With the completed reading of Mortal Arts, I have finally brought my game of BookLikes Snakes and Ladders to an end! Yay! And just in time to start the next game, too, so I'm doubly excited.
I wanted to give a really nice big THANK YOU to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for being wonderful reading game hosts, coming up with so many fun activities to keep the BL feeds active all the time. Every time I feel like I'm about to hit a reading slump, or whenever I feel like I'm having trouble pulling out of one, a game like this comes around, and I find myself finishing books left and right, as well as discovering new authors and new book series, and sometimes even new genres, that I'd never thought to pick up on my own before.
In this respect, I've managed to pick up a couple new authors I'm interested in continuing to follow, and I've also manged to read one or two book son my shelves that I'd been meaning to read for forever.
Reading games are wonderful like that, aren't they?
Once again, I'm presenting to everyone my Dino Baby marker since he's no longer on the actual board (which I suspect he's rather relieved about, because the snakes were not nice to him). Dino Baby played a wonderful game and kept his energy up even in the fits of motion sickness from certain pesky, slippery foes. Great job, Baby!
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| Dino Baby Snakes and Ladders Marker "I'm still too lazy to 'Rawr' today." |
My Final Stats
Book Read: 24
Rolls: 23
Snakes: 3
Ladders: 0
Dates for each dice roll corresponds with respective update post.
Book titles link to reviews if written.
Completed books' covers (read and used for squares) following table.
| Date | Dice Roll | Square/Prompt | Book Title / Author | Fits Square? |
| 02/20 |
na
|
1. Author is a woman | Sweet Release by Pamela Clare | Yes |
| 02/22 (#1) |
(2 + 4)
6
|
7. Author's last name begins with the letters A, B, C, or D. | Carnal Gift by Pamela Clare | Yes |
| 02/24 (#2) |
(2 + 3)
5
|
12. Author's last name begins with the letters T, U, V, W, X, Y, or Z. | SEAL for Her Protection by Paige Tyler | Yes |
| 02/27 (#3) |
(2 + 4)
6
|
18. Set in a school | Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger | Yes |
| 03/09 (#4) |
(4 + 5)
9
|
27. Set during WWI or WWII | Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld | Yes |
| 03/12 (#5) |
(5 + 6)
11
|
38. Newest release by a favorite author | Untouchable by Jayne Ann Krentz | Yes |
| 03/12 (#6) | (3 + 5) 8 |
46. A book that has been on your tbr for more than two years | Slightly Shady by Amanda Quick | Yes |
| 03/16 (#7) |
(5 + 6)
11 |
57. Was published more than 50 years ago | Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart | Yes |
| 03/16 (#8) |
(4 + 4)
8 |
65. Snake - go back to 52 | n/a | n/a |
| 03/16 |
snake
|
52. Has a tree or flower on the cover | The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin | Yes |
| 03/19 (#9) |
(2 + 5)
7 |
59. Was published more than 10 years ago | Ride the Fire by Pamela Clare | Yes |
| 03/19 (#10) |
(2 + 5)
7 |
66. Part of a series that is more than 10 books long | Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson | Yes |
| 03/24 (#11) |
(1 + 2)
3 |
69. Something related to travel on the cover | A Most Extraordinary Pursuit by Julana Gray | Yes |
| 03/30 (#12) |
(4 + 6)
10 |
79. Main character is a woman | Don't Look Back by Amanda Quick | Yes |
| 03/31 (#13) |
(3 + 5)
8 |
87. Snake - go back to 57 | n/a | n/a |
| 03/31 |
snake
|
57. Was published more than 50 years ago | The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy | Yes |
| 4/28 (#14) |
(3 + 6)
9 |
66. Part of a series that is more than 10 books long | Mort by Terry Pratchett | Yes |
| 4/28 (#15) |
(4 + 5)
9 |
75. Set in a fantasy world | Wild Country by Anne Bishop | Yes |
| 4/28 (#16) |
(3 + 3)
6 |
81. Ghost story | An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James | Yes |
| 5/5 (#17) |
(2 + 6)
8 |
89. Published between 2000 and 2017 | Late for the Wedding by Amanda Quick | Yes |
| 5/5 (#18) |
(4 + 6)
10 |
99. Snake - go back to 69 | n/a | n/a |
| 5/5 |
snake
|
69. Something related to travel on the cover | The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James | Yes |
| 5/12 (#19) |
(2 + 2)
4 |
73. Categorized as YA | Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld | Yes |
| 5/12 (#20) |
(3 + 6)
9 |
82. Genre: urban fantasy | Ever Strange by Alisa Woods | Yes |
| 5/13 (#21) |
(3 + 5)
8 |
90. A new-to-you author | Indigo by Beverly Jenkins | Yes |
| 5/13 (#22) |
(3 + 5)
8 |
98. Title starts with any of the letters in LADDERS | Dangerous by Amanda Quick | Yes |
| 5/13 (#23) |
(1 + 3)
4 |
100. Let BL pick it for you: post 4 choices and read the one that gets the most votes! | TBA | YES! |
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