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Anita - Could I please have my next list whenever you have time. Thank you!Fifth List
✔️1. Find a book you gave 5-stars, then read a book with the same colors on the cover - Berlin - Read 13/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is the cover of the book I own:
This is the 5-star read I have used to choose this book:
✔️ 2. A book with a character who is lonely, ostracized, or reclusive - Saving Noah - Read 11/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️3. A book that takes place in New York, New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Caledonia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea - Not a Happy Family - Read 19/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
According to the book page, this is set in Brecken Hill in upstate New York.
✔️4. Read A book on the Tournament of Books longlist (any year). - Sadness Is a White Bird - Read 17/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This was on the 2019 longlist
✔️5. A legal thriller - The Firm - Read 18/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️6. Read a book set in your dream holiday destination - Murder in the Dark - Read 13/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I have so many places I would love to go on holiday to, but Australia is definitely a dream holiday destination!
✔️7. A book set in the South Pacific - on land or at sea - The People in the Trees
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Novel set in Micronesia, which according to UN Maritime Zones, is in the South Pacific: https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLAT...
✔️8. A detective story from any Golden Age of Detective Fiction - The Secret Adversary - Read 17/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️9. A book set in Africa - Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer - Read 14/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️10. A book by an author born in Asia - The Woman in the Purple Skirt - Read 12/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The author was born in Japan.
✔️11. Read a mountaineering book - Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain - Read 20/4/22
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️12. A book that includes a family tree - Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen - Read 19/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hannah wrote: "Anita - Could I please have my next list whenever you have time. Thank you!"
Wow, Hannah! Here you go!
1. Read a romance
2. Read a book where the title contains at least six words
3. Read a book that challenges you.
4. A book with nautical elements on the cover
5. Read a book with someone escaping, fleeing, or running from danger
6. Read a book non-fiction history book
7. Re-read any book
8. Read a book whose title is a name. eg: David Copperfield
9. Re-read the first book you remember reading that you thought was an adult book
10. Read a book related to the word "green"
11. A book originally published under a pen name
12. Read a book with a picture on the spine
Hannah wrote: "Anita - Could I please have my next list whenever you have time. Thank you!Fifth List
✔️1. Find a book you gave 5-stars, then read a book with the same colors on the cover - [book:Berlin|6019906..."
Well done, Hannah! You are flying through these lists!
Anita, I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks.List 6 - April 2025
🔴 1. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list (with link to that thread)
Sue's Top 10 Reads of 2024
The River We Remember - William Kent Krueger - 5 Stars - 4/14/25
Review
🔴 2. A book with a common farm animal in the title
The Silver Pigs - Lindsey Davis - 3 Stars - 4/10/25
Review
🔴 3. Primarily set in a country bordering the Arabian Sea
The Tea Planter's Wife - Dinah Jefferies - 3.5 Stars - 4/17/25 - set in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka)
Review
🔴 4. Read a book with a tag that starts with "social" (Sociology, society, social psychology, social sciences, social, social- justice, sociable, sociopath, social engineering, social commentary, etc. )
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice - 4 Stars - 4/17/25 - tagged Social Justice, Sociology, Social Issues
Review
🔴 5. A book with less than 1,000 ratings on GoodReads
The Royal Game - Anne O'Brien - 2 Stars - 4/16/25 - 816 ratings
Review
🔴 6. Read a book of non-fiction related to history - tagged non-fiction 4,753 times and history 2,973 times
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics - Daniel James Brown - 4.5 Stars - 4/21/25
Review
🔴 7. A book you thought you would never read.
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - 3 Stars - 4/15/25
Review
🔴 8. A book related to science or technology
Twist - Colum McCann - 3 Stars- 4/20/25 - Tagged technology 6 times
Review
🔴 9. A book containing a map - a map of Bishop's Lacey & Environs is lacted at the beginning of the book.
A Red Herring Without Mustard - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 4/9/25
Review
🔴 10. A book set in Alaska or Hawaii
Running Wild - K.A. Tucker - 3.5 Stars - 4/20/25 - set in Alaska
Review
🔴 11. A book that fits an intelligence tag (could be AI, espionage, intelligence)
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service - 3.5 Stars - 4/18/25
Review
🔴 12. The title contains at least six words.
The Line Between Here and Gone - Andrea Kane - 3 Stars - 4/11/25
Review
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita, I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks."
Hats off to all of you who read so much.
1. A book with a common farm animal on the cover
2. There is an upside-down person, place, or thing on the cover
3. The book includes a character who is an alien (or might be one)
4. Read a book from the 1001 books you must read before you die list
5. Read a book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year
6. Read a book featuring a love story
7. Read a book where the title contains a word related to sight (e.g., view, eye, light, see, look, glimpse, vision, behold, color, rainbow, etc.)
8. A book with an author who is an historian, historical researcher, archivist, or antiquarian
9. A book related to or featuring the game of baseball
10. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
11. A book set in Asia
12. A book set in or about WWI or WWII
Anita wrote: " Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita, I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks."
Hats off to all of you who read so much. ..."
Thanks, Anita. You know I'm such a sucker for the games where someone else picks out what you should read. I've read so many books I never would have picked up without the prompt, i.e.. Great Gatsby.
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita, I'm ready for another list when you get a chance. Thanks.List 6 - April 2025
🔴 1. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list (with link to that thread)
S..."
Amazing! List #6? Wowza! Good for you.
Anita, I am ready for a new list when you get a chance.1.Read a book tagged "alternate history":
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
2.Read a nonfiction book about a science related topic.
On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden
3. Read a book with type of portal to an alternate world:
Just One Damned Thing After Another
4. A book involving an escape or heist:
A Gift From Darkness: How I Escaped with My Daughter from Boko Haram
5.Read a nonfiction book about or set in the Middle East:
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
6. Read a cookbook-
The Forest Feast Road Trip: Simple Vegetarian Recipes Inspired by My Travels through California
7. Read a book about outdoor survival
The Twenty-Ninth Day
8. Read a book set in your dream holiday destination
Perestroika in Paris
9.Read a book from Goodreads' Best of the Year list, any year.
from 2021 - Crying in H Mart
10.A book with a main character who is a lawyer-
Dog Dish of Doom
11. Read a food memoir - Yes, Chef
12.Read a book by an author whose last name could be a first name: example: Christopher ROBIN -
The Black Loch by Peter May
Booknblues wrote: "Anita, I am ready for a new list when you get a chance...."
Way to go, and here you go!
1. Read a classic
2. 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Microsoft. Read a book where a computer or computer-related technology plays a major role in the story.
3. Read a book nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction or Non-Fiction
4. A book involving a missing person
5. Read a book featuring a red barn on cover
6. A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish.
7. Read a book with an ordinal number in the title (e.g., First, Second, Third, Fourth, etc.)
8. Read a book about Vietnam
9. A book set in the mountains
10. Read a book set in your dream holiday destination
11. A book about a politician or politics (fiction or non-fiction)
12. Read a book by Stephen King.
Anita wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Anita, I am ready for a new list when you get a chance...."
Way to go, and here you go!
1. Read a classic
2. 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Microsoft. Rea..."
Thank you! Cool, there are a few that puts books I have wanted to read to the top of the list.
I have finished my first list! Jen's List 1.
May I get another to work through when you get a chance?
Sorry I missed your request yesterday Jen! I will get that done today.
Jen wrote: "I have finished my first list! ?"
Congratulations, Jen!! Here's the new one.
1. A book with at least 5 historical fiction tags.
2. Read a book with an adjective in the title
3. Read a book that is set in the opposite season from what you are currently in (Anita's note: This would be fall right now.)
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR for more than a year
5. Read a book with a main-page genre of HUMOR. (Tag appears on the book's main page)
6. A travel book
7. A contemporary romance book
8. Read a book with an extremely wealthy or extremely poor main character
9. Read a book about Vietnam
10. A book with a bird on the cover.
11. Read a book written by an author that shares your initials.
12. A book that includes a disease, epidemic, or pandemic
Anita wrote: "Jen wrote: "I have finished my first list! ?"
Congratulations, Jen!! Here's the new one.
1. A book with at least 5 historical fiction tags.
2. Read a book with an adjective in the title
3. Rea..."
Thank you!
So funny to get one of the same prompts again! Luckily, I have another book by the same author I read the first time that will work!
Jen, Melanie and I are reading the bird snd the sword right now. I actually had the prompt with the bird on the cover and I found that actually more difficult than you’d think. But this one surely counts. It’s an Amy Harmon book, which is why I picked it up. Please feel free to join us for the buddy read.
I finished my first list! I would love another one. Thanks Anita.You can find my finished list here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Amy wrote: "Jen, Melanie and I are reading the bird snd the sword right now. I actually had the prompt with the bird on the cover and I found that actually more difficult than you’d think. But this one surely ..."Oh thanks Amy! I actually have a book I'm reading already that fits perfectly, but I appreciate it! Might keep that idea if I get this prompt again.
Amy wrote: "Jen, Melanie and I are reading the bird snd the sword right now. I actually had the prompt with the bird on the cover and I found that actually more difficult than you’d think. But this one surely ..."I loved that book on audio! I’ll keep an eye out for the buddy read post.
I will set one up. But Nancy, did you see my shout out to you and play harder shelving?
@Anita, I know you are busy with life and everything, but I was wondering if maybe you missed the message that I had finished my first list and would love another one. (see message 218) When you get the chance. Thanks.
Lyn wrote: "@Anita, I know you are busy with life and everything, but I was wondering if maybe you missed the message that I had finished my first list and would love another one. (see message 218) When you ge..."Thank you for the nudge! It has just been a super busy week. So sorry for the delay.
1. The font on the cover for the title or author's name is yellow, orange, or red
2. A book with a silhouette on the cover
3. Read a book about Vietnam
4. Read a book published before 1980
5. Ask a friend or fellow PBT member to pick a book off your TBR
6. Read a book with recipes in it. Make one of the recipes and include a review of the recipe in your review
7. Read a fairytale retelling
8. Read a book with an animal on the cover
9. Read a book published the year you started reading with Play Book Tag
10. Read a satirical novel
11. A noir novel or collection of noir short stories
12. A book containing a long walking or hiking trek
Anita wrote: "Lyn wrote: "@Anita, I know you are busy with life and everything, but I was wondering if maybe you missed the message that I had finished my first list and would love another one. (see message 218)..."Thanks Anita! I hope your week calms down a bit :)
Now to do some planning and decide which of these I will put into the Prompt Swap.
Anita, I'm ready for a new set of prompts, at your convenience. Thanks.List 7 - April - May 2025
☀️ 1. A book with a common farm animal on the cover
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? - Lynn Cahoon - 3.5 Stars - 4/28/25
Review
☀️ 2. There is an upside-down person, place, or thing on the cover
Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney - 4 Stars - 5/7/25
Review
☀️ 3. The book includes a character who is an alien (or might be one).
Captive of the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3.5 Stars - 4/26/25
Review
☀️ 4. Read a book from the 1001 books you must read before you die list.
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - 5 Stars - 5/8/25
Review
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die - #14
☀️ 5. Read a book that's been on your TBR for longer than a year - added Aug 21, 2015
Cemetery Lake - Paul Cleave - 4.5 Stars - 5/4/25
Review
☀️ 6. Read a book featuring a love story - tagged love story 7 times
Slightly Married - Mary Balogh - 4 Stars - 4/22/25
Review
☀️ 7. Read a book where the title contains a word related to sight (e.g., view, eye, light, see, look, glimpse, vision, behold, color, rainbow, etc.)
Killer View - Ridley Pearson - 4 Stars - 4/25/25
Review
☀️ 8. A book with an author who is an historian, historical researcher, archivist, or antiquarian.
Alison Weir is a British author and public historian. She primarily writes about the history of English royal women and families, in the form of biographies that explore their historical setting.
Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife - Alison Weir - 5 Stars - 5/6/25
Review
☀️ 9. A book related to or featuring the game of baseball. Tagged baseball 26 times
Break the Rules - Julia Jarrett - 3 Stars - 5/5/25
Review
☀️ 10. A book that someone else in the group put on their Top 10 Reads of 2024 list
Booknblues Top 10 of 2024
James - Percival Everett - 5 Stars - 5/4/25
Review
☀️ 11. A book set in Asia - Set in India
The Last Kashmiri Rose - Barbara Cleverly - 3.5 Stars - 5/7/25
Review
☀️ 12. A book set in or about WWI or WWII.
Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS - Lisa Rogak - 4.5 Stars - 5/3/25
Review
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita, I'm ready for a new set of prompts, at your convenience. Thanks.List 7 - April - May 2025
☀️ 1. A book with a common farm animal on the cover
Who Moved My Goat Cheese? - [..."
You are astounding!
1. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list.
2. A book with an unnamed protagonist
3. A book set primarily in a state or province bordering The Great Lakes
4. A book published in 2015
5. Read a book with an MPG** of Alternate History
6. A book published in 1985
7. Read a book that a PBT member has on their top ten list of 2024 - it must be a book you have not read before
8. A book set in your favorite city
9. A book written by an author or artist of The Lost Generation
10. Read a book that's been on your TBR for more than a year
11. A book with a cover containing the colors of your favorite sports team (if you don't have one, use the colors of your secondary/high school or university)
12. A book with an insect on the cover or in the title
** I don't actually understand this prompt. What is MPG? If you don't understand it either and/or no one else comes along to clarify, then I will switch it out for you. Just let me know.
Anita wrote: " I don't actually understand this prompt. What is MPG? If you don't understand it either and/or no one else comes along to clarify, then I will switch it out for you.t..."
I think it means "Main Page Genre". I'm assuming it means you can't open up the tags to get to the first page with lots of tags. I don't mind keeping the prompt but if it’s not that, possibly the person who nominated it can clarify.
Olivermagnus wrote: "Anita wrote: " I don't actually understand this prompt. What is MPG? If you don't understand it either and/or no one else comes along to clarify, then I will switch it out for you.t..."
I think ..."
I agree. MPG is a common term in the seasonal challenge group. There are usually about 10 tags shown on the main page of a book. The Eyre Affair books should all work. Lynda I have shelves for bees and insects if you need them.
I am really enjoying seeing what everyone reads for these prompts! I think I could do this type of challenge every year. I'm having great fun with it.
The MPGs (Main page genres) are those that appear on the book's main page ... including those that appear when you click the
... more
button at the end of the initial string. But NOT including the full list that appears after you click the "...show all" button.
I believe I also submitted a prompt involving the mpg, but I think I spelled it out rather than using the acronym.
Joy D wrote: "I am really enjoying seeing what everyone reads for these prompts! I think I could do this type of challenge every year. I'm having great fun with it."You might like the Seasonal Reading Challenge group, which does this type of challenge each quarter.
Could I have my next list, please? Thank you!Sixth List
✔️1. Read a romance - Being Mrs Darcy - Read 1/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️2. Read a book where the title contains at least six words - The Girl Who Fell From The Sky - Read 5/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️3. Read a book that challenges you. - The Ink Black Heart - Read 5/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This was the longest book on my TBR, at over 1,000 pages
✔️4. A book with nautical elements on the cover - The Cuban Heiress - Read 10/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️5. Read a book with someone escaping, fleeing, or running from danger - Code Name Hélène - Read 5/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️6. Read a book non-fiction history book - Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis - Read 7/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️7. Re-read any book - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Read 30/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️8. Read a book whose title is a name. eg: David Copperfield - Nancy Wake - Read 4/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️9. Re-read the first book you remember reading that you thought was an adult book - Pride & Prejudice - Read 28/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️10. Read a book related to the word "green" - Earth - Read 6/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️11. A book originally published under a pen name - Troubled Blood - Read 26/4/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✔️12. Read a book with a picture on the spine - Under Occupation - Read 3/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will get this for you in the morning Hannah!!
Hannah wrote: "Could I have my next list, please? Thank you!Sixth List
✔️1. Read a romance - Being Mrs Darcy - Read 1/5/25
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-..."
Or now, lol!
1. Read a book set in another time -- past or future
2. Nonfiction book about an event that happened before you were born
3. A book about or set in the former USSR
4. A book with a geometric shape in the title
5. Read a play or a book with the word "play" in the title
6. A book by a BIPOC author.
7. A book includes a nonverbal character
8. Read a book found on the PBT Steeplechase shelf
9. A book about or featuring an ancient civilization
10. A book that fits an art or artist tag
11. A book tagged "social commentary"
12. A book about forgery or a forgery or counterfeit
May I have my next list, please? Thanks!!List #3
1. Book with a family Tree - The Cousins - Karen McManus
2. Book with a tree on the cover - The Killing Plains - Sherry Rankin
3. Book by a BIPOC author - Yellowface - R. F. Kuang
4. Book that fits the tag of hip, hippy or hipster - On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer - Rick Steves
5. Select one of your favorite authors and read their debut book - Play Dead - Harlan Coben
6. Read a book set in your dream holiday destination - Homecoming - Kate Morton
7. Book that has both a prologue and an epilogue - Cover Your Eyes - Mary Burton
8. Read a book set in Minnesota - The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens
9. Book that's won an award (of any kind) - Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak
10. Read a book by an author whose initials are sequential in the alphabet - Famous - Blake Crouch
11. Book whose title contains onomatopoeia - Bang! - Sharon G. Flake
12. Fiction book based on a true story - Fire from the Rock - Sharon M. Draper
Some of us are wondering about the swap that was going to take place this week, is that still on?
Robin P wrote: "Some of us are wondering about the swap that was going to take place this week, is that still on?"OMG, sorry!!! Thank you for the reminder. I have had a stressful month. My apologies. Will get that organized/started right now.
Ellen wrote: "May I have my next list, please? Thanks!!.."
So impressive!! Here you go!
1. A book by a Nobel Prize winner
2. A book you have always intended to read but never gotten around to it
3. Read a book with type of portal to an alternate world
4. Read A book on the Tournament of Books longlist (any year).
5. Read a book set in a National park.
6. Read a book where one of the main characters is in military service
7. Read an "alternative" book (alternate history, alternative world, alternate identity, or alternative lifestyles)
8 Read a fiction bestseller set in the 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s.
9. Read a book where the main character shares part of your name
10. Read a book that has won an award (of any kind)
11. Read a book where the title is a pun or other play on words
12. Read a book set in a country with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea
Am I able to still sign up for this ? Sounds fun! 🥰
Books and gardens wrote: "Am I able to still sign up for this ? Sounds fun! 🥰"Absolutely!! Welcome!! Here is your list:
1. Read a book set in a war that's NOT WWII.
2. Read a book where the title includes both a first name (given name) and last name (surname)
3. Read a book with an unnamed protagonist
4. Read a book set in a location similar to that of your favorite past vacation.
5. Give a disliked author another chance
6. Read a book about the history of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict
7. Read a book by a debut author
8. Read a book, fiction or non-fiction, featuring the history of South America
9. Draw a random tarot card and read a book with a title that has to do with the card. Free tarot card generator :https://www.dailytarotdraw.com/cards#...
10.Read a book where the content includes a disease, epidemic, or pandemic
11. Read a book that starts with the last letter of the last book you read
12. Read a book containing a map
I finally finished my first list! And the elusive family tree turned up in a book not at all on my radar.1. Read a book that includes points of view from more than one character - State of Terror - 1/3
2. Book set in your favorite city - The Hanged Man: A Mystery in Fin de Siecle Paris - Paris - 3/18
3. A book tagged motherhood, mother or Mother’s Day - The English Teacher - 4/23
4. A book that is Science-fiction fantasy - The Measure - 2/4
5. A character who is an alien (or might be one) - Doors of Sleep - 1/7
6. A book featuring a ruler, monarch, or dictator - Venus in Copper - 1/11
7. A book of essays - Curiosities of Literature - 5/12
8. A book featuring a queen - The Windsor Knot - 1/31
9. A book with a family tree - Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist - 5/21
10. Read a book where the main character is an artist. - Surfacing - 5/17
11. Read a book written by an author that shares your initials. - Design for Dying - Renee Patrick - 2/16
12. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Berry Pickers - 4/2
I've finished my 4th list and ready for my 5th!✅1. A book involving finance
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum - 4/27/25 - 4* - My Review (global finance & economics)
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅2. A book with an Asian main character
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali - 4/20/25 - 4* - My Review (the two main characters are Persian women born in Iran)
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅3. Pick any prompt you've seen on someone else's Play Harder prompts list but haven't gotten yet yourself:
"A book with a setting or plot that includes a theatrical performance"(Jen's list 1 and Jen K's list 2)
Audition by Katie Kitamura - 4/29/25 - 5* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅4. A book featuring a struggle with mental health
The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller - 5/16/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅5. Read an "alternative" book (alternate history, alternative world, alternate identity, or alternative lifestyles)
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi - 5/11/25 - 3* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅6.A book by a Nobel Prize Winner (from prompt swap)
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah - 5/22/25 - 4* - My Review (Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021)
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅7. The title contains one of the same words as the last book you completed (excluding a, an, and the)
a. Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain by Margaret Willson - 5/10/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
b. The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier - 5/10/25 - 4* - My Review
PBT Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅8. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc.
All That Is by James Salter - 5/9/25 - 2* - My Review (Barack Obama's 2015 Summer Reading List, which I found here: https://theliterarylifestyle.com/obam...)
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✅9. Anything but WWII - Read a book set in a war that's NOT WWII. [This book covers the Civil Wars in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Rwanda in the 1990s.]
The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands by Aidan Hartley - 5/3/25 - 5* - My Review
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✅10. Read a book of poetry
The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter Fifth Edition by Margaret Ferguson - 5/21/25 - 4* - My Review
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✅11. Read a book about the history of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know by Dov Waxman - 4/30/25 - 4* - My Review
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✅12. Read a book related to espionage
The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg by Nicholas Dawidoff - 5/13/25 - 3* - My Review
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Robin P wrote: "I finally finished my first list! AWay to go, Robin! Here's your next one!
1. A book featuring an academic, scientific, or athletic rivalry
2. A book that has the word 'poison' in the title
3. A memoir
4. Read a book on PBT's pbt-decathlon book shelf.
5. A book that includes a penguin
6. A book where one word in the title rhymes with "Play"
7. A book with the word "history" in the title
8. Read a book set in another country
9. Read a book set in a country you'd like to visit.
10. A book with a pink cover.
11. A book involving death, dying, or grief
12. A book in which one of the characters is a real historical person
Joy D wrote: "I've finished my 4th list and ready for my 5th!Incredible! I am reading Audition right now, so going to check out your review after I provide your new list.
1. A book with a palindrome in the title or author's name
2. A book featuring a famous person
3. Read a book where the main character is an artist.
4. A book involving a misadventure or a plan gone wrong
5. Read a book with a three-word title, and first initial of each word forms an airport code.
6. A book related to black history or Black Lives Matter
7. A book with "day" or "night" in the title
8. A book set in a landlocked country
9. Read a book about a musician, real or fictional
10. Read a book with a tag that starts with the word "social"
11. Read a book set (at least partially) in a state/province/country that shares a border with the state/province/country in which you live.
12. A book authored by someone who was born in Mexico or Central America
I definitely have a penguin book - Call of the Penguins after enjoying How the Penguins Saved Veronica,As a mystery reader, no problem with Poison in the title. And as a historical fiction lover, I have hit the jackpot with history in the title, historical person, another country and country you'd like to visit. I don't see any I would want to trade!
Can someone tell me where to find the Decathlon list? I tried searching under topics and it seems to be back in 2018 and I haven't found an archive link. I thought there might be a PBT shelf but don't see it.
Robin P wrote: "Can someone tell me where to find the Decathlon list? I tried searching under topics and it seems to be back in 2018 and I haven't found an archive link. I thought there might be a PBT shelf but do..."Here you are, Robin: PBT-Decathalon shelf
On the group's main page click on the "bookshelf" link in the upper right (I'm talking about using the website, not the app).
Then scroll down the left column to find pbt-decathalon
Thanks, I must not have gone far enough down the column.
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1. A book involving finance
2. A book with an Asian main character
3. Pick any prompt you've seen on someone else's Play Harder prompts list but haven't gotten yet yourself
4. A book featuring a struggle with mental health
5. Read an "alternative" book (alternate history, alternative world, alternate identity, or alternative lifestyles)
6. Read the fiction bestseller from the year you were born. If already read it, read the fiction bestseller from the year an immediate family member was born.
7. The title contains one of the same words as the last book you completed (excluding a, an, and the)
8. Read a book that's been included on a celebrity book list. For example Oprah, Barack Obama, Reese Witherspoon, Bill Gates, etc.
9. Anything but WWII - Read a book set in a war that's NOT WWII.
10. Read a book of poetry
11. Read a book about the history of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict
12. Read a book related to espionage