Properties FOR SALE

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

After receiving your book or books after landing on an open property, use this thread to post your intention to purchase said property.

You will have 7 days after your declaration of intent to finish your book and post a short review.

Purchasing is on a first come, first served basis, therefore properties will not be available (frozen) during the time the intended purchaser is reading their book.

After you have completed the book and are confirmed as the property owner, Please set up your own request thread for that property so that others may make their requests to you directly.

Please remember: Only 2 Properties can be owned by any one player

Players with two properties:

Amy
Charity
Dee
Dom
Lahni
Lusie
Tien




LIST OF OPEN PROPERTIES:

P: Goodnight Moon

P: Where The Wild Things Are

P: Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry FROZEN BY CORALEE, DUE 9/19

P: Moby Dick

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

LIST OF PURCHASED PROPERTIES:


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Owned by Amy Book Requests
Animal Farm - Owned by Tien Book Requests
Black Beauty - Owned by Marina Book Requests
Catcher in the Rye - Owned by Charity Book Requests
Charlotte's Web - Owned by Paola Book Requests
Don Quixote - Owned by Lusie Book requests
Frankenstien - Owned by Dom. Book Requests
Invisible Man -Owned by Lahni Book Requests
Lord of the Flies - Owned by Bea Book Requests
Native Son - Owned by Dom Book Requests
Pride and Prejudice - Owned by Charity Book Requests
The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn - Owned by Lusie Book Requests
The Grapes of Wrath - Owned by Tien Book Requests
The Great Gatsby - Owned by D.G. Book Requests
The Old Man and The Sea - Owned by Dee Book Requests
The Sound and The Fury - Owned by Amy Book Requests
To Kill a Mockingbird - Owned by Dee Book Requests
Treasure Island - Owned by Lahni Book Requests

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

PARTICIPANTS AND SHELF LISTS:



Allison's Bookopoly Shelf
Amanda's Bookopoly Shelf
Amy's Bookopoly Shelf
Bea's Bookopoly Shelf
Blarneygod's Bookopoly Shelf
Charity's Bookopoly Shelf
Coralee's Bookopoly Shelf
D.G.'s Bookopoly Shelf
Dee's Bookopoly Shelf
Dominique's Bookopoly Shelf
Julie's Bookopoly Shelf
Julinda's Bookopoly Shelf
Kaitlin's Bookopoly Shelf
Karen's Bookopoly Shelf
Lahni's Bookopoly Shelf
Lauren's Bookopoly Shelf
Lyn"s Bookopoly Shelf
Marina's Bookopoly Shelf
Matt's Bookopoly Shelf
Maureen's Bookopoly Shelf
NancyHelen's Bookopoly Shelf
Paola's Bookopoly Shelf
Ross's Bookopoly Shelf
Susan's Bookopoly Shelf
Tien's Bookopoly

[Marina]

So, I'm the first one :-)

I would like to purchase Black Beauty, for which Lahni has picked The Taming of the Shrew for me. The book qualifies as it has 291 pages. I shall read it before December 7th.

[Karen]

I would like to purchase Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Amanda has selected Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution for me. It has 304 pages and I am going to read it while pretending to work.

[Susan]

My first three rolls were all properties, and Marina and Karen have already staked out the first two. So I'm going to go for purchasing Animal Farm . I'm going to read Born in Death, which is one of the ones Dee chose for me for that property. It has 338 pages, and is a quick read, a book I own already, which makes it a perfect choice. Deadline 12/8.

[Lahni]

I'll try to purchase Treasure Island by reading Blindness by Dec 8. (326 pgs)

[Karen]

I've finished my book for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution. This was a really interesting book about the first blood transfusion experiments.It is Paris, December 1667 and one of the cities most infamous madmen has been given a third transfusion of calf's blood. Within days he is dead, was he killed by the transfusion or was he murdered? If it was murder, who did it and why? The story takes us from London during the Black Death and the Great Fire of London to the Paris of Louis XIV.

I apologise if this review is in the wrong place but when I clicked on Property Reviews this is where I ended up.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Karen wrote: "I've finished my book for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution. This was a really interesting book about the firs..."

Karen - Your review is in the perfect place. Congrats on being the first Property Owner. Please set up a thread where people can requests books when they land on your property and let me know what it is so I can post the link above. :)

[Tien]

oh wow! That was very quick! Congratulations, Karen! You are a property owner ;)

[Karen]

Thank you, I read my book while I was pretending to work but it is a science book so it was sort of work, at least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

My property thread is called:- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland OR Karenland.

[Tien]

Thanks, Karen. I've updated the Board with a link to your kingdom ;)

[Susan]

Oh, Karen, you're setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. Not only do we have to read the book in 7 days, but come up with a clever title for the property thread as well?

I'll need help if I'm able to buy Animal Farm!

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "Oh, Karen, you're setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. Not only do we have to read the book in 7 days, but come up with a clever title for the property thread as well?

I'll need help i..."

Susan-verse ;)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Susan wrote: "Oh, Karen, you're setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us. Not only do we have to read the book in 7 days, but come up with a clever title for the property thread as well?

I'll need help i..."

lol!

[Marina]

I finished my book for Black Beauty.

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

This was not my favorite Shakespeare, but it was a solid 3 stars anyway. I have to admit I prefer his tragedies over his comedies, and this one is certainly one of his best comedies: witty, funny and incredibly light. It certainly is very un-feminist, but one cannot very well expect feminism of Shakespeare, as he wrote 500 years ago. So the play plainly states that women must obey their husbands (and fathers, before being married), of whom they are absolute property. Well no, this is not funny, but I swear the play was! I would love to see it on stage.

Going to set up my thread for my owned property, although I cannot find a witty title for it as Karen has ;-)

EDIT: here's my little castle: Marina's Black Beauty

[Tien]

Woo! Congrats, Marina. I'll update the Board when i get on pc a bit later on :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Marina wrote: "I finished my book for Black Beauty.

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

This was not my favorite Shakespeare, but it was a solid 3 stars anyway. I have to ad..."

Congrats Marina!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I intend to purchase Charlotte's Web by reading Murder at the Vicarage by 12/8

[Susan]

I've finished reading Born in Death. I always love these Eve Dallas stories. In fact, I ration myself, because I don't know what I'll do when I finally run out. And sometimes what I enjoy is simply the characters -- Dallas & her husband Roarke, of course, but also Mavis, Peabody, Somerset, Mira, -- there are so many who make an appearance in every book, and they're all unique and interesting. They're like my own friends whom I enjoy seeing again in each book.

But this time, the plot was a good one, too. For a long time, I just couldn't see where it was going. And even though I was convinced (view spoiler)[ that the two threads were going to come together somehow (hide spoiler)], I still couldn't figure out the who and how of it before Dallas did.

Another fun thing in this book was how Dallas (and Roarke) reacted to (view spoiler)[ Mavis' pregnancy and giving birth (hide spoiler)]. It was such an overreaction it was truly funny.

[Tien]

Congrats, Susan! I've updated the board with a link to your spot :)

It's funny, I've only read 1 or 2 of Eve Dallas (out of order too, I believe). Just something I randomly picked out at the library and whilst, I always feels that it's a fascinating premise and I quite like this pairing, I've never made the effort (maybe not curious enough) to start reading series from #1

[Dominique]

I landed on Frankeinstein (December 6). I would like to purchase it. I will be reading The Casual Vacancy

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

I finished Murder at the Vicarage the first Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie. I have loved Agatha Christie since I was in high school and read most of them back then. I recently read the last Miss Marple and have decided to read all the Agatha Christie books again.

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It is much lighter than most of the mysteries that I tend to read these days. I love the characters that Christie comes up with. My favorite in this book was the "vapid" Lettice. I read somewhere that in Agatha Christie books the guilty one is always the least likely person. Not sure if that is true, but it was certainly true in this case. It was fun to reacquaint myself with how Miss Marple got her start, too.

[Tien]

Congrats Lyn! I'll update the Board now

[Lahni]

I finished Blindness for purchasing Treasure Island. I'm mixed on it. I liked the premise and for the most part the writing style. But I couldn't quite believe the panic and severe treatment of the inmates over blindness. It would have made more sense of it was something that ensured a horrible death. Also I got tired of all the deep philisophical dialogs on blindness. I get that that's the point of the book. I just felt it was over done. But over all I liked the book. 3.5 stars

[Tien]

Congratulations, Lahni!

Please set up a thread for your property, Treasure Island, so visitors can request book recommendations from you :)

Cheers!

[Lahni]

Tien wrote: "Congratulations, Lahni!

Please set up a thread for your property, Treasure Island, so visitors can request book recommendations from you :)

Cheers!"

I got it set up.

[Dee]

I landed on To Kill A Mockingbird on Dec7 and would like to buy it

I'll be reading Inside the O'Briens (343pgs)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dee wrote: "I landed on To Kill A Mockingbird on Dec7 and would like to buy it

I'll be reading Inside the O'Briens (343pgs)"

I will note it. I was wondering when you were going to purchase a property. :)

[Dee]

Ppl were claiming them before I could! Lol

[Bea]

I landed on Don Quixote today (12/10/15). I would like to buy it. I will be reading The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (317 pages). Due to be completed 12/17.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Just a note: Animal Farm is back on the market.

[Dominique]

I finished The Casual Vacancy finished 12/10/15
This was not an easy book to read. The characters in this book are rude, nasty just unlikable. At one point I was getting frustrated. I think that`s what the author wanted to do, see how a small town with just one death can transform into a war between parents and their children, students against students and spouses. A the end, which is not an happy ending you realize that this story can happen anywhwere. 4 stars

[Dominique]

I landed on Native son. Want to purchase it. I will be reading Wonder

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dominique (Dom) wrote: "I finished The Casual Vacancy finished 12/10/15
This was not an easy book to read. The characters in this book are rude, nasty just unlikable. At one point I was getting frustrated...."

Can you set up a thread for book requests when people land on that square so I can link in above, and Tien can link it to the board.

Thanks

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dominique (Dom) wrote: "I landed on Native son. Want to purchase it. I will be reading Wonder"

Got you. That would be your two properties, then, once you finish for this one.

[Julie]

Roll of Thunder on Lord of the Flies

[Dominique]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Dominique (Dom) wrote: "I landed on Native son. Want to purchase it. I will be reading Wonder"

Got you. That would be your two properties, then, once you finish for this one."

No problem, thanks!

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "Roll of Thunder on Lord of the Flies"

Are you trying to buy a property? If so, which one, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or Lord of the Flies? Please be more specific...i.e. "I landed on X property and would like to buy it. I will be reading X book" and then the date you need to finish the book by. A good example is Marina's request in post #4.

Also - I you are trying to purchase BOTH properties it states in the rules that you need to make TWO separate request posts here for tracking purposes.

Thanks

I will be out for the rest of the evening, but will update based on your reply in the morning.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dominique (Dom) wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Dominique (Dom) wrote: "I landed on Native son. Want to purchase it. I will be reading Wonder"

Got you. That would be your two properties, then, once yo..."

Got it set up, Dom. Thanks for the choices. :)

[Dee]

I finished up Inside the O'Briens to purchase To Kill A Mockingbird

Review
Like her previous book Still Alice, Lisa Genova takes us once again into a family devestated by a medical diagnosis. Joe O'Brien, a Boston cop, married and father of 4, is diagnosed with the incurable Huntington's disease. To add to the devestation, each of his 4 kids (all in the 200;s and 30's) have a 50% chance of developing it later in life. emotional is one way to describe how i felt reading. It also made me ask myself - what would i do - have the genetic test and know for sure or not and try to live like thrre isn't a cloud of doom maybe hanging over my head...even now i don't know. 4 stars for Inside the O'Briens

[Julie]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Roll of Thunder on Lord of the Flies"

Are you trying to buy a property? If so, which one, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or Lord of the Flies? Please be more specific...i.e. "I landed ..."
Sorry I think this got cut off originally. I will repost both in more detail per rules. Sorry again

[Julie]

Request to buy Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Landed there on Dec 11. Received 50 Core American Documents: Required Reading for Students, Teachers, and Citizens per book request. I must finish by Dec 18 (7 days).

[Julie]

Landed on Lord of the Flies, also on Dec. 11. Would like to purchase. Reading The Arabian Nights (an abridged kindle version) with 322 pgs. Must finish by Dec 18.

Finished Dec 16. Review:

Arabian Nights is a collection of stories sutible for all ages (at least this version, not sure about the original). This version is much shorter than the 1000 pg original, coming in close to 300. The is adveture, sailing, pirates, shipwrecks,treasures, princesses, princes, sultans, travel, enchantments, genii, fairy, cyclops, cunning, bravery and romance. In essence a great fairytale book. This version sadly has many typos and mistranslations. Annoying but I would try to tackle the original or a higher quality translation. Hence 4 stars.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Julie wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Roll of Thunder on Lord of the Flies"

Are you trying to buy a property? If so, which one, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or Lord of the Flies? Please be mor..."

No worries, thanks for fixing them, Julie. It did look like something weird happened with the post. Goodreads can be very frustrating sometimes. Both Properties are frozen for you now.

[Julie]

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Julie wrote: "Roll of Thunder on Lord of the Flies"

Are you trying to buy a property? If so, which one, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or Lord of the Flies?..."

TY, now to the reading :)

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dee wrote: "I finished up Inside the O'Briens to purchase To Kill A Mockingbird

Review
Like her previous book Still Alice, Lisa Genova takes us once again into a family devestat..."

Let me know when you set up your request thread so that Tien and I can link it. Thanks.

[Dee]

Done!!

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

[Kim]

Requesting to buy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by reading Cinder by 12/19.

[Lyn (Readinghearts)]

Dee wrote: "Done!!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Done