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The Road to Seattle Reading Challenge!

We’re going to steal a page from the MM Romance Group’s awesome Whips & Kisses reading game, and make a special reading challenge for the Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up!

This challenge will focus on works by authors coming to the Meet-Up (and gives attendees a fun way to read through their work!)

Game Duration: June 1, 2013 – September 13, 2013

Important Links

Gameboard: Squares 1-36
Participant’s thread
Roll a die (As soon as you’ve clicked this link, you’ve rolled. Do not click “Roll Again”.)

How to Play:

1: Roll the die. (Only roll once!)

2; Move down the numbered gameboard list to the amount that you rolled. You’ll land on a category.

3: Follow the directions for that category. If it’s a link, follow the link and choose a book to read.

4: Make a post in the Road to Seattle Participants Thread with your board movement and the actions followed.

(You don’t need to create a new comment for each move. You can edit your original post and add any new moves in, so by the end of the game, you’ll have a list of all that you’ve read.)

Example:

1- Roll 3. Move to space 3. GRNW author book in TBR pile: Prey by Andrea Speed. COMPLETE.
2: Roll 4. Move to space 7. Mysteries or Suspense: Loving Luki Vasquez by Lou Sylvre. COMPLETE
3: Roll 2. Move to space 9. Science Fiction, Shifters, or Westerns: Feral Machines by Ginn Hale. COMPLETE
4: Roll 4. Move to space 13. Total E-Bound, MLR Press, Carina Press, or Torquere press: The Druid Stone by Heidi Belleau. COMPLETE
5: Roll 2. Move to space 15. Free Read Shelf: Bridges by M.J. O'Shea – To be finished

*You can leave a star rating to denote that you finished, or just write COMPLETE or link to your review if you have a review. Either of those options are fine.

The Rules

1: We tried to include lots of choices in each category so no matter what you like to read, there should be something of interest.

If you don’t find a book you want to read on the linked list though, you can roll the die, and try again, but you have to roll the die from the original spot, and not the new spot that you landed and didn’t find a book for. (We urge you to try each category though. You never know when you’ll find a gem!)

If you’ve read all the books in the category, then you can also reroll from your original spot and try a different category.

If you want, the book that you pick can also be a reread, but it should be a full reread, and not just favorite sections.

2: In order to move forward through the game, you must finish the book. If it’s a do-not-finish for you, you’ll have to choose another book from that list.

3: There is no page count limit unless otherwise noted. As long as it fits the category, the book (or short story) can be of any length

4: You can post to the participant’s thread now, but you can’t start the game (and start reading) until June 1.

I know! We’re harsh! Our main focus still is to have FUN while you’re surfing though all these authors’ works.

Questions about the game? Feel free to drop a comment in this thread. :-)

The Prizes!

What will you win?? GLORY! ADULATION! And we can slap you on the back in person at the Meet-Up!

Oh, and for the first FIVE people who finish the game, I WILL BUY YOU A DRINK IN SEATTLE! Yay!

So, good luck on your challenge, and happy reading!

The Gameboard is listed in the next message below.

Road to Seattle Gameboard

Roll the die and move down this list of categories:

1: Any book from the GRNW Attending Author Shelf
2: Pick a book by an attending author whose first or last name begins with an “A”. It can be any book in their backlist.
3: Choose a book from your to-read shelf that’s by an author attending GRNW
4: Tea with Tenino; Shots with Ginn; Absinthe with Amber – Read a work by Anne Tenino, Ginn Hale, or Amber Kell
5: Fantasy Reads
6: On the Chase, On the Hunt, On the Road – Read a book by Laylah Hunter, L.C. Chase, or Devon Rhodes
7: Mysteries or Suspense
8: You just got a free espresso shot from that hot barista! Move ahead to space 16
9: Space Cowboy Werewolves – Science Fiction, Shifters, or Westerns
10: Fields of daisies, stones, and reeds – Read a book by Daisy Harris, Ethan Stone, or Rick R. Reed
11: Contemporaries
12: Any book by a GRNW Attending author
13: Total E-Bound, MLR Press, Carina Press, or Torquere press
14: Husky Game! The bridge is up! Protestors! This means you are STUCK IN TRAFFIC. Move back to space 7
15: No cash is needed for the Free Read Shelf
16: Say WA! Read any book by an WA state author: Astrid Amara, Eric Andrews-Katz, Angela Benedetti, Kade Boehme, Ginn Hale, Daisy Harris, Laylah Hunter, Amber Kell, Nicole Kimberling, M.J. O'Shea, Rick R. Reed, Tara Spears, Andrea Speed, or Lou Sylvre
17: Loose Id, Amber Allure, Amber Quill, or Less Than Three Press
18: Short stories or novellas
19: Read any book by a GRNW author whose first or last name starts with “S”
20: Riptide Publishers, Blind Eye Books, Samhain, or Bold Strokes Books
21: Oh Canada! Read any book by Heidi Belleau, L.C. Chase, Cate Ashwood, Pender Mackie, or Finn Marlowe
22: From another world – Fantasy or Paranormal
23: Old or New: Read a book from 2013 or a historical
24: The Trader Joe’s is out of free samples! Go back to space 15
25: Read any book by a GRNW author whose first or last name starts with a “K”, “B”, or “M”
26: Storm’s comin’! Drive Belleau the Speed Limit! Read a book by Heidi Belleau, Andrea Speed, or Stormy Glenn
27: Siren, Storm Moon, or Dreamspinner
28: Your favorite microbrew is on happy hour and too much celebrating! Go back five spaces
29: Any novella-length read or higher from any author attending GRNW. (20,000+ words/80 pages or longer)
30: Clockwork Werebears! Read a book from Steampunk, Fantasy, or Shifters
31: Contempories
32: Sci-fi Detectives! Read a book from mysteries or science fiction
33: Oregon Trail! Read a book by Anne Tenino, Ethan Stone, Amelia Gormley, Stormy Glenn, Morticia Knight, Talya Andor, or David Holly
34: Northwest Expansion! Read a book by P.D. Singer, Lou Harper, Megan Derr, Sasha L. Miller, or Piper Vaughn
35: Anthologies, Shorts, or Free Reads
36: Any novel-length read from the GRNW Attending Shelf (40,000+ words or 150 pages or longer.)
37: You’re done! (Feel free to play again for MORE GLORY!)