Kaseadillla’s Comments (group member since May 04, 2016)

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

Mimi wrote: "I'm a Ravenclaw too ;)
Is there a minimum page count for a book to count? And are manga/comic books allowed?"

No minimum page count! Though many manga or comics publish monthly and then combine the year and publish all together, correct? You can choose how you want to count it.

Brian wrote: "This is such a fun idea!


August 1st
Hufflepuff"

And Hufflepuff is first on the board!!! 1 point for Hufflepuff =)

Ashley wrote: "Does the book count if you started reading it before August 1st, but didn't finish until after August 1st?"

Ashley - yes that counts! All that matters is what date you finished the book, so if you finish on or after August 1, that book counts! What house are you in?

FINAL 2017 SORTING HAT TALLY
As of January 2, 2018, 18:33 EST (message #2431)
**Look for your name and your tally. If it's wrong, please let me know!**
Quidditch team assignment subject to change depending on
1. Number of books read, and
2. Which house member reads that amount of books first.

SLYTHERIN
Books read: 836
House members: 39
Abby: 64 *Chaser*
Akshay: 21
Allegra: 44 *Bludger*
Alva: 3
Alyssa: 4
Amanda: 7
Ana Soares: 3
Andrianna: 7
Aniqa Tabassum: 4
Ari: 8
Ashley E.: 87 *Chaser*
Bea: 16
Bethany: 6
Charlotte: 12
Elena: 20
Grace: 2
Jenna R.: 4
Jessica: 12
Joanna: 62 *Chaser*
Judith Barbara: 7
Kara: 46 *Bludger*
Katarine: 17
Kerri: 99 *Keeper*
Kimberly (Kayjinx): 8
Kimberly: 7
Krystal Vezina: 10
Kyra Keeton: 17
Lauren: 4
Lisa: 6
Marion: 4
Natalie: 7
Raevyn: 1
Samantha: 13
Sarah C.: 7
Sha: 146 *Seeker*
Sophia: 18
Sylwia Skolarczyk: 23
Tara: 1
Vanessa: 9

HUFFLEPUFF
Books read: 834
House members: 57
Alex Walker: 1
Alexis Reardon: 6
Alissa: 29
Andy: 33 *Bludger*
Antonia: 5
Bookworm with Kids: 18
Brian: 106 *Seeker*
Cassinator: 22
Chelsea: 29
Cindy (WeirdPelican): 6
Cristin B.: 32
Cristina 0
Daisy: 6
Elizabeth: 3
Emily: 18
Esther: 1
Ev Skiles: 2
Giridhar: 10
Hiridessa: 30
Isavella: 8
Jacquie: 5
Jess: 9
Jul: 6
Karen: 6
Keara: 15
Kevin: 27
Kristin: 14
Kristy: 2
Laura: 9
Leesa: 7
Luena: 1
Maheen: 1
Malak: 3
Mariah: 14
Mariana: 62 *Keeper*
Marie: 11
Melanie: 40 *Bludger*
Melissa: 14
Michael Houle 0
Michelle: 57 *Chaser*
Misty 0
MuschRoom: 9
Nicole: 19
Nina 0
Puggleandchips: 3
Renee: 7
Rowen: 7
Saite: 2
Sarah Baker 0
Shawna: 6
Susan: 18
Thea 0
Tiffany: 1
Tori: 42 *Chaser*
Usagi: 1
Vrenzy: 46 *Chaser*
Zainab Al Lawati: 5

RAVENCLAW
Books read: 1,359
House members: 84
A_M_s: 1
ADPiBookworm: 17
Aesaan 0
Alex: 32
Alexandra: 16
Allison: 5
Amanda P.: 33
Amanda Tavares: 8
Amanda: 52 *Bludger*
Amro: 2
Anahit: 50
Andrea: 1
Anne-Kathrin: 9
Ben_reads: 12
Bethany: 72 *Seeker*
Bianca: 3
Boradicus: 7
Brady 0
Bree: 1
Caelia 0
Candice: 1
Carolyn: 63 *Chaser*
Chelsea: 32
Christine: 12
D. 0
Daniela: 31
Debora: 12
Diana: 3
Dmoss4503k: 6
Elizabeth: 2
Erica: 14
Fannie D'Ascola: 30
Gail: 11
Hannah: 14
Indira: 1
Jagruk: 61 *Chaser*
Jamie: 39
Jenny: 2
Jessie: 1
Jodi: 7
Julia: 51
Karen: 4
KarenMc: 53 *Bludger*
Karla: 1
Kayleigh: 8
Keri: 1
Khrystyna: 25
Koh Leigh 0
Kristin Bodreau: 25
Kristin H.: 8
Kristin: 10
Laura: 10
Lena: 3
Linda Nielson: 22
LobZig (Ilya): 8
Lucia: 7
Malin: 8
Marie: 11
Mary: 63 *Chaser*
Meredith: 1
Mimi: 48
Mirthe: 32
Nikoleta: 51
Nivedita: 3
Oudi Sinha 0
Pete (PDV): 2
Quinty: 17
Reagz 0
Rebecca: 20
Roaa: 9
Sally: 71 *Keeper*
Sheila: 1
Siddu 0
Sinovera: 19
Stella Aldrich: 13
Stephanie: 39
Tatiana: 14
Tessie: 1
TheShmock: 1
V 0
Vanessa: 15
Vernice: 12
Verona: 9
Wargjossan 0

GRYFFINDOR
Books read: 839
House members: 40
Alli: 1
Angela: 7
Annisa: 2
Anthropomorphic: 12
Ashley: 7
Beatriz: 69 *Keeper*
Bianca Rose: 31
Calvin Tower: 136 *Seeker*
Catherine: 15
Danielle B: 20
Debbie: 31
Delaney: 10
Dhana Latchmi: 20
Ekta: 20
Ella 0
Erica: 12
Fuzaola: 22
Grace: 0
Harshita: 2
Hectaizani: 47 *Chaser*
Izevbuwa 0
Jane Bnerd: 4
Kaseadillla: 37
Liza-Marie: 5
Mariella: 2
Marli 0
Martina: 18
Mary: 52 *Chaser*
Melanie: 2
Misty: 14
Morgan 0
Olha Zinevych: 7
Rachel Burke: 48 *Chaser*
Saar: 17
Sandra L: 21
Sarah Strack: 26
Sarah Suchon: 44 *Bludger*
Steffi: 18
Tara Lynn: 43 *Bludger*
Zilchero: 17

Colloportus, witches and wizards. This House Cup Challenge is now CLOSED.
Congratulations to RAVENCLAW for winning the 2017 Hogwarts House Cup!!
Final reports and Quidditch team allstars can be found in the EHRTBM Hall of Fame.



In honor of the group reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone this year, let's get sorted!



HOW IT WORKS
Go to this great website Pottermore.
There, you can get sorted into your Hogwarts house.

Once you have been sorted, earn points for your house for every book your read!
In this discussion, similar to the Relay Race Reading Challenge, post what books you've read.
Please include:
1. The name of the book you read
2. Read date (must be completed between August 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017)
3. Your HOGWARTS HOUSE!!!
You can join at any time between now and December 31, 2017. Feel free to add all books you have completed between Aug. 1 and the time you joined, or just add books going forward - whichever you prefer.

At the end, we'll tally to see which house has read the most books at the end of the year. See Comment #2 for the current tally!

WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA,
Kasey

Welcome, Tessa!

Hello all - starting up discussions for the AUGUST 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the AUGUST 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you haven't read the book and don't want to ruin the ending, head on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the AUGUST 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR READS category: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling.

This discussion will be SPOILER-FREE. If you have read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Also, want to point you all to the SORTING HAT CHALLENGE. Get sorted into your Hogwarts house and race against the other houses!

Happy reading!
Kasey

Hello all - starting up discussions for the AUGUST 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the MODERN CLASSICS/POPULAR READS category: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone) by J.K. Rowling.

This discussion will be FULL OF SPOILERS. If you have not read the book yet and don't want to ruin the ending, hop on over to the spoiler-free discussion HERE .

Also, want to point you all to the SORTING HAT CHALLENGE. Get sorted into your Hogwarts house and race against the other houses!

Happy reading!
Kasey

I think we skipped Kyra's second post.

Total Group Pages = 132,795

I'd love to say my timing on finishing this book is my doing, but I'd be lying.

Has anyone seen this trailer?!?!??! looks awesomeeeee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwtll...

Welcome, Elizabeth and Sandy!

I LOVE World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. One of my favorites.

Hey all - two suggestions that I've been thinking about/discussion with others that I would love your input on.

1) RE-READING
I, myself, have missed 10 or so of the group reads thus far. I've been trying to catch up this month and still have about 6 left. Been talking to others and sounds like many are in the same boat. AND given that books we've already read keep popping up as BOTM nominations, it seems that many new members would like to read books the group has already read. A few ideas for this...
a. Should we add a third book each month in a new category, maybe call it "Bookshelf Catch-up"? Nominations can only be books already on the book club's "read" shelf, can be either a classic or modern/popular book. That way, at least one book off the bookshelf is revisited every month, giving others another chance to catch-up.
b. Should we have a month sometime this year where we do not read any new books, call it a "freebie" month, and let everyone read whatever they want off the book club's "read" shelf?
c. Any other ideas?

2. Additional Harry Potter Challenge?
Has anyone heard of this site, Pottermore?
https://www.pottermore.com/
I've taken all of the "sorting hat" and "wand" etc. etc. tests. That's all there really is to do. BUT thought it might be fun to have group member's sign up and get sorted into the Hogwarts houses. Then we could have some sort of Harry Potter challenge - how many people in each house read the book next month, as an example? Might be a fun little side challenge. Let me know what you think!!!

I think that'd be great too! catching up on catching up, haha.

what does everyone have left? group re-read? haha

Trying to make my way through all of the book cub books that I missed since starting - 6 to go. Just started this one.

DO IT. One of my all-time favorites. I will admit that I was the same age or younger than Harry Potter when I read the books so I grew up with them... and became a superfan like everyone else my age. Sometimes if you didn't read them growing up and dreaming of going to Hogwarts people find them harder to get into, or don't get the hype. BUT they are incredibly quick, fun, easy reads so not a major time suck if you end up feeling that way. I don't think you will though.

July 26 - 371 pages

Total Group Pages = 126,782

okay this book is just PURE FUN. games on games and points and collecting magic items I loved it. Never was a big gamer but the few (can count on my hands) times I played I was obsessed with collecting everything. Totally got into this and finished quickly.