Read-a-Thon #1 - Blue Team Discussion

[Jody]

I've finished Adulthood Is a Myth!

[Claire]

Finished
One Cup Of Flour Two Cups Of Murder Emily Page
Pages:126 p. Date read:28/1/2018 Rating:3 stars

[Tracy]

Got it.... shelves re-arranged, fit them in :-)

[Claire]

Tracy wrote: "Got it.... shelves re-arranged, fit them in :-)"

Thank you! But don’t worry if you can’t. I just post what I read:-)

[Kathy Jo]

Thursday check-in: still working on Into the Wild. Half done! Should finish it tomorrow or Sat A.M. at he latest.

[Jill]

Finished Behold the Dreamers which I think is going on the Africa shelf. Next up What We Saw at Night.

[Samantha]

Quick check-in. I'm hoping to finish both The Bat (Australia) and A Criminal Defense (legal-thriller) tomorrow, and then over the weekend I'm going to take one for the team and try to fill in the '1-star' and 'hated' shelves... it took me forever to find books to fit these, but they are happily both on Kindle Unlimited

Shifting Shadows - hated
Wedded to the Warriors - 1-star

I also found some fairly popular books to fill in some other missing shelves, but though I actually own all three, I'm not sure I can get to them (if anyone has any interest, go for it)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two - 3-stars
City of Bones - 4-stars
Switched - nook

[Debra]

Finished The Short Life of Sparrows
moving on to the next one

[Michelle]

Finished Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives for North America.

[Ira]

I finished Beneath the Sugar Sky

[Claire]

Finished
To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee
Pages:385 p.
Date red:2/1/2018
Rating: 5 stars

[Veronica]

Finished The Maze Runner late last night. Going to read The Keeper of Lost Things next.
Unfortunately, I dont think I will be able to get to The Good Earth😕 by the end of the readathon.

[Tracy]

updated. Our books read shelves are on page 2 post #53 :-)
I will be finishing Dark Places tonight,
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest tomorrow, and Milk and Honey on Sunday before wrap up. Nothing like the last minute, lol

[Claire]

Finished

Death of a Crafty Knitter

Angela Pepper
Pages:325 p.
Date read: 2/2/2018
Rating: 3 star

[Jillian]

I finished Journey to the Center of the Earth 2/2/18.

[Debra]

finished Outside

[Ira]

finished My Brilliant Friend

[Tracy]

YES!!! I finally freaking finished a book for you all. On a better week I could've knocked Dark Places out in a night, OMG it was a crazy story. I didn't figure out what was going on until about 94%, lol. My favorite by Gillian Flynn so far. I think I might watch the movie tonight, but only if I can get thought the last 40% of Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Just finished Along the Infinite Sea!

[Claire]

Finished
Case Histories

Kate Atkinson
Pages: 429 p.
Date read: 3/2/2018
Rating: 3 stars

[Jody]

I just finished The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - just in time!!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

We have until tomorrow at noon (Eastern time) correct? Debating if I want to commit to another book!

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "We have until tomorrow at noon (Eastern time) correct? Debating if I want to commit to another book!"

Yes , Emily. I was thinking the same thing. I'm cuddled up here reading away and wondering how much I can get done, lol.

[Tracy]

Jody wrote: "I just finished The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - just in time!!"

Got it Jody :-)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'm going to take on Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.. it fits TBR and Reviewed (just looking at the list of prompts we have left)

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "I'm going to take on Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.. it fits TBR and Reviewed (just looking at the list of prompts we have left)"

Awesome. Good luck! And thanks for checking the shelves :-)

[Claire]

Case Histories could be put under UK.i’m now reading Silas Marner

[Tracy]

Claire wrote: "Case Histories could be put under UK.i’m now reading Silas Marner"

I put Case Histories under 2017. UK isn't a shelf we are working with, it has to be United-Kingdom. I'm looking to see where we can put Silas Marner, I will probably put it under currently -reading, since the shelves for one of Debras books have disappeared?

EDIT: I put Silas Marnar under 2016.....I think we're good with Debras book, maybe a glitch on the page.

[Tracy]

Hi all- I just went through and double checked all of our read book shelves for accuracy. Everything looks good, except one book seems to have lost its shelves :-(

I put out a question for the mods in the main ATY Book Shelf Challenge thread. Not sure what happened there.

Good job reading. I'm going to hit the books for a little while now I have about 100 pages of my second book to read. Will update later on tonight.

[Debra]

Finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

[Tracy]

Debra wrote: "Finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"

I loved that book :-)

[Debra]

Tracy wrote: "Debra wrote: "Finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"

I loved that book :-)"

I enjoyed the book but in some parts it seemed to fall flat for me. I can't seem to put a reason for that but overall it was a good book.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

So three and a half hours later... and I finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "So three and a half hours later... and I finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!"

you go girl!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "So three and a half hours later... and I finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!"

you go girl!"

It helps when the husband's at work and I'm all caught up on my grading!

(That's a lie. I am not anywhere near caught up. But if I keep telling myself that I am, maybe the guilt of spending all day reading will go away?)

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "So three and a half hours later... and I finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!"

you go girl!"

It helps when the husband's at work and I'm all cau..."

OMG I have a mile high pile of papers on my desk to grade....
Actually, I DID grade them on Monday, but that was the day I finally went to the ER. I was sitting at my desk thinking I WILL GET THESE GRADES IN BEFORE I DIE, lol. and i piled up all the graded papers for the students to collect when I went home....got to work wednesday and none of the grades had saved. So I had to collect everything back and now the whole pile is back on my desk waiting to be re-entered :-(

I'm alternating between chapters of this god awful book I'm slowly finishing, and hanging out with the kiddos. I have less than 100 pages left.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "So three and a half hours later... and I finished Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda!"

you go girl!"

It helps when the husband's at work a..."

That's the stuff of nightmares! I've graded most of their big assignments, but it's the small little ones that have been getting to me..

That being said, I may try to tackle another book today, since Simon obviously went quicker than expected and I can't count student essays towards this Read-A-Thon!

[Jody]

Everyone has done such a fantastic job! I am feeling a bit book-burnt out, so I really wanted to push to get my Sherlock Holmes finished before I hit the wall - and I did it just in time. I think I'll be having a day off from reading tomorrow.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Jody wrote: "Everyone has done such a fantastic job! I am feeling a bit book-burnt out, so I really wanted to push to get my Sherlock Holmes finished before I hit the wall - and I did it just in time. I think I..."

You deserve the rest! 4 books in a week is no easy feat!

[Stephanie]

Ugh! I am so sorry all—I have not been putting in my weight as I have had horrible migraines all week. I finished Killers of the Flower Moon and Far From the Tree audiobook. I am almost finished with Turtles All the Way Down (audiobook). I am beginning the Hate U Give today if I can see straight soon.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'm picking up Murder on the Orient Express and I should be able to finish it by noon tomorrow. It doesn't fit any of the available shelves that we haven't used yet, but it fits quite a few that we have used, so you may need to shuffle a bit, if that's possible.

It fits:
Book-Club
Books-I-Own
Currently-Reading
Own
Series
To-Buy
Wishlist
5-Stars
4-Stars
Fiction
Historical
Mystery
Audiobook
Kindle
Library
2016
2017
2018

[Kathy Jo]

I finished Into the Wild!
Not sure I will get another book finished by tomorrow. Had to deal with my son and his school this week and it didn't really put me in the mood to read!

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "Jody wrote: "Everyone has done such a fantastic job! I am feeling a bit book-burnt out, so I really wanted to push to get my Sherlock Holmes finished before I hit the wall - and I did it just in ti..."

I agree Jody....well done 😊

[Tracy]

I've been shuffling all week Emily, just let me know if you finish it

[Tracy]

Kathy Jo wrote: "I finished Into the Wild!
Not sure I will get another book finished by tomorrow. Had to deal with my son and his school this week and it didn't really put me in the mood to read!"

You did Amazing Kathy.... no worries if you can't fit another one in.

[Stephanie]

What shelves are left?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Stephanie wrote: "What shelves are left?"

They are listed in Message 69!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Tracy wrote: "I've been shuffling all week Emily, just let me know if you finish it"

Haha I know, but I still feel bad for all of the work you've had to do!

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "Tracy wrote: "I've been shuffling all week Emily, just let me know if you finish it"

Haha I know, but I still feel bad for all of the work you've had to do!"

well....I haven't read much, so at least I feel like i've been somewhat useful :/

[Kathy Jo]

Esperanza Rising works for Mexico, which would free up the more popular Young Adult tag, if that helps.