Play Book Tag discussion

Sedona Red Rock Steeplechase - Level 3

Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-7
Participants will add the tag Steampunk and choose 2 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add Rose Hedge Hurdle to your board

Amy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ellen - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Jen K --https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joy D -https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C -https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nancy J -https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Olivermagnus - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rachel --https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Robin P --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/...

Grand Marathon Steeplechase
Spinner will have numbers 1-7

Added in Round 3:
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🔺Rose Hedge Hurdle
🔺Steampunk
🔺Noir
🔺Espionage
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1. Small Town
2. Renaissance
3. Asia
4. Plot Twist
5. Quest
6. Aging
🎠 7. Arranged Marriage 🔹
🎠 8. Technology
9. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary
10. Aviation
11. Victorian
12. Race
🎠 13. Short Stories
14. Highly Recommend
15. Steampunk 🔺
16. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
🎠 17. Debut
18. Feminism
🎠 19. Fav
20. Criminal
🎠 21. Ireland
22. Rose Hedge Hurdle 🔺
23. Animals
🎠 24. Espionage 🔺
🎠 25. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
26. Slice of Life
27. Translated
28. School Books 🔹
🎠 29. Urban Fantasy
30. Journey
31. Noir 🔺
32. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
🎠 33. Space Opera
34. Gothic
🎠 35. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle 🔹
36. Southern Fiction
37. Coming of Age
38. Multiple POV
39. Secrets
40. Dark
41. Crime
🎠 42. Retellings
🎠 43. Detective
44. Artificial Intelligence
🎠 45. Revenge
46. Police
47. Double Jump Fixed Barrier
48. Made-Me-Cry
49. International
🎠 50. Black-Lives-Matter
51. Essays
52. Pirates
53. Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle
🎠 54. Farm
55. Linguistics
56. Mermaids
🎠 57. Puddle Jumper
58. Time Travel
59. Hoopla
60. Abandoned
61. Cities
62. Trophy Fixed Barrier
63. New Orleans - Tag Complete Magic Monday
64. Strong Women
65. Sea
66. Addiction
🎠 67. Fun
68. Disasters
69. SF-Masterworks
70. Hardenbergia Trellis
71. Comedy
🎠 72. Sisters
73. Novella
🎠 74. Caribbean
75. Canada
🎠 76. Egypt
77. Ghosts
79. Environment
80. Geography
81. Historical Fiction



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🎠 Roll 1 = 7 - Arranged Marriage - 151 tags
The Bride Test - Helen Hoang - 3 Stars - 2/11/24
Review
Authors of Color - 58 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 2 = 1 - Technology - 19 tags
Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari - 3.5 Stars - 2/12/24
Review
Authors of Color - 40 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 3 = 5 - Short Stories - 925 tags
The Refugees - Viet Thanh Nguyen - 4 Stars - 2/13/24
Review
Authors of Color - 25 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 4 = 4 - Debut - 42
There There - Tommy Orange - 4 Stars - 2/14/24
Review
Authors of Color - 84 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 5 = 2 - Fav - 10 tags
The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang - 4 Stars - 2/15/24
Review
Authors of Title - 40 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 6 = Ireland - 62 tags
Three Bags Full - Leonie Swann - 4 Stars - 2/16/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

Monumental Monday - New Orleans -
The Seamstress of New Orleans - Diane C. McPhail - 4 Stars - 2/16/24

🎠 Roll 7 = 3 - Espionage - 11 tags
Savage Son - Jack Carr - 5 Stars - 2/17/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 8 = 1 - Short - 44 tags
The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yōko Ogawa - 5 Stars - 2/18/24
Review
Authors of Color - 15 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 9 = 4 - Urban Fantasy - 21 tags
An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - 4.5 Stars - 2/19/24
Review
Authors of Color - 70 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 10 = 4 - Space Opera - 27 tags
Hexarchate Stories - Yoon Ha Lee - 4 Stars - 2/20/24
Review
Authors of Color - 6 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 11 = 2 - Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
Haiku
Music set in space
No one hears you sing out there
Inevitably
Hurdle Points = 3 points

🎠 Roll 12 = 7 - Retellings - 547
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh - 4 Stars - 2/22/23
Review
Authors of Color - 26 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 13 = 1 - Detective - 6
Hollywood Homicide - Kellye Garrett - 3 Stars - 2/23/24
Review
Authors of Color - 6 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 14 = 2 - Revenge - 22 tags
King of Wrath - Ana Huang - 3 Stars - 2/24/24
Review
Authors of Color - 7 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 15 = 5 - Black Lives Matter - 84 tags
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou - 4 Stars - 2/25/24
Review
Authors of Color - 103 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 16 = Farm - 23
Animal Farm - George Orwell - 5 Stars - 2/25/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 17 = 3 - Puddle Jumper
Move forward 2 spaces
Hurdle - 3 points

🎠 Roll 18 = 7+2=9 - Fun - 14 tags
Starter Villain - John Scalzi - 4 Stars - 2/28/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 19 = 5 - Sisters - 46 tags
One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia - 4 Stars - 2/28/24
Review
Authors of Color - 20 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 20 = 2 - Caribbean - 20 tags
Of Women and Salt - Gabriela Garcia - 3 Stars - 3/1/24
Review
Coming of Age - 6 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 21 = 2 - Egypt - 180 tags
Cleopatra's Daughter - Michelle Moran - 4 Stars - 3/2/24
Review
Coming of Age - 23 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 22 - 6 - Off the Board


Bonus
Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
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 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Monumental Monday - Heart Principle - 6 points & 5 spaces
Monumental Monday - Seamstress of New Orleans - 2 points & 2 spaces
Completed Tags - Love, San Francisco, New Orleans
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - Zen Garden Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - Puddle Jumper Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Leap Day Benefit - 2/29/24 - 4 x 1 space = 4 spaces
Roll 20 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 21 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose

Total Points = 116 points
Total Extra Spaces = 32

Grand Marathon Steeplechase - Joy D & Hippocrates the Hippo

1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist - 2/16 - Spin 1: 5 (used +2 move to move to 7)
6. Quest
🐉7. School Books 🔹 - 2/16
🐉8. Technology - Spin 2: 1 - 2/17
9. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
10. Aviation
11. Victorian
12. Race
13. Steampunk🔸
🐉14. Asian Literature (Patty) - Spin 3: 6 - 2/18
15. Highly Recommend (KT)
16. Quirky
17. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
18. Feminism
🐉19. Norway - Spin 4: 5 - 2/19
20. Fav
21. Criminal
🐉22. Ireland - Spin 5: 3 - 2/20
23. Favorites🔸
24. True Crime - Spin 6: 2 - 2/21 - used +2 move earned on 1/14 to go to 26
25. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle 🔹
🐉26. Travel (replaced Graphic Novels) - 2/21 - landed here after +2 move
27. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
28. Fairytale - Spin 7: 2 - 2/22 - used +1 from Donnybrook hurdle to move to next tag
🐉29. urban fantasy - 2/22
30. colonialism
🐉31. Mental Health (Nancy J) - Spin 8: 2 - 2/23
32. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
33. Gothic
34. Music
35. The Climbing Wall barrier
🐉36. Coming of age - Spin 9: 5 - 2/24
37. secrets
38. western - Spin 10: 2 - 2/25 - used +2 move earned 1/23
39. dark
🐉40. Culture 🔹 - 2/25 - landed here after +2
41. retellings
42. Detective
43. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
44. revenge - Spin 11: 4 - 2/26 - used a +2 move earned on 2/1
45. Police
🐉46. made-me-cry - 2/26 - landed here after +2 move
47. World Literature 🔸
48. LatinX (BookConcierge)
49. International (Olivermagnus)
50. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
51. Essays
🐉52. Pirates - Grab Bag: Wishlist - Spin 12: 6 - 2/27 - Swapped pirates for "wishlist" from the grab bag (used 1 of 6 so far)
53. Hollywood
54. Farm
55. linguistics
56. Mermaids
57. spooky
58. Food (Joanne) - Spin 13: 6 - 2/28 - stacked 2 benefits of +2 each, earned on 2/5 and 2/8 to move forward 4 spaces to 62.
59. Hoopla
60. letters
61. Cities (Robin P)
🐉62. medieval - 2/28 - landed here after using 4 space move
63. Trophy Fixed Barrier
64. Outdoors (Linda N)
🐉65. Strong women - moved back 6 from Rose Hurdle - 3/1
🐉66. Life changing - Spin 14: 5 - 2/29
67. addiction
68. Disasters
69. sf-masterworks
🐉70. Comedy - Spin 16: 5 - 3/2
🐉 71. Rose Hedge Hurdle 🔸 - Spin 15: 5 - 3/1 (moved back 6 to complete this hurdle)
72. Sisters
🐉73. Dystopia - Spin 17: 3 - 3/3
74. Novella
75. Caribbean (Cora)
76. Whodunit
🐉77. Medical - Spin 18: 4 - 3/4
🐉78. Historical fiction - Spin 19: 1 - 3/5

Saved Benefits:(view spoiler)[
- 1/6 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/16
- 1/14 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/21
- 1/23 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/25
- 2/1 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/26
- 2/5 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/28
- 2/8 - move two spaces with a spin - used 2/28
- 2/10 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/11 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/13 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/13 - Donnybrook Hurdle Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after - used 2/22
- 2/14 - Monumental Monday earned +2 spaces
- 2/15 - Monumental Monday earned +3 spaces
- 2/16 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/17 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/18 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/19 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/19 - Monumental Monday earned +3 spaces
- 2/23 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/24 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/25 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/26 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 3/1 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/2 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/6 - move two spaces with a spin (hide spoiler)]

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

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

Grab bag tag read in Level 1: Environmental

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

Points for Level 2: 67
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73=138

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

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

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

Replaced Graphic Novels with Travel (Swing Set reward)
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Level 3 Summary: (view spoiler)[
🔶Added Steampunk + Favorites and World Literature from Grab Bag; Added Rose Hedge Hurdle

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

Hurdles completed in level 3: Rose Hedge

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

Points: 85
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Level 3 Spins:
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Spin 1 = 5 - 2/16
Used +2 earned on 1/6 to land on:
7. School Books x19
Nectar in a Sieve - 4 stars - 2/17
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag)
Points this level: 6
Earned +2 move based on matching authors of color x5

Spin 2 = 1 - 2/17
8. Technology x27
Trick Mirror - 4 stars - 2/18
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 12
Earned +2 move based on matching authors of color x39

Spin 3 = 6 - 2/18
14. Asian Literature x23
The Refugees - 4 stars - 2/19
PBT Tag: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 18
Earned +2 for "authors of color" x24
Monumental Monday
Total: 4 points, 3 spaces
Points this level: 22
Earned +2 move based on matching authors of color

Spin 4 = 5 - 2/19
19. Norway x62
Norwegian by Night - 4 stars - 2/20
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 24

Spin 5 = 3 - 2/20
22. Ireland x7
Falling Animals - 4 stars - 2/21
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 26

Spin 6 = 2 - 2/21
24. True crime - used +2 earned on 1/14 to move to:
26. Travel x40
Kings of the Yukon - 4 stars - 2/22
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 28

Spin 7 = 2 - 2/22
28 Fairytale - used Donnybrook from 2/13 to move to next tag:
29. Urban Fantasy x10
The Book of Phoenix - 4 stars - 2/23
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 34
Earned +2 for matching authors of color x11

Spin 8: 2 - 2/23
31. mental health x5
Searching for Sylvie Lee - 3 stars - 2/24
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 40
Earned +2 move based on matching authors of color x12

Spin 9 = 5 - 2/24
36. Coming of Age x5
Someone Knows My Name - 5 stars - 2/25
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 46
Earned +2 for matching authors of color

Spin 10 = 2 - 2/25
Landed on 38 but used a +2 move earned on 1/23 to move to:
40. Culture
Memphis - 3 stars - 2/26
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 52
Earned +2 for matching authors of color x26

Spin 11 = 4 - 2/26
Landed on 44 but used a +2 move earned on 2/1 to move to:
46. made me cry x5
Prince Caspian - 4 stars - 2/27
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 54

Spin 12 = 6 - 2/27
52. Pirates - Used Grabbag to swap pirates for wishlist x13
You Dreamed of Empires - 3.5 stars - 2/28
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 56

Spin 13 = 6 - 2/28
58. food - Use two stacked benefits of +2 earned on 2/5 and 2/8 to move 4 spaces to land on:
62. medieval x51
Morality Play - 5 stars - 2/29
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 58

Spin 14 = 4
66. Life Changing x5
Narcissus and Goldmund - 4 stars - 3/1
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 64
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x19

Spin 15 = 5 - 3/1
71. Rose Hedge Hurdle
Read a book about a person a rose was named after or move back 6 spaces - moved back 6 to:
65. Strong Women x11
A Natural History of Dragons - 4 stars - 3/2
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 3 (hurdle) + 4 (monthly tag) = 9
Points this level: 73
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x10

Spin 16 = 5 - 3/2
70. Comedy x13
Pale Fire - 4 stars - 3/3
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 75

Spin 17 = 3 - 3/3
73. Dystopia x18
Pills and Starships - 4 stars - 3/4
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 77

Spin 18 = 4 - 3/4
77. Medical x37
Destiny of the Republic - 4 stars - 3/5
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 79

Spin 19 = 1 - 3/5
78. Historical Fiction x13
The Girl in the Tree - 3.5 stars - 3/6
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 85
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x8
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Round completed 3/6/24

Level 3 Grand Marathon Steeplechase - Nancyj and Darwin

1. Nonfiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
2. Renaissance (Theresa) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
3. Asia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
4. Plot twist - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️5. Aging - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande 2/23/24
6. Time - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7. Did not finish - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
8. Technology - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
9. {{Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary}}
10. Victorian - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
11. Short Stories - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹added 2 space reward
✅🎗️12.Asian Literature (Patty) A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 2/24.
13. Highly Recommend (KT) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
14. Quirky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
15. Drama - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
16.{{The Old Mill Stream Water Feature}}
17. Scandinavia (Hilde) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
18. Norway - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹added 2 space reward
✅🎗️19. Fav Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
20. Criminal - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
21. True Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... crime
22. Animals - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️23.Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
24. Translated - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
25. Fairytale - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
26. Journey - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
27. Colonialism - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
28. Mental Health (Nancy J) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
29. Gothic - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
30. Music - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
31.{{The Climbing Wall Barrier}}
32. Coming of age - (outsiders) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹🔹Added two 2 space rewards (4 spaces) to my spin of 6.
Roll ✅🎗️33. Secrets - Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
34. Western - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️35. Dark - Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
36. Retellings - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
37. Detective - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅38. Artificial intelligence (Joy D) - You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place
39.🔸Bildungsroman - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️40. Police - The Maid
41. {{Double Jump fixed barrier}}
42. made-me-cry - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️43. Book to screen The Outsiders
✅🎗️44. LatinX (BookConcierge) - The Gods of Tango
45. International (Olivermagnus) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
46. Pirates - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
47. Hollywood - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
48. Beach Reads - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
49. Farm - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️50. hilarious - A Girl Named Zippy
51. {{Meditating in Zen Garden Hurdle}}
52. Mermaids - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
53. spooky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
54. Classics (replaced Mafia) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️🦖55.Food (Joanne) - Esperanza Rising
56. Hoopla - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
57. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
58. letters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
59. Cities (Robin P) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
60.🔸Fantasy -https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
61.🔸{{Rose Hedge Hurdle}}
62. Medieval - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
63. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Added a 2 space reward to my spin of 7.
✅🎗️🦖64. Strong women - I am Malala
65. Sea (Lyn) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/sea
✅🎗️66. Addiction - I’m Glad my Mom is Dead
67. Marriage - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
68. Disasters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
69. SF-masterworks - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
70. {{Hardenbergia Trellis}}
71. Comedy - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️72. Literary fiction Chemistry-
73. Dystopia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️74. Caribbean (Cora) - When Life Gives You Mangos
75. {{Donnybrook water feature}}
76. Canada (Library Cin) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
77. Egypt - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
78. Ghosts (Amy) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
79. Medical - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅80. Geography (Ellen) - The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

81. Historical fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
82. 🔸Steampunk - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Completed March 14


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Level 3 Grand Marathon Steeplechase - Nancyj and Darwin

✅🎗️5. Aging - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Atul Gawande 2/23/24
✅🎗️12.Asian Literature (Patty) A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa 2/24.
✅🎗️19. Fav Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
✅🎗️23.Short (can be less than 150 pp.) - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
✅🎗️33. Secrets - Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
✅🎗️35. Dark - Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
✅38. Artificial intelligence (Joy D) - You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place
✅🎗️40. Police - The Maid
41. {{Double Jump fixed barrier}}
✅🎗️43. Book to screen The Outsiders
✅🎗️44. LatinX (BookConcierge) - The Gods of Tango
✅🎗️50. hilarious - A Girl Named Zippy
✅🎗️🦖55.Food (Joanne) - Esperanza Rising
✴️ Migrant worker Mammoth March bonus
✅🎗️🦖64. Strong women - I am Malala
✴️ DEI or women’s history month Mammoth March bonus
✅🎗️66. Addiction - I’m Glad my Mom is Dead
✅🎗️72. Literary fiction Chemistry-
✅🎗️74. Caribbean (Cora) - When Life Gives You Mangos
✅80. Geography (Ellen) - The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

Round three tracking
Feb 22 - March 14

Rewards carried over from levels 1 and 2= 31 2-space rewards
2 space rewards EARNED in round 3 (roll #) = 1,2,3,4,5,6, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 = 15 2-space rewards
2 space rewards SPENT in round 3 (roll#) = 2, 3, 5, 5, 13 = 5 2-space rewards
Net Round 3 rewards = 10- 2 space rewards, 4 1-space rewards + MM 3 spaces + 6 spaces

✴️Other rewards:
Leap day Four 1 space moves (single or added)
🦖Mammoth March(round 3) = 3sp,+6 sp=, 9 spaces

Rolls
Roll 1 = 5 Feb 22. #5. Aging ✅🎗️ 6 points, 2 spaces earned
Roll 2 = 5 Feb 23.🔹+ 2 space reward spent. #12. Asian literature ✅🎗️ , 6 pt, 2 sp
Roll 3 = 5 Feb 24.🔹+2 space reward spent. #19. Fav ✅🎗️, 6 pt, 2 sp
Roll 4 = 4 Feb 25. #23 Short ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Roll 5 = 6 Feb 26. 🔹🔹+two 2 space rewards spent.(4 spaces) #33. Secrets ✅🎗️ 6 pt, 2 s
Roll 6 = 2. Feb 27. #35. Dark. ✅🎗️ 6 pt, 2 s
Roll 7 = 3. Feb 28. 38. Artificial intelligence. ✅ 2 points
Roll 8 =2. Feb 29. 40. Police. ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Roll 9 = 3. March 2. 43. Book to screen ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Roll 10 = 1. March 3. 44. Latinx ✅🎗️6 pts, 2 s
Roll 11=6. March 5. 50. Hilarious. ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
🦖Roll 12= 5. March 6. 55. Food ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s 🦖MM 6 points, 3 spaces
🦖Roll 13 =7. 🔹+2 space reward spent. 64. Strong women ✅🎗️6pt, 2 s 🦖MM 9 points, 6 spaces
Roll 14 =2. 66.Addiction ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Roll 15 = 6. 72. Literary fiction ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Roll 16 = 2. 74. Caribbean ✅🎗️ 6 pt, 2 s
Roll. 17 Geography. ✅. 2 points

Total points= 15*6 + 2*2 + MM 6 + 9 = 90+4+15= 109 points
#spaces= 15*2 + 4 + 3+6


Roll 1. ✅ 🎗️2/23/24- 5. Aging. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande, 4.5 starst
166 Aging Tags, 2 points, 🎗️23 authors of color tags, 4 pts, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹Added a 2 space reward from my bank.
Roll 2. ✅🎗️ 2/24/24- 12. Asian literature. A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea, by Masaji Ishikawa.
17 Asian literature tags, 2 points, 🎗️11 Authors of color tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹Added a 2 space reward
Roll 3. ✅🎗️ 2/25/24 - 19. Fav. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
36 Fav tags, 2 points, 🎗️19 Authors of Color Tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 4. ✅🎗️2/26/24 - 23. Short. Binti by Nnedi Okorofor, 4 stars, 80 short tags, 2 points, 103 author of color tags, 🎗️4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹🔹Added two 2 space rewards to reach #33.
Roll 5. ✅🎗️2/27/24 - 33. Secrets. Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀.
7 Secrets tags, 2 points, 30 Authors of color, 🎗️4 points, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 6. ✅🎗️2/28/24 35. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi.
7 Dark Tags, 2 points, 30 Authors of Color tags, 🎗️4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 7. ✅ 2/29/24- 38. Artificial Intelligence. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane.
38 artificial intelligence tags, 2 points , no aoc tags.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Leap Day Special - 🎗️🔷Earned Four 1 space rewards

Roll 8.✅ 🎗️3/2/24- 40. Police. The Maid by Nita Prose.
7 police tags, 2 points, 13 coming of age tags,🎗️ 4 pts, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 9. ✅🎗️ 3/3/24- 43. Book to screen. The Outsiders by SE Hinton, 5 stars. 32 book-to-screen tags, 2 points. 1111 coming of age tags,🎗️ 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 10. ✅ 🎗️3/5/24- 44. Latinx. The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis
14 Latinx tags, 2 points, 🎗️6 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 11. ✅🎗️3/6/24 - 50. Hilarious. A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel, 4 stars, 6 hilarious tags, 2 points , 🎗️24 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 12. ✅🎗️🦖 3/7/24 - 55. Food. Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan. 5 food tags, 2 points, 🎗️136 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✴️🦖Mammoth March: grapes + migrant workers, matches tag, within spin, 6 points+ 3 spaces. ✴️Add migrant worker tag.

🔹Added a 2 space reward to my 7 spin.
Roll 13. ✅🎗️🦖3/9/24- 64. Strong Women. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
44 strong women tags, 2 points, 57 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🚩 Add Mammoth March points. ✴️9 points, 6 spaces, add tags
[other tags - diversity-60, women's history-17, women's rights-10, ✴️DEI - 8 tags, womens history month - 5 tags
text notes - women don't have the right to vote, elections, connection between education and voting rights

Roll 14. ✅🎗️3/10/24- Addiction. [book:I'm Glad My Mom Died|59364173] byJennette McCurdy
99 addiction tags, 179 coming of age tags.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 15. ✅🎗️3/11/24- Literary fiction. Chemistry by Weike Wang. 105 Literary fiction tags, 2 points, 🎗️ 23 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 16. ✅🎗️3/11/24 - Caribbean - When Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten.
27 Caribbean tags,2 pts, 🎗️10 coming of age tags, 4 pts, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Roll 17. ✅ 3/14/24. - Geography - The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask
32 geography tags, 2 points
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Tags read in level 1 = 15 incl hurdles
Tags read in level 2. =20 (16+ 3 hurdles+ dragon, San Fran, New Orleans, romance)
Tags read level 3 = 17+ bonus (migrant worker, womens history month or DEI

☄️Grand Marathon Steeplechase - Tien and Solgaleo:☄️

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia 7x The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid -Completed 02/26
5. Plot twist
6. steampunk**
7. adventure*
8. Time 5x A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's #2) by Jodi Taylor -Completed 03/03
9. Did not finish
10. aliens**
11.  Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. regency**
13. school books*
14. Race
15. Asian Literature (Patty)
16. Quirky
17. Drama
18. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle*
19. Debut
20. Feminism
21. Scandinavia (Hilde)
22. Fav 8x Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer -Completed 03/07
23. Criminal
24. True Crime
25. Animals
26. Short (can be less than 150 pp)
27. slice of life
28. Translated
29. Fairytale 5x Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1 by Ralph Tedesco & Joe Tyler -Completed 03/10
30. urban fantasy
31. Journey
32.  Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
33. Space Opera (Sue)
34.  The Climbing Wall barrier
35. Southern Fiction (Holly)
36. Coming of age 32x The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman -Completed 03/13
37. Multiple POV (Diana)
38. secrets
39. western
40. nature
41. Detective
42. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) 8x A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn #1) by Ngaio Marsh -Completed 03/21
43. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
44. revenge
45.  Double Jump fixed barrier from grabbag #27. Espionage 32x Munich by Robert Harris -Completed 03/29
46. Book to screen
47. LatinX (BookConcierge)
48. black-lives-matter (Shelly) -->SWAP from grabbag with 3. alternate history 25x The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon
49. Pirates
50. Hollywood
51.  Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
52. linguistics
53. Mermaids
54. spooky
55. mafia
56. Food (Joanne)
57.  Puddle Jumper
58. Time Travel
59. Hoopla 8x Soul of the Sword (Shadow of the Fox #2) by Julie Kagawa -Completed 04/02
60. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
61. letters --> SWAP from grabbag with 41. indonesia 58x Supernova: Akar by Dee Lestari -Completed 04/06
62. Cities (Robin P)
63.  Trophy Fixed Barrier
64. New Orleans --> SWAP from grabbag with 23. cozy 34x Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum -Completed 04/12
65. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
66. Strong women
67. Sea (Lyn)
68. Rose Hedge Hurdle
69. addiction 5x The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab -Completed 04/15
70. marriage
71. Disasters 5x Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes -Completed 04/16
72. sf-masterworks
73.  Hardenbergia Trellis
74. Comedy
75. Sisters
76. Dystopia
77. Novella (can be less than 150 pp.)
78. Caribbean (Cora) 5x Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark -Completed 04/18
79. Canada (Library Cin)
80. Egypt
81. Ghosts (Amy)
82. Environment
83. Medical
84. Geography (Ellen)

Spin 1: 4 #4. Asia 7x The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid + 13x Feb tab (AOC) -Completed 02/26

Spin 2: 4 #8. Time 5x A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's #2) by Jodi Taylor -Completed 03/03

---> An assist by Ellen moved me to #22. Fav 8x Supernova (Renegades #3) by Marissa Meyer + 8x March tag (CoA) + 560p -Completed 03/07

Spin 3: 5 + 2 (500+ pages) #29. Fairytale 5x Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1 by Ralph Tedesco & Joe Tyler -Completed 03/10

Spin 4: 7 #36. Coming of age 32x The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (March tag) -Completed 03/13

Spin 5: 4 + 2 (advantage) #42. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) 8x A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn #1) by Ngaio Marsh-Completed 03/21

Spin 6: 3 #45.  Double Jump fixed barrier --> from grabbag #27. Espionage 32x Munich by Robert Harris -Completed 03/29

Spin 7: 3 (+SWAP from grabbag) #48. black-lives-matter (Shelly) -->SWAP from grabbag with #3. alternate history 25x The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon (500+ pages >> +2 spaces) -Completed 03/30

Spin 8: 9 (7 + 2) #57.  Puddle Jumper --> a pass to move forward 2 spaces

Spin 9: 2 #59. Hoopla 8x Soul of the Sword (Shadow of the Fox #2) by Julie Kagawa + 12x April tag (Fantasy Romance) -Completed 04/02

Spin 10: 2 #61. letters --> SWAP from grabbag with #41. indonesia 58x Supernova: Akar by Dee Lestari Completed 04/06

Spin 11: 3 #64. New Orleans --> SWAP from grabbag with 23. cozy 34x Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum -Completed 04/12

Spin 12: 5 #69. addiction 5x The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab + 291x April tag (Fantasy Romance) -Completed 04/15

Spin 13: 2 #71. Disasters 5x Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes -Completed 04/16

Spin 14: 7 #78. Caribbean (Cora) 5x Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark -Completed 04/18

Spin 15: 7 ---> On To The Mongolian Ironman

*ADVANTAGES (for future use)
From Level 2:
⏭️ 5x: can move 2 spaces with a spin
used 1 for Spin 5
⏭️ Spin 1: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ for #22 (Ellen's assist): can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 4: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 8: Puddle Jumper --> a pass to move forward 2 spaces
⏭️ Spin 9: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 12: can move 2 spaces with a spin

GAME POINTS
Total books/tags read: 13 x 2 points = 26
Extras:
Spin 1: 4 points
Ellen's assist: 4 points + 2 points
Spin 4: 4 points
Spin 7: 2 points
Spin 9: 4 points
Spin 12: 4 points

Level 3: 50
Level 2: 66
Level 1: 58
Total: 174

SWAPS
Start of game: 6
Used: 6
1 in Level 1
2 in Level 2
3 in Level 3
-->from now on, any swaps will have to be purchased by game points
Swap 1: 10 points
Swap 2: 25 points
Swap 3: 50 points
Swap 4: 50 points
...

Tags read from grabbag
1. adventure (added to Level 2 - #7)
2. aliens (added to Level 3 - #10)
3. alternate history
23. cozy
27. espionage
29. favorites
41. indonesia
65. regency (added to Level 3 - #12)
68. royalty
70. science fantasy
81. suspense

Level 2 Racetrack

Ellen and Purrito Sedona Red Rock Steeplechase

1. Small town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Time
8. Steampunk
9. Technology
10. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary
11. Aviation
12. Victorian
13. Short stories
14. Asian literature
15. Highly recommended
16. Favorites
17. School books
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
19. Debut
20. Feminism
21. Scandanavia
22. Norway
23. Criminal *moved here by Joy*
24. Ireland
25. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
26. Animals
27. Graphic novels
28. Short (can be less than 150 p)
29. Translated
30. Fairytale
31. Urban fantasy
32. Police procedural
33. Mental health
34. Raven's Roost Red Rose Hedge
35. Space opera
36. Gothic
37. Rose Hedge Hurdle
38. Southern fiction
39. Coming of Age
40. Multiple POV
41. Secrets
42. Western
43. Dark
44. Retellings
45. Artificial intelligence
46. Revenge
47. Double Jump Fixed Barrier
48. Made me cry
49. Book to screen
50. International
51. Essays
52. Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle
53. Beach reads
54. Hilarious
55. Mermaids
56 .Mafia
57. Food
58. Time travel
59. STEM
60. Abandoned
61. Letters
62. Cities
63. New Orleans
64. Outdoors
65. Sea
66. Addiction
67. Marriage
68. Fun
69. Disasters
70. SF masterworks
71. Hardenbergia Trellis
72. Sisters
73. Literary fiction
74. Dystopia
75. Caribbean
76. Donnybrook Water Feature
77. Canada
78. Egypt
79. Whodunit
80. Environment
81. Medical
82. Geography

Spin 1 = 4 Asia
Shanghai Girls - Lisa See
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 145 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin 2 = 4 Steampunk
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories - Kelly Link
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 528 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Criminal (moved to this tag by Joy)
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 30 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #3 = 3 Animals
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 171 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #4 = 7 Mental Health
Finding Audrey - Sophie Kinsella
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 491 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #5 = 3 Gothic
The Only One Left- Riley Sager
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 374 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #6 = 2 Southern Fiction
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter - Tom Franklin
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 73 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag = 179 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
+2 plus 4 points

Spin#7 = 3 Secrets
Two Can Keep a Secret - Karen M. McManus
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 11 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #8 = 3 Retellings
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 729 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Double Jump Fixed Barrier:
Tag from Grab Bag = Police Procedural
A Cold and Broken Hallelujah - Tyler Dilts
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 8 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches Monthly Tag for +2 and 4 points
Tagged 19 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #9 = 6 Beach Reads
Bad Summer People - Emma Rosenblum
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 19 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #10 = 2 Mermaids
Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings - Helene Boudreau
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 145 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #11 = 4 STEM
Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 19 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #12 = 7 Addiction
Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss - Stephanie Wittels Wachs
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 38 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #13 = 5 Hardenbergia Trellis = Addiction
The Seventh Wish - Kate Messner
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 44 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #14 = 4 Caribbean
A Caribbean Mystery - Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 33 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches the monthly tag 484 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
+2 and 4 points

Spin #15 = 5 Environment
The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 144 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag 12 times for +2 and 4 points
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

17 books x 2 = 34
2 hurdles x 3 = 6
6 matched monthly tag = 24
64 points
Carrying 203 points to level 4

ROBIN AND RAMBO THE RAMBOUILLET RAM RACETRACK
Round 3
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-7.
Participants will add the tag Steampunk and choose 2 tags from the grab list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose. - added Regency and Paris
Add the Rose Hedge Hurdle to your board.
Extra spaces carried over - 21

Extra spaces earned -24

Total spaces - 45
Extra spaces used - 15
Spaces available - 30
Points from Level 1 - 59
Points from Level 2 - 38
Points from Level 3 - 52

1st spin 4
1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia A Disappearance in Fiji - 6 tags
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/2
Next spin 4 - matches monthly tag, 23 tags for Crime - 4 pts, 2 spaces
Adding 1 from saved bonuses
5. Plot Twist
6. Quest
7. Time
8. Technology
9. Regency A Most Agreeable Murder - 48 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/6
Matches monthly tag - 16 tags for Crime, 4 pts, 2 spaces
Next spin 1
10. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary - Move forward 5
11. Aviation
12. Race
13. Short Stories
14. Asian Literature (Patty)
15. Highly Recommend (KT) - Everything I Never Told You - 5 tags, also 75 tags for Crime
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/6 Matches monthly tag, 4 pts & 2 spaces
Next spin 3
16. Steampunk
17. Drama
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature - read something out of your wheelhouse - Southern Lit
One Foot in Eden - 32 tags, also 25 for Crime
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/11 - matches monthly tag - 4 points, 2 spaces
Next spin 7
19. Debut
20. Norway
21. Fav
22. Criminal
23. Ireland
24. True Crime
25. Animals The Mountain in the Sea - 73 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/16
Next spin 5
Adding 1 from saved bonuses
26. Graphic Novels
27. slice of life
28. Fairytale
29. Urban fantasy
30. Journey
31. colonialism - Death in the East - Abir Mukherjee - 5 tags, also 58 for crime
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 5/21
4 points, 2 spaces for matching tag
Next spin 6, adding 4 spaces from saved bonuses
32. Mental Health (Nancy J)
33. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
34. The Climbing Wall barrier
35. Southern Fiction (Holly)
36. Coming of age
37. secrets
38. western
39. dark
40. nature
41. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)- A Man Lay Dead - 8 tags, 123 tags for Crime
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 5/22 - 4 pts & 2 spaces
Next spin 1, using 5 spaces from saved bonuses
42. revenge
43. Police
44. Double Jump fixed barrier
45. made-me-cry
46. Book to screen
47. International (Olivermagnus) Embers - 8 tags, 38 tags for Europe
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/3 4pts, 2 spaces
Next spin 7, adding 2 from bonuses
49. Essays
50. Hollywood
51. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
52. Beach Reads
53. Farm
54. linguistics
55. Mermaids
56. spooky
57. Paris- Perestroika in Paris - 20 tags, 9 tags for Europe - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... 6/5
4 points, 2 spaces
Next spin 5
58. Puddle Jumper - move forward 2
59. Time Travel
60. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
61. abandoned,
62. Cities (Robin P) - Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London - Lauren Elkin - 15 tags, 5 tags for Europe
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/8
4 points, 2 spaces
**Moved by Nancy J to space 74!
63. Trophy Fixed Barrier
64. New Orleans
65. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
66. Sea (Lyn)
67. Life changing
68. addiction
69. marriage
70. sf-masterworks
71. Hardenbergia Trellis
72. Comedy
73. Sisters
74. Novella The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - 389 tags, 140 tags for Europe
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/8
4 points & 2 spaces
Next space 3, adding 3 from saved bonuses
75. Caribbean (Cora)
76.Donnybrook water feature
77.Egypt
78. Ghosts (Amy)
79. Whodunit
80.Environment - Once There Were Wolves - 78 tags, 24 for Europe
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/15
4 points, 2 spaces
Next spin 3, adding 2 spaces from saved bonuses
81. School books
82. Meditating in a Zen Garden
83. Medical
84.Geography (Ellen)
85. Historical fiction Under the Wide and Starry Sky - 705 tags, 9 tags for Europe
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-- 6/21 - p 4 points, 2 spaces
86. Rose Hedge Hurdle

Rachel’s Rebel Rouser Racetrack Profound Endurance Level 3
Points total: 192
Bonus spaces: 6
Grab bag used 3/6

(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: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan* (Scotland) 3 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 1st spin: 1. Points 2 + 4 for PBT tag Europe->133 total. Bonus spaces: 2->5
2. School books:
3. Renaissance:
4. Asia:
5. Plot twist:
6. Quest:
7. Steampunk:
✅8. Time: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 2 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review. 2nd spin: 5 + used 2 spaces. Points: 2->Total 129. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 3
9. Arranged marriage: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (Canada) or Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
10. Technology:
✅11. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle: Haiku: Sapphic space agents, fall in love, writing sad letters. 3rd spin: 3. Points: 3->Total: 132
12. Aviation
13. Victorian: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy or A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter by Clare McHugh or Grania: The Story of an Island by Emily Lawless or The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
14. Race: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Trinidad) Solito by Javier Zamora (El Salvador)
15. Short Stories: How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
16. Strong Female: Circe by Madeline Miller or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or Honor by Thrity Umrigar or Violeta by Isabel Allende (Chile)
17. Highly Recommend: Circe by Madeline Miller
✅18. Quirky: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan 8 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 4th spin: 7. Points 2 + 4 for PBT tag Europe->Total 138. Bonus spaces: 2->Total 5
✅19. Drama: Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy (Greece) 9 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 6th spin: back 4 from Rose Hedge. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag Europe->Total: 147. Bonus spaces: 2->Total: 7
✅20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature: Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 7th spin: 1. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag Europe->Total: 153. Bonus spaces: 2->Total: 9
21. Debut: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
22. Feminism: Circe by Madeline Miller or Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Sudan) or Purple Hibiscus Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
✅23. Rose Hedge Hurdle. 5th spin: 5. Points: 3->Total: 141. Spaces-> go back 5
24. Fav
25. Criminal: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
✅26. Ireland: The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan (Ireland) 13 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 8th spin: 4 + one bonus. Points: 2->Total 155. Bonus spaces: 0->8
27. True Crime
28. Animals: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher or Life of Pi by Yann Martel or The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans or The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
29. Graphic Novels
30. Short: Beowulf (Denmark) Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Sudan) Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro or Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto or Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe or The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
✅31. Fairytale: Reckless by Cornelia Funke* (Germany) 19 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 9th spin: 5. Points: 2 + 4 for PBT tag Europe->Total: 161 Bonus spaces: 2->Total: 10
32. Urban fantasy: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare or Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
33. Colonialism: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Sudan) or Segu by Maryse Condé (Mali) or The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia) The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif (Egypt) or The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (Jamaica) or The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Sri Lanka) or Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zim)
✅34. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge 10th spin: 3. Points:3->Total: 164. Bonus points: 2->Total 12. Read short story 20/06
35. Music: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
36. The Climbing Wall barrier
37. Southern Fiction
38. Coming of age: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta or Circe by Madeline Miller
39. Secrets: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Netherlands) or Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson or The Alice Network by Kate Quinn or Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
40. Western
41. Nature: Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes
42. Retellings: Circe by Madeline Miller or Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (Canada) or Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan or Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
✅43. Detective: A Very English Murder by Verity Bright 21 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 11th spin: 6 + 3 bonus spaces. Points: 2->Total: 166 Bonus points: 0->Total: 9
44. Women Writers:
✅45. Artificial intelligence->Grab bag: Black authors. Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi* (Uganda) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 12th spin: 2. Points: 2->Total: 168. Bonus points:: 0->Total:9
46. Revenge
47. Police
48. Book to screen: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo or Hamnet
✅49. LatinX: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz* (Dominican Republic) 22 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐ my review 13th spin: 4. Points: 2->Total: 170. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 9
50. Black-lives-matter Girl, Woman, Other Transcendent Kingdom Things Fall Apart Open Water Purple Hibiscus Under the Udala Trees Breath, Eyes, Memory I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem River Sing Me Home Glory The Confessions of Frannie Langton
51. Pirates: Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn Circe by Madeline Miller Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
52. Hollywood: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
✅53. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 14th spin: 3 + 1 bonus space used. Points: 3 + 4 for PBT tag Europe>Total: 177 Bonus spaces: 2 + one free sub->Total: 10
54. Farm
55. Hilarious: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
56. Mermaids Ingo Daughter of the Moon Goddess The Odyssey
57. Spooky
58. Mafia
59. Food
✅60. Time Travel: Secrets of the Mist by Kate Ryder 28 Jun 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 15th spin: 7. Points: 2->Total: 179. Bonus spaces: 0-> Total: 10
61. STEM
✅62. Letters->Australia: (free tag sub from Fixed Barrier) Becoming Mrs Mulberry by Jackie French ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 16th spin: 2. Points: 2->Total: 181. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 10
63. Cities:
✅64. Trophy Fixed Barrier: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson 30 Jun 2024 (AA) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 17th spin: 1 + used 1 bonus space. Points: 3->Total: 184. Bonus points: 0->Total: 9
65. New Orleans
66. Strong women
67. Sea
68. Life changing
✅69. Marriage: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney 12 Jul 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 18th spin: 5. Points: 2->Total: 186. Bonus points: 0->Total: 9
70. Fun
71. Disasters
72. Hardenbergia Trellis
73. Sisters:
74. Literary fiction:
✅75. Dystopia: Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 19th spin: 4 + used 2 bonus spaces. Points: 2->Total: 188. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 7
76. Novella
✅77. Caribbean: Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud (Trinidad) 17 Jul 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 20th spin: 2. Points: 2->Total: 190. Bonus spaces:0->Total:7
78. Donnybrook water feature
79. Canada
80. Egypt
81. Whodunnit
✅82. Environment: Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes ⭐⭐⭐ my review 21st spin: 2 + used 2 spaces. Points: 2->Total: 192. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 6
83 Medical
84. Geography

SEDONA RED ROCK STEEPLECHASE - LEVEL 3 - FINISHED 9/16

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow on Sedona Red Rock Steeplechse!

Carryover - 6 swaps
**Added
Spins: 1-7

1. Small town
2. Rose Hedge Hurdle **
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Aging - 5x - Stoner - 5 Stars tags - 101x
8. School Book**
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary - move forward 5 spaces
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Wishlist
16. Asian Literature (Patty) - 210x - The Housekeeper and the Professor - 5 Stars - 43x
17. Paris**
18. Drama
19. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
20. Debut
21. Feminism
22. Scandinavia (Hilde)
23. Norway
24. Fav - 10x - Mr. Mercedes - 550 pages - 5 stars - 49x
25. Ireland
26. True Crime
27. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle **
28. Graphic Novels
29. Historical mystery**
30. Translated
31. Fairytale
32. urban fantasy
33. Journey
34. colonialism
35. Mental Health (Nancy J)
36. Space Opera (Sue)
37. Gothic
38. Music
39. The Climbing Wall barrier
40. Multiple POV (Diana)
41. western
42. dark
43. Crime
44. nature
45. Detective - 322x - Murder at the Vicarage - 5 Stars - 19x
46. Steampunk **
47. revenge
48. Police
49. Double Jump fixed barrier grab bag tag read Memoir** - 84x - Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton
50. made-me-cry
51. Book to screen
52. LatinX (BookConcierge)
53. International (Olivermagnus)
54. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
55. Essays
56. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle read Farm Tagged Children's Book - 9x - Interrupting Chicken
57. Beach Reads
58. Farm replace with
58. Classics**
59. linguistics
60. hilarious
61. Mermaids
62. spooky
63. mafia
64. Food (Joanne)
65. Time Travel
66. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
67. abandoned,
68. letters
69. Trophy Fixed Barrier
70. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
71. Sea (Lyn)
72. Life changing
73. addiction
74. marriage - 23x Sorrow and Bliss - SAD - 11x
75. Fun
76. Disasters. The Library Book
77. sf-masterworks
78. Hardenbergia Trellis - read a book tagged #74. MARRIAGE - 5x - A Dress of Violet Taffeta - plant quote: p.22.
79. Regency**
80. Literary fiction
81. Dystopia. tags 11,344x Divergent + match SAD 46x
82. Novella Animal Farm
83. Caribbean (Cora)
84. Donnybrook water feature
85. Canada (Library Cin)
86. Egypt
87. Ghosts (Amy)
88. Whodunit
89. Environment
90. Medical. Lock In

Added from Grab Bag 3
4 - Paris, historical mystery, Memoir, Classics
Add steampunk
Add Rose Hedge Hurdle
Completed: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary, Double Jump Hurdle, Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle, Hardenbergia Trellis
Tags Completed: Aging, Asian Literature, Fav, Detective, Memoir, Farm, Marriage, Dystopia, Medical

Tracking Level 3

1st - +7 = #7 Aging - Stoner - 5x - Finished 8/2 +2 points - matched 5 Stars tag - 101x add +4 points +2 spaces Total 6 points + 2 spaces
2nd - +4 = #11 - Hurdle - Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge & Topiary +5 = #16 - Asian Literature - The Housekeeper and the Professor - 210x - Finished 8/9 + 2 points - matched 5 Stars tag - 43x add +4 points +2 spaces Total 6 points + 2 spaces
3rd - +5 +3 Summer spaces = #24 - Fav - Mr. Mercedes - 10x - Finished 8/20 + 2 points - Over 500 pages add +2 points - matched 5-stars - 49x -add +4 points +2 spaces Total 8 points + 2 spaces
4th - +6 + 15 Summer Celeb 1x = 21 = #45 Detective - Murder at the Vicarage - 322x - Finished 8/28+ 2 points - matched 5-stars - 19x add +4 points +2 spaces Total 6 points + 2 spaces
5th - +4 = #49 Double Jump Hurdle - read for grab bag tag - Memoir - Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones - 84x - Finished 9/2 + 2 points - Completed Hurdle - + 3 points - Total 5 points
6th - +7 = #56 Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle read for Farm tag #58 a children's book - Interrupting Chicken - 9x - Finished 9/3 +2 points - Completed Hurdle - + 3 points - Total 5 points - also replaced #58 Farm with #58 Classics from grab bag
7th - +5 + 13 Summer Celebration saved spaces = 18 = #74 Marriage - Sorrow and Bliss - finished 9/8 - 23x + 2 points - Matched SAD tag 11x add +4 points +2 spaces Total 6 points + 2 spaces
8th - +4 = 78. Hardenbergia Trellis - read book from #74. MARRIAGE - 5x - finished 9/12 - A Dress of Violet Taffeta + plant quote from p. 22 Violets and heartsease: women of her mother’s generation believed flowers were symbolic. Violets represented faith, and heartsease peace. +2 points + completed hurdle + 3 points. Total 5 points
9th - +3=#81 Dystopia Divergent tags 11,344x finished 9/14 +2 match SAD tag 46x add +4 points +2 spaces Total 6 points + 2 spaces
10th - +4 + 5 (Olympics ) = #90 Medical - 19x -finished 9/16 - Lock In +2 Total 2 point

Summer Celebrations - June 25 - July 5 - finished all 5 books.
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1st Mess. #21 - Wedding - One Good Earl Deserves a Lover - finished 6/26 - 2 separate spaces

2nd Mess #46 - Fathers Day Dear Old Dead - finished 6/30 - 4 separate spaces + opportunity to move a randomized participant 15 spaces.

3rd Mess #50 - Christmas - Xmas Carole - finished 7/3 - 6 separate spaces + free tag from the grab bag to use anytime.

4th Mess #55 - Picnic and camping, Pow wows, Indigenous celebrations including Thanksgiving Ceremony - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants - finished 7/4 - 8 separate spaces + a free tag of your choice (not necessarily from the grab bag) to use anytime.

5th Mess #56 - Fourth of July in coastal Maine - Thread and Gone - finished 7/4 - a jump of up to 15 spaces to use anytime.
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Totals:
Spaces to use as wish (odd or even) - 20 - 3 used 8/10 = 17; 13 used 9/4 (7th round Level 3) = 4
Move up to 15 spaces - once - anytime Used 8/20
1 grab bag tag any time
1 tag any time - need not be from grab bag
move someone 15 spaces - picked by randomizer - used Moved Rachel N

Olympic Summer Challenge July 26 through August 11

1st Country - US 50x Stoner - finished 8/3 - 3 points and 3 spaces - use any number (even 1) at any time.
2nd Country - Great Britain 19x And Then There Were None - finished 8/5 - 3 points and 3 spaces.
3rd Country - Japan 1,042x The Housekeeper and the Professor - finished 8/9 - 3 points and 3 spaces.
4th Country - India 10x - Bollywood Confidential - finished 8/10 - 3 points and 3 spaces
5th Country - Singapore 62x - Aunty Lee's Delights - finished 8/11 - 3 points and 3 spaces

Total Points - 15 + 10 bonus = 25
Total Spaces - 15 + 10 bonus = 25 - use any combo, even just 1 - used 5 on 9/14 = 20 left
Move one person 15 spaces - used - moved Rachel

SEDONA RED ROCK STEEPLECHASE - Level 3 - Saved Rewards
Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

GRAND PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 1
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Space Rewards Remaining:
1/21 5th #31 - 2 spaces
1/21 6th #39 - Raven Roost Red Rose Hedge/Short Story/Short - 2 spaces
2/11 7th #44 - 2 spaces
2/15 8th #45 - + 2 spaces
2/25 10th #52 - + 2 spaces
3/30 12th #65 + 2 spaces
4/21 16th #87 + 2 spaces
4/30 17th #97 + 2 spaces
5/2 18th #110 + 2 space
9 x 2 = 18 spaces left from Level 1

Totals earned Level 1 finished 5/2
Spaces earned to use, 2 at time, anytime with spin - 55
Game Points earned - 125

Tags Used Level 1 as of 4/30
Time, Short Stories, Quirky, Criminal, Animals, Short, Southern Fiction, Coming of Age, Secrets, Retellings, Artificial Intelligence, Pirates, Hoopla, Cities, Strong Women, Sisters, Historical Fiction

Hurdles Removed Level 1 as of 4/30
Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
Puddle Jumper Hurdle

Swaps Used: 0
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OCEAN OF FIRE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 2
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Saved points and spaces

5/25 - 1st - #2 - 2 spaces
5/29 - 2nd - #17 - 4 spaces
6/7 - 3rd - #29 - 2 spaces
6/12 - 4th - #46 - 2 spaces
6/19 - 6th - #70 - 2 spaces
6/21 - 7th - #72 - 2 spaces
6/23 - 8th - #82 - 2 spaces
Total Spaces Left - 16

Added:
Hurdle : Zen Garden
Tags: School Book and from Grab Bag Regency

Swaps Used: 0
Grab Bag Tags added: Regency

Totals Level 2 finished 7/4
Spaces earned to use, 2 at time, anytime with spin - 16
Game Points earned - 48

Hurdles Removed Level 2 as of 7/4
None

Tags Used Level 2 as of 7/3
Nonfiction, highly recommend, slice of life, Women Writers, Hollywood, Medieval, New Orleans, comedy, Geography

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Cumulative Points Earned -Levels 1 & 2
125 + 48 = 173

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

SEDONA RED ROCK STEEPLECHASE - Level 3 Rules/Reward Guide

Added Rules:
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-7
Participants will add the tag Steampunk and choose 2 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add Rose Hedge Hurdle to your board

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.

Sedona Red Rock Steeplechase
Sue and Mija

Round 1 Game points: 42
Round 2 Game Points: 94
Total after Round 2: 134
Round 3 Game Points:

Special moves carried forward:
'Add two' carried over from Round 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Special Moves added in round 3:
Add two for Behind Closed Doors
Add two for The Measure
Add two for A Man Called Ove
Add two for Sweet Bean Paste
Add two for All My Puny Sorrows
Add two for All Quiet on the Western Front
Add two for Nimona
Add two for The Reptile Room
A Thousand Splendid Suns

================================================
1. nonfiction
2. Renaissance (Theresa)
3. Asia
4. Plot twist Behind Closed Doors - Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
5. Quest
6. Aging
7. Time
8. Steampunk
9. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
10. Books to movies
11. Victorian
12. Asian Literature (Patty)
13. Highly Recommend (KT) - Used one of my special moves to land here on 7/12/24 - The Measure - Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
14. Drama
15. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
16. Debut
17. Feminism
18. Scandinavia (Hilde) - A Man Called Ove - The Measure - Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
19. Criminal
20. Fav
21. Animals
22. Graphic Novels
23. slice of life - Sweet Bean Paste - The Measure - Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
24. Translated
25. Fairytale
26. urban fantasy
27. Mental Health (Nancy J)
28. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - Read a short story that fits the last tag I read (Slice of Life) - Read Tales from the Café - Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
29. Space Opera (Sue)
30. Gothic
31. Music All My Puny Sorrows. Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
32. The Climbing Wall barrier
33. Coming of age
34. secrets
35. western
36. dark All Quiet on the Western Front. Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
37. nature
38. Detective
39. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
40. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
41. Rose hedge hurdle
42. Police
43. Double Jump fixed barrier
44. made-me-cry Added 2 to my roll on 9/2. Nimona. Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
45. International (Olivermagnus)
46. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
47. Hollywood
48. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
49. Beach Reads
50. linguistics
51. hilarious
52. spooky
53. mafia
54. Time Travel
55. Hoopla - Used 2 of my "add two" advantages to move to this tag on 9/11. The Reptile Room. Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
56. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
57. abandoned
58. letters - The Turn of the Key, Review
59. medieval
60. Trophy Fixed Barrier
61. New Orleans
62. Police Procedural
63. Sea (Lyn)
64. Life changing - A Thousand Splendid Suns Review - Fits monthly tag 4 points.
65. marriage
66. Fun
67. Disasters
68. sf-masterworks
69. Hardenbergia Trellis
70. Literary fiction Euphoria Review
71. Dystopia
72. Novella
73. Caribbean (Cora)
74. Egypt
75. Ghosts (Amy)
76. Whodunit
77. Environment Dinosaurs Review
78. Medical
79. Geography (Ellen)
80. Historical fiction
81. Meditating in the Zen Garden
82. School Books

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For Level 3: Added Rose Hedge Hurdle, Steampunk, Books to Movies, and Police Procedural

Level 3: Sedona Red Rock- Jen and Maple

(view spoiler)[Level 2:
Total Points: 215 - Total Saved Spaces: 72 (34 x 2 + 4 x 1)

Tags Read- Level 1: Small town, nonfiction, Did not finish, Victorian, Short Stories, Feminism, Scandinavia (Hilde), Short, Space Opera, dark, revenge, Pirates, Hollywood, spooky, letters, Cities (Robin P), Life changing, Literary fiction, Medical, Dragons, Rome

Tags Read- Level 2: Quest, Asian Literature, True Crime, Fairytale, colonialism, secrets, Detective, Police, black-lives-matter (Shelly), mafia, STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C), abandoned, medieval. Fun, Sisters, Ghosts (Amy)

Hurdle Completed- Level 1: Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge

Level 2 - Added School Books, Fantasy (from Grab Bag), & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle

Level 3 - Added Steampunk, Adventure and Aliens (from Grab Bag) & Rose Hedge Hurdle

1. School Books
2. Fantasy
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Steampunk
7. Aging A Man Called Ove
8. Time
9. Meditating in the Zen Garden
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation
13. Race
14. Adventure
15. Highly Recommend (KT)
16. Quirky Eileen
17. Drama
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
19. Debut
20. Norway Nemesis
21. Fav
22. Criminal
23. Ireland Lucky Leap Day
24. Aliens
25. Animals
26. Graphic Novels
27. slice of life Tom Lake
28. Translated
29. Rose Hedge Hurdle
30. urban fantasy Foul Heart Huntsman
31. Journey
32. Mental Health (Nancy J)
33. Gothic
34. Music
35. The Climbing Wall barrier
36. Southern Fiction (Holly)
37. Coming of age
38. Multiple POV (Diana)
39. western
40. Crime
41. nature
42. retellings
43. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
44. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
45. Double Jump fixed barrier
46. made-me-cry
47. Book to screen
48. LatinX (BookConcierge)
49. International (Olivermagnus)
50. Essays
51. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
52. Beach Reads
53. Farm
54. linguistics
55. hilarious
56. Mermaids
57. Food (Joanne)
58. Puddle Jumper
59. Time Travel
60. Hoopla
61. Trophy Fixed Barrier
61. New Orleans
62. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
63. Strong women
64. Sea (Lyn)
65. addiction
66. marriage
67. Disasters
68. sf-masterworks
69. Hardenbergia Trellis
70. Comedy
71. Dystopia
72. Novella
73. Caribbean (Cora)
74. Donnybrook water feature
75. Canada (Library Cin)
76. Egypt
77. Whodunit
78. Environment
79. Geography (Ellen)
80. Historical fiction

Spin 1: 7- Review 7/13: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Aging x 69; Debut x 39 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 221 - Total Saved Spaces: 74

Spin 2: 4 - Hurdle: Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
3 points
Total Points: 224 - Total Saved Spaces: 74

Hurdle = +5- Review 7/18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Quirky x 5; Debut x 10 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 230 - Total Saved Spaces: 76

Spin 3: 4- Review 7/24: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Norway x 101= 2
Total Points: 232 - Total Saved Spaces: 76

Spin 4: 3- Review 7/28: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ireland x 15= 2
Total Points: 234 - Total Saved Spaces: 76

Spin 5: 6- Hurdle: Rose Hedge- Take 2 spaces back
3 points
Total Points: 237 - Total Saved Spaces: 76

Hurdle: 2 spaces back- Review 8/1: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Slice of Life x 8; 5 Stars x 115 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 243 - Total Saved Spaces: 78

Spin 6: 3- Review 8/19: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
500 pages, they can add 2 to their next spin & 2 game points
Urban Fantasy x 14; 5 Stars x 25 = 2 + 4 + 2 (500 pages) points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 251 - Total Saved Spaces: 80

Olympic Summer Challenge
Challenge Total: 29 points and 29 spaces
Move a participant 15 spaces (hide spoiler)]
o For reading 10 books you may jump to the next track.-- Completed 8/19

Level 3 Total Points: 280 - Total Saved Spaces: 109

Sedona Red Rock Steeplechase - Amy and Sparkle

1. Small Town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
4. Asia
5. Plot Twist
6. Quest
7. Time
8. Technology
9. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
10. Aviation
11. Victorian
12. Race
13. Asian Literature (Patty)
14. Quirky
15. Drama
16. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
17. Feminism
18. Scandinavia (Hilde)
19. Norway
20. Criminal
21. Meditating in a Zen Garden
22. True Crime
23. Animals
24. Graphic Novels
25. slice of life
26. Translated
27. Fairytale
28. urban fantasy
29. colonialism
30. Espionage
31. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
32. Space Opera (Sue)
33. Gothic
34. Music
35. The Climbing Wall barrier
36. Southern Fiction (Holly)
37. Coming of Age
38. Western
39. Crime
40. Nature
41. Detective
42. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
43. Artificial intelligence (Joy D)
44. Revenge
45. Police
46. Double Jump fixed barrier
47. Book to screen
48. LatinX (BookConcierge)
49. Paris
50. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
51. Essays
52. Pirates
53. NYC
54. Hollywood
55. Beach Reads
56. Farm
57. Steampunk
58. linguistics
59. hilarious
60. Mermaids
61. mafia
62. Puddle Jumper
63. Time Travel
64. Red Rose Hedge
65. Hoopla
66. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
67. abandoned,
68. letters
69. Cities (Robin P)
70. Trophy Fixed Barrier
71. New Orleans
72. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) (Grabbag #3)
73. Sea (Lyn)
74. Life changing
75. marriage
76. Disasters
77. sf-masterworks
78. Hardenbergia Trellis
79. Comedy
80. Sisters
81. Literary fiction
82. Novella
83. Caribbean (Cora)
84 .Donnybrook water feature
85. Canada (Library Cin)
86 .Ghosts (Amy)
87 .Whodunit
88 .Environment
89. Medical
90 .Geography (Ellen)

Added Steampunk and the Red Rose Hedge
Added Espionage and NYC from the grabbag
26 points and 28 spaces from Level Two
*Points Update - I had four tag matches in level one and seven in level two. Thats 11 tag matches. Thats 44 more points.

Starting Tally

70 points and 28 spaces

First Level Three Roll = 3 (Add 7) - Aviation
The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar; 14 tags for Aviation
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

70 points and 21 spaces

Second Roll = 7 (Feminism #17)
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Matches Feminism with 63 tags, Matches Sad tag with 11
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(+2) for Matching Tag and 4 points

74 points and 23 spaces

Third Roll = 5 (+3) Slice of Life, #25
Funny Story; Matches Slice of Life with 10 Tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

74 points and 20 spaces

Fourth Roll = 3; Urban Fantasy #28
Ministry of Time; Matches Tag with 7 Tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

78 points and 22 spaces

Fifth Roll = 4; Space Opera, add +5 for Coming of Age, #37
Rooftops of Tehran; Matches Tag with 28 Tags
Matches Travel Tag for +2
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

82 points and 19 spaces (+2. -5)

Sixth Roll = 5, add +2 for Revenge #44
The Last Word; 6 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

82 points and 17 spaces

Seventh Roll 3 (+2) for Paris #49
The Paper Girl of Paris - 19 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

86 points and 17 spaces (+2, -2 for tag match)

8th Roll - 6; Landed on Beach Reads.
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Matches Travel Tag with 9 tags
Matches Beach Reads with 19 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

90 points and 19 spaces (+2 for tag match)
Add +2 to land on Time Travel, #63

9th Roll - 6 (+2) Time Travel, #63
The Last Daughter of York
Matches Tag with 35 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

90 points and 17 spaces

10th Roll - 4 (+5) = Outdoors (Will use third grab bag)
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Sutanto
Matches Grabbag Tags of Suspense, Wishlist, Favorites (5) and Abandonned (6)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

90 points and 12 spaces

11th Roll - 3 (+5)
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Matches Sisters with 16 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

90 points and 7 spaces

12th Roll - 7 (Whodunnit)
Mother Daughter Murder Night
13 Tags for Whodunnit
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Roll of 5 - Rolled off of Level Three
90 points and Seven Spaces

Level 3: Sedona Red Rock - Linda C and Giselle

Gameboard
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. School books
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Technology
10. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
11. Victorian
12. Short Stories
13. Asian Literature (Patty)
14. Highly Recommend (KT)
15. Quirky Spin #1 (7 + 3=10 Tortoise) Move 5 spaces
16. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
17. Debut
18. Feminism
19. Criminal
20. Ireland
21. True Crime
22. Graphic Novels
23. Rose Hedge Hurdle
24. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
25. Translated
26. Fairytale
27. urban fantasy Spin #2 (7 + 5=12)
28. Journey
29. colonialism
30. Mental Health (Nancy J)
31. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge Spin #3 - 4 - short story that fits the tag you last read from this board - Urban Fantasy - Read 9/13/24
32. Fantasy
33. Gothic
34. Second Chances
35. Music
36. Steampunk
37. The Climbing Wall barrier
38. Coming of age Spin #4 (4 + 3=7)
39. secrets
40. western
41. Crime
42. nature
43. Detective
44. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) Spin #5 (5 + 1=6)
45. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
46. revenge
47. Police
48. Double Jump fixed barrier
49. Book to screen
50. LatinX (BookConcierge)
51. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
52. Essays
53. Pirates Spin #6 (5+4=9)
54. Beach Reads
55. Farm
56. linguistics
57. hilarious
58. Mermaids
59. mafia
60. Food (Joanne)
61. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
62. Time Travel
63. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
64. letters
65. Cities (Robin P)
66. medieval
67. Trophy Fixed Barrier
68. New Orleans
69. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
70. Strong women
71. Sea (Lyn)
72. Life changing
73. addiction
74. marriage
75. Disasters
76. sf-masterworks
77. Hardenbergia Trellis
78. Comedy
79. Sisters
80. Literary fiction
81. Caribbean (Cora)
82. Donnybrook water feature
83. Canada (Library Cin)
84. Egypt
85. Ghosts (Amy)
86. Whodunit
87. Medical
88. Geography (Ellen)
89. Book Boyfriends Spin #7 (7+29=36)

Adjustments for Level 3 (view spoiler)[Spinner will have numbers 1-7
Participants will add the tag Steampunk (inserted at #36)
Choose 2 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags; place them on my board as I choose. (Book Boyfriends inserted at #89 and Second Chances inserted at #34)
Add Rose Hedge Hurdle to your board (inserted at #23) (hide spoiler)]
Tags removed - 8 (view spoiler)[12 – Race
20 – Fav
24 – Animals
39 - Multiple POV
50 - Made-me-Cry
67 – Abandoned
86 – Dystopia
94 - Historical Fiction (hide spoiler)]
Hurdles removed - 1 (view spoiler)[56 - Fixed Barrier Swing Set (hide spoiler)]

Rewards Earned (+carry over) & Used - Level 2
Earth Day Challenge = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#4)
Summer Celebration Challenge - + free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose
L2-Spin 1 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#6)
Spin 2 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#6)
Olympic Challenge Total: 22 points (added to points) and 22 separate spaces (used 1 for L2 Spin #9, 3 for L3 Spin#1, 5 for L3 Spin #2, 1 for L3 Spin #4, 1 for L3 Spin #5) = 11 left (Used all for L3 Spin#7)
Spin 4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin 5 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7
Spin 6 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7
Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - Replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice.
Spin #7 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #8 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #9 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Level 3: Spin #3 - Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - additional 2 spaces when you choose to use it. (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #5 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)

Spin 1: 7 + 3 (from Olympic Challenge) = Spot #10 Hurdle: Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary = Move forward 5 spaces. = Spot #15 - Quirky
The Switch - Beth O'Leary - tagged quirky 5x (p6c3) = 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 9/7/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 2: 7 + 5 (from Olympic Challenge) = 12 - Spot #27 - Urban Fantasy
The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd - tagged urban fantasy 41x (p1c3)= 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 9/9/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 3: 4 - Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - short story that fits the tag you last read from this board - Urban Fantasy
Blood and Roses - Angela Knight in book Burning Up - Angela Knight et al - pgs 89-153
This will give you an additional 2 spaces when you choose to use it.
Read: 9/13/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 4: 4 + 3 (2 from Earth Day Challenge + 1 from Olympics Challenge) =7 - Spot #38 - Coming-of-age
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave - Coming-of-age 5x (p14c2)= 2 points, tagged monthly-Sad 21x (p4c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 9/15/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 5: 5 + 1 (from Olympics Challenge) =6 - Spot #44 - Women Writers
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor - Women Writers 11x (p11c1) = 2 points, tagged monthly-Sad 11x (p11c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 9/22/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 6: 5 + 4 (from Level 2-Spins 1 & 2) =9 - Spot #53 - Pirates
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - India Holton - Pirates 144x (p1c1) = 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 12/2/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 7: 7 +29 (all remaining unused spaces) = 36 - Spot #89 Book Boyfriends
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - tagged Book-Boyfriend 6x (p3c2) = 2 points, tagged monthly-Mystery-Suspense 82x (p1c1)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 12/5/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(completes Level 3 & end of game)
Accumulated Game Points - Levels 1,2&3 = 178 + 2 spaces left over