Update: June 23 I finished this challenge! Here’s my post with my books.
Thanks to Bev at My Reader’s Block, I’ve been tempted by a super fun challenge-Book Monopoly.
I’ve joined the group that sponsors this at goodreads @ Crazy Challenge Connection and I’m ready to play. I’ll update this post with my rolls and the book I read for each turn.
MONOPOLY
NO DEADLINE, TAKE AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO FINISH, OR PLAY AS LONG AS YOU’D LIKE TO PLAY
Start on Go. Go to www.random.org/dice, and roll one six-sided die. Move forward that number of spaces, and read a book that fulfills one of the options for that space. When you’ve finished the book, roll the die again and continue around the board until you finish the game. You cannot roll the die for your next move until you’ve completed reading for the space you’re on. Be sure to count your spaces correctly! If you have to go backwards and land on a space you’ve already landed on, you must choose a different option than you did the first time around. When you go all the way around the board once, you can stop or you can go again for another round – or two or three : ) If you go around more than once, you may choose the same option you did in previous round(s), but of course, you’ll have to use a different book.
Any book format counts, as long as the book is at least 150 pages long. For e-books and audiobooks, check the number of pages Goodreads lists for the hardback copy of the book. Rereads are acceptable as long as you read the whole book and not simply skim it, and cross-challenge posting is encouraged. Ready … set … GO!
GO – Everyone starts here.
Turn #1: Rolled a 4, landed on INCOME TAX: Go to your Goodreads TBR list; read one of the first 10 books listed. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett – 2/26/14 – 3 stars (likable characters)
Turn #2: Rolled a 4, landed on VERMONT AVE.: Read a book set in one of the New England states
Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews – 3/1/14 – 3.5 stars (screwball cozy mystery)
Turn #3: Rolled a 2, landed on VISITING JAIL: Roll the die again, move forward and do the task for that property. Rolled a 3, landed on STATES AVENUE: Read a book whose title starts with S.
Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett – – 3/13/14 – 3 stars (mystery with red herrings)
Turn #4: Rolled a 2, landed on PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: Read a book set in a place you’d like to visit.
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie, by Wendy McClure – 3/22/14 – 4 stars (loved the story & the writing)
Turn #5: Rolled a 1, landed on ST. JAMES PLACE: Read a book set in Europe.
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque – 4/2/14 – 5 stars (must read)
Turn #6: Rolled a 6, landed on CHANCE #2: Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
The Rose Garden, by Susanna Kearsley – 4/21/14 – 5 stars (lovely writing)
Turn #7: Rolled a 1, landed on INDIANA AVENUE: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “INDIANAAVENUE”
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, by Donna Andrews – 5/16/14 – 4 stars (light and funny)
Turn #8: Rolled a 6, landed on MARVIN GARDENS: Read a book whose title starts with M or G.
The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan – 5/26/14 – 3 stars (fun escapist read)
Turn #9: Rolled a 6, landed on SHORT LINE RAILROAD
On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer – 6/23/14 – 5 stars (good Newbery Honor book)
Turn #10: Rolled a 5, landed on GO: that completes once around the board; I’m done!
