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Kaseadillla’s comments from the EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club group.

EHRTBM Olympic Games are up and running.

Couldn't figure out how to scale the countries part with the different "Events" ... trying to come up with something else similar.

Thank you to all of our participating athletes!!
86 athletes across 33 countries!

COUNTRIES
Country | Athlete count
Argentina | 1
Algeria | 2
Armenia | 1
Belgium | 3
Cambodia | 1
Canada | 8
Colombia | 1
Denmark | 2
Egypt | 1
Fiji | 3
France | 3
Georgia | 1
Germany | 7
Great Britain | 7
Hungary | 1
Iceland | 2
Ireland | 3
Israel | 1
Italy | 2
Jamaica | 3
Japan | 2
Mexico | 2
Morocco | 1
New Zealand | 2
Poland | 1
Russia | 1
South Korea | 3
Slovenia | 2
Sweden | 2
Taiwan | 1
Ukraine | 2
Uruguay | 1
USA | 13

ATHLETES
Athlete Name | Country
Abby B. | USA
Aesaan Sheikh | Fiji
Agatone | Sweden
Allison S. | Canada
Amanda - ANC | Ireland
Ana Banana | Ireland
Anahit H. | Armenia
Ashley E. | Canada
Astrid M. | Denmark
Bethany | Jamaica
Brian C. | Canada
Carolyn LG | Mexico
Cassinator | Italy
Catie C. | USA
Claire B. | France
Dany C. G. | South Korea
Debora S. | Colombia
Dora C. | Sweden
Emily Bourque | Great Britain
Emm | Cambodia
Fannie | Canada
Hannah D. | Great Britain
Hannah K. | France
Hannah M. | Germany
Ian G. | Georgia
Jacquie | Canada
Jenn G. | Iceland
Jenn K. | New Zealand
Jenn L. | USA
Jenny C. | Jamaica
Jessica G. | USA
Jim T. | USA
Julia H. | Germany
K. M. Ames | USA
KarenA | Great Britain
KarenMC | USA
Kaseadillla | Germany
Kat P. | USA
Kathy | USA
Kelley | USA
Keri | South Korea
Kerri S. | Algeria
Kimberly W. | Russia
Kiriko | Fiji
Kristen G. | Hungary
Kristin B. | Ireland
Kyra K. | Great Britain
Laura H. | Canada
Lauriane F. | Belgium
Lena | Germany
Lina Po | Morocco
Lisa N. | Belgium
Liza C. | Canada
Maddie L. | Iceland
Maike | Germany
Marcos K. | Algeria
Mariana A. | Uruguay
Martin J. | Germany
Mcsoupman | Argentina
Meira (readingbooksinisrael) | Israel
Monika | Slovenia
Monty | Canada
MuschRoom | Belgium
Nathalie S. | Great Britain
Neva | Germany
Nicole F. | Japan
Niki S. | Great Britain
Nina G. | Slovenia
Olha Z. | Ukraine
Quinty | Jamaica
Rachel B. | Ukraine
Rachel P. | France
Ramez Noshy | Egypt
Sally | USA
Sara S.C. | Italy
Sarah Strack | USA
Sarah Suchon | Poland
Satrina T. | Mexico
Sha | Fiji
Simon E. | New Zealand
Stella | Denmark
Stephanie C. | Taiwan
Susan H. | Great Britain
Tara Lynn | USA
Tori H. | Japan
V-Ron.C | South Korea

FINAL EHRTBM EVENT STANDINGS
As of February 24, 2018 24:00 EST (message 945)

Event 1: Books Read by Country
Gold: USA - 207
Silver: Canada - 77
Bronze: Algeria - 64
4th Place: Germany - 61
5th Place: Great Britain - 60
6th Place: France - 53
7th Place: Fiji - 44
8th Place: Ireland - 35
9th Place: Jamaica - 34
10th Place: Argentina - 29

Event 2: Books Read by Athlete
Gold: Sally - USA - 49
Silver: Marcos K. - Algeria - 43
Bronze: Sha - Fiji - 36
4th Place: Brian C. - Canada - 34
5th Place: Mcsoupman - Argentina - 29
6th Place: Jessica G. - USA - 27
7th Place: Anahit H. - Armenia - 25
7th Place: KarenMC - USA - 25
7th Place: Stephanie C. - Taiwan - 25
10th Place: Bethany - Jamaica - 24

Event 3: Books per Athlete by Country
Gold: Algeria - 32.000
Silver: Argentina - 29.000
Bronze: Armenia - 25.000
Bronze: Taiwan - 25.000
5th Place: France - 17.667
6th Place: Uruguay - 16.000
7th Place: USA - 15.923
8th Place: Fiji - 14.667
9th Place: Poland - 14.000
10th Place: Georgia - 12.000

Event 4: Pages Read by Country
Gold: USA - 70,857
Silver: Canada - 25,525
Bronze: Germany - 22,686
4th Place: Great Britain - 19,317
5th Place: France - 16,352
6th Place: Fiji - 14,387
7th Place: Jamaica - 11,416
8th Place: Ireland - 10,875
9th Place: Algeria - 9,977
10th Place: Argentina - 9,318

Event 5: Pages Read by Athlete
Gold: Sally - USA - 17,054
Silver: Brian C. - Canada - 10,847
Bronze: Sha - Fiji - 10,132
4th Place: Jessica G. - USA - 9,983
5th Place: Mcsoupman - Argentina - 9,318
6th Place: Bethany - Jamaica - 7,824
7th Place: Stephanie C. - Taiwan - 7,703
8th Place: Rachel P. - France - 7,300
9th Place: Abby B. - USA - 7,173
10th Place: Niki S. - Great Britain - 7,043

Event 6: Pages per Athlete by Country
Gold: Argentina - 9,318
Silver: Taiwan - 7,703
Bronze: Armenia - 6,576
4th Place: Uruguay - 5,683
5th Place: France - 5,451
6th Place: USA - 5,451
7th Place: Algeria - 4,989
8th Place: Fiji - 4,796
9th Place: Poland - 3,815
10th Place: Jamaica - 3,805

Event 7: Book Club Reads by Country
Gold: USA - 40
Silver: Great Britain - 13
Bronze: Canada - 12
Bronze: France - 12
5th Place: Germany - 11
6th Place: Iceland - 10
7th Place: Uruguay - 9
8th Place: Argentina - 8
9th Place: Taiwan - 6
10th Place: Ireland - 5

Event 8: Book Club Reads by Athlete
Gold: Tara Lynn - USA - 11
Silver: Mariana A. - Uruguay - 9
Bronze: Mcsoupman - Argentina - 8
4th Place: Claire B. - France - 7
4th Place: Jessica G. - USA - 7
4th Place: Sally - USA - 7
7th Place: Jenn G. - Iceland - 6
7th Place: K. M. Ames - USA - 6
7th Place: Stephanie C. - Taiwan - 6
10th Place: Susan H. - Great Britain - 5

Event 9: Book Club Reads per Athlete by Country
Gold: Uruguay - 9.000
Silver: Argentina - 8.000
Bronze: Taiwan - 6.000
4th Place: Iceland - 5.000
5th Place: France - 4.000
6th Place: USA - 3.077
7th Place: Poland - 3.000
8th Place: Japan - 2.500
9th Place: Algeria - 2.000
9th Place: Mexico - 2.000

Event 10: Longest Book Read
Gold: Aesaan Sheikh - Fiji - 1,440
Silver: Sally - USA - 1,153
Silver: Jessica G. - USA - 1,153
4th Place: Brian C. - Canada - 1,116
5th Place: Kimberly W. - Russia - 1,024
6th Place: Sally - USA - 1,010
7th Place: Martin J. - Germany - 1,008
8th Place: Jenn K. - New Zealand - 936
9th Place: Abby B. - USA - 931
10th Place: Jim T. - USA - 908

FINAL MEDAL COUNT

USA: 8 (6 Gold, 2 Silver)

Argentina: 4 (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Canada: 4 (3 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Algeria: 3 (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Fiji: 3 (1 Gold, 2 Bronze)
Taiwan: 3 (1 Silver, 2 Bronze)

Uruguay: 2 (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
Armenia: 2 (2 Bronze)

Great Britain: 1 (1 Silver)
France: 1 (1 Bronze)
Germany: 1 (1 Bronze)

Welcome to the 2018 EHRTBM WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
This challenge will run from 24:00 (midnight) EST January 10, 2018 – 24:00 EST February 24, 2018.



We’ve been talking a lot about this in the group’s Suggestion Box, excited to have it up and running.
If you participated in the Hogwarts House Cup Challenge the process here will be very similar. Athletes can join at ANY time between now and the end of the competition on 2/24.

HOW TO COMPETE
A. Select a country to compete for.
You can compete for whichever country you choose!
You do not have to choose your home country if you do not want to. The only restriction is that you must choose a currently recognized/existing country (aka can’t compete for “Narnia”).
B. How to compete for your country / comment instructions.
Comment on this thread with books you have read. In your post, please include the following or your books may not be scored:
1. Your name (please make it unique – add a last initial, last name, or whatever you want, we have lots of Sarah’s and Ashley’s and Amanda’s)
2. Your country (the one you selected to compete for)
3. Name of book you read
4. Read date (must be completed between January 11 and February 24)
5. Page count of book (see below for page count instructions)
Different from some of the other challenges running right now, please START A NEW POST for each book you read and include all of the above info in each post. Thank you!
C. How to decide your page count.
If hardcopy, use the number of pages in the edition of the book that you read.
If electronic (kindle, nook, etc.), use the number of pages from the kindle edition.
If you listened to a book on tape, use the number of pages from the most popular edition on Goodreads (when you search a book, the most popular edition is the default).
No genre or page length restrictions, and can be book club group reads OR books you've read outside of the group.
4. How to "qualify" as an athlete.
Very easy - just read a book!
Show your support for your country and feel free to comment with your allegiance! Just note that athletes/countries won't hit the score board until a book is read.


EHRTBM WINTER GAMES EVENTS
All athletes are eligible for all events.
Please see comment 3 of this thread for current standings for each event. Comment 2 will show an overview.
Athletes will be competing both as INDIVIDUALS and as a COUNTRY, please review event explanations below:
Event 1: Books Read by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all books read by all athletes of a country
- Competitor: Country
Event 2: Books Read by Athlete
- Explanation: Total count of all books read by a single athlete
- Competitor: Individual
Event 3: Books per Athlete by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all books read by all athletes of a country, divided by number of athletes competing for that country
- Competitor: Country
Event 4: Pages Read by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all pages of all books read by all athletes of a country
- Competitor: Country
Event 5: Pages Read by Athlete
- Explanation: Total count of all pages for all books read by a single athlete
- Competitor: Individual
Event 6: Pages per Athlete by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all pages of all books read by all athletes of a country, divided by number of athletes competing for that country
- Competitor: Country
Event 7: Book Club Reads by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all EHRTBM book club books read by all athletes of a country (note: can be ANY book from the group's bookshelf)
- Competitor: Country
Event 8: Book Club Books Read by Athlete
- Explanation: Total count of all EHRTBM book club books read by a single athlete (note: can be ANY book from the group's bookshelf)
- Competitor: Individual
Event 9: Book Club Books per Athlete by Country
- Explanation: Total count of all EHRTBM book club books read by all athletes of a country, divided by number of athletes competing for that country (note: can be ANY book from the group's bookshelf)
- Competitor: Country
Event 10: Longest Book Read
- Explanation: By page count, longest book read by a single athlete during games
- Competitor: Individual


LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Welcome, Lana!!

I think we skipped a post!
Total Group pages = 68,664

Welcome, Jas and Julie!

Julie - we read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone a few months ago and threads are still up if you want to check them out!!

Susan wrote: "(Maybe we could do another month of n..."

I would love to I have so many Nonfiction books gathering dust

Tawnee wrote: "That's funny! ..."

I don't really remember how I felt about it other than thinking it was an interesting storyline.... I think I saw it the year it came out so 7 years ago. I do remember a few scenes very clearly for being jarring (not in a violent way, but in a dramatic/plot-twisty/heartbreaking way).
I'll definitely be rewatching after reading.

Welcome, Angelo!

Welcome, Malavika!!

January 8, 2018
302 pages

Total Group Pages = 60,635

Welcome, Jas and Kathy!!

Welcome, Ella!

Started reading this and realized... I've TOTALLY seen this movie.

Thank you, Nancy and Charley Girl, for keeping us in line.
Total verified.

Kaseadillla's Challenge - 0/5

My 5 oldest TBR books:
1. Added Jun 05, 2014: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
2. Added Jun 09, 2014: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
3. Added Jun 10, 2014: Night by Elie Wiesel
4. Added Jun 10, 2014: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
5. Added Jun 10, 2014: Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

Reserved.

Inspired by the name of one of my favorite bands, Creedence Clearwater Revival, I welcome you to the TBR Revival Challenge of 2018!

The goal of the challenge is very simple:
Find the 5 oldest books on your To-Be-Read (TBR) list and read them!


HOW TO PLAY:
1. How to find your 5 oldest TBR books:
Go to your personal bookshelf (using "My Books" link at the top of the page) and then your "Want-to-Read" shelf - this is your TBR shelf. [Note: some of your may be more organized than me and have multiple TBR lists, so choose whichever one you think is most appropriate, or check them all!]
Once there, click on the column header "date added" in order to sort by date you added to your TBR shelf (you may need to click twice to sort oldest-to-newest).
Once you have sorted, note the top 5 books on this list - these are the books you will aim to read this year!
2. How to score:
Comment on this thread with the 5 oldest books on your TBR list (see below for an example).
As you finish reading a book, check them off the list by adding a "read" date next to the book.
3. To edit your challenge score/edit your comment:
a. Find your comment in the challenge thread.
b. On the bottom right of your comment, there should be four hyperlinks: "reply | edit | delete | flag". Select "edit".
c. Add your book read date per above instructions.
d. Click "edit post" once you are done.
4. If your TBR shelf is reaaaaally old...
I have 350+ books on my TBR shelf... I get it. Sometimes tastes change. If you find you are no longer interested in reading a book, or you begin to read it and it is a clear Did-Not-Finish (DNF), feel free to replace it on your list of 5 and move on. This goal is for YOU so do whatever you want to/need to/feel like doing to clean up your TBR shelf.
5. Challenge dates:
This challenge runs from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
Feel free to JOIN AT ANY TIME.

Good luck!!!