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message 1: by Dubhease (last edited Dec 19, 2020 10:53AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments My challenges




message 2: by Dubhease (last edited Jan 16, 2021 10:51PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments ➜ electronic dice: https://virtualdiceroll.com/

The Board

GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled

Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change

Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned

Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction

Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite

Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)

Go to Book Ban!

Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner


message 3: by Dubhease (last edited Jan 20, 2021 06:01PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll # 1 - 7
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Animal Farm - finished January 20


message 4: by Rosemarie, Obsessive Reader (new)

Rosemarie | 4506 comments Mod
Good luck on your challenge!
It's a great idea using Bookopoly as part of your personal challenge.


message 5: by Dubhease (last edited Jan 24, 2021 05:54PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #2 - 7
Part of a series
Two Truths and a Lie - finished January 24


message 6: by Dubhease (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #3 - 7
Highest number of ratings on your shelf
The Kite Runner
(Postponed until May, 2021 as I'm doing a group read of this in May)


message 7: by Dubhease (last edited Feb 09, 2021 04:46PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #4 - 7 (seriously I should be a gambler - rolling all these sevens in a row)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
One of Us Is Next - finished February 9


message 8: by Dubhease (last edited Mar 26, 2021 09:44AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #5 - 8
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Chronicles of Avonlea - finished March 26


message 9: by Dubhease (last edited Apr 02, 2021 04:20PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Second time around the board

Rolll #6 - 9
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
The Guest List - finished March 16

Not a typical "journey' book, like Lord of the Rings, but much is made about how hard the boat ride is to this island in the middle of no where.


message 10: by Dubhease (last edited Apr 25, 2021 07:52AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll#7 - 10
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
The Book of Negroes - Finished April 25


message 11: by Dubhease (last edited May 09, 2021 10:46AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll#8 - 5
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
The Turn of the Key (I love Ruth Ware) - finished May 9


message 12: by Dubhease (last edited May 22, 2021 12:54PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Buddy Read for Roll #3 - The Kite Runner

Started - May 1
Finished - May 22


message 13: by Dubhease (last edited May 25, 2021 10:52AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll#9 - 8
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Big Boned - Finished May 25


message 14: by Dubhease (last edited May 26, 2021 07:27PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll#10 - 11
Genre: Award winner
Barney's Version - finished May 26


message 15: by Dubhease (last edited Jun 23, 2021 10:24PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Third time around the board

Roll #11 - 7
Theme: Relationships
Where the Crawdads Sing - finished June 23


message 16: by Dubhease (last edited Jul 03, 2021 10:46AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #12 - 8
Part of a series
Playing with Fire - finished July 3


message 17: by Dubhease (last edited Jul 05, 2021 03:34PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #13 - 10
The shortest book on your shelf
The Cask of Amontillado - finished July 5


message 18: by Dubhease (last edited Aug 22, 2021 09:57PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #14 - 7
Most recently added to your shelf

(This is proving impossible - every time I add a book, it's either not yet released or it's so new that the library either doesn't have it or I'm 96th on the waiting list.)


message 19: by Dubhease (last edited Aug 23, 2021 06:07PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #15 - 9
GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Lost in a Good Book - finished August 23


message 20: by Dubhease (last edited Aug 30, 2021 06:25PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Fourth time around the board

Roll #16 - 4
Library Fine - A borrowed book
King Leary - finished August 30


message 21: by Dubhease (last edited Sep 07, 2021 06:30PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #17 - 7
Published this year

I am on a zillion waiting lists. 2021 books are hard to come by. Postponed until I can get one.


message 22: by Dubhease (last edited Sep 25, 2021 10:46AM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #18 - 8
Historical Fiction
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop - finished September 25


message 23: by Dubhease (last edited Nov 28, 2021 01:50PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll #19 - 8
Theme: Society
The Last Closet: The Dark Side of Avalon - finished November 28


message 24: by Dubhease (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments I also read a book published this year - We Were Never Here


message 25: by Dubhease (last edited Nov 28, 2021 01:54PM) (new)

Dubhease | 95 comments Roll#20 - 7
Category: The longest book on your shelf

This is not happening in December with all its business and only 33 days left in the year. I guess this is where Bookopoly 2021 ends. It was fun.


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