Pick-a-Shelf discussion

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Summary:

21 books off TBR as of 2017 16 May

Current Books. Due 31 May
∞ The Rosie Project 5/25
∞ Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness
∞ Opposites Never Let Me Go. 5/26 Mod level: Dying and never sick





Bookoply https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

First Round on the Board

1810hrs mst 11/28/16
Rolled 8 P: Peppermint Patty & Marcie - Book requests rec'd 11/28/16 from Bea
Grand Theft Griffin: Book Three of 'Fantasy & Forensics' Magic Bites The Forever War
Finished Magic Bites. 3 Dec 16
Rolled 11 P: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin - Book requests rec'd 11/28/16 from Lusie
Storm Rose Rebecca The Final Empire
Finished 14Dec16

Rolled 8 P: Right Field Lucy - Book requests rec'd 11/28/16. From
Tien
The Screaming Staircase Child 44 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Finished on 20Dec2016

Round 2

Rolled: 7 Landed on: Best Friends requested picks on 12/4/19 @ 0006 hrs.
Rachel replied 12/4/16 0040 hrs mst with
Genghis: Birth of an Empire Northanger Abbey March
Finished on 12/18/16

Rolled 4 on 20 Dec landed on Poor Charlie Brown Req on 12/2016 1920hrs mst Catherine replied within 7 hours with Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Butterfly Swords and The Spinster's Christmas
Chose . Finished 12/25/16
Rolled 10 on 20Dec landed on Pitcher's mound. Rolled a 6 and got 6. Read a book where author's name (first OR last) ends with a vowel (A, E, I, O, U). Chose In the Barren Ground byLoreth Anne White finished on 12/25/16

Round 3

Rolled 5 landed on Psychiatric Booth. Rolled 7. Sort your shelf by date added and read a book most recently added (you may choose out of your latest 5). Chose The Screaming Staircase finished 12/29/16

Round 4

Rolled 5 landed on S: Bus Stop - Shelves. Rolled 2:1 got 2. Fantasy/Science Fiction and a. dystopian. I don't have one of these on my Bookoply shelf, so I'll pick one from my general TBR. I picked . Finished 1-4-17

Rolled 7 landed on P: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin - Lauren’s. Made request on 12/29/16 1800 hrs mst Lauren responded within 24 hrs with Secrets in the Mist, Leviathan, and A Matter of Grave Concern. I picked Secrets in the Mist finished 12/30/16

Rolled 2 landed on P: Sledding - Rachel's. Request made 12/29/16 1800 hrs. Rachel responded within 28 hrs. Choices: The Marriage Mart, Pierced by the Sun, and Space Relics. Chose Pierced by the sun. Finished 1/19/17

Round 5. 1/9/17 to 1/31/17

Rolled 7 landed on S: French Cafe. Rolled 6 Peanuts & 5 e- picture-books. On 1/22/17 I found and read my baby cousin's board book Goodnight Moon.

Rolled 9 land on P: Flying Ace. Catherine sent request 1/12/17. Catherine responded w/in 24 hrs. Choices Dark Horse, Death in Bordeaux, and Carrots. Read Death in Bordeaux finished on 1/31/17

Rolled 12 landed on JUST VISITING: Read a book with word in title that is, at least, 3 syllables long. Please choose your book from your Bookopoly Shelf if you can. If not, then from your general tbr. I chose Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood. Bollywood as 3 syllable word.

Round 5 February 2/3/17 to

Rolled 11 on 2/3. Landed on sledding. Request to Rachel submitted 2/3. Rachel replied on 2/4 with Shanghai Girls
When Demons Walk Time After Time I chose When Demons Walk
Update 2/25: getting nowhere on Demons so changed to Time After Time. Finished on 2/25.


Rolled 7 on 2/3. Landed on French Cafe (shelves). Rolled 1 and 6 = fiction adventure. I chose A Gathering of Shadows update 80% done on 2/26.

Rolled 6 on 2/3. Landed on Best Friends, request submitted to Marina on 2/3. Her picks for me are Howl's Moving Castle, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English and One of Our Thursdays Is Missing.
I chose Howl's Moving Castle. Finished 2/17

27 Feb 17
Rolled 12, landed on Psychiatric Booth, rolled 6/6. = 6. Advance token to the nearest holiday (Theme Park square) which is Thanksgiving (Opposites)

6. Not all books are the same size. Read either the thinnest or thickest book on your dedicated shelf (most/least total page numbers). Read (least) Space Relics

Rolled 4, landed on Pig Pen, sent request to Rachel on 2/28 0058 hrs mst. Rachel responded with The Invisible Library Orphan X & Never Let Me Go. Read Orphan X.

Rolled 7, landed on Tug-of-War, sent request to Sassafrass on 2/28 0058 hrs mst. Sassafrass responded with Invisible Man, Burn for Me, and War Brides. Read War Brides.

31 March
# Rolled 7. Landed on Christmas Law and Order.
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LAW & ORDER

Easy level

1. Cover featuring object/s that can be used to keep “Order” (can include police utility belt, uniforms, sirens, etc)

2. Author initials (first & last) found in POLICE OFFICER

3. In absence of Law & Order, chaos will reign. Read an apocalyptic book.

4. Read a mystery/crime book which has been adapted onto screens

5. Read a book with either ‘law’ or ‘order’ in title/subtitle (exact spelling - NO variation allowed)

6. Initial letter of words in title can be found in “PROTECT AND SERVE” (excl. A, An, The and letters can only be used as often as they appear in Protect and Serve)

Moderate level

1. Main character is a Police Officer (as opposed to a detective) OR a Law professional of Civil courts (as opposed to Criminal)

2. Read a book about OR written by a Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

3. Author is / was a law enforcement officer (incl. FBI/ DEA but not CIA - this Wikipedia entry may help)

4. Read a book from one of the following listopias: Best True Crime or Civil Rights & Law: Then and Now

5. Read a book from one of the following listopias: Prison Books or Books for Incarcerated Youth

6. Read a book from one of the following listopias: Substance Abuse & Addiction or Best Transgressive Fiction (being representative causes of crime)

Hard level

For this level, there will only be a general topic with a little definition to guide you but the rest of the interpretation will be up to your discretion.

1. Justice
2. Probation
3. Vigilante
4. Corruption
5. Big Brother
6. Utopia

For ideas, this Law & Order listopia may help. Please do add to the list if you know a fitting book.

# Rolled 7. Landed on Suppertime!. Request made of Katie 3/31 16:49 hrs mdt. Katie replied with A Man Called Ove, Kissed by the Rain, Inceptio
Read Inceptio 5/8

# Rolled 8. Landed on Around the Campfire. Request made 3/31 16:50 hrs mdt. Choices are: Salt to the Sea, Kissed by the Rain, The Bear and the Nightingale.
Read Nightingale 5/12

May Spin
Rolled 7 Landed on Woodstock on Ice. Amy responded on 5/13 with. Salt to the Sea, A Man Called Ove, The Rosie Project
Rolled 6 Landed on Thanksgiving- opposites
Moderate level

1. Colours have opposites too. Read a book in which the opposite colours on the colour wheel are both on the cover. This can be a colour used in the the title, it can be any shade of the colour, and it can be a small detail as long as that it is there it counts. You can read a book with the following colours of the cover:
(1) red & green, (2) purple & yellow, (3) orange & blue
description

2. Read a book of male point of view written by female author OR female point of view written by male author (there should only be single point of view)

3. Read a book from the shelf Books that made you CRY or the shelf Books that make you LAUGH

4. Illness is the opposite of health: Read a book where the main character is dying (or suffering terminal illness) OR is never sick

5. Read a book where the main character is either very old (65+ years old) or a is child (max 8 years old).

6. An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to another. Read a book with antonym titles; the book doesn't have to be on the shelf with antonym titles but you can use it for ideas; Books with Antonym Titles

Hard level

For this we will list several antonyms. You have to find a book that fits both words. These words may refer to cover, setting, or word in title, characters, etc –but completely up to your interpretation.

1. ancient-modern
2. day-night
3. good-evil
4. fire-ice
5. dead-alive
6- teach-learn

rolled 5 Free Parking Random book Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness