Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

I FINALLY finished , I think that was my reading marathon...

Mary wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I got a question: Did my book not count as a book for the challenge?"

Teresa hit the nail on the head. Your books must have a date read fo..."

Thanks for the help Teresa and Mary. I didn't realize it didn't have a read date. I'll be more careful from now on.

Just finished my fourth book of the year: . It also happens to be my first five star book since 2011. I almost forgot how a five star book felt, I feel like weeping!

Sashana wrote: "Just finished my fourth book of the year: . It also happens to be my first five star book since 2011. I almost forgot how a five star book felt, I feel..."

Since 2011?!?!
Congratulations! That's my ultimate favourite series since Harry Potter :D

Finished my fifth book today. Starting my sixth book now.

Half way to go reading . next to read and the fourth book of the year is

Just finished book number 11 , numbers 12-14 are in progress.

Finished last night; will probably start next, since I need to read that for next week's book group at work.

Sashana wrote: "Just finished my fourth book of the year: . It also happens to be my first five star book since 2011. I almost forgot how a five star book felt, I feel..."

Oh, I'm so glad you liked it, Sashana! :-D

Barb wrote: "Finished last night; will probably start next, since I need to read that for next week's book group at work."

How did you like The Last Runaway, Barb? I've only read one of hers - Remarkable Creatures - and I absolutely loved it.

Elaine wrote: "Since 2011?!?!
Congratulations! That's my ultimate favourite series since Harry Potter :D

Yup, since 2011. I tend to be very stingy with my 5 stars.

Mary wrote: "Oh, I'm so glad you liked it, Sashana! :-D

LOVED it! Now I have to until 2014 for the next one :(

Sashana wrote: "Mary wrote: "Oh, I'm so glad you liked it, Sashana! :-D

LOVED it! Now I have to until 2014 for the next one :("

My feelings exactly... the ending was OMIGOSH FLABERGASTICCC!!!

Sonia wrote: "My feelings exactly... the ending was OMIGOSH FLABERGASTICCC!!!"

Ditto! (view spoiler)[The fact that Ziri is now Thiago blew my mind! But one thing I didn't underdstand is did the Angel die? Or is the angel's spirit in Hazael? (hide spoiler)] I think I might have to reread that part.

Sashana wrote: "Sonia wrote: "My feelings exactly... the ending was OMIGOSH FLABERGASTICCC!!!"

Ditto! [spoilers removed] I think I might have to reread that part."

(view spoiler)[Yep, Ziri being Thiago really surprised me... when she began that part I thought it was the other chimaera (I forgot the name) that Thiago killed, but Ziri?! Never crossed my mind.
Angel? What Angel, Hazael? He died and they burned him while in the prison cell (hide spoiler)]

I'll probably re-read both books near the release date from the last one. I mean, listen to them, the audio narrator IS AMAZING.

                                                      The A-Team Readathon

◈ Duration: January 25th PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4PM) to February 1st PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4 PM)

◈ Participants commit to a total of 24-hour reading, which can be split
   as follows:
        1. One 24-hour reading period.*
        2. Two 12-hour reading periods.
        3. Three 8-hour reading periods.
        4. Four 6-hour reading periods.

◈ When signing up, A) select an option above that will best fit your needs, and B) set
    a page total as your goal. Post both of these to the team thread, as well as
   your time zone.

◈ Keep us updated on your progress! Every few hours (as long as it doesn't
    interfere with your reading), post a status update on how many pages you've read
    toward your goal.

◈ Mini-Challenges & Games - Sonia and I will be coming up with a few fun things
    during the readathon. In other words, this part is TBD.

Participants
Mary - CST - 3x8 - 800 pages
Sonia - GMT - 2x12 - 1000 pages
Susan - CST - 4x6 - 800 pages
Jamie - EST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Barb - EST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Alexa - GMT - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Zina - MST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
TheButterflyEffect - AST- 2x12 - 1000 pages
Sashana - EST - 4x6 - 500 pages
Karla - PST - 3x8 - 600 pages
Stephanie - PST - 4x6 - 600 pages
Elaine - GMT+8 - 4x6 - 800 pages
❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ - CST - 4x6 - 600 pages
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) - CST - 4x6 - 600 pages
Mandy - CST - 3x8 - 1000 pages
Ashley - CST - 2x12 - 900 pages
Ellinor - CET - 4x6 - 800 pages
Erica - AKST - 4x6 - 1000 pages
Nancy - CST - 4x6 - 600 pages


* Obviously, we aren't expecting you to read 24 hours straight. If you choose this option, you'll be committing to reading as much as you possibly can in a 24-hour period. Basically: read, eat, read, sleep, and read. Oh, and breathe. That's important.

Okay, ladies. Readathon = posted. Sonia did most of the work on this, by the way, so THANK YOU to my lovely co-captain.

Any questions? What do you guys think?

I'll be posting this to the front page, in message #2 for easy access.

Let me go ahead and sign up for the readathon :) I'm going to do 4 6 hour periods...on Friday, Jan 25, Monday, Jan 28, Tuesday, jan 29 and Wednesday, Jan 30 (while the kids are at school lol). My goal is 200 pages per reading time for 800 pages total.

Forgot to say I'm in central time zone in USA

Susan (susayq) wrote: "Let me go ahead and sign up for the readathon :) I'm going to do 4 6 hour periods...on Friday, Jan 25, Monday, Jan 28, Tuesday, jan 29 and Wednesday, Jan 30 (while the kids are at school lol). My g..."

I've got you down, Susan! :-D

Mary wrote: "Okay, ladies. Readathon = posted. Sonia did most of the work on this, by the way, so THANK YOU to my lovely co-captain.

Any questions? What do you guys think?

I'll be posting this to the front ..."

*blushes*

Thank you Mary :o)

Done with my fifth
Onward to the sixth

I'll try to join the readathon, hopefully I'll have the time to.
Also, the banner used is absolutely lovely! Sonia/Mary, where did you get it?

Elaine what did you think about ?

Yes, the banner is amazing, I don't know where Mary got it but is absolutely perfect for the theme.

Elaine wrote: "Done with my fifth
Onward to the sixth

I'll try to join the readathon, hopefully I'll have the time to.
Also, the banner used ..."

Ooh, yes, what did you think of Shadow and Bone? I loved that one.

I found the banner through Google Images. It came from this article. I spent WAY too much time this morning looking at pictures of bookshelves and people reading and stuff. I can waste time like nobody's business.

I would do the read-a-thon but I think my school work would get in the way of it, So I think I will have to skip this time.

Ohhh that's too bad Nancy... but school comes first. Do not worry, we'll probably will do another one, right guys?

I would like participate, i know it will be four 6-hr periods just not sure which days yet.
Goal is 1000 pages altogether

Time zone: EST

Even though I am reading the book , I am also going to be reading . It sounded good so I hope it is good.

I will have my work schedule for that week (for the RaT) by this weekend so I'll set my time up later.

Love the bookshelf header, Mary, and I can also waste time like nobody's business, lol.

Oh, and I definitely think we'll have more read-a-thons in the future! Maybe we could have one each month, or every couple.

Mary wrote: "Barb wrote: "Finished last night"

How did you like The Last Runaway, Barb? I've only read one of hers - Remarkable Creatures - and I absolutely loved it."

I really liked it, Mary -- so much so that I had a really hard time putting it down! I've read several of her books and have liked almost all of them.

Mary wrote: "The A-Team Readathon
◈ Duration: January 25th PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4PM) to February 1st PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4 PM)"

I'm in, with four 6-hour reading periods, probably on Saturday 1/26, Sunday 1/27, Monday 1/28 and Wednesday 1/29, but those days are subject to change, depending on what comes up in the real world. Time zone: EST

Oh yeah, you asked for a page goal: I'm going to say 1000 pages, just because I've never set a page goal for a RaT before and that sounds like a good number :)

Nancy wrote: "Even though I am reading the book , I am also going to be reading . It sounded good so I hope it is good."

Nancy, what do you think of it so far? :D
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Oh and the readathon I'll have to check. But I think I'm in for, 4 days 6 hours each. Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday :) (for now). Oh and Timezone: GMT

Jamie & Barb - signed you up!

Nancy - Days of Blood & Starlight is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Have you read that one?

Teresa - We will definitely have more readathons! Especially if this one is successful. I guess we'll see how it goes.

Alexa wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Even though I am reading the book , I am also going to be reading . It sounded good so I hope it is good."

Nancy..."

I'm enjoying and I just gotten , and so far, it's good.

Alexa wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Even though I am reading the book , I am also going to be reading . It sounded good so I hope it is good."

Nancy..."

Great, Alexa! I'll sign you up. Do you have a page goal?

Nancy, I'm glad you're liking it so far!! Once you get a bit further in it you won't be able to put it down..well that's how it was with me c:

Mary wrote: "Great, Alexa! I'll sign you up. Do you have a page goal?"

Err I'm going for 800 at the least, pretty sure it might increase :)

Edit: you know what, make that 1000 pages

Mary wrote: "                                                   

◈ Duration: January 25th PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4PM) to February 1st PST 8:00 AM (GMT 4 PM)"

Im in for the 4x6hr also and will go with 1000 page goal. I am in MST.

Will be fun for sure!!!

Oh and just finished was an interesting read.

Alexa & Zina - put you both down for 1000 pages. :-)

I'll definitely join the readathon. I'm good for 2 12 hours, anytime after the 28th (I have two exams) because that's the inbetween of this semester and the next and I won't have school.

My page goal will be 1000.

TheButterflyEffect wrote: "I'll definitely join the readathon. I'm good for 2 12 hours, anytime after the 28th (I have two exams) because that's the inbetween of this semester and the next and I won't have school.

My page ..."

Gotcha! What time zone are you in?

Unfortunately I won't be able to participate in the read-a-thon for many reasons. Will be gone for 2-3 of those days, work,way too many other irons in the fire, etc. Have fun everyone!

Gayle wrote: "Unfortunately I won't be able to participate in the read-a-thon for many reasons. Will be gone for 2-3 of those days, work,way too many other irons in the fire, etc. Have fun everyone!"

Don't worry, Gayle - we'll be doing this again, I'm sure. Sorry about your crazy schedule!

The readathon looks good, ladies! I'd like to participate but mark me as tbd for now.

Sashana wrote: "The readathon looks good, ladies! I'd like to participate but mark me as tbd for now."

Got you down as TBD. :-) Hope you'll be able to join in!

Mary wrote: "Jamie & Barb - signed you up!

Nancy - Days of Blood & Starlight is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone. Have you read that one?

Teresa - We will definitely have more readathons! Especially i..."

No I haven't yet. I got the book from my college library and they only had that book.

Nancy wrote: "No I haven't yet. I got the book from my college library and they only had that book. "

Trust me, you really need to read Daughter of Smoke & Bone first. :-/ Everything will be incredibly confusing for you if you don't. Days of Blood & Starlight picks up RIGHT where the first book leaves off.

Mary wrote: "Nancy wrote: "No I haven't yet. I got the book from my college library and they only had that book. "

Trust me, you really need to read Daughter of Smoke & Bone first. :-/ Everything will be incre..."

Alright, then I will look at my library to see if they have it. Thanks for letting me know.

Man, being on vacation this past week has allowed me to do a lot of reading. Well, not a lot as in many books but many pages. I've finished 2 books this week already and I'm about to start another 1 or 2! *happy dance*

Sure, Nancy! I highly recommend it. The series is one of my favorites. :D

I'm in for the readathon. Three days, eight hours, Friday - Sunday. I'll go with 600 pages, I might change this since my reading rate changes depending on the book. I am PST.