Read-a-Thon #1 - Blue Team Discussion

[Tracy]

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

That does help a lot , thank you.
Emily I can swap it out for 2018 or book club as long as the original pick for horror doesn't get read :-)

[Debra]

Finished Thaw was a good book.

I should be able to finish Mother Night by this evening but not sure if I will get another one done by noon tomorrow or not unless I move some books around and they are on the smaller size.

[Jill]

I just finished What We Saw at Night. So that is the last of the four I committed to. I was hoping to be done sooner so I,could fit one more in but it doesn't look like I can make that work. It has been such fun being part of a team!

[Jillian]

I should be able to finish the two books I have pending tags for but I don’t think I can take any of the open tags.

[Claire]

Finished

Silas Marner George Eliot
Pages:240 p. Date read: 4/2/2018 4 stars

[Tracy]

FINALLY finished Starvation Heights. Getting ready for bed now. Will update tomorrow for the wrap- up😊

[Michelle]

I finished Bull which I didn't plan to read. But it works for the Mythology or Poetry, both of which I don't think we yet have. I'm going to keep reading tonight and see if I can get one more book in. Wish me luck!

[Debra]

Finished On a Sea So Cold & Still: The Titanic-A Centennial Reader this is shelved United - Kingdom in the top 100 so another one off the list

[Samantha]

Had to take a break from 'A Criminal Defense' because it's dragging real bad. I will finish it before noon though.

Instead, today I finished 'Wedded to the Warriors' and can understand why it's on some 1-star lists, but I actually didn't hate it. So, that's good.

[Debra]

Finished Mother Night interesting read. will see if I can fit in another short book

[Claire]

zomerhuis Linda van Rijn
Pages: 288 p. Date read: 5/2/2018 3 stars

[Samantha]

Finished ‘A Criminal Defense’. Gonna try to finish ‘The Bat’ before noon but not too sure I’ll make it.

[Tracy]

Just being lazy in bed and finished Milk and Honey. That probably ruined my day. Will be updating soon. What are everyone’s plans for the day? What books are we trying to finish up?

[Debra]

trying to find short book to fit unused selves but not having much luck

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Just finished Murder on the Orient Express!

[Tracy]

Claire wrote: "zomerhuis Linda van Rijn
Pages: 288 p. Date read: 5/2/2018 3 stars"

Thanks Claire, it has no shelves so we can't use it for this challenge.

[Michelle]

Oh, how weird. I've never seen a book with no shelves. I don't think I will be able to finish another so I'm going to have to be content with my 3 books. I had so much fun reading with you guys this week and we should all be very proud. We pushed out a lot of books! All the teams did! We read over 150 books in a week across the challenge. That is fantastic!

Also, big thanks to Tracy for keeping us all organized this week. You're a rockstar.

[Jillian]

I finished Allegiance/Susannah Sandlin 2/4/18. I have a little bit left of my other book and should be able to finish in time. So I will check back in again soon.

[Tracy]

Emm wrote: "Oh, how weird. I've never seen a book with no shelves. I don't think I will be able to finish another so I'm going to have to be content with my 3 books. I had so much fun reading with you guys thi..."

Aww... Thank you😊. It was fun to help out, even if I bungled a couple of days....BUT YES!!!!! we did awesome! You guys are all amazing. And I'm finishing up happy because somehow I managed to pull off 3 books in 3 days, after what looked like a disaster of a reading week for for me.

I'm done with reading for the challenge because I'm in Connecticut, so there is only about an hour left for me, but i literally rolled over in bed this morning, grabbed my kindle and finished off that last book before I let myself get up, lol.

I will be keeping an eye on posts for the day to see what everyone finishes up, I know quite a few of you read your pants off and are taking the day to recover. Thanks to everyone for playing along.

I have a little bit of shuffling to do with with the shelves, but we made it work!

Good Job BLUE TEAM!!!!!!!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Excellent job! I managed to read 4 books this week, which is definitely my record for most books in one week (by a considerable margin). Couldn't have done it without your support!

[Jillian]

I just finished A Sudden Light/Garth Stein 2/4/18. Great job, everyone!

[Tracy]

Jillian wrote: "I just finished A Sudden Light/Garth Stein 2/4/18. Great job, everyone!"

Yes!!! Ghost-story checked off the list 🙌🏼

[Tracy]

Ladies!!!! There was a point during the week where we were pulling up the rear, and not that I'm spying or anything lol but I think we may have pulled to the front over the weekend. Theres still some time and all the counts aren't up but it's going to be close....

Everyone give a big THANK YOU to Claire and Debra for reading 11 and 13 books for our challenge = mind blown.

All of the teams did/are doing awesome 📚😊🎉

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Tracy wrote: "Ladies!!!! There was a point during the week where we were pulling up the rear, and not that I'm spying or anything lol but I think we may have pulled to the front over the weekend. Theres still so..."

I've been checking too 😂

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Ladies!!!! There was a point during the week where we were pulling up the rear, and not that I'm spying or anything lol but I think we may have pulled to the front over the weekend. T..."

Lets just admit that almost everyone on all the teams has been checking......😩🙈

[Samantha]

Sadly, I was not able to complete 'The Bat' :-/ Still have about 100 pages left. But I did complete 4 books, which is what I initially anticipated I could do, so I still feel pretty good.

This challenge was a bit tougher than I thought it's be when we first started, but I think Team Blue did a great job overall. Way to read, ya'll.

[Claire]

Good work, everyone!

[Debra]

finished Baking is Murder not sure where you can fit it in if any just thought i'd put it in the mix

[Tracy]

Debra wrote: "finished Baking is Murder not sure where you can fit it in if any just thought i'd put it in the mix"

I can actually put it under 3-stars 😊

Debra - can you check your edition read? How many pages? I'm not sure if you linked to your exact edition or if you just linked to the first on the list......

[Tracy]

Going through the final list so far..... Not sure with time differences if there is anyone left to check in?

I've verified all of the shelves. The only one we had a problem with was Jackie Four, which initially I saw a handful of shelves for ( maybe 5?) but now no shelves at all are showing up, even though it is marked as currently-reading by several readers on GR. This is a default shelf so it should be listed. I posted the question on the Challenge page and got the go ahead from a mod, but may have to remove?

Double checking page counts now.

[Debra]

sorry my edition had 159 pages to it Baking is Murder heres the correct one

[Tracy]

Jody- I'm taking off Adulthood Is a Myth- the longest edition I can find is only 120 pages 😩

[Veronica]

Sorry I was unable to finish The Keeper of Lost Things in time🙁
Good job everyone! You all did an amazing job!

[Tracy]

Our Completed List checked and verified:

Team Book List Tracker: Number Completed = 63


Personal Shelves
1. 2018-Reading-Challenge- Beneath the Sugar Sky
2. Abandoned- The Maze Runner
3. Book-Club- We Need to Talk About Kevin
4. Books-I-Own- To Kill a Mockingbird
5. Currently-Reading- Jackie Four
6. Did-Not-Finish- Dracula
7. Have-Dying to Forget
8. Maybe- Allegiance
9. Own- One Cup Of Flour Two Cups Of Murder
10. Reviewed- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
11. Series- Outside
12. Stand-Alone- Olive Branches Don't Grow On Trees
13. TBR- Far from the Tree
14. To-Buy- Age of Swords
15. Want- What We Saw at Night

Rating Shelves
16. 1-Star- Wedded to the Warriors
17. 3-Stars- Baking is Murder
18. 4-Stars- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
19. 5-Stars- Uitgeteld
20. Favorite- Twist of Faith
21. Favorite-Authors- Something Rotten

Genre Shelves
22. Adventure- Into the Wild
23. Biography- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
24. Contemporary- Finding Cinderella
25. Fantasy- The Short Life of Sparrows
26. Fiction- Heart of Darkness
27. Ghost-Story- A Sudden Light
28. Gothic- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
29. Historical- Jane Eyre
30. Horror- Thaw
31. Humor-The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
32. Legal-Thriller- A Criminal Defense
33. Memoir- Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
34. Mystery- Dark Places
35. Mythology- Bull
36. Non-Fiction- The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
37. Poetry- Milk and Honey
38. Romance- Swimming Home: A Novel
39. Sci-Fi- The Two Towers
40. True-Crime- Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
41. Urban-Fantasy- Small Favor
42. Western- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Source/Format Shelves
43. ARC- Dark Matter
44. Audiobook- The Distant Hours
45. Borrowed- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
46. Bought- Death of a Crafty Knitter
47. Kindle- 7 dagen
48. Library- Along the Infinite Sea
49. Paperback- Doctor January

Location Shelves
50. Africa- Behold the Dreamers
51. Asia- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
52. Europe- The Girl Who Played with Fire
53. North-America- Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
54. China- Throne of Jade
55. France- Journey to the Center of the Earth
56. Germany- Mother Night
57. Italy- My Brilliant Friend
58. Mexico- Esperanza Rising
59. Spain- The Return
60. United-Kingdom- On a Sea So Cold & Still: The Titanic-A Centennial Reader

Year Shelves
61. 2016- Silas Marner
62. 2017- Case Histories
63. 2018- Murder on the Orient Express