May Read-a-Thon!

[Lisa Kay]

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "LOL @ "no shade name, no quality" -- that should be their slogan for their nail polish, hehehe!!"

Good one, T!

[Lisa Kay]

Okay, speaking of blue, I have a question: Does this one have enough blue in it? Just finished it off this morning.



I also finished off really early and even did a review and DQs for the "buddy read." Woohoo! Of course, I'm behind in reading the threads.

[Lisa Kay]

Oh... forgot... I was bad and bought on audible.com this morning -- for "uniform" -- so I had to. LOL!

[Lisa Kay]

I just realized I need to up my goal; I'm already at 1,535. Let me think about it.

[Sonia]

I only read 10 pages today. But a friend of mine called around 7 PM and we didn't see each other for more than a month... I left everything and went to dinner with her. It felt so good :D

And tomorrow is mother's day for us Portuguese, so I'm going to spend the day with my mom. Be back in the evening :)

[Sonia]

Lisa Kay wrote: "I just realized I need to up my goal; I'm already at 1,535. Let me think about it."

Wait, 1535? Which one did I miss?

[Lisa Kay]

Here you go, Sonia. Two of these I started before May 1st. I'm assuming that is still alright.


Read
✔ Death by Darjeeling, by Laura Childs ★★★★☆ PB 5/1 = 256 pages
✔ Prince Charming, by Julie Garwood ★★★★½ audible.com 5/2 = 560 pages
✔ The Kingdom, by Amanda Stevens ★★★★½ audible.com 5/4 “buddy read” = 343 pages
✔ Betrothed, by Elizabeth Elliott ★★★★☆ Library-PB 5/4 = 376 pages

[Sonia]

Uhmmm.... I'm not liking it... I see The Kingdom on your challenge's shelf, but not on your read one.

OK, I'm too sleepy and is past midnight, I'll check again tomorrow

Good Night Cadet Blue Team!!

[Lisa Kay]

You're right, Sonia! I had it marked as "to-read-series" -- Just switched it over.

BTW, I'm getting ready to mark it as read for the Mod Account, too.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Oh... forgot... I was bad and bought on audible.com this morning -- for "uniform" -- so I had to. LOL!"

LOL!! But, i thought the Julie Garwood FBI one was your uniform book? Hehehe! Guess it's always good to have a backup, right? LOL!

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Oh, Sonia will have to pipe in about whether or not Betrothed is blue enough!

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

456 pages down for me! Under 800 to go. I posted my update in my page count thread (every time I type that, I think of bed sheets).

Reminder: Don't forget to move or delete any posts that aren't related to the page-counts in the page count thread, okay? Can move them to this thread if you'd like!

Thanks :)

[Mary X]

Oops I just deleted my last couple posts from here.

[Lisa Kay]

Mary: HDLS, I finished my "uniform" book yesterday.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Only 5 more days for the RaT!!!

[Sonia]

just a quick post to say THAT I FINISH MY BLUE COVER BOOK!!!!



336 pages read. And tomorrow (today for me, since is past 1 AM) is a Sookie day!!!

[Sonia]

And btw, is blue enough for me :)

[Mary X]

I'm half-way through

I put Lady Sophia's Lover down for now. I only listened to a little bit of disc 1. I need the Julia Quinn book for the Double Decker Bus challenge and don't want to have 2 Regencies going at once.

[Mary X]

Yeah! tomorrow is Sookie day!

[Mary X]

Just submitted another update. I added 100 pages to Sarah's page count for the Tessa Dare short. I remember reading in the rules that shorts count for this as far as pages, themes and colors. They just can't count as a "book read" for the overall tournament, unless of course they're part of an anthology and you read the whole anthology.

Love Tessa Dare, btw.

[Lisa Kay]

I just finished another book = 384 pages

It is also blue...

Plus, I plan on starting - which is navy blue.

[Lisa Kay]

I want to raise my goal to 4,000! Thanks!

[Sonia]

4000?!

*looks at puny 600 pages*

OK, if you're sure, I'll update.

[Sonia]

Sookie day! Sookie day!

I'm at chapter 2, but I have to work :(

The book is a bit different than the others, so, I WANT TO READ MORE AND HAVE TO WAIT TILL 6 PM

*Soninha cries*

[Sonia]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Just submitted another update. I added 100 pages to Sarah's page count for the Tessa Dare short. I remember reading in the rules that shorts count for this as far as pages, themes and colors. The..."

Yes, the short ones count for the RaT, just not for the Team Towers Challenge.

[Mary X]

That's right tomorrow is the deadline for changing page goals. I'm debating if I want to up mine or leave it at 1200. If I finish a book tonight, I will pretty much be at goal. But I also really need to get started on my 2 door stoppers for another challenge.

[Sarah]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "That's right tomorrow is the deadline for changing page goals. I'm debating if I want to up mine or leave it at 1200. If I finish a book tonight, I will pretty much be at goal. But I also really n..."


I'd love to change my page goal- Can I make it 3500?

[Sarah]

Lisa Kay wrote: "I just finished another book = 384 pages

It is also blue...

Plus, I plan on starting - which is..."


Oh I loved Great back and forth and just generally funny. :)

[Mary X]

OK here are the current stats I have for everybody. I don't have goal #'s for Jessica or the Mod account. I will go hunting for the info as soon as I can unless someone knows it and can post it here.

1: Teresa
Goal: 1200
Pgs read: 456
Blue book:
Uniform book: ✔

b>2: Mod Account
Goal: ?
BPgs Read: 343
Blue:
Uniform:

3:Lisa Kay
Goal: 4,000
Pages Read: 2,256
Blue:
Uniform:✔

4: Jex:
Page Goal: 1200
Pages Read: 961
Blue:✔
Uniform:✔

5: Mary: HDLS
Page Goal: 1,200
Pages Read: 804
Blue Book:✔
Uniform Book:✔

6: Sonia
Goal: 600
Pages Read: 336
Blue Book:✔
Uniform Book:

7: Jessica:
Goal: 1,000
Pages Read: 277
Blue Book:✔
Uniform Book:

8: Sarah
Goal: 3500
Pages Read: 1291
Blue Book:✔
Uniform Book

[Jessica]

My goal is 1000! :) and I've read a couple more books. So my page count should be different. Hopefully it shows the difference. If not when I get home I'll investigate on the computer.

[Mary X]

Can you post the books you read in the Cadet Blue Read-A-Thon page count thread? Then I'll submit them.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Not changing my goal. I left my current read at work (*sniffle*) so now I've got to rush through another one in its stead, plus finish my other book all before this shindig ends. I spend way too much time on the forums, lol.

[Mary X]

Me too! I will probably up mine a little but I'm holding off until tonight to decide.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

So, if anyone in this team wants to do those slider puzzles on the Games & Puzzles for Cupcakes thread, feel free! Go win us some more cupcakes! I've done most of the word finds and doublets and the one cross word. I haven't finished all of them but I intend to.

Of course, the Mod acct is the one posting them so I think we should get credit for the slider puzzles that way, hahaha!!! (I hate slider puzzles, LOL)

[Moderators of NBRC]

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Of course, the Mod acct is the one posting them so I think we should get credit for the slider puzzles that way, hahaha!!! (I hate slider puzzles, LOL)"

LMBO! True. I could post them as Lisa Kay, if no one else wants to do them. I love them.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges wrote: "ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Of course, the Mod acct is the one posting them so I think we should get credit for the slider puzzles that way, hahaha!!! (I hate slider puzzles, LOL)"

LMBO! Tru..."

I'm fine with that, hehe.

[Sonia]

My sister is always talking about those mini-games. She adores them. I think she spends more time in that thread than in the ones about the RaT (or reading for the RaT)

*pouts*

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

LOL @ the pout. At least she's not on our team and slacking in her reading, hehe.

[Sonia]

Mary I had the mod account with a goal of 300.

[Sonia]

And I have different totals for your books and the mod account.

:(

But, if I'm not mistaken we have 5 color books and 4 uniforms which makes us a total of 65 points so far!!! Wooohoooo


I am not adding the goal points till the end of the changing goal deadline.

[Mary X]

OK I will look again but this afternoon I looked through the updates on the page thread. I didn't say any others unless they were marked read since I looked a few hours ago.

Not everyone is keeping the Page Count thread updated and so I might not have seen everything.

[Mary X]

Since I'm just a few pages away from my goal, I'm going to update my goal to 1500 pages.

Finished:

[Sonia]

I'm using the read shelf to check on pages read.

OK, goal updated and book added.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Wow, I can't believe there are just a few more days of this RaT left. I haven't read nearly as fast as I'd have liked but I feel confident I will meet my goal. I'm halfway through my blue cover book and I'm 37 pages into another book. Tonight, like last night, I'm working over-night at work so my sleep is going to be all screwy tomorrow but at least I'm off work tomorrow and I think I don't work until evening on Thursday and Friday so I'll have a good amount of reading time during my non-working hours.

Ugh, so tired! I haven't made up much sleep today and I'm going to be on my feet all night. Not looking forward to that, lol. Oh well. I'll make it, I just may have to be a zombie while doing so, hehe. At least when we work over night we can wear pajamas!

Goodnight, everyone. Happy reading!

[Lisa Kay]

Man-oh-man! Down with a migraine most of the day, which really cut into my reading time. I didn't even listen to an audiobook. **sigh** I'm going to have to reassess my goal. I'll let you know by tomorrow a.m.

Love the pic, Teresa! Sorry you have to work tonight.

[ilovebakedgoods (Teresa)]

Ugh, sorry about the migraine, Lisa Kay. Hope it's gone today!! I hate it when headaches interfere with our reading pleasures, grrr.

[Lisa Kay]

Aw! Thanks, Teresa!

[Lisa Kay]

Mary: HDLS, was it you or Jex who posted about a free on-line public library?

[Mary X]

Um I don't know who, but I know what you are talking about, I think. It's not technically "free". It's called the Free Library of Philadelphia. But it's only free if you live in PA. It's $35/year and they have 10's of thousands of ebooks, including Kindle and a large digital audiobook selection.

The Brooklyn PL is $50/year and they also have a large selection.

Some books have wait lists but I have never had to wait very long for one.

[Lisa Kay]

I'm almost finished with a quickie... Do you think it has enough blue in it?