Team Carina

[Rachel]

Would Matilda be considered a childrens book? It is 4 hours and 28 minutes on audio (and read by Kate Winslet!!!) I don't want to start it if it won't count.

[MyzanM]

It says here that it has 40009 words so that makes it well over the minimum word count.
It also says Young Adult on the book's main page here on goodreads.

[Rachel]

Wow, I would have never considered it a young adult book. Can't wait to start listening tomorrow.

[MyzanM]

Rachel wrote: "Wow, I would have never considered it a young adult book. Can't wait to start listening tomorrow."

Well, the genre on the main page on Goodreads depends on how we shelve our books. It would actually show up as horror if enough people shelved it as such.

[JanEyre9]

Rachel wrote: "Would Matilda be considered a childrens book? It is 4 hours and 28 minutes on audio (and read by Kate Winslet!!!) I don't want to start it if it won't count."

That's one of my all time favorite books! I bet the audio is fantastic.

[Kaylee]

Officially shelving Matilda as a horror novel. I adore that book!

[Rachel]

JanEyre9 wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Would Matilda be considered a childrens book? It is 4 hours and 28 minutes on audio (and read by Kate Winslet!!!) I don't want to start it if it won't count."

That's one of my all t..."

I started it this morning and Kate Winslet is fantastic! Too bad its not longer.

And haha Kaylee! :)

[JanEyre9]

Rachel wrote: "JanEyre9 wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Would Matilda be considered a childrens book? It is 4 hours and 28 minutes on audio (and read by Kate Winslet!!!) I don't want to start it if it won't count."

That'..."

I may need to reread soon - as a listen :)

[JanEyre9]

I finished All the Bright Places last night and think I deserve a day off today to properly process the story. Oh my heart.

[Rachel]

JanEyre9 wrote: "I finished All the Bright Places last night and think I deserve a day off today to properly process the story. Oh my heart."

:( I just put it on hold at my library.

[Kaylee]

All the bright places was so so so beautiful. ugh.

[Fiona]

Guys I’ve read both Neverwhere and I am number four in the few weeks they’re on the spreadsheet. I’m On stage next week I’m the Wizard of Oz but still reading, will try to
Update the sheet at the weekend

[Kaylee]

On stage? Sounds awesome Fiona. Have fun!!

[Fiona]

I will do, yes on stage!!

[JanEyre9]

That's awesome Fiona, what role are you playing? Good luck!

[Rachel]

Good luck Fiona! That's awesome!

[Fiona]

I’m ensemble, amongst other things a snowflake!!

[JanEyre9]

Fiona wrote: "I’m ensemble, amongst other things a snowflake!!"

Fun!!!

[Marte - Thunderella]

I've updated the sheet. :) I put my name on some books that I've read too for reverse cards.

[Rachel]

Hi everyone!! Hope you are all having a great weekend!

[MyzanM]

Today could have been better. Spent the day in the ER with my son. Not eating or sleeping properly is a bad idea especially when out partying and mixing alcohol and Red Bull. Now he has a bleeding ulcer and a mild heart condition. He was really lucky.

On the bright side; I've finally updated this week's books in the SS.

Tomorrow is a new week and I'm crossing my fingers it will be better.

[JanEyre9]

Oh Myzan, that must have been very scary and stressful. I'm sorry to hear about your son and hope he gets better.

[Rachel]

Hope he is doing better, Myzan.

[Kaylee]

Hope your son is feeling better Myzan!!

[MyzanM]

My son's doing better. He's going to have to learn to live with his new conditions. He'll have to watch what he eats and make sure not to skip meals because of the ulcer and he will have to give up alcohol for the foreseeable future both because of the ulcer and because the damage done to his heart. He was really lucky we got him to the ER in time or the damage would have been far worse. As it is now his heart might mostly recover in time. I'm so grateful he wasn't afraid to have his friend give us a call. I'd rather be woken by that call at 4.30 AM than having the police on our doorstep a few hours later.
We're home and I'm having a couple of days off to mother him.

[Kaylee]

Im glad hes doing better and you guys were able to help him before it was two late. Enjoy your days off spending time with him, I hope he gets to feeling much better soon :)

[Rachel]

Enjoy the days with him. Glad he is doing better.

[Kaylee]

Hey everyone! I have a snow day today! Hoping to get a lot of reading done today haha. How is everybody’s week going? Again, glad your son is doing better Myzan.

[Rachel]

Oh how I miss snow days. I work in healthcare so those no longer exist for me. I am however hoping today is slow so I can get some reading done.

[Kaylee]

The roads are horrid here so everybody in my house is staying home. Even my dad’s bank is closed today! Crazy.

[Rachel]

It just started snowing here in NY. Should be a lovely commute home. lol At least i've got Neil Gaiman on audio.

[Kaylee]

haha, drive safe!! Have a good day :)

[Kaylee]

Hey guys, went ahead and updated the spreadsheet. Looks like we still have a lot of reading to do; about 40 books. Super proud of all of us for the books that we've been reading this month though!

Also, don't mind all the red highlighting on the Spreadsheet. I highlighted them like that to designate all the CRs, haha. Just de-red it when you finish the books. Happy Reading! :)))0

[Shamber]

Hi team! I just finished my CR: . Moving on to its sequel: .

[Kaylee]

Does anybody have any yellow books on their TBR that they can pick up before the end of the month?

[Marte - Thunderella]

I found this series with two yellows and one green. There's actually three more books to the series, whereas #6 is also yellow.

#1
King Perry

#2

King Mai

#3

The Butterfly King

#6
King Daniel

I've had them on my tbr for a while now, but I'm in the middle of two books right now.

Maybe someone else wants to have a go?

I don't know much about them really, other than a friend rec'd them to me at one point, and I remembered the vivid colors on the cover. Thought they'd work for our challenge.

[Rachel]

I will take a look when I get home from work.

[Rachel]

I do have Olive Kitteridge. Is that a quick read? Would it work for the necessary cards?

[JanEyre9]

I'm going to read , that could apply to yellow 4 (Flavia character) or yellow 5 (Inspector Hewitt character)

Would Inspector Hewitt be accepted as an "I" name?

[Rachel]

JanEyre9 wrote: "I'm going to read , that could apply to yellow 4 (Flavia character) or yellow 5 (Inspector Hewitt character)

Would Inspector Hewitt be accepted as ..."

I don't think so. It has to be first name or surname.

[Kaylee]

Im with Rachel on that.

[JanEyre9]

Yeah that makes sense. yellow 5 is hard to meet!

[JanEyre9]

Instead of A Red Herring Without Mustard I am going to read , the author's last name starts with an I and it is 67.4% yellow so it'll meet yellow 5

[Shamber]

very nice JanEyre!

[Rachel]

JanEyre9 wrote: "Instead of A Red Herring Without Mustard I am going to read , the author's last name starts with an I and it ..."

Good find!

[Kaylee]

I found a yellow book on overdrive that I'm gonna figure out how to apply one way or another, haha. only a week left in the challenge for this month!

Also, make sure you guys are updating the bonus challenge page. :)

[Kaylee]

Jan, I moved one of your books in the Mini-Challenge for one of Carolyn's books :)

[Kaylee]

Only 25 books left on the sheet guys! Final Stretch!!

[MyzanM]

I’m sorry I haven’t been active these past weeks. First work kickin’ my butt and now all my sons appointments. I have been reading, but I haven’t had the energy to update here.
I’ll try to at least fit my read books into the Bonus during the day and I’ll try to update the UNO part over the next few days.

[Kaylee]

No worries Myzan, totally understand!!