Deborah’s Comments (group member since Dec 28, 2017)

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

Woke up this morning to a lot of progress! It's nice having such a diverse group of time zones on the team.

I'll mostly focus on pages today, though I am working on a book by a person of color in case it is needed when I finish. I still have another 250 pages to go, though they move fairly quickly.

I finished The Lost Man which counts for the country I've never visited prompt, so we should be covered for those two books even if counting Kathy's book us a little bit of a stretch. I have a little reading left in me, but will update my pages in the spreadsheet before the day ends!

Happy Friday/nearly Friday, Butterflies!

I just borrowed Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Vol. 1 for a manga book prompt on another challenge. Given that one of the first few pages has a panel with a sign congratulating Tokyo for hosting the 2020 games it can definitely work for the Olympics prompt.

Kathy wrote: "Emily wrote: "Kathy, does this book work for a book set in a country you've never been to?"

The place really isn't specified, but it's about the author's love of books and the author is from Engla..."

It is illustrations based on her experiences one would imagine, and imagine further that many of those experiences were in England, so i would tend to think it works. :) It also looks like a fun little book!

I have 100 pages left in my Aussie book for one of the couuntey prompts, so expect i can wrap that up tonight.

Kathryn wrote: "Bec wrote: "I've never heard of the author either Kathryn!..."

Maybe we missed the hype in Australia! I haven't heard of her book either!"

I was going to say I didn't recognize the author either... then noticed the book mentioned is on my TBR so at some point I must have heard of her!

Christy wrote: "And I'm off work for my 3-day weekend in Mexico! For Bucket 17, I could switch to Barracoon to cover the book by an author of color and read it on the plane. However, I won't be able to check in to..."

That sounds fun (and like a much better idea than reporting to work tomorrow) - I'm jealous! :) As to the reading, sounds like it could be good timing!

Kathryn wrote: "Good morning from Australia again! And well done to Edie and Kathy for picking our author! I think I should be banned from guessing - I've never even heard of this author, and I'd never have though..."

I want to say we filled the previous bucket around 5ish hours ago?

Bec wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Good morning from Australia again! And well done to Edie and Kathy for picking our author! I think I should be banned from guessing - I've never even heard of this author, and I'd n..."

It definitely moves very fast - and fun, but I think your idea that having more pages required before moving to the next bucket could definitely ease the pressure a bit of worrying about the timing of when you finish books.

This is only my second readathon with a team challenge involved and this one is very different from the last one. The mods to an amazing creative job coming up with all of this!!

Johanne wrote: "Just checked the back cover of 'One of us is lying' and there is a question: 'Everyone has secrets, right?', don't we think that's what's meant with the question in synopsis?"

Also, I think One of Us Is Lying came out in 2017 and I've seen a lot of book buzz about it, so it could also go for that.


Is anyone working on a book in a country they've never been to? I have about 200 pages left in mine which I think is doable tonight. I do have have another Australia based book at home I could start on tomorrow if we don't have another one underway.

Agreed! Emily, you are doing an amazing job keeping us reading butterflies organized! :)

Emily wrote: "Whoops, sorry about that Deborah! Sometimes Goodreads likes to pretend I read posts that I didn't actually read.

Make sure we have cleared Bucket 15 before you finish The Lost Man!"

Goodreads likes to add some extra challenge to the challenge!

I definitely will check in before I finish and hold off on the end until needed! EDIT: nevermind because we're already ready for the next bucket - go team! I will work on The Lost Man as soon as I get home from work tonight!

After The Lost Man, I also am working on With the Fire on High which would work for author of color if we still need it then.

I think I'll *likely* be able to finish The Lost Man tonight (California time) and I've never been to Australia, so that would work for that.

Edit: I also should be down for the shelf sort and 414 pages on 6/12 (all of which were in the one post that probably just got missed in the shuffle). :)

So since we have two books for summer and only need one, I did also see my book Into the Drowning Deep mentioned in the threads in this group for monstrous characters and mentioned as being gripping and suspenseful which I took to be a recommendation since I like that sort of book. Do we think that could count for a recommended book and then Ellie's Field Notes on Love could cover the summer prompt?

I think the Goodreads Choice is a good option to narrow things down!

6/11: 305
6/12: 414

I finished Into the Drowning Deep for our based in summer prompt.

My reading total for 6/12 was 414 pages.

I did the shelf sorting prompt.

For long titles, I agree it would be good to get a mod determination on subtitles counting or not. I have one book option (Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously) that would work for 20 letters without a subtitle involved, but I have only read a few pages into it. I'd likely quickly be able to finish On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft as it is a pretty quick read and I'm well into it.

1. How many books are on your Read shelf? 701

2. What is the book with the most ratings? The Hunger Games

3. What is the book with the fewest ratings? Sketches of a Disabled Princess

4. What is the highest rated book? Study Bible: NIV

5. What is the lowest rated book? Stay Up with Hugo Best

6. What is the longest book? Study Bible: NIV

7. What is the shortest book? Pros and Cons

8. What is the oldest book (publication date)? Romeo and Juliet

9. What is the newest book (publication date)? The Two Lila Bennetts

Hi all! I should have Into the Drowning Deep done in the next couple hours for the summer primpt.

I have recommended books I can read, but not anything I'm close to finishing so if anyone else is closer, that would be great.

Im down to only 50 or so pages in my set in summer book, some of which I'll get done on my way to work in the morning, so it will be a quick finish once we get to bucket 14.

I'm working on The Lost Man which would work for a country I've never been to. I could potentially finish by tomorrow night if it is needed and definitely by Friday.

I'll do my page count check in in the morning.

Jill wrote: "Emily wrote: "Spreadsheet updated to include new buckets! It looks like the mods were mining the 2020 Wild Discussion for these last few buckets haha!
The Mars Room
I will submit o..."

Mars Room would also work for the NASA prompt... lots of Mars related mission names.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions