Moderator's Mailbox May Read-a-Thon!

[Diane L]

I finished Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder, 419 pages.

[Steven]

Good job everyone! I'm working on my theme book, and it's non fiction which I rarely read so it's taking a bit to get into it!

Also Friday and Saturday were crazy busy... I'm hoping to get a good chunk finished today though!

So proud of how awesome you all are doing!!!

[Diane L]

I haven't sent new numbers to the mods because they haven't yet posted the first set I sent. I don't want things to get confused, so waiting.

[Steven]

I'm going to switch from Devil in the White City to Stardust for the Theme read. I don't read non fiction much and it's going to take me much longer than the read a thon for me to get through it.

Le sigh.

[Barb]

I'll make both of those additions, Karla, thanks!

Evana, I actually get a lot less time to read on weekends than I do during the week. Too many other things going on most weekends :\

And I'm increasing my goal to 2500 pages, since we have another week to go.

[Steven]

Go barb go!

[Barb]

Well, son and his wife were supposed to be here this week, on leave before they leave for three years in Okinawa. But his leave has been postponed (it's a long story), so I'll have more time to read than I'd anticipated. Good for the page goals and book counts for this challenge, not so good for spending time with the kids :(

[Steven]

That really bites. I'm sorry, love. :(

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

hey - well it is official I am sick of the rain...:( it has rained here since early Friday evening all day Saturday & night & now it is raining all day for Sunday - how depressing - but the good thing is I finished another book yeah!!!

this was the color cover: Swimming Without a Net BY maryjanice davidson...it was a cute & funny read 281 pages...

Im changing my mind for the theme read from The Moon in the Mango Tree to Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Barb wrote: "Well, son and his wife were supposed to be here this week, on leave before they leave for three years in Okinawa. But his leave has been postponed (it's a long story), so I'll have more time to rea..."

Im sorry sweetie - I know its hard to be looking forward to something then have your hopes dashed - chin up maybe they will get to come home soon
(gives Barb a much needed hug)

[Lisa Kay]

Sorry, Barb. (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]

[Barb]

Thanks everyone :) The kids *will get home before they leave, but instead of having them here for a couple of weeks, as we'd all hoped, they're probably only going to have 3-4 DAYS instead. We're all blaming the weather in Oklahoma this spring, as that's been the major factor for postponing his training. Ah well, not much you do about it, right? We'll just have to make the most of those few days :)

[Barb]

Sallie(Shuga) wrote: "hey - well it is official I am sick of the rain...:( it has rained here since early Friday evening all day Saturday & night & now it is raining all day for Sunday - how depressing "

I don't think there's much worse than a weekend FULL of rain :( Hope the sun comes out soon, Sallie!

I'll add your books to my list, then post our updated totals before I sleep tonight.

[Barb]

Has anyone on our team submitted the second Doublets puzzle yet? (The one that goes from STRESS to RESTED) I'm stumped, and I'm sure I've simply got the wrong word in one place that's messing everything up! But if one of you has already submitted it, I'll just give up and move on to the next on :)

I think I've submitted all of the others, so far, except the latest Doublet (BLOOD to WATER). I need to check the mini-challenges thread too, to see what's there, then I need to get back to my reading!

[Steven]

I've submitted the two most recent doublets!

[Barb]

OK good :) I just submitted the BLOOD to WATER one too; I found it much easier than the first two ... if I got it right LOL

[Barb]

Man oh man, this duplicate covers thing is EVIL!! There's supposed to be four sets of four covers and five sets of five, but I've got FIVE sets of four and FOUR sets of five. I've obviously missed one somewhere, but after staring at those covers for what seems like hours, they're all blurring together into one gigantic blob of GREEN *sigh*

[Moderators of NBRC]

Aw, Barb! It can be done! Three people have done it, but in all honesty, they all took breaks.

[Barb]

Oh I haven't given up LOL I just need to put it aside for a bit. I'll come back to it after work tomorrow - unless I hear that one of my teammates has finished it by then :)

[Karla]

Read , a YA poetry book that really makes you work for the 48 pages!

Also read . The listing on here says it is 160 pages, but the book only had 142 pages.

[Steven]

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "Aw, Barb! It can be done! Three people have done it, but in all honesty, they
all
took breaks."

I took no break. *BICEP FLEX*

[Steven]

Nice reading, Karla!!!

[Barb]

I'll add these to your total, Karla, great job!

[Barb]

Steven wrote: "Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "Aw, Barb! It can be done! Three people have done it, but in all honesty, they all took breaks."

I took no break. *BICEP FLEX*"

Not all of us have young eyes like you do :)

[Steven]

It was either that or do work... at work... hahaha

[Steven]

I just finished Stardust with 196 pages.

:)

[Barb]

Yay Steven! I'll add your total to my list :)

[[deleted user]]

Finished with pages of 357 for her theme

[Steven]

Awesome, Nancy!!! :D

[Steven]

Okay, so... aside from pages read goals, we still need Jane to post a theme and a color book, and Karla and Sallie to post a theme book.

We also need 2,317 more pages to meet the team goal.

Barb, make sure you add that book you finished last night to your mango tango team shelf so it shows up on your challenge! :D

[Barb]

Yes sir LOL

Nancy, I'll add your book to my list, well done :)

Remember, if you want to change your page goals, or if you want to withdraw from the RaT, you need to post it here TODAY so our captains can report it to the mods before the deadline!

[Diane L]

Thinking about the deadline to withdraw, has anyone heard from Alba?

[Steven]

Alba has already been removed from the Read-a-thon, and she's probably going to be removed from our team and put on a "holding team" in case she comes back.

She hasn't responded to my messages, posted a book, or commented on here at all since she joined that first day.

[Barb]

Just call us the team of the revolving door :)

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Just saw Stevens comment. Theme book is the that's been on my TBR for a year correct ?

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

Sorry iPhone is driving me crazy. The theme book is the book that has been on my TBR for a year. Geez I type all day u would think I could type in a dang phone

[Barb]

Sallie(Shuga) wrote: "Just saw Stevens comment. Theme book is the that's been on my TBR for a year correct ?"

Yes, Sallie :)

[Jane]

I am now back home from holiday but not going back to work before Monday.

I have finished 330 pages. It is my TBR book as I read the first in the series January 2012 and bought this already then.

I have read another 220 pages but I will post about that tomorrow when I finish the book.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

My theme book is going to be Plum Spooky by janet evanovich...

[Karla]

Caught a cold from the SPED class I subbed for last Friday, so haven't worked this week and have been reading instead.

Read for my theme book. Wasn't on my list on here, but I have owned it for over three years, so it should count, right?. It was 174 pages.

Also finished with 246 pages(even though it is listed as 250 pages).

[Barb]

Yay for reading! I have Jane for 330 pgs and her TBR theme book and Karla for 420 pgs and her TBR theme book. Is that right?

Sallie, I'll mark your theme book when you've finished it, just so I don't confuse myself :)

Karla, sorry you have a cold, but more reading time is a good thing, isn't it?

[Barb]

Karla wrote: "Wasn't on my list on here, but I have owned it for over three years, so it should count, right?"

Yep, it counts for our theme :)

[Steven]

This was posted in the official update thread for the Read-a-thon. If you see an error, please let me know so I can correct it with the mods.
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Here's an official update from Mango Tango:

Alba was removed from the Read-a-thon, due to inactivity in the group since the day she joined a few weeks ago. This was previously discussed with Moderators Sonia and LK.

Evana has read 2116 out of 3000 page goal, and has read her color and her theme book.
Theme: Color:

Steven has read 627 out of 750 page goal, and has read his theme and color books.
Theme: Color:

Barb updated her goal to 2500 pages. She has read 1973 out of 2500, and has read her theme and her color book.
Theme: Color:

Jane has read 650 out of her 1000 goal, and has read her theme book.
Theme: Color: In progress

✔Karla has upped her goal to 1000 pages. She has beaten her 1000 page goal and sits at 1258 pages, and has read both her theme and color books.
Theme: Color:

✔Nancy has read surpassed her 600 page goal and is at 1150 pages, and has finished both her theme and color books.
Theme: Color:

✔Sallie (Shuga) has passed her 750 page goal with 988 pages, and has read her color book already.
Theme: In Progress Color:

TEAM PAGE GOAL: 8762/9600 pages.


✔=met page goal
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[Barb]

So nicely organized :) Looks good to me, and go team go! We're only 900 pages from our team goal of 9600 pages. As long as Evana, Steven, Jane and I all reach our personal goals, we'll have that in the bag, right?

[Steven]

Yep! I'll be done by tomorrow. I had planned on finishing this Sookie book tonight but nooooooo my partner and my friend living with us wouldn't let me alone long enough!!! Bah humbug!

I tried to make it pretty!

[Barb]

I'm almost done with my next book, which will add another 278 pages to my total. And I'm determined to finish The King's Deception before this week is over, so that's another 432 pages, which will put me over my goal :)

[Steven]

I am going to be sleepy tomorrow, but I stayed up to finish Club Dead.

Barb, finish that Cotton Malone book asap!

[Diane L]

I finished City of Silver: A Mystery by Annamaria Alfieri, 317 pages.

I am about 90% done with The Da Vinci Code so I should finish it tomorrow morning.

[Barb]

Steven wrote: "I am going to be sleepy tomorrow, but I stayed up to finish Club Dead.

Barb, finish that Cotton Malone book asap!"

I *just finished -- who can resist that sweet puppy on the cover?? -- and have moved Cotton to the top of the pile. He's going with me to work tomorrow to read on my lunch break :)

[Barb]

Got it, Evana; I'll add DaVinci tomorrow when you post that you've finished it :) I added City of Silver to my list, it looks good, and I need to find some historical mysteries for another challenge. Thanks for the tip!