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Book: Flight of Magpies Author: K.J. Charles
Date Read: 8/26
Category: π Find a Spouse
Task: Read a book with the word GOLD in the title, subtitle, or text.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 1000
Bonus From your TBR 5000
Bonus Book you've been putting off 5000
Bonus Final book in a series 10000
Total: 26000
Current Bank: 26000
Book: The Hero of Ages Author: Brandon Sanderson
Date Read: 8/29
Category: π° Secure the Bag
Task: Read a book with a color, number, or currency word in the title
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 1000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus Reread 7500
Bonus Owned for 5+ years 10000
Bonus Award-winning title 10000
Bonus 400+ pages 7500
Bonus Outside your usual genre 7500
Total: 58500
Current Bank: 84500
Note: I own the hardback, I borrowed (and read) the audiobook, which is how I justify the borrowed and the owned for 5+ years.
Book: The Baker and the Kraken Author: Ellie Ash
Date Read: 9/1
Category: β οΈ Death Roulette
Task: πͺ¦ Death by Old Age:Read a book featuring an elderly protagonist or significant aging, generational change, or the passage of time.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 1000
Bonus From your TBR 5000
Bonus 5-star read 100
Total: 21000
Current Bank: 105500
Book: Mistletoe and Mishigas Author: MA Wardell
Date Read: 9/2
Category: π² Random Event
Task: π Prenup: Read a book featuring a contract, agreement, bargain, or deal.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 15000
Bonus Book you've been putting off 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Award-winning title 10000
Total: 40000
Current Bank: 145500
Book: Dragon AU Author: AM Rose
Date Read: 9/5
Category: π Find a Spouse
Task: Read a book with the word CLIMB or CLIMBING in the text.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 2000
Bonus New-to-you author 5000
Bonus From your TBR 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus 5-star read 10000
Total: 32000
Current Bank: 177500
Book: Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming Author: AJ Sherwood
Date Read: 9/6
Category: π Get Married
Task: Read a book published in the last 5 years
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 2000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Reread 7500
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus 5-star read 10000
Total: 34500
Current Bank: 212000
Book: I Buried a Witch Author: Josh Lanyon
Date Read: 9/7
Category: β οΈ Death Roulette
Task: π Death by Broken Heart: Read a book involving betrayal, heartbreak, divorce, or the end of a relationship.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 2000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Total: 12000
Current Bank: 224000
Book: He's to Die For Author: Erin Dunn
Date Read: 9/9
Category: π² Random Event
Task: π The Police Are Asking Questions: Read an MPG Crime, True Crime, or Noir novel.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 17500
Bonus New-to-you author 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Debut novel 7500
Bonus Award-winning title 10000
Total: 50000
Current Bank: 274000
Book: Haunted Author: Kelley Armstrong
Date Read: 9/15
Category: π Find a Spouse
Task: Read a book with the word WIDOW or WIDOWED in the text.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 4000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus Outside your usual genre 7500
Bonus Reread 7500
Bonus 5-star read 10000
Bonus Owned for 5+ years 10000
Bonus 400+ pages 7500
Total: 61500
Current Bank: 335500
Book: Cold as Hell Author: Kelley Armstrong
Date Read: 9/22
Category: π° Secure the Bag
Task: Read an MPG Mystery, Thriller, or Suspense novel
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 4000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus Outside your usual genre 7500
Bonus Award-winning title 10000
Total: 36500
Current Bank: 372000
Book: The Trouble with Trying to Love a Hellion Author: Jennifer Cody
Date Read: 10/1
Category: β οΈ Death Roulette
Task: π Death by Hysteria: Read a book that makes you laugh out loud.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 4000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Total: 19000
Current Bank: 391000
Book: Pressure Author: Kiki Burrelli
Date Read: 10/4
Category: π² Random Event
Task: π° Scandal!: Read a book involving public scandal, gossip, secrets, or reputation.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 17500
Bonus New-to-you author 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus 400+ pages 7500
Total: 45000
Current Bank: 436000
Category: β Bonus Simoleons Task: If all three spouses have died by different methods add 10000
πͺ¦ Death by Old Age
π Death by Broken Heart
π Death by Hysteria
Total: 10000
Current Bank: 446000
Book: How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager Author: DN Bryn
Date Read: 10/8
Category: π Find a Spouse #4
Task: Read a book with the word INHERITANCE, INHERIT, or HEIR/ESS in the text.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 8000
Bonus New-to-you author 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Total: 28000
Current Bank: 464000
Book: The Haunted Hotel Author: Vawn Cassidy
Date Read: 10/18
Category: π° Secure the Bag
Task: Read a book with a place, house, or family name in the title
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 8000
Bonus From your TBR 5000
Bonus Book you've been putting off 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Total: 28000
Current Bank: 492000
Book: The Elf Beside Himself Author: KM Avery
Date Read: 10/22
Category: β οΈ Death Roulette
Task: π½οΈ Death by Starvation: Read a book featuring food, cooking, hunger, famine, or deprivation.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 8000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus 400+ pages 7500
Total: 30500
Current Bank: 522500
Book: The Turn Author: Kim Harrison
Date Read: 10/31
Category: π² Random Event
Task: π Run Away: Read a book where a character leaves their home, family, relationship, or former life behind.
Simoleons: Base 5000
Task 15000
Bonus Book you've been putting off 5000
Bonus Library book / borrowed 5000
Bonus Backlist title (not new release) 5000
Bonus 400+ pages 7500
Total: 42500
Current Bank: 565000
Marry well. Outlive them. Repeat.
The Black Widow is a reading challenge about accumulation, charm, ambition, and suspiciously good luck. Build your fortune one spouse at a time, survive whatever fate the game throws at you, and see whether you can accumulate Β§1,000,000 before you finally retire.
There are no time limits. Read at your own pace. Use any format. And remember: in this challenge, sometimes love is real... and sometimes the inheritance is better.
Links:
π€ THE SIMOLEON SYSTEM
π SPOUSES (beginning)
β οΈ DEATH ROULETTE
π² RANDOM EVENTS