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2025 Eighteen-Month Challenges
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CFD's Library Adventure (July 2023 - Dec 2024) - Still Open
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Start Space: 80. CAFÉ - Stop for a snack and a rest. GO BACK 4 SPACES (#76) OR DO A FORFEIT.
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 84. BANK - Read a book with the letters BANK in the title (in any order).
Book Read: Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
{GM children's} (finished 16 June 2025)How it fits: the letters B-A-N-K are in the title (just AsK!: Be differeNt, be brave, be you)
I wish I could insert the emoji with the tears running down its face! I can't believe I'm actually getting off this space! Finally found a book I was interested in to move off this space.Roll: #22
Starting Space: 78
Rolled: 6
Landed On: 84 Read a book with the letters BANK in the title (in any order)
Read:
Breaking Free
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I completed another, yay!Roll #8
Start Space: 21
Number rolled: 2
Landed on: 23 | Walk through the PARK. Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters in BENCH (ignore articles).
Book read:
Now and Then and Always by Melissa Tagg (June 19, 2025)How it Fits: Starts with the letter N which is one of the letters in BENCH.
Roll #9Start Space: 13
Rolled: 4
Landed on: 17
Pass the CHURCH – Read a book with a cross, steeple, Bible, or church building on the cover.
Read: Smitten
Finished: 6/21/25
How it fits: There are two steeples on the cover.
This is a bit weird; since my last go around with the dog book, I have been landing on the exact same spaces that I did in my first round. That's so unexpected!
Roll #10Start Space: 17
Rolled: 6
Landed on: 23
Walk through the PARK. Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters in BENCH (ignore articles).
Read: Crossfire by Lynette Eason
Finished: 6/29/25
How it fits: The title starts with "C", one of the letters in BENCH.
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Since there is a new game challenge, I'm going to stop my second round in this one. Andrea, thank you for keeping this one open!
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Sounds great, Kate!
I can see the finish line lol. Roll: #23
Starting Space: 84
Rolled: 3
Landed On: 87 Bookstore. Read a book from your favorite genre.
Read:
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Start Space: 84. BANK - Read a book with the letters BANK in the title (in any order).
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 88. BOOKSTORE - Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Book Read: The White Christmas Inn
{GM 'inspirational'}How it fits: this is the first book I've read by Colleen Wright
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Roll: #24Starting Space: 87
Rolled: 5
Landed On: 92 Read a book published in the last 12 months.
Read:
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Start Space: 88. BOOKSTORE - Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Number Rolled: 6
Landed on: 94. You witness a fender bender. Read a book where a character is involved in an accident.
Book Read: More Than Meets the Eye
(finished 18 July 2025)How it fits: the 3 Hamilton 'siblings' are in a train accident at the beginning of the book which sets in motion everything that comes thereafter
Roll #25Starting Space: 92
Rolled: 1
Landed On: 93 Go forward 3 spaces
96 Read a book that involved grandparents or someone who is over 60.
Read:
Janes dad, Wills grandpa
Roll #: 26Starting Space: 96
Rolled: 5
I've reached the library! I AM DONE!!!!!
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Congratulations, Crystal!
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Start Space: 94. You witness a fender bender. Read a book where a character is involved in an accident.
Number Rolled: 2
Landed on: 96. An elderly couple and a young child step out of a building and nearly bump into you. Read a book that involves grandparents OR with a main character who is over 60.
Book Read: A Day with Yayah
{GM children's} (finished 28 July 2025)How it fits: some children spend time with their grandmother, learning about their Indigenous heritage
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Roll #56
Start Space: 96. An elderly couple and a young child step out of a building and nearly bump into you. Read a book that involves grandparents OR with a main character who is over 60.
Number Rolled: 1
Landed on: 97. ART GALLERY – Read a book with a character who is an artist.
Book Read: Yesterday's Gone
How it fits: Eliza is an artist that creates quilts, one of which becomes pivotal to the story
Roll #57
Start Space: 97. ART GALLERY – Read a book with a character who is an artist.
Number Rolled: 3
Landed on: 100. THE LIBRARY! Congratulations you have successfully returned your book!
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I realized I never finished this one, so hoping to complete it soon.Roll #10
Start Space: 31
Number Rolled: 2
Landed on: 33. PUBLIC TOILETS - Nip into the toilets to ‘spend a penny.’ Read a book by an author whose initials are P.T. or T.P. (ignore middle initials).
Book Read:
God's Adventurer: A Story of Daring, Danger and Dependence on God (10-16-25)How it fits: by Phyllis Thompson
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Roll #11Start Space: 33
Number Rolled: 5
Landed on: 38. SHOE STORE - Read a book with a pair of shoes on the cover.
Book read:
Riley Mae and the Rock Shocker Trek by Jill Osborne (10-18-25)How it fits: several shoes on cover
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Roll #12Start Space: 38
Number Rolled: 3
Landed on: 41. JUICE BAR - Read a book with a cover that is mainly orange, bright pink, or lemon yellow.
Book read:
A Dolphin Wish by Natalie Grant (10-26-25)How it fits: lemon yellow cover
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Roll #13Start space 41
Rolled 5
Landed on 46. JEWELER – Read a book with jewelry on the cover.
Book read:
An Unlikely Duchess by Jessica Nelson (10-27-25)How it fits: cover model is wearing a pearl necklace
Roll #14Start Space 46
Number Rolled 5
Landed on 51. VACANT, DECREPIT STOREFRONT - Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic book.
Book read:
Path of Totality by Heather Kreke (10-28-25)How it fits: a futuristic dystopian war story set in US
Roll #15Start space 51
Number rolled 2
Landed on 53. PET SHOP – Read a book with a character who is an animal (for example: Black Beauty, Charlotte’s Web, Blackberry Beach)
Book Read:
A Cote of Many Colors by Janette Oke (10-28-25)How it fits: MC is a pigeon
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Roll #16Start Space 53
Number Rolled 1
Landed on 54. PET SHOP - Read a book with any animal on the cover.
Book read:
Trinity: Military War Dog by Ronie Kendig (11-9-25)How it fits: dog on cover
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Roll #17Start space 54
Number Rolled 6
Landed on: 60. FLORIST – Read a book with flowers on the cover.
Book Read:
A Seaview Christmas by Julie Klassen (11-10-25)How it fits: flowers on cover model's dress
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Roll #18Start Space 60
Number Rolled 3
Landed on 63. Time’s running out. Start jogging! GO FORWARD 7 SPACES (#70).
Landed on 70. WORKOUT PLAZA - Read a book where a character does some sort of exercise (physical sports count).
Book Read:
No Place Like Home by Betsy St. Amant (11-14-25)How it fits: MC is an aerialist training for the circus
Roll #19Start Space 70
Number Rolled 1
Landed on 71. TRAVEL AGENCY – Read a book set in a different country from where you live.
Book read:
Arranged with the Earl: A Clean Inspirational Historical Regency Romance Novel by Jackie Killelea (11-15-25)How it fits: set in England
Roll #20Start space 71
Number Rolled 5
Landed on 76. SPECIALTY BAKERY - Read a book with cake on the cover (cupcakes and cheesecake count).
Book Read:
Smoky Mountain Temper by Andrea Byrd (11-16-25)How it fits: cupcake on cover
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Roll #21Start Space 76
Number Rolled 2
Landed on 78. POLICE STATION – Read a book that has an MPG of mystery or crime.
Book Read:
Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa by Jake Thoene (11-18-25)How it fits: MPG is mystery
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Roll #22Start Space 78
Number Rolled 6
Landed on 84. BANK - Read a book with the letters BANK in the title (in any order).
Book Read:
Returning to Breakers by Rachel Skatvold (12-5-25)How it fits: Returning to Breakers
Roll #23Start space 84
Number Rolled 4
Landed on 88. BOOKSTORE - Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Book Read:
The Christmas Tree Bride by Susan Page Davis (12-6-25)How it fits: new to me author, Susan Page Davis
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Roll #24Start Space: 88
Number Rolled: 5
Landed on: 93. You help an old lady safely across the road. GO FORWARD 3 SPACES (#96).
Landed on: 96. An elderly couple and a young child step out of a building and nearly bump into you. Read a book that involves grandparents OR with a main character who is over 60.
Book Read:
Jack vs. the Tornado by Amanda Cleary Eastep (12-7-25)How it fits: characters include Jack's grandparents, and also, the neighbor is a grandfather
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Start Space: 9
Rolled: 4
Landed on: 13
A woman in a car waves at you, and you smile in return. Read a book set in a small town.
Read: Wilderness Reunion by Elizabeth Goddard
Finished: 5/25/25
How it fits: Takes place in the small town of Gideon, Oregon and in the nearby Rouge Wilderness.