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Properties owned: 🌀 Zero at the Bone ~ Dark Matter 🌀


Current books: 1 🔥 [Done! For 2019 edition go ~~~> Here]

- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas read Nov 30, 2018


Books read: 48 🌀

- De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr (What I Talk about When I Talk about Running) by Haruki Murakami read Sep 7, 2018
- Némesis (Nemesis) by Philip Roth read Sep 11, 2018
- Ross Poldark by Winston Graham read Sep 26, 2018
- The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay read Oct 2, 2018
- Máscaras de muerte (Death Masks) by Jim Butcher read Oct 16, 2018
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley read Oct 30, 2018
- Hiroshima (Hiroshima) by John Hersey read Nov 10, 2018
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas read Nov 30, 2018





- Inquisición (Inquisition) by Anselm Audley read Jul 1, 2018
- Wayward Pines: El paraíso (Pines) by Blake Crouch read Jul 4, 2018
- Red Bones by Ann Cleeves read Jul 15, 2018
- Asesinato en el honjin y otros relatos [Murder in the Honjin and Other Stories] by Seishi Yokomizo read Jul 19, 2018
- Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie read Aug 4, 2018
- Cruzada (Crusade) by Anselm Audley read Aug 5, 2018
- La novia fantasma(The Ghost Bride) by Yangsze Choo read Aug 13, 2018
- Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage) by Haruki Murakami read Aug 22, 2018
- El invitado de Drácula (Dracula's Guest and Other Stories) by Bram Stoker read Aug 26, 2018
- Antología de relatos japoneses: Tres maestros de la literatura [An Anthology of Japanese Short Stories: Three Masters of Literature] by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa read Sep 1, 2018





- La hora del vampiro ('Salem's Lot) by Stephen King read Apr 23, 2018
- El día de la lechuza (The Day of the Owl) by Leonardo Sciascia read Apr 26, 2018
- Un bello misterio (The Beautiful Mystery) by Louise Penny read May 5, 2018
- El primer caso de Montalbano (Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories) by Andrea Camilleri read May 6, 2018
- The Supernatural Highlands by Francis G. Thompson read May 12, 2018
- Dark Ages: Tremere by Sarah Roark read May 13, 2018
- El espectro de Alexander Wolf (The Spectre of Alexander Wolf) by Gaito Gazdanov due May 21, 2018
- La paciencia de la araña (The Patience of the Spider) by Andrea Camilleri read May 28, 2018
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt read June 1, 2018
- Cover Her Face by P.D. James read Jun 13, 2018





- Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers read Mar 16, 2018
- Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris read Mar 22, 2018
- The Assassin's Riddle by Paul Doherty read Mar 25, 2018
- Japón perdido (Lost Japan) by Alex Kerr read Mar 28, 2018
- Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga read Apr 10, 2018
- Nosotros, los ahogados (We, the Drowned) by Carsten Jensen read Apr 14, 2018
- Noticias de la noche (The Late-night News) by Petros Markaris read Apr 16, 2018
- The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens read Apr 17, 2018
- La mujer que escribió Frankenstein [The Woman Who Wrote Frankenstein] by Esther Cross read Apr 18, 2018
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams due Apr 22, 2018





- Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath read Dec 4, 2017
- La leyenda de San Julián el hospitalario by Gustave Flaubert read Dec 5, 2017
- Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino read Dec 20, 2017
- Herejía (Heresy) by Anselm Audley read Jan 7, 2018
- First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones read Jan 11, 2018
- Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead read Jan 21, 2018
- Grave Peril by Jim Butcher read Jan 26, 2018
- La última noche en Tremore Beach (The Last Night at Tremore Beach) by Mikel Santiago read Feb 6, 2018
- Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave read Feb 20, 2018
- Memorias de Adriano (Memoirs of Hadrian) by Marguerite Yourcenar read Mar 10, 2018

1st Round:


Move #1 (2017-11-20 18:05:28 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (4+3)
C: 💗 Your Bookshop
2nd Roll: 5 (4+1) 5. Advance token to the nearest Theme (T) square
T: a, b, c...
Task: 1. author's first & last initials are alphabetically sequential.
Pick: La leyenda de San Julián el hospitalario by Gustave Flaubert [The Legend of Saint-Julian the Hospitaller] read Dec 5, 2017
Due: Dec 28, 2017

Move #2 (2017-11-20 18:19:21 UTC -3)

Roll: 9 (5+4)
P: Zero at the Bone - Book Request Purchase complete ☘
Pick: By Tien
Keep the Midnight Out by Alex Gray
Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath read Dec 4, 2017
Elegy for April by Benjamin Black
Due: Dec 8, 2017

Move #3 (2017-11-21 20:46:43 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (1+2)
P: Dust (Silo #3) - Book Request
Pick: By CluckingBell
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino read Dec 20, 2017
By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
Due: Dec 28, 2017

Move #4 (2017-12-11 17:51:29 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
GO TO JAIL: Read the biggest thickest meanest book on your Bookopoly Shelf at time of being sent to jail.
Pick: Herejía (Heresy) by Anselm Audley (525 pages) read Jan 7, 2018
Due: Jan 8, 2018

2nd Round:


Move #5 (2017-12-26 16:49:41 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (6+1)
C: 💗 Your Library
2nd Roll: 7 (3+4) 7. Advance to Go [READ]! [then roll & move forward]
3rd Roll: 5 (3+2)
T: 1, 2, 3...
Task: 4. Has number intact in author's name.
Pick: First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones read Jan 11, 2018
Due: Jan 23, 2018

3rd Round:


Move #6 (2017-12-26 17:00:00 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (4+2)
P: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) - Amanda's
Pick: By Amanda (2017-12-27 2:11:00 UTC -3)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead read Jan 21, 2018
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Due: Jan 24, 2018

Move #7 (2018-01-15 20:42:01 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (6+2)
P: Giovanni's Room - Joyce's
Pick: By Joyce (2018-01-16 3:25:00 UTC -3)
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher read Jan 26, 2018
Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Due: Feb 13, 2018

Move #8 (2018-01-25 16:59:25 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (1+6)
P: Mind of My Mind - Coralie's
Pick: By Coralie (2018-01-25 19:22:00 UTC -3)
The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave read Feb 20, 2018
La sombra del otro by Alicia Plante
Due: Feb 22, 2018

Move #9 (2018-02-03 19:36:36 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (1+2)
P: Dark Matter - Book Request Purchase complete ☘
Pick: By LaurLa (Feb 03, 2018 20:39 UTC -3)
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
The Last Night at Tremore Beach (La última noche en Tremore Beach) by Mikel Santiago read Feb 6, 2018
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
Due: Feb 10, 2018.

Move #10 (2018-02-07 20:32:44 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
P: Small Great Things - LaurLa's
Pick: By LaurLa (2018-02-10 23:48:00 UTC -3)
El emperador maldito by Armand Herscovici
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar Read Mar 10, 2018
A Little House Sampler: A Collection of Early Stories and Reminiscenses by William Anderson
Due: Mar 10, 2018.

Move #11 (2018-03-02 00:05:12 UTC -3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
P: Last Woman Hanged - Charity's
Pick: By Charity (2018-03-02 09:26:00 UTC -3)
Dune by Frank Herbert
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris Read Mar 22, 2018
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life by J.M. Coetzee
Due: Mar 30, 2018.

4th Round:


Move #12 (2018-03-13 00:04:57 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (2+5)
S: Bea's Bar
a. Read a book found on Mod's bookshelf (Bea's bookshelf)
Pick: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers read Mar 16, 2018
Due: Apr 10, 2018

Move #13 (2018-03-16 20:14:13 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (5+1)
JAIL / Just Visiting-> Read a book with word in title at least 3 syllables long.
Pick: Japón perdido (Lost Japan) read Mar 28, 2018
Due: Apr 13, 2018

Move #14 (2018-03-19 17:59:51 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (3+5)
P: The Jungle Books - Joyce's
Pick: By Joyce (2018-03-19 22:11:00 UTC-3)
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
The Assassin's Riddle by Paul Doherty read Mar 25, 2018
Due: Apr 16, 2018

Move #15 (2018-03-25 17:56:56 UTC -3)

Roll: 12 (6+6)
GO TO JAIL
Pick: Nosotros, los ahogados (We, the Drowned) by Carsten Jensen (698 pages) read Apr 14, 2018
Due: Apr 22, 2018

5th Round:


Move #16 (2018-04-08 22:06:16 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (2+6)
P: The Jungle Books - Joyce's
Pick. By Joyce (2018-04-13 01:59:00 UTC -3)
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
The Supernatural Highlands by Francis G. Thompson
The Late-night News by Petros Markaris read Apr 16, 2018
Due: May 11, 2018

Move #17 (2018-04-10 23:44:30 UTC-3)

Roll: 10 (6+4)
S: Susan's Starship
a. Read a book found on Mod's bookshelf (Susan's bookshelf)
Pick: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga read Apr 10, 2018
Due: May 7, 2018

Move #18 (2018-04-14 19:02:36 UTC -3)

Roll: 11 (6+5)
P: Common Sense - Book Request
Pick. By Stacie (2018-04-14 22:10:00 UTC -3)
'Salem's Lot (La hora del vampiro) by Stephen King read Apr 23, 2018
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Due: May 12, 2018

6th Round:


Move #19 (2018-04-15 23:13:50 UTC -3)

Roll: 8 (4+4)
C: 💗 Your Bookshop
2nd Roll: 8 (6+2) 8. Just borrowed 10 books for PAS reading challenge (Pick-a-Shelf's 10th Anniversary)
Task: 9. Read a book for the month's picked shelf (*Wishlist*)
Pick: The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens (added 11 times) read Apr 17, 2018
Due: May 13, 2018

Move #20 (2018-04-16 20:41:36 UTC -3)

Roll: 6 (3+3)
P: The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) - Stacie's
Pick: By Stacie (2018-04-17 07:21:00 UTC -3)
The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
La mujer que escribió Frankenstein [The Woman Who Wrote Frankenstein] by Esther Cross read Apr 18, 2018
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Due: May 15, 2015

Move #21 (2018-04-17 21:22:17 UTC -3)

Roll: 10 (5+5)
P: Crimson Lake (Crimson Lake #1) - CluckingBell's
Pick: By CluckingBell (2018-04-17 23:58:00 UTC-3)
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
The Supernatural Highlands by Francis G. Thompson read May 12, 2018
Due: May 15, 2018

Move #22 (2018-04-19 21:26:27 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
P: Dust (Silo #3) - Stacie's
Pick: By Stacie (2018-04-19 10:49:00 UTC-3)
Paris Nocturne by Patrick Modiano
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams read Apr 22, 2018
Due: May 17, 2018

Move #23 (2018-04-22 19:09:03 UTC -3)

Roll: 9 (6+3)
C: 💗 Your Bookshop
2nd Roll: 6 (5+1) ---> 6. Get out of jail free ☘ (Used in move #30)

7th Round:


Move #24 (2018-04-22 19:18:38 UTC -3)

Roll: 7 (3+4)
P: The Map of True Places - Paola's
Pick: By Paola (2018-04-23 05:31:00 UTC -3)
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia read Apr 26, 2018
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Due: May 21, 2018

Move #25 (2018-04-23 19:35:22 UTC-3)

Roll: 8 (5+3)
P: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) - Amanda's
Pick: By Amanda (2018-04-24 00:28:00 UTC-3)
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny read May 5, 2018
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
Due: May 22, 2018

Move #26 (2018-05-02 21:21:59 UTC-3)

Roll: 4 (3+1)
T: a, b, c...
Task: 9. you can find author's initials in title in any order.
Pick: El primer caso de Montalbano (Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories) by Andrea Camilleri read May 6, 2018
Due: May 30, 2018

Move #27 (2018-05-06 19:30:09 UTC-3)

Roll: 8 (2+6)
P: Crimson Lake (Crimson Lake #1) - CluckingBell's
Pick: By CluckingBell (2018-05-06 20:51:00 UTC-3)
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Dark Ages: Tremere by Sarah Roark read May 13, 2018
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Due: June 3, 2018

Move #28 (2018-05-13 19:31:59 UTC-3)

Roll: 7 (6+1)
GO TO JAIL
Pick: The Secret History by Donna Tartt (659 pages) read June 1, 2018
Due: June 10, 2018

8th Round:


Move #29 (2018-05-18 20:31:47 UTC-3)

Roll: 10 (6+4)
FREE PARKING -> View your shelf as 'Random', read the first book.
Pick: El espectro de Alexander Wolf (The Spectre of Alexander Wolf) by Gaito Gazdanov read May 21, 2018
Due: June 15, 2018

Move #30 (2018-05-27 19:27:34 UTC-3)

Roll: 10 (6+4)
GO TO JAIL -> Using my Get out of jail free card from move #23...

9th Round:


Move #31 (2018-05-27 20:52:03 UTC-3)

Roll: 5 (4+1)
T: a, b, c...
8. C is for Cat - Read a book with animal on cover OR in title
Pick: La paciencia de la araña (The Patience of the Spider) by Andrea Camilleri read May 28, 2018
Due: Jun 24, 2018

Move #32 (2018-04-28 22:58:06 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
P: The Jungle Books - Joyce's
Pick: By Joyce (2018-05-29 15:34:00 UTC -3)
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Cover Her Face by P.D. James read Jun 13, 2018
Due: Jun 26, 2018

Move #33 (2018-06-03 18:29:27 UTC -3)

Roll: 9 (6+3)
P: Dust (Silo #3) - Stacie's
Pick: By Stacie (2018-06-07 19:14:00 UTC-3)
Wayward Pines: El paraíso (Pines) by Blake Crouch read Jul 4, 2018
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
A Little House Sampler: A Collection of Early Stories and Reminiscenses by William Anderson
Due: Jul 5, 2018

Move #34 (2018-06-03 19:08:48 UTC -3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
GO TO JAIL
Pick: Inquisición (Inquisition) by Anselm Audley (508 pages) read Jul 1, 2018
Due: Jul 1, 2018

10th Round:


Move #35 (2018-07-01 21:10:35 UTC-3)

Roll: 6 (2+4)
P: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - CluckingBell's
Pick: By CluckingBell (2018-07-1 22:12:00 UTC-3)
The Humans by Matt Haig
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves read Jul 15, 2018
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Due: Jul 29, 2018

Move #36 (2018-07-15 18:14:45 UTC-3)

Roll: 8 (6+2)
P: Zero at the Bone - Elvenn's
Pick: By Me!
Asesinato en el honjin y otros relatos [Murder in the Honjin and other stories] by Seishi Yokomizo read Jul 19, 2018
Due: Aug 12, 2018

Move #37 (2018-07-19 17:42:08 UTC-3)

Roll: 6 (3+3)
GO TO JAIL... Is this Moebius bookopoly...?
Pick: Cruzada (Crusade) by Anselm Audley (556 pages) read Aug 5, 2018
Due: Aug 16, 2018

11th Round:


Move #38 (2018-07-22 00:02:05 UTC-3)

Roll: 4 (3+1)
P: It - Rosemary's
Pick: By Rosemary (2018-07-22 03:34:00 UTC-3)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie read Aug 4, 2018
Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow
Due: Aug 19, 2018

Move #39 (2018-08-04 18:53:51 UTC-3)

Roll: 7 (6+1)
P: Cover of Snow -LaurLa's
Pick: By LaurLa (2018-08-04 20:03:00 UTC-3)
Antología de relatos japoneses: Tres maestros de la literatura [An Anthology of Japanese Short Stories: Three Masters of Literature] by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa read Sep 1, 2018
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
Due: Sep 1, 2018

Move #40 (2018-08-06 17:43:06 UTC-3)

Roll: 10 (6+4)
P: And the Mountains Echoed - Book Request
Pick: By Jayme (the ghost reader) (2018-08-06 19:46:00 UTC-3)
A Little House Sampler: A Collection of Early Stories and Reminiscenses by William Anderson
La novia fantasma (The Ghost Bride) by Yangsze Choo read Aug 13, 2018
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Due: Sep 3, 2018

Move #41 (2018-08-12 19:33:34 UTC-3)

Roll: 7 (4+3)
S: Tien's Tearoom --> 1. Tien's bookshelf
Pick: Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color (Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage) by Haruki Murakami read Aug 22, 2018
Due: Sep 9, 2018

Move #42 (2018-08-16 21:11:43 UTC-3)

Roll: 3 (2+1)
P: Cry No More - Book Request
Pick: By Jayme (the ghost reader) (2018-08-16 22:16:00 UTC-3)
El invitado de Drácula (Dracula's Guest and Other Stories) by Bram Stoker read Aug 26, 2018
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Due: Sep 13, 2018

12th Round:


Move #43 (2018-08-28 18:31:16 UTC-3)

Roll: 11 (5+6)
S: Lyn's Library --> 1. Lyn's bookshelf
Pick: Ross Poldark by Winston Graham read Sep 26, 2018
Due: Sep 25, 2018

Move #44 (2018-08-31 18:54:25 UTC-3)

Roll: 11 (5+6)
P: Crimson Lake (Crimson Lake #1) - CluckingBell's
Pick: By CluckingBell (2018-08-31 21:38:00 UTC-3)
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
Going Solo by Roald Dahl
The Menagerie and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay read Oct 2, 2018
More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham
Due: Sep 28, 2018

Move #45 (2018-09-02 12:35:25 UTC-3)

Roll: 8 (6+2)
P: And the Mountains Echoed - Book Request
Pick: By Dee (2018-09-02 12:42:00 UTC-3)
What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr (What I Talk about When I Talk about Running) by Haruki Murakami read Sep 7, 2018
Due: Sep 30, 2018

Move #46 (2018-09-09 17:46:55 UTC -3)

Roll: 4 (2+2)
T: Pick-a-Shelf's 10th Anniversary
Task: 10. Read a book first published in a year where the last 2 digits end with '10'
Pick: Némesis (Nemesis) by Philip Roth read Sep 11, 2018
Due: Oct 7, 2018

Move #47 (2018-10-01 23:34:29 UTC-3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
P: Common Sense - Book Request
Pick: By Coralie (2018-10-02 05:26:00 UTC-3)
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley read Oct 30, 2018
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Due: Oct 30, 2018

13th Round:


Move #48 (2018-10-07 18:05:43 UTC-3)

Roll: 12 (6+6)
P: Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands #2) - Amanda's
Pick: By Amanda A (2018-10-07 19:19:00 UTC-3)
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
Death Masks by Jim Butcher read Oct 16, 2018
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Due: Nov 4, 2018

Move #49 (2018-10-26 21:37:41 UTC -3)

Roll: 11 (6+5)
C: 💗 Your Bookshop
2nd Roll: 5 (4+1) 5. Advance token to the nearest Theme (T) square
T: Big and Little
Task: 1. title contains one word only
Pick: Hiroshima (Hiroshima) by John Hersey read Nov 10, 2018
Due: Nov 24, 2018

Move #50 And last..? (2018-11-10 20:18:26 UTC-3)

Roll: 4 (1+3)
P: Dark Matter - Elvenn's
Pick: By me!
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas read Nov 30, 2018 🌀
Due: ... 2018

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