Read-a-thon (Nov: 13-19)

[Ellen]

I'm going to try and complete the December Scatter Shelves

December letters: K, R, N, J, B

This is going to be a lot of fun!

[Tien]

Aaaaanddd.... We're Off!

Well, I am anyway, it's 9:32am Monday, 13th November now for me.

I managed abt 50 pages in morning commute and never been so excited thinking that I'd be finishing MM17 & Bookopoly this week lol

[Lisette]

Yay! I think I'll focus on scatter shelves, but I have no finished my planning for that yet :)

Read-a-thon 13-19 nov

Goal: Scatter Shelves Dec

Read:
The Duke Is Mine [14-nov-2017] ★★★ 367 pages
Covent Garden in the Snow [16-nov-2017] ★★★★ 352 pages

[Bea]

Since I have so many of the ScatterShelves books available to me, I think I will work on that game. I am very far behind, but, if I concentrate on reading, I might even be able to finish by the end of the year.

[Dee]

Tien - how should we calculate ebook only pages? (i figure use the amazon estimated page and do a % calculation)

[Marina]

Sorry guys, but I decided not to join you in the end... :(

[Lisette]

That's okay Marina. Maybe next time!

[Charity]

Ok my goals this week. I have some books I need to finish:

Middlemarch - Starting at page 72 and it has 904 pages (total for this if completed is 832).

Corelli's Mandolin - Starting at page 160 and it has 437 (total if completed is 277).

Charterhouse of Parma - Starting at page 150 and it has 532 (total if completed is 382).

The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Starting at page 502 and it has 1796 (total if completed is 1294).

Running Totals:
Middlemarch = 315 pages read
Corelli's Mandolin = 187 pages read
The Charterhouse of Parma = 28 pages read
The Complete Sherlock Holmes =

[Bea]

Marina, I understand. You need to do what you can do.

With that in mind, and knowing that I will not be able to finish any of my games for this readathon...AND since we are focusing on pages, I have decided to include the page count from all I am reading...much of which is for PAS games.

So...

Tanakh: 15 pages
The Bedside Torah: (already started - 5) 10 pages
Cold Comfort Farm: (already started) 82 pages Completed
Rescue Ink: (already started) 161 pages Completed
A Rule Against Murder: 322 pages Completed
Sense and Sensibility: (already started - 101) 115 pages
Magic Burns: 260 pages Completed
Eighth Grave After Dark: 293 Completed
In Too Deep: 235 Completed

These totals will reflect my reading each day. I will update these totals until the book is finished or the readathon ends. As I finish a book, I will add another book from one of my PAS games.

[Lisette]

Tien, is it easier for you if you keep track of our progress in 1 post, or do you want each update in separate posts?

[Dee]

currently in progress book:
Sugar's Twice as Sweet - MM17
Guns Will Keep Us Together (I put this aside several months ago and never finished) - MM17
Buried - doesn't fit a PaS challenge, but its a library book I have to get read
A Wish After Midnight - Bookopoly
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (audiobook) - not PaS related, but need to finish up and return to library
Treachery in Death - approx 3hrs left

here's my initial "pile" of books to tackle:
Settling Up - MM17
About That Fling - MM17
Drive Me Crazy - MM17
Finding Southern Comfort - MM17

[[deleted user]]

I had hopped to pick a book up earlier than now, (it's 8:20pm on Monday), but life got in the way!

My plan is to focus on the books I picked for the Lost 2017 challenge. I am going to start with Paperweight by Meg Haston.

[Tien]

Thanks for asking, Lusie :)

For clarity's sake, please update by posting a new comment each time you have finished a book and the page count for that.

Then at the end of the readathon, post an update with all the books you have not finished and the page count you've read during the week.

I hope that makes sense?

I don't mind a bit of chatter on how you're progressing with your reads etc but just be clear when you're posting your finished reads so I know to update the page count... Maybe include a header like: Finished Reading

[Laure]

Completed
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Total Pages: 206 pages

[Tien]

Dee wrote: "Tien - how should we calculate ebook only pages? (i figure use the amazon estimated page and do a % calculation)"

Um, whatever you think is best? lol

I was just going to take whatever pages is on GR or Amazon... we don't have to be completely accurate for this 'challenge' - not a competition or anything :)

[Tien]

Laure wrote: "Completed
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Total Pages: 206 pages"

Woohoo! First completed book! Well done, Laure!

Did you like this book? Have you seen the movie?

Took my 7yo to see it and he loved it... said something about lots of 'explosions in his heart'... his way of saying 'lots of feels' lol

[Coralie]

I have decided to concentrate on completing scattershelves which means finishing 5 books, most already started.
So far I have ...

[Coralie]

Finished Reading
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
77 pages read

[Elvenn]

Finished Reading

To Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia (176 pages)

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Okay I plan to finish Before I Fall and start if not finish The Lavender Garden.
I started on page 300 of "Before I Fall" and read 20 pages so far.

[Laure]

Tien wrote: "Laure wrote: "Completed
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Total Pages: 206 pages"

Woohoo! First completed book! Well done, Laure!

Did you like this book? Have you seen the movie?

To..."

Yes, I did like it very much. I felt it was very emotional ... a bit too much for me.I don't like my heart strings being pulled so much while reading! It is the second book I have felt tearful with this week! I finished The Secret Life of Bees this weekend. I think I am ready for a light read. :D

[Karen]

Finished

Look Back in Hunger by Jo Brand - 320 pages.

[Lisette]

Finished

The Duke Is Mine 367 pages

[Lagullande]

Finished

The Headmaster's Wife 262 pages

The good thing is - one more off my LOST list.
The bad thing is - the average page count of my remaining LOST books has gone up from 450 to 475.

[Sue]

Finished Reading

Death of a Gossip | M.C. Beaton | 2017-Nov-14
For challenge: Moving Mountain
Read 105 pages on Nov-13 and Nov-14 to finish up this previously started book.

Page Count tally for post: 105 pages.

[Susan]

Bea wrote: "Marina, I understand. You need to do what you can do.

With that in mind, and knowing that I will not be able to finish any of my games for this readathon...AND since we are focusing on pages, I ha..."

Bea, I'm curious how you're liking Bedside Torah. I'd never heard of it, and it looks interesting. Is it your pattern to just read a couple pages each day?

[Bea]

Susan wrote: "Bea, I'm curious how you're liking Bedside Torah. I'd never heard of it, and it looks interesting. Is it your pattern to just read a couple pages each day?"

Susan, I just recently started going back to synagogue...and since the reading for the week I returned was only 5 lessons into the year, I decided to catch up. The Bedside Torah : Wisdom, Visions, and Dreams has a short explanation of the assigned Torah passage and then offers 3 "takes", which are commentary on the passage. The idea is that one should study the passage 3 times during the week. Typically this is done on Monday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. I figured I could speed this up a bit until I catch up. So far I have read two of the takes for the Genesis 1:1 - 6:8 portion and have considered from take 1 the "need to see the significance of the biblical tale for our own lives and community" and from take 2 "invidious hierarchy among people, assigning a greater worth to one human being over another, is misguided and dangerous...only as equals can we guide each other on the road ahead." Lots to think about and an intriguing interpretive approach to the text. Each take is only a page or two long...but lots to think about.

[Bea]

Finished

Cold Comfort Farm - 82 pages (started reading this prior to readathon)

This completes my Bookopoly rolls.

[Angela]

Completed

The Shadow of the Wind - 141 pages (started before the readathon)

[LynnB]

Forgot to post yesterday. A busy day so not much reading, but I managed to read 157 pages.

[Bea]

Finished

A Rule Against Murder - 322 pages

[Wendy]

pgs.-109
The Magician's Assistant

[Tien]

Wow, 2,324 pages!!

I think we may make our goal of 10K if not very close to it!

[LynnB]

Nov 14 -- 211 pages. Too much going on this week! (But it's still more pages than yesterday!)

[Karen]

Finished

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - 259 pages

[Susan]

Bea wrote: "Susan wrote: "Bea, I'm curious how you're liking Bedside Torah. I'd never heard of it, and it looks interesting. Is it your pattern to just read a couple pages each day?"

Susan, I just recently st..."

It sounds intriguing. I only go to temple regularly once a month, when our Renewal minyan meets. And I often forget to even think about the parsha during the intervening weeks. I've found another book by one of the authors at our public library, and if I like the style, I may try yours
.

[Dee]

finished

Treachery in Death - approximately 3.5hrs (of 13hrs total) = 101pgs

[Bea]

Finished

Rescue Ink: How Ten Guys Saved Countless Dogs and Cats, Twelve Horses, Five Pigs, One Duck,and a Few Turtles - 161 pages (started this book prior to readathon)

[Sara]

Total pages read: 705 pages

READING
Jeugdstrafrecht - 84 pages


FINISHED
Carry On - 253 pages
Bad Romance - 368 pages

[Angela]

Completed

Edgar and Lucy
535 pages

[Elvenn]

Finished Reading

Un cementerio perfecto by Federico Falco [A Perfect Cemetery] (175 pages)

[Tien]

Finished Reading

An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey #1) - 292 pages

And that completes my MM17, woohoo! :D

[Tien]

4,236 pages!! Wow - we are reading a lot 😍

[Grace]

Finished Reading
Bone Gap- by Laura Ruby-345 pages

[Lagullande]

Finished

Mary Reilly 256 pages

More good news - another one more off my LOST list.
But more bad news - the average page count of my 6 remaining LOST books is now 512!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

110 pages from today and yesterday.

[Dee]

Finished

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - finished up 4 CD's (of the 9) = 150pgs

[Sue]

Finished Reading

Ever | Gail Carson Levine | 2017-Nov-15
For challenge: Moving Mountain
Read 132 pages on Nov-14 and Nov-15 to finish up this previously started book.
(my personal cumulative count for Readathon to date:105+132=237)

Page Count tally for post: 132 pages.

[LynnB]

15 Nov - finished 290 pages.

I finished Only Time Will Tell for Scattershelves and started in on my next book.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

11/15/17
I finished Before I Fall for scattershelves and 12 Days of Christmas part 2 I read 170 pages to finish the book. Next, I will start "The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley