CFD's Library Adventure (July 2023 - Dec 2024) - Still Open

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Jenn wrote: "I found one that works for friends:

Roll #3
Start Space: 7
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 11. Pass the SCHOOL - Read a book where the main characters are a group of friends.
Book Read: [book:A Beauti..."

Great job, Jenn!

[Fifi]

This is fun!! count me in!!


CFD's Library Adventure
Jul 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024

Roll #1
Start Space: Start Here
Number Rolled: 1
Landed on: 1 (Read a book with a house on the cover)
Book Read:Freedom's Song: A Novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer. (09/12/23)



Roll #2
Start Space: 1
Number Rolled: 6
Landed on: 7 (Read a Young Adult, Juvenile, or Children’s book)
Book Read:Dear Mr. Henshaw (09/27/23)



Roll #3
Start Space: 7
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 11 ( Read a book where the main characters are a group of friends) (10/06/23)
Book read: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

The story with a boy and his friends


Roll #4
Start Space: 11
Number Rolled: 6
Landed on: 17(Pass the CHURCH – Read a book with a cross, steeple, Bible, or church building on the cover.)
Book read:
There’s a church building on the bookcover.

Roll #5
Start Space: 17
Number Rolled: 5
Landed on: 22 (You enter the PARK. Read a book with a green cover or a tree on the cover.)
Book read:

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Roll #6
Start Space: 22
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 26 (Cut through the PLAYGROUND. Read a book with a child on the cover.)
Book read:
There’re children on the cover.

Roll #7
Start Space: 26
Number Rolled: 5
Landed on: 31 (31. ICE CREAM STAND - Read a book with a title where each word begins with one of the letters in ICE CREAM (two-word minimum – include articles)
Book read: Morning Comes Softly


Roll #8
Start Space: 31
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 35 (35. Take a stroll past the pond. Read a book with water on the cover.)
Book Read: Island of the Blue Dolphins



Roll #9
Start Space: 35
Number Rolled: 6
Landed on: 41 (JUICE BAR - Read a book with a cover that is mainly orange, bright pink, or lemon yellow.)
Book Read: The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston



Roll #10
Start Space: 41
Number Rolled: 5
Landed on: 46 JEWELER – Read a book with jewelry on the cover
Book Read:The Lady and the Lionheart Joanne Bischof

Roll #11
Start space:46
Number rolled: 2
Landed on : 48 COFFEE SHOP – Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters in COFFEE (ignore articles).
Book read: Code of Ethics Lynette Eason

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Roll #12
Start space:48
Number rolled: 1
Landed on : 49. COFFEE SHOP - Grab a to-go coffee for a burst of energy. GO FORWARD 3 SPACES (#52).
Landed on:52 VENDING MACHINES - Read a book with any kind of drink on the cover.
Book Read: A Place at Our Table Amy Clipston

Roll #13
Start space:52
Number rolled: 6
Landed on : 58 PHARMACY – Read a book where the use of prescription drugs is important to the story.

Book Read: Against the WindAmanda Cabot

Roll #14
Start space:58
Number rolled: 6
Landed on : 64 BURGER BARN - Read a book where somebody eats fast food.
Book Read: No Place to Hide Lynette Eason
At chapters 27 MC and FC had burgers in the hotel.

Roll #15
Start space:64
Number rolled: 1
Landed on : 65 BURGER BARN - Read a book with a title where all the words start with the same letter (include articles
Book Read: Rodeo Rescuer Lynette Eason

Roll #16
Start space:65
Number rolled: 3
Landed on : 68 MUSIC STORE - Read a book with a music related word in the title (for example: song, melody, rhythm).
Book Read: The Melody Lingers On Mary Higgins Clark

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Roll #17
Start space:68
Number rolled: 3
Landed on : 71
71. TRAVEL AGENCY – Read a book set in a different country from where you live.
Book Read: Agent Undercover Lynette Eason

Roll #18
Start space:71
Number rolled: 1
Landed on : 72
72. TRAVEL AGENCY - Read a book where somebody takes a vacation
Book read: It Had to Be You Susan May Warren

Roll #19
Start space:72
Number rolled: 1
Landed on : 73. THRIFT SHOP – Read a book that you got secondhand or that you borrowed from somebody (not the library)
Book read: Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen


Roll #20
Start space:73
Number rolled: 4
Landed on : 77 CARDS & GIFTS – Read a book where somebody celebrates a birthday
Book Read: Betsy-Tacy Maud Hart Lovelace

Roll #21
Start space:77
Number rolled: 5
Landed on :82. REAL ESTATE AGENT – Read a book where somebody moves house.
Book Read: Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel Mariah Marsden


Roll #22
Start space:82
Number rolled: 6
Landed on : 88. BOOKSTORE - Read a book by a new-to-you author
Book Read:

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[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Welcome, Fifi! Linking you up now.

[Sarita]

Roll #7
Start space: 12
number Rolled: 6
Landed on: Landed on: 18. You meet your friend and stop to chat. GO BACK 7 SPACES (#11) OR DO A FORFEIT.

Forfeit: 6. Read a book by an author whose name contains an X, Y, or Z.

Book read: Amanda Cox - 9/06/2023

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Bridget]

finished #8
Roll#8
Start space: 28
Rolled: 2
Landed on: 30. You take what you think is a short cut. It isn’t. GO BACK 2 SPACES (#28).
28. Take the long way around on the meandering sidewalk. Read a book that is longer than 300 pages.
Book read: While Love Stirs (9/14/23)

352 pages

[Bridget]

finished #9
Roll#9
Start Space:28
Rolled: 4
Landed on: 32. ICE CREAM STAND - Read a book with an ice cream on the cover.
Book read: Ice Cream Before the Store (9/14/23)

Ice Cream on cover

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great work!

[Jenn]

Roll #4
Start Space: 11
Number Rolled: 6
Landed on: 17. Pass the CHURCH – Read a book with a cross, steeple, Bible, or church building on the cover.
Book Read: With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden (9-24-23)
How it fits: two crosses on top of steeple on Healy Hall tower at Georgetown University in the background

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

It's hard for me to tell what's on top of the steeple, but the steeple itself counts. Great job, Jenn!

[Jenn]

Ok thanks! Fortunately there was a steeple.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Yes! I love it when those things happen. :)

[Bridget]

Finished #10
Roll#10
Start Space: 32
Rolled: 6
Landed on: 38. SHOE STORE - Read a book with a pair of shoes on the cover.
Book read: Meet Me in the Margins (9/27/23)

Shoes on cover

[Lynnette]

Finished Round 7

Roll #7
Start Space: 5
Number Rolled: 4
Landed On: 9. Pass the SCHOOL - Read a book by an author whose first AND last initials appear in the word SCHOOL.
Book Read: Lyn Cote
How It Fit: Authors initials, LC, are in sChooL

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job, Bridget and Lynnette!

[Bridget]

Finished #11
Roll#11
Start Space: 38
Rolled: 6
Landed on: 44. NEWSAGENT - Read a book with a character who is a journalist.
Book read: A Picture of Hope (10/6/23)

Nellie is a journalist

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Bridget]

Finished #12
Roll#12
Start space: 44
Rolled: 1
Landed on: 45. Your mom calls and asks you to pick up some orange juice. GO BACK 4 SPACES (#41). 41. JUICE BAR - Read a book with a cover that is mainly orange, bright pink, or lemon yellow.
Book read:Orange Juice Before the Store (10/6/23)

Orange cover

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

That was fast! Great job!

[Bridget]

It was a short one :)

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

I love reading that sort in between chunky books. It's like a breath of fresh air.

[Bridget]

I still like reading kids books even though my kids are in their 20s!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Me too! (No kids yet, but I'm all grown up at 36.) I recently found a copy of and enjoyed reading it. I read the original back in Kindergarten--one of my favorite book memories!

[Bridget]

Nice!

[Bridget]

Finished #13
Roll#13
Start Space: 41
Rolled: 2
Landed on: 43. NEWSAGENT – Read a nonfiction book.
Book read: Bethlehem, the Year Jesus Was Born: Unwrapping the Theology Behind Christmas (10/7/23)

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Lynnette]

Finished round 8.

Roll # 8
Start Space: 9
Number 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.
Book Read: Color of Danger (10/09/23)

How It Fit: Takes place in the sleepy, small town of Rios Azules, Texas.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Jenn]

Roll #5
Start Space: 17
Number Rolled: 4
Landed on: 21. Vehicles pass by you. Read a book with any mode of transportation on the cover.
Book Read: A Distant Melody by Sarah Sundin (10-11-23)
How it fits: an airplane on cover

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great work!

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great work!

[Lynnette]

Finished round 9.

Roll # 9
Start Space: 13
Number Rolled: 3
Landed On: 16. Pass the CHURCH – Read a book where a wedding, funeral, or other church service takes place.
Book Read: Emerald Windows (10/12/23)

How It Fit: Brooke and Nick were married in the empty, unfinished church.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Katrina]

Finished my 4th roll:

Roll #4
Start Space: 9
Number rolled: 2
Landed on: 11 | Pass the SCHOOL - Read a book where the main characters are a group of friends.
Book read: Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke (Oct 12/23)
How it fits: A group of 4 friends attend the same school and call themselves the Ladies of the Lake.

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Lynnette]

Finished round 10

Roll # 10
Start Space: 16
Number Rolled: 5
Landed On: 21. Vehicles pass by you. Read a book with any mode of transportation on the cover.
Book Read: Running Home (10/13/23)

How It Fit: Airplane on the cover

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Great job!

[Lynnette]

Finished round 11.


Roll # 11
Start Space: 21
Number Rolled: 5
Landed On: 26. Cut through the PLAYGROUND. Read a book with a child on the cover.
Book Read: Convenient Lies (10/15/23)
CF, but with language
How It Fit: Child on the cover

[Andrea, Hospitality Coordinator]

Good job!

[Bridget]

Finished #14

Roll#14
Start space: 43
Rolled:5
Landed on: 48. COFFEE SHOP – Read a book with a title that starts with one of the letters in COFFEE (ignore articles).
Book read: French Fries (10/15/23)