Laura’s Comments (group member since Oct 05, 2015)

Laura’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Lori, B9 is a hit and the 2-block ship has been sunk!

Samantha, We have to read two graphic novels in order to earn a guess. But I added it to the team total for ATY.

I've conferred with the other mods and the following lightning prompts can be earned more than once:

- 2 Books by a Female Author (1 per Member)
- 2 Books by a POC
- Finish 3 Books Started Before the Read-a-Thon

We have now read 5 books started before the read-a-thon. So we only need one more book to earn another team guess for that. I plan on finishing The Whispering Room tonight and can count it for #6

Lori, we can count that for final short story for the team task. So we now have one team guess You also earned one guess individually. I've added the short story to the team total for ATY.

Ok, just making sure, Jennifer. I added it to the group's audio hours.

Emily, The 3 books read has to be by a single member. As far as I understand. So there are three names but they each have read only one book. As far as the recommendation, they overlap. We made it a group game so it would be easier but I am counting the recommendation game as the task for the group also.

Jennifer, did you start The Hobbit during the read-a-thon or before? If it was started before then we can just use the audio hours.

B10 - Hit!

J8 - Hit!

Tammy, Oh, that's what I get for not updating the summary post right away.

So the team guess is still up for grabs.

I went ahead and updated the color graphic since the typed one is a bit hard to read.

Yes, Emily, I'm sorry for not pointing that out.

A8 - Miss

I8 - Hit!

Tammy, Is that guess for the ATY Challenge? We have to read 5 books before we can earn a guess. I've added it so we're now at 1/5.

We do have a guess for the "started before the read-a-thon team task if other agree with using A08 for that.

Tammy, you've earned one guess for finishing in one setting. I've added the page count and novella to the team tasks.

Debra, Right now we just want to focus on stories or books started during the read-a-thon. It doesn't matter which task you want to fulfill beyond that but we do get bonus for POC or female author.

We also still need books for the ATY challenge and the cover rainbow.

C11 and J4 are both misses.

Debra, you've earned 2 guesses

Finish a Book or Story in One Sitting - 1 guess
Published More than 10 years Ago - 1 guess

I've also added it to the cumulative tasks

E9 - Miss

We have earned one guess for finishing the "started before the read-a-thon. What do we want to guess?

New rule: There is now a limit of 5 poems per group so we are at our limit for poems.

Please be sure to tell me if you finish a book for the ATY challenge since that is a separate task.

Right now I have two books that we could potentially count for that:
A Personal Matter
Conference At Cold Comfort Farm

Lori, I must have read it that you had started but didn't realize you finished.

You have one guess for the Avg Rating and I've added it to the other cumulative tasks.

Debra, we can count it for the total group page count (115) and then the 2-hours straight and "started before read-a-thon". I've added the 115 to the group total.

D7 is a miss :(

Summary

Started before the read-a-thon, at least 25% remaining or less than 75% complete:
- Read for 2 Straight Hours (1 Per Member; Limit of 10 Hours)
- Finish 3 Books Started Before the Read-a-Thon (1 per Member)
- Read 4,000 pages (600 per Member)
- Listen to 20 Hours of Audiobooks (5 Hours per Member)

Started during the read-a-thon:
- All tasks, depending on format (short story, graphic novel, audiobook, etc.)

If you max out your personal audio limit (5 hours) then you can begin counting your hours as "pages" for the page task.

I'm sorry, I think I explained the percentages incorrectly, honestly because they confuse me.

Jillian, you can count your audiobooks for the "started before the read-a-thon" task.

The rule is that a book can be counted for that as long as you have at least 25% remaining in the book. I was thinking it was the other way around.

I've been hearing great things about The Broken Girls, Emily. I think I officially need to add it to my list!

We can count that one as a book that was started before the read-a-thon and then the 2-hours straight.

How many pages did you read?

ETA: You also earned one guess for the 2 hours straight :)