MMU October Halloween Read-A-Thon Challenge

[Marchioness of Magenta]

October Halloween Read-a-Thon

Event 1: Read Like A Banshee:

◈ How to Read Like a Banshee

Step #1: Set a personal goal and let us know about it - this one is just for fun. It wouldn't be a read-a-thon without some goal, right?

Step #2: Find your team's read-a-thon goal - This is as simple as the sum of the book goals from each participant in the read-a-thon.

Step #3: Keep us posted from your process on the provided thread- this one is very important.

Step #4: Read. Read. Read.
Grab your books. Tell the world to stop during 2 weeks. Tell the kids you will be busy reading. Grab your favorite snacks. Find your favorite reading nook and read like a Banshee.

◈ How to keep track
We will provide a thread for this. After you finish the reading for the day. Or you are changing books. Or you need a break. Whatever. Just go to the thread and say which book you are reading and the amount of pages you read from said book.

◈ How to find the winner:
First sum the pages read by your team (A). Grab your team's Tower Team Goal (B)
A/B = read-a-thon ratio.

Example: Team Moonstone only has 3 members participating on the read-a-thon.
book goals are:

Member book goal
Chris 100
Rebecca 150
Vi 213

Total book goal:100+150+213 = 463

Now add the number of pages read during the RaT

Member pages read
Chris 1000
Rebecca 2000
Vi 3000

Total of pages read = 1000+2000+3000 = 6000

Moonstone Points for the Reading Like a Banshee option:
(6000/463)*100 = 1295,896

The event winner will be the team with a bigger read-a-thon ratio.

[Marchioness of Magenta]

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[Elle]

October R-a-T Challenge
Goal: 7 Books

10/4/13 Update:
Finished After the Fall by Elle Casey today. It falls under Task 8 or 10 for Event#2. I was at 34% before the read-a-thon started.
According to Goodreads approximately total 229 pgs read during October R-a-T.

10/7/13 Update:
Finished Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen. All pages read during October R-A-T. Qualifies for Spell it Out.
Total pages: 304 pgs

10/11/13 Update:
Finished The House of Hades by Rick Riordan.
Qualifies for Task 8 and 10, and maybe even 6.
Total pages: 594 pgs.

10/12/13 Update:
Finished Between the Realms by Elle Casey
Qualifies for task 8 & 10
Total pages: 336 pgs

Finished Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Started around 881 pgs beginning October R-a-T
Total pages: 156 pgs
Cutthroat Cupcake Qualified! Whoohoo!


Update 10/16/13:
Okay, so I have been having a bit of ADD when it comes to reading so I keep jumping from book to book so I apologize in advance for having so many incomplete.

Currently Reading:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
On Pg. 289 of 488

El ladrón del rayo by Rick Riordan
On Pg. 169 of 283
Previously read 104 pgs before October R-a-T

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
On Pg,. 121 of 266

Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing by John R. Trimble
On Pg. 13 of 198

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
On Pg. 24 of 288


Update 10/17/13
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Total Pages: 488 pgs

Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
Total Pages: 266 pgs

Update To End of Oct R-a-T 10/19/13

El ladrón del rayo by Rick Riordan
On Pg. 181 of 283
Previously read 104 pgs before October R-a-T

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
On Pg. 49 of 288

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
On Pg. 24 of 198

Total Pages Read for October R-a-T: 2,523 pgs (approx.)

[Jess]

Goal: I'd be happy getting 1500 pages read, I'm loathe to commit to a book goal since I've still got two cutthroat-sized books in the works :s

Read:
My copy says 278 pages, all of which were read during the challenge. Works for Event 2's theme 8: supernatural creatures.

185 pages, all read during the challenge. Works for theme 2: masters of horror and fantastic.

It turns out my flu came in handy because reading is about the only thing I've felt up to doing since this challenge started! :P

304 pages, works for themes 8 & 10.

286 pages, works for themes 8 & 10.

478 pages, works for themes 8 (does a scary wizard guy count?) and 10.

Books I haven't finished yet but have read some pages from during the challenge:
= 42 pages
= 545 pages

Total pages read during the challenge : 1918/1500.

[Marie]

1.Finished Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon on 4/10/13. I read 50% before the 4th. Theme Supernatural creatures
2.Finished Household tales by Grimm brothers 6/10/13. I read 59 pages before 4th. Maybe Classic Horror, or Supernatural creatures or spell it out.
3. Finished Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon on 7/10/13. Theme Supernatural creatures

[Blakely]

I'll set a tentative goal of 1000 pages, with high hopes of surpassing that!
So far:
- finished the last 43 pages on 10/4/13

- listened to audiobook in its entirety 10/4/13-10/6/13

256 pages (10/5-10/8)

206/400 pages so far

49/272 pages so far

(10/14/13) Total: 776 pages

[Jennifer H]

-692 pages (10/4-10/8)

[Marie]

Finished Branded by Keary Taylor, 374 pages on 08/10/13. Supernatural theme :D

[Marie]

Finished Forsaken by Keary Taylor, 195 pp. Theme supernatural creatures

[Marie]

Finished Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy Bennett, 294 pages on 13/10/13. Am I posting this in a wrong thread?

[Marchioness of Magenta]

That's ok, Marie! I'm using all to update.

Also, I'm doing an update tomorrow morning for both the events. So could you please update your posts?

Remember, you don't have to finish a book during the RaT to count the pages. Any pages you read during the RaT counts.

Jess, you can count your Big Book pages that you read during the RaT and you need not even finish the books!

[Jennifer H]

-349 pages (10/8-10/15)

[Jess]

Edited my post to include pages I've read from books I haven't finished :)

[Marie]

Finished Emerald Green on 16/10/13. 464 pages. It's about time-traveling, but it can always be used as a spell-it-out

[Marchioness of Magenta]

OK, I finally compiled our books for the Halloween Book Hunt. I've tried to include atleast one book from everybody. Here's are the final categories and their books

Magenta Mix-Up Book Hunt

Step 1: Samhain (All Hallow's Eve):
1. Allison: Cold Magic by Kate Elliott - 9/10/13

Step 2: Halloween Cover Hunt:
1. Allison: Coraline by Neil Gaiman 10/10/13
2. Allison: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - 4/10/13


Step 3: Masters of Horror & Fantastic:
1. Elle: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan - 11/10/13
2. Jess: Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 06/10/13
3. Allison: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle - 17/10/13

Step 4: Special Ability
1. Elle: After the Fall by Elle Casey - 4/10/13
2. Elle: Between the Realms by Elle Casey - 12/10/13
3. Jess: Peeps by Scott Westerfeld - 07/10/13
4. Blakely: A Chalice of Wind by Cate Tiernan - 8/10

Step 5: Supernatural Creatures
1. Marie: Branded by Keary Taylor - 08/10/13
2. Jennifer: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 15/10/13
3. Marie: Infamous by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 4/10/13
4. Marie: Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 6/10/13
5. Jess: The Infernal by Kim Wilkins - 17/10/13

[Marchioness of Magenta]

ATTENTION:

Marie, you haven't tagged as read even though it is on the challenge shelf. Could you make sure it's tagged?

Allison, has a read date of Oct 2. For the October Halloween Hunt, the book has to be read between Oct 4 - Oct 19. If you've read before, then could you please remove the book from your post?

Thanks!!

[Marchioness of Magenta]

Final & Bonus Task:

The mods have posted the Final Task (and an unexpected Bonus Task) each for 5 BAP for a grand total of 10 BAP (BAP is Book Advantage Points. One point is equal to One book. It boosts our total) Here's the info:

Final Task

Using the titles (or covers) of the books read in the completed tasks write your own story. (Halloween themed or not - your choice)

Rules:
1) Minimum 6 books
2) You can use any number of tasks you want, but, you have to use ALL titles/covers in that task.
3) You must post the tasks chosen and your story on the Event #2: Clues & Final Task thread.

Example: (Using 10 books from 3 tasks)

Task 2: Special Abilities
Tangled Threads
The Kingdom

Task 3: Trick-or-treat (Costume)
E - Eve
L - Lover Awakened
F - Frost Burned

Task 5:Creatures
Carnival of Souls
Warm Bodies
Lover Eternal
The Wicked Kiss
Shadowfever

Final Task:
Eve, a spooky voice said, your Lover Awakened from a Frost Burned Shadowfever in The Kingdom. For him you will face a wall of Warm Bodies, unravel Tangled Threads and enter the Carnival of Souls. For he's your Lover Eternal and only with him will you share The Wicked Kiss.

For the Bonus Task, we need to write a story using ALL the 15 titles we submitted for the Halloween Book Hunt.

Any creative people to come up with two stories??

[Jennifer H]

Marchioness of Magenta wrote: "OK, I finally compiled our books for the Halloween Book Hunt. I've tried to include atleast one book from everybody. Here's are the final categories and their books

Magenta Mix-Up Book Hunt

Step ..."

I read "Magic Bleeds" not "Magic Bites" :)

[Jennifer H]

-348 pages (10/18/13)

[Jennifer H]

Would this work for one of the stories...


"Peeps" let me tell you a story...
The "Infamous" "Coraline" entered "The House of Hades" "Between the Realms" of "The Infernal" "Inferno". At "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" "Coraline" was "Branded" with "Cold Magic". "After the Fall" of "The Last Unicorn" the "Magic Bleeds" into "A Chalice of Wind".

[Marchioness of Magenta]

Ugh! Thanks for the catch, Jennifer! I don't know what I was thinking.

The story sounds great! I think it's the shortest one yet. And you fit all 15 books! I'm very impressed :)

Now we need a story with six books.

[Marchioness of Magenta]

ATTENTION!

The Read-A-Thon ends in a little over 12 hours! I have a little over 2 days to report our final tally. If everyone could update their totals in 24 hours, I'd be very grateful as I need to verify before posting.

THANK YOU!!

[Elle]

Unless I am miscounting there are only 14 books as Coraline was repeated twice. .

[Elle]

On a night of Cold Magic, Coraline pondered over The Mysterious Affair at Styles. After The Fall of the Chalice of the Winds, Peeps (the candy that is) began to come out of its depths along with the scent of processessed sugary goodness. Was there Between the Realms a connection between Styles and the Peeps factory, or was this merely an anomaly?

[Elle]

A rather silly story, made while half asleep.

[Marchioness of Magenta]

Elle, Caroline was read by both Allison and Jess which is why it's there twice.

Elle & Jennifer, thanks for helping out with the stories. I've submitted them with a little modification.

Great Job, Magenta Mix-Up!!

[Marchioness of Magenta]

The Read-A-Thon has officially ended. Please update your posts with your pages read. I'll verify before posting so that I don't make goofs like I did above.

Thanks for a fun RaT everybody! I hope everybody enjoyed it.

[Jess]

Updated my post with the final pages read.

Good stories, Jennifer and Elle!

[Moderators of NBRC]

Magenta Mix-up, it looks like Sonia wants something else from you. You have a "P" for pending in one of your columns. Check out Post #64.

[Marchioness of Magenta]

Thanks for the heads-up, LK! I've posted in the thread.

[Lisa Kay]

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