Books by the Numbers Challenge

[Steven]

Jane when I get back to my computer, I'll update the tracking post with your added book!

I'm exhausted too. I also just realized it's 6pm and I haven't eaten a thing all day!

[Barb]

Finished my first book for this mini challenge:

Dead In The Water, (Kate Shugak #3), by Dana Stabenow, finished 5/18
Saturday, May 18, 11:45pm

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Okay, I finished my first book - not the one I thought, but it fits the challenge criteria so I'll go with it...

. Finished 19th May, 3 pm.
Number in Series: Book 4: Fallen Angels by J R Ward
Pages in Book: 480

[Steven]

Two more people on the board! Woot!!

[Barb]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Okay, I finished my first book - not the one I thought, but it fits the challenge criteria so I'll go with it...

. Finished 19th May, 3 pm."

Your date/time stamp really messed with my mind, Lisa, since it's only 10:30am on May 19 here. Then I remembered you're halfway around the world LOL Guess I'd better get used to that, since son and his wife are moving to Okinawa in a couple of weeks!

[Jane]

Finished my second book for this challenge. It is my number THREE:


The Last Colony
Old Man's War #3

320 pages

I am hoping to finish one more book today.

[Barb]

Go Jane!

[Jane]

I feel like I am spamming this thread LOL. Maybe I should slow down on my reading.
I have finished my third book.

My number TWO:

The Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olympians # 2

279 pages

[Barb]

Oh no, don't slow down your reading Jane LOL The rest of us just need to step it up a bit :) Unfortunately, this was my weekend to work, so I haven't had as much time to read as I usually do on weekends. With doctor's appointments, errands to run and other family obligations, this week is going to be crazy busy, but I plan to read as much as I can in my 'down time.'

[Steven]

Jane seems to be in it to win it! Go Jane go! Keep adding books for Mango Tango!!!

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Finished my first book

book #1
534 pages

[Barb]

Go Nancy!

[Diane L]

Finished The Negotiator by Dee Henderson
Completed: 19 May at about 1PM
O'Malley Series #1
379 pages

Weekends are not especially good reading times for me. Hope to get more done for this starting tomorrow.

[Barb]

Yay Evana!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Haha, Barb, yes I think we are 19 hours ahead of Goodreads time here in the land of OZ.

I'd LOVE to read more, pesky real life responsibilites and all that. I finish a book every 3-5 days depending on the page number. Sometimes 2 if i get hooked!

[Steven]

excellent reading everyone! I finished another book today (not for this challenge as I already had my number four!) but didn't get to read more because, well, watching the Doctor Who finale was much more important haha.

Keep on reading! I'll update the scoreboard tomorrow morning when I update the team spreadsheet :)

[Barb]

I had to change my book #2, as I just wasn't getting into the one I'd planned. I'm still waiting on #4 and #5 from the library, so I've started #6. *crossing fingers and hoping those books come in early enough for me to read them before son arrives home this weekend*

[Sheila]

I am reading, but you guys are amazing! I just can't keep up. But I do plan to have at least two books done by the end of the week for this challenge.

[Jane]

Finished my fourth book.


My number TEN:

Frostbitten
Women of the Otherworld # 10

339 pages

This is a re-read from one of my favourite series.

If I get that far my books number 6, 7 and 9 will most likely also be re-reads.

[Diane L]

Wow Jane! You are really tearing this up!

I'm working on my second book, World Without End by Ken Follett which is also a #2 in the series. I expect it to take a couple of days since it is not just a doorstopper but a lethal weapon coming in at over 1000 pages.

For a break I'm also reading my #3 which is Effigies: A Faye Longchamp Mystery by Mary Anna Evans. This is an archaeology mystery series recommended to me in another group and which I have really been enjoying.

[Steven]

Oh I like archaeology mystery books! I'll check them out!!!

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

I've finished a book 2 of a series. I hope it counts as I started it on the 10th May and finished on the 21st May at 5.45pm.

Comanche series Book 2. 419 pages. Finished 21 May.

[Diane L]

Lisa, a bit off-topic here, but I have a question. I'm doing a personal read around the world challenge and am in southeast Asia, so I'm almost to Australia. I have a couple of books on the history of the founding of Australia. I think one is called The Tin Ticket. But is there an Australian fiction author you would recommend for someone who likes mysteries and historical fiction. I'd like the book to be by an Australian and set in Australia.

[Steven]

Lisa, start date doesn't matter, just finish date. :)

[Steven]

I also finished another book:

The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew Mysteries #1

180 pages

[Barb]

Finally finished my next book for this:


Love Lies Bleeding (China Bayles #6), by Susan Wittig Albert
finished 11:55am, Tuesday, May 21

I now have books #4 and 5 in my possession, so one of those will be up next :)

[Karla]

Finally finished my first book for the Challenge!

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery book #1. (304 pages) Finished May 21, 2013 around midnight.

I have the next 9 books for the challenge. Hopefully I can get through at least half of them!

[Barb]

Yay Karla! Make sure to read them in order so you get credit for a "run" of books :)

[Karla]

Barb wrote: "Yay Karla! Make sure to read them in order so you get credit for a "run" of books :)"

Thanks Barb!
Oh, I will. I chose to try to finish a whole series. I picked one that I had the most books left to read and would help me with the Decade Challenge.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Steven wrote: "Lisa, start date doesn't matter, just finish date. :)"

Thanks Steven. That's two down then, No 2 and No 4. Onto a book 1 series now.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Evana wrote: "Lisa, a bit off-topic here, but I have a question. I'm doing a personal read around the world challenge and am in southeast Asia, so I'm almost to Australia. I have a couple of books on the histo..."

This is a highly acclaimed and very popular read that may fit the bill.

OR



Thomas keneally is also an author that does Australian history fiction. He also wrote Schindler's list...

Peter Corris and Peter Carey are other authors that springs to mind.

[Sheila]

Finally on the board!

UnWholly
The Unwind Trilogy #2

402 pages

[Barb]

Go Sheila!

[Diane L]

Thanks for the recommendations Lisa. I've added them to my To Read shelf and am looking for copies.

[Jane]

Another book finished.


My number SIX:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Harry Potter #6


Another re-read from one of my favourite series.
607 pages

[Barb]

Finished another one, book #4. Yes, I know I'm skipping around a lot, but I'm listening to a #2, and I have #5 next on the list, so they'll all connect in the end :)


Make, Take, Murder (Kiki Lowenstein #4), by Joanna Campbell-Slan
finished 11:58pm, Wednesday, May 22

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "Another book finished.


My number SIX:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Harry Potter #6
"


Such a different cover from what I'm used to seeing:

[Jane]

There is a lot of different covers. The edition I have chosen is as far as I can see on my Kindle the right one. Mine is the UK edition from Pottermore. My hard cover / paperback books are different again.

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

I finished by jim butcher...4*s...05.22.2013 477 pages....

I had already started this book when Steven posted the challenge so now I am going to have to backtrack in numbers I guess...nothing like doing it the hard way but hey that is so me!!! lol

[Steven]

Sallie, you don't have to backtrack :)

As long as the numbers are consecutive, it doesn't matter where it starts!

[Barb]

Jane wrote: "There is a lot of different covers. The edition I have chosen is as far as I can see on my Kindle the right one. Mine is the UK edition from Pottermore. My hard cover / paperback books are different again."

Yeah, I just keep forgetting that :) Here in the US, the covers are all rather bold colors:

                 

[Barb]

Finished another one for this:


Larceny and Old Lace (Den of Iniquity #1), by Tamar Myers
finished 2:30pm, Thursday, May 23

and I really didn't care for the book! I've read some of Myers' other series, the PA Dutch books with Magdalena Yoder, but I was getting tired of Magdalena's crankiness, so a few different friends suggested reading this series instead. IMO, the main character is just as cranky and nasty as Magdalena! I rarely stop a series after book #1, but this might be one of my exceptions.

[Barb]

Ack, sorry, I forgot you're tracking page numbers too, Steven! I'll try to remember that for my future books *hangs head*

[Steven]

No worries. I can get it when I double check it for the team spreadsheet in the morning :)

[Karla]

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #2
Finished May 23, 2013 @ 2:00pm
243 pages


I am a bit embarrassed to admit to reading this series!

[Diane L]

Finally finished my second book and it is #2 in Pillars of the Earth series.
World Without End by Ken Follett, 1024 pages, finished 23 May.

[Barb]

Evana, that's a monster of a book! LOL

@Karla: I won't judge, I promise :)

[Lisa Kay]

Whoa. Evana.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Finished a Book 1 . The Hathaways series by Lisa Kleypas. 360 pages. finished 24th May at 4.30 pm.

[Steven]

Ok, I'm about to update the scoreboard and our team spreadsheet! :D

Evana, I've heard Ken Follett's work is AMAZING. What did you think of it?

I have quite a few long books (700+ pages) waiting for me... Long books aren't helping us challengewise at the pace that I read. If I read as fast as you, I'd be golden... but I need to get to them soon. X)

And as for you, Karla, there is no judgment. If you look at the other team shelves, a VERY LARGE portion of what all these people are reading are romance (and a lot of it is DIRTY lol). :)