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Karen Michele
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Aug 29, 2019 05:02PM
I would imagine the changes and charges have more to do with the school's that use Lexile with their reading program, accelerated reader.
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Valerie wrote: "I looked very quickly at the new site, but went back to their old format to look up my book's lexile. "The new site takes an extra click and I think less intuitive. I'll post some screen shots as we get closer to being required to use it.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I looked very quickly at the new site, but went back to their old format to look up my book's lexile. "The new site takes an extra click and I think less intuitive. I'll post some..."
Good, thanks. That will be helpful. You are correct - I didn't immediately see where I could go if I just wanted to look up a lexile (without a subscription).
Congratulations to all of the finishers this season! I'm back from my 3 week trip to eastern Canada and the US. We kept busy and had lots of fun. I read quite a few short things (sorry for all the catch up posts) and I think I will finish, but it will be a bit close. I'm looking forward to a quiet fall full of lots of reading for all of the tasks. I hope to get to posting some of my plans. I am trying to read the current Booker longlist and built the sub challenge around that idea, but now I will probably have more flexibility since they all fit 20.1:)
Karen Michele wrote: "Congratulations to all of the finishers this season! I'm back from my 3 week trip to eastern Canada and the US. We kept busy and had lots of fun. I read quite a few short things (sorry for all the ..."I’ve been trying to keep up with the Pulitzers since I accomplished my goal to read them all, but only the winners and only fiction. Bookers were my next challenge but I’ve been a bit sluggish on that one. Love the tasks that help out with that! How far have you gotten on long list so far?
My daughter has become my enabler in my book addiction. She works at Books-A-Million now. She just gave me 7 advanced copies to read. But she didn’t get the one I’m really looking forward to, which is The Testaments, due to be out next month. But some of them look really good and are authors I like.
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox
Cold Storage by David Koepp
Rebekah wrote: "My daughter has become my enabler in my book addiction. She works at Books-A-Million now. She just gave me 7 advanced copies to read. But she didn’t get the one I’m really looking forward to, which..."Some of those look very interesting! I'll be waiting for your opinions.
Well, I finished the sub-challenge for Summer :) Thanks to the moderators for running this challenge! Now onto Fall
message by Rebekah:Anika wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "50.1 Group Project
Sierra Leone
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
+50 pts - Task
+5 pts. - Combo (20.6)
+5 Pts - Multi
Task Total - 60 pts
Season..."
Sorry! I didn’t see your question until tonight? So did you make your packing lighter? I did like it. I gave it 5 stars and shelved it under “disturbing”, “social justice”, “current events”, “environmental” and “”books I highly recommend”. It is a bleak though. I listened to it as an audiobook that was read by the author. I often do that with books written by authors that originate from another country or book set in another country. Not always the author reading it though. I like to hear the voice of character, with the proper accents and because they correctly pronounce the names of people and places. I think that was another reason I enjoyed it so much. But I like to listen to Dickens, Austen and the Brontes with a British reader. Two of my favorite audio readers for these classics are Nadia May and Simon Vance.
I’ve digressed. Did you read A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier ?
I wasn't sure where I should reply to this one, Rebekah, so I'm hoping you find it here :-)
I ended up not taking it. Sadly, I didn't finish half of the books I brought with me (specifically, the ones I'd chosen for Pitcairn and Palau :-( bummer!)...while I have more time to read when I'm working redeye flights, I'm also exhausted in the middle of the night and those books were soooo hard to get into (I don't want to say "boring" because I never made it far enough into them to state that for sure).
I did read A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier when it first came out (heard him speak on a panel and had him sign my book at the Tucson Festival of Books) and it was beautiful but so stinking sad...I worried this one would be just as heartwrenching, thus returned it to the library unread. I'll read it, one day...
Anika wrote: "message by Rebekah:Anika wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "50.1 Group Project
Sierra Leone
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
+50 pts - Task
+5 pts. - Combo (20.6)
+5 Pts - Multi
Task Total - 60 pts
Se..."
Found you! Coralie read it too!
It is good but again, it is stinking sad. I seemed to have read a lot of books this past season that could go on the Social Justice list, both non fiction and fiction.
I worked night shifts for many years but I am naturally nocturnal. It’s hard when the rest of the world is on the day shift. It’s so easy to slip back into that. For example, it’s almost 8am here now, and I have yet to go to sleep because I’ve been up all night reading. Sometimes it’s genealogy, sometimes it’s sewing but I’ll start something at night thinking I’ll go to sleep around midnight and next thing I know there is daylight coming in the window!
I listen to a lot of audiobooks too. I’ll start listening to them and maybe start playing a mindless video game and the same thing happens!
But if I read in the mornings or just before dinner, it has to be pretty lively before I find myself nodding off after a couple of pages with the book still in my hand and reading glasses still on my face.
Valerie wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "My daughter has become my enabler in my book addiction. She works at Books-A-Million now. She just gave me 7 advanced copies to read. But she didn’t get the one I’m really looking f..."I just love one of the author’s name is Amaryllis Fox. Her book is about being undercover in the CIA but it sounds like she should be writing poetry or romance novels!
Deedee wrote: "Well, I finished the sub-challenge for Summer :) Thanks to the moderators for running this challenge! Now onto Fall"Congrats, DeeDee!
Valerie wrote: "Rebekah wrote: "My daughter has become my enabler in my book addiction. She works at Books-A-Million now. She just gave me 7 advanced copies to read. But she didn’t get the one I’m really looking f..."I liked Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer winner, Olive Kitteridge. It was a book that was non- linear with multiple narrators so wonder how this one will be. I remember our mod, Elizabeth liking this author quite a bit.
Bill Bryson cracks me up. I like reading his books. Since he makes me laugh, I even forgive him his biases against Tennessee.
Imaginary Friend is by the author who wrote The Perks of Being a Wallflower which I’ve been meaning to read for ages and keep penciling it in as a possibility in about every challenge but for one reason or another, I end up skipping over.
I just looked at the readerboard and think maybe my last post for Summer 2019 got overlooked. Post 1119, complete with megafinish!
Denise wrote: "I just looked at the readerboard and think maybe my last post for Summer 2019 got overlooked. Post 1119, complete with megafinish!"And I'm sorry that I missed seeing it as I added books yesterday. Kate will get it fixed.
Congratulations! Well done!
Congrats Denise!We had 11 readers with mega-finishes...that must be close to a record.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Denise wrote: "I just looked at the readerboard and think maybe my last post for Summer 2019 got overlooked. Post 1119, complete with megafinish!"And I'm sorry that I missed seeing it as I added ..."
Thank you, Elizabeth and Kate!
Ed wrote: "Congrats Denise!We had 11 readers with mega-finishes...that must be close to a record."
Thanks Ed! Yes, it does seem like a near record season for megafinishes. And congrats on your impressive season!
Watching this season's reader board felt like watching a horse race to me! The scores kept going up and you just never knew who was going to pass who! Good fun!
Congratulations to everyone on a great Summer season! And a big thank you to the Mods!. Great job everyone!
It was a wonderful summer season with great tasks. I'm looking forward to the fall. Thank you to the mods for all their work.
Congrats to Rebekah on the random prize! Now you can buy The Testaments! :)
Congratulations to all the finishers! My own reading plans and tracking fell to the wayside in August, but I'm excited to jump in again for the new season.
Valerie wrote: "Congrats to Rebekah on the random prize! Now you can buy The Testaments! :)"Indeed!
Thanks to everyone for their congratulations on my lucky draw! My acceptance speech:
First of all I’d like to thank the moderators without whom there would be no challenge, no group nor a random reward. I also need to thank my lucky stars for my good fortune as I rarely win anything by chance.
I’d like to thank the writers, the directors & producers (audiobooks), the people at library ( you guys are great!) my personal assistant at Books-A-Million (aka my daughter), whoever came up with free Kindle books, (I thank you with all my heart!), my reader friends who loaned me books and my kids who think every holiday requiring a gift for Mom means a book. I like to thank my First grade teacher, Ms Gandy -rhymes-with-candy, for teaching me to read before there was kindergarten in public school. And last of all but not least to my parents who were avid readers and thought books were as important as food in raising kids and to my mother, (God bless her soul) for reading to us every night, every time I was sick and just because.
...cue to commercial......
Rebekah wrote: "to my mother, (God bless her soul) for reading to us every night, every time I was sick and just because."This is the best part, and just because.
Commercial:I just finished My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman , who authored the entertaining bestseller, A Man Called Ove .
Another enjoyable read has come from his desk with this book. Loved it! If you are looking for a Narrator under age 13, little Elsa is 7 almost 8, who is a character you can’t help but love. She has insight that puts most adults to shame.
I’m not reviewing it for points on the Completed thread since I’m using it for the sub- challenge.
VALERIE!!4 books in 3 days?! You’re making the rest of us look lazy! ;-)
Rebekah wrote: "VALERIE!!4 books in 3 days?! You’re making the rest of us look lazy! ;-)"
Well, they were short (really short in the case of the play) - let's be honest. Also, I found the three novels really compelling.
My strategy (such as it is!) for the beginning of this season is to get some short reads with decent points in. I will be slowing down or perhaps I should say slowed down due to other commitments mid-Sept to the beginning of Dec. Although, I am hoping to use the odd audio book which will help!
Rebekah wrote: "Commercial:I just finished My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman , who authored the entertaining bestseller, [book:A Man Called Ove|18..."
LOL...Loved the acceptance speech. People like you...they really like you!
Rebekah wrote: "Thanks to everyone for their congratulations on my lucky draw! My acceptance speech:
First of all I’d like to thank the moderators without whom there would be no challenge, no group nor a rando..."
LOL LOL LOL !!!
Glad to see you back, Don. You were definitely missed!
It’s good to see you Don and glad to hear you are doing better!
Welcome back, Don! It's good that you're feeling stronger.
Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "I just made my first posting since sometime in May. I went in for what I though would be a test and maybe a couple of days off. After going through bypass heart surgery, I didn't feel like doing mu..."Goodness, glad you are on the mend. I'm always interested in your posts!
Welcome back, and I hope your recovery goes smoothly!
Wow.... what an ordeal! Welcome back Don!
I'm sorry that you had do have major surgery so suddenly - it must have been quite a shock. So glad to hear that you're on the mend!
Good to hear from you and to hear you on the mend and back to reading!
Don, so good to have you back! May your health continue to improve.
Welcome back, Don! The place hasn't been the same without you. And ... this season, bonus points for reviews :)
I am extra glad that you are all right Don.I am having a terrible year. After losing my sister early in the year and my aunt a few months ago, my mother died suddenly (and very messily) yesterday morning. Her fistula (for dialysis) burst when she was in the shower and Dad couldn't stop the bleeding.
Oh, Coralie...I am so heartsick to hear of your many losses in such a short amount of time. I never know what to say at times like these. I remember when my dad died, I tried to pay attention to the things that people would say so I could use them when I needed them...thing is, my brain was so muddled and my heart so heavy that everyone's words went in one ear and out the other. But I do remember that just having someone recognize my loss made it a little lighter to bear...I know we only have tenuous connections here on this site, being so far removed in time and distance, yet still my heart is heavy for you and I am truly so sorry for your loss. I hope you have plenty of loving friends and family closer to home to soften this awful blow. XO.
Coralie, what an awful year for your family. Your mother's shocking and unexpected passing is so very sad. As Anika said, we are spread all over the planet, but I know we truly care what happens to each other. My condolences to you and your family.
Coralie, it brings tears to my eyes to hear of your loss. Nothing any of us can say truly helps, but be assured we would do whatever we could to make these days a bit easier for you.
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