Booklikes-Opoly! - Roll & Book Selection
Having finished The Singing Sands, today is a new roll day for me.
You rolled 2 dice:
Timestamp: 2019-06-01 17:20:49 UTC
...which takes me to:
| 15. My husband, Mr. MR, is a big fan of the mountain vacation. | |||||||
| Read a book with a tree (or trees) on the cover, or that is set in a mountain community. |
Uh, ok. Right. Well, ... Erm, ... I have a few options there, but since Lillelara and I are planning on a buddy read on The Climb, and perhaps some others, I think I'll go for Maurice Herzog's Annapurna.
I have very low expectations for this one. Based on some comments I have read about Herzog and this particular expedition, I have a feeling that we won't get on, in which case I at least get to whittle down Mt. TBR by another book. However, Annapurna can still prove me wrong, and it would not be the first time that a book has that impact.
Also, I may change my book choice if it turns out that Sourcery is set in a mountain community. ;D
And because, I rolled doubles, I get another roll:
You rolled 2 dice:
Timestamp: 2019-06-01 17:30:12 UTC
...which takes me to:
| 23. The Cape-to-Cairo Railway | |||||||
| Read a book set on the continent of Africa, or by an author from any African country. |
One of the benefits of BL-Opoly is that I get to scour my bookshelves for unread titles and get to work (unofficially, since this is "the year of free-range reading") on Mt. TBR.
There are actually three books I have on my shelves that fit this particular prompt:
My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan,
Woza Shakespeare by Antony Sher, and
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
I will make a decision once I finish Annapurna and Sourcery. At the moment, I am leaning towards Malan's book. Not only has this been on my shelf the longest, but it might actually be the least challenging (even if have I no expectations to this one being a fluffy read either).
| Date | Bank | Square | Title | Pages | DNF | DNF @ Page # | Rating | Notes | ||
| May 20 | $20 | (Starting Bank Balance) | ||||||||
| May 20 | $3 | 5 | Death on the Nile | 320 | 5 | |||||
| May 22 | $0 | Jail | Ladies' Bane | 237 | 3.5 | |||||
| May 24 | $3 | 15 | Savage Summit | 303 | 4 | |||||
| May 24 | $1 | 25 | Bel Canto | 319 | 1 | 50 | 1 | Memorial Day Bonus Roll # 1 | ||
| May 24 | $3 | 35 | The Division Bell Mystery | 254 | 4 | Memorial Day Bonus Roll # 2 | ||||
| May 27 | $5 | Go | - | - | - | |||||
| May 27 | $3 | 4 | Ways of Escape | 309 | 3.5 | |||||
| May 30 | $3 | 11 | The Singing Sands | 246 | 4 | |||||
| June 1 | 15 | Annapurna | Doubles roll; in progress | |||||||
| June 1 | 23 | tbc | ||||||||
| Total | $41 | |||||||||
Cards in Pocket:
The Cat
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