level 5 - Steeplechase - Pony Express

[Booknblues]

The Pony Express Steeplechase.
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-5
Participants will add the tag Italy and choose 4 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier.

Joy D - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Olivermagnus -https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nancy J https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Tien https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ellen https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Robin P https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jen K https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Theresa https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Joy D]

Pony Express - Joy D and Hippocrates

Spinner will have numbers 1-5.

🐉1. Small town - Spin 1 = 1 - 3/21
2. nonfiction
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
🐉4. Asia - Spin 2 = 3 - 3/22
🐉5. Plot twist - Spin 3 = 1 - 3/23
6. Quest
7. Italy 💙
🐉8. Aviation - Spin 4 = 3 - 3/24
9. Victorian
10. Race
11. Steampunk🔸
12. Quirky
🐉13. Feminism - Spin 5 = 5 - 3/25
🐉14. Fav - Spin 6 = 1 - 3/26
15. Criminal
16. The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle💙 - Spin 7 = 2 - initially landed here but used a +1 earned on 2/29
🐉17. Favorites🔸 - After the +1, landed here - 3/27
18. True Crime
19. Short (can be less than 150 pp.)
20. Classics 💙
🐉21. Fairytale - Spin 8 = 4 - 3/28
22. colonialism
23. Science Fiction💙
24. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
🐉 25. The Climbing Wall barrier - Spin 9 = 4 - 3/29
🐉26. secrets - Spin 10 = 1 - 3/30
27. western
28. survival💙
29. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle ♐
🐉30. dark - Spin 11 - 4 - 3/31
31. Detective
32. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
🐉33. mountaineering 💙 - Spin 12 = 3 - 4/1
34. revenge
35. Police
🐉36. World Literature 🔸 - Spin 13 = 3 - 4/2
37. LatinX (BookConcierge)
38. Put on your Wings Hurdle 💙
39. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
40. Hollywood
41. Farm
42. Pogo Stick Hurdle ♐
43. Mermaids
🐉44. spooky - Spin 14 = 5 + 3 = 8 - 4/3
45. speculative fiction ♐
🐉46. Hoopla - Spin 15 = 2 - 4/4
47. Maritime ♐
48. letters
49. Cities (Robin P)
🐉 50. Trophy Fixed Barrier - Spin 16 = 4 - 4/5
51. addiction
52. Disasters
🐉53. sf-masterworks - Spin 17 - 3 - 4/6
54. Novella
55. Caribbean (Cora)
56. Egypt
57. The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier 💙
🐉58. Whodunit - Spin 18 - 5 - 4/7

Saved Benefits:(view spoiler)[
- 2/10 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/11 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/13 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/14 - Monumental Monday earned +2 spaces
- 2/16 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/17 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/18 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/19 - move two spaces with a spin
- 2/23 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/24 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/25 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/26 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space - used 3/27
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 2/29 - leap day benefit - move 1 space
- 3/1 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/2 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/6 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/7 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/8 - move two spaces with a spin
- 3/8 - Mammoth March +3 spaces
- 3/9 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/11 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/12 - Mammoth March +3 spaces
- 3/18 - Mammoth March + 5 spaces
- 3/20 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/22 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/23 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/25 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/26 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/27 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/28 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 3/29 - move +3 with a spin (The Climbing Wall Barrier)
- 3/30 - move 2 spaces with a spin
- 4/6 - Move 2 spaces with a spin
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Level 1 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Tags read in Level 1: Time, Did Not Finish, Drama, Scandinavia, Slice of Life, Translated, Space Opera, Multiple POV, Beach Reads, Hilarious, Mafia, Abandoned, Sea (2), Canada, Environment, Geography

Hurdles completed in Level 1: Double Jump, Puddle Jumper, Hardenbergia Trellis

Grab bag tag read in Level 1: Environmental

Game Points in Level 1: 65
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Level 2 Summary:(view spoiler)[
🔹Level 2 - Added School Books, Culture, & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle

Points for Level 2: 73
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73=138

Tags read in level 2: aging, short stories, debut, animals, journey, southern fiction, crime, nature, women writers, book to screen, time travel, STEM, New Orleans, marriage, fun, literary fiction, ghosts

Hurdles completed in level 2: Fixed Barrier Swing Set, Donneybrook Water Feature

Grab bag tags read in level 2: childhood favorites (Swing Set Hurdle), dragons (monumental challenge), love (monumental challenge, Asian literature (monumental)

Replaced Graphic Novels with Travel (Swing Set reward) (hide spoiler)]

Level 3 Summary: (view spoiler)[
🔶Added Steampunk + Favorites and World Literature from Grab Bag; Added Rose Hedge Hurdle

Tags read in level 3: school books, technology, asian literature, norway, ireland, travel, urban fantasy, mental health, coming of age, culture, made me cry, medieval, life changing, strong women, comedy, dystopia, medical, historical fiction

Hurdles completed in level 3: Rose Hedge

Grab bag tags read in level 3: wishlist (1 of 6)

Game Points in Level 3: 82
Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85=223
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Level 4 Summary: (view spoiler)[
Added speculative fiction
Added 3 tags from the grab bag (Bildungsroman, Adventure, Maritime)
Added The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle & Pogo Stick Hurdle

Tags Read in Level 4: bildungsroman, highly recommend, adventure, gothic, music, international, essays, linguistics, food, outdoors, sisters

Hurdles Completed in Level 4: Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge, The Old Mill Stream, Meditating in a Zen Garden

Grab bag tags read in level 4: cozy (for hurdle), books about books (2 of 6)

Extra tags: Diversity, Ireland, Rome and Ancient Rome (all from Mammoth March)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72=295 (hide spoiler)]

Level 5 Summary: (view spoiler)[
💙Added Italy
Added 4 from grab bag (Classics, Science Fiction, Survival, mountaineering)
Added The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle, and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier
📚📕

Tags read in level 5: small town, asia, plot twist, aviation, feminism, fav, favorites, fairytale, secrets, dark, mountaineering, world literature, spooky, hoopla, sf-masterworks, whodunit

Hurdles Completed in Level 5: The Climbing Wall Barrier, Trophy Fixed Barrier

Grab bag tags read in level 5:

Extra tags: fantasy-romance (for Hurdle-Trophy Fixed Barrier)

Total Points So Far All Levels: 65+73+85+72+73=368
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[Joy D]

Detail of Spins:

Spin 1 = 1 - 3/21
1. small town x6
Main Street - 4 stars - 3/22
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 2

Spin 2 = 3 - 3/22
4. asia x7
also coming of age x36
Mister Pip - 4 stars - 3/23
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 8

Spin 3 = 1 - 3/23
5. plot twist x40
also coming of age x43
It Ends with Us - 2 stars - 3/24
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 14

Spin 4 = 3 - 3/24
8. aviation x19
The Hunters - 3 stars - 3/25
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 16

Spin 5 = 5 - 3/25
13. feminism x69
also tagged coming of age x18
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - 2 stars - 3/26
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 22

Spin 6 = 1 - 3/26
14. fav x6
also tagged coming of age x17
The Eight Mountains - 4+ stars - 3/27
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 28

Spin 7 = 2 - 3/27
16. Frozen Tundra - used a +1 from 2/29 to move to:
17. Favorites x110
also tagged coming of age x37
Indignation - 3 stars - 3/28
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 34

Spin 8 = 4 - 3/28
21. fairytale x10
also tagged coming of age x40
Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 4 stars - 3/29
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 40

Spin 9 = 4 - 3/29
25. The Climbing Wall Barrier
Move Ellen & Purrito up to 15 spaces
Points: 3 (hurdle)
Points this level: 43
also earned a "move +3 with a spin"

Spin 10 = 1 - 3/30
26. secrets x11
also coming of age x160
The Knife of Never Letting Go - 4 stars - 3/31
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Points this level: 49

Spin 11 - 4 - 3/31
30. dark x22
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories - 4 stars - 4/1
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 51

Spin 12 = 3 - 4/1
33. mountaineering x233
Touching the Void - 5 stars - 4/2
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 53

Spin 13 = 3 - 4/2
36. World Literature x10
Foucault's Pendulum - 4.5 stars - 4/3
641 pages: https://www.amazon.com/Foucaults-Pend...
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag) + 3 (over 600 pages) = 5
Points this level: 58
Next spin will add +3 spaces

Spin 14 = 5 + 3 = 8 - 4/3
44. spooky x22
Foe - 4 stars - 4/4
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 60

Spin 15 = 2 - 4/4
46. hoopla x12
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - 3 stars - 4/5
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 62

Spin 16 = 4 - 4/5
50. Trophy Fixed Barrier
Starling House - 2 stars - 4/6
Tagged fantasy romance x38
Move 2 spaces with a spin - saved
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 3 (hurdle) + 4 (PBT tag) = 7
Points this level: 69

Spin 17 - 3 - 4/6
53. sf-masterworks x121
Roadside Picnic - 4 stars - 4/7
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 71

Spin 18 = 5 - 4/7
58. Whodunit x20
Sleeping Murder - 3 stars - 4/8
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points: 2 (tag)
Points this level: 73

Spin 19 = x - 4/8
No matter the spin, I will move off the Board today

Round completed 4/8/24

[Theresa]

Oh Fran, this is soooo cool!

Joy - you will have such fun.

[Olivermagnus]

The Pony Express Steeplechase - Olivermagnus & Domino

Spinner will have numbers 1-5

Added:
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Put on Your Wings Hurdle 🐾
The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle 🐾
The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier 🐾

Italy 🐾
Suspense 🐾
Guilty Pleasures 🐾
Adventure 🐾
Paris 🐾
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1. Renaissance
🎠 2. Asia
3. Plot Twist
🎠 4. Put on Your Wings Hurdle 🐾
5. Italy 🐾
6. Aging
7. Book Boyfriends 🎐
8. Tortoise and Hare Box Wood Hedge and Topiary
9. Aviation
10. Victorian
11. Suspense 🐾
🎠 12. FBI 🎐
13. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
🎠 14. Feminism
🎠 15. Criminal
🎠 16. Rose Hedge Hurdle 🔺
17. Guilty Pleasures 🐾
18. Adventure 🐾
🎠 19. Slice of Life
20. Translated
21. Paris 🐾
22. Journey
23. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
24. Southern Fiction
25. Coming of Age
🎠 26. Multiple POV
27. Secrets
28. Dark
29. Pogo Stick Hurdle 🎐
🎠 30. Artificial Intelligence
31. Double Jump Fixed Barrier
🎠 32. Made-Me-Cry
33. Essays
34. Pirates
35. Fixed Barrier Swing Set Hurdle
36. Mermaids
🎠 37. Time Travel
🎠 38. Hoopla
39. Abandoned
40. Trophy Fixed Barrier
41. Strong Women
🎠 42. The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier 🐾
43. Addiction
44. Speculative Fiction 🎐
45. The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle 🐾
46. SF-Masterworks
🎠 47. Hardenbergia Trellis Hurdle
48. Comedy
49. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle 🎐
50. Canada
🎠 51. Ghosts
52. Environment
53. Historical Fiction


🎠 Roll 1 = 2 - Asia - 291 tags
The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See - 5 Stars - 3/24/24
Review
Coming of Age - 32 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 2 = 2 - Put on Your Wings Hurdle
Double Your Next Roll
Points = 3 for Hurdle

Roll 3 = 4 x 2 = 8 - FBI - 6 tags
The Perfect Husband - Lisa Gardner - 3 Stars - 3/26/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 4 = 2 - Feminism - 1,112 tags
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus - 3/27/24
Review
Coming of Age - 19 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 5 = 2 - Rose Hedge Hurdle - Moved back 1 to Criminal
Points = 3 for Hurdle
🐎 Criminal - 6 tags
The Housemaid - Freida McFadden - 3 Stars - 3/28/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 6 = 4 - Slice of Life - 18 tags
Heartstopper: Volume Five - Alice Oseman - 4 Stars - 3/29/24
Review
Coming of Age - 96
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Spin 7 = 2 - Paris - 6 tags
Personal - Lee Child - 3 Stars - 3/30/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Spin 8 = 5 - Multiple POV - 6 tags
Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - 4 Stars - 3/31/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Spin 9 = 4 - Artificial Intelligence - 7 tags
Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 4 Stars - 4/1/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 115 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Spin 10 = 2 - Made Me Cry - 24 tags
Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas - 4 Stars - 4/2/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 1,073 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Spin 11 = 5 - Time Travel - 1,210 tags
Just One Damned Thing After Another - Jodi Taylor - 4.5 Stars - 3/3/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 6 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Spin 12 = 1 - Hoopla - 9 tags
The Night Swim - Megan Goldin - 3.5 Stars - 4/4/24
Review
Points: 2 (tag)

🎠 Roll 13 = 4 - The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier
Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan - 4 Stars - 4/5/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 198 tags
Hurdle = 3 pts
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

🎠 Roll 14 = 5 - Hardenbergia Trellis Hurdle
Read an extra book that fits the tag you read last and if your book mentions a plant, please give us a quote and page number to receive an additional 2 spaces to the spin of your choice.
Last tag = Hoopla - 9 tags
Strange Love - Ann Aguirre - 3.5 Stars - 4/6/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 13 tags
Loc 1026 - "You're growing attack petunias somewhere?"
Hurdle = 3 points
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6
Quote = 2 extra spaces - used in Spin 15

🎠 Roll 15 = 2 + 2 = 4 - Ghosts - 28 tags
Foxglove - Adalyn Grace - 4 Stars - 4/7/24
Review
Fantasy Romance - 102 tags
Points: 2 (tag) + 4 (PBT tag) = 6

Roll 16 = 5 - Off the Board


Points - 73

Bonus
Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 6 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose

Spins = 18

[Olivermagnus]

Res

Game Points
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Cum Points = 356

Round 4 - Mongolian Ironman Steeplechase
Total Points = 112 points

Round 3 - Grand Marathon Steeplechase
Total Points = 116 points

Round 2 - Profound Endurance Steeplechase
Total Points = 76

Round 1 - Grand Pardubice Steeplechase
Total Points = 52
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♠ Tags Removed in Round 1
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Time
Asian Literature
Quirky
Scandinavia
Norway
Fairytale
Colonialism
Nature
Book to Screen
Hollywood
Beach Reads
Mafia
STEM
Medieval
Outdoors
Marriage
Dystopia
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♠ Hurdles Removed in Round 1
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Climbing Wall Barrier
Donnybrook Water Feature
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♠ Round 1 Bonus and Spaces
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Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose -
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 8 - Climbing Wall Barrier - 3 space move to use when you please
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 19 - Donnybrook Water Feature - Free pass to skip the next tag you wish to avoid and move to the one immediately after.

Cumulative Points = 52
Spaces - 9
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♠ Tags Removed in Round 2
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Nonfiction
Did Not Finish
Drama
True Crime
Graphic Novels
Mental.Health
Music
Western
Women Writers
LatinX
Hilarious
Spooky
Food
Letters
Life Changing
Literary Fiction
Whodunnit
Medical
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♠ No Hurdles Removed in Round 2

♠ Tags and Hurdles Added in Round 2
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Arranged Marriage 🔹
School Books 🔹
Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle 🔹
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♠ Round 2 Bonus and Spaces
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Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 16 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose

Total Points - 76
Spaces - 18
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♠ Tags Removed in Round 3
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Arranged Marriage
Technology
Short Stories
Debut
Fav
Ireland
Espionage
Short
Urban Fantasy
Space Opera
Retelling
Detective
Revenge
Black-Lives-Matter
Farm
Puddle Jumper Hurdle
New Orleans - completed on Magic Monday
Fun
Sisters
Caribbean
Egypt
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♠ Hurdles Removed in Round 3
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Meditating in the Zen Garden Hurdle
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♠ Tags and Hurdles Added in Round 3
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Steampunk 🔺
Espionage 🔺
Noir 🔺
Rose Hedge Hurdle 🔺
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♠ Round 3 Bonus Point and Spaces
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Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 3 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Monumental Monday - Heart Principle - 6 points & 5 spaces
Monumental Monday - Seamstress of New Orleans - 2 points & 2 spaces
Completed Tags - Love, San Francisco, New Orleans
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - Zen Garden Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 14 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 15 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - Puddle Jumper Hurdle = 3 points
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Leap Day Benefit - 2/29/24 - 4 x 1 space = 4 spaces
Roll 20 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 21 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose

Total Points = 116 points
Total Extra Spaces = 32
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♠ Tags Removed in Round 4
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Small Town
Quest
Race
Highly Recommend
Steampunk
Animals
London
School Books
Noir
Gothic
Crime
Police
International
Linguistics
Cities
Sea
Disasters
Novella
Geography
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♠ No Hurdles Removed in Round 4

♠ Tags and Hurdles Added in Round 4
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Book Boyfriends 🎐
FBI 🎐
London 🎐
Speculative Fiction 🎐
Pogo Stick Hurdle 🎐
Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle 🎐
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♠ Round 4 Bonus Point and Spaces
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112 points
36 spaces

Roll 1 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 2 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 4 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 5 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 6 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 7 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 8 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 9 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 10 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 11 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 12 - Mammoth March = 5 points and 3 spaces 🔺
Roll 13 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
Roll 17 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they Mammoth Monday - 7 points and 5 spaces 🔺
Roll 19 - PBT Monthly Tag - 2 spaces with a spin when they choose
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♠ Tags Removed in Round 5:
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Asia
FBI
Feminism
Criminal
Slice of Life
Paris 🐾
Multiple POV
Artificial Intelligence
Made-Me-Cry
Time Travel
Hoopla
Ghosts
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♠ Hurdles Removed in Round 5
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Put on Your Wings Hurdle
Rose Hedge Hurdle
The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier 🐾
Hardenbergia Trellis Hurdle
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♠ Tags and Hurdles Added in Round 5
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Italy 🐾
Suspense 🐾
Guilty Pleasures 🐾
Adventure 🐾
Paris 🐾

Put on Your Wings Hurdle 🐾
The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier 🐾
The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle 🐾
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[NancyJ]

Level 5 Pony Express Steeplechase - Nancyj and Darwin

Spinner will have numbers 1-5
🔸Added in Level 5
Participants will add the tag Italy and choose 4 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags - Space, Adventure, Science-Fiction, Suspense. Add The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier.


1. Nonfiction - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
2. Renaissance (Theresa) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️3. Asia - Daughter of the Moon Goddess
✅🎗️4. Plot twist - Fable
5. 🔸Italy
6. Time - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
7. Did not finish - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
8. Technology - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️9.🔸 Space - Strange Love
✅10. {{Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary}}
11. Victorian - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
12. Short Stories - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
13. Highly Recommend (KT) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
14. Drama - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅15. {{The Old Mill Stream Water Feature}}
✅🎗️New tag Zombies Magic Bites
16. 🔸Adventure - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
17. Scandinavia (Hilde) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
18. Norway - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
19. Criminal - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
20. True Crime - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
21. ▪️{{Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle}}
22. Translated - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

🔹Add 3 spaces to 5 spin
✅🎗️23. Fairytale - The Bear and the Nightingale
24. Journey - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
25. ▪️{{Pogo Stick Hurdle}}
✅🎗️26. Gothic - Nettle & Bone
27. Music - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
28. {{The Climbing Wall Barrier}}
29. Western - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
🔹add 1 space top spin of 3.
✅🎗️30. Retellings -. Fairest https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
31. Detective - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
32. {{Double Jump fixed barrier}}
33. International (Olivermagnus) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️34. Pirates - Namesake
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
35. Hollywood - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
36. 🔸{{Put on your wings hurdle}}
✅37. Beach Reads -. Cress
38. Farm - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... - chickens
✅39. Mermaids - Mermaid of Black Conch
40. spooky - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... -
41. 🔸{{Bookshelf Fixed Barrier}}
42. Classics (replaced Mafia) -https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅43. Hoopla - Clean Sweep https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
44. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
45. Cities (Robin P) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
46. ▪️Fantasy -https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
47. Medieval - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅48.🔸The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle Spinning Silver
✅49. Sea (Lyn) - Saint
50. Marriage - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
51. Disasters - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
52. SF-masterworks - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅53. {{Hardenbergia Trellis}} The Seas
54. 🔸Science Fiction
55. Dystopia - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
56. {{Donnybrook water feature}}
57. Canada (Library Cin) - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅58. Egypt - SWAP from grabbag environmental Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
59. Medical - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
✅🎗️60. Historical fiction - A Stitch in Time
✅🎗️61. 🔸 Suspense Slave to Sensation


Tags completed = 14 + zombies, winter +

[NancyJ]

NancyJ Level 5 Tracking Log

12 tag match books, 1 regular 4 hurdles
Points earned = 12*6 + 2+2+3+5+5+5= 94 ✔️
Earth day points = 34✔️
Total points = 128✔️

Rewards(2spaces) = 12x = 24 spaces
Extra Rewards (5 spaces) = 5 spaces
Earth day (2 spaces) = 9x = 18
(3 spaces) = 2x = 6
(10 spaces= 1x = 10
Total spaces = 63



Rewards spent= 3+1+3



Spin 1 (4/3) = 3. Asia ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 spaces
Spin 2 (4/5) = 1 - 4. Plot twist ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 spaces
Spin 3 (4/6) = 5 - 9. Space ✅🎗️6 pt, 2 spaces
Spin 4 (4/7) = 1 - 10. Tortoise and Hare Hurdle. Move 5 spaces ahead. 3 points
- - - 15. Old Mill Stream Hurdle. Read & review a book that's totally out of your wheelhouse (it is a good idea to choose something from the grabbag.). Picked zombies 3 points + 2 pt +?
- - -✴️ Zombies.✅🎗️
Spin 5 (4/9) = 5. 🔹Add 3 spaces from MM bank - 23. Fairytale.✅🎗️6 pt, 2 s
Spin 6 (4/10)=3. 26. Gothic. ✅🎗️6 p, 2 s
Spin 7 (4/11)=3 🔹add 1 space. 30. Retelling ✅🎗️6 p, 2 s
(4/12) Spin 8= 1🔹add 3 spaces. 34. Pirates✅🎗️6 p, 2s
(4/15) Spin 9=3. 37. Beach reads.✅🎗️6 pts, 2 sp
(4/16) Spin 10=2. 39. Mermaids✅ 2 pts
(4/17) Spin 11=4. 43. Hoopla✅🎗️6 pts, 2 sp
(4/18) Spin 12 = 5. 48. Frozen tundra hurdle.ice book. ✅🎗️✴️ 5 pts
(4/20) Spin 13 = 1. 49. Sea✅🎗️ 6 points, 2 spaces
(4/22) Spin 14 = 4. 53. Hardenbergia Trellis. Read another sea book. ✅ 5 points
(4/23) Spin 15 =5. 58. Egypt. Grab-bag environmental ✅ 2
(4/25) Spin 16= 2. 60. ✅🎗️historical fiction 6 pt, 2 sp
Spin 17= 1 61. 🎗️✅suspense 6 pt, 2 sp

——-
Completed:
✅🎗️4/5/34. Spin 1 = 3. Asia. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan.
103 Asia tags, 2 points, 🎗️198 fantasy romance tags, 4 pt, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️4/6/24- Spin 2= 1 - 4. Plot twist Fable by Adrienne Young
6 Plot twist, 2 pts, 🎗️169 fantasy romance, 4 pts, 2 space
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 3 - 5. Space
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
13 space tags, 2 points, 12 fantasy romance tags, 4 points, 2 spaces
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅Spin 4. Tortoise and Hare hurdle. 3 pts. Move 5
✅Old Mill Stream hurdle. 3 pts. Read a book outside your wheelhouse
✅🎗️Zombies. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
57 Zombies tags, 2 pts 🎗️158 fantasy romance tags. 4 pts, 2 sp
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹add 3 spaces
✅🎗️Spin 5 (4/10/24) - 23. Fairytale. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. 232 Fairytale tags, 2 points, 95 fantasy romance tags, 4 pts, 3 spaces.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️Spin 6 (4/11/24) - 26. Gothic. Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher.
62 gothic tags, 2 pt, 33 fantasy romance tags, 4 pt, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹Add 1 space from MM
✅🎗️Spin 7 (4/12/24) - 30. Retellings, Fairest by Marissa Meyer,
1000 retelling tags, 2 pts, 25 fantasy romance tags, 4 pts, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔹Add 3 spaces from MM
✅🎗️(4/15)Spin 8 - 34. Pirates. Namesake by Adrienne Young
293 Pirates tags, 2 pts. 🎗️54 fantasy romance tags, 4 pts, 2 spaces
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️(4/16). Spin 9 - 37. Beach Reads. Cress by Marissa Meyer
6 Beach reads tags, 🎗️108 fantasy romance tags 6 pt, 2 sp
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ (4/17/24) Spin 10- 39. Mermaids. The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Coffey, 3.5 stars.
65Mermaid tags, 2 points
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️(4/18/24) Spin 11 - 43. Hoopla. Clean Sweep. By Ilona Andrews. 32 hoopla tags, 🎗️77 fantasy romance tags. - 6 pts, 2 sp
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️(4/20/24) Spin 12 - 48. Frozen Tundra Hurdle. 3 pts
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, 10 winter tags, 2 pts, 🎗️fantasy romance tags 4 pts, 2 spaces ??check
✴️New tag winter
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ 🎗️(4/21) Spin 13. 49. Sea. Saint by Adrienne Young. 6 sea tags, 2 points , 15 fantasy romance, 4 pts, 2 sp
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ (4/23)Spin 14. Hardenbergia Trellis. Read another Sea book. The Seas by Samantha Hunt. 9 sea tags, no f-r, 2 points+ hurdle 3 pts
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅ (4/24) Spin 15. 58. Egypt. Swap from grab-bag = Environmental.
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change. 2 pts
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🚩add Earth Day Reading

✅🎗️4/27. - 60. Historical fiction. A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong.
93 Historical Fiction tags, 2 pts, 🎗️15 Fantasy Romance tags, 4 pt, 2 spaces
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

✅🎗️4/28 - 61. Suspense. Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh, 44 Suspense tags, 2 pts 🎗️151 Fantasy Romance tags, 4 pt, 2 sp
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Earth day Bonus reading
Earth Day Bonus tags
✴️ Earth = Losing Earth: A Recent History - 5 earth tags
✴️Plastic = Plastic: A Toxic Love Story - 6 plastic tags
✴️Climate = Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change 15 climate tags
✴️Recycling= One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 29 recycling tags AND All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff 6 garbage tags, (5 recycling)
Earth day = The Lorax 23 earth day tags (and other garbage and earth books)

Tags completed = 14 + 2 extra hurdle bonus tags (winter, zombies) + 2 other hurdles + 4 April earth day bonus tags = Climate, Earth, Plastic, Recycling (2 children’s books) , and maybe earth day, garbage
Total = 20 tags

Points and spaces

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for an example of either plastic(s) or planet(s) used in a book you are reading. You can only count this once. = 2 points and 2 spaces (or 4+4?)
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story - plastics
Clean Sweep - planets

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a picture on the cover of either plastic or a planet. Please post a picture of the cover. You may post one book for each. = 4 points + 4 spaces


o - 3 points and 3 spaces for a book in which the title contains either of the words plastic(s) or planet(s) You may post one book for each.
=6 points and 6 spaces
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
Lonely Planet Kids 101 Small Ways to Change the World

o - 2 points and 2 spaces for a book which meets the 5-person limit for the following tags:
= 5 or 6 matches 10-12 points and spaces
You may post one book for each.
Earth = Losing Earth: A Recent History - 5 earth tags
Plastic = Plastic: A Toxic Love Story - 6 plastic tags
Climate = Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change 15 climate tags
Recycling= One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 29 recycling tags. AND All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff 6 garbage tags, (5 recycling)
Earth day = The Lorax 23 earth day tags (and several other garbage and earth day books)

Total = 22 points and 22 spaces

Renaming Level 2 & Level 3
Idea= 2 points , 2 spaces
Accepted = 10 points , 10 spaces

Total earth day rewards= 34 points, 34 spaces
2 spaces*9= 18
3 spaces *2= 6
10 spaces*1=10:

[Tien]

☄️The Pony Express Steeplechase. - Tien and Solgaleo:☄️

1. Small town
2. nonfiction,
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. insects ****
5. steampunk**
6. adventure*
7. Italy**** 41x Angelica's Smile (Commissario Montalbano #17) by Andrea Camilleri -Completed 05/26
8. aliens**
9.  Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary
10. regency**
11. seasons ****
12. Race
13. Asian Literature (Patty)
14. culture ****
15. Drama 22x The Camel Club (The Camel Club #1) by David Baldacci -Completed 05/29
16. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle*
17. circus ****
18. Feminism
19. Scandinavia (Hilde)
20. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle***
21. Criminal
22. True Crime
23. Animals 12x The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott -Completed 05/30
24. Short (can be less than 150 pp)
25. Put On Your Wings Hurdle ****
26. Translated
27. speculative fiction*** 41x Early Riser by Jasper Fforde -Completed 06/01
28. urban fantasy
29. Journey
30. Space Opera (Sue)
31.  The Climbing Wall barrier Completed 06/02
32. Southern Fiction (Holly)
33. Multiple POV (Diana)
34. secrets
35. western
36. nature 245x The Peregrine by J.A. Baker -Completed 06/03
37. zombie***
38. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
39. revenge
40.  The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier ****
41. Book to screen 6x The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman -Completed 06/04
42. LatinX (BookConcierge)
43. sapphic***
44. Pirates 11x Pirate Queen: The Life of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603 by Judith Cook -Completed 06/05
45.  Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
46. linguistics
47. Mermaids 15x The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen -Completed 06/06
48. spook
49. mafia
50. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
51.  Trophy Fixed Barrier Ghost Book by Remy Lai -Completed 06/07
52. Outdoors (Linda Nielson) #
53. Strong women
54. Rose Hedge Hurdle
55. marriage
56. sf-masterworks
57.  Hardenbergia Trellis
58. Comedy
59. Dystopia 5x Psynode (Orphancorp #2) by Marlee Jane Ward -Completed 06/08
60. Novella (can be less than 150 pp.)
61. The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle ****
62. Egypt
63. Ghosts (Amy)
64. Environment 144x Underland by Robert Macfarlane -Completed 06/11
65. Geography (Ellen)

Spin 1: 5 (+2 advantage) #7. Italy**** 41x Angelica's Smile (Commissario Montalbano #17) by Andrea Camilleri + 59x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/26

Spin 2: 4 (2x +2 advantage) #15. Drama 22x The Camel Club (The Camel Club #1) by David Baldacci + 157x May tag (crime) -Completed 05/29

Spin 3: 4 (2x +2 advantage) #23. Animals 12x The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott -Completed 05/30

Spin 4: 4 #27. speculative fiction*** 41x Early Riser by Jasper Fforde + 7x May tag (crime) -Completed 06/01

Spin 5: 4 #31.  The Climbing Wall barrier - moved Lyn 14 spaces Completed 06/02

Spin 6: 5 #36. nature 245x The Peregrine by J.A. Baker -Completed 06/03

Spin 7: 5 #41. Book to screen 6x The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman + 29x June tag (europe) -Completed 06/04

Spin 8: 3 #44. Pirates 11x Pirate Queen: The Life of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603 by Judith Cook -Completed 06/05

Spin 9: 3 #47. Mermaids 15x The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen -Completed 06/06

Spin 10: 2 (+2 advantage) #51.  Trophy Fixed Barrier Ghost Book by Remy Lai -Completed 06/07

Spin 11: 4 (2x +2 advantage) #59. Dystopia 5x Psynode (Orphancorp #2) by Marlee Jane Ward -Completed 06/08

Spin 12: 5 #64. Environment 144x Underland by Robert Macfarlane + 13x June tag (europe) -Completed 06/11

Spin 13: 2 ---> onto The Appalachian Steeplechase Track


*ADVANTAGES (for future use)
From Level 4:
⏭️ 10x: can move 2 spaces with a spin
used 1 for Spin 1 - left 9x
used 2 for Spin 2 - left 7x
used 2 for Spin 3 - left 5x
used 1 for Spin 10 - left 4x
used 2 for Spin 11 - left 2x
⏭️ Puddle Jumper --> a pass to move forward 2 spaces
⏭️ Raven's Roose Red Rose Hedge (Spin 7): can move 2 spaces whenever (earned 05/08)
⏭️ Spin 1: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 2: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 4: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 7: can move 2 spaces with a spin
⏭️ Spin 12: can move 2 spaces with a spin

GAME POINTS
Total books/tags read: 12 x 2 points = 22
Extras:
Spin 1: 4 points
Spin 2: 4 points
Spin 4: 4 points
Spin 5: 3 points
Spin 7: 4 points
Spin 10: 3 points
Spin 12: 4 points
Level 5: 48
Level 4: 90
Level 3: 50
Level 2: 66
Level 1: 58
Total: 312

SWAPS
-->from now on, any swaps will have to be purchased by game points
Swap 1: 10 points
Swap 2: 25 points
Swap 3: 50 points
Swap 4: 50 points
...

Tags removed from grabbag
1. adventure (added to Level 2 - #7)
2. aliens (added to Level 3 - #10)
3. alternate history
18. books-about-books (added to Level 4 - #34)
20. circus (added to Level 5 - #17)
23. cozy
25. culture (added to Level 5 - #14)
27. espionage
29. favorites
41. indonesia
42. insects (added to Level 5 - #4)
65. regency (added to Level 3 - #12)
68. royalty
69. sapphic (added to Level 4 -- #48)
70. science fantasy
72. seasons (added to Level 5 - #11)
81. suspense
88. zombie (added to Level 4 -- #40)

Level 4 Racetrack

[Ellen]

Ellen and Purrito's Pony Express Steeplechase

1. Small town
2. Awesome books
3. Plot twist
4. Quest
5. Time
6. London
7. Technology
8. Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle
9. Aviation
10. Victorian
11. Short stories
12. Asian Literature
13. Beach
14. Favorites
15. School books
16. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
17. Debut
18. Feminism
19. Norway
20. FBI
21. Ireland
22. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle
23. Books to movies
24. Cozy
25. Short (can be less than 150p)
26. Translated
27. Italy
28. Urban fantasy
29. Sequel
30. Raven's Roost Red Rose Hedge
31. Space opera
32. Rose Hedge Hurdle
33. Coming of age
34. Multiple POV
35. Western
36. Dark
37. Artificial Intelligence
38. Revenge
39. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
40. Made me cry
41. International
42. Essays
43. Put On Your Wings Hurdle
44. Hilarious
45. Mafia
46. Food
47. Time travel
48. Abandoned
49. Cities
50. New Orleans
51. Outdoors
52. Sea
53. Marriage
54. Disasters
55. *Wishlist* replaces SF Masterworks per Swing Set Hurdle
56. Pogo Stick Hurdle
57. Literary fiction
58. Dystopia
59. Bookshelf Fixed Barrier
60. Canada
61. Egypt
62. Speculative fiction
63. Medical
64. Geography

Spin #1 = 2 Awesome books
To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 8 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #2 = 3 Time
Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 24 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #3 = 1 London
The Widow - Fiona Barton
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 11 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
matches the monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #4 = 2 Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle
Snowy Setting
The Writing Retreat - Julia Bartz
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Matches the monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #5 = 1 Aviation
The Dog Stars - Peter Heller
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 12 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches the monthly tag for +2 and 4 points

Spin #6 = 4 Beach
Beach Trip - Cathy Holton
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 9 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #7 = 3 The Old Mill Stream Water Feature - Zombie
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - Max Brooks
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 370 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #8 = 3 Norway
Blood on Snow - Jo Nesbo
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 53 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #9 =2 Ireland
The Sea - John Banville
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 293 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #10 =4 Short
Lovers at the Museum - Isabel Allende
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 6 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #11 = 5 Raven's Roost Red Rose Hedge
Short
The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 76 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #12 =3 Coming of age
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...--
Tagged 341 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #13 =4 Artificial Intelligence
The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 28 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points
Tagged 8 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #14 = 4 International
In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 25 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points
Tagged 11 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #15 = 3 Hilarious
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 44 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points
Tagged 32 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #16 = 1 Mafia
Loyalty - Lisa Scottoline
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 7 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #17 = 4 Cities
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time - Jeff Speck
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 116 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #18 = 2 Outdoors
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail - Andrea Lankford
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 31 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #19 = 1 Sea
Treasure Island- Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 50 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag 41 times for +2 and 4 points

Spin #20 = 1 Marriage
Landline - Rainbow Rowell
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 93 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Matches monthly tag for +2 and 4 points.

Spin #21 = 5 Dystopia
Feed - M. T. Anderson
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 837 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Spin #22 = 4 Speculative Fiction
Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tagged 335 times
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

22 books x 2 = 44
3 hurdles x 3 = 9
8 matched monthly tag= 32
85 points
carrying 355 points to level 6

[Robin P]

ROBIN AND RAMBO THE RAMBOUILLET RAM RACETRACK
The Pony Express Steeplechase.
Book should be completed and reviewed.
Spinner will have numbers 1-5
Participants will add the tag Italy and choose 4 additional tags from the grab bag list of tags. The participant will place them on their board as they choose.
Add The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier.
- Added Adventure, Maritime, Guilty Pleasures and Fantasy

Extra spaces carried over - 52 +leap of 15
Extra spaces earned - 8
Total spaces - 58 +15
Extra spaces used - 16
Spaces available - 42 +15

From Summer Celebration - free tag from the grab bag to use when you choose, (used 10/3)
free tag of your choice (not necessarily from the grab bag), a jump of up to 15 spaces to use when you choose.
From Fixed Barrier Swing Set - replace a tag with one of your choice- used 9/20

Points from Level 1 - 59
Points from Level 2 - 38
Points from Level 3 - 52
Points from Level 4 - 62
Points from Level 5 - 31

1st spin 2, adding 7 from saved spaces
1. Small town
2. Renaissance (Theresa)
3. Plot Twist
4. Time
5. Technology
6. Aviation
7. Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle
8. Race
9. Asian Literature (Patty) - The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka - 6 tags
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 8/21
4 pts, 2 spaces for matching tag - 4pts
Next spin 5
10. Adventure
11. Drama
12. Debut
13. Norway
14. Fav The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho - 175 tags for Fav, 277 tags for 5 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 8/22 4 pts, 2 spaces for matching tag - 4 pts
Next spin 2
15. Criminal
16. Pogo Stick Hurdle - add 3 to next spin
Next spin 2+3, adding 4 more from saved spaces
17. Ireland
18. True Crime
19. Graphic Novels
20. Slice of life
21. Fairytale
22. Maritime
23. Put On Your Wings Hurdle
24. Urban fantasy
25. World Literature- Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata
30 tags, 5 tags for 5 Stars -
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-- 8/24
4 pts, 2 spaces for matching tag - 4 pts
Next spin 4
26. Journey
27. Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge
28. Guilty Pleasures
29. Italy - Shadows in Bronze -Lindsey Davis 15 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 9/13
**after this book, moving 14 spaces to Beach Reads per gift from Jen K landing on hurdle - 2 pts
30. The Climbing Wall barrier
31. Southern Fiction (Holly)
32. Secrets
33. Western
34. Dark
35. Fantasy
36. revenge
37. speculative fiction
38. Police
39. Double Jump fixed barrier
40. Book to screen
41. Essays
42. Hollywood
43. Beach Reads Class Mom - Laurie Gelman - 10 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... /18
Next spin 3, adding 4 from saved spaces - 2 pts
44. Farm
45. Wishlist
46. linguistics
47. Mermaids
48. spooky
49. Puddle Jumper - move forward 2
50. Time Travel- The Seven Year Slip - 616 tags
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 9/20 - 15 tags for SAD, 4 points, 2 spaces - 4 pts
Next spin 3
51. STEM
52. Trophy Fixed Barrier
53 New Orleans Memoir - Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... - 91 tags 9/20 - 2 pts
Next roll 4
54. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
55. Sea (Lyn)
56. Culture
57. The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier - read a tag I have already done this round - I choose Asian Literature - Dance Dance Dance - 76 tags
ReviewLhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 9/25
Next spin 5, adding 1 from saved spaces - 2 pts
58. Life changing
59. addiction
60. sf-masterworks
61. Hardenbergia Trellis
62. Comedy
63. Caribbean (Cora) - Where Dogs Bark with Their Tails: A Novel - 5 tags
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-- 10/3 - 2 pts
Next spin 2
64. Donnybrook water feature
65. Egypt using swap from summer celebration to swap for Historical Mystery - Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man - 13 tags 2 pts
Next spin 4, adding 2 from saved spaces to get to Rose Hedge Hurdle
66. Ghosts (Amy)
67. Whodunit
68. Meditating in a Zen Garden
69. Medical
70. Geography (Ellen)
71. Rose Hedge Hurdle - Les Nymphéas noirs
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... 10/18 = 3 pts

[Jen K]

Level 5: Steeplechase Pony Express- Jen and Maple

Level 4:
Total Points: 345 - Total Saved Spaces: 127

Tags Read- Level 1: Small town, nonfiction, Did not finish, Victorian, Short Stories, Feminism, Scandinavia (Hilde), Short, Space Opera, dark, revenge, Pirates, Hollywood, spooky, letters, Cities (Robin P), Life changing, Literary fiction, Medical, Dragons, Rome

Tags Read- Level 2: Quest, Asian Literature, True Crime, Fairytale, colonialism, secrets, Detective, Police, black-lives-matter (Shelly), mafia, STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C), abandoned, medieval. Fun, Sisters, Ghosts (Amy)

Tags Read- Level 3: Aging, Quirky, Norway, Ireland, slice of life, urban fantasy

Tags Read Level 4: Highly Recommend (KT), Criminal, Translated, nature, Book to screen, Beach Reads, hilarious, Food, New Orleans, Sea, marriage, Canada, Environment

Hurdle Completed- Level 1: Raven’s Roost Red Rose Hedge, Level 3- Tortoise and Hare box wood hedge and topiary, Level 4- The Climbing Wall barrier, Hardenbergia Trellis

Level 2 - Added School Books, Fantasy (from Grab Bag), & Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle, Rose Hedge Hurdle

Level 3 - Added Steampunk, Adventure and Aliens (from Grab Bag) & Rose Hedge Hurdle

Level 4 - Added Speculative Fiction and from Grab Bag- Alternate History, Angel and Awesome Books, The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle and Pogo Stick Hurdle

Level 5- Added Italy, The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier and from Grab Bag- Space, Speculative, Strong Female and wishlist

1. School Books
2. Fantasy
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist The Well of Ascension
6. Steampunk
7. Speculative Fiction
8. Time
9. Meditating in the Zen Garden
10. Technology
11. Alternate History
12. Aviation
13. Race
14. AdventureThe Mimicking of Known Successes
15. Space
16. Angel
17. Drama
18. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
19. Debut
20. Awesome Books
21. Fav
22. Speculative +3 of saved spaces- Boneshaker
23. The Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle
24. Aliens
25. Animals
26. Graphic Novels
27. Strong Female
28. Pogo Stick Hurdle
29. Journey
30. Mental Health (Nancy J)
31. Gothic
32. Music
33. The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier
34. Southern Fiction (Holly)
35. Coming of age
36. Multiple POV (Diana)
37. western Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp
38. Crime
39. wishlist
40. retellings
41. Women Writers (Jennifer Mays) *Swap for Favorites* Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts
42. artificial intelligence (Joy D)
43. Double Jump fixed barrier
44. made-me-cry
45. Italy
46. LatinX (BookConcierge) You Dreamed of Empires
47. International (Olivermagnus)
48. Essays
49. Fixed Barrier Swing Set hurdle
50. Farm
51. linguistics Drunk on All Your Strange New Words
52. Put on your Wings Hurdle
53. Mermaids
54. Puddle Jumper
55. Time Travel
56. Hoopla
57. Trophy Fixed Barrier
58. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
59. Strong women
60. addiction
61. The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle
62. Disasters
63. sf-masterworks
64. Comedy
65. Dystopia
66. Novella
67. Caribbean (Cora)
68. Donnybrook water feature
69. Egypt
70. Whodunit
71. Geography (Ellen)
72. Historical fiction

Spin 1: 5- Review 11/12: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Plot Twist x ; Steampunk x 26 = 2 + 4 points and 2 + 2 (500+ pages) spaces
Total Points: 351 - Total Saved Spaces: 131
** Big Book >500 pages

Spin 2: 2 + 2 for over 500 pages- Hurdle: Meditating in the Zen Garden
AI: Pages turn swiftly,
Familiar faces reveal—
Fate's dance rewrites all.

Mine: Whispers in the night,
Mists obscure the truth from all,
Fate blurred, paths diverge.

Spin 3: 5- Review 11/17: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Adventure x 6; Steampunk x 7 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 357 - Total Saved Spaces: 133

Spin 4: 5 + 3 (using saved spaces)- Review 11/19: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Speculative x 15; Steampunk x 2857 = 2 + 4 points and 2 - 3 spaces
Total Points: 363 - Total Saved Spaces: 132

Spin 5: 3 + 12 (using saved spaces)- Review 11/22: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Western x 66; Steampunk x 75 = 2 + 4 points and 2 - 12 spaces
Total Points: 369 - Total Saved Spaces: 122

Spin 6: 4 *Swapping out for Favorites*-Review 11/25: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Favorites x 7; Steampunk x 105 = 2 + 4 points and 2 spaces
Total Points: 375 - Total Saved Spaces: 124

Spin 7: 5- Review 11/30: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
LatinX x 19= 2 points
Total Points: 377 - Total Saved Spaces: 124

Spin 8: 5- Review:

[Theresa]

PONY EXPRESS STEEPLECHASE - LEVEL 5 - Part 1 - TRACK

Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow on Pony Express Steeplechse!

Carryover - 6 swaps - 1 11/20 = 5 -1 11/26 = 4 - 1 12/3 = 3
Spins: 1-5

Added from Grab Bag 4 - guilty pleasures, suspense, manga, jazz
Add Italy
Add The Frozen Tundra Snow Sculpture Hurdle, Put on your Wings Hurdle, and The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier

1. Small town
2. Rose Hedge Hurdle **
3. Renaissance (Theresa)
4. Asia
5. Plot twist
6. Quest
7. Speculative Fiction**
8. School Book**
9. Did not finish
10. Technology
11. Sahara Sand Sculpture Hurdle **
12. Aviation
13. Victorian - - 98x - A Perilous Undertaking = tag match 11x Steampunk
14. Race
15. Wishlist
16. Cozy**
17. Paris**
18. Drama
19. The Old Mill Stream Water Feature
20. Italy**
21. Feminism
22. Scandinavia (Hilde)
23. Norway
24. NYC**
25. Ireland
26. True Crime
27. Meditating in a Zen Garden Hurdle **
28. Graphic Novels - 215x - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 + tag match 351x Steampunk
29. Historical Mystery**
30. Guilty Pleasures**
31. Fairytale - replaced with Adventure from Grab Bag - tags 173x - Throne of Jade - matches monthly Steampunk Tag
32. urban fantasy
33. Journey
34. colonialism
35. Mental Health (Nancy J)
36. Space Opera (Sue)
37. Gothic
38. Music
39. The Climbing Wall barrier
40. Multiple POV (Diana)
41. western
42. Manga** - 329x Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 - Match Steampunk tag 250x
43. Crime
44. nature
45. Middle Ages**
46. Steampunk **
47. revenge - grab bag swap for alternate history - 10x Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3 - match steampunk tag 351x
48. Police
49. The Frozen Tundra Snow Festival Hurdle**
50. made-me-cry
51. Book to screen
52. LatinX (BookConcierge)
53. International (Olivermagnus)
54. black-lives-matter (Shelly)
55. Essays
56. Beach Reads
57. Classics**
58. Put on your Wings Hurdle**
59. linguistics- 64x - Embassytown
60. hilarious
61. Mermaids
62. spooky
63. mafia
64. Food (Joanne)
65. Time Travel
66. STEM (science technology engineering math) (Linda C)
67. Suspense**
68. letters
69. Trophy Fixed Barrier
70. Outdoors (Linda Nielson)
71. Sea (Lyn)
72. Life changing
73. addiction
74. Disasters
75. The Bookshelf Fixed Barrier
76. sf-masterworks
77. Literary fiction - swap for grab bag Paris - 17x -Murder in the Sentier
78. Novella
79. Caribbean (Cora)
80. Donnybrook water feature
81. Egypt
82. Ghosts (Amy)
83. Environment
84. Jazz**

Tracking Level 5

1st +3 +10 saved spaces = #13 Victorian - tags
98x - A Perilous Undertaking + 2 Points + Steampunk Tag Match 11x + 4 Points + 2 spaces = Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
2nd +5 + 10 saved spaces = #28 Graphic Novels - 215x, Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 1 - + 2 points + steampunk tag match 351x + 4 Points + 2 spaces = Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
3rd + 3 = #31. fairytale - used 1st grab bag swap for Adventure- fairytale will remain - 173x Throne of Jade + 2points + steampunk tag match 36x + 4 Points + 2 spaces = Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
4th + 3 + 8 saved = #42 - Manga - 329x Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 2 + 2 points + steampunk tag match 351x + 4 Points + 2 spaces = Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
5th + 5 = #47 revenge - used 2nd grab bag swap for Alternate History, revenge will remain. 10x Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3 2 points + steampunk tag match 351x + 4 Points + 2 spaces = Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
6th + 5 + 7 saved spaces = #59 Linguistics - 64x - Embassytown finished 12/3 ÷ 2 points = Total: 2 points
7th +5 + 13 remaining saved spaces # 77 - Literary Fiction - used grab bag swap for Paris - 17x - Murder in the Sentier finished 12/8 - too late to earn points. Last tag, last read in Steeplechase!

Saved spaces available - 13 as of 11/27 fully used 12/3
Tags Read: Victorian, Graphic Novels, Adventure, Manga, Alternate History, linguistics, Paris

Grag Bag Swap: 3 left
#31 Fairytale swapped out for Adventure
#47 revenge swapped out for Alternate History
#77 literary fiction for Paris

Hurdle removed: none

[Theresa]

PONY EXPRESS STEEPLECHASE - Part 5 - Remaining Saved Rewards - tags added - cumulative points Theresa and Bessie the Flower Crowned Cow

GRAND PARDUBICE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 1
Spaces all used
Game Points earned - 125

OCEAN OF FIRE STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 2
Spaces all used
Game Points earned = 48

SUMMER CHALLENGES
Summer Celebrations as of July -
Totals:
Spaces all used as of 11/17

Olympic Summer Challenge as of August
Total Points - 25
Total Spaces - 20 left - any combo - used 8 leaving 12 as of 11/25

SEDONA RED ROCKS STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 3
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8/2 - 1st - 6 points + 2 spaces
8/9 - 2nd - 6 points + 2 spaces
8/20 - 3rd - 8 points + 2 spaces
8/28 - 4th - 6 points + 2 spaces
9/2 - 5th - 5 points
9/3 - 6th - 5 points
9/8 - 7th- 6 points + 2 spaces
9/12 - 8th - 5 points
9/14 - 9th - 6 points + 2 spaces
9/16 - 10th - 2 points
(hide spoiler)]
Space Rewards Remaining: 12 - all used as of 11/17

Game Points Earned : 55

MONGOLIAN IRONMAN STEEPLECHASE LEVEL 4

(view spoiler)[
1st Total 6 points + 2 spaces
2nd Total 2 points
3rd Total 4 points
4th Total 2 points
5th Total 2 points
6th Total 6 points + 2 spaces
8th Total 2 points
9th Total 2 points
10th Total 2 points
11th Total 2 points
(hide spoiler)]
Space Rewards remaining: all 4 used as of 11/17

Game Points Earned: 30

PONY EXPRESS STEEPLECHASE - LEVEL 5
(view spoiler)[
1st Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
2nd Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
3rd Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
4th Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
5th Total: 6 points + 2 spaces
6th Total: 2 points
7th too late to earn points. Last tag, last read in Steeplechase!
(hide spoiler)]
Space Rewards remaining: all used 12/6

Game Points Earned: 32

Cumulative Points Earned -Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 plus Olympics Challenge
125 + 48 + 55 + 25 + 30 + 32 = 315!

Added in 2, 3, 4, 5:
Tags: School Book, Speculative Fiction, Steampunk
Grab Bag Tags added: Adventure, Alternate History, classics, cozy, Guilty Pleasures, historical mystery, Italy, Jazz, Manga, memoir, Middle Ages, NYC, Paris, regency, suspense, Zombie
Extra tag added; Malaysia