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Event 2, Heat 1
151-200 pages
301-350 pages
101-150 pages
151-200 pages
201-250 pages
301-350 pages
Event 3
Stone in title (Viji)
Bronze in title (Viji)
Iron in title (Nikk)
100-250 pages
401-500 pages (Kimberly)
Arm on cover
Event 5: Chariot
Tool on cover
Wheel on cover (2)
Knife or dagger on cover (Nikk)
Large, Open Landscape on Cover
@Kathleen, I have taken Iron as I started
this morning :-)
Elspeth wrote: "The sprints sound fun! I could definitely manage a long one this weekend."Do you want to do the 2 hour sprint today? :) If so, you can proceed and read right ahead and send the message to the correct mod account. I posted the reminders for sprint fighters on an earlier message, you can check it out.
Kathleen wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Finished Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story on 6 July (audiobook)Most popular edition: Hardcover: 387 pages
I'm not sure if it can be used for anything...."
Sorry but we can't use this book as it was started before Heat 1 of Event 1 was finished - will save it for later!
Read: Treasure by Megan DerrDate: 7/7/16
Pages: 272
Fits: Team Coloured Book (Event 5)
Currently Reading/Need To Read: Carry On (might finish this today), Water for Elephants, and No Apologies. I'm also starting another Coach book, but I'm between two picks, so I'll put up the title later.
Ashley wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Finished Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story on 6 July (audiobook)Most popular edition: Hardcover: 387 pages
I'm not sure if it can be u..."
Oops forgot to check that! Nice catch Ash!
Gillian and Kimberly,Can you please pick a task you like to read for in Event 5:Chariot? It's one of the events where all members need to read at least 1 book and we're almost running out of spot. We want you to have at least more choices ;) see message 1519 or spreadsheet for tasks left unclaimed.
Rebecca and Angeline, If either of you wants to read Elephants Can Remember, you can take the spot :)
Kathleen wrote: "Holy moly. That is one scary cover!!!!"
Im so hanging out for horror. Soooo over fake, everyone is perfect looking, instalove Zombieland. Struggling less than two hours but cant bring myself to read it right now, ill pick away at it.
Kathleen wrote: "Gillian and Kimberly,Can you please pick a task you like to read for in Event 5:Chariot? It's one of the events where all members need to read at least 1 book and we're almost running out of spot..."
Sorry. I'll need some help here. I can't figure out what's already taken and what's left. Please pick what you need me to do.
I can read:
For whole person on cover:
(or for landscape)(I have more - that seems like plenty!) :)
For landscape or green cover:
- except that is not the cover on my audiobook. The cover I have is this one: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I...For animal on cover - capable of pulling a chariot:
For tools on cover: (Axe)
For green:
Kimberly wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Gillian and Kimberly,Can you please pick a task you like to read for in Event 5:Chariot? It's one of the events where all members need to read at least 1 book and we're almost ru..."
I put you down for person head to toe with Crash Into You. When Gillian claims a spot then you can claim more spots if you want to read for more chariot tasks.
Time to do that socialization thing Noa! Lol. We're aiming for chattiest? ;)We could fill this thread with gifs and images.
Oh boy! I'm on my phone! I can't do gifs!I can do CAPS LOCK and BOLD though! Are you on school break now?
Completion Post Book: Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi
Date Read: 07 July
Pages: 341
Task: Event 3-Arm on Cover
Weekend's almost here!
Kathleen wrote: "Oh boy! I'm on my phone! I can't do gifs!I can do CAPS LOCK and BOLD though! Are you on school break now?"
Yes, I am. Though I'm taking two summer courses.
Karishma wrote: "So this book was not at all what I expected. Have any of you read it?"I have. I read book two as well, but never got around to book three. What did you think?
Noa, how did you like Carry On? I loved loved loved Fangirl and since reading it, I've been interested in Carry On but slightly put off because of HP fanfic theme.
Skandia wrote: "Noa, how did you like Carry On? I loved loved loved Fangirl and since reading it, I've been interested in Carry On but slightly put off because of HP fanfic theme."
There's some takings from HP, true, but it's not overwhelming. You don't need to be a HP fan, or a fan of fanfic to enjoy it. I did liked it, but it does have that slightly melancholic and realistic feel I get from Rainbow Rowell. I enjoy the ending and I find the story more successful than another book I feel the need to compare it to; The Rest of Us Just Live Here.
Lol Noa and Kat. I am so hanging out for some more Snow, such a long wait though :(
Ashley wrote: "Gillian wrote: "Can i be put down for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 352 pages for event jumping please"This book works perfectly for Event 5 (Build a Chariot) A Person (Head to Toe)..."
i thought i was doing this for event 5 i have almost finished it sorry i have not been chatty my work load just changed drastically as one of the postmen had to quit due to ill health.
let me know if i have to fined something else i will check back later today :)
I did put you down there Gillian so not sure what's happened - I'll check when I'm on the comp and let you know :)
The slot was blank so I put Kimberly but I'll put Gillian in now and put Kimberly for Tools on cover. Sorry for the small hiccup Gillian and Kimberly! :) Hope work goes back to your normal routine Gillian!
Here's a quick summary of books/tasks we have volunteered to read for:Please check spreadsheet for open tasks(those with no names beside it)
Ashley
A Thousand Nights - Event 2
Salt to the Sea - Event 5
Kathleen
Elephants Can Remember -event 1
The Emperor's Soul-event 2
Sorcerer to the Crown-event 5
Nikk
Blood Games- event 3
The Iron Trial-event 3
Truthwitch-event 5
Ange
Alice in Zombieland-event 1
Night Road-event 1
Katie-event 5
Angeline
Can You Keep a Secret-event 2
Days of Blood and Starlight-event 3
Lord Bachelor- event 5
Elspeth
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-event 5
Karishma
On the Qay to the Wedding -event 1
The Invisible Library-event 5
Kimberly
Down the Rabbit Hole-event 3
A 440 page book
Real-event 4
So You Want to Start a Brewery-event 5
Noa
Water for Elephants-event 1
No Apologies-event 3
Event 4 coach books :)
Rebecca
Fahrenheit 451-event 2
The White Elephant-event 5
Viji
Summer Knight-event 2
Sweet Fire and Stone-event 3
Shadows im Bronze-event 3
The Last Unicorn-event 5
Gillian
Miss Peregrine's -event 5
Skandia
Becoming Marie Antoinette-event 2
Size 12 is not Fat-event 5
GREAT JOB to all of us!! It has been less than a week of Olympics but we have knocked down a lot of tasks! I hope everyone's enjoying the challenge :)
Noa wrote: "Skandia wrote: "Noa, how did you like Carry On? I loved loved loved Fangirl and since reading it, I've been interested in Carry On but slightly put off because of HP fanfic theme."
There's some t..."
I've only read Eleanor and Park and maybe because it was YA contemp, I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. Also, Park didn't feel Korean and the way Rowell inserted the martial arts thing felt like stereotyping. Her depiction of the Korean teenager was off. Sorry, it's jusr that I got lots of Korean (and Korean American) friends and they're not like that at all, even the most traditional ones. So I found her characters a bit unreal.
I agree with Noa though, her book has got a melancholic feeling. Not as overwhelming as John Green's so I think she was better than Green. Lol I think of Green's books as almost verging on depressing. I am biased though as am not a fan. Also, I think his plotlines almost sound the same.
I really like Carry On - didn't compare it to HP at all. I'd say that all books have a similar element to another in some way!Interesting thoughts on Eleanor and Park Kathleen! I don't know any Korean people so I didn't have anyone to base the character off of (maybe RR didn't either!?).
Kathleen wrote: "Noa wrote: "Skandia wrote: "Noa, how did you like Carry On? I loved loved loved Fangirl and since reading it, I've been interested in Carry On but slightly put off because of HP fanfic theme."
Th..."
Kathleen wrote: "Noa wrote: "Skandia wrote: "Noa, how did you like Carry On?
I loved loved loved Fangirl and since reading it, I've been interested in Carry On but slightly put off because of HP fanfic theme."
Th..."
I feel the EXACT same about John Green. I even gave up on The Fault in Our Stars.
I agree that Park didn't feel very Korean, but I figured it was a case of the apple fell far from the tree and assimilation (despite the fact such a big point was made about the mother). (Random fact: a high school I went to for two years had more than 75% Korean students.) And I get why it bothers you. Sometimes an author gets something wrong and you just can't get over it.
At this point I generally avoid YA Contemporary when possible (Eleanor and Park was a book I had to read for a real book club).
Park is an apple that fell really far from the tree then! I avoid YA contemp too as it seems like no matter how good they say it is, I am the odd one out. I read John Green and quite liked it. But when I watched the movie I questioned my own taste and can't believe I liked the book. Lol. I have enjoyed a few YA contemps I have bravely ventured to reading- thanks to reading challenges (and my cousin for lending me books)- so yeah just a matter of reading preferences.
I avoid NA too. It just disfigures my eyebrows from constant raising ;)
I'm a moody reader though so who knows 10 years from now I'll be singing a different tune *shrug*
I really wanted to try Rainbow Rowell because every1everyone was singing her praises. Maybe I should try Fangirl? Noa I'm asking you because we're kind of on the same boat regarding YA contemps
@kathleen I also volunteered to read The Price of Salt for the ARM task... will this work? I read Telephone by Rainbow Rowell a few months ago and really enjoyed it!
I've read a few John Green books (Fault in our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns) and I can't say I loved them. I feel like the odd one out in that respect though.
I adored Fangirl and I quite liked telephone but I wasn't a huge fan or Eleanor and Park and don't really understand the hype.I haven't read TFIOS ( though have seen the movie) as it has never really appealed to me as a read but I did love Looking for Alaska when I read it last year.
Whilst I like reading YA, I refer to stick to YA fantasy or YA urban fantasy rather than the YA contemporary as a general rule though I lately I have been more drawn to adult paranormal and fantasy.
With that I am off to continue reading
for the last 15 mins of my lunch break :-)
You're not alone Rebecca. I think lot of us are not really into John Green.All arm tasks are being read for already, but am sure we can use The Price of Salt for another task :) Pleanty of tasks to go around. We're trying to complete necessary rounds and try to unlock bonus rounds if we can.
Landline is one of Rowell's adult books I think? That and Attachment?
You've been breezing through the Chicagoland series Nikk! Must be a very entertaining series. Have you read Marked in Flesh already? Let's talk about if you did. Bishop is such a tease.
Have you read Thirteen Reasons Why? I read it years ago, but I hated it. Recently though, I talked to a friend who used to teach high school and he said all his students loved it. Also, I've heard a movie is being made. It baffles me. Though, if you don't read a lot, then I understand enjoying the bad/majority of contemp (because you don't have much to compare it to). But if those are general society's standards, I'm really disappointed. I think NA is still figuring itself out. Some I think is good, and then some of it--which is sadly most of it--is painful to read.
A lot of genres have evolved immensely in our lifetimes. While I used to love YA, a lot of the new publications bother me.
I skimmed Fangirl, but never sat down to read the whole thing. Honestly, I have no opinion on it. I'm open to reading it though.
@Nikk, I stick to the same stuff with YA. I also read YA glbt because I like to see how that's progressing and how it compares to MM Romance.
haven't started Marked in flesh yet as I haven't really found any where to put it for the challenge nor have I been able to squeeze it in to the background. I will get there though :-)I am enjoying the Chicago land series and its also been useful for our challenges as well as easy to access at the library so I see o reason to stop reading them at the moment. The last one wild things wasn't as s good as the previous but I like where the story is going so I continue to read :-)
I hated 13 Reasons Why! I could not for the life of me understand the glowing reviews. Have you read Ned Vizzini's (I forgot the title and am on mobile so kinda lazy to search for it lol) but it talks a bit about suicide too but ends in a more positivenote. The whole time Iw as reading it Iwas like "this guy should have met the MC in 13 reasosn why and taught her a lesson. my goodnes but the MC in 13 reasons was slefish in my opinion.
We can totally use Marked in Flesh for page jumping!!
The only thing I've read from him is The Other Normals, which is something else. Is his book on suicide worth a read? The girl from 13 Reasons was probably one of the most selfish narrators I've ever read. And the guy, the one who goes through all her tapes, she... tortured him basically. That book made me mad.
@Kathleen happy to use for page jumping once I have finished my current three. I figured I would finish my three and then see where we were before deciding what to read next :-)
Good to see we have so similar reading taste here in our group. I'm the same. Didn't get the hype about The Fault in Our Stars, Eleanor & Park was just meh, hated Thirteen Reasons Why but ....loved Fangirl.
Rainbow Rowell is very good author, John Green - not for me at all.
YA contemporary is usually to angsty for me but there are some gems. I can add Flat-Out Love to the pile of great YA contemporaries.
I have all of these books on my TBR, only read Fault in Our Stars which was only ok for me too. my go to is usually fantasy or horror. These challenges are really helping me get more a feel for what I dont like, Im itching to do a cull as definately dont want to read any more self centered teens with instalove. ick.
Hate instalove too! Unless it's written well I can be persuaded. @Noa: I think it was It's Kind of a Funny Story or something like that.
@Skandia: I'll check that out because it's you!!!
Instalove is a big no for me. Though, there are some authors and books that have got it right - Eversea was great, Mia Sheridan books are really good. I haven't read Fantasy for a long time and really itching to pick up
or Dreams of Gods & Monsters to finish before new Laini Taylor book comes out this fall.Also, I have a library book on hold I need to get and read ASAP - The Girl on the Train. So that can be used for Event 2 I think or where ever it fits.
...... and I really really want to start with this Brandon Sanderson series Kathleen has been telling me about for ages :)Seriously, work is messing with my reading time this month. I need more reading and less working :)
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