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Current books: Finished

- The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels by William Golding read Nov 19, 2017


Books read: 38

- Up With the Larks: Starting Again in Cornwall by Tessa Hainsworth read Aug 22, 2017
- The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov read Sep 10, 2017
- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins read Sep 19, 2017
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin read Sep 24, 2017
- The Revenants by Geoffrey Farrington read Oct 2, 2017
- The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John William Polidori read Oct 18, 2017
- The City & the City by China Miéville read Oct 25, 2017
- The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels by William Golding read Nov 19, 2017



- The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice read May 8, 2017
- Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer read May 13, 2017
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay read May 28, 2017
- Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite read May 28, 2017
- The Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri read May 31, 2017
- Fool Moon by Jim Butcher due Jun 25, 2017
- The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff read Jun 27, 2017
- Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2 by Sui Ishida read Jul 18, 2017
- Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami read Jul 31, 2017
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott read Aug 10, 2017



- Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie read Mar 12, 2017
- Storm Front by Jim Butcher read Mar 15, 2017
- Ralph Herne by William Henry Hudson read Mar 24, 2017
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell read Mar 26, 2017*
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner read Mar 26, 2017
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas read Mar 30, 2017
- Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig read Apr 4, 2017
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut read Apr 12, 2017
- An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell read Apr 15, 2017
- The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle read Apr 27, 2017




- Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri read Dec 23, 2016
- Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster read Jan 11, 2017
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro read Jan 16, 2017
- Malice by Keigo Higashino read Jan 21, 2017
- An Unsuitable Job For A Woman by P.D. James read Jan 29, 2017
- The Devotion Of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino read Feb 8, 2017
- Maurice by E.M. Forster read Feb 12, 2017
- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle read Feb 20, 2017
- The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White read Feb 26, 2017
- Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse read Mar 1, 2017




* Bonus read

1st Round:


Move #1 (2016-12-18 18:46:30 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
T: Valentine's Day - Caregiving
Task: Moderate level: 4. Read a book published by author when s/he is 60+ years old.
Pick: Excursion to Tindari by Andrea Camilleri read Dec 23, 2016
Due: Jan 15, 2017

Move #2 (2016-12-20 17:11:15 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
P: The Beagle Scouts - Rosemary’s
Pick: By Rosemary (2016-12-20 18:03:00 UTC -3)
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
The Shining by Stephen King
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster read Jan 11, 2017
Due: Jan 17, 2017

Move #3 (2016-12-22 19:28:22 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (4+3)
P: The Brick Wall - Ashley’s
Pick: By Ashley (2016-12-25 5:24:00 UTC -3)
The Shining by Stephen King
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro read Jan 16, 2017
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Due: Jan 22, 2017

Move #4 (2016-12-27 18:09:16 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (1+6)
P: Jumping Rope - Katie's
Pick: By Katie (2016-12-28 12:02:00 UTC -3)
Malice by Keigo Higashino read Jan 21, 2017
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Due: Jan 25, 2017

Move #5 (2017-01-16 17:37:44 UTC -3)

Roll: 2 (1+1)
P: Sally & Charlie Brown - Marie's
Pick: By Marie (2017-01-16 19:23:00 UTC -3)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James read Jan 29, 2017
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
After You with the Pistol by Kyril Bonfiglioli
Due: Feb 13, 2017

Move #6 (2017-01-22 19:20:34 UTC -3)

Roll: 10 (4+6)
P: Best Friends - Marina's
Pick: By Marina (2017-01-23 11:30:00 UTC -3)
The Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri
The Shining by Stephen King
Maurice by E.M. Forster read Feb 12, 2017
Due: Feb 20, 2017

Move #7 (2017-02-01 20:51:31 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
S: No Valentine - Shelves
Shelf: 4+5 (Mystery + Detective) 2017-02-01 20:54:55 UTC -3
Pick: A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle read Feb 20, 2017
Due: Mar 1, 2017

Move #8 (2017-02-05 20:21:04 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
P: Peppermint Patty & Marcie - Book Request Purchase complete
Pick: By Tien (2017-02-05 21:08:04 UTC -3)
The Praise Singer by Mary Renault
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
The Devotion Of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino read Feb 8, 2017
Due: Feb 12, 2017

2nd Round:


Move #9 (2017-02-09 19:03:24 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (3+4)
JAIL / Just Visiting
Task: Read a book with word in title at least 3 syllables long.
Pick: The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White read Feb 26, 2017
Due: Mar 9, 2017

Move #10 (2017-02-14 19:52:24 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (4+2)
P: The Brick Wall - Ashley’s
Pick: By Tien (2017-02-14 20:40:24 UTC -3)
Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl
Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse read Mar 1, 2017
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Due: Mar 14, 2017

Move #11 (2017-02-20 20:25:44 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
FREE PARKING
Task: Randomize your shelf, read the 1st book in the list.
Pick: Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie read Mar 12, 2017
Due: Mar 20, 2017

Move #12 (2017-02-27 16:57:13 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (2+2)
P: Sally & Charlie Brown - Marie's
Pick: By Susan (2017-03-01 09:34:00 UTC -3)
Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell *read Mar 26, 2017
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner read Mar 26, 2017
Due: Mar 29, 2017
* Ended up reading this 2nd one as well!

Move #13 (2017-03-01 18:20:51 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
S: French Cafe - Shelves
Shelf: 2+6 (Fantasy/Science Fiction + Supernatural) 2017-03-01 18:23:17 UTC -3
Pick: Storm Front by Jim Butcher read Mar 15, 2017
Due: Mar 29, 2017

Move #14 (2017-03-12 17:36:59 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (6+1)
T: Halloween - Diversity
Task: Hard level: 6. Prejudice
Book: Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig read Apr 4, 2017
Due: Apr 9, 2017

Move #15 (2017-03-16 17:57:34 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (2+3)
GO [READ]!
2nd Roll: 5 (4+1) 2017-03-16 18:00:00 UTC -3)
T: Valentine's Day - Caregiving
Task: Hard level: 5. Survival As a caregiver, you predecease your patient 30% of the time
Book: Ralph Herne by William Henry Hudson read Mar 24, 2017
Due: Apr 13, 2017

3rd Round:


Move #16 (2017-03-24 09:31:57 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (1+5)
P: Pig Pen - Book Requests Purchase complete
Intention to purchase: 2017-03-25 18:34:00 UTC -3
Pick: By Kristell (and Dee and Susan) (2017-03-24 11:17:00 UTC -3)
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas read Mar 30, 2017 (Kristell & Dee)
Le Château des Carpathes by Jules Verne
Due: Apr 1, 2017

Move #17 (2017-03-31 16:00:09 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (5+1)
C: Pitcher's Mound
2nd Roll: 7 (2+5) 7. Advance to the nearest holiday (Theme Park square)
T: Christmas - Law & Order
Task: Moderate level: 5. Read a book from one of the following listopias... a. Prison Books (nº 32 of the list)
Pick: The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle read Apr 27, 2017
Due: Apr 28, 2017

Move #18 (2017-04-04 17:39:53 UTC -3)

Roll: 12 (6+6)
P: Flying Ace - Catherine's
Pick: By Catherine (2017-04-05 05:30:00 UTC -3)
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut read Apr 12, 2017 *
Due: May 3, 2017

*Also picked by Susan, see Move #16.

4th Round:


Move #19 (2017-04-10 16:37:22 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (3+5)
T: Valentine's Day - Caregiving
Task: Easy level: 5. Initial letter of words in title can be found in Daily Living Assistance.
Pick: An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell read Apr 15, 2017
Due: May 8, 2017

Move #20 (2017-04-13 19:06:05 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (2+6)
P: Franklin - Cecile's
Pick: By Cecile (2017-04-14 12:46:00 UTC -3)
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice read May 8, 2017
The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck
The Kingdom by Clive Cussler
Due: May 12, 2017

Move #21 (2017-04-17 19:03:55 UTC -3)

Roll: 12 (6+6)
T: Christmas - Law & Order
Task: Easy level: 4. Read a mystery/crime book which has been adapted onto screens
Pick: Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer read May 13, 2017
Due: May 15, 2017

Move #22 (2017-04-30 19:59:06 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (3+3)
P: Poor Charlie Brown - Catherine's
Pick: By Catherine (2017-05-02 7:31:00 UTC -3)
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite read May 28, 2017
Due: May 30, 2017

Move #23 (2017-05-21 19:22:12 UTC -3)

Roll: 9 (5+4)
GO [READ]!
2nd Roll: 11 (5+6) (2017-05-21 19:25:59 UTC -3)
P: Pig Pen - Elvenn's
Pick: By me (2017-05-21 20:00:00 UTC-3)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay read May 28, 2017
Due: Jun 18, 2017

5th Round:


Move #24 (2017-05-28 16:54:50 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (3+2)
P: The Brick Wall - Angela's
Pick: By Angela (2017-05-28 21:49:00 UTC -3)
Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
The Smell of the Night by Andrea Camilleri read May 31, 2017
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
Due: Jun 25, 2017

Move #25 (2017-05-31 18:48:45 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (1+2)
P: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin - Lauren’s
Pick: By Lauren (2017-06-01 00:32:00 UTC -3)
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff read Jun 27, 2017
Due: Jun 29, 2017

Move #26 (2017-06-03 22:46:09 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (2+2)
P: Jumping Rope - Katie's
Pick: By Katie (2017-06-04 12:10:00 UTC -3)
Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher read Jun 25, 2017
Due: Jul 2, 2017

Move #27 (2017-06-25 19:07:27 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (2+4)
P: Lucy in Love - Gillian's
Pick: By Gillian (2017-06-26 03:46:00 UTC -3)
Looking for Alaskaby John Green
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2 by Sui Ishida read Jul 18, 2017
Due: Jul 24, 2017

Move #28 (2017-07-07 18:53:47 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
P: Suppertime! - Katie’s
Pick: By Katie (2017-07-08 10:37:00 UTC -3)
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
The Kingdom by Clive Cussler
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami read Jul 31, 2017
Due: Aug 5, 2017

Move #29 ( 2017-07-21 14:00:00 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (5+3)
GO [READ]!
2nd Roll: 5 (2+3) 2017-07-21 14:00:00 UTC -3)
T: Valentine's Day - Caregiving
Task: Moderate level: 1. Character who cares for another person (parent-child, caregiver-sick relative, etc.)
Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott read Aug 10, 2017
Due: Aug 18, 2017

6th Round:


Move #30 (2017-08-01 23:14:42 UTC -3)

Roll: 9 (4+5)
P: Schroeder - Lusie's
Pick: By Lusie (2017-08-02 17:14:00 UTC -3)
Up With the Larks: Starting Again in Cornwall by Tessa Hainsworth read Aug 22, 2017
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Due: Aug 30, 2017

Move #31 (2017-08-16 19:00:03 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
P: Tug-Of-War - Book Request
Pick: By Coralie (2017-08-16 21:58:00 UTC -3)
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov read Sep 10, 2017
The City & the City by China Miéville
En el Castillo de Argol by Julien Gracq
Due: Sep 13, 2017

Move #32 (2017-08-28 19:17:36 UTC -3)

Roll: 10 (5+5)
S: French Cafe - Shelves
Shelf: 3+5 (Romance/Paranormal Romance) 2017-08-28 19:19:10 UTC -3
Pick: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins read Sep 19, 2017
Due: Sep 25, 2017

Move #33 (2017-09-19 17:24:08 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (6+1)
T: Halloween - Diversity
Task: Hard level: 3. Gender
Pick: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin read Sep 24, 2017
Due: Oct 17, 2017

Move #34 (2017-09-24 15:20:47 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
GO [READ]!
2nd Roll: 4 (2+2) (2017-09-24 15:24:57 UTC -3)
S: Kite-Eating Tree - Shelves
Shelf: 1+2 (Fiction + Horror) 2017-09-24 15:27:50 UTC -3
Pick: The Revenants by Geoffrey Farrington read Oct 2, 2017
Due: Oct 22, 2017

7th Round:

Move #35 (2017-09-28 19:03:29 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
P: The Beagle Scouts - Rosemary’s
Pick: By Rosemary (2017-09-29 06:49:00 UTC -3)
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John William Polidori read Oct 18, 2017
En el Castillo de Argol by Julien Gracq
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
Due: Oct 27, 2017

Move #36 (2017-10-16 18:17:12 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (5+2)
P: The Brick Wall - Book Request
Pick: By Coralie (2017-10-16 18:45:00 UTC -3)
The City & the City by China Miéville read Oct 25, 2017
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Due: Nov 13, 2017

Move #37 (2017-10-25 20:26:33 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (2+3)
P: Sledding - LaurLa's
Pick: By LaurLa (2017-10-25 20:41:00 UTC -3)
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
Before Adam by Jack London
The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels by William Golding read Nov 19, 2017
Due: Nov 22, 2017

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