Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Shelf-O-Poly

(*) denotes ‘streets’ – Your choice: Do Task & earn points OR Skip Task & be fined points

(#) denotes Non-‘streets’: Be fined points OR you can do task and avoid fine

Most squares will require that you read books from certain "shelves" except for some squares of which tasks are specified.

The 'group' of the streets of which there are 8 (those in colour boxes -the Main Genre, eg. Literature, Young Adult, etc) MUST be noted on list of Top Shelves on book page

For example, World War Z - you can read it for either one of the following 'streets':
-Fantasy > Horror
-Science Fiction > Speculative (Apocalyptic)
-Fantasy > Urban Fantasy (Fantasy listed on book page and urban fantasy on first page of top shelves)
-Fantasy > Epic (Fantasy listed on book page and epic on page 3 of top shelves)
-etc

I have kept the 'streets' to be as generic as possible so you should be able to fit books easily

Do Not let your balance to reach Zero (0) OR you will have to re-start the game from GO

Roll 1 Die and move a number of squares as per your rolls.

You may roll ahead & plan your reads up to the point where you reach Community Chest / Chance ("planned set"). Books may be read in any order BUT... all books must be completed before starting Community Chest / Chance Task.

When you start your task for Community Chest / Chance, then you may roll again. If your 'task' does not require you to read, you may roll as soon as you've started reading your last book for your last planned set.

Challenge open for 4 months (up to 30 November 2013) and whoever completed the challenge at the end of 4 months with highest points "wins"!

Challenge is complete when you return / past "Go" point after cycle/s around the board. You may do more than one cycle and continue to accumulate points.

For example, you have collected 1,000 points and are at "Literature > Contemporary". You rolled '4' which means that you will pass 'Go' and land in 'Non-Fiction > Bio'. Collect 200 points as you pass 'Go' (total of 1,200 points) and proceed with 'Non-Fiction > Bio' task.

GO! You may start reading NOW!

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Go – Collect 200 points

*Non-Fiction > Bio (incl. autobio & memoirs): 60 points

COMMUNITY CHEST(Refer below)

*Non-Fiction > Non-Bio^ : 60 points
^there isn't actually a 'non-bio' shelf, this merely refers to any Non-Fiction book that is NOT on the biography or similar shelf

# "short-stories" : 200 points

# "novella" : 200 points

*Mystery > Crime : 100 points

CHANCE (Refer below)

*Mystery > Thriller : 100 points

*Mystery > Classic: 120 points

Detention Centre / Just Visiting:
-Detention Centre: We like to challenge our members so
1. Read that book you've been avoiding! OR
2. Read that genre you usually avoid OR
3. if nothing comes to mind directly, sort your to-read shelf by date added (ascending), roll 2 die and read the book nth down from top. This is kind of like LOST with the random touch
-Just Visiting: Re-read a book of YOUR CHOICE.

*Young Adult > Fantasy (incl. dystopian & paranormal): 140 points

# "picture books" : 150 points

*Young Adult > Coming of Age : 140 points

*Young Adult > Contemporary : 160 points

# "play" : 200 points

*Romance > Historical : 180 points

COMMUNITY CHEST (Refer below)

*Romance > Paranormal : 180 points

*Romance > Contemporary : 220 points

FREEBIES: We all love Free Books! Read a Free Book (could be one of those classics you could download for free or a gift or ARC or won through giveaway, etc).

*Fantasy > Epic: 220 points

CHANCE (Refer below)

*Fantasy > Urban Fantasy: 220 points

*Fantasy > Horror : 240 points

# "novella": 200 points

*Adventure > Children : 260 points

*Adventure > Action : 260 points

# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points

*Adventure > Suspense : 280 points

Fell asleep reading? GO TO DETENTION CENTRE

*Science Fiction > Time Travel : 300 points

*Science Fiction > Speculative (incl. Steampunk & Apocalyptic) : 300 points

COMMUNITY CHEST

*Science Fiction > Space Opera : 320 points

# "play": 200 points

CHANCE (Refer below)

*Literature > Contemporary: 350 points

# "poetry" : 100 points

*Literature > Classics : 400 points

COMMUNITY CHEST / CHANCE: Roll 2 Die and follow below tasks
2 - Read a book for PAS shelf of the month (this will have to be the month you are reading the book for -not when you are planning)
3 - Recommend a book for your PAS-pal (state whom & which book)
4 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task
5 - Read a book for another challenge (can be LOST, moving mountains, POTS, SRC, RwS, etc etc etc)
6 - Read a book that is an even number in the series (read book 2, 4, 6, etc)
7 - Read ANY book of your CHOICE
8 - Read a book for PAS shelf of the month (this will have to be the month you are reading the book for -not when you are planning)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task
10 - Leave us a quote (can be in either the monthly book quotes / POTS - leave a link to your post)
11 - Read a book that is an odd number in the series (so you can read book 1, 3, 5, etc)
12 - Read a book which you have meant to read for a prior Shelf of the month which you didn't get to

Note: if you are required to request for recommendation / task, you may request it anytime but you cannot start reading until you have completed all other books in the planned set.

BUT if you have landed on CHANCE (NOT Community Chest) and have rolled a double (1/1, 2/2, etc) –then you have optional tasks as follows;
2 - Lose 250 points
4 - Retreat one square
6 - Receive 250 points
8 - Retreat to nearest "non-streets" (denoted by "#")
10 - Advance one square
12 - Advance to nearest "non-streets" (denoted by "#")

Cycle #1


Amy
LynnB

Completed:

2,400 pts: Coralie / Part 2
2,170 pts: Susan / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4
1,790 pts: Bea / Part 2
1,240 pts: Karen (Bookworm) / Part 2
1,080 pts: Tien

Cycle #2


Coralie
Karen (Bookworm)

Completed:

4,020 pts: Susan / Part 2 / Part 3

Cycle #3

Susan / Part 2

A pretty short run...

Go - 200 points

Rolled 4
# "short-stories" : 200 points
Girl in the Mirror by Cecelia Ahern Read 07/26

Rolled 3
CHANCE (Refer below)
3&4: 7 - Read ANY book of your CHOICE
Secrets of Catalpa Hall Read 07/27

Started my chance book

Rolled 2
*Mystery > Classic: 120 points
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab Read 08/22

Rolled 3
# "picture books" : 150 points
Dinosaur Zoom Read 08/01

Rolled 2
*Young Adult > Contemporary : 160 points
Banish Read 08/09

Rolled 2
*Romance > Historical : 180 points
The Professor Read 08/12

Rolled 2
*Romance > Paranormal : 180 points
King Hall Read 08/12

Rolled 6
*Fantasy > Horror : 240 points
The Weight of Souls Read 08/06

Rolled 1
# "novella": 200 points
Wool (Wool #1) Read 08/22

Rolled 3
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points
Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 Read 08/07

Rolled 5
COMMUNITY CHEST
3 & 4: 7 - Read ANY book of your CHOICE
Oscar and Lucinda Read 09/05

Rolled 2
# "play": 200 points
Hamlet by William Shakespeare Read 09/26

Rolled 5
Go – and I'll finish here so I can focus on Moving Mountain which isn't moving at all!

Books: 12/12
Points: 1,080/1,080

Yay! The new game! I have to get some dice rolls and see what to read.

Tien, can you please link the dice roll onto this page? It just makes it easier to find.

Lynn's 1st Cycle:

Go 200 points

Rolled 2
COMMUNITY CHEST - Points: 0
Rolled 3+4= 7
Read any book of your choice!
The Virgin Cure: A Novel - Read 7/28

Well, that was a quick stop...
Started my book, so I'm rolling again.

Rolled 2
# "short-stories" : 200 points
The Yellow Wallpaper- read 8/7

Rolled 2
*Mystery > Crime : 100 points
Sworn to Silence - Read 7/29

Rolled 4
-Just Visiting: Re-read a book of YOUR CHOICE.
They Came to Baghdad, Agatha Christie
Read it first many, many years ago :) Read 8/1

Rolled 4
*Young Adult > Contemporary : 160 points
Tell the Wolves I'm HomeRead 8/8

Rolled 3
COMMUNITY CHEST - Points: 0
Rolled 3+5=8
8 - Read a book for PAS shelf of the month.
The Light Between Oceans Read 8/10

Books Completed: 6/6
Points Completed: 660/660

Think I'm dropping this one, this time. Somehow I can't figure out how to find which books are on the sub-shelves. Too confusing.

Here I go.
Go 200 points

Rolled 5 # Novella (200 points)
Poor Folk Read 29/7

Rolled 5 Just visiting - reread
One Virgin Too Many Read 1/8

Rolled 1 * Young adult - fantasy (140 points)
The Other Wind Read 1/8

Rolled 5 * Romance - historical (180 points)
Anne of the Island Read 2/8

Rolled 5 * Fantasy - Epic (220 points)
The Gunslinger Read 5/8

Rolled 4 # Novella (200 points)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Read 30/7

Rolled 2 * Adventure - Action (260 points)
Behemoth Read 8/8

Rolled 5 * Science Fiction - Speculative (300 points)
Dark Universe Read 2/8

Rolled 4 CHANCE 2+3=5 Book for another challenge - LOST
The Speed of Dark Read 14/08

Roll 5 – Passed Go – 200 points
* Non-fiction – bio (60 points)
The Family Law Read 20/08

Roll 6 – Chance
6 + 2
Book from month’s shelf - summer reads
The Light Between Oceans Read 28/08

Books 11/11
Points 1560/1560

If I land on #play, I have to ask for a task. Is that correct?

I'm in! Round 1

Rolled 6
* Crime - 100 points
Second Honeymoon Read 7/28/13

Rolled 5
*Young Adult > Fantasy - 140 points
WWW: Wake Read 8/16/13

Rolled 5
*Romance > Historical - 180 points
The Secret Keeper Read 8/4/13

Rolled 1
Community Chest
2+2=4
4 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task:

Lynn B's task: Sort your to-read shelf so the oldest date to be listed on the shelf is first, then choose a book to read that sits between position #20-#30 on that list.

Book #28: Twisted Read 8/21/13


Starting Community Chest task so I am rolling again:

Rolled 4
*Fantasy > Epic: 220 points
The False Prince Read 8/31/13

Rolled 1
Chance
3+6=9
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task

Karen's task: Arrange your books alphabetically by author's surname, then read the last book on the list.

Last book is Moonlight Falls by Vincent Zandri but it isn't available in my library system. Instead I chose As Catch Can by the same author which was my second to last book. Read 9/8/13

Starting Chance task so I am rolling again:

Rolled 6
# Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)
Locke and Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom Read 9/23/13

Rolled 2
Fell asleep reading? GO TO DETENTION CENTRE
Locke and Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks Read 10/12/13

Rolled 1
*Young Adult > Fantasy: 140 points
Days of Blood & Starlight Read 10/18/13

Rolled 4
# "play"
The Miracle Worker Read 9/10/13

Rolled 2
Community Chest
4+3=7
Read ANY book of your CHOICE: Back Of Beyond Read 10/26/13

Starting Community Chest task so I am rolling again:

Rolled 1
*Romance > Paranormal : 180 points
Once Burned Read 11/16/13

Rolled 1
*Romance > Contemporary : 220 points
The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs Read 11/11/13


Rolled 5
*Fantasy > Horror : 240 points
The Graveyard Book Read 11/23/13

Rolled 4
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)"
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye Read 11/21/13

Rolled 4
*Science Fiction > Speculative (incl. Steampunk & Apocalyptic) : 300 points
The Last Colony Read 10/26/13

Rolled 3
# "play":
Dinner With Friends Read 11/13/13

Rolled 6
Passed Go!

Books: 17/17
Points: 1920/1920

Round one completed!

For Romance > Historical can historical fiction be used?

With Monopoly Zombies coming to a close, can we overlap books between the two challenges?

Lauren wrote: "If I land on #play, I have to ask for a task. Is that correct?"

No, you have to read a play like Much Ado About Nothing or An Ideal Husband etc

Amy wrote: "For Romance > Historical can historical fiction be used?

yes, we are very flexible on this one, as long as it fits within spirit of the " street", that's fine. Only the Main Genre ( street grouping) has to be noted on main book page.

With Monopoly Zombies coming to a close, can we overlap books between the two challenges?"

Yes!

If someone is feeling creative, please provide a task for my community chest roll. No rush; I'm sure I won't need it for a week or so. Thanks!!!!

Amy wrote: "If someone is feeling creative, please provide a task for my community chest roll. No rush; I'm sure I won't need it for a week or so. Thanks!!!!"

Here's a task, if you want to use it: Sort your to-read shelf so the oldest date to be listed on the shelf is first, then choose a book to read that sits between position #20-#30 on that list.

Tien wrote: "Lauren wrote: "If I land on #play, I have to ask for a task. Is that correct?"

No, you have to read a play like Much Ado About Nothing or An Ideal Husband etc"

Thanks Tien.

If I don't want to read the play, I have to pay the 200 point fine?

Yep, that's right.

OK thanks.

LynnB wrote: "Amy wrote: "If someone is feeling creative, please provide a task for my community chest roll. No rush; I'm sure I won't need it for a week or so. Thanks!!!!"

Here's a task, if you want to use it:..."

Thanks, Lynn!

Yippee a new game. Boo I'm on holiday so I'll have to wait until next week to start.

Stuff it, count me in.

Go 200 points

Rolled a 2

Community Chest
rolled 4+1=5
Read a book for another challenge - The Sunne in Splendour - 03/08/13

Karen wrote: "Stuff it, count me in."

lol - that's the spirit!

Count me in!

GO 200 pts.

Rolled 1.
*Non-fiction > Bio (60 points)
Book: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Points total: 260

Rolled 4.
#"novella" (200 points)
Book: Bartleby, the Scrivener
Points total: 460

Rolled 6.
*Young Adult > Fantasy (140 points)
Book: Poison Study
Points total: 600

Rolled 5.
*Romance > Historical (180 points)
Book: Whitney, My Love
Points total: 780

Rolled 2.
*Romance > Paranormal (180 points)
Book: Tiger's Curse
Points total: 960

Rolled 4.
CHANCE: rolled 3+5 = 8
Read a book for the PAS shelf of the month.
Book: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Points total: 960

yay, Bea! Good 2 books to start with :)

Tien wrote: "yay, Bea! Good 2 books to start with :)"

Tien, I wasn't sure of the novella shelf for Breath, which I do want to read...on the TBR. Since I was unsure, I changed it to one I found on a novella list.

hhmm yea you're right, it's a bit big for novella... I don't know where I've put my head this morning, really!

Started my community chest book so rolling again.

Rolled a 1
*Non-fiction>Non bio(60 points)
Book - The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - 09/08/13

Rolled a 5
*Mystery>Thriller(100 points)
Book - Tripwire - 11/08/13

Rolled a 6
*Young Adult>Contemporary(160 points)
Book - The Fault in Our Stars - 16/08/13

Rolled a 3
Community Chest: rolled 4+3 = 7
Read any book of your choice
Book - Broken Homes - 20/08/13

Books - 5/5
Points - 520/520

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Cycle 1

Section 1

Go - 200 points

Rolled 3
*Non-Fiction/Non-Bios: 60 points
Taking the Leap - finished 8/11

Rolled 4
Chance
3+2=5:Read a book for another challenge
Ghostman, for Opposites challenge - finished 8/12

Books 2/2
Points 260/260
Section 1 completed 8/12/2013

Oops. Just went to check to be sure Taking the Leap is on the non-bios shelf, and there doesn't seem to be such a shelf. Do I just need to verify that "Non-Fiction" is on the list of Top Shelves on the book page (It is.), and that the book is in fact not a bio?

Susan wrote: "Oops. Just went to check to be sure Taking the Leap is on the non-bios shelf, and there doesn't seem to be such a shelf. Do I just need to verify that "Non-Fiction" is on the list of Top Shelves on..."

Agh! I knew there was something I forgot but for the life of me, I couldn't think of what. As we are limited to 2 Non-Fiction 'genre', I only split them between anything biographical and non-biographical. So for 'non-bios', as long as the book is not on 'biography' shelve or anything similar, then it's fine.

So, to answer your question, Susan, Taking the Leap is fine for this square.

Begun 8/13/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Section 2

Rolled 5
# "picture books" : 150 points
✔Jiro's Pearl - finished 8/23

Rolled 1
*Young Adult > Coming of Age : 140 points
✔ The Perks of a Wallflower - finished 8/23

Rolled 3
*Romance > Historical : 180 points
✔Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian - finished 8/21

Rolled 6
CHANCE
5+1=6:Read a book that is an even number in the series.
✔ The King's Bishop by Candace Robb, book #4 in the Owen Archer series - finished 8/25

Books 4/4

Section 2 Points 320/320
Section 1 Points 260
Total Points 580

last updated 8/26

If someone has a moment, I need a task for the Chance square I rolled. Thanks!

Started my community chest book so rolling again.

Rolled a 1
*Romance > Paranormal : 180 points
book - Grave Sight - 04/09/13

Rolled a 5
*Fantasy > Urban Fantasy: 220 points
book - Neverwhere - 03/09/13

Rolled a five
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points
book - Coraline - 30/08/13

Rolled a six
*Science Fiction > Space Opera : 320 points
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - 22/08/13

Rolled a six
Return to go square

Books 9/9
Points - 1240/1240

End of Round One

Amy wrote: "If someone has a moment, I need a task for the Chance square I rolled. Thanks!"

Arrange your books alphabetically by author's surname, then read the last book on the list.

Karen wrote: "Amy wrote: "If someone has a moment, I need a task for the Chance square I rolled. Thanks!"

Arrange your books alphabetically by author's surname, then read the last book on the list."

Thanks, Karen!

Begun 8/1/2013
Ends 11/30/2013

Section 3

Rolled 1
*Fantasy > Urban Fantasy: 220 points
Shatter Me - finished 9/5

Rolled 5
# "Graphic Novels (incl. Manga)" : 150 points
Stardust - finished 9/1/2013

Rolled 4
*Science Fiction > Speculative (incl. Steampunk & Apocalyptic) : 300 points
Kallocain - finished 9/3

Rolled 1
COMMUNITY CHEST
4+6=10: Leave us a quote: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Books 3/3

Section 3 points 520/520
Sections 1 & 2 points 580
Total Points 1100/1100

Section completed 9/6

I have a question about task #10 for the Community Chest. Since leaving a quote doesn't take very long, and can presumably be about one of the books we've read for that set, how does that affect when we can start planning for the next section (in order to obtain books from the library, etc.)?

Might it be reasonable to say that, when this task is involved, planning for the next set can begin when the last book before the Community Chest is begun, whichever book that happens to be?

Susan wrote: "I have a question about task #10 for the Community Chest. Since leaving a quote doesn't take very long, and can presumably be about one of the books we've read for that set, how does that affect wh..."

I think you're exactly right, Susan. The rules say

When you start your task for Community Chest / Chance, then you may roll again. If your 'task' does not require you to read, you may roll as soon as you've started reading your last book for your last planned set.

I take that to mean when you start reading the book just prior to the Community Chest task.

Amy wrote: "I think you're exactly right, Susan. The rules say"

Oops! I should've known Tien would've thought of all the possibilities ahead of time, and gone back to read the rules again myself.

Thanks!

Susan wrote: "Amy wrote: "I think you're exactly right, Susan. The rules say"

Oops! I should've known Tien would've thought of all the possibilities ahead of time, and gone back to read the rules again myself.
..."

You are most welcome!

.... Continuing my journey

Roll 2 Mystery
* Classic (120 points)
The Frozen Deep Read 5/10

Roll 6 # Play (200 points)
Wasps Read 1/10

Roll 4 Romance
* Contemporary (220 points)
The Reader Read 14/9

Roll 6 # Novella (200 points)
The Immoralist Read 5/9

Roll 6 Sci-Fi
* Time Travel (300 points)
Brasyl Read 23/09

Roll 4 # Play (200 points)
Frogs Read 5/10

Roll 5 Go – Collect 200 points

Books Read 17/17
Points 2400/2400

Thanks, Amy, for helping me & Susan out :)

Cheers!

Tien wrote: "Thanks, Amy, for helping me & Susan out :)

Cheers!"

My pleasure. I know you've been swamped.

I thought I would just point out that, for people who might land on the graphic novels square who don't really like manga-type books, Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess is a terrific choice. It's a fairy tale for adults, and it's really a full-length novel that just happens to have beautiful illustrations on every page.

Round 2

Pass Go - 200 points

Rolled a four
#”short-stories” - 200 points
book - Fragile Things: short fictions and wonders - 13/09/13

Rolled a six
Just Visiting - Re-Read a book of your choice
book - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - 06/09/13

Rolled a one
*Young Adult > Fantasy (including dystopian and paranormal) - 140 points
book - The House of Hades

Rolled a three
*Young Adult > Contemporary - 160 points
book - More Than This - 06/10/13

Rolled a one
#”play” - 200 points
book - Pygmalion - 04/09/13

Rolled a six
*Fantasy > Epic - 220 points
book - The Princess Bride - 17/10/13

Rolled a six
*Adventure > Action - 260 points
book - The Devil Colony

Rolled a five
*Science Fiction > Speculative ( including steampunk and apocalyptic) - 300 points
book - The Twelve

Rolled a four
Chance - rolled a three and a two
Five - read a book for another challenge (POTS etc)

Books 5/9
Points - 380/1280

Total books - 14/18
Total points - 1620/2520