NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion
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Finished The Da Vinci Code this morning for another 490 pages.The official spreadsheet thinks I have completed my challenge but our count is correct. Somehow I think a 982 page book that I completed early in the morning before the RAT started did not show in my starting page count.
Go Jane! Go!
Evana, I have your new page count at 2923/3000.That's 240 + 713 + 180 + 272 + 292 + 419 + 317 + 490. Does that sound right? Or does that 982 page book need to count for the RaT?
Edited previous post, forgot the 317 pager you finished yesterday.
The 982 should not count for the RaT. My count agrees with 2923. Working on Knight Life to take me over that 3000 mark.
Quick update for everyone: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 2923 out of 3000 page goal, and has read her color and her theme book.
Theme:
Color:
✔Steven has passed his goal of 750 with 901 pages, and has read his theme and color books.
Theme:
Color:
Barb updated her goal to 2500 pages. She has read 2251 out of 2500, and has read her theme and her color book.
Theme:
Color:
✔Jane has passed her 1000 page goal with a page count of 1192, and has read her theme and color books.
Theme:
Color:
✔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: 10215/9600 pages.
✔=met page goal
So to recap:We've met our team goal! GO US!
We need one more theme book (from Sallie) and one more color book (from Jane), and then our theme and color books are done!
Jane, Barb, and Evana are all VERY close to meeting their page goals. Once they do, we'll have DEMOLISHED this Read-a-thon!!! :D
*edited because I apparently can't spell "theme" correctly!*
I'm saving Steven's post in message #157 to update my records when my brain settles down a bit from the crazy nutso day I had at work today :) My current book weighs in at 432 pages, which will put me over my 2500-page goal, yay!
I have also finished another book today. Should have a done some housework today but ended up reading instead LOL.So I finished
which is 448 pages and count for color.Yipee I have now completed the RaT with 1192 (if my caculating is right) pages.
This will not stop me reading, I am going to continue with the next book in this series.
Should we still post our page counts even though we have passed our goal?
Sure, why not? It'll be fun to see how much we *do read, I think :)
Yes definitely keep posting page counts until the RaT is over!
So we've got Barb and Evana to meet their page goals (and they're both really close and definitely will)... and Sallie to read her themed read, and we'll be good to go!!!!
Updated my most recent post to include Jane's finishing!
Steven, you're doing a better job of keeping up with everyone's updates than I am lately, so I think I'm going to hand the reins back over to you for the duration. It's probably a better idea anyhow as we near the end of the RaT, so you can post our updates in the official thread :)Does anyone remember what time on May 12 this ends?
I don't remember the time but I will find it first thing in the AM when I'm back to my computer!
Since that's Mother's Day and my family has something planned for the afternoon, I hope this ends in the morning :)
I think it does -- I think it ends the same time it started (11 am EDT for you and I)
Steven, you'll be happy to read that I *finally finished
The King's Deception! You can add another 432 pages to my total; if my math is correct, that puts me over my goal :) Do we really have to wait another year for the next adventure??
Sometimes when I start a series, I just keep reading till I am finished. I have now finished book 3 in the Belgariad series and intend to buy book 4 and 5 today and being me I will most likely finish them before the end of the RaT. I just have to figure out the exact end time here in Greenland.Back to facts:
I have finished
which adds another 448 pages to my total.
According to google, it's now 11:08am on Thursday in Greenland, while it's 9:08am on Thursday here in Pennsylvania. If the RaT ends on May 12 at 11am my time, that would be 1pm your time -- I think?
Barb wrote: "Steven, you'll be happy to read that I *finally finished The King's Deception! You can add another 432 pages to my total; if my math is correct, that puts ..."Yes, another year. Just think, King's Deception is the first one in TWO years, as last year he wrote a standalone. Columbus Affair was REALLY GOOD, but I missed Cotton :) I did like the new protaganist though. Hopefully he shows back up.
According to the Moderator's Read-A-Thon details, it ends at exactly the same time it started on May 12. :)
So, quick recap:Evana is 77 pages from her goal (easy peasy!) and Sallie has to finish her theme book.
And then we're DONE! :D
Thank you Barb and Steven. That seems right and it means that there is 3 days left of the RaT.
Loads of time to read.
I should have set my goal a little higher, but with my work randomly being crazy busy (and thus my evenings I can't focus on the book) I chose a moderate goal. But that's okay, because I'm still reading like crazy every spare moment I get!
We still need to think about the overall Tower challenge, so continuing to read as much as we can is a good idea :)
Steven wrote: "King's Deception is the first one in TWO years, as last year he wrote a standalone. Columbus Affair was REALLY GOOD, but I missed Cotton :) I did like the new protaganist though. Hopefully he shows back up."I liked him too, but I'm not sure I want Berry to work on two different series. Baldacci's done that, and it was hard to bounce back and forth between two different sets of characters, circumstances and places. Come to think of it, Baldacci's *still doing it, with the John Puller series (which I love, John Puller is right up there with Cotton Malone, IMO) and the Will Robie series, which I haven't quite gotten into yet.
Barb wrote: "We still need to think about the overall Tower challenge, so continuing to read as much as we can is a good idea :)"Yes, I'm worried about burnout, and also worried about being more active in other areas of my life this summer!!! X)
I'll check out the John Puller.I really want the protag from Columbus Affair to join Cotton Malone on an adventure!
Steven wrote: "I'll check out the John Puller.I think you'll like him :) The first in the series is Zero Day, followed by The Forgotten. It's a relatively new series, so there are only two books so far. It won't be hard to catch up!
I really want the protag from Columbus Affair to join Cotton Malone on an adventure!"
That could be fun!
I have finished
which is another 386 pages for my total.My excuse for reading all day today: It is a Bank Holiday and then there has been a snowstorm most of the day.
Wow, Jane, you just tear through books like they're short stories!!!
Yes, I will have a week of hardly any reading and then suddenly lots of books in no time. Also I better make the most of this week before going back to work Monday.
Jane wrote: "My excuse for reading all day today: It is a Bank Holiday and then there has been a snowstorm most of the day. "Sounds like a good excuse to me -- although I have to admit, I shuddered when I read the word "snow" *shuddering again*
We didn't get hardly any down here this year. I could have used a snow day from work. X)
Come on up here, you'll get lots of snow days :)
Finished
Knight Life by Peter David, 343 pages in my edition.That should finish my 3000 page commitment. I have another book just over half done and should have no problem finishing it tomorrow.
Well done, Evana! Thanks for some huge traffic snarls due to a major accident in the area early this morning, I spent a lot more time in the car today than usual, and I finished Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (358 pages) on my way home from work this afternoon.
This is what our area is dealing with, and it sounds like it won't get much better for at least the next few days -- possibly longer.
Tanker Crash and Fireball
Thank goodness, the only injuries were "minor burns" to the driver of the truck! If this had happened even an hour later, it would have been much, MUCH worse!
Barb wrote: "Come on up here, you'll get lots of snow days :)"Tempting... X) I need a change from my job!
All right, everyone! We just need Sallie to finish her theme book and then we are DONE! :DAWESOME WORK EVERYONE!!
Oh I loved Before I Go To Sleep; it still 'haunts' me now and then! I read somewhere recently that they're making a movie of it, but I have to wonder how true they'll stay to the book?
Yeah you did! We have until Sunday at 8am PDT (whatever time that is your time) :)WAY TO GO GUYS!!! WE DID IT! Let's keep reading and attacking our page counts!
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That means my total pages read now is 744 pages.