Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
This was a fun game! Although the rules were a little complicated for me to keep up with, I didn't worry much over it as I had zero chance of winning, because I was using it to pare down my already-owned TBR pile, and I'm an especially slow reader during baseball season. Although I do have to confess that my Rangers have been so painful to watch that I did escape into reading during some games. I am stopping game play a little early, because at the rate I've been reading, there's no way I can finish another book before the game ends.
Still, it was fun to play, helped me whittle down my TBR mountain, and especially fun to read everyone else's posts. Special props to Ani's Book Abyss, because I always looked forward to Magnetic Monkey's antics as he cheered her on.
So my final bank is a measly $74 accumulated through 10 rounds of game play. I knocked 12 books off my TBR (10 read, 2 DNF) and read 5 hardcovers, 2 paperbacks, and 3 audios.
Player Bank Posts
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Bank 4/17/17: $20
Round 1 (April 17, 2017)
Dice Roll: 9
Square: Fantasyland 9: Read a book that is tagged Genre: Fantasy or Fairy Tale on GR
Book Read: Dream Weaver by Michael Hague and Jane Yolen
Pages: 80
Payout: $1
Ending Bank 4/17/17: $21
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Round 2 (April 19-May 11, 2017)
Dice Roll: 7
Square: Additional Task 15: Read a book where someone gets married, with jewelry on the cover, or where any character is a millionaire/billionaire!
Book Read: The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pages: 512
Payout: $5
Ending Bank 5/11/17: $26
Posts:
Round 3 (May 11-May 22, 2017)
Dice Roll: 10
Square: Adventureland 24: Take the Jungle Cruise. Read a book set in Africa or Asia, or that has an exotic animal on the cover
Book Read: A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
Pages: 276
Payout:$3
Ending Bank: $29
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Round 4 (May 23-June 1, 2017)
Reading concurrently with Round 5 (one audio, one bound).
Dice Roll: 7
Square: Paradise Pier 30: Read a book with a twist, or that is tagged “suspense” on GR, or that has more than 555 pages
Book Read: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (audiobook)
Pages: 582
Payout: $5
Ending Bank: $39
Posts:
Round 5 (May 25-June 4, 2017)
Reading concurrently with Round 6 (one audio, one bound).
Dice Roll: 9
Square: Frontierland 2: Read a book with a main character who knows how to handle a gun, or where someone is shot
Book Read: Shane by Jack Schaefer (paperback)
Pages: 432
Payout: $5
Ending Bank: $44
Posts:
Round 6 (June 3-4, 2017)
Reading concurrently with Round 5 (one audio, one bound).
Dice Roll: 4
Square: Mystery 8: Read a book that is tagged mystery or has a title that begins with any letter in the word “CLUE”
Book Read: The Fold by Peter Clines
Pages: 384
Payout: $3
Ending Bank: $47
Posts:
Round 7 (June 7-23, 2017)
Dice Roll: 7
Square: Trains, Planes, & Automobiles 14: Read a book that involves overseas travel, or that has a suitcase on the cover
Book Read: On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry
Pages: 256
Payout: $3 (corrected $6)
Ending Bank: $50 (corrected $56)
Posts:
Round 8 (June 23-July 4, 2017)
Dice Roll: 4
Square: Cars Land 18: Read a book that was published in 2006, 2011, 2013, or 2014, the years of Cars and its sequels, or that has a car on the cover.
Book #1 (DNF): The Concrete Grove by Gary McMahon
Book #2: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
Book #3: Don’t Look Down by Jennifer Crusie
Pages: 394
Payout: $3 (corrected $6)
Ending Bank: $50 (corrected $62)
Posts:
Round 9 (July 5-6, 2017)
Dice Roll: 9
Square: Adventureland 26: Read a book tagged genre Adventure or Thriller on GR
Book Read: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (audiobook)
Pages: 368
Payout: $6
Ending Bank: $68
Posts:
Round 10 (July 8-22, 2017)
Dice Roll: 8
Square: Tomorrowland 33: Read a book set in space or tagged SciFi on GR or a book that includes robots or cyborgs
Book Read: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (paperback)
Pages: 288
Payout: $6
Ending Bank: $74
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