Monopoly - Zombies

[Lauren]

Zombie Monopoly

Books Read: 1/13
Total Points: 400

GO - 200 points

Roll #1 (4): Medical Supplies - 200 points
Book: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - (April 9) ✔4★'s
Main character is a doctor

Roll #2 (1): Kings Cross Graveyard
Book: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter

Roll #3 (3): Zombie Street

Roll #4 (4): Zombie Movie Studio
Book: 1st to Die by James Patterson

Roll #5 (3): Marylebone Graveyard
Book: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione

Roll #6 (4): The Bank

Roll #7 (1): Zombie Free Zone

Roll #8 (3): Paris

Roll #9 (2): Fenchurch St. Graveyard

Roll #10 (3): Scary Movie Cinemas

Roll #11 (6): Escape Hatch

Roll #12 (5): Zombieland

Roll #13 (2): Graveyard - passed Go.

[Tien]

JenniferJ wrote: "I'm excited to get started on this! What is the page requirements on the books we read for this?"

Hey, JenniferJ, in this group, we rarely ever placed page requirements for our challenges. We'd like to be as wide-ranging as possible and sometimes, page restrictions limit choices. Most participants though would lean toward full-length novels, or it seems like it to me :)

[JenniferJ]

Tien wrote: "JenniferJ wrote: "I'm excited to get started on this! What is the page requirements on the books we read for this?"

Hey, JenniferJ, in this group, we rarely ever placed page requirements for our c..."

ty Tien! Just wanted to make sure. ")

[CassieV]

For the Alleyway, I don't suppose you could count Thursday Next (The Well of Lost Plots) as a police officer?? :) I know it's stretching, but I'm trying to fit it in somewhere since I have to read and return to the library soon.

[❀Tea❀]

CassieV wrote: "For the Alleyway, I don't suppose you could count Thursday Next (The Well of Lost Plots) as a police officer?? :) I know it's stretching, but I'm trying to fit it in somewhere since I have to read..."

How about The Bank? It's library book :D

[CassieV]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "CassieV wrote: "For the Alleyway, I don't suppose you could count Thursday Next (The Well of Lost Plots) as a police officer?? :) I know it's stretching, but I'm trying to fit it in somewhere sinc..."

Hmm, that's true... I wasn't planning on starting the bank yet, but I think I can work it :)

Any recommendations for the Alleyway? Crime/mystery is not a genre I usually read.

Edit: it's on the Spoof list! So, that solves every problem but what to read for Alleyway, lol.

[Tien]

How bout:
Postmorten or Blindsighted

or Vodka Doesn't Freeze

[Lauren]

How about Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series. The first book is

[Karen]

So far -
Books read - 8
points - 1220

Rolled a 6
*Zombieland: 400 points
Task: Read a Apocalyptic OR Post Apocalyptic book
Odd Apocalypse - read 24/04/13

Rolled a 6
Passed Go - 200 points
#Kings Cross Graveyard: 200 points
Task: Read a book with either:
a. The word ‘cross’ in title; OR
b. A picture of a cross on cover; OR
c. An ‘x’ in title or author’s name
The Yard by Alex Grecian - read 25/04/13

Books 10/10
Points 1820/1820

End of Round One

[Erika]

I finally get to update mine! lol

Community chest doesn't give any points, right?

... here's my next roll!

Go: 200 points

Rolled 2: Community chest
Rolled 2+5=7: Read ANY book of your CHOICE
Book: Dark Places

Rolled 3
#Kings Cross Graveyard: 200 points
Task: Read a book with either:
a. The word ‘cross’ in title; OR
b. A picture of a cross on cover; OR
c. An ‘x’ in title or author’s name
The Exorcist

Rolled 2
Chance: (rolled 1, 6)
7 - Read ANY book of your CHOICE
Fight Club

Rolled 6
*Playground: 140 points
Task: Read 2 children books
The Wide Wide Sea
Snowscape

Rolled 4
Community Chest: (Rolled 4,5)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task
Task:Mother's day is next Sunday, so how about reading a book from your To-Read shelf where the author's initials appear in the word MOTHER.
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrel

Rolled 4
*Last Supper: 220 points
Task: Read a book with an ‘indulgent’ food on title / cover.

Rolled 3
*Happy Forest: 240 points
Task: Read a book of fairy tales or a retelling of a fairy tale

Rolled 2
*Hollywood: 260 points
Task: Read a book which has been adapted to screen (ie. made into movies / series etc) that is set in the US.

Rolled 6
*Zombie Lodge: 300 points
Task: Read an Undead book

Rolled 6
#Weapon Supplies: 100 points
Task: Read a book with either:
a. The a weapon in title; OR
b. weapon on cover
excluding toy weapons but including explosives

Rolled 5
**Pass GO**
*Alleyway: 60 points
Task: Read a Crime book where MC is police / forensic officer

Total: 340

[Dee]

I get to update mine as well since I finally started my challenge book ;)

[Tien]

awesome :)

I've been reading pretty hard- am in the middle of one now and then 3 more before round 1 is complete, yippee!

[Coralie]

Round 2

Total now 1430

* Graveyard ($60)
Book Charlotte's Web Read 26/04/13

Roll 6 Chance
Rolled 4 + 3 = 7
Free Choice
The Hanging Garden: A Novel Read 28/04/13

Total 1490/1490

Roll 4 * Public Toilet ($140)
Book The Cloister and the Hearth (CR) Read 9/05/13

Roll 4 # Marylebone Graveyard ($200)
Book Clockwork Angel Read 11/05/13

Roll 1 * The Mall ($180)
Latest purchase
Book Tom's Midnight Garden Read 10/05/13

Roll 6 Chance
Rolled 3 + 6 = 9
the letters in zombies correlated to the numbers 26, 15, 13, 2, 9, 5, 19 - read a book that is found in one of those positions on your to-read shelf. Book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Read 18/05/13

Total 1810/1810

Roll 1 * Paris ($220)
Book with monsters on cover
The Haunting of Hiram C. Hopgood Read 27/05/13

Roll 3 * Hollywood ($260)
Book adapted to film set in USA
The Godfather Read 31/05/13

Roll 5 * The Butchers ($300)
Book with animal for sale in butchers in title or on cover
Rainbows End (rabbit on cover) Read 21/05/13

Roll 4 # Liverpool St Graveyard ($200)
Book from BBC top 200
Magician Read 5/6/13

Roll 3 # Weapon Supplies ($100)
Book with weapon in title or on cover
The Sword in the Stone Read 22/05/13

Roll 3 Pass Go, collect $200
Total 2790/2790
Second round completed.

[Karen]

Round 2

rolled a five
just visiting - read a paranormal non zombie book
Book - Deeply Odd - Read 27/04/13

rolled a six
*The Mall: 180 points - Read a book you most recently purchased (or if you like, go buy a new book & read it straight away!)
Book - Instructions for a Heatwave - read 28/04/13

rolled a four
Zombie free zone - Read a book set in contemporary / modern time (that is a book set within the last 2-3 decades with no paranormal activity at all)
Book - Kafka on the Shore - read 03/05/13

rolled a one
*Last Supper: 220 points
Task: Read a book with an ‘indulgent’ food on title / cover. indulgent could mean chocolate, choc chip cookies, chocolate-coated strawberries, ice cream, lush creamy cake, etc
Book - Like Water for Chocolate - read 12/05/13

rolled a two
*Paris: 220 points
Task: Read a book with ‘monsters’ on cover.
’monsters’ will have to look non-human / non-animal –ie. if a vampire, it will have to show some non-human features (eg. fangs, shiny eyes etc) or if shapeshifters, it cannot just show their animal shapes –maybe a wolf face with human torso / hands, etc
Book - Mind Over Monsters - read 09/05/13

rolled a five
#Scary Movie Cinemas: 150 points
Task: Read a Spoof or Parody book
Book - Alice in Zombieland - read 06/05/13

rolled a five
community chest - roll two dice 2 + 3 = 5
5 - Read a book for another challenge (can be LOST, moving mountains, POTS, SRC, RwS, etc etc etc
Book - The Knife of Never Letting Go - read 13/05/13

books read - 7
points - 620

Grand Total - 2440/2440
Total Books Read - 17

[Tien]

Erika wrote: "I finally get to update mine! lol

Community chest doesn't give any points, right?"

Sorry, missed your questions, Erika. That's correct, no points with community chest.

[Coralie]

I need a task for my latest Chance if anyone would like to give me one.

[Dee]

sure - give me a bit to see what i can come up with ;)

[Dee]

ok here you go - the letters in zombies correlated to the numbers 26, 15, 13, 2, 9, 5, 19 - read a book that is found in one of those positions on your to-read shelf

[Coralie]

Thanks Dee. This is actually going to be a hard choice. Those numbers include one of the books my daughter gave me for my birthday, a book I planned on reading in the coming week, the sequel to a book I just finished and a book I need to read for another challenge!

[Dee]

so its more, too many choices than none that work?

[Tien]

I think she was being sarcastic but in a really good way? ;p

[Coralie]

I was surprised that of seven random books from my to-read shelf (that had been been there for quite a while) so many of them were ones I really want to read quite soon. I even actually own three of them (and I own very few unread books).

[Lauren]

Zombie Monopoly

Books Read: 2/13
Total Points: 600

GO - 200 points

Roll #1 (4): Medical Supplies - 200 points
Book: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - (April 9) ✔4★'s
Main character is a doctor

Roll #2 (1): Kings Cross Graveyard - 200 points
Book: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter - (April 25) ✔4.5★'s
'Cross' in the title

Roll #3 (3): Zombie Street
Book: Changeless by Gail Carriger

Roll #4 (4): Zombie Movie Studio
Book: 1st to Die by James Patterson

Roll #5 (3): Marylebone Graveyard
Book: Sin Undone by Larissa Ione

Roll #6 (4): The Bank

Roll #7 (1): Zombie Free Zone

Roll #8 (3): Paris

Roll #9 (2): Fenchurch St. Graveyard

Roll #10 (3): Scary Movie Cinemas

Roll #11 (6): Escape Hatch

Roll #12 (5): Zombieland

Roll #13 (2): Graveyard - passed Go.

[Tien]

My last roll for my first cycle landed me on Go

Second Cycle
Rolled 5
#Kings Cross Graveyard: 200 points
The Cairo Diary by Maxime Chattam Read 06/01

Rolled 6
*Public Toilet: 140 points
Unforgotten by Tohby Riddle Read 05/09

Rolled 3
*Undead Dentist: 160 points
Scares me most: possessed by [evil] spirit
The Devil Inside by Jenna Black Read 05/21

Rolled 4
*The Sauna: 180 points
Flesh by Kylie Scott Read 05/20

Rolled 3
*Last Supper: 220 points
“strudel” as indulgent food in title
Cabbage, Strudel, and Trams Read 05/26

Rolled 6
*Gore Lane: 260 points
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris Read 05/28


Rolled 5
*Zombie Lodge: 300 points
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini Read 06/05

Rolled 1
COMMUNITY CHEST (2 & 4)
6 - Read a book that is an even number in the series (read book 2, 4, 6, etc)
The Quest (Ancient Egypt #4) by Wilbur A. Smith Read 06/10

Rolled 4
*Toy Shop: 350 points
Paddington: Here and Now - teddy bear on cover Read 06/10


Rolled 3
GO

Cycle #2:
Books Read: 9/9
Total points: 1,610/1,610

Grant Total:
Books Read: 22/22
Total points: 3,710 / 3,710

[Bea]

I am still on GO. Guess I need to get myself in gear and start playing.

[Tien]

Bea wrote: "I am still on GO. Guess I need to get myself in gear and start playing."

Definitely needs to get going before the zombies come to chomp on your brainy goodness ;p

[D.G.]

I've purchased several books that I read right away but can't use them for The Mall because I still haven't read a book for the Zombie Street. :(

[Susan]

I read all my Mall books first, and now I'm having a very hard time deciding to read any of the others. The ones that fit my places on the board just don't appeal to me nearly as much as many other books I have sitting around.

[D.G.]

You mean for the Bank?

I read all my Bank books already, plus 5 other books. I'm not doing too badly but I can't seem to find a Horror book I want to read. It's really not my preferred genre.

[Susan]

D.G. wrote: "You mean for the Bank?

I read all my Bank books already, plus 5 other books. I'm not doing too badly but I can't seem to find a Horror book I want to read. It's really not my preferred genre."

Oh, duh, yes, I meant the Bank. The mall shouldn't be hard for me, either. But all the others are like pulling teeth. The toughest one for me is going to be one with a monster pic on the front.

[Susan]

Tien, I just realized I have a question about "Paris." I've been hunting for a book with a monster on the cover that appeals to me. But does it actually need to have "monsters" (plural)?

[Tien]

D.G. wrote: "I'm not doing too badly but I can't seem to find a Horror book I want to read. It's really not my preferred genre."

Not mine either, DG... I usually try to avoid them, ha ha ha. But, you know, that's why our group exists, we'll have to have read every kinds of books ;p

Out of the ones you've listed though, I've read 2: Fire Baptized and Black Feathers. I think you may like Fire Baptized more though I appreciate Black Feathers more (if that makes any sense!). Maybe...

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Tien, I just realized I have a question about "Paris." I've been hunting for a book with a monster on the cover that appeals to me. But does it actually need to have "monsters" (plural)?"

No, it doesn't have to have more than 1 monster on cover. I only meant it as 'variety' across the monster types than anything else.

[Lauren]

D.G. wrote: "You mean for the Bank?

I read all my Bank books already, plus 5 other books. I'm not doing too badly but I can't seem to find a Horror book I want to read. It's really not my preferred genre."

I found some interesting books on the linked horror shelf even ones I wouldn't classify as horror like

, and

[Dee]

quite a few of the Rizzoli and Isles books (mystery/suspense) are on the horror shelf and I wouldn't class them that way either

[LynnB]

ROUND 2
Starting with 2,950 points from Round 1.

Rolled 3
Alleyway - Read a crime book, 60 points
Book: Midnight at Marble Arch
Total points: 3,010 points

Rolled 6
Zombie Fest - Read a book with white, golden, dark, rum, apricot, brandy, pineapple, lime, or juice in the title -- 120 points.
Book: Snow White Must Die
Total points: 3,130 points

Rolled 2
Public Toilet - Read author with initials PT, CR, PR, TR, WC or PL -- 140 points
Author: P.J. Tracy (first/last initials); Live Bait
Total Points: 3,270 points

Rolled 2
Playground - Read 2 children's books -- 140 points
Books: True and My Brother's Keeper
Total Points: 3,410 points

Rolled 3
The Mall - Read my newest purchase -- 180 points.
Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
Total Points: 3,590 points

Rolled 1
Community Chest -- no points
Rolled 5 (2+3) - Read a book for another challenge.
Book: Skeletons at the Feast
Total Points: 3,590 points

Rolled 3
Zombie Free Zone -- no points
book: To Fetch a Thief
Total Points: 3,590 points

Rolled 2
Chance -- no points
Rolled 5 (4+1) - Read a book for another challenge.
Book: Water for Health, for Healing, for Life: You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty!
Total Points: 3,590 points

Rolled 4
Hollywood -- 260 points
Read a book made a series or movie; set in the US.
Book: A River Runs Through It
Total Points: 3,850 pointsw

Rolled 3
Lonely House -- 280 points
Title has 'house' or cover shows one house or castle.
Book: Books Can Be Deceiving
Total Points: 4,130 points

Rolled 4
Community Chest - no points
Rolled 7 (2+5) - Read book of choice.
Book: A Conspiracy of Faith
Total Points: 4,130 points

Rolled 6
Zombieland - 400 points
Book: Mockingjay
Total Points: 4,530 points

[LynnB]

Finished Round 1 and am starting Round 2 now.

[Karen]

Does anybody have any recommendations for a book with a monster or monsters on the cover? While I've got plenty of books with aliens on the covers I don't seem to have any with monsters.

[D.G.]

Are zombies 'monsters'? Here's a funny zombie book I enjoyed - a cozy mystery though...not sure what genres you read:



Here's an amazing one (this is not cozy though). Really, sad, but really good.

[Karen]

D.G. wrote: "Are zombies 'monsters'? Here's a funny zombie book I enjoyed - a cozy mystery though...not sure what genres you read:



Here's an amazing one (this is not co..."

Thanks D.G. I'd count zombies as monsters, I'll take a look at that book. Wish I'd thought of A Monster Calls I just read that last week.

[Dee]

i'm going for - I figure the big green blob of a creature on the cover works for a monster

[Karen]

Actually having thought about it zombies wouldn't count as non-human, but I'm still going to read Mind Over Monsters at some point. I think a little visit to the online library to see what they have is in order.

Although I am tempted by this Doctor Who book Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm, I think the characters on the cover look monsterish.

[Susan]

Thanks, Karen, D.G., & Dee. I'd been wondering what to do for that spot too. Do we need to wait for a ruling from Tien that zombies = monsters ok?

[Erika]

I land in every chance and community chest space :(

The task is this:

Community Chest: (Rolled 4,5)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task.

Someone? :)

[Amy]

Erika wrote: "I land in every chance and community chest space :(

The task is this:

Community Chest: (Rolled 4,5)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task.

Someone? :)"

Here you go, Erika...

Mother's day is next Sunday, so how about reading a book from your To-Read shelf where the author's initials appear in the word MOTHER.

[D.G.]

Zombies were human but are not anymore so they should count. It's the same thing with vampires.

[D.G.]

OK, so two people shelved as horror! You know what I'll be reading for that shelf now. :)

Just two days until the audio comes out!

[Erika]

Amy wrote: "Erika wrote: "I land in every chance and community chest space :(

The task is this:

Community Chest: (Rolled 4,5)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a Task.

Nice one! Thanks amy :)
Someo..."

[Amy]

Erika wrote: "Amy wrote: "Erika wrote: "I land in every chance and community chest space :(

The task is this:

Community Chest: (Rolled 4,5)
9 - Ask your fellow PAS who is participating in this challenge for a ..."

You're most welcome. I checked your to-read shelf to make sure you had sufficient choices before posting the task and saw that you had a bunch. Happy reading!

[Tien]

@LynnB: Congrats on finishing! :)

Re: Zombies = Monsters

The note for Paris says: ’monsters’ will have to look non-human / non-animal –ie. if a vampire, it will have to show some non-human features (eg. fangs, shiny eyes etc) or if shapeshifters, it cannot just show their animal shapes –maybe a wolf face with human torso / hands, etc

So if zombies on cover should look not too normally human-like. For example, look at the gameboard - that should give a good picture of what zombies (or not too normally humanlike).

not the best grammar but, I hope that makes sense