Moving Mountains (Mt. TBR)

[Tien]

The aim of this game is to read through your TBR. You can start anytime and this will be one of those perpetual game –it’s open as long as someone is playing (no matter the pace!) ;)

How to Play:
1. Order your GR TBR by Position* (ascending).

*As you add books onto your TBR, GR would usually place that book on the last numerical position on your TBR and this will not change unless you manually alter the position number yourself. Therefore, to play this game, you can’t really mess with the position numbers.

2. Roll 2 die and add the numbers up
3. Read the book positioned in the number you have just rolled
For example, if I rolled 3+5 = 8 then I’d read the book in #8 on my TBR.

4. After you’ve read the book, it’ll move from ‘to-read’ to ‘read’ and #8 on your ‘to-read’ will be taken by former #9 so for your next book you’d have to count from #8…
For example, if I rolled 4+3 = 7, I would count from the current #8 book (ie. #8 is 1, #9 is 2 etc…) and read book now in #14.

So, it’s very important to remember / record the last position you read from

Additional Rules / Clarifications

*If you don’t keep a ‘to-read’ shelf on GR, feel free to create a ‘to-read’ list yourself, if you’d like to join in. You would have to number the books accordingly.

*Feel Free to PLAN ahead but remember to count differently from above rules because if your book is still in the 'to-read' shelf, your position will not have shifted so if you read from #8 and rolled a 7, your next book will have to come from #15. Be Careful to be as consistent as you can as this may be slightly confusing

*If the book you have to read isn’t available at all, you’re free to replace it with a book of either similar length or date published… Make your own judgement

Example 1: if it was a 536 pages book, you can replace it with a 525 pages book (NOT a 350 pages book)

Example 2: if it was published in December 1999, you can replace it with one published in the same year.

*If you really can't stand the book you are reading now, apply above rule of replacement (similar length / date pub).

*If the book is in the middle of a series, you may replace with another book in that series (that is, if it landed on book 3 but you’ve yet to read book 2, then you can read book 2 instead). This will still change the numbering in position so you’d need to record your position

*If you rolled a double (ie. 1/1, 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, 6/6), roll again and add all 4 numbers to get to your next book from your last read.

*Choose your Magic Number & Bonus Task – if you roll your Magic Number, then apply your Bonus for that position. After your Bonus Task, roll your die and count from this position (despite book not being read). As this is purely a Bonus, you are free to choose either read the book in the position you've rolled or from your task

Example:
Magic Number: 7
Bonus Task: A Red Book (can be cover, word in title, etc)

Last Position: #145
Rolled: 7
Current Position: #151 –replaced with Bonus Task

Last Position: #151
Rolled: 5

Note: Adding new books to your TBR will not affect the game as long as you don't manually change the position numbering. In fact, it probably means that you'll be in the game longer and you might even read the latest book you've added on in addition to your older ones ;)

This is an open ended sort of challenge BUT if you like having goals, I've set up Challenge Widget for the year

[Tien]

Amy
Bea
Carrie
Coralie
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~
Karen
Kim L
Leonie
Lyn M
LynnB
Megan L
Natasha
Susan
Tien

[Tien]

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[Tien]

Okay, I must be crazy but I felt like creating a challenge and I wrote this in the last 30 minutes. It's a little bit similar to Snake & Ladders to it wasn't that hard to adapt. I'm not sure if anyone is interested but this will be here for as long as anyone is interested to play.

This game is open to start / finish anytime and you can even restart again when you've rolled past your 'to-read' shelf but let me just state that this is a very relax game (ie. I won't be keeping an eye on it much, it's just a fun game to "move mountains").

ps: do you like the name? LOL

I know you have questions, "Shoot!"

pps: YES, you can overlap Bday Games with this one!

[Tien]

I am insane! I'm going to start this one off too.

Magic Number: 8 (how Chinese of me!)
Bonus Task: Latest book arrived by post

#10: Garlic and Sapphires The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (328 pages) - Not available at libraries

Replaced with: The Serpent's Tale - 371 pages Read 10/25

#17:The Seventh Scroll- Read 12/14

#22:The Front - Read 12/15

*whoopee* magic number (8)
#30: The Ministry of Special Cases Replaced with Bonus Task: Scent of Magic - Read 12/24

A Double (2/2) + 6/2 (8 -magic number)
#42: Red Dress Walking -wow, I just borrowed this from the library 2 days ago to complete my LOST list! I'm definitely reading this one! Read 12/04

#46: Cavalier -a tale of Chivalry Passion and Great Houses NF - actually available at the library!

#52: North Korea kidnapped my daughter Available @Library

#57: The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Read 01/08

#63: The Book of God - Read 03/27

#67: Sunshine - Read 12/14

A Double & Magic Number (4/4) + 6/3 (9) = 17
#84: Gold
Replaced with Bonus: The Railwayman's Wife -Read 05/03

#91: Pirate Latitudes - Read 01/31

A Double & Magic Number (4/4) + 6/5 (11) = 19
#110: The House of Balthus (204 pages) - Not Available at Libraries

Replaced with: They're a Weird Mob (205 pages) - Read 12/30

Balthus moved up to #108 (and is now re-shelved separately)
#113: Theft: A Love Story

A Double (1/1)+ (2/3) = 7
#120: And the Ass Saw the Angel

#126: Salt and Blood (Cliff Hardy #25)
Replaced with: The Dying Trade (Cliff Hardy #1) (256 pages) - Not @libraries
Replaced with: Murphy's Law (Molly Muprhy Mysteries 1) by Rhys Bowen (226 pages) - Read 01/26

#135: The Timeless Land - Read 03/26

#144: Darkwitch Rising (The Troy Game #3)
Replaced with: Hades Daughter (The Troy Game #1)

A Double (2/2) + Magic Number (5/3) = 12
#156: Gould's Book of Fish A Novel in Twelve Fish Replaced with Bonus: The Last Runaway -Read 05/14

#163: The Anatomy of Wings

#174: Eleanor, Elizabeth

#179: The Idea of Perfection

#188: Worldshaker (Worldshaker #1)

#193: Eating Lolly

#204: Snake (160 p) - Not available at libraries
Replaced with: Gehenna (179p) - Read 07/04

Replaced with: Cabbage Strudel and Trams Read 05/26

#215: Highways to a War Read 07/17

Magic Number (8):
#223: The Witch of Cologne
Replaced with Bonus: The Hunt -Read 05/19

A Double (1/1) + (2/2) + Magic Number (2/6) = 14
#237: 1988 -Not Available at Library
Replaced with Bonus Task: The Sweetest Hallelujah - Read 07/22

#242: An Imaginary Life Read 03/17

Magic Number (8):
#250: The Salt of Broken Tears
Replaced with Bonus Task: Game - Read 08/02

#257: Grand Days Read 04/17

A Double (2/2) + (1/5) = 9
#266: The Passage -Not Available at Library (approx. 208 pages)
Replaced with: Green Mountains (204 pages) Read 07/31

A Double (1/1) + (1/4) = 7
#273: Lady Bridget in Never-Never Land

#276: Shantaram Read 06/27

A Double (3/3) + (2/2) + (2/5) = 17
#293: The Honey Flow - Read 02/18

#300: Dead Europe

#307: The Architect Not at libraries (approx. 279 pages)
Replaced with: King Hall (280 pages) Read 08/12

Magic Number (8):
#315: The Eye of the Storm - Read 01/10

#322: I for Isobel - Read 05/11

#331: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America s Great Migration Not at libraries (622 pages)
Replaced with: The Quest (624 pages) Read 06/10

#325: James Potter and the Vault of Destinies (James Potter 3) by Norman G. Lippert
Replaced with: James Potter and the Curse of the Gate Keeper (James Potter 2)

#332: Along Came Dylan Read 05/01

A Double & Magic Number (4/4) + (3/1) = 12
#344: The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs 7)
Replaced with Bonus Task: Banish - Read 08/09

Magic Number (3/5)
#352: The Last Juror Read 05/22
#361: The Silent Country

A Double (6/6) + (4/5) = 21
#382: The Box Tales From the Darkroom

#391: The Sculptor (Sam Markham 1)
#398: Are You There Vodka It's Me Chelsea
#403: Choke

#412: The Crossing (The Border Trilogy 2)
Replaced with: All The Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy 1)

#418: SantaLand Diaries
#425: Good Omens Read 04/27

A Double (6/6) + (4/6) = 22
#447: The Valley

#453: Cecilia
#459: Black Silk
#466: The Dark Mirror (The Bridei Chronicles 1) DNF

Magic Number (6/2)
#474: The Old Devils / NEW

A Double (5/5) + (1/5) = 16
#490: The Player of Games (Culture 2)
Replaced with: Consider Phlebas (Culture 1)

#496: Waiting for Godot

A Double (3/3) + (6/2) = 14
#510: A Journey: My Political Life

A Double (2/2) + (2/4) = 10
#520: Storm Front (The Dresden Files 1)

Magic Number (2/6)
#528: White Night (The Dresden Files 9)Replaced with: Fool Moon (The Dresden Files 2) / NEW

#531: Heat Stroke (Weather Warden 2)

Magic Number (3/5)
#539: The Spy Who Came In From the cold (George Smiley 3)
Replaced with: Call for the Dead (George Smiley 1)

#546: The ABC Murder
#556: Cat Among the Pigeons Read 03/28

A Double (3/3) + (1/5) = 12
#568: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
#579: The Pale Horse

A Double (6/6) + (1/2) = 15
#594: Why didn't they ask Evans

#601: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
#607: The Valkyries
#613: The Master of Petersburg
#620: The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl 5)
Replaced with: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl 1) Read 08/28

#626: The Shadow-Line
#632: The Origin of Species
#637: Arthurian Romances
#644: Through the Looking Glass
#651: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes 4)
Replaced with: A Study in (Scarlet Sherlock Holmes 1)

Magic Number (3/5)
#659: Silas Marner / NEW

#665: In the Ruins (Crown of Stars 6)
Replaced with: King's Dragon (Crown of Stars 1)

#672: The Siege of Krishnapur
#682: The Good Soldier
#689: A Modern Witch A Modern Witch 1
#694: New Grub Street
#701: Mother

A Double (5/5) + (1/5) = 16
#717: Three Bedrooms One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden 3)
Replaced with: Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden 1)

#724: For Whom the Bell Tolls
#730: The Talented Mr Ripley (Ripley 1)
#733: The Private Memoirs Confessions of a Justified Sinner

A Double (5/5) + (5/2) = 17
#750: The Iliad

A Magic Number (5/3)
#758: English Fairy Tales / NEW

#764:A Man Betrayed (Book of Words 2)
Replaced with: The Baker's Boy (Book of Words 1) Read 04/04

#769: Ulysses
#772: On the Road
#782: The Paradise War (The Song of Albion 1) Read 05/09
#785: Lady Chatterley's Lover Read 04/20
#791: Double Full Moon Night by Gentry Lee

A Magic Number (2/6)
#799: The Iron Heel by Jack London / NEW

#806: Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
#813: The Night is For Hunting (Tomorrow #6) by John Marsden
Replaced with: The Dead of Night (Tomorrow #2)

A Magic Number (3/5)
#821: Pierre and Jean by Guy de Maupassant / NEW

#827: Myrren’s Gift (The Quickening #1) by Fiona McIntosh
#831: Emissary (Percheron #2) by Fiona McIntosh
Replaced with: Odalisque (Percheron #1)

A Double (3/3) + (3/3) + (4/5) = 21
#852: A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipul

#863: Marius the Epicurean by Walter Peter
#870: Sodom and Gomorah (In Search of Lost Time #4) by Marcel Proust
Replaced with: Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time #1)

#879: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

A Double (3/3) + (2/2) + (6/3) = 19
#898: Contact by Carl Sagan Read 06/14


Read: 33 of 75 (2013 goal) - 3-Aug

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

You just crack me up, Tien. You must have too much time on your hands. I love this as I have a HUGE TBR. I will be reading off of my "to read mine" list. People who know me well tell me I should rename this list as my "Orphaned books" list as once I buy a book almost never get read. I am always busy reading library and borrowed books. That said, I think I understand this whole thing, EXCEPT the bonus task. So here are my questions.

1. If I understand correctly, I get to define my own Magic Number and Bonus Task. Right?

2. Since we are rolling two dice, can the Magic Number be anything between 1 and 12?

3. When I roll my Magic Number, do I always do the Bonus Task, or do I get to choose to read the book at that position or the Bonus Task?

4. Did you REALLY come up with this in 30 minutes???? As always, I am impressed. I should introduce you to my friend Scoozer. She does the challenges in my other group, and you two are definitely both very creative and very driven. :)

[Tien]

Lyn M wrote: "You just crack me up, Tien. You must have too much time on your hands. I love this as I have a HUGE TBR. I will be reading off of my "to read mine" list. People who know me well tell me I shoul..."

LOL - I actually don't, I'm just a MASTER of Procastination ;p

And to answer your Qs: Yes to 1, 2, & 4
3. Since it's a Bonus Task, I'll open that as a choice (I'll amend the rules in a minute)

Ooh, Scoozer sounds like an interesting person to meet! Which group would you be talking about, Lyn? It was about 30 minutes in total in the 60 minutes that I tried to do other things in LOL

[LynnB]

Okay! Having a huge TBR pile and no ending deadline, I'm in on this game!

Magic Number: 5
Bonus Task: Read absolutely oldest book on TBR list!

Rolled 6+5=11; #11 - Tending Roses
Rolled 6+5=11; #22 - John Adams
Rolled 6+2=8; #30 - The Little Book
Rolled 3+6=9; #39 - The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Rolled 2+6=8; #47 -The Axe
Rolled 4+1=5(Magic Number); (#52) Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed
Rolled 5+4=9; #61 - Miss Bishop
Rolled Doubles 3+3+6+5=17; #78 - Brooklyn
Rolled 4+6=10; #88 - Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
Rolled 4+1=5 (Magic Number); Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Rolled 5+6=11; #99 - Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
Rolled 1+2=3; #102 - Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
Rolled 3+6=9; #111 - My Sister's Voice
Rolled 4+2=6; #117 - The Bookman's Promise
Rolled 3+1=5 (Magic Number); - The Friendship Factor
Rolled 2+6=8; #125 - Sun Going Down
Rolled 3+5=8; Hot, Flat, and Crowded (read 1/2 and gave it up)
Rolled 3+4=7; To Fetch a Thief
Rolled 1+3=4; Minding Frankie
Rolled 1+2=3; Dreams of Joy
Rolled 3+6=9; An Irish Country Girl
Rolled 4+4=8; #164 Echoes from the Dead
Rolled 5+5, then 2+5 = 17; #181 The Bone is Pointed
Rolled 2+1 = 3; #184 Nights Of Rain And Stars
Rolled 5+4=9; #193 Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family
Rolled 2+4=6; #199 Bucking the Sun
Rolled 6+2=8; #207 Double-Booked for Death
Rolled 6+4=10; #217 Firefly Summer
Rolled 3+1=4; #221 Silence of the Grave
Rolled 3+5=8: #229 Murder on the Half Shelf
Rolled 4+6=10; #239 Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "(I don't even remember adding this on the TBR! And, biggest surprise, it was on the bottom of the second pile I looked at!)"

"LIKE"

Thanks for supporting my insanity, Lynn ;)

[Adrienne]

Okay, I totally want to do this, but first I have to read the books I have checked out from the library. Also, I have to put the books on my library request list on my to-read list. Not that that will have any effect on when those books show up at the library. Sigh. First world problems.

[Tien]

Adrienne wrote: "Okay, I totally want to do this, but first I have to read the books I have checked out from the library. Also, I have to put the books on my library request list on my to-read list. Not that that w..."

I also guiltily have about 5 library books that I need to read SOON! I hate returning un-read books! It breaks my heart (why can't I keep them!?) but sometimes, you just can't get to them on time ;(

Erm, I have a crazy idea, Adrienne - why don't you do 2 lines of the game? One off youre library request list and the other your to-read list. Granted you may be confused at times!

[Bea]

OK...here I come. This one appeals to me because it is open-ended. And, heaven knows I have too many deadlines as is!

I am sure I will have questions as I start it...but for now I know the Bonus Task part is not particularly clear to me. Just not sure what to ask about it yet.

Rolled 3/4 = 7
Book: Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory (348pp)- not available at library and not owned.

Substituting The Last Echo (360pp)

Did I do that right?

Then for the next roll --- 1/2 = 3
I count #8 = 1, #9 = 2, #10 = 3 and read #10? (Thinking: I did not read the #7 book)

Is that correct?

[Susan]

Oh, yay! Just what I need -- another challenge to plan instead of doing all the things I should be doing today. Tien, you are a reader and proctrastinator after my own heart.

One complication I see: For anyone participating in LOST at the same time, the numbers on our lists will be changing whenever one of those is read. In that case, do we stick with the numbers in spite of the fact that books have shifted? Or do we count the next turn from the number the book we read had moved to before we changed it to "read"? Am I making that question clear?

Actually, I guess any book we're reading for any other challenge has the possibility of creating this effect.

[Susan]

About our Bonus Task: do we choose a new one before each roll, or do we keep the same one for the whole game?

[Susan]

Interesting. I've just discovered that ordering the list by "position" and ordering it by "date added" give different results. At first glance, that seemed wrong. But then I realized that I have two extra shelves from which I periodically move things onto my to-read shelf: series-to-read-later and to-read-but-can't find (so the situations Tien mentioned above about not finding the book, or needing to read an earlier first one can't happen on my to-read shelf).

Just thought I'd mention it in case other people were assuming as I did that having it on "date added" would accomplish the same list.

[Susan]

Would it be possible/reasonable to add a link to the dice randomizer to our home page? Increasingly, we seem to need it for multiple games, and it would be nice to have a consistent place to find it.

[Susan]

Magic Number: 7
Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf

Roll 1+4=5
# 5 - Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3)

[Bea]

More thoughts/questions.

I choose a magic number say 5. If I roll a 2/3, 3/2, 4/1, 1/4, then my magic number comes into play?

And, if my magic number comes into play, THEN I do the bonus task rather than reading from my TBR list?

If my Bonus task is to read a book I have in my house (some are not yet added to my TBR or are on another group's challenge list rather than my TBR), how do I know where to start the next roll from? Would it be the last position I read from on the TBR?

[Tien]

Where do I start?!?

@Bea:
Yes, each person choose their own magic number and bonus task.

Bea wrote: "I choose a magic number say 5. If I roll a 2/3, 3/2, 4/1, 1/4, then my magic number comes into play?"

Yes THEN you can choose to either use your Bonus task OR read from TBR. If you choose to use your Bonus task, count the next roll from the book that was replaced by your Bonus (not from your previous read position).

AND - your first move & substitution are good ;) You're counting to the next step is also correct (#10)

[Tien]

@Susan:
Awww... I love you too LOL

re: complication
any book we read and therefore moved from to-read shelf will affect the numbering position so don't worry overmuch about this effect - just remember your last numbering position and keep going forward ;)
The aim of this game is to progress through TBR so we're not going to stress if we miss a book here and there - we're still reading off our own TRB :)

Magic Number & Bonus Task:
Please choose one each and keep it throughout your game until you've finished. If you wish to start another round then you may choose a different set.
I can't see myself doing that in ages time as I've thousands on my TBR

I've included a link to the dice roller above! I've been using a dice roller app on my phone ;)

[Coralie]

Magic Number: 3
Bonus Task: book by an Australian author

Roll 5+4=9 # 9 - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Roll 2+2+4+5=13 # 22 - The Mermaid Chair
Roll 1+5=6 # 28 Territory
Roll 2+5=7 # 35 Kristin Lavransdatter
Roll 2 + 3=5 #40 A Talent for War no longer available. Replaced with Rama II , published same year.
Roll 2+6=8 #48 The High King
replaced with earlier book in series The Castle of Llyr
Roll 3+6=9 #57 Native Tongue
Roll 2+2+5+1=10 #67 Skylark
Roll 2+4=6 #73 The Riddle of the Sands
Roll 3+5=8 #81 The Shipping News
Roll 2+5=7 #88 The Trumpet of the Swan
Roll 3+5=8 #96 The Briar King

Roll 1+2=3
Magic number
book Grim Tuesday

Roll 4+6=10 #109 Blackout
Roll 6 + 4 =10 #119 Smith

Roll 3 + 5 = 8
#127 Off Armageddon Reef

Roll 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 12
#139 Blue Mars no longer available
replace with The Ringworld Throne

Roll 4 + 5 =9
#148 The Knight

Roll 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 =10 #158 Iron Sunrise replaced with earlier book in series Singularity Sky
Roll 3 + 6 = 9 #167 The Last Colony replaced with earlier book in series Old Man's War

Roll 6 + 3 = 9
#176 Still Life

Roll 6 + 2 = 8
#184 Hard Spell

Roll 1 + 6 = 7
#191 Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War

Roll 1 + 6 = 7 #198 Enigma

Roll 2 + 2 +1 + 5 = 10
#208 Ancestors of Avalon

Roll 3 + 6 = 9 #217 The Living and the Dead
Roll 5 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 15 #232 Testostero
Roll 2 + 4 = 6 #238 Ha'penny

Picking up where I left off as close as I can calculate -

Roll 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 =7
#175 Vernon God Little

Roll 4 + 1=5
#180 Under the Skin

Roll 1+6=7
#187 Red Seas Under Red Skies

Roll 1+3=4
#191 2312

Roll 5+2=7 #198 The Call of Cthulhu

Roll 5+1=6
#204 The Dueling Machine

Roll 3+1=4
#208 The Planet Savers

Roll 1+3=4 #212 The Water Babies

Roll 5+1=6
#218 One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

Roll 2+4=6
#224 Oleander Girl

Roll 3+4=7
#231 The Elected Member

Roll 1+4=5
#236 Butterfly

Roll 1+1+4+5=11
#247 In the Cage
gave up on Why did I have this on my to-read list when I have never liked anything I have read by him? Will find a replacement.

Roll 1+4=5 #252 A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco
Roll 1+2=3 Magic Number! #255 Death in the Andes

Roll 1+4=5
#260 Wonders of the Invisible World

Roll 3+4=7 #267 The Metamorphosis

Roll 4+5=9
#276 Amos Barton

Roll 3+6=9
#285 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Roll 2+3=5 #290 Four Ways to Forgiveness

Roll 1+4=5
#295 Brief Lives: Henry James

Roll 2+5=7
#302 A Confession

Roll 1+5=6 #308 On Love

Roll 4+6=10
#318 The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth

Roll 2+4=6
#324 Assassin's Apprentice / Royal Assassin

Roll2+6=8
#332 The Lantern Bearers

Roll 4+6=10
#342 Death in Venice

Roll 5+6=11
#353 – off shelf!

[Bea]

My Planning Post


Magic Number: 5

Bonus Task: Read a book I own


1. Rolled 3/4 = 7
Book #7: Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory (348pp)- not available at library and not owned.
Substituting The Last Echo (360pp)

2. Rolled 1/2 = 3
Book #10: Roses - library book

3. Rolled 6/2 = 8
Book #18: The Postmistress

4. Rolled 3/6 = 9
Book #27: Great House - library book

5. Rolled 2/4 = 6
Book #33: Your Republic Is Calling You - interlibrary loan

6. Rolled 6/6 = 12 + 3/1 = 4 = 16
Book #49: Cryer's Cross - interlibrary loan YA

7. Rolled 1/1 = 2 + 1/3 = 4 = 6
Book #55: The October Killings - library book

8. Rolled 6/6 = 12 + 6/2 = 8 = 20
Book #75: Succubus Blues - library book

9. Rolled 4/5 = 9
Book #84: A Red Herring Without Mustard

10. Rolled 5/2 = 7
Book #91: The Returning - interlibrary loan

Well, Tien, thanks for the planning fun tonight. I did not hit my magic number so no bonus task. I was also pleasantly surprised that all but roll 1 are available through my library or its system (and that I own none of these). Except for the first two choices (the substitution and the second book), I did not remember putting any of these books on the TBR so they are new to me. I am looking forward to figuring out why I thought I would enjoy them!

I also want to say that my second book has been on my LOST list a long time. This will help me to move it along.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Tien wrote: "Lyn M wrote: "You just crack me up, Tien. You must have too much time on your hands. I love this as I have a HUGE TBR. I will be reading off of my "to read mine" list. People who know me well t..."

Scoozer is in this little bitty group I am in of ladies from the US and Canada. It is called GR-101 and I think there are only 15 members total. You two should definitely meet, though. You both are the best challenge designers I have ever met.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

So here is my thread to keep track. I will be using my TBR-mine shelf, which has 766 books on it right now.

Magic Number: 11
Bonus Task: Read a book from your TBR-Library shelf.

Roll 1: 1+4=5
#5 The Amber Room by Steve Berry.

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "Well, Tien, thanks for the planning fun tonight." - You're very welcome! Planning is such awful fun! but only when it comes to reading ha ha ha

Coralie wrote: "Bonus Task: book by an Australian author" - Love your Bonus Task!

[Bea]

Tien, I, too, am an admirer or your creative mind and the games you come up with so easily.

I want to take part in everything but work for the past few months has been really stressful and very busy. I come home exhausted, which has impacted my reading. For me to withdraw from a few games was actually a good thing for me (reduced some stress) and definitely was not a measure of the game or your creative abilities. Keep the games coming!

[Tien]

Thank you, Bea.

I am aware that everyone has other commitments & priorities in life (just like I do too!) and therefore, will not be able to participate in every reading games there are (I wish I could!) so really, I understand :) But Thanks for the compliment...

It seems that I love making up challenges so you'd definitely see a lot of that coming LOL

[Bea]

Tien wrote: "Thank you, Bea.

It seems that I love making up challenges so you'd definitely see a lot of that coming LOL."

Good, I love games!

[Amy]

Magic Number: 4
Bonus Task: Read a book I have at home already

Roll 1: 1+5=6 (book #6) - Takeover
Roll 2: 2+1=3 (book #9) - Only Son
Roll 3: 3+2=5 (book #14) - The Hunted
Roll 4: 2+4=6 (book #20) - The Last Surgeon (384 pgs.) - Started listening to the audiobook last night and realized I had already read it so I am substituting The Accident: A Thriller (386 pgs.)
Roll 5: 2+1=3 (book #23) - The Hunter (aka The Killer by Tom Hinshelwood)
Roll 6: 6+3=9 (book #32) - Aurora
Roll 7: 5+5=10 (double - roll again) 5+2=7 Total=17 (book #49) - The Gospel According to Larry
Roll 8: 4+6=10 (book #59) - The Sixth Man
Roll 9: 5+3=8 (book #67) - The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel
Roll 10: 5+5=10 (double - roll again) 6+4=10 Total=20 (book #87) - The Snowman
Roll 11: 1+6=7 (book #94) - Nevermore
Roll 12: 5+3=8 (book #102) - The Shoemaker's Wife
Roll 13: 2+3=5 (book #107) - Code Name Verity

My numbering below may look weird, but I have read a bunch so since my first series of rolls, 107 is now 72. I will resume from there and roll to the end of my list:

Roll 14: 2+5=7 (book #79) - The Windup Girl
Roll 15: 4+2=6 (book #85) - Live To Tell
Roll 16: 3+4=7 (book #92) - And the Mountains Echoed
Roll 17: 2+5=7 (book #99) - Dead Ever After
Roll 18: 2+5=7 again (book #106) - The Absent One
Roll 19: 1+3=4 The Light Between Oceans
Roll 20: 5+1=6 Best Kept Secret

Hit the bottom of my list so I am rolling again from the top:

Roll 21: 5+5=10 - rolled again 3+6=9; total 19
book #19: A Perfect Evil
Roll 22: 6+5=11 (book #30): Snow Crash
Roll 23: 6+2=8 (book #38): Last Man Standing
Roll 24: 5+2=7 (book #45): Malicious Intent
Roll 25: 2+3=5 (book #50): Shelter
Roll 26: 1+6=7 (book #57): The Twelve
Roll 27: 1+3=4 Magic number replaces book #61 - read a book I have at home: Trunk Music
Roll 28: 2+1=3 (book #64): Night Blind
Roll 29: 5+3=8 (book #72): One Last Thing Before I Go
Roll 30: 3+2=5 (book #77): Full Black
Roll 31: 2+2=4 - rolled again: 6+3=9; total 13 (book #90): Blackout

Total: 24/31

[D.G.]

Moving Mountains (Mt. TBR)
Books Read: 21/35

Magic Number: 3
Bonus Task: Read a book I own

1. Rolled 4+4+2+1 = 11
#11 - You Don't Know Jack

2. Rolled 3+5 = 8
#19 - Dracula - 12/31/12 ★★★★½

3. Rolled 5+4 = 9
#28 - Flat-Out Sexy (Pub 2008) - 11/19/12 ★★★½
replaced Romeo, Romeo (Pub. 2008/383 pgs.) - Not in mood...back to TBR

4. Rolled 6+4 = 10
#38 - Worth the Risk

5. Rolled 5+4 = 9
#47 - Love & Loyalty - 5/22/13 ★★★

6. Rolled 5+1 = 6
#53 - Carnal Gift

7. Rolled 4+5 = 9
#62 - Written in Red by Anne Bishop (433 pp) - 10/2/13 ★★★★½
replaced Seize The Fire (446 pp)

8. Rolled 6+4 = 10
#72 - Beyond the Night

9. Rolled 1+4 = 5
#77 - Lover Mine by J.R. Ward (656 pp)- 9/15/13 ★★★
replaced Wolf Hall (650pp)

10. Rolled 5+2 = 7
#84 - Forever and a Day

11. Rolled 1+4 = 5
#89 - Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy (320 pp) - 10/5/13 ★★★
replaces Murder in the Marais (354 pp)

12. Rolled 4+1 = 5
# 94 - The Inside Ring by Mike Lawson - 9/7/13 ★★½

13. Rolled 1+5 = 6
#100 - Succubus On Top by Richelle Mead - 9/19/13 ★

14. Rolled 4+2 = 6
#106 - Wool

15. Rolled 5+6 = 11
#117 - The Unsung Hero

16. Rolled 3+2 = 5
#122 - The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan - 8/14/13 ★★★
replaced Theft of Swords (prequel of the series)

17. Rolled 1+4 = 5
#127 - Blood Will Tell

18. Rolled 5+4 = 9
#136 - Deadlocked

19. Rolled 5+5+1+5 = 16
#152 - Beast (384 pgs.) - 11/22/12 ★★★½
replaced Simon Says (Pub. 2007/330 pgs.)...DNFed

20. Rolled 2+4 = 6
#158 - Saving June

21. Rolled 3+5 = 8
#166 - Wild Irish - 11/10/12 ★★½

22. Rolled 5+6 = 11
#177 - The Black Angel (1st in series) - 4/3/13 ★★★½
replaces Night of Fire (2nd in Series)

23. Rolled 6+6+3+1 = 16
#193 - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride - 10/30/13 ★★★★ replaces Anna Dressed in Blood (both published 2011)

24. Rolled 6+2 = 8
#201 - Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson - 10/8/13 ★★★
replaces Seduction and Snacks (both published 2012)

25. Rolled 2+6 = 8
#209 - Beautiful Darkness

26. Rolled 1+5 = 6
#215 - Raven: Blood Eye

27. Rolled 3+5 =8
#223 - The Last Policeman

28. Rolled 6+3 = 9
#232 - Fate's Edge (372 pgs.) - 3/12/13 ★★★★
replaced Assassin's Honor (Pub. 2005/342 pgs.)...DNFed

29. Rolled 2+6 = 8
#240 - Double Cross by Caroline Crane - 11/27/13 ★★★★

30. Rolled 2+5 = 7
#247 - Scent of Magic - 12/17/12 ★★★★

31. Rolled 6+1 = 7
#254 - Gunmetal Magic - 4/10/13 ★★★★

32. Rolled 5+4 = 9
#263 - Zoo Station

33. Rolled 1+4 = 5
#268 - Immortal Warrior by Lisa Hendrix - 9/18/13 ★★½
replaces My Lord and Spymaster (both published in 2008)

34. Rolled 1+2 = 3
#271 - Any book I own: Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas - 11/12/13 ★★★★

35. Rolled 2+4 = 6
#277 - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - 10/29/13 ★★★
replaces Angel Fall (both published 2009)

[D.G.]

I'm a planner so it works better for me if I plan ahead. Now a question....can I read them out of order? That would work out better for me because it takes me a while to be in a mood for a particular book so it's easier for me to pick from a bunch.

[Tien]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "I'm a planner so it works better for me if I plan ahead. Now a question....can I read them out of order? That would work out better for me because it takes me a while to be in a mood for a particul..."

I don't see why not, DG. But just be aware that if you read them out of order the numbering will be jumbled up too so you can't re-roll any moves and seeing that you rolled so far ahead, when you roll again, you may miss more than 1 or 2 books... but again, that's up to you - this is supposed to be a stress-free pressure-free game :) The rules are very very flexible on this one - kind of...

[D.G.]

Tien - I had an idea of how I'll manage it. :)

I have 280 books on my TBR (they are all books I currently have in my possession.) I'll roll until around book 250 so my positions will be all set. I can pick any book that it's currently in the position I rolled to but if I decide to start with book in position 117, then that means that once I read that book, all the remaining books after that will have to change. Meaning, that I will have new books for positions 122, 137, etc. (This is not a big deal for me to change...I love picking new books, LOL!)

[Adrienne]

Okay, I'm ready.

Magic number: 9
Bonus Task: Read the book in the number one spot on the list.

I'll be back after I roll and figure out what the first book is.

[Adrienne]

1. Okay, I rolled a 5.
Gryphon by Charles Baxter

2. I finally finished that first one! Who knew 400
pages of short stories
could take so long to digest. Next roll:
4/4+4/4+4/5=25
The Family Fang

3. 4/5 = 9 = Magic number = Read #1 on the list.
The Tenderness of Wolves

4. 3/4 = 7 Since I read the first book on the list for my last one, I backed up one to 24 and counted from there, so... 30 is Skippy Dies. See you in 3 months when I finish.

(edited) Skippy Dies was awful. I gave it 80 pages and couldn't go on. I wanted to jump from a campus clock. So I am replacing its 661 pages with The Anatomy of Bibliomania and its 672 pages.

(edited again) Anatomy of Bibliomania is actually worse. I couldn't understand it at all. Definitely not going to get through 672 pages. Time to regroup. Let's try again with Ahab's Wife and 709 pages. Yeah, yeah. Let's try that.

Woo Hoo! Finally over that.

5. 4+1=5 So number 35 is...Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life. I hold out great hope that this will not take me 2 months. (3/4/13)

[Bea]

D.G., your plan sounds like fun, since I am one who loves to plan. It just won't be necessary.

Per the rules, "After you’ve read the book, it’ll move from ‘to-read’ to ‘read’ and #8 on your ‘to-read’ will be taken by former #9 so for your next book you’d have to count from #8…
For example, if I rolled 4+3 = 7, I would count from the current #8 book (ie. #8 is 1, #9 is 2 etc…) and read book now in #14"

So, if you read a book - say Heart of a Knight (#209), then you will still read Last Summer next.

This is because when the book is not read, you start the die count from the next book (#210). But, when it is read, you start the count from the position of the read book (#209). Therefore, being allowed to read the books out of order does not change the plan.

"Course I like to plan so I say BAH! to what I just wrote.

[Tien]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Tien - I had an idea of how I'll manage it. :)

I have 280 books on my TBR (they are all books I currently have in my possession.) I'll roll until around book 250 so my positions will be all set. I..."

That's a pretty good idea, DG.

Another idea is to record the book below your last book. That is, if your last position is 117 with Book A then note Book B that's currently in 118 so when you next roll you find Book B (at whatever position it is in now) and count that as 1.

Note: only do this if you're planning far ahead (10+ rolls / books).

[D.G.]

Bea wrote: "D.G., your plan sounds like fun, since I am one who loves to plan. It just won't be necessary."

Yes, I know what you mean. But as I explained above, I'm leaving my positions fixed, meaning that once I read #209, Last Summer will NOT be 215. I'll be going strictly by the positions determined by the rolls.

Also you are assuming that I won't be reading from the TBR for other challenges. If I read book #112 for something else, the rest of the books WILL have to change regardless. It's what it would happen if I were rolling one at a time.

What I like about this challenge is that it makes me pick books that I've put in my TBR a while back. Lately I'm finding that I'm just reading what I put there the latest instead of picking up old stuff. This will help me read some of those and mix it up. :)

[LynnB]

Natasha wrote: "Does anyone else feel like they will be climbing Mt. Everest?"

Oh, yes!

[Megan L]

Ok this sounds like fun!

Magic Number: 9
Bonus Task:Random TBR generator for pick

1. Rolled: 6/2=8
#8 - Tatiana and Alexander - 11/15/12

2. Rolled: 4/1=5
#12 - Belong To Me replaced with #4 in the series Surrender to Me - 11/22/12

3. Rolled: 5/5 + 6/5=21
#32 - Rapture - 11/28/12

4. Rolled: 3/3 + 3/1 = 10
#41 - Laid Bare - 12/5/12

5. Rolled: 5/3 = 8
#48 - Causing Havoc - 12/22/12

6. Rolled: 4/4 + 3/2 = 13
#60 - Jacob's Faith Book 11 - Replace with Elizabeth's Wolf Book 3 - 1/1/13

7. Rolled: 3/5 = 8
#67 - Hot for the holidays Book 19 - Replace with Kiss of Heat Book 4 - 1/24/13

8. Rolled: 3/5 = 8
#74 - Beg for Mercy - 2/21/13

9. Rolled: 1/2 = 3
#76 - Kill Me Twice - 3/9/13

10. Rolled: 2/1 = 3
#78 - Lord of Fire - 3/22/13

11. Rolled: 6/4 = 10
#87 - Midnight Man - 4/14/13

12. Rolled: 6/1 = 7
#93 - A Table for Three - 4/18/13

13. Rolled: 6/4 = 10
#102 - Beg Me -4/24/13

14. Rolled: 1/6 = 7
#108 - Into His Keeping - 4/29/13

15. Rolled: 2/5 = 7
#114 - Deadly Captive - 5/7/13

16. Rolled: 2/3 = 5
#118 - Midnight Playground - 5/15/13

17. Rolled: 4/5 = 9 (Magic Number)
#126 - #776 - Lord of Ice - 5/21/13

18. Rolled: 6/2 = 8
#133 - Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold - 5/30/13

19. Rolled: 4/6 = 10
#142 - Embrace The Darkness - 6/13/13

20. Rolled: 2/4 = 6
#147 - Witchful Thinking
- 6/28/13
21. Rolled: 1/5 = 6
#152 - Promises Linger - 7/11/13

22. Rolled: 5/6 = 11
#162 - Devil Without a Cause - 7/28/13

23. Rolled: 3/4 = 7
#168 - Wolfen - 8/17/13

24. Rolled: 5/5 + 6/4 = 20
#187 - Dying to Please - 8/30/13

25. Rolled: 1/5 = 6
#192 - Just the Sexiest Man Alive - 9/24/13

26. Rolled: 3/2 = 5
#196 - Jewels of the Sun

27. Rolled: 6/2 = 8
#203 - Kiss a Falling Star

28. Rolled: 4/1 = 5
#207 - Nightkeepers

29. Rolled: 1+1+5+6 = 13
#219 - Kingdom's Dawn

30. Rolled: 5+5+6+6+5+5+1+1+3+2 = 39
#257 - All Jacked Up

31. Rolled: 3+6 = 9 (magic number)
#265 - #665 - Barefoot Season

32. Rolled: 4+4+4+1 = 13
#277 - Rough Ride

[LynnB]

Currently finishing up my earlier roll which was #11.
Rolled 6+5=11 (again!)

#22 - John Adams

This will take a bit of time - it's over 700 pages.

[Bea]

LynnB wrote: "Currently finishing up my earlier roll which was #11.
Rolled 6+5=11 (again!)

#22 - John Adams

This will take a bit of time - it's over 700 pages."

Hehehe, that one is on my LOST list, and I have been avoiding it for its length!

[Carrie]

Not sure if this has been asked or not. What if you roll and the one you pick is mid way through a series, can you replace that book with the next one you need to read in said series, or the first book in it if you hadn't started it before?

[Tien]

Carrie wrote: "Not sure if this has been asked or not. What if you roll and the one you pick is mid way through a series, can you replace that book with the next one you need to read in said series, or the first ..."

Hi Carrie, yes, it's in the ruling post that if you landed on a book in the middle of a series, you may replace with another book in that series (that is, if it landed on book 3 but you’ve yet to read book 2, then you can read book 2 instead).

This does mean that you'd actually skip this book as for your next roll, you'd have to count from that book / position.

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "Hehehe, that one is on my LOST list, and I have been avoiding it for its length!"

now, now, Bea... you have 2 months to finish up LOST ;)
Maybe you & LynnB can do a read along - I find that read along actually pushes me to read those big thick chunky scary ones.

[Carrie]

Tien wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Not sure if this has been asked or not. What if you roll and the one you pick is mid way through a series, can you replace that book with the next one you need to read in said series..."

For some reason I never noticed it in the rules, so thank you for the quick reply.

[LynnB]

Bea wrote: "Hehehe, that one is on my LOST list, and I have been avoiding it for its length! "

I had to *sigh* when I rolled that. I just (last night) finished Lonesome Dove which is over 900 pages for another group. How do these long ones find me all at the same time?!! :)

[Susan]

Oh, my.
I was doing some planning ahead. Rolled doubles. Rolled again. Got doubles again. How unlikely is that!!

Do I roll a third time and add all 6 dice to get the next roll? Or do I stop at 4?

[Susan]

Magic Number: 7
Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf

Roll 1+4=5
# 5 - Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3) - finished 11/5
Roll 1+5=6
# 11 - Prodigal_Summer
Roll 2+6=8
# 19 - Tonight_I_Said_Goodbye - finished 1/30/2013
Roll 6+2=8
# 27 - Along_Came_a_Spider - finished 1/9/2013
Roll 6+1=7
# 34 - Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf: Interface - finished 11/18
Roll 4+5=9
# 43 - The_Sound_and_the_Fury
Roll 6+5=11
# 54 - Puss 'n Cahoots
Roll 6+1=7
# 61 - Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf: Ammonite - finished 12/22
Roll 4+1=5
# 66 - Winter_s_Bone - finished 3/22/2013
Roll 6+4=10
# 76 - Dead_Lines
Roll 5+3=8
# 84 - The_Disreputable_History_of_Frankie_Landau_Banks - finished 12/2
Roll 6+2=8
# 92 - Feathers - read 1/10/2013
Roll 4+4=8 (doubles); next roll 3+3=6; next roll 2+6=8
#114 - Up the Line

note -- rolling the next bunch, :Up the Line is now # 97, so going on from there

Roll2+1=3
#100 The Man With a Load of Mischief
Roll1+1=2 (doubles); next roll 5+6=11
#113 Red Mars
Roll5+4=9
#122 Page
Roll4+5=9
#131 Trinity and Other Stories
Roll5+2=7
#138 Unto the Daughters - finished 3/12/2013
Roll6+4=10
#148 The Hunt
Roll3+6=9
#157 Open Season
Roll4+1=5
#162 House of Blues
Roll4+5=9
#165 The Double
Roll2+1=3
#168 Faceless Killers
Roll5+1=6
#174 Knife Edge
Roll5+6=11
#185 Taylor Five
Roll1+4=5
#190 Spandau Phoenix
Roll4+2=6
#196 Sepulchre
Roll 5+1=6
#202 A Place So Foreign
Roll 1+2=3
#205 Black Beauty - finished 3/19/2013
Roll 2+1=3
#208 The Magic City
Roll 2+3=5
#213 The Canterbury Tales
Roll 2+4=6
#219 The Divine Comedy
Roll 1+4=5
#224 Murder at the Vicarage
Roll 3+6=9
#233 The Habitation of the Blessed
Roll 6+2=8
#241 The American Book of the Dead
Roll 4+4=8 (doubles); next roll 3+5=8
#257 Smilla's Sense of Snow
Roll 4+1=5
#262 So Cold the River
Roll 6+6=12 (doubles); next roll 2+2=4 (doubles); next roll 1+2=3
#281 Finnikin of the Rock - finished 3/2/2013
Roll 5+3=8
#289 Legend
Roll 2+1=3
#292 Last Man in Tower
Roll 3+3=6 (doubles); next roll 2+4=6
#304 The Other Side of the Island
Roll 1+6=7
#311 Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf OR The Secret Under My Skin
Roll 6+1=7
#318 Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf OR Into the Beautiful North
Roll 4+5=9
#327 The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
Roll 1+6=7
#334 Love, Stargirl
Roll 4+3=7
#341 The Death Cure
Roll 2+5=7
#348 Bonus Task: book on my bedside bookshelf OR Through a Glass Darkly
Roll 4+5=9
#357 Raft
Roll 3+4=7
#364 In One Person
Roll 5+4=9
#373 Kill Decision
Roll 1+5=6
#379 A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Roll 2+1=3
#382 Pleading Guilty - finished 2/14
Roll 2+2=4 (doubles); next roll 5+5=10 (doubles); next roll 6+1=7
#403 Inkdeath - finished 3/25
Roll 3+6=9
#412 A Game of Thrones
Roll 2+2=4 (doubles); next roll 5+2=7
#423 After the Snow
Roll 3+2=5
#428 Something Rotten - finished 3/20/2013
Roll 6+6=12 (doubles); next roll 4+2=6
#446 The Big Jump
Roll 4+1=5
#451 The Alchemist - finished 1/13/2013
Roll 4+2=6
#457 The Executioness
Roll 6+6=12 (doubles); next roll 5+2=7
#476

completed 15 of 57 (4 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
last updated 3/26/2013

[Karen]

Magic Number - 9
Bonus Task - read a physical book not an ebook

First roll. 2 + 2 = 4

Book - Tell No One