Bibliopoly - 2024

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #4

7/20

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 50/40

[AJ]

Update to #55

24/36

🟪 4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue.: Minor Detail This was originally written in Arabic and translated into English.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Mid-September update posted

[Rachel]

Update : MSG #4

8/20

[Anna]

Update to message #50

23/30

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
🟪 2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title.
Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewels, and Nature
🟪 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
🌸 15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title.
The Mystery of the Blue Train - mine has train travelling through pink sunset on the cover
🟠 17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel.
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
🟠 19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own.
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri who is Hindu, as are most characters in the book
🟠 20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
🟥 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
🚿 29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover.
Five Little Pigs (mine has the view of the water on the cover)
🟨 30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title.
How to Wear Jewelry: 55 Styles
👮‍♂️ 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

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 52/40

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #5 - 35/40 books read!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Month-End September update posted!

[Regina]

Message 173 update: 26/36

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #4

9/20

[Laura]

Update for message 16: Progress 34/40

[Tammie]

can i join

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Tammie wrote: "can i join"

Absolutely, Tammie! You may count any books already read this year, plus any you read by the end of this year.

Read through the top posts and the linked thread for instructions, and be sure to use your post above (#418) as your original sign-up post number whenever you add new updates. Also, please add a message here including your goal.

Welcome, and enjoy the game!

[Greg]

Update to message 13:

39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title. 1356

11/20

[Julie]

updated message 106
16/20

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 54/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 55/40

[Emily]

Update to message #42

10/13

Completed prompt 31

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

23/26

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated!

Welcome, Tammie! Please post a new comment to let me know your goal. Thanks!

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35:

34/40 completed

🗺️ 1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents. The Refugees DONE


❓ 8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings. The Silent Patient DONE


🟦 10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title. A Monster Calls DONE


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


👮‍♂️ 31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces DONE

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 56/40

[Denise]

Update to #271:

38/40

[Chrissie]

Update message #44 - 13/15

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 57/40

[Rachel]

Update: MSG # 4

10/20

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

24/26 27

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #4
11/20

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 58/40

[Meg]

update m#18
40/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 59/40

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #5 - 38/40 books read

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 89. Progress: 14/16

[Laura]

Update for message 16: Progress 35/40

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Meg wrote: "update m#18
40/40"

Congratulations on reaching your goal, Meg!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Month-end update posted!

Two months left to complete this challenge. 😃

Stats
Participants: 68
Active: 45
Books Read: 1250
Book Goal: 2355
Completed: 13

Player Levels
🌿 1-5: Beginner - 3
🎩 6-10: Average - 6
🐶 11-15: Good - 6
🚢 16-20: Strong - 3
🚗 21-25: Expert - 6
👢 26-30: Advanced - 3
🧵 31-35: Master - 4
🐱 36-40: Grand Master - 14

[Rachel]

Update: MSG # 4

12/20

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 60/40

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 61/40

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #5 - 40/40 books read!
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Carri Carey wrote: "Update to message #5 - 40/40 books read!
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!"

Congratulations, Carri! 👏

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 62/40

[Chalmation]

Updated message #34

25/27

[Emily]

Update to message #42

11/13

Completed prompt 37

[Amy]

Updated message 58-- 63/40

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Mid-November Update!

Congratulations to Carri on reaching her goal! 😁

[Jennifer]

Updating message #35

36/40 completed

🟠 20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist DONE


🚘 21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes! Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen DONE

[Rachel]

Update : MSG # 4

13/20

[JennH, Cheerleader]

Update to message #12

58/58

Challenge completed! This was so much fun!