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message 151: by [deleted user] (last edited Feb 14, 2014 12:42PM) (new)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Square Played: #24 - Green space
Qualification: Fantasy book
Book Length: 181 pages
Squares Moved: 1 spaces
New Square: #25 - Yellow space
Link Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: Yes
Buddy Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 152: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Lindsey - 1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read
Previous total: 6
total: 6+2=8
Squares moved: 1 (#24=#25)
next square to play-yellow



message 153: by [deleted user] (new)

The Selection Stories The Prince & The Guard by Kiera Cass
Square Played: #25 - Yellow space
Qualification: Scavenger Hunt book - A Crown (or Tiara)
Book Length: 240 pages
Squares Moved: 2 spaces
New Square: #27 - Red space
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 154: by [deleted user] (new)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Square Played: #27 - Red space
Qualification: Realistic Book
Book Length: 344 pages
Squares Moved: 3 spaces
New Square: #30 - Yellow space
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: Yes
Buddy Read Link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 155: by Noella (new)

Noella (kookiemonstar) | 3613 comments Steelheart (Reckoners, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Square Played: No 59 - White
Qualification: Dystopian
Book Length: 400 pages
Squares Moved: 4
New Square: No 63 - Yellow. Climbing up ladder to No 81 - Green.
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 156: by Noella (new)

Noella (kookiemonstar) | 3613 comments Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) by Rachel Hawkins
Square Played: No 81 - Green
Qualification: Paranormal
Book Length: 323 pages
Squares Moved: 3
New Square: No 84 - Red
Review Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 157: by Christina (last edited Feb 14, 2014 05:08PM) (new)

Christina | 4293 comments Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate by Roald Dahl
Square played: No 60 - Yellow
Qualification: Yellow cover (in a foreign cover)
Book length: 200 pages
Squares moved: 2
New square: No 62 - Green
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 158: by Christina (last edited Feb 14, 2014 05:08PM) (new)

Christina | 4293 comments The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Square played: No 62 - Green
Qualification: Paranormal
Book length: 248 pages
Squares moved: 2
New square: No 60 - Yellow (down the snake)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 159: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Steelheart (Reckoners, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Square played: no. 38 - white
Qualification: Dystopian
Book length: 386
Squares moved: 3
New square: no. 41 - red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 160: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
Square played: no. 41 - red
Qualification: Realistic
Book length: 160
Squares moved: 1
New square: no. 42 - blue
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 161: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Fearscape (Horrorscape, #1) by Nenia Campbell
Square played: no. 42 - blue
Qualification: Suspense
Book length: 165
Squares moved: 1
New square: no. 43 - green
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 162: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) by Rachel Hawkins
Square played: no. 43 - green
Qualification: Paranormal
Book length: 323
Squares moved: 3
New square: no. 46 - red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 163: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Lindsey - 1 point for your review (selection novellas)
Previous total: 8
total: 8+1=9
Squares moved: 2 (#25-#27)
next square to play-red

Lindsey - 1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read (between shades of grey)
Previous total: 9
total: 9+2=11
Squares moved: 3 (#27-#30)
next square to play-yellow



message 164: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Noella - 1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read (steelheart)
Previous total: 5
total: 5+2=7
Squares moved: 4 + ladder (#59-#81)
next square to play-green


1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read
Previous total: 7
total: 7+2=9
Squares moved: 3 (#81=#84)
next square to play-red



message 165: by Sarah Elizabeth (last edited Feb 15, 2014 04:28AM) (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Christina - 1 point for your review
Previous total: 10
total: 10+1=11
Squares moved: 2 (#60-#62)
next square to play-green

1 point for 4 detailed updates + 1 point for the buddy read
Previous total: 11
total: 11+2=13
Squares moved: 2 + snake(#62-#60)
next square to play-yellow



message 166: by Sarah Elizabeth (last edited Feb 15, 2014 04:37AM) (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Tessa - 1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read (steelheart)
Previous total: 11
total: 11+2=13
Squares moved: 3 (#38-#41)
next square to play-red

1 point for your review (cruise control)
Previous total: 13
total: 13+1=14
Squares moved: 1 (#41-#42)
next square to play-blue

1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read (fearscape)
Previous total: 14
total: 14+2=16
Squares moved: 1 (#42-#43)
next square to play-green

1 point for your review + 1 point for the buddy read (Hex hall)
Previous total: 16
total: 16+2=18
Squares moved: 3 (#43=#46)
next square to play-red



message 167: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Current Leaderboard (excluding bonus points):

Tessa =11+2=13+1=14+2=16+2=18 (on square #46)
María =15 (On square #75)
Christina =10+1=11+2=13 (on square #60)
Lindsey =8+1=9+2=11 (on square #30)
Kate =9 (on square #45)
Noella =5+2=7+2=9 (on square #84)
Rachael =8 (on square #26)
Cielo =8 (on square #70)
Tatiana =4 (on square #38)
Lauren =3 (on square #8)
Jamie 2 (on square #14)
Ariel =2 (on square #5)
Tris 1 (on square #14)
Martha 1 (on square #14)
Heather 1 (on square #14)
Maddison 1 (on square #14)



message 168: by Maddie (new)

Maddie (maddisonbruce) | 53682 comments Mod
How I Got My Shrunken Head (Goosebumps, #39) by R.L. Stine
Square Played: #14
Qualification: Green cover
Book Length: 119 pages
Squares Moved: 1
New Square: #15 - blue
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 169: by Tati (new)

Tati The Program (The Program, #1) by Suzanne Young
Square played: 38 (white)
Qualification: dystopian/futuristic
Book length: 405 pages
Squares moved: 4
New square: 42 (blue)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 170: by Tati (new)

Tati Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3) by Veronica Rossi
Square played: 42 (blue)
Qualification: sci-fi
Book length: 400 pages
Squares moved: 4
New square: 46 (red)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 171: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Maddison 1 point for your review - please note that this book doesn't qualify as a green cover because it's not 60% green, but as the book is a fantasy story it counts as green for that reason)
previous total: 1
total: 1+1=2
squares moved: 1 (#14-#15)
next square to play-blue



message 172: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Tatiana 1 point for your review (the programme)
previous total: 4
total: 4+1=5
squares moved: 4 (#38-#42)
next square to play-blue

1 point for your review (into the still blue)
previous total: 5
total: 5+1=6
squares moved: 4 (#42-#46)
next square to play-red



message 173: by Tati (new)

Tati Dying To Forget (The Station, #1) by Trish Marie Dawson
Square played: 46 (red)
Qualification: romance
Book length: 216 pages
Squares moved: 2
New square: 48 (green)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 174: by Tati (new)

Tati Such Sweet Sorrow by Jenny Trout
Square played: 48 (green)
Qualification: Fantasy
Book length: 304 pages
Squares moved: 3
New square: 51- ladder to 67 (green)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 175: by Sarah Elizabeth (last edited Feb 16, 2014 10:36AM) (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Tatiana - 1 point for your review (dying to forget)
previous total: 6
total: 6+1=7
squares moved: 2 (#46-#48)
next square to play-green

1 point for your review (such sweet sorrow)
previous total: 7
total: 7+1=8
squares moved: 3 + ladder (#48-#67)
next square to play-green



message 176: by Ariel (new)

Ariel | 18 comments Half-Blood (Covenant, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Square Played: #5-Green Space
Qualification: paranormal/fantasy
Book Length: 281 pages
Squares Moved: 2 spaces
New Square: #7-white space
Link Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: No


message 177: by Rachael (new)

Rachael (classycupcakezz) | 5933 comments The Giver (The Giver Quartet, #1) by Lois Lowry
Square played: No 26 - White
Qualification: Dystopian
Book Length: 179
Squares moved: 1
New Square: 27 - Red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 178: by Rachael (new)

Rachael (classycupcakezz) | 5933 comments Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Square played: No 27 - Red
Qualification: Romance
Book Length: 185
Squares moved: 1
New Square: 28 up the ladder to 84 - Red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 179: by Rachael (new)

Rachael (classycupcakezz) | 5933 comments The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Square played: No 84 - Red
Qualification: Realistic
Book Length: 283
Squares moved: 2
New Square: 86 - Green
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 180: by Lauren (last edited Feb 17, 2014 09:54AM) (new)

Lauren Kennedy (laurenxo) Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

Square played: No 8 - Red
Qualification: Realistic
Book Length: 513
Squares moved: 5
New Square: 13 - Yellow
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 181: by Ariel (new)

Ariel | 18 comments Bitter Sweet Love (The Dark Elements, #0.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Square Played: #7-white Space
Qualification: White Cover
Book Length: 105 pages
Squares Moved: 1 space
New Square: #8-red space
Link Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy Read: No


message 182: by María (new)

María | 2037 comments Scarlet (Crónicas Lunares, #2) by Marissa Meyer
Square Played: Nº 75 - White
Qualification: Dystopian/futuristic
Book Length: 478 pages
Squares Moved: 4
New Square: Nº 79 - Red
Link Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 183: by María (new)

María | 2037 comments Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Square Played: Nº 79 - Red
Qualification: Romance/realistic
Book Length: 276
Squares Moved: 2
New Square: Nº 81 - Green
Link Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 184: by Alley (new)

Alley Kat (alleykat666) | 743 comments Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger
Square played: No 1 - Yellow
Qualification: Cover Scavenger Hunt Cover
Book Length: 357 pages
Squares moved: 3
New Square: No 4 - up the ladder - No 14 green
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 185: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Life Happens Next 	 by Terry Trueman
Square played: no. 46 - red
Qualification: Realistic
Book length: 144
Squares moved: 1
New square: no. 47 - blue
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 186: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Perfect Ruin (Internment Chronicles, #1) by Lauren DeStefano
Square played: no. 47 - blue
Qualification: SF
Book length: 356
Squares moved: 3
New square: no. 50 - white
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 187: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Predictably Irrational The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
Square played: no. 50 - white
Qualification: white cover
Book length: 280
Squares moved: 2
New square: no. 52 - blue
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 188: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Square played: no. 52 - blue
Qualification: blue cover
Book length: 185
Squares moved: 1
New square: no. 53 - red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 189: by Tessa (new)

Tessa (tessa_ioana) | 1861 comments Crank (Crank, #1) by Ellen Hopkins
Square played: no. 53 - red
Qualification: realistic
Book length: 537
Squares moved: 5
New square: no. 58 - red
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: No


message 190: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Ariel - 1 point for your review (half blood)
previous total: 2
Total: 2+1=3
Squares moved: 2 (#5-#7)
next square to play-white



message 191: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Rachael - 1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read (the giver)
previous total: 8
total: 8+2=10
squares moved: 1 (#26=-#27)
next square to play-white

-Awaiting review of 'boy meets boy'

-1 point for your review of Anne Frank
(will update squares once I have your review of Boy meets boy☺)



message 192: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Lauren - 1 point for your review
previous total: 3
total: 3+1=4
squares moved: 5 (#8-#13)
next square to play-yellow



message 193: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Ariel - 1 point for your review
previous total: 3
total: 3+1=4
squares moved: 1 (#7-#8)
net square to play-red



message 194: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
María - 1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read (Scarlet)
previous total: 15
total: 15+2=17
squares moved: 4 (#75-#79)
next square to play-red

1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read (dear john)
previous total: 17
total: 17+2=19
squares moved: 2 (#79-#81)
next square to play-green



message 195: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Alley 1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read
total: 2
squares moved: 4 + ladder (#1-#14)
next square to play-green



message 196: by Rachael (new)

Rachael (classycupcakezz) | 5933 comments Here is my review for Boy Meets Boy (sorry!)

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 197: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
Tessa - 1 point for your review (life happens next)
previous total: 18
total: 18+1=19
squares moved: 1 (#46-#47)
next square to play-blue

1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read (ruin)
previous total: 19
total: 19+2=21
squares moved: 3 (#47-#50)
next square to play-white

1 point for your review (predictably irrational)
previous total: 21
total: 21+1=22
squares moved: 2 (#50-#52)
next square to play-blue

1 point for your review and 1 point for the buddy read (boy meets boy)
previous total: 22
total: 22+2=24
squares moved: 1 (#52-#53)
next square to play-red

1 point for your review (crank)
previous total: 24
total: 24+1=25
squares moved: 5 (#53-#58)
next square to play-red



message 198: by Sarah Elizabeth (new)

Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90928 comments Mod
current leaderboard (excluding bonus points)

Tessa =11+2=13+1=14+2=16+2=18+1+2+1+2+1=25 (on square #58)
María =15+2=17+2=19 (On square #81)
Christina =10+1=11+2=13 (on square #60)
Lindsey =8+1=9+2=11 (on square #30)
Rachael =8+2+1=11 (on square #27)-awaiting review
Kate =9 (on square #45)
Noella =5+2=7+2=9 (on square #84)
Cielo =8 (on square #70)
Tatiana =4+1+1=6+1=7+1=8 (on square #67)
Lauren =3+1=4 (on square #13)
Ariel =2+1=3+1=4 (on square #8)
Jamie 2 (on square #14)
Maddison 1+1=2 (on square #15)
Alley 2 (on square #14)
Tris 1 (on square #14)
Martha 1 (on square #14)
Heather 1 (on square #14)



message 199: by María (new)

María | 2037 comments Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3) by Rachel Hawkins
Square Played: Nº 81 - Green
Qualification: Paranormal/fantasy
Book Length: 327 pages
Squares Moved: 3
New Square: Nº 84 - Red
Link Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 200: by Cielo (new)

Cielo | 127 comments Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2) by Christopher Paolini
Square played: 70 red
Qualification: red cover
Book length: 668
Sqares moved: 6
New square: 76 yellow
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Buddy: no


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