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Cerulean (AKA “Hobbit Blue”)
Finished
It's 366 pages.
I have 2 more hours to finish my audiobook of
(314 pages)I can't wait for Sookie's audio.
Maya Banks is a hit or miss for me. I'm such a moody reader. Some of her I just love; others fall flat.
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Finished It's 366 pages.
This would also work for your blue cover. Do you want use this one?
Please make sure this update post lists all your books finished for the Read-a-Thon at this point in time. Ezi, I have not added blue to your book yet in case you wanted to use a different book. It is also in post #6 of this thread.
May 1 - May 12, 20137:30pm PDT May 3, 2013 - 5315/12950
Ezinwanyi - 1013/1500
(historical)
Tea - 978/2000
(historical)Turtlecollector - 1016/3500
(blue)Jojiwoji - 717/2000
Melissa - 350/1000
(historical)
Karen - 743/600
(blue)
(historical)Jenny - 498/300
Finished:
I really enjoyed this one, Tea.
Finished my historical book:
(it's 109 pages).I've also finished
which is eligible for the RaT.Need to find a blue book now!
md wrote: I've also finished
which is eligible for the RaT.Need to find ..."
This can count for your blue book, it is mostly blue except for the horse. You really just need to read a book with at least 83 pages to reach your goal. If you finish any of the books you already have started on your currently reading list that should work. Or you can find a new one, that is up to you.
Also, have you finished the book on your challenge shelf? It does not have a date read set and is on your currently-reading shelf, so it is not being counted right now and I just wanted to make sure that is right.
I have added your books to the spreadsheet and put you on the Read-a-Thon update.
I can? it looked more green to me... I'll use it as my back up blue book in case the ones I'm thinking of are terrible and I can't finish them.I've finished that book, but I read most of it before 1st May so I just wanted to see if I could get to my RaT goal without using it
md wrote: "I can? it looked more green to me... I'll use it as my back up blue book in case the ones I'm thinking of are terrible and I can't finish them.I've finished that book, but I read most of it befor..."
As long as you finished it after the RaT started it counts, it doesn't matter when you started it, but I will wait to add until you know whether you need/want it to count or not. Your other book looked blue to me on my computer, but does have more green from my phone, so I was counting it, but we can also use a different book if you want to.
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #4:Dark Forces Creature Builder
Take 3 books with a dark force type creature and build your own creature. Then give it a terrific name.
Example: Take a vampire, a Minotaur and a murder and you get a Bloodsucking Murdering Bull
Submitted by Team Wild Blue Yonder
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
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Finished Fish & Chips. It was 314 pages"Updated :D
Continuing with the guys? ☺
Turtlecollector wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Finished It's 366 pages.
This would also work for your blue cover. Do you want use this one?"
Yes. Please count it for blue AND YES! I will be reading
on a buddy read on May 13th.
Unfortunately for my buddies, May 13th turned into NOW. LMAO. Reading
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Unfortunately for my buddies, May 13th turned into NOW. LMAO. Reading Divide & Conquer"LOL. I'm finally going to start
:DAre you going to read
after it? It's not part of the series, but characters from that book are part of
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #5: Dream Character
If you could be/meet a character from a book, who would you be and why?
Submitted by Team Mango Tango
Mini-Challenge #6: Oh no, I like it!
Have you ever read a popular book just so you can mock it (e.g. Fifty shades of grey, Twilight) and actually found you enjoyed it? What was the book and why?
Submited by Team Leather Jacket Black
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
Hello Hobbits! It's time for our weekly update.
It's 1pm CEST and teams' info is from last half hour.
You can also see this update as part of post #4
Hobbits %
Turtlecollector 7,50
❀Tea❀ 6,00
Jojiwoji 10,40
Karen 6,00 ?
md 0,00 ?
Ezinwanyi 6,80
Gemma 6,67
Dee 10,00
Melissa (ladybug) 5,76
Sanz 6,00
Jenny 60,00
Team Books
Wild Blue Yonder 121
Moonstone 116
Leather Jacket Black 116
Purple Mountain's Majesty 105
Electric Lime 102
Mango Tango 101
Mauvelous 99
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 98 (+3)
Radical Red 98
Tickle Me Pink 93
Cadet Blue 92
Magneta Mix-up 91
Atomic Tangerine 87
B'dazzled Blue 85
Blast Off Bronze 71
Spreadsheets:
Cerulean Team
NBRC Round II Teams
KarenAt the start of RaT you've signed up for 600 pages (minimum). So far your read page count is over 700. Do you want to change your goal by any chance? :D
Two more books for RaT:
I really like this series too, Tea. The only one I haven't read now is #9 Breakaway because my library doesn't have that one.
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Unfortunately for my buddies, May 13th turned into NOW. LMAO. Reading Divide & Conquer"LOL. I'm finally going to start
:DAre..."
Never heard of
? I didn't know but I will check it out? I should read it next...before Armed & Dangerous?
Turtlecollector wrote: "I really like this series too, Tea. The only one I haven't read now is #9 Breakaway because my library doesn't have that one."Lucky :D I couldn't finish that one. Guy was going on my nerves from page one. And she too, just not as much.
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I should read it next...before Armed & Dangerous?"
It's not part of the Ty&Zane series, but you get to meet characters that are great part of Armed & Dangerous. Something like spin-off/prequel. If you plan/want to read it, then yes you should read it before Armed & Dangerous. But it doesn't really have any influence on the series.
We are like 30 books behind...how is that possible?
We are all on track with our reading.Could be numbers. It's different when group has 5 members with 100+ books and when it has 8 of them :D
We need to bribe Lisa Kay to send more Hobbits our way :D
Mod
Sorry, ❀Tea❀. Yes, that is a flaw in the system when it is done "short term."
Finished
(Pages 330)Still reading
and will listen to
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #7: Visit the Garden Cover Hunt
Using the add tool - selecting the cover option - create a bouquet of May Flowers using book covers.
Submitted by Team Radical Red
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
HI GUYS; just finish harry potter' book #1 yesterday may -5 -2013 I am moving on to my next book as soon as posible ,next Summer in the city . jenn
Great job, Jenny. I just gave my copies of Harry Potter #1 and #2 to my 10-yr old nephew to start reading because I really like that series.
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #8: The dark side of the moon
Did you know that there are 8 phases of the moon? For this mini-challenge, can you find 4 different covers with different moon phases?
Submitted by Team Moonstone
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
Still working on:
I want to try to get these three finished in the next few days so I don't have to carry two big books to where I am housesitting and dogsitting. Today on my day off I am concentrating on the first two books. I am hoping to be at least halfway done with both of them by the end of the day so I probably will not have another book finished today.
Turtlecollector wrote: "Great job, Jenny. I just gave my copies of Harry Potter #1 and #2 to my 10-yr old nephew to start reading because I really like that series."You can really read a storm turtle collector:D
Reminder:Here are your page standings right now. You have about a day and a half (until 8am PDT on May 8th) to tell us if you want to change your goal or do not want to participate after all. You have until 8am PDT on May 12th to finish your books in order for your pages to count.
Ezinwanyi - 1640/1500
Blue and theme book read
Tea - 1362/2000
Blue and theme book read
Turtlecollector - 2077/3500
Blue book read
Jojiwoji - 1111/2000
Blue book read
Melissa - 350/1000
Theme book read
Karen - 743/600
Blue and theme book read
Jenny - 744/300
md - 217/300
Theme book read
Dee - 0/800
planning to read theme book 11/22/63
Gemma - 0/450
planning to read blue book Swimsuit
Sanz - 0/500
planning to read historical or theme book Winter of the World
Jenny wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "Great job, Jenny. I just gave my copies of Harry Potter #1 and #2 to my 10-yr old nephew to start reading because I really like that series."You can really read a storm t..."
I am a quick reader and I plan to do almost nothing except read and check on Goodreads stuff all day today. This means I should get in a good 6-7 hrs of reading over the course of today. I have been up for 6 hrs and have probably read for about 2 hrs of that already.
That leaves me with 4-5 more hours of reading in the next 10 before I head off to bed. We'll see because I also have to bake cupcakes and brownies sometime this afternoon or evening for a retirement party at work this week.
Turtlecollector wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "Great job, Jenny. I just gave my copies of Harry Potter #1 and #2 to my 10-yr old nephew to start reading because I really like that series."You can really ..."
Just don't check GR too often. It kinda interrupts reading (speaking from experience) :D
I'll probably change my goal. I'll let you know tomorrow (when I see how much reading I'll do in the meantime ☺)
Turtlecollector wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "Great job, Jenny. I just gave my copies of Harry Potter #1 and #2 to my 10-yr old nephew to start reading because I really like that series."You can really ..."
speaking of the devil ,going back to books in chosen shelf ," did you mean read all the books in the shelf to beat the mark ?
Jenny wrote: "You can really read a storm turtle collector"Well Jenny, you're not that bad yourself. You already have 7 book finished for this challene and you said you'll do 10. :D
I think I should increase my pages to 3000
I did all the big stuff this morning(check on page count, check on books, puzzles for cupcakes, get update ready, other challenges etc.), that's why I have only read for two hours so far. I won't be checking quite so often this afternoon until I do the last update for the day around 9pm(8 1/2 hrs from now for me).
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Jenny wrote: "You can really read a storm turtle collector"Well Jenny, you're not that bad yourself. You already have 7 book finished for this challene and you said you'll do 10. :D"
Thankxs Tea ,it is hard when it hits the week -end .brr......go shopping .etc.:)
Jenny wrote: "Thankxs Tea ,it is hard when it hits the week -end .brr......go shopping .etc.:) "It's OK. You read when you can/want.
I'm just surprised. Since you set so low goal I didn't expect you to read that fast.
You do know this is long-term challenge? We are playing/reading until one team reaches 1350 books (for now) and best team at the moment has about 120 books.
We still have a lot of reading to do. :D
Hey TC, do you think we could use Jenny's Twilight for a theme? Those vampires are quite old (all of them or most of them were here 50 years ago). :P
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I think I should increase my pages to 3000"If you're sure no problem. We'll change it in spreadsheet and let Sonia & the Mods know.
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you and me both. I did read Maya Banks McCabe book 1 and books 1&2 of the Armstrongs & Montgomery series and I like Maya Banks.
I am hard to impress since I have read so many HRS but LK & Banks are quickly coming to rival Julie Garwood to me.