May Read-a-thon

[JoLene]

◈ Duration: May 1st PDT 8:00 AM (BST 4PM) to May 12th PDT 8:00 AM (BST 4 PM)


Check out the original rules post for the time zone calculator.

◈ Participants commit to a “read-as-much-as-you-can event.”

◈ Team’s Page Goal: Each participant sets a page goal – the total sum of goals from each team member will be the Team's Page Goal.


◈ Keep us updated on your progress! Every few hours (as long as it doesn't interfere with your reading), post a status update on how the reading is going in the threads below!

◈ At the end of the Read-a-Thon event post your final results on the thread, as well as the books read during that time.

The only way to keep count is to check the number of pages before the start of the Read-a-Thon week and at the end. The difference will be the total of pages read

Participants should avoid tagging any books the 2 hours prior the start of the read-a-thon and the 2 hours after the end of the read-a-thon.

Be realistic. If you are only capable of reading one/two books a week, unless we're talking about Les Miserables or The Game of Thrones, don't set a 1000 pages goal. On the other hand, if you are a speed reader a 500 pages goal seems rather low.

Minimum page goal per member: 600 pages - average of 50 pages a day
For members with Challenge Goals 50 books or less minimum page goal will be 300 pages.

Only pages from books marked as read count.

[JoLene]

~Read-a-Thon Scoring Update~

The rule An extra 5 points if all the team members participate in the read-a-thon is officially excluded.

The Read-a-Thon will allow each team to win a maximum of 155 points, distributed as follows:

◈5 points if the team submit a mini-challenge idea till the start of the Read-a-Thon

◈Points for goal:

*1 point per participating member reaching goal
*20 points if 50% of the team participating members reach page goal
*30 points if team goal is reached
*50 points if all the team participating members reach page goal

◈Points for color: MAUVE

*1 point per participating member reading a book with the team color
*30 points if 50% of the team participating members read a book with the team color
*50 points if all the team participating members read a book with the team color

◈Points for theme: YOUNG ADULT

*1 point per participating member reading a book matching the team's theme
*30 points if 50% of the team participating members read a book matching the team's theme
*50 points if all the team participating members read a book matching the team's theme

The winning team will receive a 4 book advantage

What does this mean for me?
* Read one book from young adult genre
* Read one book with a mauve cover
* Any books read from May 1-12 will count against your page goal; books can be less than 160 pages
* If may change your personal page goal up to May 8th. If you are not tracking to reach it, please change because we do get points for hitting the goal.

[JoLene]

Team Mauvelous Goals and Progress

Hina - 5000 pages
Barbara - 4000 pages
Evil Twin One (Ange) - 2000 pages
Carrie - 1500 pages
Jingles - 1000 pages
JoLene -1000 pages
Valerie - 1000 pages
Thilde - 600 pages
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Team Goal: 16100 pages

Team Pages Read:
Number of Mauve Covers Read:
Number of Young Adult Read:

[JoLene]

Team Mauvelous Starting Stats

Barbara ★: 47350 pages (131 books)
Carrie: 15945 pages (65 books)
Evil Twin One (Ange): 15785 pages (48 books)
Hina: 17705 pages (130 books)
Jingles: 19303 pages (60 books)
JoLene: 12115 pages (42 books)
Thilde *: 1922 pages (5 books)
Valerie*: 12248 pages (35 books)

* NOTE: Last minute tagging of read book so this is a new starting total (updated on May 2)

[JoLene]

Tracking during Readathon

GR tracks the books read and pages read stats automatically, but as a double check I'd like to each person to create a post to track books read.

Please make a copy of my post to use during the Readathon. The formatting is a bit awkward because I accounted for GR always putting the book links at the bottom of the screen.

I can still track your progress, but it would be easier if I had one post to look at.

Spreadsheet tracker

[JoLene]

JoLene's Readathon Progress (example)

Goal: 1000 pages
Starting Page Stat: 12115 (see post 4)
Readathon Pages Read: ## (total of the pages read during the Readathon period)

Exceptions: ## pages (pages which need to be subtracted such as graphic novels)

Books Read: (Indicate the theme or cover)
Book 1 link: # pages
Book 2 link: # pages (Young Adult)
Book 3 link: # pages
Book 4 link: # pages (Mauve Cover)

[JoLene]

JoLene's Readathon Progress

Goal: 1000 pages
Starting Page Stat: 12115
Readathon Pages Read: 1272
Exceptions: 0 Pages

Books Read:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- 93 pages (partial read; started prior to RAT)
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan - 204 pages (Young Adult)
The Duke and I - 384 pages (Cover)
The Color of Magic - 285 pages
In the Bag - 306 pages

In progress:

[Carrie]

Carrie's Readathon Progress

Goal: 1500 pages
Starting Page Stat: 15945 pages (65 books)
Readathon Pages Read: 1796 pages
Exceptions: 0 Pages

Books Read: (Indicate the theme or cover)
Book 1: A Beautiful Lie by T.E. Sivec (388 pages)
Book 2: The Shunning by Beverly Lewis (288 Pages)
Book 3: Only Scandal Will Do by Jenna Jaxon (278 pages)
Book 4: Desire by Design by Paula Altenburg (192 pages)
Book 5: The Affectionate Adversary by Catherine Palmer (346 Pages)(theme)
Book 6: Reaper's Novice by Cecilia Robert (304 pages)(YA)

[Barbara ★]

Barbara's Read-A-Thon Progress

Goal: 4000 pages
Readathon Pages Read: 4774

Starting Page Stat: 47350 pages (131 books)
Ending Page Stat: 52,529 pages (145 books)

Exceptions: 405 pages
The Girl Who Disappeared Twice (read 217 pages before RAT started)
When the Lion Feeds (read 188 pages before RAT started)

Books Read:
Book 1: (353 pages) Phoenix Rising - Philippa Ballantine 5/2
Book 2: (183 pages) The Girl Who Disappeared Twice - Andrea Kane 5/3
Book 3: (310 pages) Bookplate Special - Lorna Barrett 5/4
Book 4: (479 pages) Tiger's Quest - Colleen Houck 5/4 (Young Adult)
Book 5: (368 pages) Chopping Spree - Diane Mott Davidson 5/5
Book 6: (377 pages) Reason to Breathe - Rebecca Donovan 5/5
Book 7: (368 pages) The Lion's Daughter - Loretta Chase 5/6 (Mauve Cover)
Book 8: (264 pages) Snow Angels - James Thompson 5/7
Book 9: (332 pages) Girl of Nightmares - Kendare Blake 5/8
Book 10: (289 pages) N Is For Noose - Sue Grafton 5/8
Book 11: (275 pages) Small as an Elephant - Jennifer Richard Jacobson 5/9
Book 12: (356 pages) When the Lion Feeds - Wilbur Smith 5/10
Book 13: (388 pages) Forever - Maggie Stiefvater 5/11
Book 14: (432 pages) Defending Jacob - William Landay 5/11

[jingles]

jingles' Read-A-Thon Progress

Goal: 1000 pages
Starting Page Stat: 19303
Readathon Pages Read: 4,481

Exceptions: ## pages (pages which need to be subtracted such as graphic novels, books finished but not started during Readathon)

Books Read: (Indicate the theme or cover)
Book 1: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule ~ 05/03/13 (560 pages)
Book 2: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs ~ 05/01 = Young Adult (348)
Book 3: Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle ~ 05/04/13 (256 pages)
Book 4: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn ~ 05/02/13 = Mauve Cover (384 pages)
Book 5: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander ~ 05/05/13 (336 pages)
Book 6: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ~ 05/06/13 (310 pages)
Book 7: 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber ~ 05/07/13 (368 pages)
Book 8: Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam by Stephen W. Sears ~ 05/07/13 (464 pages)
Book 9: Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks ~ 05/08/13 (212 pages)
Book 10: You Only Die Twice: A Novel by Edna Buchanan ~ 05/08/13 (349 pages)
Book 11: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom ~ 05/09/13 (369 pages)
Book 12: Oprah by Kitty Kelley ~ 05/10/13 (525 pages)

Total Read-a-Thon Pages = 4,481 as of 05/10/13

[Valerie]

Valerie's Readathon Progress

Goal: 1000 pages
Starting Page Stat: 12248
Readathon Pages Read: 1149
Exceptions: 0 Pages

Books Read: (Indicate the theme or cover)
1 - Divergent by Veronica Roth (YA)
2 - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
3 - Home Front by Kristin Hannah (Mauve cover)

[Thilde]

Thilde's Readathon Progress

Goal: 600 pages
Starting Page Stat: 1922 pages
Readathon Pages Read: 600 pages
Exceptions: 0 Pages

In progress:


Books Read:
Book 1 Club Dead: 288 pages (Mauve Cover)
Book 2 Frygtens skole: 312 pages (Young Adult)

[Hina]

NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II
Team: Mauvelous
Hina's Readathon Progress
Duration: 5/1/13 - 5/12/13

Goal: 5000 pages
Starting Page Stat: 17705
Readathon Pages Read: 5340 Pages


Books Read:
Book 1: Smooth Irish by Jennifer Saints. 252 pages
Book 2: Bedding the Billionaire by Ruth Cardello. 254 pages.
Book 3: King Of The Desert, Captive Bride (Desert Kings, #2) by Jane Porter. 192 pages.
Book 4: Frisco's Kid by Suzanne Brockman. 256 pages.
Book 5: Claimed by Evangeline Anderson. 321 pages.
Book 6: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich. 320 pages.
Book 7: Bump in the Night by J.D. Robb. 393 pages.
Book 8: Duarte's Child (Latin Lovers) by Lynne Graham. 192 pages.
Book 9: The Italian's Inexperienced Mistress (Ruthless) by Lynne Graham. 192 pages.
Book 10:My Hero by Debbie Macomber. 239 pages.
Book 11:One Fine Fireman by Jennifer Bernard. 169 pages.
Book 12:Trial by Fire by Jo Davis. 352 pages.
Book 13:Dillon's Claim by Callie Croix. 128 pages. **Lisa Kay's Page count.
Book 14:If You Were Mine by Bella Andre. 194 pages.
Book 15:Wild Rain: A Loveswept Classic Romanc by Donna Kauffman. 256 pages.
Book 16: Sex at Work: An Xcite Collection of Inappropriate Behaviour on the Job by Miranda Forbes. 208 pages.
Book 17: Dangerous by Amanda Quick. 354 pages. (Mauve Cover)
Book 18: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. 340 pages (Young Adult)
Book 19: On The Edge by Pamela Britton. 384 pages
Book 20: Reluctant Mistress, Blackmailed Wife (Greek Tycoons) by Lynne Graham. 192 pages
Book 21: Controlled Response by Joey W. Hill. 152 pages

[Barbara ★]

Has anyone noticed that the mini non-reading challenges have been posted?

Here's the link http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[JoLene]

Barbara -- Thanks for pointing this out and doing the 1st 3 puzzles. I finished the 4th and 5th.
Actually, I am beginning to agree with all of you --- this is getting to be a bit overwhelming.

[JoLene]

OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES

There are two optional ways to participate in the RaT. Please note --- there are no extra points awarded so please do not feel you need to participate.

Mini-challenges: The mods are posting the mini-challenges that teams have created here: Mini-challenges
You will post your answers in the Read-a-thon thread.

The other are mini-games which Barbara pointed out. These are more like puzzles. Mini-games and you will post in the same thread.

[JoLene]

Thilde and Valerie ---- Please update your starting number on your individual post. GR finally updated your book stats.

[Valerie]

JoLene wrote: "Thilde and Valerie ---- Please update your starting number on your individual post. GR finally updated your book stats."


Done!

[Thilde]

JoLene wrote: "Thilde and Valerie ---- Please update your starting number on your individual post. GR finally updated your book stats."

And done! :-)

[JoLene]

I am waiting to here from the mods on how they want the reporting.....I think I will do a daily summary. I will take it from your posts. Please only log your books once you finish them.

I also created a Google Spreadsheet if you want to look at it.

[Hina]

Thanks JoLene,

I can't open the spreadsheet, is it marked to share?

[JoLene]

Hina wrote: "Thanks JoLene,

I can't open the spreadsheet, is it marked to share?"

I thought anyone who had the link could open it....let me try something.

[Hina]

JoLene wrote: "Hina wrote: "Thanks JoLene,

I can't open the spreadsheet, is it marked to share?"

I thought anyone who had the link could open it....let me try something."

There is a share button at the top right, if you authorize it since you are the owner, then I can see the link. I think...

[JoLene]

Hina wrote: "JoLene wrote: "Hina wrote: "Thanks JoLene,

I can't open the spreadsheet, is it marked to share?"

I thought anyone who had the link could open it....let me try something."

There is a share but..."
I think I fixed it :-)

[Hina]

yup, I can see it now! thx.

[JoLene]

Here's our May 2 Update
Team Mauvelous Update:

Barbara: 0 out of 4000 pages read
Carrie: 388 out of 1500 pages read
ETO: 503 out of 2000 pages read
Hina: 954 out of 5000 pages read
Jingles: 348 out of 1000 pages read
JoLene: 93 out of 1000 pages read
Thilde: 0 out of 600 pages read
Valerie: 0 out of 1000 pages read

Team Mauvelous: 2286 out of 16100 pages read

NOTE: I am only adding page numbers once you have marked the book as read.

[Thilde]

JoLene wrote: "Here's our May 2 Update
Team Mauvelous Update:

Barbara: 0 out of 4000 pages read
Carrie: 388 out of 1500 pages read
ETO: 503 out of 2000 pages read
Hina: 954 out of 5000 pages read ..."

Wow! That looks great. Great progress. I'm no fast reader, and do my reading in stints.
Won't be able to do much reading today - we're babysitting our friends' 2 ½ year old daughter (overnight stay, for the very first time)!

[Thilde]

JoLene wrote: "Here's our May 2 Update
Team Mauvelous Update:

Barbara: 0 out of 4000 pages read
Carrie: 388 out of 1500 pages read
ETO: 503 out of 2000 pages read
Hina: 954 out of 5000 pages read ..."

BTW: With the progress of yesterday in mind (and if we can keep it up) we'll reach our goal in 7 days!
Keep up the good work!

[Barbara ★]

Question? I thought I saw a post stating that books started before the RAT and finished during would count. Is this correct?

I started as an audiobook before the RAT started and finished this morning. Do I count all 400 pages or just the 183 pages from May 1st?

[Barbara ★]

Sorry for the late update. I wasn't following this discussion and forgot to post daily. I'll try to post as I finish a book. I do a lot of reading over the weekend so I'll get a big push this weekend.

[Carrie]

I think you only count the pages read since May 1st.

[jingles]

Good morning team. I finished my mauve colored cover book last night, which puts me at 732 pages towards my goad of 1,000 pages.

I'm reading a book now that is 560 pages, which I will finish later this evening. That will put me at a total of 1,292 pages.

Do you think I should adjust my goal? I'm sure I could easily clear another 1,000 pages, and I think we have until May 8th for any adjustments, right?

Just let me know what you think.

Happy Friday!

:)

[Moderators of NBRC]

Barbara ★ wrote: "Question? I thought I saw a post stating that books started before the RAT and finished during would count. Is this correct?"

Let me check with Sonia and get back to you, Barbara★. Before, when we were using GRs stats/page-counter, that was the case, since it only tracks "finished" books. Now that we are tracking them manually, I'm not so sure.

I'll find out.

[Valerie]

I thought that's what the "Exceptions" was for - books finished, but not started during the RaT?

[Moderators of NBRC]

Sonia's Ruling

The rule is the same.

I gave it some thinking yesterday before going to sleep, and it's easier that way - plus slower readers with chunk books wouldn't reach their goals and I don't want people to drop out because we changed the rules after the RaT start.

[JoLene]

Previously we were using the book stats to track, but since there seem to be some timing issues, we are now just using your books read list.

For my audio book that I had started before, I noted where I was and only used partial pages. Barbara, it is up to you whether you want to use all or partial as in the rules it seems OK to use all.

@jingles -- way to go reading machine!!! Let's wait until closer to May 8th to decide because if the whole team makes the goal than we get extra points -- that way if someone has a non-reading emergency :-D than your overage will help.

[JoLene]

Valerie wrote: "I thought that's what the "Exceptions" was for - books finished, but not started during the RaT?"

Yes, I put that in before I knew that they were allowing books started before the Readathon to count. Also, I read a fair amount of graphic novels (especially if I'm trying to fit in a few extra for challenges).

[Barbara ★]

I knew I saw the post that says this was changed but I missed the post where it was stated that we'll use manual counts instead of GR tracking. I made a note where I was on May 1st so I changed the page count to reflect that.

[jingles]

Gotcha, Jolene. Thanks!

I'll just keep reading and tracking. Lol.

[JoLene]

Barbara ★ wrote: "I knew I saw the post that says this was changed but I missed the post where it was stated that we'll use manual counts instead of GR tracking. I made a note where I was on May 1st so I changed th..."

Yeah -- they haven't been that clear on how they want us to report stuff, but looking at the spreadsheet that Sonia did, it looks like we will report the pages. I do a quick validation on what you guys report to me by going to your shelf and looking at page counts. If a page count is lower (as in the case of a partial read), there isn't a problem :-D

[Barbara ★]

JoLene wrote: "Barbara ★ wrote: "I knew I saw the post that says this was changed but I missed the post where it was stated that we'll use manual counts instead of GR tracking. I made a note where I was on May 1..."

It's no biggie I shouldn't have any problem reaching my goal.

[JoLene]

Team Mauvelous RaT Update


Barbara★: 0/4000 pages read (✔YA)
Carrie: 954/1500 pages read
Evil Twin One (Ange): 1019/2000 pages read
Hina: 1275/5000 pages read
Jingles: 1548/1000 pages read (✔YA, ✔cover )
JoLene: 297/1000 pages read (✔YA)
Thilde: 0/600 pages read
Valerie: 0/1000 pages read

Team Mauvelous: 5093/16100 pages read

Great Job ladies!!!!
We are sitting at 32% of our goal. Jingles has exceeded her goal already.

Jingles and Evil Twin One each had a book where the page numbers in the "read" list didn't match your post . See the "Books Read" tab in the spreadsheet. I reported your numbers but please review.

[Valerie]

Updated Post 11

[Barbara ★]

I updated my post on Saturday. 1324 pages read not zero. :(

[JoLene]

Barbara ★ wrote: "I updated my post on Saturday. 1324 pages read not zero. :("

Oops, I added the star to your name and then it messed up the formula :-)

[JoLene]

Here is the correct total (sorry Barbara★).
Barbara★: 1324/4000 pages read (✔YA)
Carrie: 954/1500 pages read
Evil Twin One (Ange): 1019/2000 pages read
Hina: 1275/5000 pages read
Jingles: 1548/1000 pages read (✔YA, ✔cover )
JoLene: 297/1000 pages read (✔YA)
Thilde: 0/600 pages read
Valerie: 0/1000 pages read

Team Mauvelous: 6417/16100 pages read

[Hina]

Yay!! We are getting so close to our goals!!

[jingles]

JoLene wrote: "Jingles and Evil Twin One each had a book where the page numbers in the "read" list didn't match your post . See the "Books Read" tab in the spreadsheet. I reported your numbers but please review. Jingles: 1548/1000 p..."

Hi Jolene. I've corrected my books, so that it now reflects the correct editions I read, and shows the correct page numbers on my "read" list. Sorry about that.

:)

[jingles]

I finished another book yesterday afternoon, and one early this morning, for the read-a-thon.

I've read a total of 6 books, with a total page count of 2,194.

I updated my original post as well (message #10).

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I'm back to reading.

[JoLene]

Team Mauvelous Update

*Barbara★: 2052/4000 pages read (✔YA)
Carrie: 1146/1500 pages read
*Evil Twin One (Ange): 1019/2000 pages read
Hina: 2372/5000 pages read
Jingles: 2194/1000 pages read (✔YA, ✔cover )
JoLene: 681/1000 pages read (✔YA, ✔cover )
**Thilde: 288/600 pages read (✔cover)
Valerie: 487/1000 pages read

Team Mauvelous: 10239/16100 pages read

Ladies -- we are halfway through the RaT and you gals ROCK!!!

* If your name has a star, please check your editions. The one on your "read" shelf is different than you reported in your RaT post.
** Thilde, I think that Club Dead is a mauve cover, not a young adult.

May 8 is the final day to change any goals. If you don't think you will be able to get your page goal complete, please think about lowering it. Pages on unfinished books will not count to your goal.