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Cerulean (AKA “Hobbit Blue”)
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May 06, 2013 01:10PM
I will be back .:)
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Jenny wrote: "See what you mean Tea .:) I will be back .:)"
Oh dear! I hope I didn't scare you away :D
❀Tea❀ wrote: "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"It is our theme, as long as we can connect a book to our theme I think it should work. Part of the explanation was characters from 50 yrs ago and those vampires are like time travelers. They live a long time and have to relocate and completely start over in each new 'generation' so people don't realize they aren't really aging or from a different century.
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #9: A Rose by Any Name
Spell out your first name or nickname using books from another members shelves. You may use the first letter of the title and/or the first initial of the author's first or last name. (You may ignore the indefinite & definite articles, a, an, the, etc.)
Suggested by Team Purple Mountain's Majesty & Blast Off Bronze
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
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While I have been tracking people who have posted NO book at all, I have NOT been tracking those who have NOT posted books since first joining. It is important that you give me this information, as I believe we have one or two bogus accounts.
Thank you.
Man, I am glad I am not a captain. this is a lot of work, it would take the fun out for me:)I'm taking a pause on all my other reading to pay homage to my girl Sookie, woo hoo!!!
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Man, I am glad I am not a captain. this is a lot of work, it would take the fun out for me:)I'm taking a pause on all my other reading to pay homage to my girl Sookie, woo hoo!!!"
That's why there is 3 of us. Sharing the work :D And teams are not that big to be lot of work.
Have fun with Sookie :D
*Maybe I should really start to watch TV more*
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Have fun with Sookie :D*Maybe I should really start to watch TV more*..."
No, not the show.
released today and I am already 1/3rd way into my audiobook
Well, then I'll just continue reading. :DDoes it deserve to be added to to-read list?
*I'm fresh in vampire waters*
Have you decided about changing your page goal for RaT?
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Well, then I'll just continue reading. :DDoes it deserve to be added to to-read list?
*I'm fresh in vampire waters*
Have you decided about changing your page goal for RaT?"
Sighing--books 1-7 in the series were excellent, it got a little muddled in the middle. I will let you know if the series ends on a good note.
Yes...I wish to change my reading goal to 3000 pages.
Finished very thick book
- full 52 pages :D
❀Tea❀ wrote: "Finished very thick book - full 52 pages :D"surely it took you a long time to get through. Good thing you didn't do the audio version or you would have been listening for quite a while
:)
Halfway through Sookie!
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "surely it took you a long time to get through. Good thing you didn't do the audio version or you would have been listening for quite a while:)
Halfway through Sookie! "
You have no idea! I already started thinking on giving it up since it is taking me so long to finish it. It started to mess with my other reading. I even had to increase page goal when I discovered I'll finish it soon. :D
How's Sookie so far?
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Deadline for changing goals or join the Read-a-Thon ends in 15 hours
I have given up on finishing
during the RaT, I just can't concentrate on it so I only have 138 pgs read in 6 days. I read 6 1/2 other books instead. On the other hand, I started
Monday morning and read 500 pages in one day. This book I am really enjoying although I get sooooo mad at the prior of Kingsbridge. I should have it finished by the end of tomorrow as well as the last 200 pages of
.I increased my goal to 4000 since I will reach my goal tomorrow and I will still have 3 full days left of the RaT.
Phew ! Thank god I saw this now , I will be changing my page goal, I finished two more books , still marked as currently reading because I need to write a review , will let you know revised goal in an hour or so!
All right Karen, I look forward to seeing what your new goal is.
Its been such a longtime since I have read ken follett , he used to be my fave author did you like it ?
I still have 300 pgs left but I like it so much I am still up at midnight reading it when I have a meeting at work at 8:30am.
Turtlecollector wrote: "I still have 300 pgs left but I like it so much I am still up at midnight reading it when I have a meeting at work at 8:30am."
That is definitely a sign of a great book:)
That is definitely a sign of a great book:)
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #10: Uncover the cover
How important are book covers for you? Would you read a book if you don't like the cover at all even if it sounds interesting? Or would you read a book just because you like its cover but the content doesn't much appeal to you?
Suggested by Team Magenta Mix-Up
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
Increase my goal to 1500 plz.
Karen wrote: "Increase my goal to 1500 plz."OK :D
You have 3 hours left for any changes about Read-a-Thon!
Just wondering if we could do the same thing for me as we did for Jenny - along the same lines of the vampire rule, some of the main characters in both The Iron Daughter and The Iron Queen are centuries old...
Finished
(Pages 338) &
(Pages 236)...almost done with
.
Finished
. 371 pagesNow listening to
and reading
Finished
and
Not sure yet exactly what I will start next but probably
and
and
. I am going to get some ice cream and then settle down with the next book for a few hours. I hope to get these three books finished by tomorrow night. They should be easy reads for me and I am planning late nights for the next 3 days with only a few hours of sleep to get in as many books as possible.On Friday I am going to start
for another team challenge and I think if I concentrate on it for two days, I can finish it before the end of the RaT as well. *fingers crossed*
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #11: Take a Vacation
Using books that you have read in the last year, and the add book links option, create a vacation with one of the following options:
A. Visit at least four (4) continents.
B. Visit five (5) countries.
C. Visit six (6) states in the US.
Suggested by Team Mauvelous
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
Reminder:Due to the page stats acting a little weird, all books must be on your read shelf to count for the RaT. We will be adding up pages from the shelf to get an accurate count for the RaT.
72 more hours to go! Keep on reading.
Turtlecollector wrote: "Reminder:Due to the page stats acting a little weird, all books must be on your read shelf to count for the RaT. We will be adding up pages from the shelf to get an accurate count for the RaT.
..."
how are we doing? As far as achieving our goals as Team Hobbit? I hope we are faring well.
From last night's update:9:30pm PDT May 8, 2013 - 11744/16850
Ezinwanyi - 2599/3000
Tea - 2147/3000
Turtlecollector - 3561/4000
Jojiwoji - 1383/2000
Melissa - 350/1000
Karen - 743/1500
Jenny - 744/300
md - 217/300
Melissa has two more books finished but not on the update yet. Karen has more books finished but has not been able to log in to an actual computer yet to tag them I think. Sanz, Dee and Gemma have not checked in yet with the one book each of them was reading.
I think this is accurate. If anyone sees something wrong please post it here.
It looks like we are doing well. Has everyone done their blue & HR books?
Dee wrote: "Sorry...I am 3/4 done..623/850"Great, Dee. Are you enjoying the book? It keeps getting recommended to me but I keep putting it off because it is so long.
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "It looks like we are doing well. Has everyone done their blue & HR books?"About half are finished with them and those that aren't are currently reading them.
RaT mini challenge
Mini-Challenge #12: Cover Art
Post them, or take a picture and post it, of your favorite covers.
Suggested by Team Tickle Me Pink
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
I'm on page 516 of
. Technically I've read the 500 pages I was aiming at. Just need to finish the remainder of the book for it to count. Hopefully will get it done in time.
Great job, Sanz! Keep up the good reading.
Have finished
and
(Which works for my blue book?)
Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Have finished and (Which works for my blue book?)"Yes, that works for your blue book.
Finished
(pages 313) and it was not good. It was recommended to me by a GR friend. I realize now that I must ask people "did YOU read this book" before I even bother spending my 2.99.
Finished:
and
Starting tonight:
and
Starting tomorrow:
I am enjoying the book..so much so I hate putting it down. :)
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 can still count towards the read-a-thon (:
Congratulations Gemma.Love babies! Now get off your computer and get so rest. Baby will need you in 2.5 hours (LOL)
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