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Sunday 8 September 2024
🕺💃 A Suitable Boy (1993) - Vikram Seth
1553pp 🎵


I paid a lot more than that for mine!

Thanks!

Hello Bookopoly Gamers!
We have an exciting addition to Bookopoly for the "end" of the game! In order for everyone's read books to be used, I will be allowing a Game End Deposit - with a twist!
Each team can deposit their unused books into a "Savings Account" - BUT unlike your salary deposit, your "Savings Account" earns interest over time.
The interest rate depends on the date of deposit and you earn at a higher rate the earlier you deposit books.
Deposit Date Interest Rate (%)
15-Sep-2024 5.00%
16-Sep-2024 4.00%
17-Sep-2024 3.50%
18-Sep-2024 3.25%
19-Sep-2024 3.00%
20-Sep-2024 2.75%
21-Sep-2024 2.50%
22-Sep-2024 2.25%
23-Sep-2024 2.00%
24-Sep-2024 1.75%
25-Sep-2024 1.50%
26-Sep-2024 1.25%
27-Sep-2024 1.00%
28-Sep-2024 0.75%
29-Sep-2024 0.50%
30-Sep-2024 0%
Note: Buddy Reads will still earn bonus value, plus their specific interest rate.
For example: A 100 page book deposited into your Savings Account on 15-Sep-2024 would earn an additional 75 pages of value, making the book worth $17.50! That same 100 page book, if deposited on the last day of the challenge would only be worth $10, it's normal value.
Of course, there is a catch! - Once you deposit a book into your Savings Account, YOU MAY NOT WITHDRAW IT!! As a team, you will have to carefully decide when to deposit your unused books to maximize their value and contribute more effectively to your team net worth, while still allowing your team to have books to use for the challenge. Of course, you may still read books as you need them.
Decisions!
Deposits may begin on 15-Sep-2024. Don't forget! Once you add it, you may not remove it, so think carefully!
Spreadsheets will be updated within the next few days.
Happy Reading!

Thanks - you've all been great readers and every book will help.

🕺💃 The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) - Alexandre Dumas 1462pp 5🎵

Tuesday 10 September 2024
🕺💃 Anna Karenina (1878) - Leo Tolstoy 1180pp 5🎵
🕺💃 The Brothers Karamazov (1880) - Fyodor Dostoevsky 1013pp 5🎵



These are all re-reads!
I have a little classics group :)
Wednesday 11 September 2024
🕺💃 Poor Fellow My Country (1975) - Xavier Herbert
1463 =1463pp 5🎵
🕺💃 It (1986) - Stephen King
1168 5🎵
🕺💃Stalingrad (1952) - Vasily Grossman
1250pp 5🎵




Here is the link to the rules about graphic novels.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I could not find it listed so you need to use 25% of the pages which brings it to less than 100 pages.


We have about 2 and a half more weeks of this game and we have a way to earn money for most of our books that might otherwise sit unused on the Book Log. We are trying to figure out the best way for us to maximize our "Savings Account".
• We have quite a few high-volume books that normally be used for salary, but I'm going to use those for the Savings Account deposit on 9/15, to take advantage of that 5% bonus. Jazzy has 10 books with more than 1,000 pages!🥳
• We will pass salary on our next roll, and I think we should use 300-to-350-page books for salary this time around. The board has been moving slow and I’m not sure how many more times we will “get paid”.
• We are also looking over the spreadsheet at the books at the lower end of page counts to consider adding them to the Savings Account, as they will otherwise be useless. Might as well make $175 from a 100-page book.
• We can keep adding to the Savings account, so please keep reading and entering your books on the SS. I looked at everyone’s “Read” shelf and updated the spreadsheet. I think I got everyone up to date through September 11th.
• We may get stuck on a task by deleting books, but you have been wonderful about finding a book when needed.
If you any other thoughts or suggestions about this process, please let us know.
Every book counts!


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

Previous Space/Direction of Travel: Marvin Gardens/Clockwise
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Chance
Plan: Collect Salary, Spin Wheel, perform task
Starting Bank Balance: $4,346
Money Paid: $ -0-
Money Earned: $1,453 ($304 salary; $1,149 chance)
Ending Bank Balance: $5,817
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: You have been ELECTED Chairman of the Board. Read a book with "elect", "chairman" or "board" in the text.
Reader: Jazzy
Book/Author: The Algernon Blackwood Collection/Algernon Blackwood
Date Read: 9/6/24
How it Fits: pg 74 - carefully that no single board creaked
TURN COMPLETE✔️


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-..."
Anastasia, I'll take care of this tomorrow. How was the book? I'll be starting it soon.


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It was okay, I liked it. Very different. Will probably suit US readers who are more familiar with the universities.

🕺💃 Life and Fate (1960) - Vasily Grossman 1092pp 5🎵
🕺💃 Don Quixote (1605) - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1023 5🎵


Friday 13 September 2024
🕺💃 Varney, the Vampyre (1845) - James Malcolm Rymer 1166pp 5🎵
🕺💃 I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft (2010) - S.T. Joshi 1148pp 5🎵
🕺💃 Ulysses (1922) - James Joyce 925pp 5🎵



Saturday 14 September 2024
🕺💃 History of the Jews in Russia and Poland (2020) - Simon Dubnow 1025pp5🎵
🕺💃 Joseph and His Brothers (1943) - Thomas Mann 1492pp 5🎵



🚂Team - Railroad Reading Raiders🚂
Previous Space/Direction of Travel: Chance/Clockwise
Rolled: 5
Landed on: Mediterranean
Plan: Pay rent to WWW
Starting Bank Balance: $5,817
Money Paid: $ 2
Money Earned: $-0-
Ending Bank Balance: $5,815
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book whose title starts with M
Reader: Michelle
Book/Author: Manhunt: A Bigfoot Thriller/Eric S. Brown
Date Read: 7/20/24
How it Fits: title starts with "M"
TURN COMPLETE✔️

We have about 2 and a half more weeks of this game and we have a way to earn money for most of our books that might otherwise sit unused on the Book Log. We are trying ..."
I think you should add most of the books on the 15th if possible as this will give us the most money. We seem to be adding several books every day so will probably find something to use as needed in those. The game moves slowly. Not much point keeping anything as we won't get the same opportunity to earn this much interest. Even if we don't deposit anything for salary again as more is earning in the savings account.

We have about 2 and a half more weeks of this game and we have a way to earn money for most of our books that might otherwise sit unused on the Book ..."
I think that is what I am going to do. I looked at the properties we may land on in the next few rolls and found books that will fit them. I will hold those books back, just in case. It's not that many. I've highlighted them in yellow on the book log. I agree that we should otherwise be able to find books that we can use based on our team reading.



Previous Space/Direction of Travel: Mediterranean /Clockwise
Rolled: 5
Landed on: Checker Cab
Plan: we own
Starting Bank Balance: $5,815
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $540 - rent from VVV for Virginia
Ending Bank Balance: $6,355
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: none, we own
Reader n/a
Book/Author: n/a
Date Read: n/a
How it Fits n/a
We are now traveling Counter - Clockwise
TURN COMPLETE! ✔️

We did. I was so busy entering books and transferring to savings I missed it. Thanks for paying attention. I've updated our post.
I've asked "The Princess" several times not to hide her posts with spoilers, but with no luck.
Thanks again😊

We did. I was so busy entering books and transferring to savings I missed it. Thanks for paying attention. I've updated our post. ..."
😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂🙄🙄
Anastasia wrote: "Michelle I think you may have missed collecting rent from WWW for Ventnor"
It's on the spreadsheet for your team's bank, so Michelle's ending balance is correct on the "turns" thread. The amount is "rolled into" the starting balance on Michelle's most recent entry in the turn taking roll.
So, for accounting purposes, and to match Bernadette's ending balance on the turn prior (msg 654 on the turns thread), the starting balance for Michelle's first "turns" post should be $6,355, with money earned as $990.
It's on the spreadsheet for your team's bank, so Michelle's ending balance is correct on the "turns" thread. The amount is "rolled into" the starting balance on Michelle's most recent entry in the turn taking roll.
So, for accounting purposes, and to match Bernadette's ending balance on the turn prior (msg 654 on the turns thread), the starting balance for Michelle's first "turns" post should be $6,355, with money earned as $990.

It's on the spreadsheet for your team's bank, so Michelle's ending balance is correct on the "turns" th..."
Thanks Teresa, you beat me to it😉. Anastasia, I had already deposited the rent into the bank account before our roll, didn't want to miss again. Here is what the activity looked like since our last post:
Starting Bank Balance: $6,355
Money Paid: $38
Money Earned: $990 - rent from WWW for Ventnor
Ending Bank Balance: $7,307

Link to dashboard...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Bernadette wrote: "Here is where we stand now. Big changes since we now have a savings account. Every book counts! Ant we've been lucky that we've gotten some rent recently.
Link to dashboard...
https://docs.google...."
You're welcome for that $990 boost LOL!! That's a LOT of coffee.
Link to dashboard...
https://docs.google...."
You're welcome for that $990 boost LOL!! That's a LOT of coffee.

Thanks - I'll fix it. I thought I found the duplications.

Previous Space/Direction of Travel: Bookstore /Counter-Clockwise
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Broad Street
Plan: Pay rent to WWW, find book
Starting Bank Balance: $7,307
Money Paid: $ 96 ($40 for rent; $56 to correct prior error - approved by Ashley)
Money Earned: $-0-
Ending Bank Balance: $7,211
Book(s) read to complete your turn...
Task: Read a book with the word "cultural" in the text
Reader: Keli
Book/Author: Looking for Jane/Heather Marshall
Date Read: 9/16/24
How it Fits: Ch 3 - But she's clung to the cultural values
TURN COMPLETE✔️




Added and thanks for reading the Buddy Reads. I'm onto this one next. I saw your comment about not recommending starting this book after reading this book after the Ninth House. I just finished the Ninth House! Maybe I'll fit in another book in between🤷🏻♀️


Just that I'm not usually a fantasy reader and found it difficult to switch between the very different worlds.


I'm not a big fantasy reader either. The book really has to pull me in from the beginning. I liked Ninth House.


I thought Ninth House was the better of the two, at least for me.

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The Art of Sin by Alexandrea Weis 338 pages. finished 9/22
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I want to re-read the Tolkien books again. I read them so many years ago. The Hobbit is one of my favorites.