Bibliopoly - 2024

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35:

12/40 completed

💲 5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title. The Nickel Boys DONE



🟥 25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title. Bone DONE

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #5 - 28/40 books read!

[Denise]

update to #271:

25/40

[AJ]

Update to #55

10/36-39

🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or head wear on the cover or in the title.: The hula dancer is on the cover in traditional costume, including head wear. It's a fitting entry because of hula's centrality to the book.

[Emily]

Update to message #42

8/13

Completed prompt #8

[Greg]

Update to message 13:

🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title. The Inn Of The Two Witches

5/20

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

17/26

[Denise]

Update to msg. #271:
26/40

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #37

GOAL: 25/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

18/26

[Greg]

Update to message 13:

25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title. Blood and Smoke

6/20

[Denise]

Update to msg. #271:
27/40

[Janine]

Update to message 71, 31/30.

🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own. - Leading Man

🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel. - The Last Murder at the End of the World

🟨 27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel. - The Marvellers

🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title. - Match Point: an enemies to lovers tennis romance perfect for fans of Wimbledon


🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) - Fourth Wing (Goodreads choice award Romantasy winner 2023)

🎁 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?) - Daughter of the Moon Goddess (April 2024 group read)

❓ 8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings. - The Picture of Dorian Grey (#1 highest number of ratings on my TBR with 1,539,538 ratings)

🎁 18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.) - A Million to One (Black/Women's history month readathon)

💡 13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover. - Darker by Four


🚂 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 One

💍 39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title. - Tress of the Emerald Sea

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated to here!

Congratulations to Janine for reaching -- and exceeding -- her goal! 👏

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35

18/40 completed

🟩 32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title. Sarah's Quilt DONE

[AJ]

Update to #55

11/36-39

🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own.: All My Mother's Lovers One of the characters is asexual, and while I can't speak to much on the representation - it was nice that he was presented as a fulfilled person.

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #36 please! Progress: 15/16

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

19/26

[Anna]

Update to message #50

17/20 - and I would like to increase my goal to 30, so make that 17/30, please

Prompts
🗺️ 1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents
No Crying in the Operating Room: My Life as an International Relief Doctor, from Haiti, to South Sudan, to the Syrian Civil War - North America, Africa and Asia
🟪 4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue.
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation - translated from Vietnamese
🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title.
Death on the Nile - has a bowler hat on the cover!
🟦 10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title.
Amazing Gems: An Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Dazzling Costume Jewelry
🔒 11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book.
To Kill a Mockingbird
💡 13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover.
The Unexpected Guest - car headlamps
🌸 14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own.
The Bitter Side of Sweet - characters are Malian and Ivorian
🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
🟥 24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own.
The Color Purple - the characters are African American, I am White and European
🟥 25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
🚂 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.)
Brave Companions: Portraits in History
👮‍♂️ 31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book.
A Time to Kill
🟩 33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own.
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 - both the author and Tolkien are male and I am female
🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title.
The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature
🚂 36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long.
The Archer
💍 39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title.
Celebrating Jewellery
🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?)
Profiles in Courage - Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #37

GOAL: 26/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

20/26

[Meg]

update msg 18 - 21/40

[Denise]

Update to #271:

29/40

[Amy]

Updated message 68-- 36/40 Grand Master

[Lisa Marie]

Update to Message #37 ~

GOAL: 27/38

[Chrissie]

Update message #44 - 8/10

[Caraina]

Update to message #62: 36/40 books read!

[Denise]

Update to msg. #271:
31/40

[Allie]

Update to Message #25
Progress 32/40
Master 🧵

🗺️ 🗺️1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents. The Women
🟪 🟪 2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title.

🎁🎁 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?) MARCH Ninth House
🚂🚂 6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc. Demon Copperhead
❓ ❓8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings. Neverwhere
🟦 🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own. House of Flame and Shadow
🔒 🔒11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book. The Bell Jar
💡 💡13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover.

🌸🌸 14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
🌸 🌸15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.

🚂🚂 16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name. Snobbery with Violence
🟠 🟠17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel. A Duty to the Dead
🎁 🎁 18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.) FEB29-MAR3 Rose Gold
🟠🟠 19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
🟠🟠 20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title.

🚿 🚿29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover.

👮‍♂️ 👮‍♂️31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book. Murder in the Marais
🟩 🟩33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own. The Woman in the Water
🎁 🎁34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?) FEBRUARY BUDDY READS Iron Flame
🟩 🟩35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title.

🚂 🚂36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long. The Red House Mystery
🧿 🧿38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title.

🧿🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?)SAMUEL JOHNSON AWARD FOR NON FICTION A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated to here!

Halfway through the year, 61% of our sign-ups have checked in with an update, reading 39% of our overall book goal. Eight players have completed the challenge: Beth, Brittany, Carmen, Janine, Lina, Sheila, Ziggy, and me! 👏

If you are one of the 26 readers who joined the challenge, but have not posted an update yet, please check in and tell us about your progress. 😊

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #4

3/20

[KSMary]

Hello!

I thought I had posted at some point but I obviously haven't. I have updated Post #17 with 36/40 completed.

[AJ]

Update to #55

Progress: 14/36/39

🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel.: Sea Change Ro's father works with marine life and traveled in the sea multiple times, one of the times being when he found Dolores the octupus.

🟠 19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own.: Counting the Cost Jill Duggar Dillard and I had notably different religious upbringings, though it is a good example of the spectrum of Christianity.

🚂 6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc.: Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life This was a Reese's Book Club pick, and there's an interview of Reese Witherspoon and Christie Tate discussing the book. I watched a snippet and it's wild to consider just how much I know about this woman!

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 37/40

[Denise]

Update to Msg. #271:

33/40

[Bryan]

Update post #26

30/40

🟨 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. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title. Jade City - Fonda Lee
🚂 36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long. Untethered Sky - Fonda Lee
🗺️ 1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents. Inferno - Dan Brown
🟪 2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
🔒 11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
🟦 10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman

[Meg]

update msg 18
26/40

[Brittany]

updated post 43

40/31

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 89. Progress: 9/16

[Denise]

Update to msg. #271:

34/40

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #4

4/20

[AJ]

Update to #55

Progress: 15/36/39

🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.: It's actually wild to me that this is pink, it's not what matches the book to me!

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35

21/40 completed

🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own. How We Fight For Our Lives DONE



🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It DONE



🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) Long Way Down DONE

[Julie]

updated message 106
11/20

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Creed wrote: "New message. Progress: 25/50"

Creed, welcome to the challenge, and happy reading! 👋

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated to here!

If you are missing prompt #18, the Community Chest: Readathon prompt, please note that we have the I Spy team readathon coming up in August.

You can read more about our readathons in general, and the I Spy readathon in particular in the readathon folder. Sign-ups are open until July 26th. Go to this thread to join.

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 38/40

[Laura]

Update to message #98

I'm in for 20! Challenge completed June 4.

Prompts:

Purple Properties:
✔️🟪 2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title.
🟪 4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue.
House 1: Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
House 2: Legacy by Nora Roberts
House 3:
House 4:
Hotel:

✔️Blue Properties:
✔️🟦 7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or head wear on the cover or in the title.
✔️🟦 9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own.
✔️🟦 10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title.
House 1: Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine by Janet Evanovich
House 2: Look Alive Twenty-five by Janet Evanovich
House 3: After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson
House 4: One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny
Hotel: The Heir Affair (Royal We, #2) by heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

Pink Properties:
🌸 12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title.
✔️🌸 14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own.
✔️🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.
House 1: The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
House 2: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
House 3: The Gown by Jennifer Robson
House 4:
Hotel:

Orange Properties:
✔️🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel.
🟠 19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own.
✔️🟠 20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title.
House 1: Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich
House 2: Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
House 3: The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
House 4: 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
Hotel:

Red Properties:
🟥 22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip.
✔️🟥 24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own.
✔️🟥 25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title.
House 1: My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
House 2: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
House 3:
House 4:
Hotel:

Yellow Properties:
🟨 27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel.
✔️🟨 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.
✔️🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title.
House 1: Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline
House 2: Verity by Colleen Hoover
House 3: The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
House 4:
Hotel:

Green Properties:
🟩 32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title.
✔️🟩 33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own.
🟩 35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title.
House 1: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
House 2:
House 3:
House 4:
Hotel:

Dark Blue Properties:
🧿 38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title.
✔️🧿 40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?)
House 1: Spare by Prince Harry (British Book Award for Non-fiction: Narrative and for Audiobook: Non-fiction)
House 2: Lesson in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Goodreads Choice 2022 winner)
House 3:
House 4:
Hotel:

Community Chest & Chance:
🎁 3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?)
✔️❓ 8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings.
Choice: Strictly Love by Julia Williams
🎁 18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.)
✔️❓ 23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions.
Choice: The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #1) by Philippa Gregory
🎁 34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?)
✔️❓ 37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating.
Choice: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Utilities:
✔️💡 13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover. More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
✔️🚿 29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

Railroads:
🚂 6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc.
🚂 16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name.
✔️🚂 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.) Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
🚂 36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long.
Choice: The End of The Affair by Graham Greene

Misc. Squares:
✔️🗺️ 1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents.
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
💲 5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title.
🔒 11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book.
🚘 21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes!
✔️👮‍♂️ 31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book.
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan
💍 39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title.

[Julie]

updated message 106
12/20

[Denise]

update to msg. #271:

35/40