Ani's Book Abyss

 

I have been so lazy and out of touch with the blogging world lately that this BLopoly update post is a whole two days late.  I finished Devil in the Deadline by LynDee Walker late at night, right before midnight on 7/23, and so I rolled again right before the next day came around.  But I was too tired to do anything but screen shot my roll and set up my live board movements.  And then I had planned to post my update yesterday (7/24)... which also didn't happen... because, reasons.

So here I am, finally, at the tail end of 7/25, finally getting this post up and out.

Anyway, Devil in the Deadline was a great read, and I'll have a review out soon... hopefully.  At 282 pages, the book gained me another $3.

 

Roll #17 gave me a 7, which walked me to The Stay-cation 9 (even though the card says 8, the square is actually 9).  I was just here two rolls ago and just finished reading a book for this square.

 

Alert!  Alert!  We had a bit of a mishap and Penni's lucky star-studded game board got toppled over via Bear-tastrophe...  Basically, the naughty little pupper managed to hop up onto my desk, grab Monkey by the head, and knocked all the stars onto the floor.  Fortunately, Monkey made it away just fine, but Penni's board was such a mess that I didn't really feel like resetting it all up.

Meanwhile, Penni has already brushed off the incident and is happily drifting in her paper boat with Teddy Bear... who cannot seem to stay stuck to the board, so he's also just kind of drifting along.  Monkey has gone back into Zen Monkey mode, and we will probably try to continue this game in an unassuming way... well, as unassuming as Monkey and Friends is capable of.

 

Meanwhile, SOMEONE got grounded...

Just kidding.  Bear actually tipped the tub over and climbed into it himself to take a nap, completely separate from the big Penni board disruption incident.  The he followed by trying to dig himself a nest in the solid tub.  I just thought this was a cute photo to share... not that there's a Bear photo in the phone right now that ISN'T cute.

 

For the Stay-cation 9 square, I've been reading Cover Shot by LynDee Walker, the next book in the Nichelle Clarke series.  I'm using the prompt for the author's name beginning with a letter in the word 'RELAX.'  Cover Shot is 360 pages and will earn me $3 when I finally finish reading it.  There's nothing wrong with the book--I probably would have finished it by now and would be rolling again if I weren't feeling a little bit slumped and lazy.

 

 

Novelty Cards Currently In My Pocket

 

 

 

My Progress

Current Bank:  $94
Bail Fund Donation:  0 pages || in table: remain in parentheses in (italics and red)
Books Read:  17
Pages Read:  5,605

Table notes:
*Dates link to corresponding dice roll updates / other links for related activities included.
*Book titles link to reviews if written.
*Page/Cash values in parentheses are still pending reads/ not yet cashed out.
*Doubles rolls are depicted as such (dbls) under the dice roll number.

 

Date (Roll #)	Dice Roll	Space/Prompt	Book Title / Author	Pages	Cash
5/20	Game Start				$20
#1	5	The Silk Road: Read a book set in any of the 40 countries along Silk Road, or by an author from any of those countries.	Hard Target by Pamela Clare	261	$3
5/22
#2a	8	Novelty Card Robot -- save for later (Create a numbered list of ten books, and let a random number generator pick for you)	n/a	n/a	n/a
#2b	4	Mountain Cabin 16: Read a book that is considered mystery/suspense genre, or which has a title that contains all of the letters in the word C-A-B-I-N.	Tightrope by Amanda Quick	320	$3
5/25	See Also: Roll #3 and Memorial Day Bonus Roll Activities
#3	5	The Lake House 20: Read a book that features a dog or which has a dog on the cover; or that is set in an area known for its lakes or on a fictional lake.	Run to Ground by Katie Ruggle	312	$3
	Memorial Day Bonus Rolls
#4	7	The Summer Blockbuster 27: Read a book that features a hero's journey or is a Bildungsroman (coming of age tale); or that has a word related to space in the title (i.e., star, planet, rocket).	Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier	516	$5
#5	9	European Vacation 35: Read a book set in Europe; or that was written by an author who was born in Europe; or that involves travel by boat or that has a picture of a ship on the cover.	A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber	433	$5
6/8
#6a	10	Pass Go:  Collect $5!	n/a	n/a	$5
		Novelty Card Race Car -- save for later (Race around the game board to the space of your choosing and read!)	n/a	n/a	n/a
#6b	11	Mountain Cabin 18: Read a book that is set west of the Mississippi in the USA, or that was written by an author who comes from that region, or that is considered part of the Western genre.	Stone Cold Heart by Laura Griffin	357	$3
6/10
#7a	7	BL Square:  Spin the Wheel Decide	n/a	n/a	n/a
		Wheel Decide:  Take one extra roll	n/a	n/a	n/a
#7b	10	European Vacation 33: Read a book set in the UK, or that was written by an author whose first or last name begins with any letter in the word L-O-N-D-O-N.	The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa	212	$3
6/13
#8	5	Pass Go:  Collect $5!	n/a	n/a	$5
		School's Out For Summer 1: Read a book that appears on any school related "summer reading list," or that is identified as YA or MG	Going Rogue by Robin Benway	321	$3
6/16
#9	10	Beach Week 10: Read a book that appears on any beach reads list, or a book whose author's first or last name begins with any letter in B-E-A-C-H.	Chasing Evil by Kylie Brant	324	$3
6/19
#10	6	Mountain Cabin 16: Read a book that is considered mystery/suspense genre, or which has a title that contains all of the letters in the word C-A-B-I-N.	Touching Evil by Kylie Brant	288	$3
6/26
#11	4	The Lake House 19: Read a book with a cover that is more than 50 percent blue, or by an author whose first or last name starts with any letter in the word L-A-K-E.	Facing Evil by Kylie Brant	314	$3
6/29
#12	6	The Summer Blockbuster 25: Read a book (or a book in a series) that has been adapted for film or television.	A Morbid Taste for Bones	199	$2
7/2	July 4th Bonus Rolls
#13a	2 (dbls)	The Summer Blockbuster 27: Read a book that features a hero's journey or is a Bildungsroman (coming of age tale); or that has a word related to space in the title (i.e., star, planet, rocket).	Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo	374	$3
#13b	8	When? (34): Read a book that is time travel or historical fiction, or a book with the word "when" in the title.	Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James	386	$3
#14	5	Pass Go:  Collect $5!	n/a	n/a	$5
		Who? (2): Read a mystery or detective story, or a book with the word "who" in the title.	Sharp Edges by Jayne Ann Krentz	338	$3
#15	7	The Stay-cation 9: Read a book that includes a visit to a museum, a concert, a library or a park, or that the author's name begins with one of the letters in R-E-L-A-X.	Her Deadly Secrets by Laura Griffin	368	$3
7/21
#16a	4	Novelty Card Robot -- save for later (Create a numbered list of ten books, and let a random number generator pick for you)	n/a	n/a	n/a
#16b	7	Free Parking:  Roll 2 dice. A 2 or a 3 sends you to the robot; 4, 5, or 6, go to the race car; 7, 8, or 9, go to the Scottie dog; 10, 11, or 12 takes you to the cat.	n/a	n/a	n/a
#16c	9	Novelty Card Scottie Dog -- save for later (Post a list or poll of 4 books, and ask your fellow players/followers to "fetch" you a book.	n/a	n/a	n/a
#16d	10	Pass Go:  Collect $5!	n/a	n/a	$5
		Who? (2): Read a mystery or detective story, or a book with the word "who" in the title.	Devil in the Deadline by LynDee Walker	282	$3
7/23
#17	7	The Stay-cation 9: Read a book that includes a visit to a museum, a concert, a library or a park, or that the author's name begins with one of the letters in R-E-L-A-X.	Cover Shot by LynDee Walker	(360)	($3)
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