Team Terminator

[Kaitlin]

Got it! Thanks, Corey. At the library we call Middle Grade "Juvenile." Gary Paulsen, Roald Dahl, Lois Lowry...so fun. I didn't think those reads counted for this challenge, so this is helpful to know! I love a good excuse to read a kids' book.

Cassie, I've never heard of Riordan. I'll have to check him out.

[Corey]

Riordan wrote the Percy Jackson novels, not sure if you've heard of the movies but you may have.

[Fairlee]

character-Drew gaspar in Skeleton Lettersfor g

[Karen ♐]

I'm about to start Destroyed. Letter D

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

I'm currently reading The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
Doesn't really fit anywhere, but I already started it.

[Kme_17]

Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits is very funny Kaitlin
I really enjoyed it. :) I will grab a D with The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

[Corey]

It could fit for I Jessica, we can ignore the "the"

[CassieV]

Kaitlin- the only thing to watch is if the books are also considered "children's". If they are and have the bigger font and wider spacing, we just have to make sure they are long enough to be accepted by the mods. I believe anything over 40,000 words works, but let us know if you have a question on one or need us to look it up. Basically the formula is to divide the words by 250, then if the answer is over 160 we're good :).

[Karen ♐]

I'm also going to be reading a book this week that GR says is 159 pages. Too short?

[Kaitlin]

I finished I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains by Chuck Klosterman. It was a lot of fun.

I guess I'll pick out some books that work for D because we have so many of them this week!

[CassieV]

Karen- yes, unfortunately the books have to be over 160 pages

Kaitlin- awesome! I'll get our new score post up after lunch.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Apparently, there's a character named Darren in The Immortal Rules, so I can snag a D (since I is already taken)

By the way, I'm rereading this book. Just saying that since the date read for this book will be set at 2012 because of that.

[Karen ♐]

CassieV wrote: "Karen- yes, unfortunately the books have to be over 160 pages

Kaitlin- awesome! I'll get our new score post up after lunch."

Thought I'd ask but assumed it wouldn't fit. Thanks, Cassie.

[Kaitlin]

I read The Dead of Summer by Camilla Way. Narrator is Anita.

[Kaitlin]

CassieV wrote: "Kaitlin- the only thing to watch is if the books are also considered "children's". If they are and have the bigger font and wider spacing, we just have to make sure they are long enough to be acce..."

Good to know. Thanks!

[Fairlee]

just finished Skeleton Letters going with Murder of a Real Bad Boy for m for second time around

[CassieV]

Here's what I have so far. Please let me know if I missed anything! (I'm working off a laptop for the next few days, so it's easy to bump the mouse and mistype something)

Week Three
Spreadsheet

M- The Mark of Athena (Cassie) GENRE
I- I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Kaitlin) READ
D- Destroyed (Karen)
D- Darren (Character) The Immortal Rules (Jessica)
L-
E-

G- Drew Gaspar (Character)Skeleton Letters (Fairlee) READ
R- Celie Rivenbark (Author) Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits (Kaitlin)
A- And the Mountains Echoed (Kaitlin)
D- Dan Brown (Author) The Lost Symbol (Kim)
E-

M- Murder of a Real Bad Boy (Fairlee)
I-
D- The Dead Summer (Kaitlin)
D-
L-
E-

G-
R-
A-
D-
E-

Looks like we're in need of L's and E's at this point!

[Corey]

I moved some things around to get the Dan Brown book into the L slot aand moved up Dead Summer to a D. I will be reading Ender's Game today, and am going through my shelves and what I can quickly download from the library to come up with a game plan for this week.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

I'm reading The Eternity Cure next, which can work for E. After that I'm reading The Forever Song (I'm binge reading this series) and the main character is Allison Sekemoto, so it can work for A.

[Corey]

I will definitely finish Ender tonight, and I will start on The Magicians which has characters Elliot and Alice (I have it placed for E for now, but can move it to A should it be necessary) and the Tell the Wolves I'm Home which has a character June Elbus (somehow found a bunch of E's).

Hopefully I can get those done quickly and can find another book or two to get done this week, and hopefully we can keep ourselves up in the rankings (currently about 15 books behind the leader - HOW do they do it?)

[Kaitlin]

Not sure if it matters, but mine is The Dead of Summer, not Dead Summer :-)

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

I'm done with the Immortal Rules

[Corey]

Yes, but we can ignore the the if we need to, and I thought that would help us get through our first read-through a bit quicker. :)

[Corey]

Jessica, I believe you can edit the date read to give it today's date as your last read date for the book. Not sure if you prefer for your own GR records to keep it at the May 2012 date, let me know if that is the case, but I think the Mods want us to update the date even if it is a re-read, but if you have reasons for not wanting to I will see if they can accept it with the first read date.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

I like to keep track of it, but I can always change it, make note of the original date, and change it back when the challenge is officially over with.

[Kaitlin]

No, it's The Dead OF Summer, not Dead Summer. You have the wrong book :-)

[Corey]

Oh I see. Cassie, the book for Kaitlin needs updating to the dead of summer, as linked in her post above. I have it updated on the spreadsheet, but only Cassie can change the post.

[Kme_17]

finished Along Came a Spider

[Kaitlin]

Working on Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis. Main character is Elmer Gantry.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Finished The Eternity Cure.
Starting The Forever Song (I already mentioned earlier what it works for).

[Kme_17]

finished Living History

[CassieV]

I realize this list is a bit all over the place at the moment, but sadly it's the best I can do on my laptop :/. I'll be home tomorrow and then I can update the list a bit better to fill in the gaps. Sorry about that everyone! Let me know if you find any other errors, please. Kaitlin, I got your book corrected :).

You all are killing it this week, I'll have to do some major reading when I get back to keep up!

M- Murder of a Real Bad Boy (Fairlee)
I-
D-
D-
L- Sinclair Lewis (Author) Elmer Gantry (Kaitlin)
E- The Eternity Cure (Jessica) READ

G-
R-
A- Allison Sekemoto (Character) The Forever Song (Jessica)
D-
E- Elliot (Character) The Magicians (Corey)

M-
I-
D-
D-
L- Living History (Kim) READ
E-

G-
R-
A-
D-
E-

[Kme_17]

done withThe Lost Symbol

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Finished The Forever Song
Reading Get Even by Gretchen McNeil next. The series is called Don't Get Mad. I'll let you know if any characters fit.

[Kaitlin]

I finished Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbark.

[Kme_17]

Doing a great Job team! I am reading Before I Fallby Lauren Oliver Before I fall has Kent McFuller, Ally Harris,Lindsay Edgecombe, Elody so it can go where needed . I read Along Came a Spider didn't know if it got counted.

[CassieV]

Here's what I have so far... Kim, we got Along Came a Spider added, sorry about the slip up there!

I'm just going to post the whole list so you can check what you've already signed up for as well as see the opening we still have. Three letters away from finishing a second round!

M- The Mark of Athena (Cassie) GENRE
I- I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Kaitlin) READ
D- Destroyed (Karen)
D- Darren (Character) The Immortal Rules (Jessica) READ
L- Living History (Kim) READ
E- Ender's Game (Corey) READ

G- Drew Gaspar (Character)Skeleton Letters (Fairlee) READ
R- Celie Rivenbark (Author) Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits (Kaitlin) READ
A- And the Mountains Echoed (Kaitlin)
D- The Dead of Summer (Kaitlin)
E- The Eternity Cure (Jessica) READ

M- Murder of a Real Bad Boy (Fairlee)
I-
D- Dan Brown (Author) The Lost Symbol (Kim) READ
D- Don't Get Mad (Series) Get Even (Jessica)
L- Sinclair Lewis (Author) Elmer Gantry (Kaitlin)
E- June Elbus (Character) Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Corey)

G- Gary Soneji (Character) Along Came a Spider (Kim) READ
R-
A- Allison Sekemoto (Character) The Forever Song (Jessica) READ
D-
E- Elliot (Character) The Magicians (Corey)

M-
I-
D-
D-
L-
E- Lindsay Edgecomb (Character) Before I Fall (Kim)

G-
R-
A-
D-
E-

[Kme_17]

finished Mr. Mercedes

[Karen ♐]

Finished Destroyed

[CassieV]

Finished The Mark of Athena, I'll update later.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Finished Get Even

About to start By Sun and Saltwater by Kate Avery Ellison
I'll let you know if any characters work.

[CassieV]

Looks from the snippet like Dron is a character name. Is that right? We could use the D, if so :)

[Karen ♐]

Reading The Witness by Nora Roberts. Characters: Ilya Volkov, Elizabeth Fitch, Abigail Lowery, Brooks Gleason. Quite a few for this book.

[Kme_17]

reading Infinite Jest so that can work for an I

[CassieV]

Jessica (Goldenfurpro) wrote: "Finished Get Even

About to start By Sun and Saltwater by Kate Avery Ellison
I'll let you know if any characters work."

Jessica- I can't find Get Even on your shelf, would you mind checking to see if I missed it, please? :) Thanks

[CassieV]

Alright, I got all the lists updated. We are planned through the second list! Way to go everyone!

For our third round, we are looking for I, D, D, L, G, R, D, and E. Let me know what you find!

[Kme_17]

finished Before I Fall and E is for Evidence also found the book Dune so that works for a d

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

CassieV wrote: "Looks from the snippet like Dron is a character name. Is that right? We could use the D, if so :)"

Apparently, Dron is a group of people so I don't know if they'll count.
But they are other characters.
Lyssia, Merelus, Aemi Graywater, Dahn.

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

CassieV wrote: "Jessica- I can't find Get Even on your shelf, would you mind checking to see if I missed it, please? :) Thanks"

Got it! Sorry about that!
It should be there now!

[Corey]

I finished The Magicians, and will also finish Allegiant, which can fit in D, E, M, A, or R.