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As far as a book recommendation goes, this is tough because I have many books that I love. Cloud Atlas, The Sympathizer, The Phantom Tollbooth, and various Vonnegut titles are among them. I suppose that this task will gain importance as we near board completion. :)
Well, I am off to read. Good luck, everyone!

I guess the books I've started before this readathon can count towards all the squares except those on reading time and pages?
I will be reading Dark Places, which can fulfill the mystery box or maybe the "book started before the readathon", The Complete Persepolis, which can fulfill the graphic novel box, and probably some more books that can be placed in some of the boxes.
I'll start thinking about some recommendations to give! Happy reading!


How to lead a life of crime, Kirsten Miller- I only have about 60 pages left of this one, article in the title.
All these things I’ve done, Gabrielle Zevin- I started it but am only 60 pages in at the moment, could count for ''read a book in a series'' and also a book I started before the readathon. Don't know if it's considered a sci-fi or fantasy, or just dystopia. It's also YA and written by a female author.
The silver linings playbook, Matthew Quick- yellow cover, article in the title.
Dietland, Sarai Walker- one word challenge, female author, blue cover.
Tease, Amanda Maciel- one word challenge, female author
The first fifteen lives of Harry August, Claire North- sci-fi or fantasy book, female author, blue cover, article in the title.
I'm also going to be listening to Lord of the flies on audiobook, so that will help with the audiobook goal and add 3 books to the AtY challenge.

I won't be much help with the audiobook goal, or the one to read outside. I actually hate reading outside because I can't find anywhere comfortable.
What I'm intending to read so far (we can see where they'll fit in):
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - article in the title, yellow cover, part of a series, female author
Love Letters to the Dead - YA, female author, for ATY
Devoted - one word title, female author, YA
Those two books (aside from Harry Potter) are due back to the library soon, so I want to get them out of the way first. But I have many other kinds of books coming (including a novella, a graphic novel, and a play).
Actually, what I'm most looking forward to is getting recommendations from everyone. I've been trying to fill in some of my rejects list categories just to get an idea of what the final list might look like, and there are so many calling for recommendations/someone choose for you! I tried posting on Facebook, but none of my friends seem to be big readers.


FINAL:
1. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
2. Your Perfect Life - Joann
3. Dark Matter - Katie
4. Dog Songs - Katie
5. Solaris - Marta
6. milk and honey - Marta
7. American Vampire, Vol. 1 - Mimmi
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Rachel
9. Tease - Mimmi
10. Necessity - Andrea
TOTAL:
Andrea - Necessity - 8/24, The Sisters Brothers - 8/24, Faust - 8/27
Debra B - A Child Called "It" - 8/22, Blaze - 8/25
Elin Birna - Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - 8/22, Dark Places - 8/27
Emm - The Graveyard Book - 8/22, The Martian - 8/27
Joann - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - 8/22, Your Perfect Life - 8/23, Wouldn't It Be Deadly - 8/24, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - 8/27
Jody - Mummies in the Morning - 8/26, The Blind Assassin - 8/27, The Old Man and the Sea - 8/27, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - 8/27
Katie - Dark Matter - 8/22, Dog Songs - 8/23, Before We Visit the Goddess - 8/23, Plotted: A Literary Atlas - 8/24, I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats - 8/26, Essential Maps for the Lost - 8/26
Marta - Solaris - 8/22, milk and honey - 8/23, The Wind in the Willows - 8/27
Mimmi - How to Lead a Life of Crime - 8/22, American Vampire, Vol. 1 - 8/23, Tease - 8/24, All These Things I've Done - 8/27
Paula -
Rachel - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - 8/23, Love Letters to the Dead - 8/25, Devoted - 8/27
DONE!

FINAL:
Callum - Rachel
TOTAL:
Solaris - Marta
Callum - Rachel
Crawl - Debra
Tease - Mimmi
Necessity - Andrea
Blaze - Debra
Devoted - Rachel
Faust - Andrea
DONE!

TOTAL:
1. A Child Called "It" - Week 28 - Debra
2. Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - Week 45 - Elin Birna
3. The Graveyard Book - Week 43 - Emm
4. How to Lead a Life of Crime - Week 21 - Mimmi
5. Love Letters to the Dead - Week 31 - Rachel
FINAL:
Andrea - Faust - Week 10
Debra B - A Child Called "It" - Week 28, Blaze - Week 29
Elin Birna - Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - Week 45, Dark Places
Emm - The Graveyard Book - Week 43
Joann
Jody
Katie
Marta
Mimmi - How to Lead a Life of Crime - Week 21
Paula
Rachel - Love Letters to the Dead - Week 31
DONE!

FINAL:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Rachel
TOTAL:
The Graveyard Book - Emm
Dark Matter - Katie
Solaris - Marta
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Rachel
Necessity - Andrea
Mummies in the Morning - Jody
The Martian - Emm
DONE!

FINAL:
Your Perfect Life - Joann
Before We Visit the Goddess - Katie
TOTAL:
Andrea - Necessity - 8/24
Debra B
Elin Birna - Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - 8/22, Dark Places - 8/27
Emm
Joann - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - 8/22, Your Perfect Life - 8/23
Jody - Mummies in the Morning - 8/26, The Blind Assassin - 8/27, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - 8/27
Katie - Dog Songs - 8/23, Before We Visit the Goddess - 8/23, Essential Maps for the Lost - 8/26
Marta - milk and honey - 8/23
Mimmi - How to Lead a Life of Crime - 8/22, Tease - 8/24, All These Things I've Done - 8/27
Paula
Rachel - Love Letters to the Dead - 8/25, Devoted - 8/27
DONE!

1. Title Scramble - Katie, Joann, Andrea, Rachel, Marta
2. Alphabet Soup - Emm, Andrea, Jody, Joann, Debra, Rachel, Marta
3. Guess That Cover - Andrea, Elin Birna, Joann, Rachel, Marta, Jody, Katie
4. Infinite Book Challenge - Joann, Rachel, Andrea, Katie, Marta, Emm
5. Five Facts About Me - Joann, Debra, Rachel, Emm, Jody, Katie, Andrea, Marta
6. On My Shelf! - Rachel, Debra, Joann, Katie, Marta, Andrea, Jody, Elin Birna
7. Match the Quote Game - Debra, Rachel, Marta, Katie, Andrea
8. Unpopular Opinions Book Tag - Joann, Marta, Rachel, Mimmi, Jody
9. Character Scramble - Rachel, Andrea, Marta
10. NY Times by the Book Tag - Rachel, Marta
DONE!

FINAL:
American Vampire, Vol. 1 - Mimmi
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - Jody
TOTAL:
Andrea
Debra B
Elin Birna
Emm
Joann
Jody - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - 8/27
Katie - The Land of Lines - 8/27
Marta
Mimmi - American Vampire, Vol. 1 - 8/23
Paula
Rachel

FINAL:
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
TOTAL:
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
A Child Called "It" - Debra
American Vampire, Vol. 1 - Mimmi
Necessity - Andrea
Mummies in the Morning - Jody
DONE!

FINAL:
Tease - Mimmi
Essential Maps for the Lost - Katie
TOTAL:
Andrea
Debra B
Elin Birna
Emm
Joann
Jody
Katie - Essential Maps for the Lost - 8/26
Marta
Mimmi - Tease - 8/24
Paula
Rachel
DONE!

FINAL:
Dark Matter - Katie
TOTAL:
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
Dark Matter - Katie
Dark Places - Elin Birna
DONE!

Red - Dark Matter - Katie
Orange - The Martian - Emm
Yellow - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Rachel
Blue - Your Perfect Life - Joann
Green - The Wind in the Willows - Marta
Violet - The Raven / The Masque of the Red Death / The Cask of Amontillado - Joann
DONE!

Andrea - 1 h
Debra B - 2 h
Elin Birna
Emm - 0 h 20 m
Joann - 2 h +
Jody
Katie - 0 h 20 m
Marta
Mimmi - 2 h +
Paula
Rachel
Running total: 6 h +
DONE!

Andrea - Cloud Atlas, The Sympathizer, The Phantom Tollbooth
Debra B - Is He Dead?
Elin Birna - Saga, Volume 1, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children, Karítas án titils, Heaven and Hell, The Catcher in the Rye
Emm - Kindred
Joann - The Kite Runner, The Thirteenth Tale, Lady Darby series
Jody - The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Katie - Salt to the Sea, The Palace of Illusions, Dark Matter
Marta - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, All Quiet on the Western Front, Americanah
Mimmi - How to Lead a Life of Crime, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Paula - A Monster Calls
Rachel - Defending Jacob, Little Girls, Jodi Picoult
DONE!

Andrea - 5 h +
Debra B - 3 h
Elin Birna - 3 h 10 m
Emm - 4 h 45 m
Joann - 2 h
Jody
Katie - 5 h +
Marta - 2 h 30 m
Mimmi
Paula
Rachel
Running Total - 20 h +
DONE!

FINAL:
milk and honey - Marta
TOTAL:
milk and honey - Marta
Dog Songs - Katie
I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats - Katie
Faust - Andrea
DONE!

FINAL:
Debra - A Child Called "It" - 8/22
TOTAL:
Debra - A Child Called "It" - 8/22
Jody - The Old Man and the Sea - 8/27
Katie - The Land of Lines - 8/26
DONE!

FINAL:
Long Way Down - Debra
And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead - Emm
Stories from Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances - Marta
TOTAL:
Andrea
Debra B - Long Way Down - 8/22, Crawl - 8/22
Elin Birna
Emm - And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead - 8/22
Joann
Jody - Fat - 8/23, Neighbors - 8/23
Katie
Marta - The Lunar Labyrinth & The Thing About Cassandra from Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances - 8/22
Mimmi
Paula
Rachel - Callum - 8/22
DONE!

Andrea - Completed 8/22
Debra B - Completed 8/22
Elin Birna
Emm - Completed 8/22
Joann - Completed 8/22
Jody
Katie - Completed 8/27
Marta - Completed 8/26
Mimmi
Paula
Rachel - Completed 8/22
DONE!

FINAL:
Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - Elin Birna
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
Blaze - Debra
TOTAL:
Andrea
Debra B - Blaze
Elin Birna - Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom - 8/22
Emm -
Joann - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - 8/22
Jody
Katie - Dark Matter - 8/22, Essential Maps for the Lost - 8/26
Marta
Mimmi
Paula
Rachel

Andrea - 542
Debra B - 494
Elin Birna - 600+ (660)
Emm - 284
Joann - 600+ (767)
Jody - 280
Katie - 600+ (1185)
Marta - 600+ (697)
Mimmi - 600+ (752)
Paula
Rachel - 600+ (1473)
Running total - 5200
DONE!

FINAL:
Wouldn't It Be Deadly - Joann
TOTAL:
Wouldn't It Be Deadly - Joann
The Sisters Brothers - Andrea
DONE!

FINAL:
Mummies in the Morning - Jody
TOTAL:
The Graveyard Book - Emm
Love Letters to the Dead - Rachel
DONE!

FINAL:
How to Lead a Life of Crime - Mimmi
TOTAL:
How to Lead a Life of Crime - Mimmi
A Child Called "It" - Debra
The Graveyard Book - Emm
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - Joann
Before We Visit the Goddess - Katie
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - Rachel
The Sisters Brothers - Andrea
Love Letters to the Dead - Rachel
Mummies in the Morning - Jody
DONE!

FINAL:
A Child Called "It" - Debra
Love Letters to the Dead - Rachel
Dark Places - Elin Birna
TOTAL:
Andrea
Debra B - A Child Called "It" - 8/24
Elin Birna - Dark Places - 8/27
Emm
Joann
Jody
Katie
Marta
Mimmi
Paula
Rachel - Love Letters to the Dead - 8/25
DONE!

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B1-Finish 10 Books - An Unsuitable Jod for a Woman, Your Perfect Life, Dark Matter, Dog Songs, Solaris, milk and honey, American Vampire, Vol 1, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tease, Necessity
B2-Read Something with a One-Word Title - Callum
B3-Read 5 Books for the ATY Challenge - A Child Called "It", Yoga for Life, The Graveyard Book, How to Lead a Life of Crime, Love Letters to the Dead
B4-Read a Sci-Fi or Fantasy - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
B5-Read 2 Books by a Female Author - Your Perfect Life, Before We Visit the Goddess
I1-Complete Every Read-a-Thon Game -
I2-Read 2 Graphic Novels or Manga -
I3-Read a Book in a Series - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
I4-Read 2 Books Set in Summer - Tease, Essential Maps for the Lost
I5-Read a Mystery or Thriller - Dark Matter
N1-Read the Rainbow -
N2-Read Outside for 6 Hours - Completed 8/23
N3-Every Team Member Recommends a Book to the Team - Completed 8/23
N4-Listen to 20 Hours of Audiobooks - Compleded 8/24
N5-Read a Poem - Milk and Honey
G1-Finish a Book or Story in One Sitting - A Child Called "It" (Debra)
G2-Read 3 Short Stories or Novellas - Long Way Down, And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead, Trigger Warnings
G3-5 Members Read for 1 Hour Straight - Completed 8/22/2016
G4-Finish 3 Books Started Before the Read-a-Thon - Blaze, Yoga for Life, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
G5-Strategize with Your Group - Completed 8/22/2016
O1-Read 4000 Pages - Completed 8/25
O2-Read Something Historical - Wouldn't It Be Deadly
O3-Read a YA, Middle Grade, or Children's Book - Mummies in the Morning
O4-Read a Book with an Article in the Title - How to Lead a Life of Crime
O5-Add 3 Books to the ATY Reading Map -
Team Cherry Bingo Spreadsheet


I will be finishing a book or two for the aty challenge also


The planning looks great Katie! You up for being a team captain and updating your posts as we go? :)
Maybe you can also add in your summary post some overview that we can fill out with x-es or checkmarks or something, like this maybe:
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I love the card you made, Elín Birna. I'll add it to the FINAL CARD post.
If you guys have improvements on how to track things, put them up.
I'm so excited by this that I can barely concentrate on work, ha.

I am about to finish Solaris, which would work for science fiction
My next read is The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, which is a mystery and for the Aty challenge, female author, article in title
I am also reading Moby Dick but I can put that on hold, and

Others in deck that I coukd read if the team wants me to:
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Audiobook hours: 5 hours 52 minutes
Hours read ouside: 0
Pages read: 0
Number of books finished: 1
Books finished:
Dark Matter

I am also reading a book in the aty challenge and will finish the book in one setting currently reading A child called it by Dave Pelzer which is for week 28 of the challenge


Anyone else here super competitive? Or is it just me. Go #teamcherry!
My recommendations. I have 2. I am one of those people who rarely gives 5 star ratings to books. They really have to blow me away. I've only given 5 stars to 6 of the 130 books I've read so far this year. Two of those I want to recommend to you.
The first is Salt to the Sea. It's a new release about WWII. It has 4 narrators so it would work for next year's challenge on the multiple POV prompt. It tells the story of an event from WWII that I had never heard of before. It's a quick read and beautifully written.
The other is The Palace of Illusions. It is a retelling of the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. It's grand in scope and has elements of mythology and magic. I did consult the Wikipedia page for The Mahabharata a bit because I don't know the story at all, but I loved that it was a retelling. I felt like I learned a lot about Indian literary history.


This is my first read a thon and looking forward to it very much.
I have one book I'll hopefully finish today, so could be used for that category.
I have three others I want to read this week and An audiobook on the go.
I will be reading outside, I will read for an hour straight, will listen to an audiobook, read a book set in summer, female author, a mystery, part of a series, historical fiction.
I won't be reading anything for the ATY challenge, no graphic novels or manga, no children's or YA, no sci-fi or fantasy.
As for recommendations, my recent 5 star reads include The Kite Runner, The Thirteenth Tale and the Lady Darby series if you enjoy historical fiction.

A really good book that I read this year that I would recommend would be is he dead by rick drew. this is a true crime book and it is not for the faint at heart. I was so mad and wanted to get revenge after reading this book that it just shows how sick some people are in this world. Like I said this is not a book for young people or those that are faint at heart. Is He Dead?
so g1 is finished

this could be used as a short story, finish book, a mystery,
this book combined with the first one will give me 147 pages read so far

I'll actually probably be doing a lot of audio today as we have another surprise for the group today that I've got to organize. Mwahaha.
Also, just to make sure I don't forget to get my recommendation in ... Kindred by Octavia Butler is solid blend of sci-fi/historical fiction. It's about a modern-day black woman who is transported back in time over and over again to save the life of a white slave-owning ancestor. It's so good!
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Your goal is to complete most of the categories on the Bingo card (we'll be super impressed if you get them all!) by working with the members of your team. Some squares are a team effort (with a maximum per member contribution indicated between the brackets), others can be done individually to help push your team closer to their goal. Pay attention to the card as you're working out your plan because the squares with a * (star) cannot be overlapped with any other starred squares. The non-squared squares cannot overlap with any other non-starred square.
EXAMPLE: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
This book could be used to check off quite a few squares -- female author, set in the summer, YA book, part of a series, etc. Since there is no overlapping, as a team you would need to decide which square to assign this particular read to. It could not be used to check off multiple starred squares. You could, however, count it towards your groups overall page count (O1), towards your 10 books read (B1), or any other non-starred square.
There is a Mod assigned to each team to help with any questions, comments, or concerns. We recommend you come together, as a team, and pick some team captains to help do re-caps and keep track of what your team is working on and what progress you've made. Mods will be exempt from this role.
As a team member, it will be your job to check in with your team as you start and complete tasks to make sure everyone is on the same page.
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