Bookish Challenges discussion

Bookopoly


Sign-ups will close on December 31st.
The challenge is open-ended.

The Challenge

1. Comment here to sign up and I will create a challenge thread for you.

2. For this challenge, you will go around the Bookopoly board, reading one book for every space you land on. There will be a set of three tasks for every space, of which you have to read for one. The goal is to land on the start space again. For each completed task, you will receive 2 points. You will receive an additional 15 points for completing the challenge.

3. If you feel stuck you can turn either
a. use 5 points to skip a task by reading a book that meets the general guidelines or
b. use 2 points to skip a task by reading a for one of the tasks of a space you haven't landed on.

4. Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:

Book:
Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:
Number rolled:

5. If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.

The Bookopoly Board

Roll a Die!

https://rolladie.net/

Spaces landed on

1. Literary Launch
2. Novel Nook
3. Chance
4. Reader's Railroad
5. Prose Passage
6. Tale Terrace
7. Narrative Avenue

Literary Launch


- Read a book from your favorite genre.
- Read a book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
- Read a book a family member has recommended.

Please don't forget to roll the die to get to the next space!

Title: Ich habe den Todesengel überlebt
Author: Eva Mozes Kor
Date completed: Oct. 26th (read in one go)
Task: Read a book from your favorite genre: historical nonfiction (biography)
How it fits: one of my favorite genres
Number rolled: 6

Novel Nook


- Read a book with a blue cover.
- Read a book with a strong female protagonist.
- Read a book that was adapted into a movie.

Wow, du bist so schnell 😍

Ich hab kein Leben 😂 aber erwarte das bitte nicht immer 🤭

Sag doch nicht sowas 🙈
…Ich finde es ganz fantastisch, was du hier auf die Beine gestellt hast!

Dankeschön 🤗

Title: The Jungle Book
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Date completed: Nov. 3rd
Task: Read a book that was adapted into a movie
How it fits: adapted into several movies
Number rolled: 1

Chance


Go back 2 spaces.

Reader's Railroad


- Read a book recommended by a fellow reader.
- Read a book while on a train journey.
- Read a book with a train as a prominent setting.

Title: Murder on the Orient Express
Author: Agatha Christie
Date completed: 11/30/24
Task: Read a book while on a train journey
How it fits: set on a train
Number rolled: 3

Prose Passage


- Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "P."
- Read a book set in a fictional world.
- Read a book written in the first-person perspective.

Title: Prima Facie
Author:Suzie Miller
Date completed: Feb., 27th
Task: Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "P.
How it fits: Prima
Number rolled: 5

Tale Terrace


- Read a book with a title containing a number.
- Read a book that has won an award.
- Read a book set in a small town.

Dort dort by Tommy Orange
March 19, task: Read a book that has won an award
Won more than one award, for example California Book Award
Number rolled: 5

Narrative Avenue


- Read a book with an unreliable narrator.
- Read a book with an epistolary format.
- Read a book with a nonlinear narrative.