Read-a-Thon #2 - Green Team's Battleship Strategy Topic

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Emily wrote: "Yay!! That was a quick success!"

You gave us an excellent starting guess.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We can count that one as a book that was started before the read-a-thon and then the 2-hours straight.

How many pages did you read?

ETA: You also earned one guess for the 2 hours straight :)

[[deleted user]]

Laura - Sorry, I'm not sure I made it clear in message 43 that I have read Conference at Cold Comfort Farm.

[Debra]

for cannery row I read 115 pages. and for my guess I am going to do D7

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Debra, we can count it for the total group page count (115) and then the 2-hours straight and "started before read-a-thon". I've added the 115 to the group total.

D7 is a miss :(

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Lori, I must have read it that you had started but didn't realize you finished.

You have one guess for the Avg Rating and I've added it to the other cumulative tasks.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Please be sure to tell me if you finish a book for the ATY challenge since that is a separate task.

Right now I have two books that we could potentially count for that:
A Personal Matter
Conference At Cold Comfort Farm

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We have earned one guess for finishing the "started before the read-a-thon. What do we want to guess?

New rule: There is now a limit of 5 poems per group so we are at our limit for poems.

[Perri]

I'll guess E9

I've also done these: K= Kick-Off Questionnaire
1 = Getting to Know You
2 = Bookish A-Z

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

E9 - Miss

[Debra]

I have finished Of Mice and Menin one setting. or if we need it for another spot place it in there. total pages read 112 for this book

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Debra, you've earned 2 guesses

Finish a Book or Story in One Sitting - 1 guess
Published More than 10 years Ago - 1 guess

I've also added it to the cumulative tasks

[Jennifer]

Finished 1 hour of audiobook.

[Tammy]

I just completed the 85 page novella Chess Story. I read it in one sitting.

[Debra]

what task do we need the most help on? Just point me in that direction and I'll be all over it.

[Debra]

my 2 guesses are C11 and J4

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Tammy, you've earned one guess for finishing in one setting. I've added the page count and novella to the team tasks.

Debra, Right now we just want to focus on stories or books started during the read-a-thon. It doesn't matter which task you want to fulfill beyond that but we do get bonus for POC or female author.

We also still need books for the ATY challenge and the cover rainbow.

C11 and J4 are both misses.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I read for 2 hours!

[Tammy]

My first book completed yesterday was from my ATY challenge for a book originally written in a different language. I don't know if that helps or not.

I'll try A08

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Tammy, Is that guess for the ATY Challenge? We have to read 5 books before we can earn a guess. I've added it so we're now at 1/5.

We do have a guess for the "started before the read-a-thon team task if other agree with using A08 for that.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'll second A8.

Did my two hours put us in for a guess for the 2 hours read straight prompt? If so, I'd like to guess I8

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Yes, Emily, I'm sorry for not pointing that out.

A8 - Miss

I8 - Hit!

[Tammy]

Laura wrote: "Is that guess for the ATY Challenge? We have to read 5 books before we can earn a guess. I've added it so we're now at 1/5.

We do have a guess for the "started before the read-a-thon team task if..."

That guess was for finishing a book in one sittin (message 67)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I went ahead and updated the color graphic since the typed one is a bit hard to read.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Woah! I'm 2/2!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Tammy, Oh, that's what I get for not updating the summary post right away.

So the team guess is still up for grabs.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Can I suggest J8?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

What does the R stand for on the Read-A-Thon games tracker?

[Jennifer]

Making a recommendation Emily.

[Jennifer]

Finished The Hobbit.

That makes it 3 hours of audiobook total for me. It can also count for the sans seriff task.

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Laura wrote: "Lori, I must have read it that you had started but didn't realize you finished.

You have one guess for the Avg Rating and I've added it to the other cumulative tasks."

It was my fault. I originally didn't make it clear.

My guess is B10.

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Emily wrote: "Can I suggest J8?"

I agree with J8 for group choice.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Oh! I thought that the recommendation was the third group game. So we also need to recommend something to this group?

I'm currently reading As Bright as Heaven and I'm really, really enjoying it! Historical fiction, set during WWI and the Spanish flu. I'm not quite sure what prompt I will slot it into... I'm thinking the Based on Real Events one or the First Person POV one.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Do we also have a guess for the 3 Books Read? I see it says 1/3 for the prompt, but there are three names next to it.

Laura, thank you for keeping up with all of this! It would make my head spin!

[Lieke]

I finished The Custard Heart by Dorothy Parker.
It is only 50 pages so I guess it is for the novella prompt.
My total pages read is now 184 pages.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Emily, The 3 books read has to be by a single member. As far as I understand. So there are three names but they each have read only one book. As far as the recommendation, they overlap. We made it a group game so it would be easier but I am counting the recommendation game as the task for the group also.

Jennifer, did you start The Hobbit during the read-a-thon or before? If it was started before then we can just use the audio hours.

B10 - Hit!

J8 - Hit!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Oh yea! I missed the stuff in parenthesis. Thanks for clarifying!

[Jennifer]

Started before

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Ok, just making sure, Jennifer. I added it to the group's audio hours.

[[deleted user]]

I read Hansel and Gretel - short story (49 pages)
I'm not sure if it counts for these but I read this book for task 51 of the ATY challenge - award winning short story and I read it in one sitting.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I've conferred with the other mods and the following lightning prompts can be earned more than once:

- 2 Books by a Female Author (1 per Member)
- 2 Books by a POC
- Finish 3 Books Started Before the Read-a-Thon

We have now read 5 books started before the read-a-thon. So we only need one more book to earn another team guess for that. I plan on finishing The Whispering Room tonight and can count it for #6

Lori, we can count that for final short story for the team task. So we now have one team guess You also earned one guess individually. I've added the short story to the team total for ATY.

[Samantha]

I have listened to 2 hours of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things and read a 100 pages of Just Between Us.

I did the recommendation thread.

Do I get a guess for finishing a graphic novel yesterday? If so I choose H8. The graphic novel was also for the ATY challenge.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Can we do J8 for one of the team guesses?

[[deleted user]]

Emily wrote: "Can we do J8 for one of the team guesses?"

We got a hit for J8. It just hasn't been updated on the board yet.

My guess: B9

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Samantha, We have to read two graphic novels in order to earn a guess. But I added it to the team total for ATY.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

We can use H8 for the remaining team guess then?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Lori, B9 is a hit and the 2-block ship has been sunk!

[Debra]

Finished reading Releasing Rage Which we can use for started before read a thon, sci/fi or any other spot we need.

Total page read for this book is 125 pages.

[Tammy]

Oh man...I don't know how you are tracking all this.

I read The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (96 Pages). It is a Fantasy, the main character is a school age boy, and my version has an all red cover but it isn't in goodreads. . So file this in wherever you think is best!

I completed the last 60 pages of Olive Kitteridge. I think we're covered for books started before the read-athon, so just adding this for page count.

[Samantha]

Oh gosh that makes sense, thanks for clarifying Laura.

I have been having issues sleeping and feel like my brain is filled with air, sorry if I am a little bit of a screwball.