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Which one are you reading? I just finished Under the Dome. I really enjoyed it (more than I thought I would).I'd say go by whatever edition you're reading, but I'm not going to check so...lol Pick the edition that works best for you.
Tell that boyfriend to behave. You've got reading to do! =D
Oh, I've read Under the Dome and even though I don't particularly like King it was a fun and easy read. ;) I've started The Stand- I'm only at 220 or something pages and so far nothing's happened... If it were an - ebook I'd just pick the edition that works, after all e-book pages are slightly different than normal ones. The thing is that I already have the book I'm talking about in paperback. We'll see, if I have enough time I'm gonna read something else, but thanks for the understanding, Jennifer! (I really can't swap this month because I can't do the original June one :( ). And to think I actually planned to read a 2000+ book and even found several... LOL
And LOL - I'll tell him ;)
hehe I just bought The Stand. I seem to have misplaced my paperback. Bleh. Oh well. In any edition it'll work for the challenge. It's friggin huge.
Oh, yeah, The Stand will work just fine. i'm worried about the second book LOL
May – Replacing with January challengeRead 3000 pages and then list the book titles, authors, and number of pages, date completed, and your rating.
3019
208 Rosy George's Convention Conundrum, PJ Young 5/3/13 ★
123 Pictures of Emily, Theresa Weir 5/3/13 ★★
376 It Had to Be You, Susan Elizabeth Phillips 5/2/13 ★★★★
309 Forged in Fire, Trish McCallan 5/8/13 ★★★
320 The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, Jennifer Ashley 5/7/13 ★★★★★
451 Inferno, Sherrilyn Kenyon 5/13/13 ★★★★
372 To Sir Phillip, With Love, Julia Quinn 5/17/13 ★★★
360 About a Dragon, G.A. Aiken 5/19/13 ★★★
500 Rock Chick Rescue, Kristen Ashley 5/22/13 ★★★
Can I switch 2 months around? I am no longer sure if I will be seeing my niece in June, but I definitely will in August. Can I do August's task in June and then June's task in August? I would like to do all the tasks as originally posted but would need to change those two months.
It seems I might not be able to finish this. :( I'm still only at 40% with The Stand and I just barely started my 800+ book. And if I substitute May I won't be able to do June at all... :(
How would we go about reporting the June challenge? Would we put the title, the date, the name of the person we read to and for how long?
WOW! I finally finished Prairie by Anna Lee Waldo 1120 pages. That does it for my May Challenge.
May Completed.May – This month: 2 books with at least 1000 pages. Since I was unable to find 2 books over 1000 pgs each I read an additional book to make up for it. Lover At Last 591 pgs 4.5♥ 5/3/13Gone with the Wind 1037 pgs 4♥ 5/20/2013 Outlander 870 pgs 4♥ 5/25/2013
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Is there mention of water in the book?
For June, since not everyone is blessed with a 4 year old at home to read to every night, I am making a small adjustment to this month. If you don't have someone to read to, you may have someone read to you (like an audio book). (Does that help?)
~Jennifer~ wrote: "For June, since not everyone is blessed with a 4 year old at home to read to every night, I am making a small adjustment to this month. If you don't have someone to read to, you may have someone re..."Mmm, for me personally that doesn't help. Too bad June isn't just about listening to audiobooks LOL
Hi, ~Jennifer~, that really does help! How much of an audiobook do we need to listen to each day? Would an hour be enough to cover it?
Umm. Let's see. When I read to my son it's anywhere from 15-20 minutes at a time. So to compete with the original challenge let's go with anything at or over 1 hour 15 minutes.
Sounds good to me, thank you very much!
Wait, you mean we could actually listen to audiobooks for this one? :?
~Jennifer~ wrote: "For June, since not everyone is blessed with a 4 year old at home to read to every night, I am making a small adjustment to this month. If you don't have someone to read to, you may have someone re..."Oh, yes! I can do that. How many books for the month. I have 4 picked out already.
Kattibrie wrote: "Wait, you mean we could actually listen to audiobooks for this one? :?"lol yes. It's technically reading to you so it works.
Phyllis wrote: "~Jennifer~ wrote: "For June, since not everyone is blessed with a 4 year old at home to read to every night, I am making a small adjustment to this month. If you don't have someone to read to, you ..."Just going by time. It's relatively easy this month.
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Kattibrie wrote: "Wait, you mean we could actually listen to audiobooks for this one? :?"lol yes. It's technically reading to you so it works."
OK, thanks, I wasn't sure. ;)
And since I won't be able to finish my May task I'll change it to: "This month read at least 1000 pages". I'm almost there...
Listening to audiobooks is a fantastic solution. Thanks Jennifer.
The Really, Really, Really, Really, Hard 2013 Challenge!May 2013 - 5 Purple Covers*
Complete: 5/5 - DONE!!!
✔ 1. Drink Deep by Chloe Neill - (May 19) 4★'s
✔ 2. Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas - (May 5) 3★'s
✔ 3. Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - (May 15) 5★'s
✔ 4. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - (May 7) 4★'s
✔ 5. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher - (May 28) 3.5★'s
*Instead of reading 1 book with 2000 pages
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NO, she is drowning in depression
~Jennifer~ wrote: "For June, since not everyone is blessed with a 4 year old at home to read to every night, I am making a small adjustment to this month. If you don't have someone to read to, you may have someone re..."
I got kids but YES!!!!!!!Woo hooo!
Yes on the audiobook thing! I use those anyway. It's the only way I could have gotten through both Atlas Shrugged & 1Q84 in the same month. Although not quite finished with 1Q84. This book could really be a few hundred pages shorter if he would stop repeating himself over and over again as if the reader is suffering from short-term memory loss.
Oh and I think I might have a series for august after all. Maybe. I say maybe because I only own book 1 and I don't know if I like it or not. But it's only 6 books and they aren't door stoppers. Well the first one isn't, I can only hope the rest aren't as well. But my library has all the others so if I like the series and I can get them all in time in the right order, I'll give it a shot.
But I do have a question for the series on in August. How long do they have to be? I have some ebook, series shorts that I could read if the other one doesn't work out but 5 together maybe only be 2 or 300 pages.
Whatever is challenging for you. I'm not going to set a page limit for that month.
I thought I remembered Horror for October being expanded to included mystery/thrillers/Urban Fantasy?never mind, I see where it was said we could do mystery/suspense.
I updated my post hereI had to change May cause I couldn't get through the 5 books from a genre I usually ignore (which I had switched with September). I thought I'd be able to get some reading done while recovering from surgery, but that didn't work out at all. So I changed May to Make Your Own and did read 5000 pages.
June I'm gonna keep the read to someone or have someone read to you since we can do the audiobook thing now. I got a bunch of audiobooks for while I was in recovery, but that didn't work out much either.
September I'm keeping read the 2 800+ page books cause it might be the only way I continue on with that damn Game of Thrones series. lol
Paris wrote: "I updated my post herecause it might be the only way I continue on with that damn Game of Thrones series. lol "
Too funny!! Yeah - that is a long series....
~Jennifer~ wrote: "Would it help if I made May two 800+ page books? Yes? No? Leave it alone?"Great, this way I can use the first book in the Game of thrones series I'm currently reading (300 pages to go and only two days left, but I think I'll finish in time).
Can we the month swap a month that's already passed? I'm not going to finish my big books for this month but I just realized that I read two books back in January that would qualify and I've read over 3,000 pages this month. If not, I'll probably swap with November or December, but I'd rather keep those for the holidays!
You may swap anything during the year whether it's passed or not. Just keep track of the options you're using! :)
I might have to do that too if I can. I can't get my 2nd chunkster finished by tonight. But I don't think I did a month with 2 super long books yet to swap this one with and I don't think I want to try and get in 2 more 900+ pagers this year. Off to do some rearranging.
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Really Really Really Hard Challenges: May: DONE: Read Two books over 1000 pages
by Cassandra Clare (Hardcover, 1520 pages) 4-stars 
by Veronica Roth (Hardcover, 1012 pages) 5-stars
Finished my May assignment :)Read two 800+ pages books
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I've read over 1000 pages of both books, but the only books I could get my hands on were both 1400 pages. I'm nearly finished them both, but not quite. I've also had exams this month which is annoying. Can I finish the last 200 pages of each book this month on top of this month's challenge?
Update:May – This month: Read one book with at least 2000 pages - switched to read at least 1000 pages! - DONE!
Crocodile on the Sandbank - 139 (I had started it in April)
Eight Skilled Gentlemen- 264
The Stand 530
Cat Among the Pigeons - 194
Total: 1127
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If not, I read to the kids almost every night anyway.
BTW, my kids loved the intro "This is audible kids."
Gwyneth Paltrow read Polar Bear & Brown Bear. The kids loved it, and even liked the Spanish narration. When we got home from the mall, my 4 year old said, "No mommy, my book isn't done" and it reminded me of so many times when I stayed in my car instead of coming into the house because I needed to hear a few more minutes of my audiobook:)
The only problem is that I had to borrow 3 library books per each story so all three kids can follow along. Hopefully I won't lose any books or my youngest won't rip the pages as he is prone to do
I'm going to cheat a little and call May done even though I technically finished 1Q84 today. But I got through 33 of 38 discs by last night and listened to the rest today.
Hester wrote: "I've read over 1000 pages of both books, but the only books I could get my hands on were both 1400 pages. I'm nearly finished them both, but not quite. I've also had exams this month which is annoy..."Sure thing
Woo hoo swapping!I moved my 800+ Pages books to January when I read
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon 1.17.13 ●●●●● // 983p
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon 1.26.13 ●●●●○ // 1060p
And finished off May with 4,147/3,000 Pages!
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 5.4.13 ●●●●● // 387 Pages
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld 5.6.13 ●●●○○ // 440 Pages
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld 5.8.13 ●●●○○ // 481 Pages
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld 5.9.13 ●●●●○ // 545 Pages
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris 5.13.13 ●●○○○ // 338 Pages
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb 5.14.13 ●●●○○ // 480 Pages (Paperback)
Shadow's Claim by Kresley Cole 5.16.13 ●●●○○ // 481 Pages
Ganymede by Cherie Priest 5.28.2013 ●●●○○ // 349 Pages (Paperback)
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon 5.28.2013 ●●●○○ // 334 Pages (Paperback)
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 5.31.2013 ●●●○○ // 312 Pages (Paperback)
June completed. :)VI. June - Read to somebody or listen to an audiobook.
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5 audiobooks for the kids so far this month
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Oh, thanks, Jennifer, that's great! It's not that I don't have plenty of doorstoppers books to choose from but I'm still at the beginning of the first 1000+ pages one. Strange, it's Steven King's and it's going really slow, usually I don't have any problems with his books... But to be fair real life's getting in the way - my new bf is distracting me from reading and I have finals coming... Sigh.
I only have one question - do the page count work for alternate editions? I know I have a 700+ book that is 800+ in another edition and I've been meaning to read it since forever. I'm just looking for a shorter option so that I could actually finish this... :)