Bibliopoly - 2024

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

11/25

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #11 : 80/80
Complete!

[Laura]

Update for message 16: Progress 28/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 28/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

12/25

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

13/25

[Kalyn]

Update to msg # 36 please! Progress: 13/16

[Caraina]

Update to message #62: 34/40 books read!

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35

15/40 completed

🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title. Hope Ablaze DONE



🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel. Refugee DONE



🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title. Tress of the Emerald Sea DONE

[Michelle]

Update to message #75

I guess I was underestimating myself earlier when I signed up lol. I have passed the 15 I was originally shooting for. Lets go ahead and see if I can get all of them.

Currently at 23/40
🚗 21-25: Expert

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #36 please! Progress: 14/16

[Beth]

Update to post 19: 38/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

14/25

[Laura]

Update for message 16: Progress 30/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 29/40
Hat or headwear on cover-- The Outlaw Noble Salt

[Denise]

I would like to join this challenge with 40 books please. I will add what I have already read. Thank you

Go:√ 1.Read a book set on two or more continents: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
🟪 √2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (plants)
🎁 √ 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?): Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes (May 2024)
🟪 √4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue: The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Feret-Fleury
💲 √5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
🚂 √6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc.: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (GMA)
🟦 √7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
❓ √8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings.: From A Cat's View edited by Robin Praytor. It has 27 ratings.
🟦 √9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
🟦 √10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
🔒 √11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (oh the irony!)
🌸 √12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title: The Christmas Dogsitters by Lucy Mitchell
💡 √13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
🌸 √14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
🌸 √15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title: Cultish by Amanda Montell .
🚂 √16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
🟠 √17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel: The Wager by David Grann
🎁 √18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.): The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (summer readathon)
🟠 √19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own: The Direction of the Wind by Mansi Shah
🟠 √20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title: There There by Tommy Orange
🚘 √21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes: Daisy Jones and the Six
🟥 √22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
❓ √23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions: Apeirogon by Colum McCann
🟥 √24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
🟥 √25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title: The Women by Kristin Hannah
🚂 √26. B&O Railroad: Read a book with an author or title beginning with B or O. (Author’s first or last name; title’s first main word. Omit the, and, of, etc.): The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
🟨 √27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel: K-Pop Confidential by Stephen Lee
🟨 √28. Yellow: Read a book with an author or character who has a physical disability or impairment, an emotional or mental disorder, or a neurodivergent condition: The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
🚿 √29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover: This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Klagmann
🟨 √30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title: The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher
👮‍♂️ √31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book: Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
🟩 √32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title.: A Hitch In Time by Christopher Hitchens
🟩 √33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own: Babel by R. F. Kuang, main character is male I am female
🎁 √ 34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?): The Age of Innocence, buddy read
🟩 √35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title: Braiding Sweetgrass boy Robin Wall Kimmerer
🚂 √36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long: Beowulf, translated. by Seamus Heaney
❓√ 37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating: Pemberley by Emma Tennant (2.5 average)
🧿 √38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title: If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura
💍 √39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title: The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
🧿 √40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads choice award/fiction)

[Denise]

Update mssg #271:
18/40

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Denise wrote: "I would like to join this challenge with 40 books please. I will add what I have already read. Thank you

√Go: Read a book set on two or more continents: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne ..."

Welcome to the game, Denise!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated to here!

[Brittany]

updated post 43
35/31

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #37 ~

22/40

[Bryan]

Update to Msg #26: 23/40

Been reading but haven't been posting. Big ol' update:

Roll (7) 🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) Goodreads 2021 Best Memoir Award Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
Roll (7) 🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title. Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Roll (8) 🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title. Humankind: A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman
Roll (10) 🟥 25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
Roll (12)❓ 37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating. Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
Roll (10, 5) 🌸 12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title. The Wall - Marlen Haushofer
Roll (2) 🌸 14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own. (Russian) Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov
Roll (7) 🚘 21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes! Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson
Roll (9) 🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title. Yellowface - R.F. Kuang
Roll (3, 10) 🎁 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?) March Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Roll (6) 🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers
Roll (7) 🚂 16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name. All About Love: New Visions - bell hooks
Roll (9, 4) 🚿 29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover. Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
Roll (8, 12, 4, 5) ❓ 23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions. Micro - Michael Crichton
Roll (8) 👮‍♂️ 31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them - Neil Bradbury
Roll (6) 🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel. Madhouse at the End of the Earth - Julian Sancton
Roll (4, 10, 7, 5, 11) 🎁 34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?) Buddy Read The Dragon Republic - R.F. Kuang
Roll (4) 🧿 38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
Roll (7) 💲 5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title. Moneyball - Michael Lewis

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 30/40

[Meg]

update msg 18
11/40

[AJ]

Update to #55

7/36-39

🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title.

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 31/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

15/25 26

[Denise]

update to msg #271: 19/40

[Julie]

Updated message 106
8/20

[AJ]

Update to #55

8/36-39

🟥 24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own.: The Only Good Indians A book focused on folks in the the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 32/40

[Denise]

update msg #271: 20/40

[Laura]

Update for message 16: Progress 31/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 33/40

[Gwen]

update to message 56
Progress: ( 20/40 )

[Denise]

Update to msg #271: 21/40

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated!

Several participants reported for the first time, or the first time in a long while. Good to see you!

As always, please let me know if your progress in the participant list (found in post #2) is incorrect. I may have missed an update post somewhere along the way.

Happy reading, and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms. 💐

[Denise]

Update to msg #271: 22/40

[Julie]

updated message 104
10/20

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 34/40

[Emily]

Update to message #42

7/13

Completed prompt 36

[Denise]

Update to msg. # 271

24/40

[AJ]

Update at #55

9/36-39

🟨 28. Yellow: Read a book with an author or character who has a physical disability or impairment, an emotional or mental disorder, or a neurodivergent condition.: Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir This memoir raises interesting questions about the line between illness and chronic disability.

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

16/26

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 35/40

[Lina]

Update for message #23:
🎲 Progress: 36/35 🎲
Thanks! I will try to go for 40 after all - but not raising my goal to keep the pressure off :)

[Meg]

Update to message 18: 17/40 books read!

[Beth]

Update to post 19: 40/40 complete

Thanks for this fun challenge!

[Carmen]

Update to message #20

PROGRESS: 80/80 🎲
🐱 36-40: Grand Master

Thanks for this great challenge! 🤗

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated!

Congratulations to Lina, Beth, and Carmen, all of whom completed the challenge! 🥳👏

Seven players have now completed the challenge, 34 others have begun, and these active participants have together read 36% of our collective goal. 🙌

That percentage is a bit off since it includes the goals of 26 who signed up, but have not posted a progress update yet. 🤔

Hope you all have a wonderful month of June reading! 🌞