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message 1: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments This looks like fun.


message 2: by Maureen (last edited Jan 07, 2019 09:30AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled 5 Reading Railroad
task: -Read a book that takes place after the printing press was invented (after 1450)
Book to read The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner
Date Read 1/07/2019
427 pages


message 3: by Maureen (last edited Jan 26, 2019 06:37AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled 2 landed on Chance
task randomize your TBR
Book to read The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
Date Read 01/26/19
527 pages


message 4: by Maureen (last edited Mar 24, 2019 09:43AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled 5 landed on Electric Company
task: Read any historical fiction novel that deals with an important discovery/invention
Book to read The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
Date read 3/02/19
371 pages


message 5: by Maureen (last edited Apr 22, 2019 06:09AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #4 As Things We Know It Ave
- Read a historical fiction novel where the outcome of a battle is different from what we know
Book to read False Lights by K.J. Whittaker
Date Read 4/20/19


message 6: by Maureen (last edited Jun 11, 2019 06:50AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #4 Roll Again
Rolled #1 Arthur Ave.
Read any novel about King Arthur
Book to read The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Date Read 6/11/2019


message 7: by Maureen (last edited Jul 29, 2019 12:42PM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments roll #6 Back to Youth
Read a Young Adult Historical Fiction book that was made into a movie/television show
Book to read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Date Read 7/29/2019


message 8: by Maureen (last edited Aug 21, 2019 05:42AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #4 Traveler's Way
Read a historical fiction literary novel that takes place more than 500 hundred miles from your current location (NY)
Book to read is set in San Francisco California
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Date Read 8/21/19


message 9: by Maureen (last edited Sep 23, 2019 01:04PM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #5 Chance
task randomize your TBR list
Book to read: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Date read 9/23/19


message 10: by Maureen (last edited Dec 03, 2019 06:36AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #3 On and On Alley
Read any historical fiction Saga that has 3 or more books in a series
Book to read The Daughters of Ireland by Santa Montefiore
Date read 11/23/19


message 11: by Maureen (last edited May 18, 2020 07:59AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #2 Marco Polo Parkway
Read an adventure novel that takes place outside of Europe
Book to read News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Date read 5/18/20


message 12: by Maureen (last edited May 23, 2020 07:23AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled 3 Free Space
Book to read Snowflower and the Secret Fan By Lisa See
Date read 5/22/20


message 13: by Maureen (last edited Jun 02, 2020 11:40AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled 2 Royalty Road
Read a book about a member of a royal family
Book to read The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki
Date read 5/31/20


message 14: by Maureen (last edited Dec 11, 2020 10:25AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #6 Electric Company
Read a historical fiction book with the word light in the title
Book to read Freedom's Light by Colleen Coble 12/11


message 15: by Maureen (last edited Mar 15, 2021 09:19AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #1 Deduction Drive
Read a book on the Idiot’s Guide to reading Historical Sleuth’s List
The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly 3/15


message 16: by Maureen (last edited May 06, 2021 07:48AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #5 Ancient Ways Circle
Read a book with orange on the cover
The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


message 17: by Maureen (last edited Jun 23, 2021 05:40AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #3 Arthur Alley
Read an historical fiction fantasy featuring a witch or wizard not Merlin
Circe by Madeline Miller 6/22


message 18: by Maureen (last edited Jul 08, 2021 06:53AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #4 B&O Railroad
Read an historical novel by an author whose name starts with a B or O
Book to read
The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams 7/05


message 19: by Maureen (last edited Oct 29, 2021 03:22PM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #1 Slip street
Read an historical fiction timeslip novel featuring a mystery
Book to read Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain 9/28


message 20: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #6 Lovers Row
Read a historical fiction book featuring a pair of star crossed lovers
The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns 10/28


message 21: by Maureen (last edited Nov 03, 2021 11:47AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #4 Chance
Randomize your TBR
Sarah's War by Eugenia Lovett West 11/03


message 22: by Maureen (last edited Jul 04, 2022 07:11AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #3 On and On Alley
Read a historical fiction saga with 500+ pages
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly 7/03/22


message 23: by Maureen (last edited Dec 13, 2022 04:57AM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #2 Marco Polo Parkway
read a book with a purple cover
The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose 12/05/22


message 24: by Maureen (last edited Apr 11, 2023 02:16PM) (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #4 Reading Railroad
Read a historical fiction novel with a book on the cover
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel 12/30/22


message 25: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments rolled #1 Royalty Road
Read a book with a crown or castle on the cover
Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson

Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson date read 5/13/23


message 26: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 590 comments Rolled #3 Reputation Run


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