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Post 2Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,408
Money Paid: $25 to LLD for Reading Railroad
Money Earned: $20 rent from MM for Hogwarts
Ending Bank Account Balance: $5,403
Turn complete. More money, more turns, LLD!
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $8,397.00
Rolled: 12
Landed on: Community Chest
Timestamp: 11/22/2025 18:45:26
72-hour Deadline: 11/25/2025 18:45:26
Plan: Request Spin & Complete Task
Mod
Trade Proposed and Accepted
Trade Deal:
Historical Holdings (HH) offer: we give you New York (purchase price $300); you give us Narnia (purchase price $240) plus $60. That gives you all the yellow properties and us all the red.
Literary Loft Dwellers (LLD) counter: In addition to the above, free passage for our teams on those properties. (We get free passage/no rent when landing on your Yellow American Literary properties and you get free passage/no rent when landing on our Red Fantasy World properties)
This deal is accepted by both teams - posts are in each teams threads.
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $8,397.00
Money Paid: $60 (To HH for trade/deal)
Money Earned: $125 ($25 rent Reading Railway (HH) + $100 Reading Marathon)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $8,462.00
Note books used for turn:
His Until Christmas by Con Riley - 190pgs - Read 22-Nov
Catching Butterfiles by Kenzi Bond - 176pgs - Read 22-Nov
Dilly & Boz by John Inman - 209pgs - Read 23-Nov
*Turn Complete*
Back to you, Mystery Manor!
~ Post 1 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,693.00
Rolled: 6
Landed on: Library
Timestamp: 11/23/2025 15:45:12
72-hour Deadline: 11/26/2025 15:45:12
Plan: submit book and pay fine
Jessica wrote: "~ Post 1 ~Plan: submit book and pay ..."
Jessica, Team SFS proposed a deal on your team thread. If you agree, we were hoping to close the deal during your turn.
[Interim turn]Trade Proposed and Accepted
Trade Deal:
Scifi Slumlords will buy Hercule Poirot and Science Fiction from Mystery Manor for $240.
In turn, if Mystery Manor lands on any space within Famous Fictional Detectives or Literary Genres, they will not pay rent.
Also, If another team lands on any space with Famous Fictional Detectives or Literary Genres, Mystery Manor and Scifi Slumlords will split the rent 50/50.
~ Post 2 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,693.00
Money Paid: $16 (Library fine)
Money Earned: $240 (sale of Poirot and Science Fiction to SFS)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,917.00
*Turn Complete*
Your turn, Sci Fi Slumlords!
~Post 1~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,903.00
Rolled: 8
Landed on: National Library of France
Timestamp: 11/23/2025 18:20:38
72-hour Deadline: 11/26/2025 18:20:38
Plan: Complete task, pay rent, buy houses for complete sets
~Post 2~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,903.00
Money Paid: $941 ($8 to Team LLD; $240 to Team MM; $693 for house purchases)
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $11,962.00
*Turn complete* It's to you again, Team HH!
Post 1Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,403
Rolled: 10
Landed on: Mystery
Timestamp: 11/23/2025 18:46:39
72-hour Deadline: 11/23/2025 18:46:39
Plan: Read for task, collect salary, build houses, and pay rent 😭
Post 2Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,403
Money Paid: $360 rent to SFS for Mystery + $819 for houses on complete set
Money Earned: $60 in trade with LLD + $525 from Salary
Ending Bank Account Balance: $4,809
Turn complete. Now we've got a game going, LLD!
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $8,462.00
Rolled: 3
Landed on: Book Critics Verdict
Timestamp: 11/24/2025 11:38:31
72-hour Deadline: 11/27/2025 11:38:31
Plan: Complete task + build on American Literacy properties
Mod
The opposing team is: Mystery Manor
Mystery Manor, please check if any of your members have read and rated:
📖 Where the Crawdads Sing and respond in this thread with their name and rating. If multiple people on your team have read and rated the book, please choose the highest rating.
Ashley wrote: "🎲 Book Critic's Verdict – Random Opponent Selected! The opposing team is: Mystery Manor
Mystery Manor, please check if any of your members have read and rated:
📖 [book:Where the Crawdads Sing|3..."
Tricia of Mystery Manor has read it and rated it 5 stars
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $8,462.00
Money Paid: $976.50 (To Bank)
Money Earned: $508.00 (SFS - $8 rent on Nat'l Library of France + $500 Book Critics Verdict)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $7,993.50
*Turn Complete*
Back to you, Mystery Manor!
Mod
Trade Proposed and Accepted
Trade Deal:
Literary Awards Group
LLD will buy Pulitzer Prize for $375 (original price) from HH
HH gets free passage on both properties + 50% of any rent received.
LLD will build the property up as part of the trade.
This deal is accepted by both teams - posts are in each teams threads.
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $7,993.50
Money Paid: $1,188.75 ($813.75 To Bank + $375 To HH)
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,804.75
*Trade Completed*
Well LLD, I just shouted a swear word in hearing range of my 4 year old ...I hope you're pleased with yourselves. 😂
~ Post 1 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,917.00
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Pulitzer Prize
Timestamp: 11/25/2025 13:42:27
72-hour Deadline: 11/28/2025 13:42:27
Plan: Pay rent and cry
Update for other teams: We don't currently have a completed book that fits the task. I will try to get one finished tonight, but it might be the morning now as it's already 8.30 pm. 😞
Mod
We didn't intend to harm any little one's ears!! We do apologize for that!! 😬
~ Post 2 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,917.00
Money Paid: $1400 rent to LLD
Money Earned: $180 rent from HH ($360 split with SFS)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $5,697.00
*Turn Complete*
Your turn, Sci Fi Slumlords!
Angie ☯ wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Well LLD, I just shouted a swear word in hearing range of my 4 year old ...I hope you're pleased with yourselves. 😂"We didn't intend to harm any little one's ears!! We do apologiz..."
I'll lock myself in my bedroom next turn in case I roll a 2 😅
~Post 1~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $11,962.00
Rolled: 8
Landed on: St. Petersburg
Timestamp: 11/25/2025 23:51:16
72-hour Deadline: 11/28/2025 23:51:16
Plan: Read for task, pay rent
~Post 2~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $11,962.00
Money Paid: $14 (rent to Team MM)
Money Earned: $180 (rent from Team HH - after 50% to Team MM)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $12,128.00
*Turn complete* Happy Thanksgiving Team HH, it's all yours!
Post 1Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $4,809
Rolled: 1
Landed on: Literary Jackpot
Timestamp: 11/27/2025 12:15:58
72-hour Deadline: 11/30/2025 12:15:58
Plan: Collect money (notify mods to reset), then eat turkey and hang out sittin' on our re-invigorated bank holdings.
Post 2Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $4,809
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $375 for selling our Pulitzer Prize to LLD; $700 from 1/2-rent split with LLD (Pulitzer Prize - MM); $600 from Literary Jackpot = $1,675
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,484
Turn complete. Take a break from turkey and enjoy your next turn, LLD!
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,804.75
Rolled: 4
Landed on: Sherlock Holmes
Timestamp: 11/27/2025 13:03:21
72-hour Deadline: 11/30/2025 13:03:21
Plan: Find a book ~ Complete task ~ Pay Rent!!
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,804.75
Money Paid: $940.00 ($240 to SFS rent on Sherlock Holmes & $700 HH for rent split)
Money Earned: $1,400.00 (From MMM - rent on Pulitzer Prize)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $7,264.75
*Turn Complete*
Back to you, Mystery Manor!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
And Happy Black Friday 🙂
~ Post 1 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,697.00
Rolled: 8
Landed on: Book Critic's Verdict
Timestamp: 11/28/2025 10:00:21
72-hour Deadline: 12/1/2025 10:00:21
Plan: Choose a book for book critic's verdict and ask mods to roll for a team
I heard that SFS was selected for MM’s book critic verdict. I did this book this past summer and rated it 5 stars. Just to be clear - book was James
~ Post 2 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,697.00
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $634 total ($500 from Book Critic Verdict, $14 from rent from SFS (St Petersburg), $120 from 50/50 split on Sherlock Holmes)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,331.00
Turn Complete!
Your turn Sci Fi Slumlords!
Team MM - You also got $180 from the 50% split from some rent (message 526)fyi... I'll be starting our turn in a few mins, need to get to my laptop.
danielle wrote: "Team MM - You also got $180 from the 50% split from some rent (message 526)fyi... I'll be starting our turn in a few mins, need to get to my laptop."
I think we accounted for that during our last turn in message 523
Shannon wrote: "danielle wrote: "Team MM - You also got $180 from the 50% split from some rent (message 526)fyi... I'll be starting our turn in a few mins, need to get to my laptop."
I think we accounted for th..."
Sorry, this is hard to do from my phone. Yes, that was the first rent, but there was a second one (from LLD’s turn they just had) I just got the amount wrong. They landed on Sherlock Holmes. Your share of that rent is $120. They just didn’t list it out in their post on message 530.
danielle wrote: "Shannon wrote: "danielle wrote: "Team MM - You also got $180 from the 50% split from some rent (message 526)fyi... I'll be starting our turn in a few mins, need to get to my laptop."
I think we ..."
Oh thank you! Ill get that fixed in my previous post
~Post 1~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,128.00
Rolled: 5
Landed on: Chance
Timestamp: 11/29/2025 9:20:23
72-hour Deadline: 12/2/2025 9:20:23
Plan: Request Chance spin and complete task
Mod
Angie ☯ wrote: "Sorry, guys! I thought I put the amounts - but I only put part of them. Fixed it but, it's a little too late to help!"No worries... I was just being dumb trying to do all that from my phone & juggling house craziness this morning and trying to get sorted so I could get going on our turn! So I made it more confusing than it needed to be!
~Post 2~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,128.00
Money Paid: $32
Money Earned: $120 (rent from Team LLD - after 50% to Team MM)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $12,216.00
*Turn complete* Back to you, Team HH!
Post 1Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,484
Rolled: 7
Landed on: The Little Prince
Timestamp: 11/29/2025 19:46:05
72-hour Deadline: 12/2/2025 19:46:05 (but in reality, 11/30/2025 23:00:00 pm CST)
Plan: Read for task and pay rent. Blergh.
Post 2Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,484
Money Paid: $19 to SFS for rent (The Little Prince)
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,465
Boring turn complete. Can we go around one more time? You're up, LLD!
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $7,264.75
Rolled: 6
Landed on: Reading Railroad
Timestamp: 11/29/2025 20:41:31
72-hour Deadline: 12/2/2025 20:41:31
Plan: Take a ride on the Reading! (we own it)
Mod
Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $7,264.75
Money Paid: $0.00
Money Earned: $0.00
Ending Bank Account Balance: $7,264.75
*Turn Complete*
Back to you, Mystery Manor!
Post 1 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,331.00
Rolled: 9
Landed on: 1984
Timestamp: 11/30/2025 5:41:30
72-hour Deadline: 12/3/2025 5:41:30
Plan: complete task and pay rent
~ Post 2 ~Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $6,331.00
Money Paid: $10 rent to HH
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $6,321.00
*Turn Complete*
Your turn, Sci Fi Slumlords!
~Post 1~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,216.00
Rolled: 8
Landed on: Narnia
Timestamp: 11/30/2025 12:46:45
72-hour Deadline: 12/3/2025 12:46:45
Plan: Pay rent (for the THIRD TIME for Narnia. We now own a time-share on it.); read for task; collect salary
~Post 2~Team Sci Fi Slumlords
Starting Bank Balance: $12,216.00
Money Paid: $720
Money Earned: $720 ($19 rent from Team HH, $701 salary)
Ending Bank Account Balance: $12,216.00
*Turn complete* When do we get our time-share (on Narnia) paperwork?. You're up, Team HH!
Team Historical HoldingsStarting Bank Account Balance: $6465
Rolled: 11
Landed on: Start
Timestamp: 11/30/2025 17:25:54
72-hour Deadline: 12/3/2025 17:25:54
Plan: collect salary; bask in the perfection of probably ending where we all started
Hooked on Books
Books mentioned in this topic
James (other topics)Where the Crawdads Sing (other topics)
A Court of Frost and Starlight (other topics)
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Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $5,408
Rolled: 9
Landed on: Reading Railroad
Timestamp: 11/22/2025 17:28:11
72-hour Deadline: 11/25/2025 17:28:11
Plan: Read for task and pay rent ☹️