Spin #12 -- 5 to #71 Hilarious Me Talk Pretty One Day
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged hilarious 83x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag Europe 16x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

5/26 Spin #13 -- 2 to #73 Spooky Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Matches tag 128x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag Europe 41x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

6/20 Spin #14 -- 9 (+4 bonus) to #86 Outdoors The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Tagged outdoors 20x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Matches monthly tag debut

7/6 Spin #15 --- 6 to #92 fun Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
Tagged fun 24x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

7/7 Spin #16 -- 10 to #102 Donnybrook water feature
7/8 Spin #17 -- 7 to #109 Geography
Skipping to next tag #110 Historical fiction The Secret Life of Sunflowers
tagged historical fiction 244x https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Level 1 completed 7/18

Game Points
16 tags x 2 points = 32
Extra points - matches monthly tag
Spin #3 4 points
Spin #10 4 points
Spin #12 4 points
Spin #13 4 points
Spin #14 4 points

Advantages
Spin #3 Add 2 spaces to spin used on Spin #6
Leap Day Add 1x4 spaces to spin used on Spin #14
Spin #10 Add 2 spaces to spin
Spin #12 Add 2 spaces to spin
Spin #13 Add 2 spaces to spin
Spin #14 Add 2 spaces to spin

Hilde & Tinka’s race

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
-> 6. Quest: Watership Down
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

Progress tracking:
-> Spin 1 #6, Quest 6x: Watership Down

ROBIN AND RAMBO THE RAMBOUILLET RAM RACETRACK
Extra spaces won - 12
Used - 8
From Monumental Monday - 12 - details at end of thread
Swaps used - 1
Points from tags/matches - 46
Points from Momumental Monday - 13
Total points round 1 - 59

First spin 1/1/24 - 7
1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
. Aging 7 tags
- The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise - 1/5 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 6
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian 331 tags
A Curious Beginning 1/11 -
My review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - matches tag of month so 2 extra spaces can be used with a spin - earns 4 game points 4 pts
Next spin 9
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 - 418 tags How to Suppress Women's Writing 1/14 Review; https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 9
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.) 6 tags Labyrinth 1/15
My review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 10
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 - [book:Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein|75302287] - 22 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 1
42. Music Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution - 55 tags - 1/22
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 8
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 - Revenge in Rubies - 6 tags
1/25 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2 extra spaces & 4 game points for matching - 4 pts
Next spin 2
51. nature
52. retellings Kaikeyi - 342 tags 1/27 - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 2 pts
Next spin 1
53. Detective - Under the Dragon's Tail - 8 tags Detective, 11 tags Historical Mystery - 1/29
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2 extra spaces & 4 game points for matching - 4 pts
Next spin 6, adding 2 extra spaces earned for Under the Dragon's Tail
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) - Solito 53 tags, 13 tags for Authors of Color
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/1 - 13 tags -matches tag of month so 2 extra spaces can be used with a spin - earns 4 game points - 4 pts
Next spin 8, adding 2 earned from Solito
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 - The Devil in Winter - Lisa Kleypas - 8 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/9 - 2 pts
Next spin 3 -
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
.74. mafia Using Grab Bag - switching to
Childhood Favorites - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle - 9 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/10
Next spin 4 - 2 pts
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper - move forward 2
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla - Ink Blood Sister Scribe - 7 tags - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/16 - 2 pts
Next spin 3
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters - Dear Martin - 9 tags, 71 tags for authors of color - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/18
matches tag of month so 2 extra spaces can be used with a spin - earns 4 game points 4 pts
Next spin 7, adding 2 bonus for total of 11
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 When Women Were Dragons - 5 tags Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/19 2 pts
Next spin 6
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction - Happiness Falls - 127 tags & 20 tags for Authors of Color - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
matches tag of month so 2 extra spaces can be used with a spin - earns 4 game points 4 pts
Next spin 5
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin) A Killer in King's Cove - 40 tags - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/23 2 pts
Next spin 8 which takes me off the board!
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

Monumental Monday -
Dragon/dragons - When Women Were Dragons - the whole book is about them! - tagged Dragons by 297 people
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/19 - This was my spin for Steeplechase - Fun - 5 tags
3 points, 3 spaces

San Francisco or Kansas City - Ink Blood Sister Scribe - p 75 - "The last time he'd felt this airless was ten years ago in San Francisco" . p79 - ."it was San Francisco all over again p 101 "Did this have anything to do with what happened in San Francisco?" On p 132-134, "It had been the last day of October when he was thirteen, in San Francisco" - the incident is described, which is life changing for Nicholas, one of the 3 main characters in the book. - doesn't match tag but was from my spin - Hoopla 7 tags - 3 points, 3 spaces

Hearts - How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia - Mohsin Hamid **15 tags for Authors of Color
On p 181-187, the main character (who is never named in the book) experiences a heart attack and resulting surgery - "You are attempting to sleep when the pain begins. . a numbness . . then an invisible girder slams into your chest. . . You are fortunate that your second heart attack takes place in the ICU. . a few stents in your arteries should do the trick." This is a major turning point in his life.
matches tag - Matches PBT monthly tag - 3 points, 2 spaces, not part of my spin -finished 2/12
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mardi Gras - Good Time Coming is set during the Civil War just upstream from New Orleans. The story starts in "the two weeks since New Orleans fell" p4. The main character's mother had attended "medical classes at the schools in New Orleans" p22. As a healer, she has been growing poppies and sending it to New Orleans to help the wounded p36 Some think "the people of New Orleans should have burned their city themselves" p33. Anne-Marie wonders about her grandmother whose house in New Orleans she has visited p34. Free blacks of New Orleans had formed their own unit of the Confederate army p220.
Review - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 2/17

Abraham Lincoln- same book, Good Time Coming contains over a dozen mentions of Lincoln. The protagonists are Southern, so they aren't fans - Examples: "Lincoln'll give up and let us go our own way." p18; "Lincoln had placed an embargo on medical supplies" p36; Lincoln is compared to the barbaric Genghis Khan p60 and to the tyrant King George p69; the local minister "condemned the wickedness of Abraham Lincoln for ordering his armies to burn our farms" p83. The heroine's mother, who is always harping on politeness eventually says "Damn this war. Damn Abraham Lincoln" p258 - no match

For each item completed you will receive an extra 2 points and 2 spaces.
If it also matches the Pbtag of the month, 1 extra point.
It can be outside of your spin, however if it is within a spin, you will receive an extra point and space.
If it matches the 5 people requirement for tag of above items, you can count it as a tag completed and gather 2 points.

Points - 5x2 =10
Spaces - 5x2 -10
Extra points for monthly tag - 1
Extra points/spaces for within a spin 2 points, 2 spaces
Total points 13, total spaces 12

☄️Tien and Solgaleo's Racetrack:☄️

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging 5x - Lost & Found by Brooke Davis -Completed 01/03
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian 29x - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton -Completed 01/09
14. Race
15. Short Stories 14x - The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits edited by Mike Ashley -Completed 01/12
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature --> #29. favorites (grabbag) 11x - Crimson Reign (Blood Heir Trilogy #3) by Amélie Wen Zhao -Completed 01/13
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland 36x - Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4) by Carlene O'Connor -Completed 01/14
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 8x - Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe -Competed 01/14
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue)
41. Gothic 86x - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James -Completed 01/15
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 12x - Vox by Christina Dalcher -Completed 01/16
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings 148x - The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave -Completed 01/18
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 5x - The Witness by Nora Roberts -Completed 01/19
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus) 6x - The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura -Completed 01/19
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays - Replaced with Suspense (from grab bag) 6x - Trust (Martin Scarsden #3) by Chris Hammer -Completed 01/21
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious 5x - Spy×Family 4 by Tatsuya Endo -Completed 01/21
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 113x - Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers -Completed 01/22
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 5x - The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1) by K.J. Charles -Completed 01/23
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 822x - Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

Spin 1: #7 - aging 5x : Lost & Found by Brooke Davis -Completed 01/03

Spin 2: 6 #13 - victorian 29x : The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton (43x historical-mystery for Jan tag*) -Completed 01/09

Spin 3: 2 #15 - short stories 14x : The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits edited by Mike Ashley (6x historical-mystery for Jan tag*) (500+ pages so add 2 to next spin) -Completed 01/12

Spin 4: 3 + 2 = 5 #20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature --> #29. favorites (grabbag) 11x : Crimson Reign (Blood Heir Trilogy #3) by Amélie Wen Zhao -Completed 01/13

Spin 5: 7 #27. Ireland 36x - Murder in an Irish Pub (Irish Village Mystery #4) by Carlene O'Connor -Completed 01/14

Spin 6: 10 #37. colonialism 8x - Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe -Completed 01/14

Spin 7: 4 #41. Gothic 86x - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James -Completed 01/15

Spin 8: 8 #49. dark 12x - Vox by Christina Dalcher -Completed 01/16

Spin 9: 3 #52. retellings 148x - The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave -Completed 01/18

Spin 10: 7 #59. made-me-cry 5x - The Witness by Nora Roberts -Completed 01/19

Spin 11: 2 #62. International (Olivermagnus) 6x - The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura -Completed 01/19

Spin 12: 2 #64. Essays - Replaced with Suspense (from grab bag) 6x - Trust (Martin Scarsden #3) by Chris Hammer -Completed 01/21

Spin 13: 7 #71. hilarious 5x - Spy×Family 4 by Tatsuya Endo -Completed 01/21

Spin 14: 10 + move 2 spaces advantage #83. medieval 113x - Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFevers (7x historical-mystery for Jan tag - qualified for points & add 2 moves for using advantage as checked w/ BnB) + (500+ pages so add 2 to next spin) -Completed 01/22

Spin 15: 5 + 4 = 9 #92. Fun 5x - The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1) by K.J. Charles (12x historical-mystery for Jan tag*) -Completed 01/23

Spin 16: 8 + 2 = 10 #102. Donnybrook water feature - Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.

Spin 17: 6 + move 2 spaces advantage #110.Historical fiction 822x - Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

*ADVANTAGES (for future use)
Spin 2 (01/09) - can move 2 spaces with a spin - used with Spin 14
Spin 3 (01/12) - can move 2 spaces with a spin - used with Spin 17
Spin 15 (01/22) - can move 2 spaces with a spin
Spin 16 (01/23) lands on a hurdle: Donnybrook water feature - Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.

GAME POINTS
Total books/tags read: 16 x2 points = 32
Extras:
Spin 2: 4 points
Spin 3: 4 + 2 points
Spin 4: 3 points
Spin 14: 4 + 2 points
Spin 15: 4 points
Spin 16: 3 points
Total points: 58

SWAPS
Start of game: 6
Used: 1 for Spin 12

Tags read from grabbag
29. favorites
81. suspense

Lyn and Buck - We can do this!

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 The Wild Robot finished 1/20/24 2 points
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 Love and Ruin finished 1/30/24 2 points
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal The Big Four finished 2/6/24 2 points
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World finished 2/24/24 2 points
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) Red Planet matches monthly tag tagged 5x finished 3/9/24 6 points and 2 spaces
41. Gothic
42. Music Eleanor & Park matches monthly tag coming of age tagged 813 times finished 3/19/24 6 points and 2 spaces
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly) Can't Wait to Get to Heaven finished 3/30/24 2 points
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets A Secret Kept finished 4/7/24 2 points
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 The Bat finished 4/18/24 2 points
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption finished 5/3/24 2 points
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus) The Coroner's Lunch matches monthly tag finished 5/13/24 6 points and 2 spaces
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm Cold Comfort Farm finished 5/31/24 2 pts
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper finished 5/31/24 3 points
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg finished 6/3/24 2 pts.
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 Year of Yes finished 6/10/24 2 points
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis Pigs in Heaven finished 6/30/24 5 points
96. Comedy
97. Sisters The Boston Girl finished 7/16/24 2 points
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 Everything I Never Told You matches monthly tag 6 points and 2 spaces

Sue and Mija

Game Points:

Special moves for tag matching:
+2 Tag Match for Ordinary Grace Used on 1/5/24
+2 Tag Match for Memphis
+2 Tag Match for Home Fire
+2 Tag Match for Hamilton: The Revolution
+2 Tag Match for Thick: And Other Essays
+2 Tag Match for Crying in H Mart
+2 Tag Match for Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
+2 Tag Match for Midnight Robber

Special moves for book length:

Special moves for hurdles:
Donnybrook Water Feature: Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.

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1. Small town - Ordinary Grace - also matches Historical Mystery Tag - Review. 4 points
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish - Chain-Gang All-Stars - Used a tag related benefit to add two to my spin. Review. 2 points
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories - Dearborn - Review. 2 points
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 - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Review. 2 points
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime - Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks - Review. 2 points
25. Fav
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 - The Martian Chronicles - Review. 2 points
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) - Memphis - Review. 4 points
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings Home Fire - Review
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) Hamilton: The Revolution. Review. 4 points
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays Thick: And Other Essays. Review. 4 points
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids - Peter Pan. Review. 2 points
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper - Adventure posted on PBT: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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 - Crying in H Mart - Review. Matches Coming of Age tag, 4 points.
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy - Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life - Review - Matches Coming of Age tag, 4 points.
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102. Donnybrook water feature: Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.
103.Canada (Library Cin) - Midnight Robber - Review - Matches Coming of Age tag, 4 points
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

Amy and Sparkle's Steeplechase Racetrack Run:

1. Small Town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
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

First Spin - 7 - landed on Aging
Went for Grab Bag (1) Beach
A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams (tagged 19 times)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Second Spin 8 - landed on short-stories (#15)
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Turston (tagged 679 times)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Third Spin 6 - landed on debut (#21)
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Fourth Spin 6 landed on Ireland (#27)
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donohue
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Fifth Spin - 9 landed on Journey (#36)
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - 5 tags for Journey
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Sixth Spin (10) landed me on Multiple POV (#46)
Read the Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
9 tags for Multiple POV
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Seventh Spin - 3 landed me on Dark (#49)
Read Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner (5 tags for dark)
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Eighth Spin - 3 (#52 Retellings)
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
749 tags for Retellings, Matches tag, 23 tags for Coming of Age
Gained 2 extra Spaces.
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Ninth Spin - 5, landed on police (#57). But using a 2 space advantage to move to made me cry (#59)
Read Anna and the French Kiss - 47 tags for Made Me Cry
Matches tag with 105 tags for coming of Age; 4 points and 2 extra spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Tenth Spin - 8 - landed on (#67) Fixed Swing Set Hurdle
Read and Reviewed Barnyard Purim

Eleventh Spin - 6 landed me on Spooky (#73)
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
23 Tags for Spooky, 42 for Fantasy Romance, +2 for Tag Match
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Twelfth Spin = 9 - Lands me on #82 Cities.
Use 2+, 2+ and a 1 to get to #87 (Strong Women)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
Tagged 6 times as Strong Women
Review Here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thirteenth Spin (5) lands me on #92 - Fun
I read Iron Flame for this, and the review should be here. Got two extra points for matching the fantasy romance tag and with my fourteenth roll of 10, this put me on 104 Egypt. I am almost done with What the River Knows, which matches the tag of Crime. I will assume I am carrying the new 2+ points to the next roll of level two. I got a 7 which took me off the board.

Extra Spaces and Points

Monumental Monday February 12th.

For Concrete Rose:
Hearts and Love; 2 points and two spaces. Quote page 87. 1 extra point for matching tag, author of color, and 1 extra point for 8 tags for love = 4 points and 2 spaces.

For Song of Achilles:
Hearts and Love, quote page 118, noted in thread. 2 points and 2 spaces. 1 extra point for the book matching love at 341 tags.
That is 3 points and 2 spaces for a total for this entry.

Leap Year Day Extra Spaces (1x4) = Posted the Housemaid on 1/29

3/10 - posted Review for Tiger Lily for Retellings. Matches tag with 23 tags, 2 extra spaces granted

3/10 - used those 2 spaces to advance from Police (#57) to Made Me Cry (#59)

3/17 - Reviewed Anna and the French Kiss for Made Me Cry, 4 points and 2 extra spaces for having matched the tag.

3/19 - Monumental Mammoth March Monday - 2 points and 2 spaces for Lady of the Eternal City Matching Ides of March/Ceasar/Rome, and another point and space for the cover of all editions being Rome itself.

4/1 #73 Spooky Matches Tag for Fantasy Romance with 42 tags; +2


Final Total - 13 points and 9 spaces. (Three 2+ and Three 1's)

Amy wrote: "Amy and Sparkle's Steeplechase Racetrack Run:

Reserved for the list to be placed here.... I'll get there....
The Hurdles look great too. What Fun!"

Don't worry, Amy, you have plenty of time.

Jen K and Maple the Moose

(view spoiler)[
1. Small town - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
2. nonfiction - The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian - A Curious Beginning
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 - Rebecca
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - Wolf Winter
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - Into the Riverlands
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 - Recitatif: A Story
40. Space Opera (Sue) - An Unkindness of Ghosts
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 using +2 - All the Sinners Bleed
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge - The Fires of Vengeance
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 - The Reader
66. Hollywood Finding Me
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
82. Cities (Robin P) - A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing - I Am the Messenger
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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 I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction
Bonus Tag: Dragons; Rome

Spin 1: 1- Review 1/13: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Small Towns x 28; Historical Mystery x 16= 2 +4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 6 - Total Saved Spaces: 2

Spin 2: 1 - Review 1/16: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
NonFiction x 1414 = 2 points
Total Points: 8 - Total Saved Spaces: 2

Spin 3: 7 - Review 1/22 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Did Not Finish x 113; Historical Mystery x 7= 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 14 - Total Saved Spaces: 4

Spin 4: 4 - Review 1/23: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Victorian x 164; Historical Mystery x 332 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 20 - Total Saved Spaces: 6

Spin 5: 9- Review 1/28: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Feminism x 85; Historical Mystery x 33 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 26 - Total Saved Spaces: 8

Spin 6: 1- Review 1/29: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Scandinavia x 14; Historical Mystery x 21 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 32 - Total Saved Spaces: 10

Spin 7: 8- Review 2/3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Short x 9; Authors of Color x 19 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 38 - Total Saved Spaces: 12

Spin 8: 8- Hurdle Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
Review 2/3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Short Stories x 663, Short x 39, Authors of Color x 15 = 3 (hurdle) + 2 (tag short stories) + 4 (AOC) points and 2 (hurdle) + 2 (AOC) spaces
Total Points: 47 points - Total Saved Spaces: 16

Spin 9: 1- Review 2/10: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Space Opera x 35; Authors of Color x 54 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces (using on next spin)
Total Points: 53 - Total Saved Spaces: 18

Spin 10: 7 + 2 saved spaces- Review 2/17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Dark x 19; Authors of Color x 18 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 59 - Total Saved Spaces: 18 (-2 used + 2 new) =18

Spin 11: 7 - Review 2/18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Revenge x 8; >500 pages: 2 + 2 points and 2 spaces added to next spin
Total Points: 63 points - Total Saved Spaces: 18 + 2 for next spin

2/18 Monumental Monday Bonus: +3 points +2 spaces (hearts/love) +5 points + 3 spaces + dragons tag
Total Points: 71 points - Total Saved Spaces: 23 spaces + 2 for next spin

Spin 12: 7 + 2 (>500 pages) - Review 2/26: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pirates x 72; Authors of Color x 13 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 77 - Total Saved Spaces: 25

Spin 13: 1- Review 2/29: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hollywood x17; Authors of Color x 33 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 83 - Total Saved Spaces: 27

Spin 14: 7- Review 3/3: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Spooky x345; Coming of Age x 36 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 89 - Total Saved Spaces: 29

Spin 15: 8- Review 3/9: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Letters x 58; Coming of Age x 2,376 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 95 - Total Saved Spaces: 31

Spin 16: 1- Review 3/23 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Cities x 10; Coming of Age x 7 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 101 - Total Saved Spaces: 33

Spin 17: 7- Review 3/26: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Life Changing x 13; Coming of Age x 144 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 107 - Total Saved Spaces: 35

Spin 18: 9- Review 3/31: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Literary Fiction x 1113; Coming of Age x 45 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 113 - Total Saved Spaces: 37

Spin 19: 10- Review 4/1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Medical x 22; Coming of Age x 6 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 119 - Total Saved Spaces: 39

Spin 20: 8- completed Level 1 April 1!

Leap Day Special: 1 space x 4

Mammoth March Steeplechase Extra: 8 points and 5 spaces and 1 tag: Rome

Total Points: 127 - Total Saved Spaces: 48 (22 x 2 + 4 x 1) (hide spoiler)]

Diana's Racetrack

1. Small town
2. Nonfiction - How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time - The Catcher in the Rye
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 - The Sisters Brothers
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - Us Against You
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 - The Summer I Turned Pretty
33. Translated
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism - Things Fall Apart
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 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) - The Marriage Portrait
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge - Matilda
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier - Point of Retreat
59. made-me-cry - Pandemonium
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 - The Day the Crayons Quit
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. romance
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla - Life Flight
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 - A Study in Scarlet Women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction - Sharp Objects
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction - Dragonfly in Amber
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada (Library Cin)
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts (Amy)
106.Whodunit
107.Environment - North Woods
108. Medical
109.Geography (Ellen)
110.Historical fiction

Jan 1 spin: 2 - 2 - nonfiction - How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger - 01/11/24 - tagged 538x - review
🔸576 pages - BONUS add 2 to the next spin - used 01/16
🔹500+ pages - 2 points
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 4

Jan 9 spin: 6 - 8 - time - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - 01/17/24 - tagged 22x - review
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 6

Jan 16 spin: 8+2 - 18 - quirky - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt - 01/26/23 - tagged 17x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag 6x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want - used 03/28
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 12

Jan 25 spin: 5 - 23 - Scandinavia - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman - 02/03/24 - tagged 27x - review
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 14

Jan 30 spin: 9 - 32 - slice of life - The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han - 02/10/24 - tagged 14x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag 33x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want - used 03/28
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 20

Feb 06 spin: 5 - 37 - colonialism - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe - 02/14/24 - tagged 222x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag 87x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want - used 04/30
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 26

Feb 13 spin: 8 - 45 - coming of age - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - 02/25/24 - tagged 473x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "author of color" 19x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want - used 04/30
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 32

Feb 20 spin: 9 - 54 - women writers - The Marriage Portrait - 03/04/24 - tagged 11x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "coming-of-age" 33x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want - used 5/7
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 38

Mar 3 spin: 2 - 56 - revenge - Matilda - 03/10/24 - tagged 15x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "coming-of-age" 84x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 44

Mar 9 spin: 2 - 58 - Double Jump fixed barrier - read a book with a tag from the grab bag before moving on - tag "awesome books" - Point of Retreat - 03/16/24 - tagged 6x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "coming-of-age" 16x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want
🔹hurdle - 3 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 51

Mar 14 spin: 1 - 59 - made me cry - Pandemonium - 03/26/24 - tagged 29x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "coming-of-age" 44x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 57

Mar 20 spin: 8 - 67 - Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - read a children's book tagged childhood favorites - The Day the Crayons Quit - 03/28/24 - tagged 13x - review
🔹hurdle - 3 points
67 - Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - replaced #72 (mermaids) with romance
Points so far: 60

Mar 28 spin: 7 + 2 + 2 - 78 - hoopla - Life Flight - 04/10/24 - tagged 8x - review
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 62

Apr 5 spin: 9 - 87 - strong women - A Study in Scarlet Women - 04/24/24 - tagged 16x - review
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 64

Apr 19 spin: 3 - 90 - addiction - Sharp Objects - 04/30/24 - tagged 27x - review
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
Points so far: 66

Apr 30 spin: 4 + 2 + 2 - 98 - literary fiction - Dragonfly in Amber - 05/12/24 - tagged 10x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "crime" 44x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 72


May 7 spin: 7 + 2 - 107 - environment - North Woods - 05/31/24 - tagged 19x - review
🔸fits the monthly tag "crime" 8x - BONUS move 2 spaces when you want
🔹fits the tag - 2 points
🔹fits the monthly tag - 4 points
Points so far: 78

May 29 spin: 8 - rolled off the level 1 track

✅🎗️1. Small town - Jan 4 review - The River We Remember.
2. nonfiction -
3. Renaissance (Theresa) -
4. Asia -
5. Plot twist -
✅6. Quest - Jan 5 -The Tombs of Atuan.
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 - Jan 7 - The Trees
15. Short Stories -
16. Asian Literature (Patty) -
17. Highly Recommend (KT) -
18. Quirky -
19. Drama -
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
✅🎗️21. Debut -> Jan 9. Soulless
22. Feminism -
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) -
24. Norway -
25. Fav -
26. Criminal -
✅🎗️27. Ireland Jan 9 -The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.
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 - Jan 12. Changeless
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) - Jan 14 -If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O.
45. Coming of age - (outsiders)
46. Multiple POV (Diana) -
47. secrets
48. western -
49. dark -
50. Crime -
51. nature -
52. retellings -
53. Detective -
✅🎗️54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) . Jan 14 -Shrines of Gaiety.
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) Jan 20 - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.
64. Essays
65. Pirates -
66. Hollywood -
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads -
69. Farm -
✅70. linguistics - Jan 22 - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
71. hilarious -
72. Mermaids -
73. spooky -
74. mafia -
75. Food (Joanne) -
76. Puddle Jumper
✅🎗️77. Time TravelJan 23 - A Rip through Time.
78. Hoopla
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned -
81. letters -
82. Cities (Robin P) -
83. medieval -
Spin 5 + 2 space reward
✅84. Trophy Fixed Barrier best of 2023 - Berry Pickers. . Jan 25
85. New Orleans -
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) -
87. Strong women -
88. Sea (Lyn) -
89. Life changing -
90. addiction -
91. marriage -
✅🎗️ 92. Fun - A Perilous Undertaking . Jan 26
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fun
93. Disasters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
94. sf-masterworks - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
97. Sisters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
98. Literary fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
99. Dystopia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅100.Novella (can be less than 150 pp.) - Chess Story- Jan 27
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
101. Caribbean (Cora) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
102.Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
104. Egypt - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
105. Ghosts (Amy) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
106. Whodunit - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🐢107. Environment - Birnam Wood- Jan 27
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
108. medical - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
109. Geography (Ellen) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
110. Historical fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

TRACKING LOG:
✅ = Completed
🎗️= Fits monthly tag
🐢 = Currently reading or up next.

January 1 spin = 1 - #1. Small Town ✅🎗️6 points, 2 spaces🔹
January 2 spin = 5 - #6. Quest ✅. 2 points
January 4 spin = 8 - #14. Race ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 6 spin = 7 - #21. Debut ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 7 spin = 6 - #27. Ireland - ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 9 spin = 8 - #35. Urban fantasy ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 10 spin = 9 - #44. Southern. ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 13 spin =10 - #54. Women writers ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 14 spin = 9 - #63. Black Lives Matter ✅ 2 points
January 15 spin = 7 - #70 Linguistics ✅ 2 points
January 21 spin = 7 - #77 Time Travel ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 23 spin = 5. 🔹+2 (reward) - #84 Trophy Fixed Barrior (best of 2023 list) ✅ 🎗️7 points, 2 spaces
January 24 spin = 8. #92 Fun ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 25 spin =8 #100 Novella ✅ 2 points
January 26 spin = 7 #107 Environment✅ 2 points
January 27 spin = 5. Finished Round 1

Total points = 71
2 space rewards earned = 10, 1 used, 9 carried over to level 2


Reviews:
✅1/4/24 - #1 Small Town. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger. 11 Small Town tags (2points), 12 Historical Mystery Tags (+ 4 points). 6 pts. 🎗️ Future reward = 2 spaces🔹used 1/23/24. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/5/24 - #6 “Quest.” The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin. 8 quest tags. 2 points. (Does not fit monthly tag.)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/7/24 - #14 “Race.” The Trees by Percival Everett . 106 race tags, 2 points. 6 Historical-mystery tags, 4 points 🎗️Reward 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/9/24 - # 21. “Debut.” Soulless by Gail Carriger. 10 debut tags, 2 points. 16 historical mystery tags, 4 points, 🎗️reward 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/9/24 - #27. “Ireland.” The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell. 13 “Ireland” tags, 2 points. 7 historical-mystery tags, 4 points, 🎗️reward =2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
13 “Ireland”tags
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/12/24 - #35. “Urban fantasy.” Changeless by Gail Carriger
648 urban fantasy tags. 2 points.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
8 historical mystery tags. 4 points. 🎗️reward 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/14/24 - #44. “Southern fiction.” If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O , by Sharyn McCrumb
7 Southern fiction tags, 2 points. 7 historical mystery tags, 4 points, 🎗️reward = 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/14/24- #54 - “Women-writers.” Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson. 6 women-writers tags, 2 points. 12 historical-mystery tags, 4 points, 🎗️reward = 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/20/24-#63 “Black-lives-matter” - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir byPatrisse Khan-Cullors. 95 Black Lives Matter tags. 2 points . Doesn’t match monthly tag.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅1/22/24 -#70 - "Linguistics" - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig.
20 linguistics tags. 2 points. https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/23/24 -#77 - "Time travel" - A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve....
408 Time travel tags. 2 points. 39 Historical Mystery tags, 4 points. 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 5 plus 🔹2 space reward earned 1/4/24
✅🎗️#84 Trophy Fixed Barrior - A book from (Amazon’s) best of 2023 list. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.
3 Points. ❎ Cross out another tag
6 Historical Mystery tags, 4 points, 🎗️reward 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️1/26/24. #92. “Fun.” A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn.
6 fun tags, 2 points. 189 historical mystery tags, 4 points 🎗️reward 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/27/24- #100 “Novella.” Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. 193 Novella tags, 2 points
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 1/29/24- #107 “environment.” Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, 51 environment tags, 2 points.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Steeplechase Round 1 -Nancyj and Darwin
Tracking and rewards - extra logs


January 1 spin = 1 - #1. Small Town ✅🎗️6 points, 2 spaces🔹
January 2 spin = 5 - #6. Quest ✅. 2 points
January 4 spin = 8 - #14. Race ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 6 spin = 7 - #21. Debut ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 7 spin = 6 - #27. Ireland - ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 9 spin = 8 - #35. Urban fantasy ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 10 spin = 9 - #44. Southern. ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 13 spin =10 - #54. Women writers ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 14 spin = 9 - #63. Black Lives Matter ✅ 2 points
January 15 spin = 7 - #70 Linguistics ✅ 2 points
January 21 spin = 7 - #77 Time Travel ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 23 spin = 5. 🔹+2 (reward) - #84 Trophy Fixed Barrior (best of 2023 list) ✅ 🎗️7 points, 2 spaces
January 24 spin = 8. #92 Fun ✅ 🎗️6 points, 2 spaces
January 25 spin =8 #100 Novella ✅ 2 points
January 26 spin = 7 #107 Environment✅ 2 points
January 27 spin = 5. Finished Round 1

Total points = 71
2 space rewards earned = 10,
Rewards used in level 1= 1) 1/23/24

9 carried over to level 2
Rewards used in level 2 = 1) 1/29/24


Read in Level One
1. Small town. The River We Remember
6. Quest. The Tombs of Atuan
14. Race. The Trees
21. Debut. Soulless
27. Ireland. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
35. Urban fantasy. Changeless
44. Southern Fiction. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
54. Women Writers. Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson.
63. Black-lives-matter. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir byPatrisse Khan-Cullors.
70. Linguistics. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig.
77. Time Travel. A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong.
84. Trophy Fixed Barrior. - Best of 2023 list. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.
92. Fun. A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn.
100 Novella. Chess Story by Stefan Zweig.
107. Environment. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

REMAINING TAGS + New tags with each level
2. nonfiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
3. Renaissance (Theresa) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
4. Asia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
5. Plot twist - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7. Aging -https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
8. Time - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
9. Did not finish - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
10. Technology - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
13. Victorian - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
15. Short Stories - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
16. Asian Literature (Patty) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
17. Highly Recommend (KT) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... recommend
18. Quirky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
19. Drama - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
22. Feminism - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
24. Norway - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
25. Fav - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/fav
26. Criminal - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
28. True Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... crime
29. Animals - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
30. Graphic Novels - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
32. slice of life - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
33. Translated - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
34. Fairytale - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
36. Journey - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
37. colonialism - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
38. Mental Health (Nancy J) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
41. Gothic - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
42. Music - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
43. The Climbing Wall Barrier
45. Coming of age - (outsiders) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
46. Multiple POV (Diana) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
47. secrets - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
48. western - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
49. dark - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
50. Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
51. nature - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
52. retellings - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
53. Detective - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
56. revenge - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
57. Police - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
60. Book to screen - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
61. LatinX (BookConcierge) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
62. International (Olivermagnus) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
64. Essays - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
65. Pirates - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
66. Hollywood - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
69. Farm - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
71. hilarious - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
72. Mermaids - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
73. spooky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
74. mafia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
75. Food (Joanne) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
76. Puddle Jumper
78. Hoopla - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
80. abandoned - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
81. letters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
82. Cities (Robin P) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
83. medieval - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
85. New Orleans - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
88. Sea (Lyn) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/sea
89. Life changing - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
90. addiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
91. marriage - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
93. Disasters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
94. sf-masterworks - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
97. Sisters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
98. Literary fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
99. Dystopia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
101. Caribbean (Cora) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
102.Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
104. Egypt - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
105. Ghosts (Amy) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
106. Whodunit - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
108. medical - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
109. Geography (Ellen) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
110. Historical fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Nancyj - Grabbag (alphabetized) and tracking log if needed
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 - aty
14. black authors
15. Book boyfriends
16. Bookish
17. Books to movies
*18. books-about-books - listopias
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 - January tag
38. Horror Suspense
39. horses
*40. Immigration - migration
41. Indonesia
42. Insects
*43. Intelligence- Aty listopia
44. jazz
45. Language
46. libraries
47. Lit
*48. London 25 cities
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 - 25 cities
61. Ocean
62. Page to Screen
*63. Paris - 25 cities
64. police procedural
65. Regency
66. re-tellings
*67. Revolution
68. royalty
*69. sapphic - Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, This is How You Lose the Time War
*70. Science Fantasy
**71. science fiction -
72. seasons
73. second chances
74. sequel.
75. Shopping list
76. southern-lit - Sarah Addison Allen, Fannie Flagg
**77. Space - Martha wells, John Scalzi, bobiverse
*78. Speculative
79. Strong Female - historical or fantasy
80. Survival
81. suspense
82. theater
83. Travel
84. Walking
85. Wine
86. wishlist
87. World literature
88. Zombie

Linda C's and Giselle's Racetrack

Accumulated Game Points = 82
Rewards Earned & Used:
Spin 1 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 10)
Spin 3 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 14)
Spin 4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 16)
Spin 10 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 16)
Spin 11 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 17)
Spin 12 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 17)
Spin 13 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Mammoth March Extra - 6 points + 3 spaces (used for Spin 14)
Spin 14 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 15 - Hurdle - Puddle Jumper = +2 spaces (used for Spin 15)
Spin 16 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 17 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 18 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Earth Day Challenge - 3 points + 2 spaces
Summer Celebration Challenge - 12 separate spaces + opportunity to move a randomized participant 15 spaces + free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose
7/24/24 - Tessa used the 15 spaces to finish this Level and move me to Spot #12 on Level 2

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist Spin #1
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish Spin #2
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation Spin #3
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama Spin # 4
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) Spin # 5
24. Norway Spin # 6
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 Spin # 7
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) Spin # 8
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly) Spin # 9
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark Spin # 10
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings Spin # 11
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) Spin # 12
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood Spin #13
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky Spin # 14
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper Spin # 15 (move 2 spaces)
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla Spin #15
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 Spin #16
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
<>100. Novella Spin #17
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102. Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin)
104. Egypt
105. Ghosts (Amy)
106. Whodunit
**107. Environment Spin #18
108. Medical
109. Geography (Ellen)
110. Historical fiction

(view spoiler)[Spin 1: 5 = #5 - Plot Twist
The Murder at the Vicarage - tagged plot twist 6x (p6 c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 28x (p2 c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/6/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 2: 4 = #9 - Did not Finish
The Tobacco Wives - tagged Did not finish 16x (p1c2)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/9/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 3: 3 = #12 - Aviation
Her Last Flight - tagged Aviation 23x (p1c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 7x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/14/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 4: 7 = #19 - Drama
Whose Body? - tagged Drama 5x (p4c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 50x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 5: 4 = #23 - Scandinavia (Hilde)
Meet Me at the Museum - Anne Youngson - tagged Scandinavia 9x (p1c3)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/21/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 6: 1 = #24 - Norway
The Orange Girl - Jostein Gaarder - tagged Norway 41x (p1c1)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/23/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 7: 8 = #32 - slice of life
All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot - tagged slice of life 8x (p4c1)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/31/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 8: 8 = #40 - Space Opera (Sue)
Star Nomad - Lindsay Buroker - tagged Space Opera 144x (p1c1)=2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 2/6/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 9: 4 = #44 - Southern Fiction
The Twelfth Child - Bette Lee Crosby
tagged Southern Fiction 5x (p1c1)=2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 2/17/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 10: 3+2 (reward from Spin #1) = # 49 - Dark
Twisted Love - Ana Huang
tagged Dark 376x (p1c2)=2 points, tagged authors of color 11x (p9c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 11: 3 = # 52 - Retellings
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
tagged Retellings 726x (p1c1)=2 points, tagged authors of color 28x (p3c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/24/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 12: 10 = #62 - International (Olivermagnus)
The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali
tagged International 25x (p2c1)=2 points, tagged authors of color 29x (p1c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/27/24
Review: https://www.goodreads .com/topic/show/22752635-steeplechase-bwf-extra-the-stationery-shop---marjan-kamali---4-stars

Spin 13: 4 = #66 - Hollywood
The Chaperone - Laura Moriarty
tagged Hollywood 15x (p1c3)=2 points, tagged coming of age 10x (p2c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 3/20/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 14: 2 + 3 (from Mammoth March) + 2 (reward from Spin #3) = # 73 - Spooky
The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo
tagged Spooky 18x (p2c2)=2 points, tagged coming of age 13x (p2c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 3/26/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 15: 3 (hurdle Puddle Jumper - move 2 spaces) + 2 = # 78 - Hoopla
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
tagged Hoopla 28x (p1c3) =2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 3/31/24
Review: https://www.goodreads .com/topic/show/22781181-bwf-extra-moon-of-the-crusted-snow-moon-1---waubgeshig-rice---5-stars

Spin 16: 10 + 4 from Spin 4 & Spin 10 monthly tag rewards = #92 - Fun
Ruby Fever - Ilona Andrews
tagged Fun 6x (p2c2)=2 points, tagged Fantasy-romance 59x (p1c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 4/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 17: 4 + 4 (rewards from Spin 11 & 12) = #100 - Novella
Whisper of Sin - Nalini Singh
tagged Novella 78x (p1c1)=2 points, tagged Fantasy-romance 8x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 4/23/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 18: 7 = #107 - Environment
The Music of Bees - Eileen Garvin
tagged Environment 15x (p1c2) =2 points, tagged Debut 5x (p2c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 7/24/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

Continue to Level 2

Tessa & Elsa's Steeplechase Course

Accumulated Game Points: 39 points to date
Tag # 4 = 2 + 4 (length 724 pg) = 6
Hurdle # 11 = 3
Tag # 16 = 2 + 4 = 6 (tag matched)
Monumental Monday - Hearts or Love - 4 points
Tag # 26 = 2 USED 4 extra spaces to move to next spot
Tag # 39 = 2 EARNED 2 spaces to use in future
Tag # 40 = 2 USED 2 extra space to move to next spot
Tag # 45 = 2 + 4 = 6 (tag matched) - EARNED 2 spaces to use in future
Tag # 55 = 2 USED 2 extra spaces to move to next spot
Tag # 63 = 2 + 4 = 6 (tag matched) - EARNED 2 spaces to use in future
Tag # 75 = 2 + 4 = 6 (tag matched) - USED 2 spaces earned from space # 63 -and- EARNED 2 spaces to use in future
Tag # 86 = 2 + 6 USED 2 spaces earned from space 75
Tag # 94 = 2
Tag # 100 = 2 + 4 = 6 (tag matched) - EARNED 2 spaces to use in future
Tag # 108 = 7 + 2 = 9 OFF the Board and FINISHED the race



1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia first spin, Jan 1 ✔ – 18Jan24 My PBT review
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary Moved ahead 5 spaces to # 16
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty) ✔ – 05 Feb 24 - My PBT review
11 people tagged AUTHORS of COLOR
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 ✔ – 29 Feb 24 - My PBT review
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 ✔ – 12 Mar 24 - My PBT review 15 tags for "criminal"
40. Space Opera (Sue) ✔ – 27 Apr 24 - My PBT review 283 tags for "space opera"
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
45. Coming of age✔ – 24May24 My PBT review 374 tags for CRIME
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) ✔ – 05Jul24 My PBT review 124 tags
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) ✔ – 12Jul24 My PBT review 47 tags for DEBUT
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) ✔ – 17Aug24 My PBT review 23 tags for 5-STARS
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) ✔ – 12Sep24 My PBT review
9 tags for outdoors
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks ✔ – 28Sep24 My PBT review 86 tags for sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella - ✔ – 30Oct24 My PBT review 120 tags for NOVELLA
Monthly tag match: 34 tags for TRAVEL
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102. Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin)
104. Egypt
105. Ghosts (Amy)
106. Whodunit
107. Environment
108. Medical ✔ – 23Nov24
My PBT review
691 tags for Medical
109. Geography (Ellen)
110. Historical fiction
111. Love - Monumental Monday - Hearts & Love


AND I Rolled Off the Board. Headed off to Party with the Cabana Boys!

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Pam and Ruby
Links: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Grab bags used: 1
Points total: 12
Tags completed (2 pts each): 4 (x2) = 8 pts
Books matching tag of the month (4 pts each): 1 (x4) = 4

1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging (Jan. 1 spin) review
8. Time
9. Did not finish (Jan. 2 spin) review
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Jan. 4 spin) review to come (matches February tag)
17. Highly Recommend
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. GRAB BAG 1: Classics (Feb. 16 spin +2 from previous book) review
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
**33. Translated (Feb. 18 spin)
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism
38. Mental Health
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers
55. artificial intelligence
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX
62. International
63. black-lives-matter
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
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla
79. STEM (science technology engineering math)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors
87. Strong women
88. Sea
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
102.Donnybrook water feature
103.Canada
104.Egypt
105.Ghosts
106.Whodunit
107.Environment
108. Medical
109.Geography
110.Historical fiction

Tracking log (just in case!)

Game points:
2 points per tag.
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBTag of the month
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages.
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages.
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages.

Cindy's/Io's Racetrack

1. Small town
2. nonfiction (Jan 1 spin) Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come / Jessica Pan (tagged 401 times). 4 stars (Finished Jan 9)
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology (Jan 6 spin. +8) The Word Exchange / Alena Graedon (tagged 13 times). 2.75 stars (Finished Feb. 1)
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race (Jan 27 spin. 4) Such a Fun Age / Kiley Reid (tagged 631 times + matches month tag “Authors of color”). 3.5 stars (Finished Feb. 4)
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama (Feb 4 spin. 5) The Lake of Dreams / Kim Edwards (tagged 13 times). 3.25 stars (Finished Feb 10).
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal (Feb 10 spin. 7. Use +2 from #14 tagged w/ monthly tag to push to #28.)
27. Ireland
28. True Crime (Feb 10 spin. 7. Use +2 from #14.) The Cold Vanish / Jon Billman (tagged 250 times). 3.5 stars (Finished Feb 17)
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated
34. Fairytale (Feb 16 spin. 6) Son of the Shadows / Juliet Marillier. (tagged 14 times + matches monthly “coming of age” (7 times). 3.75 stars (Finished Mar 8).
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue) (Mar 6 spin. 6. Use +1 from Leap Day Review)
41. 41. Gothic. (Mar 6 spin. 6. Used +1 from Leap Day Review) The Miniaturist / Jessie Burton (tagged 45x + matches monthly tag “coming of age” (19x)). 3.5 stars (Finished Mar 18).)
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly) (Mar 20 spin. 3. Use +1)
45. Coming of age (Mar 20 spin. 3. Used +1). Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet / Jamie Ford.(tagged 116x + matches monthly tag “coming of age” (116x) 4.5 stars (Finished Mar 30).
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) (Apr 1 spin. 10. Use +2)
56. revenge
57. Police (Apr 1 spin. 10. Used +2). Roses are Red / James Patterson. (tagged 27x) 4 stars (Finished Apr 21)
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. 66. Hollywood (Apr 21 spin. 9). Prairie Tale / Melissa Anderson. (tagged 7x) 4 stars (Finished May 31)
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids (May 31 spin. 6. Use +1)
73. spooky (May 31 spin. 6. Used +1). An Inquiry Into Love and Death / Simone St. James. (tagged 17x). 2.5 stars (Finished June 25).
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 (June 8 hurdle – moved by Amy. +14). Women Talking / Miriam Toews. (tagged 5x). 3.5 stars (Finished July 6)
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing (July 6 spin. 2). White Fragility / Robin DiAngelo. (tagged 6x + matches “5-stars” monthly tag 56x). 3.5 stars (Finished Aug 4)
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun
93. Disasters (Aug 4 spin. 4). Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast / John Valliant. (tagged 7x). 4.5 stars (Finished Sept 18).
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy (Sept 15 spin. 3). Arsenic and Adobo / Mia P. Manansala. (tagged 13x). 3.5 stars (Finished Oct 27).
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
100. Novella
101. Caribbean (Cora) (Oct 18 spin. 5. Use +2)
102. Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin) (Oct 30 spin. 7). 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act / Bob Joseph. (tagged 78x). 3.5 stars (Finished Nov 23).
104. Egypt
105. Ghosts (Amy)
106. Whodunit
107. Environment
108. Medical
109. Geography (Ellen)
110. Historical fiction
Nov 24 spin. 8 – rolled off board and DONE!

Points:
Points earned = 2+2+6+2+2+6+6+6+2+2+2+2+2+3+6+2+2=55
2. nonfiction (2); 10. Technology (2); 14. Race (2+4 (month tag) = 6); 19. Drama (2); 28. True Crime (2); 34. Fairytale (2+4 (month tag) = 6); 41. Gothic (2+4 (month tag) = 6); 45. Coming of age (2 + 4 (month tag) = 6); 57. Police (2); +2 for Earth Day bonus “planet”; 66. Hollywood (2); 73. Spooky (2); 87. Strong Women (2); +3 for Olympic Challenge (and tagged Australia); 89. Life Changing (6); 93. Disasters (2); Comedy (2); Canada (2)


Extra Spaces:
+2 from matching month tag has to be used together.
#14 fits month tag = +2
#36 Fits month tag = +2 spaces
#45 fits month tag = +2 spaces
+4 from Leap day can be split.
+2 for Earth Day challenge (to be used together?)
+3 for Olympic Challenge (can split)

USED: 2 to move from 26 to 28
USED: 1 to move from #40 to #41 = +3 left
USED: 1 to move from 44 to 45 = +4 left (2 can be split up, other 2 to be used together.)
USED: 2 to move from 55 to 57 = +6 left (2 can be split up, other 2, 2(?) to be used together.)
USED: 1 to move from 72 to 73 = +1, +2, +2, +3 left (can split)

Sabrina and Asajj's Racetrack

**Meow**

46 points total
Total Bonus Spaces Earned: 10
used 2 on 3/2/2024
Remaining Bonus Spaces =8

2 points per tag
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBTag of the month + 2 spaces
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages + 2 spaces
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages + 3 spaces
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages + 4 spaces



1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time (January 12 spin)
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare boxwood 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 Review
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels Review
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life
33. Translated
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism Link to my review
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 Review link
48. western
49. dark
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) Link to my review.
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen Link to my review.
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus)
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle My review of Goodnight Moon.
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel See my review here
78. Hoopla
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities (Robin P)
83. medieval ***using a bonus to replace with the tag booktok Review of It Ends with Us
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

Spin 1: January 12 = 8: Time
This is How You Lose the Time War
Review tagged time by 36 people
3.5 round to 4 stars
2 points

Spin 2: February 1 = 9: Highly Recommend
Crying in H Mart
Review tagged highly recommend by 17 people
Also tagged authors of color 95 times
4 stars
2 points for Steeplechase tag
4 points for Feb monthly tag of authors of color
+2 spaces for monthly tag

Spin 3: February 20 = 3: The Old Mill Stream Water Feature My first hurdle! I am choosing the guilty pleasures tag from the grabbag
Dark Lover
tagged guilty pleasures 91 times
Review
3 points for hurdle

Spin 4: February 25 = 5 which puts me at the tag: : Fav
**Started book on March 1, 2024**
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Link to my Review
tagged Fav by 234 people
Also tagged coming of age by 2,371 people.]
2 points for Steeplechase tag
4 points for March monthly tag of coming of age
+2 spaces for March monthly tag

Spin #5: March 2 = 3, which puts me at the tag True Crime
I am using 2 of my spaces to move myself to Graphic Novels
They Called Us Enemy
Link to my Review
Tagged Graphic Novels by 2589people
Also tagged coming of age by 29 people
2 points for Steeplechase tag
4 points for March monthly tag of coming of age
+2 spaces for monthly tag


Spin #6: March 7 =7, which puts me at the tag colonialism
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Tagged colonialism by 8 times **Honestly, I am surprised it's not more.**
Link to my review
2 points for Steeplechase tag



Spin #7: March 27 =10, which puts me at the tag secrets
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
tagged secrets by 20 people
Link to my Review
2 points for Steeplechase tag

Spin #8: June 5 = 7, which puts me at the tag women writers
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Tagged women writers by 15 people
Link to my review.
2 points for Steeplechase tag

Spin #9: June 16 = 6, which puts me at the tag book to screen
The Martian by Andy Weir
Link to my rreview
**Went on vacation and didn't start on this book because I took more beachy reads with me. Started book on July 3rd.**
Tagged book-to-screen by 37 people
Tagged July Monthly Tag Debut by 43 people
2 points for Steeplechase tag
4 points for July monthly tag of Debut
+2 spaces for monthly tag

Spin #10 on July 8< = 7 which puts me at the Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
I chose by Margaret Wise Brown and my review is here.
Tagged childhood favorites by 303 people
3 points for hurdle
Bonus for this hurdle = replace any future tag with a tag of my choosing

Spin #11 on July 15 = 10, which puts me at Time Travel
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Tagged Time Travel by 654 people
2 points for Steeplechase tag


Spin #12 on July 29 = 6, which puts me at medieval.
I am going to use my bonus from the Fixed Barrier Swingset hurdle and replace medieval with booktok
It Ends with Us
Tagged booktok by 873 people
Also tagged with August monthy tag of 5 stars by 1504 people
2 points for Steeplechase tag
4 points for August monthly tag of 5 stars
+2 spaces for monthly tag

Spin #13 on August 4 = 7, which puts me at addiction.

46 points

Doughgirl & Clarence's Amazing (but in no way fast) Steeplechase run:

Racetrack:
1. Small town - Jennifer,
2. nonfiction, -
3. Renaissance (Theresa)-
4. Asia -
5. Plot twist -
6. Quest -
7. Aging -
8. Time - 1st Spin
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
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
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 - Nancy J,
71. hilarious - Tien,
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

Rachel’s Rebel Rouser Racetrack
Points total: 70
Bonus spaces: 4
Grab bag 0/6

(view spoiler)[2 points per tag
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBTag of the month + 2 spaces
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages + 2 spaces
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages + 3 spaces
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages + 4 spaces (hide spoiler)]

1. Small town
✅2. Nonfiction: The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum by Sarah Wise 11 Feb 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 1st roll: 2. Points: 2
3. Renaissance
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
✅11. Tortoise & Hare box wood hedge & topiary: 2nd roll: 9->Move forward 5. Points 3->Total 5
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
✅16. Asian Literature: Babel by R.F. Kuang 18 Feb 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review Points: 2 for tag, 4 for PBT tag of month, 2 for >500pgs->Total: 13 Bonus Spaces: 4
17. Highly Recommend
18. Quirky
19. Drama
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia
✅24. Norway: The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting* (Norway) 22 Feb 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 3rd roll: 8, Points: 2->Total 15. Bonus spaces total: 4
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: Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson* (Finland) 7 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 4th roll: 9. Points: 2->Total 17. Bonus spaces total: 4
34. Fairytale
35. Urban fantasy
✅36. Journey: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia* (Mexico) 28 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐ my review 5th roll: 1 + using 2 bonus spaces. Points: 2 + 4 for matching PBT Tag Coming of Age->Total 23 points. Bonus spaces: 2->total 4.
37. Colonialism
38. Mental Health
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction
45. Coming of age
✅46. Multiple POV: Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (Pakistan)* 29 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 6th roll: 7 + using 3 bonus spaces. Points: 2 for tag + 4 for PBT tag->29 total. Bonus spaces:2->3 total
47. Secrets
48. Western
49. Dark
✅50. Crime: Daintree by Annie Seaton (AA) 31 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 7th roll: 3 + using 1 bonus space. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag->Total 35. Bonus spaces: 2->4 total
51. Nature
52. Retellings
53. Detective
54. Women Writers
55. Artificial intelligence
56. Revenge
57. Police
✅58. Double Jump fixed barrier: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown* (Ghana) 31 Mar 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 8th roll: 6 + using 2 bonus spaces. Read a grab bag tag. Fantasy. Points: 2 + PBT tag 4->Total 41. Bonus spaces: 2->Total 4
59. Made-me-cry
60. Book to screen:
61. LatinX
✅62. International: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan* (Singapore) 1 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 9th roll: 2 + used 2 spaces. Points: 2 + 2 for>500pgs->Total 45. Bonus spaces: 2->Total: 4
63. Black-lives-matter
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
✅68. Beach Reads: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 2 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 10th roll: 5 + used 1 bonus space. Points: 2->Total 47. Bonus spaces 4 for 31/3 review->Total 7.
69. Farm
70. Linguistics
71. Hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. Spooky
74. Mafia
75. Food
76. Puddle Jumper
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla
79. STEM
✅80. Abandoned: The Night Ship by Jess Kidd 4 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 11th roll: 5 + used 7 spaces. Points: 2->Total 49. Bonus Spaces: 0
81. Letters: So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ (Senegal)
82. Cities: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain)
83. Medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors
87. Strong women
88. Sea
89. Life changing
✅90. Addiction: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 7 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 12th roll: 10. Points: 2 + 4 bonus for PBT tag (fantasy romance)->Total 55. Bonus Spaces: 2 total
91. Marriage
92. Fun: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
93. Disasters
✅94. sf-masterworks: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 11 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review. 13th roll: 2 + 2 bonus spaces. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag (fantasy romance) + 3 for >600pgs->Total: 64. Bonus spaces: 2 from PBT tag + 3 from 600pgs->Total: 5
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
97. Sisters: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (Scotland) or Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Netherlands) or The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal (India) or Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (India)
98. Literary fiction: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Japan)
99. Dystopia: Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden or Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
100. Novella
101. Caribbean
102. Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada
104. Egypt
✅105. Ghosts: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo* (Malaysia) 14 Apr 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 14th roll: 8 + 3 bonus spaces used. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag (fantasy romance)->Total: 70. Bonus spaces: 2 from PBT tag->Total: 4
106. Whodunit
107. Environment: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy or Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes
108. Medical
109. Geography
110. Historical fiction
15th roll: 8->off the board and finished!!