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Turtlecollector Dennis
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May 10, 2013 02:41PM
Congratulations Gemma! And of course your book will count for the the RaT. Just add it to your shelf. It is the perfect color of blue to match your newborn as well:)
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RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #13: Location Covers
Find and post two book covers that depict your favorite holiday destination. Be sure they show a distinct location or icon monument.
Example: If you favorite place to vacation is San Francisco then these covers, showing the Golden Gate Bridge, would work:
Suggest by Team Electric Lime
NOTE: Mini-Challenges are valid from the moment they are posted till the end of the Read-a-thon. You can do them by any order, as many times as you want, as long as you use the tag: Mini-Challenge #number
If you want to play, post your answers HERE
Done w my 850 pages....woohoo!!! Excellent book, I highly recommend.
Yay, Dee! I will move that book up my TBR list.
T, I left you a message over in the "sister group."
Just saw it. I am on my phone right now but will be back on wireless and my laptop in about half an hour. I will reply to that message then.
Gemma wrote: "So sorry for going incommunicado guys! I have been in hospital for nearly a week after having the baby!
We had a little boy (:
The good news is I read Swimsuit whilst in hospital so hopefully it ca..."
Congrats Gemma :)
We had a little boy (:
The good news is I read Swimsuit whilst in hospital so hopefully it ca..."
Congrats Gemma :)
My goal is reached , phew ! I was scared that it wasnt and I see i have done 150% :D:D
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #14: Book Chain
While smoking their stash of pipe weed (adult Hobbits only!), co-captains of Hobbit Team (aka Cerulean) came with great idea for RaT mini-challenge.
The way they explained it, as best they could, follows. :D
It's book chain.
One of the Captains (or Mods) post a book/cover; next one has to match it by author's first/last name; or word in title; or something on the cover, and so on.
Suggested by Team Cerulean (AKA "Hobbit Blue")
NOTE: Mini-Challenges are valid from the moment they are posted till the end of the Read-a-thon. You can do them by any order, as many times as you want, as long as you use the tag: Mini-Challenge #number
If you want to play, post your answers HERE
Dee wrote: "Done w my 850 pages....woohoo!!! Excellent book, I highly recommend."Way to go Dee!
I'll read it maybe one day (when I stop being scared of King's writing :D)
OK Hobbits!
We have about 20h left of the RaT. Please check if all your finished books are on your read shelf (only those counts).
countdown
*Pic 'borrowed' from Mods :D*
Current stats for RaT(9pm CEST May 11th)
*Turtlecollector - 4375/4000 (T+C)
*Tea - 3026/3000 (T+C)
*Jojiwoji - 2028/2000 (T+C)
*Karen - 1894/1500 (T+C)
Ezinwanyi - 2912/3000 (T+C)
Melissa - 877/1000 (T+C)
md - 217/300 (T)
*Jenny - 1064/300 (T+C)
*Dee - 849/800 (T)
Gemma - 0/450 - book not on read shelf (C)
Sanz - 0/500
Total: 17224/16850
Theme: 9
Cover: 7
Goals reached (*): 6
Finished
. (470 pages). It was okay for a zombie book. It was not gory
@md - Since you said you read the book on your challenge shelf, you need to add the read date to it and mark it as read. It is not counting towards anything right now. You have 10 1/2 hrs from now to mark it as read to count for the Read-a-Thon, otherwise whenever you add it, it will only count toward the team total.
have finished thief! & hackers (blue book). the blue cover is only on the large print book on goodreads (I read the non large print version) but I wondered if it might be okay to use that version since I've already met my page count? if not I'll try to read another blue book! *goes to find one just in case*
md wrote: "have finished thief! & hackers (blue book). the blue cover is only on the large print book on goodreads (I read the non large print version) but I wondered if it might be okay to use that version s..."You need to mark them as read with a date but you don't need another blue book. We can use the book you already read. Only 5 more hours to go.
Congrats Gemma!!Finally finished
and with that I've read my 800+ of the 500 pages I'd put down as my RaT goal. Plus it counts as a historical read, so bonus point for that!
Yay!!!
Sanz wrote: "Congrats Gemma!!Finally finished
and with that I've read my 800+ of the 500 pages I'd put down as my RaT goal. Plus it counts as a historical read, so ..."
Great Sanz. Just in nick of time :D
Lets try that again then. They should be sorted now
@mdSince I'm not sure if TC will be able to do final update for RaT, could you give me a link for the book so I can put it in spreadsheet?
You have little less that 2 hours to mark your book as read to count for Read-a-Thon.So far:
10/11 goals reached
10/11 theme books
9/11 cover books
Great work everyone!
I've finished
and
(blue book).I didn't read the large print version of Hackers but it's the only version available on goodreads with the blue cover.
md wrote: "I've finished and (blue book).I didn't read the large print version of Hackers but it's the only version available on goodreads with the blue ..."
No wonder I couldn't find that book! It's two of them :D
Thanks :D
md, do you want me to add the book you read? Was it this cover, but in paperback?
We did a great job! These results will also be in post#5 until the next challenge is ready and are permanently posted in the Hobbit Games thread.Final Results May 12, 2013 - 19836/16850
Ezinwanyi - 3382/3000
(historical)
(blue)
Tea - 3026/3000
(historical)
(blue)
Turtlecollector - 4375/4000
(blue)
(historical)
Jojiwoji - 2028/2000
(historical)
(blue)
Melissa - 877/1000
(historical)
(blue)Karen - 1894/1500
(blue)
(historical)
Jenny - 1064/300
(historical)
(blue)md - 1030/300
(historical)
(blue)
Dee - 849/800
(historical)Sanz - 832/500
(historical)Gemma - 479/450
(blue)
Prizes for everyone. Wear your Tshirts proudly.
Hello Hobbits! It's time for our weekly update.
It's 6pm CEST and teams' info is from last half hour.
You can also see this update as part of post #4
Hobbits %
Turtlecollector 9,69
❀Tea❀ 8,00
Jojiwoji 12,80
Karen 6,00 ?
md 18,75
Ezinwanyi 9,20
Gemma 10,00
Dee 20,00
Melissa (ladybug) 6,58
Sanz 8,00
Jenny 80,00
Team Books
Leather Jacket Black 164
Moonstone 162
Wild Blue Yonder 159
Mauvelous 151
Cadet Blue 146
Mango Tango 143
Radical Red 140
Purple Mountain's Majesty 136
Electric Lime 135
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 128 (+5)
Tickle Me Pink 128
Magneta Mix-up 119
B'dazzled Blue 112
Atomic Tangerine 109
Blast Off Bronze 99
Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams
Hi, sorry I missed posting my last book. :( I was out of town and out of range for the internet. :(. I promise, I did finish my goal!!!!!!!!!!! :DI know it cannot count for the RaT, but I read
and finished it at 1 AM on 5/12/13.
Reading Update 5/13/13Finished During RaT:
Finished During RaT but didn't count:
Still Reading:
Starting Next:
Congratulations on reaching your goal, Melissa. I'm sorry you weren't in range to post your last book in time for the RaT.
That is OK. :D I had fun this weekend so that is what is important. lol but since I was only one that officially didn't finish I wanted to let all know. I did finish. O_O really!! :D lol
Reading update for meGiving up on for now:
135/1079Not sure where I left off in updating what I finished, so here is the list for the whole RaT plus one I finished yesterday:
Still reading:
908/1074Starting:
Finished
.Unsure of which audiobook to tackle next...
OR
I really like the Divergent series. I haven't tried the other series yet.
Turtlecollector wrote: "Prizes for everyone. Wear your Tshirts proudly."
this t shirts are cute ,turtlecollector ,when do I get to wear mine ? :D
Turtlecollector wrote: "I really like the Divergent series. I haven't tried the other series yet."Thanks
@ Ezi: I wasn't a big fan of the Mortal Instruments... Wow, I've been MIA for a while now, haven't I? Here's what I've been doing since my last update...
Finished:
Reading:
(Reread, not eligible)To start:
On hold:
Can I just say thanks to my lovely co-captains, Tea and Turtlecollector, who put a lot of work into helping organise our team for the R-a-T, and were more then willing to lend me a hand whilst I had a busy few weeks.
Good job everybody on reaching their goal, Melissa that's as a bit unfortunate but you did do it :)
Just a note that my reading will slow quite a bit whilst we are in exam period with testing and things, but I will still be able to come online daily
Congratulations Gemma on your new child, that's fantastic!
,ANNE RICE 'S BOOK LASHER ,is my next book,23 pages into this book LASHER ,LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES.:D
Jojiwoji wrote: "@ Ezi: I wasn't a big fan of the Mortal Instruments... Wow, I've been MIA for a while now, haven't I? Here's what I've been doing since my last update...
Finished:
[bookcover:The Iron Queen|868..."
I LOVED Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. Its one of my favorite YA's. She took a slightly above average Delirium and just came correct with that sequel. The final book requiem didn't hit the spot, but Pandemonium should great growth for Lena!
I have to read both Mortal Instruments & Divergent for challenges, so I think I will start with Mortal Instruments. Better to start with the weaker and end on a higher note. If I read Divergent and it is so good, then I will hate Mortal Insturments so bring me down :)
I agree with Ezi. I liked the first two books of the Delirium series but the third one, Reqiuem, was disappointing and not what I was expecting.
Turtlecollector wrote: "I agree with Ezi. I liked the first two books of the Delirium series but the third one, Reqiuem, was disappointing and not what I was expecting."Turtlecollector
(view spoiler)
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "I agree with Ezi. I liked the first two books of the Delirium series but the third one, Reqiuem, was disappointing and not what I was expecting."Turtlecollector
[spoilers..."
Very true. I really liked him as well.
Updated my books Tea . I will be away till the 7th of June , but if I do read any books in this duration will attempt to sign in and tag those !
Karen wrote: "Updated my books Tea . I will be away till the 7th of June , but if I do read any books in this duration will attempt to sign in and tag those !"Thank you Karen. I just thought that maybe you forgot about it. :D
I'll go with good luck for your period of absence. Exams, right?
You don't have to log in only to tag your books. Come back when you can or you're done. We'll be here :D
(I'll even save some pipe-weed for you, although, technically you're still minor ☺)
I actually did forget about It this time to be honest , thanks for reminding me :(
Thank you:):) yes , exams .
*takes a tiny whiff and blows smoke rings *
I'm not a minor *sniffs* I will have you know I'm 22
Thank you:):) yes , exams .
*takes a tiny whiff and blows smoke rings *
I'm not a minor *sniffs* I will have you know I'm 22
Karen wrote: "I'm not a minor *sniffs* I will have you know I'm 22 "I know, but Hobbits become adults at 33. ☺
Oh *racks brains* I didn't remember!
Then you are an adult then , *surrenders smuggled pipeweed stash to you*
Bye Tea :) will miss you!
Then you are an adult then , *surrenders smuggled pipeweed stash to you*
Bye Tea :) will miss you!
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