MMC chat thread

[Dr. Andy]

I'm starting with . I would try to go through the books on my shelves but most of those are in boxes.

[Irene]

Haven't planned anything, but I probably should start soon-ish

I too will be missing the non-reading challenge, especially the "find item on cover" category. Gosh, they were hard! :D On the other hand, what a relief haha. That'll make more time for actual reading.

[Tati]

I've got some of my planning done already. But I doubt I'll get anwyhere near to finishing the books I've already planned, so I'm not stressing about the rest (yet)

[Heather]

guess I could start planning for bookish blocks!

[Dr. Andy]

I've got everything planned not sure if I'll get through all the books but I'm certainly gonna try

[Carolyn]

I got nothing planned out. I'm just gonna wing it.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I swear I reach a whole new level of neurotic whenever teams are made. In any group. I think I've checked Goodreads every 5 minutes for the past two hours. O.O

[Tati]

I've got 16 books planned. Really doubt I'll read them all, though.

[Dr. Andy]

I have 21 planned. Hoping to get 25 read

[Jamie]

I got enough for my first block board but I have no idea what free time I will have. I am starting a new job so what time and energy that will take remains to be seen. So my goal is at least 15 books.

[Tawallah]

Quick question, not sure this is the correct spot
would this work for book with trees on cover?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes, that would work for trees ☺

[Tawallah]

Thanks Sara

[Sabaha]

😣 I forgot about he challenge so I've only packed 4 books 😣 so sun I get back home I'll need to do some megaaaa catching up to do 😋

[Sabaha]

*when and the lady emoji was meant to be 😊

[Sabaha]

**last o my gosh 😂

[Sabaha]

Would this count for someone dressed in black?

[Lisa]

@Sabaha: how do you do this emojis?

[Sabaha]

Its made into your keyboard ... do you have a samsung?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sabaha wrote: "
Would this count for someone dressed in black?"

I don't think that would count as its more of a sillhouette rather than a person dressed in black.

[Tavia]

Can count for Forbidden Forest in Bookish Blocks for the task: Read a book with an animal on the cover?

[Maddie]

Could also count for blue cover :p

[Tavia]

I was thinking of putting it there, but there's another book that I want to use for the blue cover haha

[Maddie]

Yeah true haha. Always the hassle for swapping around XD

[Dr. Andy]

Maddison or Shantavia did you guys notice that the Eragon series book are like the hogwarts colors? 😂

[Tavia]

I didn't even pay attention to that😂😂 but that's pretty cool. I'll be thinking about the Hogwarts houses now while reading them 😂 :D

[Maddie]

XD How did you even think of that Andrea? :p

[Dr. Andy]

It was when I was planning for the Harry Potter blocks. I knew I was reading all four and they each work for a house haha.

[Maddie]

Ah haha.

[Tavia]

I have a question to stir up some talking ^_^ or try to haha. But for those of you who read multiple books at once, how do you manage it?

[Maddie]

I don't :p I always tell myself 'I'll be fiiiiine this time around' but then I totally fail XD I always have so many books I leave behind because I get too far behind.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Shantavia wrote: "I have a question to stir up some talking ^_^ or try to haha. But for those of you who read multiple books at once, how do you manage it?"

I usually will start two or three and then just finish the book that most holds my attention. If I then feel like reading the others I will or I will abandon then for another time. :)

[Tavia]

It seems like it would be easy to forget about some books 😂 which kind of sucks

[Maddie]

Yeah I actually make a list of what I need to read and where I need to get up to based on others' reading.

[Tavia]

That's a good idea too

[Maddie]

But then I freak out when other people keep getting more and more ahead and I'm not reading XD

[Tavia]

😂😂 true true. I'm thinking about breaking the different books down and just have a set amount of how much of each book to read for a certain amount of days

[Maddie]

Yeah I tried haha.

[Tavia]

Didn't work out when you tried?

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Shantavia wrote: "It seems like it would be easy to forget about some books 😂 which kind of sucks"

I make a list each month if I'm doing BR or a challenge that requires certain books. :)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Shantavia wrote: "😂😂 true true. I'm thinking about breaking the different books down and just have a set amount of how much of each book to read for a certain amount of days"

I've tried that with a small amount of success. :)

[Maddie]

Shantavia wrote: "Didn't work out when you tried?"

Nope XD I just couldn't find the time in each day to read, and then I'd add all of the pages up that I don't get read and it's crazy haha.

[Dr. Andy]

I usually try to stick with finishing one book at a time, but currently I've been listening to an audiobook while also having a physical book going. It's been going pretty well the past month and a half :)

[Tavia]

Are you going to listen to the entire Eragon series on audio?

[Dr. Andy]

Yes I am! It will be faster than reading the physical copies since they're so long and I listen at 1.75 speed.

[Tavia]

That does make more sense. ^_^ so that's good

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Andrea wrote: "Yes I am! It will be faster than reading the physical copies since they're so long and I listen at 1.75 speed."

O.o

I can never manage more than children's novels on audio book. I can't seem to process the information if I have to listen instead of read. :/

[Tavia]

I know what you mean. I feel that way too. I've been trying out the audio and just following along in the book. I've actually been able to concentrate and understand Eragon on audio lately so that's good, but I wouldn't listen to a lot of books on audio simply because I know I read better by actually reading the words.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Shantavia wrote: "I know what you mean. I feel that way too. I've been trying out the audio and just following along in the book. I've actually been able to concentrate and understand Eragon on audio lately so that'..."

It's good that you can listen to Eragon! ^-^ I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to a book that long. :/

[Tavia]

I think it's actually helping me get back into it. I had put it down for a bit for various reasons. But one reason was because it wasn't getting interesting and I was getting a bit restless. But listening to the audio while doing tasks such as cooking or cleaning helps me make progress in the book whereas if I was just reading, it would maybe take me longer to finish