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I'm a random reader too , I try to pick out books to read in the coming month but mostly end up reading only one or two of them and go mainly on impulse!
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I'm in for the readathon too ! I will keep my goal as 600 for now , subject to revision before 8th may , and I don't have a problem with it being historical!
Update : Just finished Mockingjay!
Update : Just finished Mockingjay!
All right Karen. I'll put you on the list.
Turtlecollector wrote: "I am going to read 
and 
. I have them on my holdshelf waiting to be checked out closer to May and both are barely over 1000 pgs. ..."
Thanks. I wish I could read Stephen king without being scared sh*tless.
Jojiwoji wrote: "Dee wrote: "I must seem like an unstable, chaotic, chicken w my head cut off...I just pick up and go with a lot of things in my life...HA.I love to read and currently I'm in a reading phase..beca..."
Oh I do the same with the browsing. I literally can't pass a bookstore w/o buying at least 2 books. I haven't taken any books back..which is probably why I have about 100 books in my physical library left to read. :) It doesn't help when people find out I'm a reader and say.."oooo have you read this; its a great read"...that's like teasing a person on a diet with a chocolate frosted cupcake!!!
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "I am going to read and . I have them on my holdshelf waiting to be checked out closer to May and both are b..."Hahaha..he's not as bad as he used to be. They are a little eerie-but I don't jump at creaks in the house when I read him like I did when I was younger...either his books are as scary as they were when I was younger OR I'm too engrossed in the book to worry about who's in the house..HA
I'm too scared to even try stephen king! Lol!
Horror is a genre I stay far far away from!
Though technically I did read a lot of fear street and goosebumps when I was a kid , but that can hardly be called scary!
Horror is a genre I stay far far away from!
Though technically I did read a lot of fear street and goosebumps when I was a kid , but that can hardly be called scary!
I'm a random reader too, I have about a thousand unread physical books and I keep buying ):My partner hates carboots because I'll find someone selling books for 10p and snag all the bargains!
I have very few physical books now , had a lot in my childhood ! Right now there is no space in my home , full of study books :p ! So , I mostly have ebooks!
I subscribe to a library because whatever , paperbacks will always have a certain magic to them!
I subscribe to a library because whatever , paperbacks will always have a certain magic to them!
Karen You're already done with Mockingjay?! That was fast! And? :D
I borrow most of my books, the few books I buy are either ebooks or a book which I *had* to read and wasn't in my library. I do think that the main reason is that there are no book shops in our vicinity... They all got closed down :( Closest one would probably be a half hour away I guess. Unless I want to try a department store.
The other reason I have few unread books at home would be because a lot of books that I don't like, I give to a friend/to charity/back to the bookstore
I still by paperbacks but I don't read them. They are in Croatian and for my mom :) Since I read mostly in English now, ebooks are the best choice. We have few bookstores here that have books in English, but they have more-less same books. If you want something else, they order it for you - from Amazon (☺) and you have to wait for 2 months (at least they don't charge you shipment) :) As for library, choices are American Corner and British library. First gets books from before mentioned stores and second is strictly British authors - classics mostly.So, ebooks for me, please :D
OK, I've chosen books for RaT. There is 6 of them and page count is 2703. :) I'll go for 2500 for now. Theme and cover ✔Would you say this one is blue?
❀Tea❀ wrote: "OK, I've chosen books for RaT. There is 6 of them and page count is 2703. :) I'll go for 2500 for now. Theme and cover ✔Would you say this one is blue? [bookcover:One Good Earl Deserves a Lover|1..."
Eh, blue enough I say.
For my historical I will *attempt* to read Les Mis, but I'm not confident with my patience. I bet I can't read whilst reading a bunch of other books on the side.
Will go to the library soon and make some final choices
I'm not really one for planning what I'm reading unless I've got a series I'm reading in which case 'planning' usually just means reading them in order. That said I do know what 109 of my 300 pages are going to be because I'm going to finish
since it's been hanging around for a while. Just need to pick one with a blue cover now.I'd call it blue.
For my blue, I'll see if I can get the chance to read
. I'll actually try to read the rest of that series,but again it really depends what my library has.
Question: Does PNR still count for historical?For instance, would you say that
is a good option for historical? I just bought in on sale at audible last night, so excited!
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Question: Does PNR still count for historical?For instance, would you say that
is a good option for historical? I just bought in on sale at audible last n..."Yes, I would say that is a great option. 700 years ago is definitely more than 50.
thanks. It's also kinda of blue-purplish in color. Good to have options
Reading update:Finished:
Still Reading:
Starting:
So far for the RaT, these are the books I have planned:
This adds up to 3785 pgs, but my plans don't always work out of course. I think I am going to set my goal at 3500 to start, subject to change by May 8th.
Just got Swimsuit from the library book sale for 25p to read as a blue book for the read-a-thon (: It's 495 pages.
You know you're a book addict when: you talk to someone who is handing out books for World Book Night, go to the website www.worldbooknight.org and find 56 more books to read!!! YAY!!!
This is what I have for page goals for the RaT right now. If you want to change them before the start of the RaT, I will need to know by Mon Apr 29th because I will be posting our participants and theme for the moderators. Do not worry, you will still be able to change them later(subject to the minimums) as well, but no later than May 8th.Turtlecollector 3500
Tea 2500
Jojiwoji 2000
Dee 800(book 11/22/63 finished during RaT)
Gemma 450(book Swimsuit finished during RaT)
Sanz 500
Karen 600
Ezinwanyi 1500
Melissa 1000
md 300
Team Goal(Total) 13150
I had to. ☺There is no way to put video here, right?
Well... there is on the Home Page, ❀Tea❀. I think you might be able to do a moving gif, but only if it isn't too long.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Well... there is on the Home Page, ❀Tea❀. I think you might be able to do a moving gif, but only if it isn't too long."I know about moving gifs. Even used few of them. I thought real video, like that song.
Never mind, I'm going to get another pint. :D
I liked it. It was a great short break from reading. I have two books I want to finish today on my day off.
Dee wrote: "You know you're a book addict when: you talk to someone who is handing out books for World Book Night, go to the website www.worldbooknight.org and find 56 more books to read!!! YAY!!!"That is so true.
Finished one of my two books for today. Also, along with updates posted as they come, I have set up Post #5 as a permanent post for Hobbit Games updates.
I need help creating a moving GIF from Spartacus.
I don't know how to do that yet. I just recently figured out how to simply edit a picture on my computer or photobucket and then post it on here. That's how I added the captains avatars to the announcement picture in post #5.
Turtlecollector wrote: "That's how I added the captains avatars to the announcement picture in post #5."So clever, Turtlecollector! I love it!
**Psst** The pic looks a little stretched. If you only put in the width, the height aspect ratio will default in by itself and it probably won't look that way.
Just 350 pgs left in the last 2 books I have to have read in April. I was hoping to finish the last 100 pgs of one of them tonight, but I am already so sleepy I might make an early night of it since I have to work tomorrow.
I should be able to finish all by tomorrow , however, and then I can *whispering* get a head start on books for the Read-a-Thon since only finish date matters;)
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Any question I let it pass unanswered? I was away for a week, a lot to catch up!
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We have new Hobbit!!!Welcome Jenny! :D
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 5,31
❀Tea❀ 4,00
Jojiwoji 6,40
Karen 5,00
md 0,00
Ezinwanyi 5,20
Gemma 6,67
Dee 10,00
Melissa (ladybug) 2,88
Sanz 2,00
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Team Books
Moonstone 83
Wild Blue Yonder 76
Leather Jacket Black 72
Purple Mountain's Majesty 71
Mango Tango 71
Electric Lime 69
Atomic Tangerine 66
B'dazzled Blue 65
Magneta Mix-up 63
Cerulean (Hobbit Blue) 63
Radical Red 63
Tickle Me Pink 61
Mauvelous 61
Cadet Blue 49
Blast Off Bronze 46
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