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Phyllis wrote: "I really appreciate all of your comments and prayers. It makes me feel better and I'm sure the prayers help him. He goes to his primary care doctor today and to have blood drawn to check his sodium..."That is good to hear Phyllis :) You never know how much you really miss a good night's sleep until you have been without several nights of good sleep. It's very refreshing to get a good night's sleep. I hope everything went well with his dr appt. I think about you and your family and am still sending out warm wishes,hugs and prayers for you all :)
I finished Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
.I will figure out where it fits later on, or someone else can if they are really ambitious. My eyes are so tired as is the rest of me; I'm off to bed.
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Great! I'll get to adding the books this afternoon, I've been so busy reading, baking and working I forgot to update it!
We are now 12% of the way to the highest number of books for the september challenge. I've just realised quite a few of the books I've red in the last 2 days have been too short, whoops! so I'm back on the 160+ pages now :)
Hope everyone's ok. How's your husband Phyllis? Just thought I'd share that I've reached my goal for the 2013 GR challenge :) But I've unintentionally read some very short books over the last week as an attempt to clear out my kindle a bit, so I've not done so well on the September Challenge! But I think I've got most of the short ones cleared now, at least for the moment!! :)
The “Cutthroat Competitor Cupcake” is coming!
This is a cupcake that’s NOT fooling around.
Hard to conquer, but your BAPs will surely mound.
You thought the “Triple Threat” was hard to earn?
This one’s NOT vinegar; yet, neither is it sauterne.
This cupcake counts as ‘cuatro’ – which translates to four.
With a 350,000-word-endurance, these books are worth tons more.
This Captain will give you four BAPs to really increase your points.
After all that page turning, this isn’t one that disappoints.
And what does all this mean??? (I'm denser than bad flour)
Cathie, it means that there will be some hard puzzles posted, but with them your Captain may turn in any book that is equal to 350,000 words (1,400 pages). And your Team will get four BAPs! Woohoo!
Kme_17 wrote: "just finished 
"I want to read her other book
, I'm on the library waiting list .How did you like this one?
Just finished
. Amazing epic tale!! My review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...I will figure out where I want it to fit into the September Challenge soon.
Hi everyone, Sorry I've been a bit slow on updating everything this week. It was all going well until Wednesday when I got my grade back for my Masters. On a positive note, I passed so I have a masters degree, yay!! :) But I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to carry on to my PhD yet so I've been a bit emotional and down the last couple of days :( I will be updating this tonight, either before or after my mega baking session!
Claire, Congrats on finishing your Masters!
Congratulations on your Masters Degree, Claire!
Cathie wrote: "Phyllis, so glad you both slept well finally. What a tiring ordeal this must be for you both.Could he drink heated canned soups through a straw? They are very high in sodium...just a thought.
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I do use some soup. I have to put everything in the blender and then thin it down. He can't use a straw because you need to use your tongue to suck very well. We see to be doing a little better the last few days. His mouth is just so sore. He says it feels raw inside. I can't imagine 3 more weeks of this, but with God's help we will make it. Thanks for thinking of us.
♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Phyllis wrote: "I really appreciate all of your comments and prayers. It makes me feel better and I'm sure the prayers help him. He goes to his primary care doctor today and to have blood drawn.Sorry Robin, I think I must of deleted what you had written. But I wanted to thank you for thinking of us and praying for us. I don't know how we could make it through this without the prayers of Christian friends (even one's we haven't met). Three weeks from today he gets all of the screws and wires taken out. I am sure God will help us make it until then.
Mod
Announcement:
With regards to “Cutthroat Competitor Cupcakes,” 350,000 words = 1,400 pages.
However, keep in mind that for some of the longer books they squeeze more words on per page. We go by word count first, when we can find it, then refer to WorldCat.
Sooooo... that is why sometimes you will see an 800 or 900 page book count as a “Cutthroat Competitor.”
Also, your Captain has a link to a list of approved books, to which we will continue to add. Thus far they are:An American Tragedy
Atlas Shrugged)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
The Count of Monte Cristo
A Dance With Dragons
The Fiery Cross
A Storm of Swords
It
Les Misérables
Sacajawea
Voyager
The Wise Man's Fear
So far in Sept. I have read:
by Kay Arthur,
by Vanetta Chapman,
by Kim Vogel Sawyer,
by Kim Carpenter,
by Max Lucado,
by Wanda Brunstetter,
by Terri Blackstock,
by Karen Kingsbury,
by Terri Blackstock,
by Gilbert Morris,
by Alice LaPlante,
by :. M. Elliott, and
by Terri Blackstock. I don't know if any of these help any where or not. Hope they do.
Dear Moderators; when do cutthroat books have to be read by? (I am planning on reading The Wise Man's Fear but probably not this month)
Phyllis, I can't imagine the horrors of your situation; God's love be with you both.I love Max Lucado's writings; they always bring me peace and new perspectives. Hope you enjoyed When God Whispers Your Name (that's on my TBR list)
Mod
Cathie, you may read 350,000 word books up until the end of the challenge. We will stop redeeming cupcakes probably a week or two before we see a Team reaching the goal of 1,350. (We just don't want all the Captains flooding us with these when we are winding things up; there are a lot more than we anticipated.)
However, now you made me put my thinking cap on. I might allow people who are (near the finish line) in the middle of a qualifying "chunkster," "Triple Threat" or “Cutthroat Competitor” to ask for special permission to redeem them after the dead-line.
ShoSho wrote: "Kme_17 wrote: "just finished "I want to read her other book
, I'm on the library waiting list .How did you like this one?"
I liked it. I really like her writing style. I want to read that one to : )
good job on your Masters Degree, Claire! : )
Cathie wrote: "Phyllis, I can't imagine the horrors of your situation; God's love be with you both.I love Max Lucado's writings; they always bring me peace and new perspectives. Hope you enjoyed When God Whisp..."
I really like Max Lucado also. I have read that book before, in fact I taught a Bible Study using it.
We are going to make it with God's help and all of the prayers being said for us.
Phyllis wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Phyllis wrote: "I really appreciate all of your comments and prayers. It makes me feel better and I'm sure the prayers help him. He goes to his primary care doctor today and to hav..."You are more than welcome!!!Glad to hear that things are going as well as can be expected at this point. :) It is totally understandable about deleting my message and not a big deal :) Although many of the prayers may not be from friends that you actually have met they work the same as the good Lord knows who they are meant for :) I will continue to keep your family in my thoughts and prayers in that things continue to improve for you all!!! Lots of hugs to you!!!!
Congrats on your Master's Claire :) Keep your chin up things always work out although we may not understand at the time, it's often what's best for us :)
♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Phyllis wrote: "♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Phyllis wrote: "I really appreciate all of your comments and prayers. It makes me feel better and I'm sure the prayers help him. He goes to his primary care doctor ..."Thanks so mucH. I really appreciate it. We are still doing well. A lot of pain in his mouth, but the meds seem to help. He gets it all taken out on Oct. 4. PTL!
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We are nearly 1/3 through the September challenge :) about 30% of the books read for the highest number of points, and we've almost got enough to meet the minimum for the Book-a-day challenge :) Keep going everyone who's doing it :)
And if you're not, hope you're still enjoying reading :)
♥Robin ♥ wrote: "Congrats on your Master's Claire :) Keep your chin up things always work out although we may not understand at the time, it's often what's best for us :)"Thanks Robin, I've got a meeting with my supervisor today to find out what options I have, and then I'll potentially have to make the decision this week :S!!
Kme_17 wrote: "good job on your Masters Degree, Claire! : )"Cathie wrote: "Congratulations on your Masters Degree, Claire!"
Susan (susayq) wrote: "Claire, Congrats on finishing your Masters!"
Thank you :D
Kme_17 wrote: "just finished
"Yay! Vegans! Green Power.
Lisa Kay wrote: "Kme_17 wrote: "just finished"Yay! Vegans! Green Power."
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Hello everyone :) Hope you're all ok. I've decided this week that I'm not carrying with my PhD so I'm currently trying to decide what I'm doing next!! but, on the positive side of that is that I have plenty of reading time! Yay :) !!Oh and we're doing well with the September challenge, I'll update again today or tomorrow :)
Congrats on your masters:)I'm OK with getting another masters but I know I never can do PhD!
ShoSho wrote: "Congrats on your masters:)I'm OK with getting another masters but I know I never can do PhD!"
Thanks ShoSho :) I'm not sure if I will do one now or not, but not right at the moment!
OK.... For those of you taking part, we're about 45% through the September challenge to the HIGHEST book count. There are a few books I really cannot place so if there's something I've missed and you know where to put it, let me know and I'll add it, I've done the best I can without reading them myself!Also, the October challenge. I think I understand it (for once!) so feel free to ask me any questions but I'm on a driving course for the next two weeks (blue lights, Yay!!! :) ) so I probably won't be around much except in the evenings.
Hope everyone's ok and enjoying reading :)
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You really didn't like Peter Pan did you Robin? lol, I've only read the abridged versions, I've not got around to the unabridged one..."
No LOL I really didn't. I was actually amazed how that could ever be a children's favorite. I asked my mom if she ever read it and she said "OHHHHH MY why in the world would you even want to read that horrible book!!" I told her it couldn't be that bad and she said OK you will see LOL and I did. She loves to read and always has, ever since she was a little girl and that is who I got my love of books and reading from. She told me when she was in grade school, Peter Pan was required reading for them and it was probably one of the only books she didn't enjoy through-out her school years. Like mother like daughter I guess :)
And come to think about it, she never read Peter Pan to us as children and now I know why LOL. Mom must have only read us the books she enjoyed :)