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Bookopoly 2023
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- Roll 2 dice to move around the board. You can use regular or electronic dice.
- Read a book for the genre, category, or theme of the square you land on before rolling again. You may plan up to one roll in advance.
- Choose books from your existing shelves if you can (real or virtual).
- If you need ideas, ask!
- If you land on a "Partner Pick" square, request in the game thread for someone to choose a book for you to read from one of your shelves (please provide the link to your shelf).
- If you are choosing a book for another player, select from their existing shelves. You may offer a choice of up to 3 books.
- One round is complete when you pass GO. You can play as many times as you like.
- If you find that you're unable to finish a book, you can forfeit the turn by asking for a Partner Pick substitute.
I'm going to see how long I can keep this one up. I had so much fun with this one last month and I ended up reading some books I had either been putting off or would not have read because of it. So I'm in! I'm apparently going to begin with the two longest books in my January TBR pile, lol!.
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Bookopoly 2020:
Round 1
Roll 1: 8
Task: Purpose, War, or Survival
1� read 1/1-1/5
Roll 2: 7
Task: Travel Along (Different Time)
2� read 1/1-1/8
Roll 3: 8
Task: Highest Average Rating
3� read 1/12
Roll 4: 7
Task: Book Ban!
4� read 11/10/19-1/29/20
Roll 5: 10
Task: Book Sale!
5� read 11/30
Roll 6: 9
Task: Times of Life
6� read 2/1
Roll 7: 7
Task: Chance
7� read 2/5-2/6
Roll 8: 7 pass Go
Round 2
Roll 1: 7 (from previous)
Task: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
8� read 2/7-2/13
Roll 2: 4
Task: Chance
9� read 2/15-2/16
Roll 3: 7
Task: Part of a series
10� read 2/16
Roll 4: 6
Task: Book Sale: Favorite author or old favorite
11� read 2/22
Roll 5: 6
Task: Nature (gone wild)
12� read 2/16-2/24
Roll 6: 9
Task: Travel Away
13� read 3/2-3/3
Roll 7: 2
Task: Contemporary Fiction
14� read 3/3-3/5
Roll 8: 10 Pass Go!
Round 3
Roll 1: 10 (from previous)
Task: Chance
15� read 3/7
Roll 2: 7
Task: Part of a series
16� read 3/7
Roll 3: 9
Task: Highest average rating
17� read 3/11
Roll 4: 12
Task: Travel away
18� read 3/13-3/16
Roll 5: 8 Pass Go!
Round 3
Roll 1: 8 (from previous)
Task: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
19� read 3/20
Roll 2: 10
Task: Recommended
20� read 3/22-3/28
Roll 3: 5
Task: Mystery
21� read 3/27-3/28
Roll 4: 4
Task: Chance
22� read 4/8-4/9
Roll 5: 6
Task: Library Fine
23� read 4/14
Roll 6: 4
Task: Longest Shelved
24� read 4/12-14
Roll 7: 8 Landed on Go!
Round 4
Roll 1: 8 (from previous)
Task: Book #8
25� read 4/20
Roll 2: 11
Task: Published this year
26� read 4/23
Roll 3: 7
Task: Mystery
27� read 5/1-2
Roll 4: 5
Task: Highest # of ratings
28, 6,633,203 ratings� read 5/8
Roll 5: 10
Task: Most recently added
29� read 5/13
Roll 6: 11 (pass Go, on to Round 5)
Round 5
Roll 1: 11 (from previous)
Task:Partner Pick
30� read 5/13-14
Roll 2: 9
Task: Published this year
31� read 5/14-30
Roll 3: 5
Task: YA/Middle Grade
32� read 5/30-31
Roll 4: 10
Task: Nature
33� read 6/2-6/3
Roll 5: 5
Task: Most Recently Added
34� read 6/6
Roll 6: 10 (pass go)
Round 6
Roll 1: 10 (from previous)
Task: Classics
35� read 6/4-6/10
Roll 2: 7
Task: War
36� read 6/3-6/11
Roll 3: 5
Task: Recommended
37� read 6/12
Roll 4: 9
Task: Chance
38� read 6/18
Roll 5: 2
Task: Shortest book
39, 146 pp� read 6/20
Roll 6: 5
Task: Times of Life
40� read 6/24
Roll 7: 5
Task: Longest Book
41, 960 pages� read 7/1-7/4
Roll 8: 8
Round 7
Roll 1: 8 (from previous)
Task: Partner Pick
42� read 7/12-7/14
Roll 2: 6
Task: War
43� read 8/3-8/8
Roll 3: 11
Task: Historical Fiction
44� read 8/15-8/16
Roll 4: 7
Task: Nature
45� read 8/15-8/16
Roll 5: 10
Task: Chance
46� read 8/30-8/31
Roll 6: 6 (pass go)
Round 8
Roll 1: 6 (from previous)
Task: Partner Pick
47� read 9/1-9/2
Roll 2: 7
Task: Tradition & Change
48� read 9/10
Roll 3: 5
Task: Part of a Series
49� read 9/11
Roll 4: 7
Task: Highest number of ratings
50 over 350,000 ratings� read 9/10-9/12
Roll 5: 5
Task: Nature
51� read 9/20-9/21
Roll 6: 5
Task: Most recently added
52� read 9/21-9/22
Roll 7: 7
Task: New to you Author
53� read 9/26-28
Roll 8: 9 (pass go)
Round 9
Roll 1: 9 (from previous)
Task: Chance
54� read 9/30
Roll 2: 9
Task: Middle Grade/YA/Teen
55� read 10/12-14
Roll 3: 7
Task: Highest average rating
56, 4.32� read 10/16-17
Roll 4: 5
Task: Library Fine
57� read 10/24-30
Roll 5: 3
Task: Most Recently Added
58� read 10/31
Roll 6: 6
Task: Contemporary
59� read 10/27-11/4
Roll 7: 8 (pass go)
Round 10
Roll 1: 8 (from previous)
Task: Travel Afar
60� read 11/3-5
Roll 2: 7
Task: Electric Company: new setting - India during the 50s/60s
61� read 11/8-9
Roll 3: 6
Task: Mystery
62� read 11/20-21
Roll 4: 10
Task: Library Fine
63� read 12/1
Roll 5: 6
Task: Contemporary
64� read 12/2
Roll 6: 10 (pass go)
Round 11
Roll 1: 10 (from previous)
Task: Chance
65� read 12/6-12/7
Roll 2: 10
Task: Partner Pick
66� read 12/7-12/8
Roll 3: 8
Task: Book Ban
67� read 9/26-12/11
Roll 4: 8
Task: Mystery
68� read 12/11-12/12
Roll 5: 3
Task: Highest Number of Ratings (415,680)
69� read 12/12-12/13
Roll 6: 4
Task: Travel Abroad
70� read 12/14-12/15
Roll 7: 6
Task: Most recently added
71� read 12/15
Roll 8: 2
Task: Partner Pick
72� read 12/19-20
Roll 9: 5
Task: Waterworks - new to me
73� read 12/20
Roll 10: 9 (pass go)
Round 12
Roll 1: 9 (from previous)
Task: Chance
74� read 11/27-12/21
Roll 2: 7
Task: Part of a series
75� read 12/21
Roll 3: 6
Task: Book Sale - favorite book or author
76� read 12/21-22
Roll 4: 6
Task: Nature
77� read 12/22-12/23
Roll 5: 5
Task: Recently shelved
78� read 12/23-12/24
Roll 6: 6
Task: Contemporary
79� read 12/24
Roll 7: 9 (pass go)
Round 13
Roll 1: 9 (from previous)
Task: Relationships
80� read 12/24-12/30
Roll 2: 3
Task: Tradition or change
Lore 81
Black Buck
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I'm in for this. Hopefully, I will get to read some books I have been avoiding or waiting for for a long time :D
I'm going to try this one this year!Round 1
Roll 1-7
Chance-set shelf to random
Manhattan In Reverse-Finished 8/11
Roll 2-4
Electric Co.-a setting that's new to you
A Darker Shade of Magic-Finished 8/27
Roll 3-8
Book Sale
The Silmarillion-Finished 11/30
Roll 4-6
Nature
The Overstory
I'm going to try this one this year too! Looks fun! Roll 1: 9 Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers by Alex Banayan 320 pages - done 01/17/2020
Roll 2: 7 Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathon Stroud
Bookopoly 2020Round 1
Roll 1: 8
Task: Purpose, War, Survival
Salt to the Sea - finished
Roll 2: 8
Task: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
The Black Stallion - finished
Roll 3: 10
Task : Nature
The Great Alone - finished
Roll 4: 11
Task : Contemporary Fiction
Nine Perfect Strangers - finished
Round 2
Roll 5: 8
Task : Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
The Black Stallion Returns - finished
Roll 6: 6
Task: Published this year
The New Husband - finished
Roll 7: 3
Task: Part of a Series
Son of the Black Stallion - finished
Roll 8: 9
Task: Highest Avg Rating
A Stranger in the Mist - finished
Roll 9: 7
Task: Book ban
Look Alive Twenty-Five - finished
Roll 10: 7
Task: Contemporary Fiction
Summerland - finished
Roll 11: 11
Task: Purpose, War, Survival
Number the Stars - finished
Round 3
Roll 12: 6
Task: Part of a Series
Twisted Twenty-Six - finished
Roll 13: 7
Task: Highest # of ratings
Gone Girl - finished
Roll 14: 7
Task: Library fine
An Abundance of Katherines - finished
Roll 15: 3
Task: Most recently added to your shelf
What Hurts the Most - finished
Roll 16: 4
Task: Travel Away
Fahrenheit 451 - finished
Roll 17: 7
Task: Partner Pick
The Nightingale - finished
Round 4
Roll 18: 6
Task: Purpose, War, Survival
Girl at War - finished
Roll 19: 9
Task: Partner Pick
Anne of Green Gables - finished
Roll 20: 8
Task: Travel Abroad
Paris for One and Other Stories - finished
Roll 21: 7
Task: On your shelf the longest
A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases
Roll 22: 7
Task: Award winner
Allison wrote: "How to Play- Roll 2 dice to move around the board. You can use regular or electronic dice. Click here for electronic dice.
- Read a book for the genre, category, or theme of the square you land ..."
It says read from your own shelves. There's some categories here that I don't normally read so don't have any. I want to branch out though which is why I joined this challenge
Rachel wrote: "It says read from your own shelves. There's some categories here that I don't normally read so don't have any. I want to branch out though which is why I joined this challenge"I ended up reading quite a few books in the past 3 months that I wouldn't have if it hadn't been for this challenge. So it's very cool!
Anyone got any suggestions for Purpose, War, Survival?
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Roll # 1: 6 Relationships
Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
Completed January 1
Roll#2: 7 Recommended to you
Three John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood
Completed January 14
Roll#3: 4 Partner Pick
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
Completed February
Rosemarie wrote: "Rachel, have you read Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys? It fits war and survival."Nope :)
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Rosemarie wrote: "I highly recommend it."Read the synopsis actually sounds like something I might like
I second the recommendation for Salt to the Sea! One of my favorites of last year!
Round 1� Roll #1 (3+1)=4
Library Fine - A borrowed book
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
� Roll#2 (4+2)=6
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons
� Roll#3 (5+3)=8
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
� Roll#4 (4+3)=7
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
� Roll#5 (5+2)=7
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
Round 2
� Roll#6 (3+6)=9
Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
� Roll#7 (2+1)=3
Library Fine - A borrowed book
The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge
� Roll#8 (5+2)=7
Purple - Category: Published this year
Interview with the Robot by Lee Bacon
� Roll#9 (2+5)=7
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Daisy in Chains by Sharon J. Bolton
� Roll#10 (3+6)=9
Yellow - Theme: Society
House Rules by Chloe Neill
� Roll#11 (4+5)=9
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Fool Me Thrice: A Novella by Sara-Lisa Andersson
Round 3
� Roll#12 (2+6)=8
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Biting Bad by Chloe Neill
� Roll#13 (6+6)=12
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Fox and Mouse Meet Porcupine by Carla Roman
� Roll#14 (3+3)=6
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
� Roll#15 (2+5)=7
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)
Room by Emma Donoghue
� Roll#16 (1+3)=4
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
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Roll 1 ~3+1=4 Library Fine ~ A Borrowed Book -
~ I borrowed it from Kindle Lending LibraryRoll 2 ~ 4+3 = 7 A book published this year. I'm planning to read The Prized Girl ~ this comes out on January 4, 2020
Roll #1 : 8War - Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes *Read Mar 11*
Roll #2 : 7
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future) The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly *Read Mar 8*
Roll #3 : 2
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton *Read Mar 25*
Roll #4 : 8
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
White Fang by Jack London *Read Apr 13*
Roll #5 : 6
Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo *Read Jun 9*
Roll #6 : 8
Blue - Award winner
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami *Read Sep 29*
Roll #7 : 10
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert *Read Oct 18*
Roll #8 : Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo *Read Oct 26*
Roll #9 : Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
First RoundRoll 1: 4
Library Fine: A borrowed book
My Sh*t Therapist & other mental health stories
Finished January 6th
Roll 2: 8
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
The First Men in the Moon
Finished January 9th
Roll 3: 7
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
Native Son
Finished January 14th
Roll 4: 6
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Madame Bovary
Finished January 30th
Roll 5: 11
Chance - Sort your shelf by 'Random' and read the first book
Pariah
Finished February 18th
Roll 6: 9
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
The Woman in the Dunes
Finished February 25th
Second Round
Roll 7: 9
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Dead Voices
Finished August 26th
Roll 8: 12
Yellow - Theme: Nature
The Day the Sun Died
Finished November 18th
Roll 9: 6
Green - Category: Longest on your shelf
The Bee's Kiss
Roll 1 = 3Science Fiction or Fantasy
Read The Silence of the Elves by Meg Muldoon
Roll 2 = 5
War, survival
Read They Came With The Snow by Christopher Coleman
Roll 3 = 6
Part of a series
I am reading The Bitteroots by C. J. Box right now.
Roll 4 = 5
Historical Fiction
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawton
Roll 5 = 8
Society
Getting Old is Criminal by Rita Lankin
Roll 6 = 8
Travel Away: Another World
Roll 1 = 10Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Stain by A.G. Howard
Roll 1 = 6 Relationships
Reading:
Roll 2 = 7
Recommend
Reading:
Roll 3 = 9
Chance
Reading:
Roll 4 = 6
Library Fine
Reading:
Roll 5 = 8
Chance
Reading:
Roll 6 = 8
Library Fine
Reading:
Roll 7: 10
Part of a series
Reading:
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Start: January 1st, 2020Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Round One
Roll One -- 3+1= 4
Library Fine ---- A borrowed book - The Plain Janes � (1/9/20)
Roll Two -- 4 + 4 = 8
Electric Co. ---- In a setting thats new to you -
Start: January 1st, 2020Finish: December 31st, 2020
Books completed:
Round One
(4) - Borrowed Book:
For this one I gotRoll 1:8
Light Blue-Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Roll 2:8
Library Fine- A borrowed book
Roll 3:7
Blue-Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Wow this honestly looks like so much fun, and I can finally read more books on my shelves! My first time I rolled a 9.
First Pick: (3+6)=9
*Yellow - Time of Life*
(Since this one isn't too specific I decided on 'choose your own adventure' so I could live through multiple times throughout the character's lives.)
First Pick : 'Alice: Through the Looking Glass, A Matter of Time' Adapted by Carla Jablonski
I'm very excited to start this!!
Question....In a setting thats new to you ..... does this mean read a book in a location you have never read before?
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Rosemarie wrote: "Rachel, have you read Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys? It fits war and survival."So I took your suggestion and read Salt to the Sea OMG loved this book!!! Thank you for the recommendation!
This looks like fun, I might join in! I read a lot and participate in a lot of readathons - I don’t think I’ll use it to pick every book I read for the year, but this looks like a great way to choose when I’m not sure what to read. Round 1
Roll 1: 4
Task: Library Fine - a borrowed book
The Lost Plot
Roll 2: 6
Task: Book Ban - a book you’ve been putting off for a long time
A Spark of Light
Roll 1: 6Light blue: Purpose, War, Survival
Book: 12 Years a Slave
Read: 1/14/2020
Roll 2: 6
Purple: Part of a series
Book:
Read:
I'm sorry I don't know where the board is. I rolled a dice and five came now what should I do?
Gulshan wrote: "I'm sorry I don't know where the board is. I rolled a dice and five came now what should I do?"Top of this page
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Would someone be so kind and pick a book from my to-read list- one of these books, the author starts with A.
Thanks.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
The Dark Frontier by Eric Ambler
Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić
Rosemarie wrote: "I have just rolled a Partner Pick.Would someone be so kind and pick a book from my to-read list- one of these books, the author starts with A.
Thanks.
[book:The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul|357..."
Hi Rosemarie, I'm picking Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time. Happy reading!
Mod
I FINALLY finished my Book Ban! book, ha! It was actually pretty good if a bit bizarre. It took me a long time because I had to focus a lot more on this book. But I can finally move forward with this!
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Thanks, Allison! It feels good to finish it finally!
Round 4� Roll#17 (4+6)=10
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
� Roll#18 (1+4)=5
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
� Roll#19 (4+6)=10
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman
� Roll#20 (2+2)=4
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Halloween Hijinks by Kathi Daley (owned since 2015)
� Roll#21 (2+6)=8
Go to Book Ban!
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
The Trouble with Turkeys by Kathi Daley
� Roll#22 (4+6)=10
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
Blue Moon by Lee Child
� Roll#23 (5+3)=8
Library Fine - A borrowed book
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
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I've hit a partner pick. Could someone please choose a book for me?The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House by Cliff Sims
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter
Here To Stay by Mark Edwards
The One by John Marrs
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Lynn, my pick for you is White Nights by Ann Cleeves. I hope you enjoy it!
Allison wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I've hit a partner pick. Could someone please choose a book for me?"Lynn, my pick for you is White Nights by Ann Cleeves. I hope you enjoy it!"
Thank you Allison ⛄️
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Roll 4: 9 Landed on Yellow Nature
Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanist's Exile from Eden by Gregory M. Levin
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The Board
GO - Read the book on your shelf that matches the number rolled
Dark Blue - Genre: Classic
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Dark Blue - Genre: Fantasy or Sci Fi (Can also include Paranormal / Dystopia / Horror)
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Railroad - Travel Afar: Featuring a journey
Light Blue - Theme: Relationships
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Light Blue - Theme: Purpose, War, Survival
Light Blue - Theme: Tradition & Change
Book Ban - Read a book you've been putting off for a long time, or finish a book that you've previously abandoned
Purple - Category: Published this year
Electric Co - In a setting that's new to you
Purple - Category: Recommended to you
Purple - Category: Part of a series
Railroad - Travel Along: Set in a different time (past or future)
Orange - Genre: YA, Middle Grade, or Children's
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Orange - Genre: Mystery
Orange - Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Sale! - Book by a favorite author, or an old favorite
Red - Category: Highest number of ratings on your shelf
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Red - Category: Book with the highest average rating on your shelf
Red - Category: The shortest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Abroad: Set in a different country
Yellow - Theme: Nature
Yellow - Theme: Society
Library Fine - A borrowed book
Yellow - Theme: Times of Life (e.g. childhood, young-adulthood, mid-life, old age, etc.)
Go to Book Ban!
Green - Category: Most recently added to your shelf
Green - Category: On your shelf the longest
Partner Pick - Chosen from your shelf by another player
Green - Category: The longest book on your shelf
Railroad - Travel Away: Set in another world
Chance - Sort your shelf by "Random" and read the first book
Blue - Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Water Works - By an author that's new to you
Blue - Genre: Award winner