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Snakes & Ladders (2012)
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Movement - Thread 2
Started my Free Read so I'm ready to roll!Present square: 11 (Free Read)
Rolled 6 (OMG! Two 6s in a row!!)
Move to Square 17...which means I've get to climb up the Ladder to Square 40 (Children)!!! Yay!
Book: TBD
Woohoo!!
Wow, DG. Welcome to my Square :P. That was fast though!
LOL, Vi!Hopefully I don't land on a snake on my next roll! ;p
For my next book:Current Square: 20
Rolled: 1
Moved to Square: 21 (Sam's Task)
Within task requirements I rolled a 2: set in Wales
Book: The Earth Hums in B Flat
Present square – 28Rolled a 2
Moved to square 30 (audiobook)
Book: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
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Rolled 5
Moved to square 65 (reference)
I'm debating whether to buck up and find something from this shelf to read, or roll again and move backwards. How funny that square 65 is exactly the square that was used in the example in the rules.
I even have The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction on my bedside table, but I've never seen it as something to actually read straight through. I use it as -- surprise -- a reference book.
So I'm off to scour the shelf for something more readable. And quickly, since graphic novels don't take long.
Susan wrote: "Rolled 5Moved to square 65 (reference)
I'm debating whether to buck up and find something from this shelf to read, or roll again a..."
Check out the reference shelf (links to each square's shelves are on the Gameboard thread). There are several there that wouldn't be painful to read (like Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, or Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is short, funny and useful! So I totally recommend it. :)
Stephen King's On Writing is also very readable and is on the reference shelf. Current Space: 13
Rolled: 2
New Space: 15 (Book Club)
Book: Ready Player One
ohhh book lust sounds interestingLynnB wrote: "Susan wrote: "Rolled 5
Moved to square 65 (reference)
I'm debating whether to buck up and find something from this shelf to read, or roll again a..."
Check out the reference shelf (links to each ..."
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its been years since I read Deenie...but I read a few JB last year for the childhood shelf...and they are just as good with age
Wow! I swear that everyone except me is getting a ladder! I just keep moving bit-by-bit. I guess at least I'm not getting snakes, either!
LynnB wrote: "Wow! I swear that everyone except me is getting a ladder! I just keep moving bit-by-bit. I guess at least I'm not getting snakes, either!"I'm with you, but they say "slow and steady wins the race" ;op
Current square 6.Rolled: 2
New square: 8
Will be absolutely dead last finishing this game. Sigh.
Current Square - 44Rolled - 6
moved to - square 50(want)
book - Genome by Matt Ridley
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That's what I get for choosing a 600+ page book to read for the game! Oh, well. I am enjoying it.
BTW, when I finish The Other Boleyn Girl, my next book will be The Audacity of Hope. At least it is shorter and is still a book I have wanted to read.
Started my Children book (The Graveyard book) so I'm ready to roll!Present square: 40 (Children)
Rolled 6
Move to Square 46 (Travel)
Book: TBD
Ugh! This is my third 6 in a row but I really didn't want a six now. Hopefully there are other things beside travel books on that shelf.
ETA: I guess at least it wasn't a 5! (I would have landed on a snake there.)
Oh OK. I see there are ton of fiction in the travel shelf so I may not need to pass on the shelf and backtrack.I think I'll check some of my books and see if a book with action abroad shows on up on that shelf.
ETA: Found one already! OK, this one won't be too bad.
So I found lots of books on the travel shelf that I'm interested in reading (some are from my TBR, others I can get from the library.)Gulliver's Travels, The Night Circus, The Alchemist, A Room with a View, Assassination Vacation, Kabul Beauty School, Doomsday Book, A Breath of Snow & Ashes, When You Are Engulfed in Flames
I'm REALLY tempted to listen to A Breath of Snow & Ashes, which is 50+ hours long on audio (this would take me the better part of a month.)
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Rolled 2.
Moved to square 67 (juvenile)
Lucky roll, because I had Prom & Prejudice sitting around waiting, our faculty book club's choice for this month. Finished it quickly last night.
Rolled 1.
Moved to square 68.
Down the snake to square 43 (childrens).
NOT such a lucky roll. But at least there will be plenty of things on that shelf I'll enjoy reading.
A lot of us seem to be hanging out in the 40's right now.
At the rate I'm rolling, I won't finish until 2013!Finished my book for square 28, started my book for square 29 and rolled again.
Rolled 1
Moved to square 30 (audiobook)
Book: Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy
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We had a beautiful weekend and I'm exhausted so... if you could check your position on the ladder to make sure I've got it right? It's pretty simple to do on a daily basis but after a few days, it's a bit confusing cuz some of you have rolled more than once!
Finished The Giving Tree for the children shelf.Current Square: 40
Rolled 1 (darn it!)
Moved to Square 41 (Free Read) (Yay!)
Going to read: Shadow's Edge
Kazza...I'm in the right spot! Those free reads are great. :)
Dee wrote: "its been years since I read Deenie...but I read a few JB last year for the childhood shelf...and they are just as good with age"I loved her books growing up but I don't remember reading this one so that's why I picked it. It also works for one of my monthly challenges this month. :)
This is my first move.Rolled 6
Move to square 6 (2009)
Book: The Hunger Games (Chosen from the shelf: Popular 2009 Books)
I hope I did this right.
Hmmm...somebody can but in but I'm not sure if the genre pages qualify for this or if we have to go with the shelves strictly? I know those genre pages are a merge of several shelves.I know in this case, THG is def. on the 2009 shelf but I'm not sure how that will work out for other shelves.
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Rolled 6
Move to square 6 (2009)
Book: The Hunger Games (Chosen from the shelf: Popular 2009 Books)
I hope I did this right."
Joanne, you did it just right. You can read any book off the Popular 2009 Book list as that is the particular list for square 6. You are in luck if the book you choose meets other challenges or the monthly shelf.
Thank you I was going to let you know I screwed up by not clicking on #6 of the Squares List I'm not sure how I got to the genres page. Anyhow I look forward to playing with you all.. :)
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Originally, GR only had 'shelves'. The genres have only been recently set up (maybe the past year or so? I don't quite remember exactly) but it's kind of mixed in with the shelves. So, for your next move, just go to the Gameboard thread and click on the links there to make sure you've got the right page to choose your books from :)
You can also download the worksheet complete with hyperlinks!
You have my position right, Kazza. But now I'm moving. :)Present square: 8
Rolled: 6! (Finally a big move!)
Moved to Square 14 (contemporary)
Book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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Rolled 5
Moved to Square 15 (book-club)
Book: Micro"
Kim,
If you were on square 11 and rolled a 5, shouldn't you end up on square 16?
So I know I'm late to the game, but I'm hoping it's ok that I join in, even knowing I probably can't win. This seems REALLY fun! Start of Game
Rolled 5
Moved to square 5 (Wish-List)
Book: The Help
Since I've already started the book, I rolled again:
Previous square:5
Rolled 1
Moved to square: 6 (2009)
Book: TBD
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Start of Game
Rolled 5
Moved to square 5 (Wish-List)
Book: [book:..."
Welcome, Ashley! The more, the merrier.
Present Square 13 (Suspense) Currently reading "Dead in the Family"Rolled 6
move to square 19
up the ladder to 44 (2008)
Book: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
I believe I was on square 6rolled a 3
move to square 9 (have)
book: not sure yet, need to brainstorm a bit
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