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Let's Play RISK! Electric Lime Style


***A big thanks to Lauren for offering another fantastic board game for us to read through!***




Categories:

1. Orange (N. America)
2. Yellow/Gold (S. America)
3. Blue (Europe)
4. Brown (Africa)
5. Green (Asia)
6. Purple (Australasia)

The Plan:

Pick any of the above categories for your starting point. Read a book which meets one of the following criteria: a)cover color matches region/continent chosen b)setting is in chosen region/continent c)author was born in region/continent. You have completed your first "turn" with this book.

To take your second "turn" (and each of the following) move forward one number or back one number. Using the same category and criteria above, choose a book for your new continent/region.

My first four turns may look like this:

1st turn: I choose to start with Europe (3) and read Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens who was born in England

2nd turn: I move on to Africa (4) and read We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo which is set in Africa

3rd turn: I move back to Europe (3) and read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas who was born in France

4th turn: I move to South America (2) and read by Wallace Stegner which has a gold cover.

As a team, we must hit each continent/region at least once.

For the game to be complete, we must read 75 books.

Each book must only be one "space" away from the one before it.

Please feel free to post questions and suggestions in this thread. For the moment, we can also post completed books here, but if it gets too messy, we can open a new thread. We will see how it goes. . .

Suggestions/Recommendations for Option 1

Orange Covers:

Set in North America:

North American Authors:

Suggestions/Recommendations for Option 2


Yellow/Gold Covers:

Set in South America:

South American Authors:

Suggestions/Recommendations for Option 3:


Blue Covers:

Set in Europe:The Name of the Star,
Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices Series
Sarah Rees Brennan's Demons Lexicons Series
Jeaniene Frost's The Night Prince Novels
Destined for an Early Grave
Karen Marie Moning's Fever series
Amy Plum's Revenants series

European Authors:

Suggestions/Recommendations for Option 4

Brown Covers:

Set in Africa:

African Authors:

Suggestions for Option 5

Green Covers:

Set in Asia: Memoirs of a Geisha
The Good Earth
Archangel's Storm

Asian Authors:

Suggestions for Option 6

Purple Covers:

Set in Australasia:

Australasian Authors: Nalini Singh, John Marsden,

Kate S

1. North America (1)-Setting
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (8/1)

2. Australia (6)-Author's Birthplace The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (8/3)

3. North America (1)-Author's Birthplace The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen (8/4)

4. South America (2)-Gold Cover
by Wallace Stegner (8/4)

5. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford (8/5)

6. Africa (4)-Author's Birthplace
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory (8/6)

7. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess (8/8)

8. Africa (4)-Author's Birthplace
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee (8/8)

9. Europe (3)-Setting
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (8/9)

10. Africa (4)-Setting
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (8/10)

11. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer (8/11/13)

12. South America (2)-Author's Birthplace
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (8/14)

13. North America (1)-Setting
English Creek by Ivan Doig (8/14)

14. Australasia (6)-Purple Cover
by Clarice Lispector (8/15)

15. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by W.E.B. Griffin (8/16)

16. Africa (4)-Author's Birtplace
The Master of Petersburg by J.M. Coetzee (8/17)

17. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (8/18)

18. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by James Patterson (8/19)

19. Europe (3)-Setting
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (8/21)

20. Africa (4)-Brown Cover
by Peter Taylor (8/21)

21. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
Darkness Visible by William Golding (8/23)

22. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
There But For The by Ali Smith (8/23)

23. North America (1)-Author's Birthplace
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (8/24)

Irene

1. North America (1)-Setting That Dog Won't Hunt by Brandilyn Collins (8/1)

2. South America (2)-Yellow/Gold Cover
by Dorothy Howell (8/3)

3. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
by Hanna Allen (8/6)

4. Africa (4)-Setting
The Four Feathers by A.E.W. Mason (8/7)

5. Asia (5)-Setting
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck (8/8)

6. Australasia (6)-Setting
Bad Boys Down Under by Nancy Warren (8/9)

7. North America (1)-Setting
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (8/9)

8. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Janet Evanovich (8/14)

9. Europe (3)-Setting
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch (8/15)

10. Africa (4)-Setting
Nightmare Along the River Nile by Suzanna E. Nelson (817)

11. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by Harlan Coben (8/18)

12. Australasia (6)-Purple Cover
by S. Z. Berg (8/19)
***See post 76 for cover image

13. North America (1)-Setting
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (8/21)

14. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Lilian Jackson Braun (8/24)

15. Europe (3)-Setting
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (8/24)

16. Africa (4)-Brown Cover
by Bobby Cole (8/26)

17. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by M.C. Beaton (8/26)

Logan

1. North America (1)-Author's birthplace
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (8/3)

2. Australasia (6)-Purple Cover
by Sarah J. Maas (8/9)

3. North America (1)-Setting
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (8/10/13)

4. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Janet Evanovich (8/13)

5. North America (1)-Orange Cover
by Kiera Cass (8/15)

6. Australasia (6)-Author's Birthplace
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (8/16)

7. Asia (5)-Author's Birthplace
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (8/17)

WORMHOLE

8. Europe (3)-Setting
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (8/28)

Lauren

1. Australia (6)-setting by Kresley Cole (8/2)

2. North America (1)-setting Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis (8/4)

3. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Jayne Ann Krentz (8/10)

4. North America (1)-Setting
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs (8/12/13)

5. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Chris Mooney (8/14)

6. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (8/20)

7. South America (2)-Setting
Forged in Steele by Maya Banks (8/20)

8. North America (1)-Setting
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen (8/22)

9. Australasia (6)-Purple Cover
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine (8/27)

10. North America (1)-Author's Birthplace
Immortal Rider by Larissa Ione (8/28)

Megan

1. North America (1)-Setting
Virals by Kathy Reichs (8/2)

2. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Tamela Hancock Murray (8/4)

3. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
by John Flanagan (8/4)

4. Africa (4)-Setting
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran (8/6)

5. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by Mitch Albom (8/6)

6. Africa (4)-Brown Cover
by Heather Frost (8/9)

7. Europe (3)-Setting
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (8/9)

8. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
by Debbie Viguié (8/11)

9. North America (1)-Setting
ABORTED: A story of hope and destiny by Kevin Mark Smith (8/16)

10. South America (2)-Yellow Cover
Golden by Cameron Dokey (8/18)

11. North America (1)-Setting
Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm (8/22)

12. South America (2)-Gold/Yellow Cover
by Elizabeth Camden (8/24)

13. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
by Sarah Sundin (8/25)

Michelle

1. North America (1)-setting

The Lone Wolf Agenda by Joseph Badal (6 August)

2. South America (2)-Gold/Yellow Cover
by James Lee Burke (7 August)

3. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
by Garth Stein (11 August)

4. Africa (4)-Brown Cover
by M.L. Stedman (23 August)

5. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by Janet Evanovich (29 August)

Ab2y

1. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by Janet Evanovich (8/16)

2. Africa (4)-Setting
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (8/17)

3. Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (8/19)

4. South America (2)-Setting
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez (8/20)

5. North America (1)-Setting
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (8/21)

6. Australasia (6)-Author's Birthplace
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh (8/23)

7. Asia (5)-Author's Birthplace
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang (8/24)

Zanahoria (Taly)

1. North America (1)-Setting

Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb (8/22)

2. South America (2)-Setting

The Lighthouse at the End of the World by Jules Verne (8/25)

3. Europe (3)-Setting

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (8/25)

4. Africa (4)-Setting
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase (8/29)

5. Asia (5)-Author's Birthplace
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (8/30)

Nairabell

1. America (1)-Setting

In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell (8/2)

WORMHOLE

2. America (1)-Setting
Tarnished and Torn by Juliet Blackwell (8/5

WORMHOLE

3. Africa (4)-Setting
Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie (8/7)

4. Asia (5)-Green Cover
by John Marsden (8/11)

5. Australasia (6)-Setting
Incurable by John Marsden (8/14)

6. America (1)-Orange Cover
by John Marsden (8/17)

7. South America (2)-Gold Cover
by Ilsa J. Bick (8/20)

8. Europe (3)-Blue Cover
by Chloe Neill (8/23)

Turn 1

Started in N. America and read:

Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight which is set in the U.S.

Also started in N. America and read:

by Brandilyn Collins which is set in the US

Turn 2

moved to Australia (6) and read

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton who was born in Australia

Turn 1

Started in North America.

Finished:


Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Author from U.S.

Turn 2 South America/yellow or gold

finished - by Dorothy Howell

yellow cover

Turn 3

moved back to North America (1)-author born in Canada

The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen

Turn 1

Virals by Kathy Reichs - finished 8/2 (North America)

Turn 2

Love's Denial by Tamela Hancock Murray - finished 8/4 (Yellow cover)

Turn 3

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan - finished 8/4 (Blue cover)

Turn 4

Move to South America (2)-Gold Cover

by Wallace Stegner

Turn 3

Blue cover and takes place in Sweden



I do not recommend this book. It appears to be only available in Kindle format and the editing was horrendous. I've dealt with misspellings before but never so many blank spots in the text. If it hadn't been for this challenge, I wouldn't even have finished reading it.

Turn 5

Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace


Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford

This was a very long book, but it was a great look at real life Europe during World War I.

Turn 4

The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran - finished 8/6 (Africa)

Turn 5

The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom - finished 8/6 (Green cover)

Turn 4

by A.E.W. Mason

Takes place in Sudan

Just realized I should be posting in this thread so here's what I have so far:

Turn 1

by Kresley Cole

Set in Australia

Turn 2

by Jill Shalvis

Set in North America

Turn 5

by Pearl S. Buck

Takes place in China

I only just realised I should be posting my books for the challenge in this thread, sorry.

Turn 1:


Set in North America - finished 6/8/13

Turn 2:


Yellow/Gold cover - finished 7/8/13

Turn 6

Africa (4)-Author's birthplace

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

Turn 7

Europe (3)-Author's birthplace

Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess

Turn 8

Africa (4)-Author's Birthplace

Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Thank you Lauren and Michelle. Got your books added.

Turn 9

Europe (3)-Setting

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (8/9)

I highly recommend this to anyone who has not already read it!

Turn 2

Australasia (6) - Purple cover



Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - finished 8/9

Posts 8-13 Updated to this point

Books reviewed today

Completed 25/75

GO TEAM!!

Turn 6

Australasia
by Nancy Warren

Takes place in Australia

Turn 6

Guardians by Heather Frost - finished 8/9 (Brown cover)

Turn 7

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen - finished 8/9 (Set in England)

Turn 7

by Ayana Mathis

Takes place in US and does that count for orange?

Irene wrote: "Turn 7

by Ayana Mathis

Takes place in US and does that count for orange?"

Yeah, I would consider that orange.

Turn 3



S. America - Yellow cover

Turn 10

Africa (4)-Setting

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (8/10)

Turn 3

North America (1) - Set in NYC



The Gods of Gotham - finished 8/10

Turn 11

Europe (3)-Author's Birthplace

Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer-finished 8/11/13

Turn 3:



Finsihed 11/8/13 - Blue Cover

Turn 4: Going backwards



Set in N. America

Posts 8-13 Updated to this point

35/75! We're doing great ladies!

Turn 8

Violet Eyes: A Retelling of the "Princess and the Pea" by Debbie Viguié - finished 8/11 (Yellow cover)