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4. The Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-6.
Participants will add the tag speculative fiction and choose 3 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add and The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle to your board.

Please post your Mongolian Ironman Level 4 Steeplechase Tracks here:

Amy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ellen - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jen K - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Joy D - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Nancy J - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Olivermagnus - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Rachel - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Robin P - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Theresa - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Tien - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase

Spinner will have numbers 1-6.

🎠 1. Small Town
2. Renaissance
3. Asia
4. Plot Twist
🎠 5. Quest
6. Aging
7. Book Boyfriends 🎐
8. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary
9. Aviation
10. Victorian
🎠 11. Race
12. FBI 🎐
🎠 13. Highly Recommend
🎠 14. Steampunk 🔺
15. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
16. Feminism
17. Criminal
18. Rose Hedge Hurdle 🔺
🎠 19. Animals
🎠 20. London 🎐
21. Slice of Life
22. Translated
🎠 23. School Books 🔹
24. Journey
🎠 25. Noir 🔺
26. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
🎠 27. Gothic
28. Southern Fiction
29. Coming of Age
30. Multiple POV
31. Secrets
32. Dark
🎠 33. Crime
34. Pogo Stick Hurdle 🎐
35. Artificial Intelligence
🎠 36. Police
37. Double Jump Fixed Barrier
38. Made-Me-Cry
🎠 39. International
40. Essays
41. Pirates
42. Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle
🎠 43. Linguistics
44. Mermaids
45. Time Travel
46. Hoopla
47. Abandoned
🎠 48. Cities
49. Trophy Fixed Barrier
50. Strong Women
🎠 51. Sea
52. Addiction
53. Speculative Fiction 🎐
🎠 54. Disasters
55. SF-Masterworks
56. Hardenbergia Trellis
57. Comedy
58. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle 🎐
🎠 59. Novella
60. Canada
61. Ghosts
62. Environment
🎠 63. Geography
64. Historical Fiction


Added in Round 4:
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🎐 Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
🎐 Pogo Stick Hurdle
🎐Speculative Fiction
🎐Book Boyfriends
🎐FBI
🎐London
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🎠 Roll 1 = Small Town - 31 tags
The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah - 4 Stars - 3/3/24
Review
Coming of Age - 255 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 2 = Quest 86 tags
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - 3 Stars - 3/3/24
Review
Coming of Age - 178 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 3 = 6 - Race - 17 tags
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice - 5 Stars - 3/5/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 4 = 2 - Highly Recommend - 86 tags
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens - 4.5 Stars - 3/7/24
Review
Coming of Age - 987 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 5 = 1 - Steampunk - 2488 tags
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare - 4 Stars - 3/8/24
Review
Coming of Age - 42 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 6 = 5 - Animals - 155 tags
My Friend Flicka - Mary O'Hara - 4 Stars - 3/8/24
Review
Coming of Age - 7 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 7 = London - 67 tags
Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear - 4 Stars - 3/10/24
Review
Coming of Age - 7 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 8 = 3 - School Books - 34 tags
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - 4.5 Stars - 3/11/24
Review
Coming of Age - 374 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 9 = Noir - 22 tags
Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh - 4 Stars - 3/12/24
Review
Coming of Age - 24 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 10 = 2 - Gothic - 662 tags
Belladonna - Adalyn Grace - 4 Stars - 3/13/24
Review
Coming of Age - 11
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 11 = 6 - Crime - 71
The Mystery Guest - Nita Prose - 4 Stars - 3/14/24
Review
Coming of Age - 6
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 12 = 3 - Police - 30 tags
In the Woods - Tana French - 4 Stars - 3/15/24
Review
Coming of Age - 11 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
🔺 Mammoth March = 5 points and 3 spaces

🎠 Roll 13 = 3 - International - 10 tags
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith - 4 Stars - 3/16/24
Review
Coming of Age - 434 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 14 = 4 - Linguistics - 163 tags
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell - 3 Stars - 3/17/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 15 = Cities - 5 - 10 tags
Moonlight Mile - Dennis Lehane - 4 Stars - 3/18/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 16 = 3 - Sea - 17 tags
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - David Grann - 4.5 Stars - 3/19/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔺Mammoth Monday
The Gods of War - Conn Iggulden - 4 Stars - 3/19/24 - set primarily in Rome
Review
7 points and 5 spaces

🎠 Roll 17 = 3 - Disasters - 11 tags
The Children's Blizzard - Melanie Benjamin - 4 Stars - 3/20/24
Review
Coming of Age - 11 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

🎠 Round 18 = 5 - Novella - 230 tags
Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata - 3 Stars - 3/21/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🔺Mammoth March
Hollywood Playboy - Natasha Madison - 3 Stars - 3/20/24
Review
6 points and 4 spaces

🎠 Round 19 = 4 - Geography - 10
Journey to the River Sea- Eva Ibbotson - 3/22/24
Review
Coming of Age - 11 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6

Cumulative Total for Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase
112 points
36 spaces
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Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 6 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 7 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - Mammoth March = 5 points and 3 spaces 🔺
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
🔺Mammoth Monday - 7 points and 5 spaces
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
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Tags Removed in Round 3:
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Arranged Marriage
Technology
Short Stories
Debut
Fav
Ireland
Espionage
Short
Urban Fantasy
Space Opera
Meditating in the Zen Garden Hurdle
Retelling
Detective
Revenge
Black-Lives-Matter
Farm
Puddle Jumper Hurdle
New Orleans - completed on Magic Monday
Fun
Sisters
Caribbean
Egypt
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Olivermagnus & Domino Tracking

Game Points
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Round 3 - Grand Marathon Steeplechase
Total Points = 116 points

Round 2 - Profound Endurance Steeplechase
Total Points = 76

Round 1 - Grand Pardubice Steeplechase
Total Points = 52
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Level 1 Bonuses:
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🎠 Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose - Used on Roll 11 of Level 2
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 8 - Climbing Wall Barrier - 3 space move to use when you please
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 19 - Donnybrook Water Feature - Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.
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Level 2 Bonuses:
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Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 16 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
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Level 3 Bonuses:
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Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Monumental Monday - Heart Principle - 6 points & 5 spaces
Monumental Monday - Seamstress of New Orleans - 2 points & 2 spaces
Completed Tags - Love, San Francisco, New Orleans
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - Zen Garden Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - Puddle Jumper Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Leap Day Benefit - 2/29/24 - 4 x 1 space = 4 spaces
Roll 20 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 21 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Bonus
Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Monumental Monday - Heart Principle - 6 points & 5 spaces
Monumental Monday - Seamstress of New Orleans - 2 points & 2 spaces
Completed Tags - Love, San Francisco, New Orleans
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - Zen Garden Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - Puddle Jumper Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Leap Day Benefit - 2/29/24 - 4 x 1 space = 4 spaces
Roll 20 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 21 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose

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Level One Tags Recap
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Tags Removed:
Time
Asian Literature
Quirky
Scandinavia
Norway
Fairytale
Colonialism
Nature
Book to Screen
Hollywood
Beach Reads
Mafia
STEM
Medieval
Outdoors
Marriage
Dystopia

Hurdles Removed:
Climbing Wall Barrier
Donnybrook Water Feature
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Level 2 Tags Recap

Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase - Joy D and Hippocrates

Spinner will have numbers 1-6.

1. Small town
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa) - Spin 1 = 3 - 3/6 - used +3 move from Monumental Monday to land on 6
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
🐉6. Bildungsroman♐ - 3/6 - landed here after +3
7. Quest
🐉 8. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary - Spin 2 = 2 - 3/7 - this obstacle requires moving forward 5 spaces
9. Aviation
10. Victorian
11. Race
12. Steampunk🔸
🐉13. Highly Recommend (KT) - 3/7 - landed here after moving +5 for the Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge
14. Quirky
🐉 15. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature - Spin 3 = 2 - 3/9
16. Feminism
17. Fav
18. Criminal
19. Favorites🔸
20. True Crime
🐉21. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle 🔹 - Spin 4 = 6 - 3/9 - write a haiku about your last tag
🐉22. Adventure ♐ - Spin 5 = 1 - 3/10
23. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
24. Fairytale
25. colonialism
26. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
🐉27. Gothic - Spin 6 = 5 - 3/11
🐉28. Music - Spin 7 = 1 - 3/12
295. The Climbing Wall barrier
30. secrets
31. western
32. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle ♐
33. dark
🐉34. retellings - used grab bag #2 to swap for books about books - Spin 8 = 6 - 3/13
35. Detective
36. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
37. revenge
38. Police - Spin 9 = 4, used +3 earned on 2/19 from Monumental Monday to move forward to 41.
39. World Literature 🔸
40. LatinX (BookConcierge)
🐉41. International (Olivermagnus) - landed here after using the +3
42. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
🐉43. Essays - Spin 10 = 2 - 3/15
44. Hollywood
45. Farm
🐉46. linguistics - Spin 11= 3 - 3/16
47. Pogo Stick Hurdle ♐
48. Mermaids
49. spooky
50. speculative fiction ♐
🐉51. Food (Joanne) - Spin 12 = 5 - 3/17
52. Hoopla
53. Maritime ♐
54. letters
55. Cities (Robin P)
56. Trophy Fixed Barrier
🐉57. Outdoors (Linda N) - Spin 13 = 6 - 3/18
58. addiction
59. Disasters
60. sf-masterworks
🐉61. Sisters - Spin 14 = 4 - 3/19
62. Novella
63. Caribbean (Cora)
64. Egypt
65. Whodunit

Spin 15 = 6 - Round completed 3/20

Saved Benefits:(view spoiler)[
- 2/10 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/11 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/13 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/14 - Monumental Monday earned +2 spaces
- 2/15 - Monumental Monday earned +3 spaces - used 3/6
- 2/16 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/17 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/18 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/19 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/19 - Monumental Monday earned +3 spaces - used 3/14
- 2/23 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/24 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/25 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/26 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 3/1 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/2 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/6 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/7 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/8 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/8 - Mammoth March +3 spaces
- 3/9 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/11 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/12 - Mammoth March +3 spaces
- 3/18 - Mammoth March + 5 spaces
- 3/20 - move 2 spaces with a spin
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Level 1 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Tags read in Level 1: Time, Did Not Finish, Drama, Scandinavia, Slice of Life, Translated, Space Opera, Multiple POV, Beach Reads, Hilarious, Mafia, Abandoned, Sea (2), Canada, Environment, Geography

Hurdles completed in Level 1: Double Jump, Puddle Jumper, Hardenbergia Trellis

Grab bag tag read in Level 1: Environmental

Game Points in Level 1: 65
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Level 2 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🔹Level 2 - Added School Books, Culture, & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle

Points for Level 2: 73
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73=138

Tags read in level 2: aging, short stories, debut, animals, journey, southern fiction, crime, nature, women writers, book to screen, time travel, STEM, New Orleans, marriage, fun, literary fiction, ghosts

Hurdles completed in level 2: Fixed Barrier Swing Set, Donneybrook Water Feature

Grab bag tags read in level 2: childhood favorites (Swing Set Hurdle), dragons (monumental challenge), love (monumental challenge

Replaced Graphic Novels with Travel (Swing Set reward) (hide spoiler)]

Level 3 Summary: (view spoiler)[
🔶Added Steampunk + Favorites and World Literature from Grab Bag; Added Rose Hedge Hurdle

Tags read in level 3: school books, technology, asian literature, norway, ireland, travel, urban fantasy, mental health, coming of age, culture, made me cry, medieval, life changing, strong women, comedy, dystopia, medical, historical fiction

Hurdles completed in level 3: Rose Hedge

Grab bag tags read in level 3: wishlist (1 of 6)

Game Points in Level 3: 82
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85=223
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Level 4 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Added speculative fiction
Added 3 tags from the grab bag (Bildungsroman, Adventure, Maritime) 📚📕💙
Added The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle & Pogo Stick Hurdle

Tags Read in Level 4: bildungsroman, highly recommend, adventure, gothic, music, international, essays, linguistics, food, outdoors, sisters

Hurdles Completed, in Level 4: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge, The Old Mill Stream, Meditating in a Zen Garden

Grab bag tags read in level 4: cozy (for hurdle), books about books (2 of 6)

Extra tags: Diversity, Ireland, Rome and Ancient Rome (all from Mammoth March) (hide spoiler)]

Joy D & Hippocrates Tracking
Detail of spins:
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Spin 1 = 3 - 3/6 - used Monumental Monday +3 to land on:
6. Bildungsroman x6
Chronicle in Stone - 4 stars - 3/7
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 6
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x8

Spin 2 = 2 - 3/7
8. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge
Move forward 5 spaces to land on
13. Highly Recommend x10
milk and honey - 3 stars - 3/8
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 3 (hurdle) + 4 (monthly tag) = 9
Points this level: 15
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x33

3/8 - Mammoth March:
milk and honey also fits Mammoth March with a total of
diversity x
6 points, 3 spaces
Points: 6
Points this level: 21

Spin 3 = 2 - 3/8
15. The Old Mill Stream (choose a tag out of your wheelhouse - cozy):
The Cat Who Saved Books - 3 stars - 3/9
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 3 (hurdle) + 4 (monthly tag) = 9
Points this level: 30
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x20

Spin 4 = 6 - 3/9
21. Meditation in a Zen Garden - write a haiku about your last tag
Pages softly turn,
Curling up with words and tea,
Worlds within my hands.
Points: 3 (hurdle)
Points this level: 33

Spin 5 = 1 - 3/10
22. adventure x188
The Last Kingdom - 4 stars - 3/11
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 39
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age x8

Spin 6 = 5 - 3/11
27. gothic x26
Mr Flood's Last Resort - 4 stars - 3/12
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 41

Mammoth March
Ireland x29
Mr Flood's Last Resort - 4 stars - 3/12/24
Total: 5 Points, 3 Spaces
Points this level: 46

Spin 7 = 1 - 3/12
28. music x1690
This Is Your Brain on Music - 4 stars - 3/13
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 48

Spin 8 = 6 - 3/13
34. retellings - used 2nd grab bag to swap for books about books x47
Harry's Trees - 3 stars - 3/14
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 50

Spin 9 = 4 - 3/14
Landed on 38. Police - Used +3 earned on 2/19 from Monumental Monday to move forward to:
41. international x7
Night Train to Lisbon - 3 stars - 3/15
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 52

Spin 10 = 2 - 3/15
43. Essays x40
Musicophilia - 4 stars - 3/16
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 54

Spin 11 = 3 - 3/16
46. linguistics x64
Embassytown - 5 stars - 3/17
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 56

Spin 12 = 5 - 3/17
51. food x314
Sourdough - 4 stars - 3/18
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 58

Mammoth March
Ides of March/Caesar/Rome x77 (also Ancient Rome x71)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Conspirata - 4 stars - 3/18
Total for this read: 7 points, 5 spaces
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 7
Points this level: 65

Spin 13 = 6 - 3/18
57. Outdoors x20
Mountains of the Mind - 4 stars - 3/19
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 67

Spin 14 = 4 - 3/19
61. sisters x11
also coming of age x5
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls - 4 stars - 3/20
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (monthly tag) = 6
Points this level: 73
Earned +2 move based on matching coming of age

Spin 15 = 6 - 3/20 (hide spoiler)]
Round completed 3/20

Level 4 Grand Marathon Steeplechase - Nancyj and Darwin

🔸Added in Level 3
▪️Added in Level 4 (Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle, Pogo Stick Hurdle, Speculative fiction, Bio-memoir, Favorites, Wishlist)


1. Nonfiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
2. Renaissance (Theresa) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
3. Asia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
4. Plot twist - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
5. Time - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
6. Did not finish - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7. Technology - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹added 3 spaces to my 5 spin
✅🎗️8. ▪️Bio-Memoir - Finding Me
9. {{Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary}}
10. Victorian - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
11. Short Stories - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
12. Highly Recommend (KT) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️13. Quirky -- Now Is Not the Time to Panic
14. Drama - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
15. {{The Old Mill Stream Water Feature}}
16. Scandinavia (Hilde) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
17. Norway - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
18. Criminal - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
19. True Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
20. ▪️{{Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle}}
🔹Added a 2 space reward to my 6 space spin.
✅🎗️21. Animals - Where the Crawdads Sing
22. Translated - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
23. Fairytale - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
24. Journey - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️25. ▪️Favorites - Home
26. ▪️{{Pogo Stick Hurdle}}
✅27. Colonialism - The Colony,
✅28. Mental Health (Nancy J) - Mockingbird
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
29. Gothic - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... -Belladonna, Graveyard book
30. Music - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
31. {{The Climbing Wall Barrier}}
✅🎗️32. Coming of age - Akata Witch
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
33. Western - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
34. Retellings - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
35. Detective - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️36. 🔸Bildungsroman - I Capture the Castle
37. {{Double Jump fixed barrier}}
✅🎗️38. made-me-cry - Water for Elephants ,
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
39. International (Olivermagnus) - The Cat who saved books,my brilliant life
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
40. Pirates - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
41. Hollywood -The Chaperone, https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
42. Beach Reads
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
43. Farm - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - chickens
✅44. {{Meditating in Zen Garden Hurdle}}
45. Mermaids - The Mermaid of Black Conch, https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
46. spooky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Monstrilio, Akata Witch, Graveyard Book
47. Classics (replaced Mafia) - The Giver, Anne of Green Gables, Castle, https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
48. Hoopla - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - Patron Saint of, Magician's Assistant, Monstrilio
49. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C) - women in space, binti, https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅50. letters The Perks of Being a Wallflower
51. Cities (Robin P) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅ 52.▪️Wishlist The Patron Saint of Liars
53. 🔸Fantasy -https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅ 3/2754.🔸 {{Rose Hedge Hurdle}} . MOVE BACK 2
55.Medieval - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/.... (Res bear&nightingale)
🔹Added a 1 space reward to my 3 spin.
✅56.Outdoors (Linda Nielson) -My side of the mountain
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
57. Sea (Lyn) -mountain in the sea, fable, daughter of the
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/sea
58. Marriage - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
59. Disasters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
60. SF-masterworks -le Guin
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
61. {{Hardenbergia Trellis}}
🔹added a 2 space reward to my 4 spin.
✅62. Comedy - Heartstopper: Volume Two
✅63. ▪️ Speculative Fiction - Cinder
64. Dystopia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...- giver, scythe, scarlet
65. {{Donnybrook water feature}}
66. Canada (Library Cin) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
67. Egypt - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... -
🔹added a 2 space reward to my 3 spin.
✅68. Ghosts (Amy) - Graveyard Book https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
69. Medical - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
70. Historical fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹Added a 1 space reward to my 2 spin.
✅71. 🔸 Steampunk - Scarlet
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Tracking Log

Rewards log
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Rewards carried over from rounds 1 - 3:
Bank (2 spaces) = 41 2-space rewards
Bank (1 spaces) = 4 spaces
Bank extra (MM level 3)= 9 spaces

Round 4
Rewards earned (2 spaces) = spin #1,2,3,4, 6,7,8,9, 11, 13,14,15,16,17,18 = 15 2-space rewards ✔️
Rewards earned (MM level 4) = 8p5s+ 7p,5s + 5p,3s. = 20 points + 13 spaces✔️

Rewards spent (2 spaces) - spin # 1, 3, 15, 17 = 8 spaces = 4 2-space rewards
Rewards spent (1 space) - spin # 1, 14, 18 = 3 spaces
Check - spent 11 spaces✔️
Points
Level 1 = 71 points
Level 2 = 120 points
Level 3 = 109 points
Total = 300
Level 4=
15 tag matches, 1 w/o match, 2 hurdles
Corrected points = 6*15 + 2*1 + 3*2 + 20= 90+2+6+20= 118


Tags read = 16 + bonus (actors, Rome or Caesar?). Check Bonus thread


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Spin 1 (March 15) - 5 +🔹3 spaces. 8. Bio-memoir. ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp plus 🦣MM 8 points, 5 spaces
Spin 2 (March 16) - 5. 13. Quirky ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 3 (March 17) - 6. +🔹2 spaces. 21. Animals✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 4 (March 18) - 4 25. Favorites ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Julie Caesar plus 🦣MM 7 points, 5 spaces
Spin 5 (March 19) - 2. 27. Colonialism. ✅ 2 pts plus 🦣MM 5pts, 3 spaces
Spin 6 (March 21) - 1. 28. Mental Health✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 7 (March 22) - 4. 32. Coming of Age ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 8 (March 23) - 4. 36. Bildungsroman ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 9 (March 24)- 2. 38. Made me cry ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 10 (3/25) - 6. 44. Zen Garden - Haiku✅ 3 points
Spin 11 (3/26) -6. 50. Letters. ✅🎗️ 6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 12 (3/27) - 4. 54. Rose Hedge Hurdle. Go back 2 spaces,✅ 3 pts
Spin 13. (3/27) back 2. 52. Wishlist ✅🎗️6 pts, 2 sp
Spin 14. (3/28) - 3. 🔹add 1 space. 56. Outdoors.✅🎗️6pts, 2sp
Spin 15. (3/29) - 4. 🔹add 2 spaces. 62. Comedy. ✅🎗️6 pts,2 sp
Spin 16. (3/30) - 1. 63. Speculative Fiction.✅🎗️6pts, 2 sp
Spin 17. (3/31) - 3🔹add 2 spaces 🔹68. Ghosts. ✅🎗️6 pts 2 sp
Spin 18. (4/1) - 2 🔹add 1 space. 71.Steampunk ✅🎗️6 pts 2 sp

🔹Spent 3 spaces
✅🎗️🦣Spin 1. - 3/16/24 - 8. Bio-memoir - Finding Me by Viola Davis. 39 bio-memoir tags, 2 points, 🎗️15 coming of age tags, 4 points. 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🦣Mammoth March - 15 actors tags, 19 Hollywood tags, Oscars quotes, Fits tag, within spin. 8 points, 5 spaces

🚩🦣Mammoth March - see also Esperanza Rising (level 3), I am Malala (level 3), Julius Caesar (Outside of spins), The Colony (spin 4)


✅🎗️Spin 2. 3/17/24 - 13. Quirky. Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson. 12 Quirky tags, 2 points 🎗️181 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹spent 2 spaces
✅🎗️ Spin 3. 3/18/24- Animals. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, 87 animals tags, 2 points, 🎗️991 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 4. 3/19/24 - 25. Favorites. Home by Nnedi Okorafor. 145 Favorites tags. 2 points, 🎗️20 Coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🦣Spin 5. 3/21/24 - 27. Colonialism. The Colony by Audrey Magee, 7 colonialism tags, 2 points. Mammoth March
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️ Spin 6. 3/22/24 - 28. Mental health. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine.
42 mental health tags, 🎗️25 coming of age tags.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 7. 3/23/24 - 32. Coming of Age. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
48 coming of age tags, 2 points, 🎗️48 coming of age tags (monthly tag) 4 points, 2 spaces.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 8. 3/24/24- 36. Bildungsroman. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.
56 Bildungsroman tags, 2 spaces,🎗️ 435 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 9. 3/25/24- 38. Made me Cry. Water for Elephants
45 made me cry tags, 2 points, 🎗️88 coming of age, 4 points, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ Spin 10. 3/26/24- 44. Zen Garden Haiku. 3 points
Children laugh and run
When the circus comes to town
While elephants cry

✅🎗️Spin 11. 3/27/24- 6- 50. Letters. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
59 Letters tags, 2 points, 🎗️2382 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Spin 12. 3/27/24. Rose Hedge Hurdle. Go back x spin. 3 points

✅🎗️Spin 13. 3/28/24. Go back 2 to 52. Wishlist. The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett. 14 wishlist tags, 2 points, 🎗️19 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹added a 1 space reward to my 3 spin.
✅🎗️Spin 14. 3/29/24. 56. Outdoors. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
39 outdoors tags, 2 points, 🎗️91 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
🔹add2
✅🎗️Spin 15. 3/30/24. 62. Comedy. Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman. 15 comedy tags, 2 points,
🎗️280 coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 16. 3/31/24. 63. Speculative Fiction. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
89 speculative fiction tags, 2 points, 🎗️83 Coming of age tags, 4 points, 2 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹Add 2
✅🎗️Spin 17. 3/31/24. 68. Ghosts. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. 940 ghosts tags,2 pts, 🎗️ 393 coming of age tags, 4 pt, 2 sp.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹add 1
✅🎗️Spin 18. 71. Steampunk. Scarlet
274 steampunk tags, 2 pts, 🎗️115 fantasy romance tags, 4 pt, 2 sp
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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☄️The Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase - Tien and Solgaleo:☄️

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Plot twist 6x Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte -Completed 04/26
5. steampunk**
6. adventure*
7. Did not finish 41x We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) by Hafsah Faizal -Completed 04/30
8. aliens**
9.  Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
10. regency**
11. school books* 13x The Hours by Michael Cunningham -Completed 05/01
12. Race
13. Asian Literature (Patty)
14. Quirky 8x An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Äldre dam #1) by Helene Tursten -Completed 05/02
15. Drama
16. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle*
17. Debut 5x Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta -Completed 05/06
18. Feminism
19. Scandinavia (Hilde)
20. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle***
21. Criminal
22. True Crime
23. Animals
24. Short (can be less than 150 pp)
25. slice of life 14x Spy x Family, Vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo -Completed 05/07
26. Translated
27. speculative fiction***
28. urban fantasy
29. Journey
30.  Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge 25x slice of life + 5x short story (140p) The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide -Completed 05/08
31. Space Opera (Sue)
32.  The Climbing Wall barrier
33. Southern Fiction (Holly)
34. books-about-books*** 330x Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine -Completed 05/10
35. Multiple POV (Diana)
36. secrets
37. western
38. nature
39. Detective 9x Reflex by Dick Francis -Completed 05/11
40. zombie***
41. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
42. revenge
43.  Pogo Stick Hurdle -Completed 05/12
46. Book to screen
47. LatinX (BookConcierge)
48. sapphic***
49. Pirates
50. Hollywood 5x The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe #5) by Raymond Chandler -Completed 05/13
51.  Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
52. linguistics
53. Mermaids
54. spooky
55. mafia
56. Food (Joanne) 14x Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market #1) by Jennifer J. Chow -Completed 05/14
57. Time Travel 534x A Murder in Time (Kendra Donovan #1) by Julie McElwain -Completed 05/15
58. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
59. Cities (Robin P) 5x Inverted World by Christopher Priest -Completed 05/17
60.  Trophy Fixed Barrier
61. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
62. Strong women
63. Sea (Lyn) 6x Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt #1) by Clive Cussler -Completed 05/18
64. Rose Hedge Hurdle
65. marriage
66. sf-masterworks
67.  Hardenbergia Trellis
68. Comedy
69. Sisters 6x The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo -Completed 05/19
70. Dystopia
71. Novella (can be less than 150 pp.)
72. Canada (Library Cin) 12x It All Falls Down (Nora Watts #2) by Sheena Kamal -Completed 05/20
73. Egypt
74. Ghosts (Amy)
75. Environment
76. Medical 5x A Dissection of Murder (Dr Dody McCleland #1) by Felicity Young -Completed 05/21
77. Geography (Ellen)


Spin 1: 2 (+2 advantage) #4. Plot twist 6x Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte + 19x April tag (fantasy romance) -Completed 04/26

Spin 2: 3 #7. Did not finish 41x We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) by Hafsah Faizal + 67x April tag (fantasy romance) + 592p -Completed 04/30

Spin 3: 2 (+2 advantage for 500+p) #11. school books 13x The Hours by Michael Cunningham -Completed 05/01

Spin 4: 3 #14. Quirky 8x An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Äldre dam #1) by Helene Tursten + 203x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/02

Spin 5: 1 (+2 advantage) #17. Debut 5x Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta -Completed 05/06

Spin 6: 6 (+2 advantage) #25. slice of life 14x Spy x Family, Vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo + 9x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/07

Spin 7: 5 #30.  Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge 25x slice of life + 5x short story (140p) The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide -Completed 05/08

Spin 8: 4 #34. books-about-books*** 330x Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) by Rachel Caine + 8x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/10

Spin 9: 1 (2x +2 advantage) #39. Detective 9x Reflex by Dick Francis + 30x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/11

Spin 10: 2 (+2 advantage) #43.  Pogo Stick Hurdle -Completed 05/12

Spin 11: 2 (+3 pogo stick) #50. Hollywood 5x The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe #5) by Raymond Chandler + 265x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/13

Note that my number sequence is out of whack... I'm missing 44 & 45 on my board above hence the jump to 50

Spin 12: 4 (+2 advantage) #56. Food (Joanne) 14x Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market #1) by Jennifer J. Chow + 5x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/14

Spin 13: 1 #57. Time Travel 534x A Murder in Time (Kendra Donovan #1) by Julie McElwain + 66x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/15

Spin 14: 2 #59. Cities (Robin P) Inverted World by Christopher Priest -Completed 05/17

Spin 15: 4 #63. Sea (Lyn) 6x Pacific Vortex! (Dirk Pitt #1) by Clive Cussler + 11x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/18

Spin 16: 2 (2x +2 advantage) #69. Sisters 6x The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo -Completed 05/19

Spin 17: 4 #72. Canada (Library Cin) 12x It All Falls Down (Nora Watts #2) by Sheena Kamal + 7x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/20

Spin 18: 4 #76. Medical 5x A Dissection of Murder (Dr Dody McCleland #1) by Felicity Young + 23x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/21

Spin 19: 6 ---> On To The Pony Express

*ADVANTAGES (for future use)
From Level 3:
9x: can move 2 spaces with a spin
used 1 for Spin 1 - left 8x
used 1 for Spin 5 - left 7x
used 1 for Spin 6 - left 6x
used 2 for Spin 9 - left 4x
used 1 for Spin 10 - left 3x
used 1 for Spin 12 - left 2x
used 2 for Spin 16 - left NIL
⏭️ Puddle Jumper --> a pass to move forward 2 spaces
⏭️ Spin 1: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 2: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 4: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 6: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Raven's Roose Red Rose Hedge (Spin 7): can move 2 spaces whenever (earned 05/08)
⏭️ Spin 11: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 12: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 13: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 15: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 17: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 18: can move 2 spaces with a spin

GAME POINTS
Total books/tags read: 18 x 2 points = 34
Extras:
Spin 1: 4 points
Spin 2: 6 points
Spin 4: 4 points
Spin 6: 4 points
Spin 7: 3 points
Spin 8: 4 points
Spin 9: 4 points
Spin 10: 3 points
Spin 11: 4 points
Spin 12: 4 points
Spin 13: 4 points
Spin 15: 4 points
Spin 17: 4 points
Spin 18: 4 points
Level 4: 90
Level 3: 50
Level 2: 66
Level 1: 58
Total: 264

SWAPS
-->from now on, any swaps will have to be purchased by game points
Swap 1: 10 points
Swap 2: 25 points
Swap 3: 50 points
Swap 4: 50 points
...

Tags removed from grabbag
1. adventure (added to Level 2 - #7)
2. aliens (added to Level 3 - #10)
3. alternate history
18. books-about-books (added to Level 4 - #34)
23. cozy
27. espionage
29. favorites
41. indonesia
65. regency (added to Level 3 - #12)
68. royalty
69. sapphic (added to Level 4 -- #48)
70. science fantasy
81. suspense
88. zombie (added to Level 4 -- #40)

Level 3 Racetrack

Ellen and Purrito's Mongolian Iron Man Steeplechase

1. Small town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
4. Plot twist
5.Quest
6.Time
7. London
8. Technology
9. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary
10. Aviation
11. Victorian
12. Short stories
13. Asian literature
14. Highly recommended
15. Favorites
16. School books
17. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
18. Debut
19. Feminism
20. Scandanavia
21. Norway
22. FBI
23. Ireland
24. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
25. Books to movies
26. Graphic novels
27. Short (can be less than 150p)
28. Translated
29. Fairytale
30. Urban fantasy
31. Police procedural
32. Raven's Roost Red Rose Hedge
33. space opera
34. Rose Hedge Hurdle
35. Coming of Age
36. Multiple POV
37. Western
38. Dark
39. Artificial intelligence
40. Revenge
41. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
42. Made me cry
43. Book to screen ** moved here by Joy **
44. International
45. Essays
46. Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle
47. Hilarious
48. Mafia
49. Food
50. Time travel
51. Abandoned
52. Letters
53. Cities
54. New Orleans
55. Outdoors
56. Sea
57. Marriage
58. Fun
59. Disasters
60. **Wishlist** replaces SF Masterworks per Swing Set Hurdle
61. Pogo Stick Hurdle
62. Sisters
63. Literary fiction
64. Dystopia
65. Donnybrook Water Feature
66. Canada
67. Egypt
68. Whodunit
69. Speculative fiction
70. Medical
71. Geography

Spin #1 = 2 Nonfiction
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--
Tagged 466 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches the monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #2 = 1 Renaissance
Da Vinci's Tiger - L. M. Elliott
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 12 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #3 = 6 Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary +5
Highly Recommended
Heartstopper: Volume One - Alice Oseman
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 17 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches the monthly tag for +2 and four points

Spin #4 = 6 Scandanavia
The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country - Helen Russell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 47 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #5 = 6 Graphic Novels
Heartstopper: Volume Three - Alice Oseman
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 6258 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #6 = 3 Fairytale
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 80 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #7 = 2 Police procedural
An Eye for an Eye - Carol Wyer
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 14 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

**Moved to #43 by Joy**
Book to Screen
Heartstopper: Volume Four - Alice Oseman
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 8 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches the monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #8 = 3 Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle (I chose 'farm')
Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 36 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #9 = 6 Letters
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer - Kelly Jones
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 13 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #10 = 6 Fun
Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #11 = 4 Sisters
Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #12 = 3 Donnybrook Water Feature
skip the next tag you don't want to read and read the one after

Spin #13 = 3 Whodunit
Evil Under the Sun - Agatha Christie
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

13 books x 2 = 26
3 hurdles x 3 = 9
8 matched monthly tag = 32
Carrying 270 points to level 5

ROBIN AND RAMBO THE RAMBOUILLET RAM RACETRACK
4. The Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-6.
Participants will add the tag speculative fiction and choose 3 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose. - Added World Lit, Speculative Fiction, and Wishlist
Add The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle to your board..
Extra spaces carried over - 30

Extra spaces earned - 8
From Celebration - 20 separate spaces!
From Olympics - 6 separate spaces

Total spaces - 64
Extra spaces used -12
Spaces available - 52+ leap of 15
Points from Level 1 - 59
Points from Level 2 - 38
Points from Level 3 - 52
Points from Level 4 - 62

Summer Celebration
o For reading 1 book you receive 2 separate spaces (spaces can be used together or separately.)
o For reading 2 books you receive 4 separate spaces and you will receive an opportunity to move a randomized participant 15 spaces.
o For reading 3 books you receive 6 separate spaces and a free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose.
o For reading 4 books you receive 8 separate spaces and a free tag of your choice (not necessarily from the grab bag) when you choose
o . For reading 5 books you receive a jump of up to 15 spaces to use when you choose.

Olympic Challenge
July 26 through August 11.
The challenge will be to read books which feature countries participating in the Olympics.
For the task to be completed, after reviewing your book include a quote with a page or place number, a blurb from the book or the picture of the cover. To meet the requirements, it must be more than an incidental mention, it needs to be an integral part of the book:

o For each book you receive 2 separate spaces (spaces can be used together or separately) and 2 points.
o If the book has the 5 tag requirement for the country, you receive an additional space and point.
o For reading 5 books you receive 10 additional separate spaces and points and you will receive an opportunity to move a randomized participant

Summary of Celebration points - 20 points, 20 separate spaces, 1 tag from grab bag, 1 tag of choice, jump up to 15, move random person 15 done
** Swing Set Hurdle gives option to replace any tag**
Summary of Olympic points - 6 separate spaces, 6 points
From Fixed Barrier Swing Set - replace a tag with one of your choice
1st spin 2
1. Small town
2. nonfiction - The Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm - 46 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/25 - 2 pts
Next spin 3
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Plot Twist
5. Quest - The Epic of Gilgamesh - 6 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/26 - 2 pts
Next spin 3
6. Time
7. Technology
8. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
Move back 5 spaces or read a book with a desert setting or about the desert. - Naamah - Sarah Blake - although the book is set primarily on the ark, there are multiple flashback scenes which specifically are set in "the desert"
p14 - "When Noah and Naamah had gone looking for a place in the desert to build the ark"
p20-22 - memories of afternoons in the desert tent of her female lover
p24 "Out in the desert when the pitch was ready"
p34 - "Naamah came upon him in the desert"
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 6/27 3 pts
Next spin 1, adding 2 from saved spaces
9. Aviation
10. Race
11. Short Stories Uncommon Type - 8 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/3
4 points, 2 spaces for matching tag
Next spin 2
12. Asian Literature (Patty)
13. Steampunk - Scarlet Devices - Delphine Dryden
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
From mini-challenge move ahead 15 spaces! (after finishing this tag) 2 pts
14. Drama
15. Debut
16. Norway
17. Fav
18. Criminal
19. Pogo Stick Hurdle
20. Ireland
21. True Crime
22. Graphic Novels
23. slice of life
24. Fairytale
25. Urban fantasy
26. World Literature
27. Journey
28. Mental Health (Nancy J) - Everything Here Is Beautiful - 231 tags, 21 tags for Debut
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/9
4 points, 2 spaces for matching tag
Next spin 3, adding 1 to land on Coming of Age
29. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
30. The Climbing Wall barrier
31. Southern Fiction (Holly)
32. Coming of age - Peace Like a River - 99 tags, 14 tags for Debut - 7/11
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/11
earns 4 points, 2 spaces
Next spin 3, add 1 from saved spaces
33. secrets
34. western
35. dark
36. nature - Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - 23 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/14
Next spin 5 2 pts
37. revenge
38. speculative fiction
39. Police
40. Double Jump fixed barrier
41. made-me-cry Britt-Marie Was Here - 19 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/18 2 pts
Next spin 4
42. Book to screen
43. Essays
44. Hollywood
45. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
Read a children's book from one of these tags- Insects, farm, seasons, childhood favorites, ocean, or birds. (Watching a youtube video of the book is acceptable). Be sure to do a quick review.- Replace any upcoming tag with a tag of your choice.
Miss Rumphius - Barbara Cooney - 48 tags for Childhood Favorites
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/18 3 pts
Next spin 6, using 4 saved spaces
46. Beach Reads
47. Farm
48. Wishlist
49. linguistics
50. Mermaids
51. spooky
52. Puddle Jumper - move forward 2
53. Time Travel
54. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
55. abandoned Bruno, Chief of Police - 26 tags 2 pts
Next spin 2, adding 6 from saved spaces
56. Trophy Fixed Barrier
57. New Orleans
58. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
59. Sea (Lyn)
60. Culture
61. Life changing
62. addiction
63. marriage - This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! - 13 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 7/23 2 pts
Next spin 4
64. sf-masterworks
65. Hardenbergia Trellis
66. Comedy
67. Sisters - Take a Hint, Dani Brown - 15 tags
Review::https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 8/11
168 tags for 5 Stars (really??) - 4 points, 2 spaces for matching tag
Next roll 6
68. Caribbean (Cora)
69. Donnybrook water feature
70. Egypt
71. Ghosts (Amy)
72. Whodunit
73. School books The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - 11 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 8/14 2 pts
74. Meditating in a Zen Garden
75. Medical
76.Geography (Ellen)
77. Rose Hedge Hurdle

Rachel’s Rebel Rouser Racetrack Mongolian Ironman Level 4
Points total: 226
Bonus spaces: 2
Grab bag used 5/6

(view spoiler)[2 points per tag
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBTag of the month + 2 spaces
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages + 2 spaces
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages + 3 spaces
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages + 4 spaces (hide spoiler)]

1. Speculative fiction
2. School books: Under the Yoke by Ivan Vazov (Bulgaria, also classics, wishlist) or The Iliad or The Odyssey by Homer or Beowulf (Denmark) or A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone) or Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) or The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile) or The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia)
3. Renaissance: Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn
4. Asia:
5. Plot twist: Life of Pi by Yann Martel or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty or Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Malaysia) or A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher (Scotland) or Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
6. Quest: The Odyssey by Homer or Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta or Circe by Madeline Milleror A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
7. Steampunk: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman or Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell (Grenada) or Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne or Stardust by Neil Gaiman
✅8. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev (Kazakhstan) 25 Jul 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 1st spin: 6 + 2 bonus spaces. Points: 3->Total: 195 Bonus spaces: 0->Total:4
9. Arranged marriage: Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (Canada) or Dreamer's Pool by Juliet Marillier
✅10. Technology->Grabbag Immigration: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci* (Kosovo) 29 Aug 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 2nd spin: 2. Points: 2->Total: 197 Bonus Spaces: 0->Total: 4
11. Aviation
12. Victorian: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy or A Most English Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Daughter by Clare McHugh or Grania: The Story of an Island by Emily Lawless or The Dressmaker by Posie Graeme Evans or The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
13. Race: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Trinidad)or Solito by Javier Zamora (El Salvador)
14. Short Stories: How to Love a Jamaican by Alexia Arthurs
✅15. Strong Female: Honor by Thrity Umrigar* (India) 5 Sep 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 3rd spin: 5. Points: 2->Total: 199 Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 4
16. Highly Recommend: Circe by Madeline Miller
17. Pogo Stick Hurdle
✅18. Nigeria: Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta* (Nigeria) 9 Sep 2024⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 4th spin: 3. Points: 2->Total 201. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 4
19. Indonesia
20. Debut: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
21. Feminism: Fight Night Circe by Madeline Miller or Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Sudan) or Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria) or Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Zimbabwe)
22. Girl power
✅23. Fav: Fight Night by Miriam Toews* (Canada) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 5th Spin: 4 + used one bonus space Points: 2->Total: 203. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 3
24. Criminal: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
25. True Crime
26. Animals: Bambi: A Life in the Woods (adventure, classics, childhood favourites, environmental) When Hoopoes Go to Heaven A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher or Life of Pi by Yann Martel or The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans or The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
27. Graphic Novels
✅28. Short: Beowulf by The Beowulf Poet* (Denmark) 10 Sep 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 6th spin: 5. Points: 2->Total: 205 Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 3
29. Urban fantasy: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare or Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
✅30. Colonialism: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste* (Ethiopia) 15 Sep 2024 ⭐⭐⭐ my review 7th Spin:2. Points: 2->Total: 207 Bonus Spaces: 0->Total: 3
31. Music: The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
32. The Climbing Wall barrier
33. Southern Fiction
34. Coming of age: Reading the Ceiling (Gambia, wishlist) Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta or Circe by Madeline Miller Girl at War
35. Secrets: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton or Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Netherlands) or The Alice Network by Kate Quinn or Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
36. Western
✅37. Nature:Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten* (Austria) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 8th Spin: 5 + used 2 bonus spaces. Points: 2->Total: 209. Bonus spaces: 0-> Total: 1
38. Retellings: Circe by Madeline Miller or Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (Canada) or Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan or Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
39. Women Writers:
40. Revenge
✅41. Police: The Tenant by Katrine Engberg* (Denmark) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 9th Spin: 4. Points: 2->Total: 211. Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 1
42. Book to screen: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson or Life of Pi by Yann Martel or Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo or Hamnet
43. Black-lives-matter: Girl, Woman, Other Transcendent Kingdom Things Fall Apart Open Water Purple Hibiscus Under the Udala Trees Breath, Eyes, Memory I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem River Sing Me Home Glory The Confessions of Frannie Langton
44. Pirates: Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas by Morgan Llywelyn Circe by Madeline Miller Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
45. Hollywood: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
✅46. Farm->Grabbag: Ghosts. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka* (Sri Lanka) ⭐ my review 10th spin: 5. Points: 2->total: 213. Bonus spaces: 0->Total:1
47. Hilarious: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
48. Mermaids Ingo Daughter of the Moon Goddess The Odyssey
49. Spooky
50. Mafia
51. Food
✅52. STEM->Archaeology grab bag. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 11th spin: 6. Points: 2 + 2 for PBT tag->Total: 217. Bonus spaces: 2-> Total: 3
53. Cities:
54. New Orleans
55. Strong women
56. Sea
✅57. Life changing->Lit: The Return by Dulce Maria Cardoso* (Angola) 15 Oct 2024 ⭐⭐ my review 12th Spin: 5. Points: 2->Total: 219 Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 3
58. Fun: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
59. Disasters
60. Hardenbergia Trellis
✅61. Sisters: Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok (Netherlands) ⭐⭐⭐ my review 13th Spin: 4. Points: 2->Total: 221 Bonus spaces: 0->Total: 3
62. Literary fiction: Catherine the Great and the Small (Montenegro), Co-wives, Co-widows (Central African Republic), Soviet Milk (Latvia), Girl at War by Sara Nović (Croatia, also wishlist)
63. Novella
✅64. Donnybrook water feature: 14th spin: 2 + 1 bonus space used. Points: 3->Total: 224. Bonus spaces: total 2
65. Canada
66. Egypt
67. Whodunnit
68. Medical
✅69. Geography: Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the World's Most Unusual Corners by Travis Elborough 30 Nov 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review 15th spin: 4 + skip from water feature. Points: 2-> Total: 226. Bonus spaces: 0-> Total: 2

Level 4: Mongolian Ironman- Jen and Maple
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Level 3:
Total Points: 280 - Total Saved Spaces: 109 (38 x 2 + 33 x 1)

Tags Read- Level 1: Small town, nonfiction, Did not finish, Victorian, Short Stories, Feminism, Scandinavia (Hilde), Short, Space Opera, dark, revenge, Pirates, Hollywood, spooky, letters, Cities (Robin P), Life changing, Literary fiction, Medical, Dragons, Rome

Tags Read- Level 2: Quest, Asian Literature, True Crime, Fairytale, colonialism, secrets, Detective, Police, black-lives-matter (Shelly), mafia, STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C), abandoned, medieval. Fun, Sisters, Ghosts (Amy)

Tags Read- Level 3: Aging, Quirky, Norway, Ireland, slice of life, urban fantasy

Hurdle Completed- Level 1: Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge, Level 3- Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary,

Level 2 - Added School Books, Fantasy (from Grab Bag), & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle, Rose Hedge Hurdle

Level 3 - Added Steampunk, Adventure and Aliens (from Grab Bag) & Rose Hedge Hurdle

Level 4 - Added Speculative Fiction and from Grab Bag- Alternate History, Angel and Awesome Books, The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle

1. School Books
2. Fantasy
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Steampunk
7. Speculative Fiction
8. Time
9. Meditating in the Zen Garden
10. Technology
11. Alternate History
12. Aviation
13. Race
14. Adventure
15. Highly Recommend (KT) An Ember in the Ashes
16. Angel
17. Drama
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
19. Debut
20. Awesome Books
21. Fav
22. Criminal And Then There Were None
23. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
24. Aliens
25. Animals
26. Graphic Novels
27. Translated Portrait in Sepia
28. Pogo Stick Hurdle
29. Journey
30. Mental Health (Nancy J)
31. Gothic
32. Music
33. The Climbing Wall barrier
34. Southern Fiction (Holly)
35. Coming of age
36. Multiple POV (Diana)
37. western
38. Crime
39. nature Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
40. retellings
41. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
42. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
43. Double Jump fixed barrier
44. made-me-cry
45. Book to screen All Quiet on the Western Front
46. LatinX (BookConcierge)
47. International (Olivermagnus)
48. Essays
49. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
50. Beach Reads The Seven Year Slip
51. Farm
52. linguistics
53. hilarious Everything I Know About Love
54. Mermaids
55. Food (Joanne) The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat
56. Puddle Jumper
57. Time Travel
58. Hoopla
59. Trophy Fixed Barrier
60. New Orleans VenCo
61. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
62. Strong women
63. Sea (Lyn) Tress of the Emerald Sea
64. addiction
65. marriage The Vacationers
66. Disasters
67. sf-masterworks
68. Hardenbergia Trellis
69. Comedy
70. Dystopia
71. Novella
72. Caribbean (Cora)
73. Donnybrook water feature
74. Canada (Library Cin) Women Talking
75. Egypt
76. Whodunit
77. Environment Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park
78. Geography (Ellen)
79. Historical fiction

Move 15 spaces by Linda C- Olympics Challenge
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Highly Recommend x 15; 5 Stars x 445 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 289 - Total Saved Spaces: 111

Spin 1: 5 (+2 for book over 500 pages)- Review 8/25: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Criminal x 31; 5 Stars x 617 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 295 - Total Saved Spaces: 113

Spin 2: 5 - Review 8/29: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Translated x 27; 5 Stars x 5 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 301 - Total Saved Spaces: 115

Spin 3: 6- Hurdle: The Climbing Wall barrier
Hurdle= 3 points; +3 spaces to use anytime
Total Points: 304 - Total Saved Spaces: 118

Spin 4: 6- Review 9/2: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Nature x 94 = 2
Total Points: 303 - Total Saved Spaces: 115

Spin 5: 6- Review 9/10: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book to Screen x 9; Sad x 39 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 309 - Total Saved Spaces: 117

Spin 6: 5- Review 9/14: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Beach Reads x 27; Sad x 15 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 315 - Total Saved Spaces: 119

Spin 7: 3- Review 9/20: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--
Hilarious x 5; Sad x 17 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 318 - Total Saved Spaces: 121

Spin 8: 2- Review 9/26: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Food x 141 = 2 points
Total Points: 320 - Total Saved Spaces: 121

Spin 9: 5- Review 10/5: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
New Orleans x 6 = 2 points
Total Points: 322 - Total Saved Spaces: 121

Spin 10: 3- Review 10/12: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Sea x 14; Travel x 99 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 328 - Total Saved Spaces: 123

Spin 11: 2- Review 10/18: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Marriage x 27; Travel x 95 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 334 - Total Saved Spaces: 125

Spin 12: 3- Hurdle: Hardenbergia Trellis- Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Marriage x 93- 3 points for hurdle
Total Points: 337 - Total Saved Spaces: 125

Spin 13: 6- Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Canada x 101- 2 points
Total Points: 339 - Total Saved Spaces: 125

Spin 14: 3- Review 10/30: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Environment x 31; Travel x 272 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 345 - Total Saved Spaces: 127
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Spin 15: 6- 10/31 Completed!

MONGOLIAN IRONMAN STEEPLECHASE - LEVEL 4 Part 1 - TRACK

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow on Mongolian Ironman Steeplechse!


Carryover - 6 swaps
Spins: 1-6

1. Small town
2. Rose Hedge Hurdle **
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Speculative Fiction**
8. School Book**
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle **
12. Aviation
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Wishlist
16. Cozy**
17. Paris**
18. Drama
19. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
20. Debut - The Bad Beginning - matches SAD tag
21. Feminism
22. Scandinavia (Hilde)
23. Norway
24. NYC**
25. Ireland - replace with Malaysia - Summer Celebrations Award - any tag any time - 136x - The Night Tiger
26. True Crime
27. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle **
28. Graphic Novels
29. Historical Mystery**
30. Translated - 252x - The Girl Who Played with Fire - 503 pages - read the 1st edition hardcover
31. Fairytale
32. urban fantasy
33. Journey
34. colonialism
35. Mental Health (Nancy J)
36. Space Opera (Sue)
37. Gothic
38. Music
39. The Climbing Wall barrier
40. Multiple POV (Diana)
41. western
42. dark - - 18x - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
43. Crime
44. nature - replace with Zombie from Grab Bag - Summer Celebrations Award - one grab bag tag any time - 12x - Undead Girl Gang
45. Middle Ages**
46. Steampunk **
47. revenge
48. Police
49. Pogo Stick Hurdle
50. made-me-cry
51. Book to screen
52. LatinX (BookConcierge)
53. International (Olivermagnus)
54. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
55. Essays
56. Beach Reads
57. Classics**
58. linguistics
59. hilarious
60. Mermaids
61. spooky
62, mafia
63. Food (Joanne)
64. Time Travel
65. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
66. abandoned - 15x - James -matches Travel Tag
67. letters
68. Trophy Fixed Barrier
69. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
70. Sea (Lyn)
71. Life changing
72. addiction
73. Fun - 17x Magic Burns
74. Disasters
75. sf-masterworks
76. Regency** 9x A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder
77. Literary fiction
79. Novella
80. Caribbean (Cora)
81. Donnybrook water feature
82. Canada (Library Cin) 101x - Women Talking
83. Egypt
84. Ghosts (Amy)
85. Whodunit 19x - Elephants Can Remember
86. Environment

Added from Grab Bag 3 - NYC, Middle Ages, Cozy
Add Speculative Fiction
Add Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle

Tracking Level 4

1st +6 +14 (Level 1) = #20 Debut - 9x - The Bad Beginning - finished 9/17 + 2 points + match SAD tag 41x = +4 points + 2 spaces: Total 6 points + 2 spaces
2nd +5 = #25 Ireland - replacing with Malaysia - Summer Celebration Award any tag any time. Ireland will remain in this slot when done - 136x The Night Tiger - finished 9/22 + 2 points: Total 2 points
3rd +5 = #30 Translated - 252x - The Girl Who Played with Fire +2 points - 503 pages - hardcover 1st edition - + 2 points + 2 spaces Total 4 points + 2 spaces - use immediately on next roll
4th - +6 +2 from prior roll + 4 (last saved Level 1) = #42 - Dark - 18x - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - finished 9/30 + 2 points: Total 2 points
5th - +2 = #44 - Nature- replacing with Zombie - Summer Celebration Award one grab bag tag any time. Nature will remain in this slot when done - 12x - Undead Girl Gang - finished 10/13 + 2 points: Total 2 points
6th - +5 = #49 - Pogo Stick Hurdle - add 3 spaces to next spin
7th - +4 + 3 from Pogo Stick Hurdle = 7 + 10 saved Ocean of Fire = #66 - abandoned - 15x - James - finished 10/31 + 2 points - matched TRAVEL tag - 8x +4 points + 2 spaces: Total 6 points + 2 spaces
8th - +5 +2w saved from Oceans of Fire = 7 - #73 Fun - 17x - Magic Burns - finished 11/3 +2 points - Total 2 points
9th + 3 = #76 Regency - 9x A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder finished 11/4 +2 points - Total 2 points
10th +5 = #82 Canada - 101x Women Talking finished 11/7 =2 points - Total 2 points
11th +3 = #85 whodunit - 19x Elephants Can Remember finished 11/9 =2 points - Total 2 points
12th +4 rolled off track!


Tags read: Debut, Malaysia, translated, dark, Zombie, abandoned, Fun, Regency, Canada, whodunit

Hurdles Removed: Pogo Stick Hurdle

SPECIAL CHALLENGES - NONE

MONGOLIAN IRONMAN STEEPLECHASE - Part 2 - Saved Rewards - used tags hurdles - cumulative points Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

GRAND PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 1
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Space Rewards Remaining:
1/21 5th #31 - 2 spaces
1/21 6th #39 - Raven Roost Red Rose Hedge/Short Story/Short - 2 spaces
2/11 7th #44 - 2 spaces
2/15 8th #45 - + 2 spaces
2/25 10th #52 - + 2 spaces
3/30 12th #65 + 2 spaces
4/21 16th #87 + 2 spaces
4/30 17th #97 + 2 spaces
5/2 18th #110 + 2 space
9 x 2 = 18 spaces left from Level 1 - used 14 on 9/16 = 4 left - used all 4 on 9/24.

Game Points earned - 125

Tags Used Level 1 as of 4/30
Time, Short Stories, Quirky, Criminal, Animals, Short, Southern Fiction, Coming of Age, Secrets, Retellings, Artificial Intelligence, Pirates, Hoopla, Cities, Strong Women, Sisters, Historical Fiction

Hurdles Removed Level 1 as of 4/30
Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
Puddle Jumper Hurdle

Swaps Used: 0
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OCEAN OF FIRE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 2
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5/25 - 1st - #2 - + 2 spaces
6/7 - 3rd - #29 - + 2 spaces
6/12 - 4th - #46 - + 2 spaces
6/19 - 6th - #70 - + 2 spaces
6/21 - 7th - #72 - + 2 spaces
6/23- 8th - #82- + 2 spaces
Total spaces remaining: 12 - 10 = 2 as of 10/23, last 2 used 11/1

Game Points earned = 48

Tags Used Level 2 as of 6/23
Nonfiction, Highly Recommend, slice of life, Women Writers, Hollywood, medieval, New Orleans, comedy, geography

Hurdles Removed Level 2 as of 6/23
None:

Added:
Hurdle : Rose Hedge
Tags: steampunk Grab Bag : 2
Grab Bag Tags added: Paris & historical mystery

Swaps Used: 0

SUMMER CHALLENGES
Summer Celebrations as of July -
Totals:
Spaces to use as wish (odd or even) - 4 remain
1 grab bag tag any time - used 10/22
1 tag any time - need not be from grab bag - used 9/17

Olympic Summer Challenge as of August
Total Points - 25
Total Spaces - 20 left - any combo

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SEDONA RED ROCKS STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 3
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8/2 - 1st - 6 points + 2 spaces
8/9 - 2nd - 6 points + 2 spaces
8/20 - 3rd - 8 points + 2 spaces
8/28 - 4th - 6 points + 2 spaces
9/2 - 5th - 5 points
9/3 - 6th - 5 points
9/8 - 7th- 6 points + 2 spaces
9/12 - 8th - 5 points
9/14 - 9th - 6 points + 2 spaces
9/16 - 10th - 2 points

Space Rewards Remaining: 12

Game Points Earned : 55

Hurdles removed as of 9/16: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary, Double Jump Hurdle, Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle, Hardenbergia Trellis

Tags Removed as of 9/16: Aging, Asian Literature, Fav, Detective, Memoir, Farm, Marriage, Dystopia, Medical

Swaps used: 0
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Cumulative Points Earned -Levels 1, 2, and 3
125 + 48 + 55 = 228

Grab bag tags added: Paris, historical mystery, classics, memoir, regency, NYC, Middle Ages, Cozy, Zombie

Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase Level 4 - Part 3 - Rules/Reward Guide

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

Added Rules:
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-6.
Participants will add the tag Speculative Fiction and choose 3 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle to your board

Award Use Guide
2 spaces - from hurdle, tag match - use any time with spin - announce with spin request or after.
2 spaces - from page count - must use on next spin

Points for The Steeplechase
Game points (not participation points) are allocated as follows with participants tracking their points - game points cumulative:
2 points per tag.
3 points per hurdle
4 points when book matches PBT tag of the month
2 points for reading a book over 500 pages.
3 points for reading a book over 600 pages.
4 points for reading a book over 700 pages.

Amy and Sparkle - Level 4 Ironman Mongolian Challenge

Add Speculative Fiction
3 more grabbag tags
2 more Hurdles, Sandcastle and Pogo Stick
(I think with 3 weeks left in the challenge it is quite safe to say that speculative fiction and the two new challenges are going straight into the end, which I will never get to.)

Added Circus, Adventure, and London, all within the first 15 spaces

Starting the new challenge level four with

90 points and 7 Spaces

1. Small Town
2. Nonfiction
3. Renaissance
4. Asia
5. Plot Twist
6. Adventure
7. Quest
8. Time
9. Technology
10. Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
11. Circus
12. London
13. Victorian
14. Race
15. Asian Literature (Patty)
16. Quirky
17. Drama
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
19. Scandinavia (Hilde)
20. Norway
21. Criminal
22. Meditating in a Zen Garden
23. True Crime
24. Animals
25. Graphic Novels
26. Translated
27. Fairytale
28. colonialism
29. Espionage
30. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
31. Space Opera (Sue)
32. Gothic
32. Music
34. The Climbing Wall barrier
35. Southern Fiction (Holly)
36. Western
37. Crime
38. Nature
39. Detective
40. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays)
41. Artificial intelligence (Joy D)
42. Police
43. Double Jump fixed barrier
44. Book to screen
45. LatinX (BookConcierge)
46. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
47. Essays
48. Pirates
49. NYC
50. Hollywood
51. Farm
52. Steampunk
53. linguistics
54. hilarious
55. Mermaids
56. mafia
57. Puddle Jumper
58. Red Rose Hedge
59. Hoopla
60. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
61. abandoned,
62. letters
63. Cities (Robin P)
64. Trophy Fixed Barrier
65. New Orleans
66. Sea (Lyn)
67. Life changing
68. marriage
69. Disasters
70. sf-masterworks
71. Hardenbergia Trellis
72. Comedy
73. Literary fiction
74. Novella
75. Caribbean (Cora)
76 .Donnybrook water feature
77. Canada (Library Cin)
78 .Ghosts (Amy)
79 .Environment
80. Medical
81 .Geography (Ellen)

82. Speculative Fiction
83. Sandcastle Hurdle
84. Pogo Stick Hurdle

Final Book - #4 Asia
The Fox Wife by Yangsee Choo - 58 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Ending Challenge with 90 points and 7 spaces