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Alison wrote: "I have to admit I am amazed that you all can read that fast. I have never actually been able to read for a solid 24 hours, but I don't know if I could do 500 pages, much less the numbers you two ar..."Thank you, Alison! Please don't be intimidated by number of pages read or anything. The main goal of the Readathon was just to try to set aside as much dedicated reading time as possible in a 24-hour period and have fun. :-)
Karsyn wrote: "Awesome job Jen! That you enjoyed it is what mattered!! Yay for reading more than you did before. How was The Drafter? It's on my TBR."Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it, too. :-)
I really liked The Drafter. If you can, you should read the prequel story, Sideswiped, first. My only complaint is that The Drafter is clearly book one in a series and book two isn't out yet. That ending...It's not much of a cliffhanger but it doesn't close out too much. But it was a fun ride! :-)
Karsyn wrote: "Read-a-Thon-ers ~ How did it go for you? Here's how I did. Now I'm ready for a nap!!
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Audio listening time/pages: 10 hrs / 930 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 8 hrs / 685 pages
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I only manage to read 157 pages for the read-a-thon. But, I call it a success since I finished the book I wanted to and started a book I have checked out from the library at least five times in the last year.
Maritza wrote: "wow you guys are primed to go I feel as if I am already lost in the dust. will make a valiant effort to contribute to my team."You were a big contribution to the Fire Drakes!
I agree with Jen. It's hard, but when you see things like a RaT, and a few people doing some big numbers, you really shouldn't compare or think how you couldn't do that. The Read-a-Thons are just about spending ANY amount of time reading during that time, even if it's a half hour. There were over 2000 in this Dewey's and if I had to guess, I'd say probably under 25 of them actually went the FULL 24 hours ~ meaning staying up the whole time without sleeping and spending most of it reading, not just socializing, which is the other part of Read-a-Thons. When I've been surfing the ending survey's today on blogs, the majority of people completed 1-3 books, some not even completing any.
It's just about setting any time aside, reading, and having a ton of fun! Some of us just have a lot more time to kill. Believe me, many people tell me they wish they had the time I did to read. Well, I wish that I had lives like they did, where I didn't have time. But that's just not how much life is.
Any read-a-thons are a fun experience!
Karla wrote: "I only manage to read 157 pages for the read-a-thon. But, I call it a success since I finished the book I wanted to and started a book I have checked out from the library at least five times in the ..."That's great! It's not how much you read, it's "do you have fun reading?" that matters. Sounds like you enjoyed it so... Go You! :-)
Alex wrote: "When will the teams be announced?"I was wondering the same thing Alex, and an idea of what the challenges will be.
Have any of you ever felt like you were too far behind on your reading challenge to catch up before the end of the year?
Karen wrote: "I think it depends on the book. For some I find I get more out of the audio - more so when the author is narrating - as you get the book exactly as they intended.Can't say I understand how it is c..."
I wasn't a huge fan of audio books for a long long time as I found my attention wandered and I would miss vital bits of the book but in last 12 months or so I have really taken to it.
Part of my job are quite monotonous and I have found that listening to an audio book whilst working actually helps me to focus and be less distracted plus and I have managed to listen to some great books this year including the entire throne of glass series and most recently these broken stars and the jewel.
I do agree that narrator plays such a big part in continuing on with an audio book as if I don't like the voice or doesn't fit the book for me then I have been known to stop within the first chapter and not go back to it
Karen wrote: "LolI started listening to that one, but I got so caught up in the story that I was too impatient to listen to it and ended up picking up the hardcover from the library and devouring it! Then I had..."
Karen, I have done that with a couple of books I have listened to. Its hit 5 pm at work and I have had to leave work so I have just picked up the book later that night after my daughter was in bed and finished the story LOL!
Karsyn wrote: "Read-a-Thon-ers ~ How did it go for you? Here's how I did. Now I'm ready for a nap!!
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Audio listening time/pages: 10 hrs / 930 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 8 hrs / 685 pages
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I managed three print books during the readathon with approximately 11 or so hours of reading. I have a three year and due to my time zone, it didn't start for me till 11 pm at night s I read my first book before going to bed then read dribs and drabs through the next morning as I looked after my daughter, had another focused reading session while she napped and again after she went to bed.
I had find though and did some of the challenges also as well as meeting finding some new blogs, twitter and instagram accounts to follow :-)
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I was wondering the same thing Alex, and an idea of what the challenges will be."
Sonia is putting them together, so I'll wait for her to get online about when they will be announced. Usually 1-2 weeks before we start.
There are almost 1000 different goals so it is hard to plan for anything specific, but we will post a google sheet with the list so you can have a look at the types of goals. I'm also completing a FAQ on different goals based on th Q&As we received through gladiator games. With any luck I'll have that posted within the next day or two
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haha
I've done it more than once too :)
I always get a ebook copy or physical copy of the audiobook I'm reading for that reason (or if I need to re-read a certain passage it is easier than trying to find it on the recording!)
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I'm generally too conservative with mine and finish it well before :o
Karen wrote: "Alison wrote: "Alex wrote: "Sonia is putting them together, so I'll wait for her to get online about when they will be announced. Usually 1-2 weeks before we start.
There are almost 1000 different goals so it is hard to plan for anything specific, but we will post a google sheet with the list so you can have a look at the types of goals. I'm also completing a FAQ on different goals based on th Q&As we received through gladiator games. With any luck I'll have that posted within the next day or two "
Thanks for that info Karen, that is helpful.
Joi wrote: "Have any of you ever felt like you were too far behind on your reading challenge to catch up before the end of the year?"Me! I was ten books behind a couple of months ago and I got it down to five before some life crazy hit. (Good crazy, but still.) Hacked it down to eight yesterday, hoping to get it to zero... but yeah. So behind. >_<
Karen wrote: "Joi wrote: "Have any of you ever felt like you were too far behind on your reading challenge to catch up before the end of the year?"I'm generally too conservative with mine and finish it well be..."
I finished well behind on my challenge last year so this year I looked at how many books I HAD managed to read in 2014 and just added a few more to the total for this years challenge.
At this stage I am ahead and should finish early in which case I will extend my goal a little further but I was quite behind at one stage.
I say keep aiming for your original goal - maybe stage your own little readathon or just aim to get as close as you can?
Nikk wrote: "I finished well behind on my challenge last year so this year I looked at how many books I HAD managed to read in 2014 and just added a few more to the total for this years..."I did the same thing! Life has a way of intruding now that I have a child (he's a puppy, but still...) and I just don't seem to read as fast as I did when I was younger. I've already achieved my 2015 goal. Every once in a while I look at expanding it, but I haven't (yet?).
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I think I was conservative with my goal not knowing how we'd go with a new baby. But after a few weeks of not reading much I'm now finishing a book every other day as I read on my kindle while feeding the baby. So now I'm just curious to see how I go over the next year versus 2012/2013 when I was last on maternity leave ;)
Alison wrote: "Alex wrote: "When will the teams be announced?"I was wondering the same thing Alex, and an idea of what the challenges will be."
Yep, Karen is right. I was waiting for Tea to be back from her trip, since I was naughty and started all 'official' work after she went off the grid.
Now that she's finally on board, I can work without the 'temporarily assigned' out of the way.... We had more sign-ups than expected... Meaning the teams may need some rearranging.
Joi wrote: "Have any of you ever felt like you were too far behind on your reading challenge to catch up before the end of the year?"You could always decrease it some. Change it to something more manageable. I think the challenge, while there to challenge you, is not meant for stress, but fun. If you can't make what you put, change it to something smaller, see how much you can get over that and call it all good! :) I've both raised (multiple times) and decreased (once) my own goals.
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Important note 1: Threads will be posted as "closed" till the team captain is online. This step is to guarantee that some spots are reserved at the first page for the captains to post important things.
Important note 2: If any captain or co-captain was not invited to the captains group yet, please either let either us know, so we can fix it as quick as possible.
Important note 3:No return policy *evil laugh*
Now seriously, if aything is not right, let us know. 211 players is quite a number to manage :D
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Now I'm scared to click the link :-p
I can hold your hand if that helps ;)
Looks like I am on team Poseidon and that I put the right shelf round# in my shelf name. Going to create that now so I don't forget it again.
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Honey don't worry... your team captain will ask you all the shelf names again :)
Plus, with the finds and replaces she's been doing. Some shelves names may be a little off
~Sonia
On the nerdiest team in the competition.....awesome! We shall win with swords and magic!
Team Anubis! I'm liking this challenge already :)
Anubis I like it. Hi team can't wait to start.
Yay, Anubis ladies! Our thread is open, so feel free to come on over anytime! :D
Where is the like button?? MUST FIND A LIKE BUTTON!!!!!!!!
Alex wrote: "Where is the like button?? MUST FIND A LIKE BUTTON!!!!!!!!"AHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA
Woohoo Thor! Now to wait (im)patiently to get started :-P
What is a days worth of BOM discussion questions- does it mean you have to have read the book before the discussion begins.EDITED does it have to be current BOM
YAY for Poseidon! So looking forward to this new team challenge :)
Marie wrote: "What is a days worth of BOM discussion questions- does it mean you have to have read the book before the discussion begins."No, you don't have to read book before discussion.
For those points you need to be part of BOM. Since we are going by read date, I'd say you need to read that book in month it is a BOM. But maybe another mod will say otherwise :)
Anyway, you can't read book now, and then ask questions next month for points.
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I have not received an invite to the captains group. I am one of the co-captains of Artemis!!
Monica wrote: "I have not received an invite to the captains group. I am one of the co-captains of Artemis!!"Uhmmm I have you marked as invited, let me check.
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Topic is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I'm new to this whole Tower Team thing! Excited to get started and figure it all out... Yay! Also, I'm co-cap of the Bastet! Whew!
I just sent my application to the challenge, and excited to give it a whirl. I read and listen to boos a ton, so I enjoy challenges that direct my attention to places I wouldn't normally consider.How do I find out what team I end up being assigned to btw?
Daphne wrote: "I just sent my application to the challenge, and excited to give it a whirl. I read and listen to boos a ton, so I enjoy challenges that direct my attention to places I wouldn't normally consider...."
Hi Daphne, I was just trying to decide between doing a post or sending a few PMs.
We have 6 members at the moment waiting for a team assignment. Sign-ups are still open for regular spots. I'm just waiting a few more days to see if there will be the need to create another team. Or starting to add new members to the current ones.
But worry not, we'll PM you as soon as you're assigned. Just give it a couple of days :)
Sonia wrote: "Daphne wrote: "I just sent my application to the challenge, and excited to give it a whirl. I read and listen to boos a ton, so I enjoy challenges that direct my attention to places I wouldn't norm..."Your quick response is much appreciated Sonia. I'm content now knowing I did it right. I'll go back to reading, and waiting for my assignment.
Thanks again! :)
Daphne wrote: "Sonia wrote: "Daphne wrote: "I just sent my application to the challenge, and excited to give it a whirl. I read and listen to boos a ton, so I enjoy challenges that direct my attention to places I..."No problem. Worse case scenario, you get into a REALLY chatty team, and have at least 5 pages of comments to catch up
LOL
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