One Bear's Reading -- 2017 Monopoly Reading Challenge

This reading challenge looked too interesting and too much fun to pass up, so I am going to try it out this year.  I'm a bit worried about reading to a challenge, but I still think it's a good idea.  I'm going to read books I already own, so I won't really be reading anything I wouldn't have anyway, but not every challenge has to take you outside your comfort zone.

The challenge was originally intended only for historical mysteries, but because this is a personal challenge, and I don't always want to read a mystery, I am changing the rules and modifying the tasks a bit to allow for books from any genre, though to be truthful, many will end up being mysteries because that's mainly what I read.  Also, I decided to allow for a re-roll if I land on a property I already "own."

*** Note:  I've used the property names from the (original) US version of the game, because it's the version I grew up playing and the version I know best.  The tasks are based on both the US and UK property names.

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2017 Monopoly Reading Challenge

Rules:
1. Roll one die and move around the board according to the number rolled.
3. Follow the instructions for each property as outlined below.
4. You must finish your chosen book before rolling again; no rolling ahead.
5. Re-rolls are allowed if you land on a square you already own.
6. The goal is the move around the board and collect ALL of the properties.

Properties: 
Go:  Start, read any book of your choice. Superfluous Women -- Dunn, Carola (1/5/17)

Mediterranean Avenue: Read a book set in a Mediterranean country or a book with a brown cover

Community Chest #1: Read a book from any series begun before 1950.

Baltic Avenue: Read a book set in a Baltic country or a book in which a crime occurs at some point during the book.

Income Tax: Read the book on your to-be-read shelf with the lowest Goodreads rating. Pretty Lady -- Babson, Marian (1/10/17)

Reading Railroad: Read a book set in the 19th century (1800-1899).

Oriental Avenue: Read a book set in the Orient or a book with a blue cover.

Chance #1: Read a book recommended by a friend.

Vermont Avenue: Read a book set in a New England State or a cozy mystery. Clammed Up -- Ross, Barbara (1/14/17)

Connecticut: Read a book with a bridge on the cover or set in a a city with a famous prison.

Just Visiting: Roll the die again, move forward and complete the task for that property.

St. Charles Place: Read a book that contains paranormal elements or whose title has a word with double letters.

Electric Company: Read a book set in 17th century (1600-1699).

States Avenue: Read a book that is set during or in the immediate aftermath of a war in which either the United States or United Kingdom participated.

Virginia Avenue: Read a book set during the Elizabethan period or the Roman Empire.

Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book set in a place you’d like to visit. Fer-de-Lance -- Stout, Rex (1/20/17)

St. James Place: Read a book with a character who is a member of a royal family from any country or a private investigator.

Community Chest #2: Read a book from any Fiction series.

Tennessee Avenue: Read a book set in the Southern Hemisphere or with a white cover.

New York Avenue: Read a book set in a large city or with a protagonist who is a police detective.

Free Parking: Read any book of your choice.

Kentucky Avenue: Read a book set in the Victorian era or a book with a red cover. Murder at the Breakers -- Maxwell, Alyssa (1/25/17)

Chance #2: Read a book by a new-to-you author.

Indiana Avenue: Read a book set in a rural area or in which the protagonist or narrator is a member of the clergy, a writer or a journalist.

Illinois Avenue: Read a book set in the Northern Hemisphere or with a statue, monument or building on the cover.

B&O Railroad: Read a book where the protagonist sets out on a journey at some point during the book. The Silver Locomotive Mystery -- Marston, Edward (2/4/17)

Atlantic Avenue: Read a book set in a country on the Atlantic Ocean or with a yellow cover.

Ventnor Avenue: Read a book set in Medieval times or a book that contains at least one real historical figure as a character.

Water Works: Read a book with a body of water on the cover.

Marvin Gardens: Read a book featuring a woman as the main character or with a flower, tree or garden on the cover.

Go to Jail: Roll the die again, move backward and complete the task for that property.

Pacific Avenue: Read a book set in a country on the Pacific Ocean or set during the Regency period.

North Carolina Avenue: Read a book set at a university or any place of higher learning or a book with a green cover.

Community Chest #3: Read a book from any Historical Mystery series. The Poyson Garden -- Harper, Karen (2/13/17)

Pennsylvania Avenue: Read a thriller/suspense book or a book with a purple cover. Thunder on the Right -- Stewart, Mary (2/19/17)

Short Line Railroad: Read a book of 150 to 250 pages in length.

Chance #3: Read a book from any Bestseller List.

Park Place: Read a book in which the protagonist is very wealthy and/or titled or set in a city with a famous park.

Luxury Tax: Read the book on your to-be-read shelf with the highest Goodreads rating.

Boardwalk: Read a book set in a seaside town or a world capital city.