Play Book Tag discussion

Primary reading goal: 2024 - 200 books, 50,000 pages

Previous stats: (view spoiler)[
2013 goal - 169 books, 50,000 pages. Results - 163 books, 47,423 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 291; bks/mon - 13.6)
2014 goal - 168 books, 50,000 pages. Results - 159 books, 47,543 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 299; bks/mon - 13.25)
2015 goal - 150 books, 50,000 pages. Results - 150 books, 42,819 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 285.5; bks/mon - 12.5)
2016 goal - 144 books, 50,000 pages. Results - 194 books, 57,309 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 295.4; bks/mon - 16.2)
2017 goal - 175 books and 50,000 pages. Results - 209 books, 60,345 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 288.7; bks/mon - 17.4)
2018 goal - 200 books and 60,000 pages. Results - 192 books, 56,751 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 295.6; bks/mon - 16)
2019 goal - 200 books and 60,000 pages. Results - 170 books, 52,592 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 309.4; bks/mon - 14)
2020 goal - 200 books and 60,000 pages. Results - 249 books, 71,712 pages
Way over goal due to COVID stay at home
(avg: pgs/bk - 288; bks/mon - 20.75 )
2021 goal - 250 books and 70,000 pages. Results - 256 books, 77,103 pages
Raised goal due to COVID stay at home expectations
(avg: pgs/bk - 301; bks/mon - 21.33 )
2022 goal - 210 books and 60,000 pages. Results - 209 books, 59,793 pages
Adjusted goal to that similar to pre-COVID stay at home period
(avg: pgs/bk - 286; bks/mon - 17.4)
2023 goal - 225 books, 60,000 pages. Results - 229 books, 63,018 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 275; bks/mon - 19)
2024 goal - 200 books, 50,000 pages. Results - 163 books, 48,857 pages
(avg: pgs/bk - 299; bks/mon - 14) (hide spoiler)]

Secondary Goal - read some of the oldest books on TBR pile - added in 2012/14
(view spoiler)[ - 2020 read 25 books
- 2021 read 21 books
- 2022 read 25 books
- 2023 read 31 books
- 2024 read 10 books (hide spoiler)]

PBT Challenges:
Secondary Goal
Monthly Tag
100 Tag Racetrack
Books with Friends
Fall Flurries - did not do
Unofficial Trim

Secondary Goal - read some of the oldest books on TBR pile - added in 2012/14

1. A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) – Charles Todd (4 stars) 1/26/24 - added 12/5/14
2. An Impartial Witness (Bess Crawford, #1) – Charles Todd (4 stars) 1/28/24 - added 12/5/14
3. Harmony's Way (Breeds, #7; Feline Breeds, #6) – Lora Leigh (3 stars) 2/22/24 - added 9/26/12
4. The Chaperone – Laura Moriarty (4 stars) 3/20/24 - added 9/10/13
5. Skeletons in Purple Sage (Purple Sage Mystery, #5) – Barbara Burnett Smith (3 stars) 4/4/24 - added 7/20/13
6. The Medusa Game (Medusa Project, #3) – Cindy Dees (4 stars) 5/2/24 - added 9/26/12
7. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, #10) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 6/16/24 - added 8/25/13
8. Women of the Silk (Women of the Silk, #1) – Gail Tsukiyama (4 stars) 8/10/24 - added 9/3/12
9. Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman – Alice Steinbach (4 stars) 10/17/24 - added 7/20/13
10. The Salt Maiden – Colleen Thompson (3 stars) 12/31/24 - added 9/26/12

PBT Monthly Tag

January - Historical Mystery
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #2) – Dianne Freeman (4 stars) 1/3/24
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1) – Deanna Raybourn (5 stars) 1/5/24
The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) – Agatha Christie (3 stars) 1/6/24
Her Last Flight – Beatriz Williams (4 stars) 1/14/24
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) – Dorothy L. Sayers (3 Stars) 1/19/24
A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) – Charles Todd (4 stars) 1/26/24
An Impartial Witness (Bess Crawford, #1) – Charles Todd (4 stars) 1/28/24

February - Authors of Color
The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) – Sherry Thomas (4 stars) 2/4/24
The Art of Theft (Lady Sherlock, #4) – Sherry Thomas (4 stars) 2/9/24
Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5) – Sherry Thomas (4 stars) 2/13/24
The Singles Table (Marriage, #3) – Sara Desai (4 stars) 2/15/24
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1) – Ana Huang (2 stars) 2/19/24
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) – Elizabeth Lim (4 stars) 2/24/24
The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali (4 stars) 2/27/24

March - Coming of Age
A Northern Light – Jennifer Donnelly (4 stars) 3/4/24
Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver (3 stars) 3/11/24
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) – Sarah J. Maas (5 stars) 3/15/24
The Chaperone – Laura Moriarty (4 stars) 3/20/24
The Ghost Bride – Yangsze Choo (3 stars) 3/26/24
Greensleeves – Eloise Jarvis McGraw (3) 3/27/24
The Mermaid's Sister – Carrie Anne Noble (3 stars) 3/28/24

April - Fantasy-Romance
Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1) – Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 4/2/24
Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2) – Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 4/7/24
Sweep of the Heart (Innkeeper Chronicles, #5) – Ilona Andrews (4 stars) 4/11/24
Ruby Fever (Hidden Legacy, #6) – Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 4/19/24
Marked (Eternal Guardians, #1) - Elisabeth Naughton (3 stars) 4/20/24
Wild Invitation (Psy-Changeling, #0.5, 3.5, 9.5, 10.5) – Nalini Singh (4 stars) 4/26/24
Wild Embrace (Psy-Changeling, #2.5, 5.5, 11.5, 12.25) – Nalini Singh (5 stars) 4/27/24
Stranger (The Blades of the Rose, #4) – Zoe Archer (4 stars) 4/28/24

May - Crime
Glory in Death (In Death, #2) – J. D. Robb (5 stars) 5/5/24
Immortal in Death (In Death, #3) – J. D. Robb (5 stars) 5/8/24
A Murder for the Books (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery, #1) – Victoria Gilbert (2 stars) 5/11/24
Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1) – Veronica Roth (3 stars) 5/15/24
The War of the Worlds Murder (Disaster, #6) – Max Allan Collins (3 stars) 5/18/24
Darkfever (Fever, #1) – Karen Marie Moning (4 stars) 5/20/24
Rapture in Death (In Death, #4) – J. D. Robb (5 stars) 5/21/24
Murder on the SS Rosa (Ginger Gold Mysteries, #0.5) – Lee Strauss (4 stars) 5/23/24
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw (Miss Marple, #8) – Agatha Christie (3 stars) 5/24/24
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas, #1) – Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 5/27/24
The Secret of Chimneys – Agatha Christie (4 stars) 5/29/24
Three Things About Elsie – Joanna Cannon (4 stars) 5/31/24

June - Europe
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows – Balli Kaur Jaswal (4 stars) 6/4/24
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) – Gail Carriger (4 stars) 6/7/24
Perestroika in Paris – Jane Smiley (5 stars) 6/21/24
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) – Richard Osman (4 stars) 6/26/24

July - Debut
Uncommon Type: Some Stories – Tom Hanks (4 stars) 7/5/24
Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women Novel, #1) – Evie Dunmore (4 stars) 7/9/24
My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite (4 stars) 7/11/24
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) – Jim Butcher (3 stars) 7/22/24
A Disappearance in Fiji (Akal Singh, #1) – Nilima Rao (4 stars) 7/23/24
The Music of Bees – Eileen Garvin (5 stars) 7/24/24
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz (2 stars) 7/27/24

August - 5 Stars
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) – Sabaa Tahir (5 stars) 8/6/24
The Shell Collector – Anthony Doerr (5 stars) 8/9/24
Women of the Silk (Women of the Silk, #1) – Gail Tsukiyama (4 stars) 8/10/24
The Life She Was Given – Ellen Marie Wiseman (4 stars) 8/12/24
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers – Jesse Q. Sutanto (4 stars) 8/15/24
Releasing Maladek (Clecanian, #5.5) – Victoria Aveline (3 stars) 8/18/24
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) – Sabaa Tahir (5 stars) 8/22/24
The One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1) – Katherine Applegate (5 stars) 8/25/24
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton (4 stars) 8/29/24
A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3) – Sabaa Tahir (4 stars) 8/30/24
Ninja At First Sight (Knitting in the City, #4.75) – Penny Reid (5 stars) 8/31/24

September - Sad
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders (4 stars) 9/5/24
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) – Jane Harper (4 stars) 9/10/24
The Last Thing He Told Me – Laura Dave (4 stars) 9/15/24
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) – Laini Taylor (3 stars) 9/22/24
A ​Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) – Sabaa Tahir (3 stars) 9/24/24

October - Travel
Educating Alice: Adventures of a Curious Woman – Alice Steinbach (4 stars) 10/17/24
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane – Lisa See (4 stars) 10/26/24

November - Steampunk
Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances – Trisha Telep, ed. (3 stars) 11/4/24
Bloodshot (Cheshire Red Reports, #1) – Cherie Priest (4 stars) 11/5/24
Ghosts of Tsavo (Society for Paranormals, #1) - Vered Ehsani (3 stars) 11/9/24
Timepiece (Keeping Time, #1) – Heather Albano (4 stars) 11/11/24
Unnatural History (Pax Britannia, #1) – Jonathan Green (3 stars) 11/23/24
Kiss of the Spindle (Steampunk Proper Romance, #2) – Nancy Campbell Allen (4 stars) 11/29/24
Lady of Devices (Magnificent Devices, #1) – Shelley Adina (5 stars) 11/30/24

December Mystery-suspense
Ceremony in Death (In Death, #5) – J. D. Robb (4 stars) 12/5/24
The Salt Maiden – Colleen Thompson (3 stars) 12/31/24

Amazing Steeplechase - Linda C and Giselle
this thread used for working Level stats during game
See messages 8, 9, 10 for completed stats

completed game - 12/5/24
Accumulated Game Points - Levels 1,2&3 = 178 + 2 spaces left over

Books with Friends - Completed 11/30/24
Team members: NancyJ, Olivermagnus, Ellen, Diana, Linda C
Nicole dropped out; Jen added

January - Historical Mystery
Letter/tagged books for team - 2
Extra letter/tagged books - 5
Extra letter books - 6

February - Authors of Color
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 6
Extra letter books - 5

March - Coming of Age
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 5
Extra letter books - 4

April - Fantasy-Romance
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 7
Extra letter books - 5

May - Crime
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 11
Extra letter books - 2

June - Europe
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 3
Extra letter books - 0

July - Debut
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 5
Extra letter books - 4

August - 5 stars
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 7
Extra letter books - 5

September - Sad
Letter/tagged book for team - 0
Extra letter/tagged books - 5
Extra letter books - 8

October - Travel
Letter/tagged book for team - 1
Extra letter/tagged books - 1
Extra letter books - 11

November - Steampunk
Letter/tagged book for team - 2
Extra letter/tagged books - 6
Extra letter books - 8

Individual Stats - Annualized Individual Points
Total
Personal Grand Total Points for Game: 872

Results: Team Fierce Dandelions tied for 2nd/3rd
I won one of the raffle drawings for all who played - $25 Amazon GC

Decided not to do this - too many other challenges

Fall Flurries

October
November
December

PBT - Unofficial Trim DNF

1. The Outlander – Gil Adamson - K
2. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore – Matthew Sullivan - B
😃 September - 3. Above the Bay of Angels – Rhys Bowen - B *
4. The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and their muses) – Terri-Lynne DeFino - B
✔July - 5. Educating Alice: adventures of a curious woman – Alice Steinbach - 10/17/24 (4 stars)
6. The Blind Contessa's New Machine – Carey Wallace - B
✔May - 7. The Way Life Should Be – Christina Baker Kline - 12/17/24 (4 stars)
✔ October - 8. Women Talking – Miriam Toews - 10/31/24 (4 stars)
9. Flight of Dreams – Ariel Lawhon - B
10. Kitchens of the Great Midwest – J. Ryan Stradal - B
✔ August - 11. Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) – Octavia E. Butler - 12/26/24 (4 stars)
12. Rise & Shine Benedict Stone – Phaedra Patrick - K
✔ Jan - 13. My Italian Bulldozer – Alexander McCall Smith – 1/31/24 (3 stars)
✔ Feb - 14. A Store at War – Joanna Toye - 2/28/24 (3 stars)
15. The Garden of Small Beginnings – Abbi Waxman - B
16. The Patchwork Bride – Sandra Dallas - B
✔June - 17. Littered with Trouble – Eryn Scott - 6/28/24 (3 stars)
✔ March - 18. Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over– Geraldine Brooks - 4/30/24 (5 stars)
19. Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins - Katarina Bivald -B
😃 November - 20. A Good Yarn – Debbie Macomber - B
✔ April - 21. Women of the Silk – Gail Tsukiyama - 8/10/24 (4 stars)
22. The Survivors – Dinah McCall - B
✔ December - 23. The Salt Maiden – Colleen Thompson - 12/31/24 (3 stars)
24. Truck: a love story – Michael Perry - B

* Buddy Reads

Amazing Steeplechase - Linda C and Giselle

Level 1 - Galloping Gauntlet - Completed 7/24/24
Accumulated Game Points = 82
Rewards Earned & Used:(view spoiler)[Spin 1 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 10)
Spin 3 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 14)
Spin 4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 16)
Spin 10 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 16)
Spin 11 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 17)
Spin 12 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin 17)
Spin 13 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Mammoth March Extra - 6 points + 3 spaces (used for Spin 14)
Spin 14 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 15 - Hurdle - Puddle Jumper = +2 spaces (used for Spin 15)
Spin 16 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 17 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 18 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Earth Day Challenge - 3 points + 2 spaces
Summer Celebration Challenge - 12 separate spaces + opportunity to move a randomized participant 15 spaces + free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose
7/24/24 - Tessa used the 15 spaces to finish this Level and move me to Spot #12 on Level 2 (hide spoiler)]
Game Board (view spoiler)[1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist Spin #1
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Did not finish Spin #2
10. Technology
11. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
12. Aviation Spin #3
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Short Stories
16. Asian Literature (Patty)
17. Highly Recommend (KT)
18. Quirky
19. Drama Spin # 4
20. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
21. Debut
22. Feminism
23. Scandinavia (Hilde) Spin # 5
24. Norway Spin # 6
25. Fav
26. Criminal
27. Ireland
28. True Crime
29. Animals
30. Graphic Novels
31. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
32. slice of life Spin # 7
33. Translated
34. Fairytale
35. urban fantasy
36. Journey
37. colonialism
38. Mental Health (Nancy J)
39. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
40. Space Opera (Sue) Spin # 8
41. Gothic
42. Music
43. The Climbing Wall barrier
44. Southern Fiction (Holly) Spin # 9
45. Coming of age
46. Multiple POV (Diana)
47. secrets
48. western
49. dark Spin # 10
50. Crime
51. nature
52. retellings Spin # 11
53. Detective
54. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
55. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
56. revenge
57. Police
58. Double Jump fixed barrier
59. made-me-cry
60. Book to screen
61. LatinX (BookConcierge)
62. International (Olivermagnus) Spin # 12
63. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
64. Essays
65. Pirates
66. Hollywood Spin #13
67. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
68. Beach Reads
69. Farm
70. linguistics
71. hilarious
72. Mermaids
73. spooky Spin # 14
74. mafia
75. Food (Joanne)
76. Puddle Jumper Spin # 15 (move 2 spaces)
77. Time Travel
78. Hoopla Spin #15
79. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
80. abandoned,
81. letters
82. Cities (Robin P)
83. medieval
84. Trophy Fixed Barrier
85. New Orleans
86. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
87. Strong women
88. Sea (Lyn)
89. Life changing
90. addiction
91. marriage
92. Fun Spin #16
93. Disasters
94. sf-masterworks
95. Hardenbergia Trellis
96. Comedy
97. Sisters
98. Literary fiction
99. Dystopia
<>100. Novella Spin #17
101. Caribbean (Cora)
102. Donnybrook water feature
103. Canada (Library Cin)
104. Egypt
105. Ghosts (Amy)
106. Whodunit
**107. Environment Spin #18
108. Medical
109. Geography (Ellen)
110. Historical fiction (hide spoiler)]
Books Read (view spoiler)[Spin 1: 5 = #5 - Plot Twist
The Murder at the Vicarage - tagged plot twist 6x (p6 c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 28x (p2 c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/6/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 2: 4 = #9 - Did not Finish
The Tobacco Wives - tagged Did not finish 16x (p1c2)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/9/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 3: 3 = #12 - Aviation
Her Last Flight - tagged Aviation 23x (p1c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 7x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/14/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 4: 7 = #19 - Drama
Whose Body? - tagged Drama 5x (p4c1)= 2 points, tagged historical mystery 50x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 1/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 5: 4 = #23 - Scandinavia (Hilde)
Meet Me at the Museum - Anne Youngson - tagged Scandinavia 9x (p1c3)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/21/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 6: 1 = #24 - Norway
The Orange Girl - Jostein Gaarder - tagged Norway 41x (p1c1)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/23/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spin 7: 8 = #32 - slice of life
All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot - tagged slice of life 8x (p4c1)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 1/31/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 8: 8 = #40 - Space Opera (Sue)
Star Nomad - Lindsay Buroker - tagged Space Opera 144x (p1c1)=2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 2/6/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 9: 4 = #44 - Southern Fiction
The Twelfth Child - Bette Lee Crosby
tagged Southern Fiction 5x (p1c1)=2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 2/17/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 10: 3+2 (reward from Spin #1) = # 49 - Dark
Twisted Love - Ana Huang
tagged Dark 376x (p1c2)=2 points, tagged authors of color 11x (p9c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 11: 3 = # 52 - Retellings
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
tagged Retellings 726x (p1c1)=2 points, tagged authors of color 28x (p3c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/24/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 12: 10 = #62 - International (Olivermagnus)
The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali
tagged International 25x (p2c1)=2 points, tagged authors of color 29x (p1c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 2/27/24
Review: https://www.goodreads .com/topic/show/22752635-steeplechase-bwf-extra-the-stationery-shop---marjan-kamali---4-stars

Spin 13: 4 = #66 - Hollywood
The Chaperone - Laura Moriarty
tagged Hollywood 15x (p1c3)=2 points, tagged coming of age 10x (p2c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 3/20/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 14: 2 + 3 (from Mammoth March) + 2 (reward from Spin #3) = # 73 - Spooky
The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo
tagged Spooky 18x (p2c2)=2 points, tagged coming of age 13x (p2c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 3/26/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 15: 3 (hurdle Puddle Jumper - move 2 spaces) + 2 = # 78 - Hoopla
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
tagged Hoopla 28x (p1c3) =2 points, Doesn't match monthly tag
Read: 3/31/24
Review: https://www.goodreads .com/topic/show/22781181-bwf-extra-moon-of-the-crusted-snow-moon-1---waubgeshig-rice---5-stars

Spin 16: 10 + 4 from Spin 4 & Spin 10 monthly tag rewards = #92 - Fun
Ruby Fever - Ilona Andrews
tagged Fun 6x (p2c2)=2 points, tagged Fantasy-romance 59x (p1c1)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 4/19/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 17: 4 + 4 (rewards from Spin 11 & 12) = #100 - Novella
Whisper of Sin - Nalini Singh
tagged Novella 78x (p1c1)=2 points, tagged Fantasy-romance 8x (p1c2)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 4/23/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 18: 7 = #107 - Environment
The Music of Bees - Eileen Garvin
tagged Environment 15x (p1c2) =2 points, tagged Debut 5x (p2c3)= 4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 7/24/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

Amazing Steeplechase - Linda C and Giselle

Level 2 - Oceans of Fire - Completed 9/5/24
Accumulated Game Points - Level 1&2 = 154
Rewards Earned (+carry over) & Used - Level 2 (view spoiler)[
Spin 13 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin #3)
Spin 14 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin #8)
Spin 16 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin #8)
Spin 17 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin #8)
Spin 18 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (used for Spin #8)
Earth Day Challenge = 2 spaces
Summer Celebration Challenge - 12 separate spaces (used 3 for Spin #5)(used 5 for Spin #7) = 4 left (used last 4 for Spin #8)
+ free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose
L2-Spin 1 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 2 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Olympic Challenge Total: 22 points (added to points) and 22 separate spaces (used 1 for Spin #9)
Move a participant 15 spaces - Moved Jen K
Spin 4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 5 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin 6 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - Replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice.
Spin #7 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin #8 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces
Spin #9 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (hide spoiler)]
Game Board (view spoiler)[1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. School books
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Technology
10. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
11. Victorian
12. Race - Spin #1 - 7/27/24
13. Short Stories
14. Asian Literature (Patty)
15. Highly Recommend (KT)
16. Quirky
17. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
18. Debut
19. Feminism
20. Fav - Spin #2 - 8/6/24
21. Criminal
22. Ireland
23. True Crime
24. Animals - Spin #3 - 8/12/24
25. Graphic Novels
26. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
27. Translated
28. Fairytale
29. urban fantasy
30. Journey
31. colonialism
32. Mental Health (Nancy J)
33. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
34. Fantasy
35. Gothic
36. Music
37. The Climbing Wall barrier
38. Coming of age
39. Multiple POV (Diana) - Spin #4 (actually a boost from Jen K due to Olympic Summer Challenge
40. secrets
41. western
42. Crime
43. nature
44. Detective
45. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
46. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
47. revenge
48. Police
49. Double Jump fixed barrier
50. made-me-cry - Spin #5 (roll of 8 + 3 from rewards)
51. Book to screen
52. LatinX (BookConcierge)
53. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
54. Essays
55. Pirates
56. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle Spin #6 - Childhood Favorites
57. Beach Reads
58. Farm
59. linguistics
60. hilarious
61. Mermaids
62. mafia
63. Food (Joanne)
64. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
65. Time Travel
66. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
67. abandoned Spin #7 (roll of 6 + 5 from rewards)
68. letters
69. Cities (Robin P)
70. medieval
71. Trophy Fixed Barrier
72. New Orleans
73. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
74. Strong women
75. Sea (Lyn)
76. Life changing
77. addiction
78. marriage
79. Disasters
80. sf-masterworks
81. Hardenbergia Trellis
82. Comedy
83. Sisters
84. Literary fiction
85. Dystopia - Spin #8 - (roll of 6 + 12 from rewards)
86. Caribbean (Cora)
87. Donnybrook water feature
88. Canada (Library Cin)
89. Egypt
90. Ghosts (Amy)
91. Whodunit
92. Medical
93. Geography (Ellen)
94. Historical fiction Spin #9 - (roll of 8 + 1 from rewards) (hide spoiler)]
Adjustments for Level 2: (view spoiler)[Spinner will have numbers 1-8.
Add the tag School books (inserted at #5)
Choose a tag from the grab list of tags and place them on board (Fantasy at #34)
Add the Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle to gameboard (inserted at #64) (hide spoiler)]
Tags removed - 18 (view spoiler)[5. Plot twist
9. Did not finish
12. Aviation
19. Drama
23. Scandinavia (Hilde)
24. Norway
32. slice of life
40. Space Opera (Sue)
44. Southern Fiction (Holly)
49. dark
52. retellings
62. International (Olivermagnus)
66. Hollywood
73. spooky
78. Hoopla
92. Fun
100. Novella
107. Environment (hide spoiler)]
Hurdle removed - 1 (view spoiler)[76. Puddle Jumper Spin # 15 (hide spoiler)]
Books Read (view spoiler)[Spin 1: 7/24/24 - Tessa used the 15 spaces she was rewarded to finish my Level 1 and move me to Spot #12 on Level 2 - Spot #12 - Race
Book - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Díaz - tagged race 57x (p2c1)= 2 points, tagged monthly-Debut 10x (p7c1)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 7/27/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 2: 8 move to Spot #20 - Fav
An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir - tagged Fav 62x (p3c1)= 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 444x (p1c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/6/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 3: 2 + 2 (from Spin 13-Level 1)=4 - move to Spot #24 - Animals
The Life She Was Given - Ellen Marie Wiseman - tagged Animals 17x (p1c2)= 2 points, Doesn’t match monthly tag.
Read: 8/12/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 4: (actually a boost from Jen K due to Olympic Summer Challenge - moved to Spot #39 - Multiple POV
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto - tagged Multiple POV 13x (p3c1) = 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 41x (p1c3)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/15/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 5: 8 + 3 (from Summer Celebration Challenge)=11 - move to Spot #50 - Made-me-Cry
A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir - tagged Made-me-Cry 41x (p2c2) = 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 234x (p1c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/22/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 6: 6 = Spot 56 - Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - Read a children's book - tag 'Childhood Favorites'
The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate - 19x (p3c3) = 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 64x (p1c3)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/25/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice.

Spin 7: 6 + 5 (from Summer Celebration Challenge)=11 - move to Spot #67 - Abandoned
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton - 542x (p1c1) = 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 210x (p1c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/29/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 8: 6 + 12 (rewards from Spin 14, 16, 17, 18 (Level 1) and 4 spaces left from Summer Celebration) - Spot #86 - Dystopia
A Reaper at the Gates - Sabaa Tahir - 128x (p1c2)= 2 points, tagged monthly-5 stars 115x (p1c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 8/30/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 9: 8 +1 (reward from Olympics) - Spot #94 - Historical Fiction
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders - 3181x (p1c1)= 2 points, tagged monthly-Sad 10x (p5c1)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 9/5/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]

Amazing Steeplechase - Linda C and Giselle

Level 3 - Sedona Red Rock - Completed 12/5/24
Accumulated Game Points - Levels 1, 2 & 3 = 178 + 2 spaces left over
Rewards Earned (+carry over) & Used - Level 2 (view spoiler)[
Earth Day Challenge = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#4)
Summer Celebration Challenge - + free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose
L2-Spin 1 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#6)
Spin 2 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3-Spin#6)
Olympic Challenge Total: 22 points (added to points) and 22 separate spaces (used 1 for L2 Spin #9, 3 for L3 Spin#1, 5 for L3 Spin #2, 1 for L3 Spin #4, 1 for L3 Spin #5) = 11 left (Used all for L3 Spin#7)
Spin 4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin 5 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7
Spin 6 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7
Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle - Replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice.
Spin #7 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #8 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #9 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7) (hide spoiler)]
Rewards Earned & Used - Level 3 (view spoiler)[
Level 3: Spin #3 - Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - additional 2 spaces when you choose to use it. (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #4 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #5 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (Used for L3 Spin#7)
Spin #7 - (matched monthly tag) = 2 spaces (hide spoiler)]
Gameboard (view spoiler)[
1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. School books
6. Quest
7. Aging
8. Time
9. Technology
10. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
11. Victorian
12. Short Stories
13. Asian Literature (Patty)
14. Highly Recommend (KT)
15. Quirky Spin #1 (7 + 3=10 Tortoise) Move 5 spaces
16. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
17. Debut
18. Feminism
19. Criminal
20. Ireland
21. True Crime
22. Graphic Novels
23. Rose Hedge Hurdle
24. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
25. Translated
26. Fairytale
27. urban fantasy Spin #2 (7 + 5=12)
28. Journey
29. colonialism
30. Mental Health (Nancy J)
31. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge Spin #3 - 4 - short story that fits the tag you last read from this board - Urban Fantasy - Read 9/13/24
32. Fantasy
33. Gothic
34. Second Chances
35. Music
36. Steampunk
37. The Climbing Wall barrier
38. Coming of age Spin #4 (4 + 3=7)
39. secrets
40. western
41. Crime
42. nature
43. Detective
44. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) Spin #5 (5 + 1=6)
45. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
46. revenge
47. Police
48. Double Jump fixed barrier
49. Book to screen
50. LatinX (BookConcierge)
51. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
52. Essays
53. Pirates Spin #6 (5+4=9)
54. Beach Reads
55. Farm
56. linguistics
57. hilarious
58. Mermaids
59. mafia
60. Food (Joanne)
61. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
62. Time Travel
63. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
64. letters
65. Cities (Robin P)
66. medieval
67. Trophy Fixed Barrier
68. New Orleans
69. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
70. Strong women
71. Sea (Lyn)
72. Life changing
73. addiction
74. marriage
75. Disasters
76. sf-masterworks
77. Hardenbergia Trellis
78. Comedy
79. Sisters
80. Literary fiction
81. Caribbean (Cora)
82. Donnybrook water feature
83. Canada (Library Cin)
84. Egypt
85. Ghosts (Amy)
86. Whodunit
87. Medical
88. Geography (Ellen)
89. Book Boyfriends Spin #7 (7+29=36) (hide spoiler)]
Adjustments for Level 3 (view spoiler)[Spinner will have numbers 1-7
Participants will add the tag Steampunk (inserted at #36)
Choose 2 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags; place them on my board as I choose. (Book Boyfriends inserted at #89 and Second Chances inserted at #34)
Add Rose Hedge Hurdle to your board (inserted at #23) (hide spoiler)]
Tags removed - 8 (view spoiler)[12 – Race
20 – Fav
24 – Animals
39 - Multiple POV
50 - Made-me-Cry
67 – Abandoned
86 – Dystopia
94 - Historical Fiction (hide spoiler)]
Hurdles removed - 1 (view spoiler)[56 - Fixed Barrier Swing Set (hide spoiler)]
Books Read (view spoiler)[Spin 1: 7 + 3 (from Olympic Challenge) = Spot #10 Hurdle: Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary = Move forward 5 spaces. = Spot #15 - Quirky
The Switch - Beth O'Leary - tagged quirky 5x (p6c3) = 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 9/7/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 2: 7 + 5 (from Olympic Challenge) = 12 - Spot #27 - Urban Fantasy
The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd - tagged urban fantasy 41x (p1c3)= 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 9/9/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 3: 4 - Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge - short story that fits the tag you last read from this board - Urban Fantasy
Blood and Roses - Angela Knight in book Burning Up - Angela Knight et al - pgs 89-153
This will give you an additional 2 spaces when you choose to use it.
Read: 9/13/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 4: 4 + 3 (2 from Earth Day Challenge + 1 from Olympics Challenge) =7 - Spot #38 - Coming-of-age
The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave - Coming-of-age 5x (p14c2)= 2 points, tagged monthly-Sad 21x (p4c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 9/15/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 5: 5 + 1 (from Olympics Challenge) =6 - Spot #44 - Women Writers
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor - Women Writers 11x (p11c1) = 2 points, tagged monthly-Sad 11x (p11c2)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 9/22/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 6: 5 + 4 (from Level 2-Spins 1 & 2) =9 - Spot #53 - Pirates
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - India Holton - Pirates 144x (p1c1) = 2 points, No monthly tag match
Read: 12/2/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Spin 7: 7 +29 (all remaining unused spaces) = 36 - Spot #89 Book Boyfriends
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - tagged Book-Boyfriend 6x (p3c2) = 2 points, tagged monthly-Mystery-Suspense 82x (p1c1)=4 points, 🎗️Reward = 2 spaces.
Read: 12/5/24
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... (hide spoiler)]