D&J Catch up Challenge

[Hope]

Scott wrote: "I use RNIB's Overdrive service for my audibooks when not using Audible. My library seems to want me to listen to books on these weird silver round things, and the only device it'll fit in in my hou..."

I feel the same way about those silver round things... I mean, I could transfer them onto my ipod, but how am I supposed listen to them at a faster speed? I like to use hoopla or overdrive as then I can increase it to at least 1.4x. Otherwise I feel like the narrators are speaking... so... sloooooowly...

[Ben George]

@Hope I don't know what iPod you have specifically, but if you tag them as audiobooks before transferring a lot of options show up that are otherwise hidden.

[Maximum]

I've got some of my CD audio books sampled in as .mp3s, I recently figured out how to use some Linux command-line tools to convert them into .m4b (Apple's m4a format audiobooks) with chapters and such. It worked out just fine until I had to transfer them into my iPhone (no iTunes for Linux). I had to faff about running a virtualised instance of Windows just to put a book on my phone! I can't wait for the house decorating here to get to the point where I can have my computer lab back up properly, things'll be so easier.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I had a cheap mp3 player that had great playback speed options. But it had other issues, so I got a new one.

I’m listening to my first e-audiobook through Overdrive on my iPad right now, and I love the speed options on that.

[Maximum]

Overdrive is great. I listen to lots at 1.75x.
My wife says that’s cheating. Lol

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Scott wrote: “Overdrive is great. I listen to lots at 1.75x.
My wife says that’s cheating. Lol”

Nah! You read silently at least that fast. This current book I have at 1.25. Any faster is too fast in this case.

[Stephanie]

Managed another book down. Pandora's Star was excellent and very long. Plan to get the final audiobook on this to read in January. So far, 3 down!!

[Hope]

Ben wrote: "@Hope I don't know what iPod you have specifically, but if you tag them as audiobooks before transferring a lot of options show up that are otherwise hidden."
Hmm... I could look into it but I think my iPod is too old... it's a Nano 5th gen and obsolete according to Apple...

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

My iPad is obsolete, too. It still feels pretty new to me!

[Stephanie]

Advancing. Just started We Are Legion - We Are Bob last night.

Own
The Way of Kings
Leviathan Wakes
Brave New World
We Are Legion We Are Bob
A Princess of Mars
The Night Circus
Redshirts DONE
Frankenstein DONE
Seveneves
Pandora's Star DONE
The Martian Chronicles
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? <--brother owns

Library
Artemis
The Golem and the Jinni
The Handmaid's Tale

Other
Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Old Man's War
The Lions of Al-Rassan
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Stranger in a Strange Land
Six Wakes
Parasite

[Stephanie]

Hope wrote: "Ben wrote: "@Hope I don't know what iPod you have specifically, but if you tag them as audiobooks before transferring a lot of options show up that are otherwise hidden."
Hmm... I could look into i..."

Works with a Nano 4, so should work fine with your nano 5.

[Maximum]

Stephanie wrote: "Advancing. Just started We Are Legion - We Are Bob last night.

Own
The Way of Kings
Leviathan Wakes
Brave New World
We Are Legion We Are Bob
A Princess of Mars
The Night Circus

I listened to the audiobooks of the Bobiverse books one after another, they were brilliant. Definitely something I'd return to.
..."

[Hope]

Stephanie wrote: "Hope wrote: "Ben wrote: "@Hope I don't know what iPod you have specifically, but if you tag them as audiobooks before transferring a lot of options show up that are otherwise hidden."
Hmm... I coul..."
Thanks! I'll try that next time I borrow my library's audiobook cds.

[Fannie]

Finally finish The Way of Kings

It was a 5-stars book for me even if I found the beggining really slow. It took me almost two months to complete, but I was always reading another book at the same time.

I will read the next one in the serie, but not right now.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Way of Kings has so much setup, but it starts really paying off in the second one.

[Maximum]

I found a duplicate on my challenge shelf, so I'm down to 116 books, of which I've read 19. So if my sums are right I've managed to get 16% through the challenge since August. Perhaps I can finish it before the end of 2019. :)

[Sandy]

I think that is a good goal - I too have not finished this challenge! I am at 15.7 % and I will call that 16% too Scott. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Maybe it will be 2019 and 2020 for me!

[Maximum]

Sandy wrote: "I think that is a good goal - I too have not finished this challenge! I am at 15.7 % and I will call that 16% too Scott. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Maybe it will be 2019 and 2020 for..."

How many are on your shelf Sandy?

[Sandy]

Scott (Maximum Beans) wrote: "Sandy wrote: "I think that is a good goal - I too have not finished this challenge! I am at 15.7 % and I will call that 16% too Scott. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Maybe it will be 201..."

115 i think

[Maximum]

I guess we're in the same overloaded boat then, Sandy!

[Sandy]

Yes we are - but the thoughts of catching up will keep that boat afloat right?

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

But with new books added every month, how are we ever going to catch up?

[Sandy]

I am looking to use the old BOM's for the DC challenge. But sometimes - you gotta just bite the bullet and read an extra book. Such hardship.

[Maximum]

I had similar thoughts about my Marvel challenge. It'll be my first year playing, so I'll be the guy tripping over his own feet and screwing up the chances for his team mates.

[Sandy]

Scott - you will have a lot of fun playing the challenge - I especially like when people put why the book matched the criteria - makes me want to read the book more.

[Maximum]

I've just finished The Fifth Season, putting me at 20/116 (17.2%).

I'm going to viciously attack my "Up Next" shelf, which has the next book of each series I've started and lists 43 titles. I think 43 open series is a bit much so going to spend a short while trying to finish off some of them.

I'll come back to my "Catch UP Challenge" shelf in the new year. I've started Half the World, and I'll see if I can close off the Shattered Sea trilogy before the new year.

[Fannie]

And I'm done with another book for this challenge: We Are Legion - We Are Bob. It was a 5-stars book for me. I listen to the audiobook with a perfect narrator, but I will buy the physical book one day. Just to reread it.

[Maximum]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it Fannie. I gave it lots of stars too.

[Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm]

I would really like to do this. Off to take a look at past group reads to see what my list will be. I would like to have read a total at least 100 of what the group has read so first I'm gonna see how many I have read and which I will choose.

Total Group Reads I Have Read: 7/100

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[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Hmm I need to update this - tomorrow's project :)

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I slowly tack on one more book every time I go a couple of months without reading the new selections. Just did it with Bloody Rose. ;)

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

We've now got a separate page for the challenge, if you like using the counters: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I've never done one of the challenges before so this should be interesting. I love that it ends in 2039 so I feel less rushed. :)

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥]

Okay, I’m gonna try this!!

I have a weird number but we can always add to it 😊

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Will add the rest later, I’m tired lol

[Sasha]

Nice idea, count me in!

[Fannie]

Rinn wrote: "We've now got a separate page for the challenge, if you like using the counters: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/..."

Will it be possible to update the number of books? I will be adding more book to this challenge as I can't read them on time every month.

Thank you Rinn, I like this idea also.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Cupcakes & Machetes wrote: "I've never done one of the challenges before so this should be interesting. I love that it ends in 2039 so I feel less rushed. :)"

Yep, I just put the latest date possible, as there's no end date! :D

Fannie wrote: "Rinn wrote: "We've now got a separate page for the challenge, if you like using the counters: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/..."

Will it be possible to..."

Yes, you can update your own challenge any time.

[Lynne]

Had a look through and was pleasantly surprised that I had just 45 books that I wanted to catchup on.

I've added myself to the challenge paged and it tells me i'm already one book behind schedule so I best get started.

thanks for the push Rinn

[Jay]

I was actually surprised by how many I HAVE read independently. I'm in for 20, though.
If okay, I will include one I've read this year before joining the challenge.

1. Ender's Game

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Yup, feel free to include anything read when I started this thread (July 2018) - that's the date the challenge starts :)

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

The books are found on the group Bookshelf, right?

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Yup, under group-reads.

[Kaitlin]

Thanks for making the challenge page! It made me go back and reconsider my list. I'm down to 61 with 2 that I've read since the beginning of the challenge, so I still have a long way to go!

[Shawnie]

I've read 109 to date. I'm thinking about whether I want to count up from here, or count down from the number I need to read.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Roger wrote: "This is a really good idea Rinn, I just ran through our group read backlog and I'm really surprised that I've read so many of our group reads already. There are only two that I have not read that I..."

Finished one of my two :)

Have to read Circe before the end of the month :)

[Sam]

I finally created a shelf with titles from the backlog I'm hoping to read sometime. I set my goal at 10 books. Keeping it low-key :)

Roger wrote: "Have to read Circe before the end of the month :)"
Still waiting (impatiently) for my library copy to arrive! I should get to it just in time, but if I don't the book will automatically become a part of my catch-up challenge lol

[Fannie]

And now I'm done with another one toward mt challenge: The Magicians.

I was a bit underwhelmed by that one. The first half was great and then the transition into adulthood, not so much.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

I just finished The Fifth Season and was also underwhelmed. I just didn't seem to get into it.

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥]

Omg! It just too me forever to find my list. I have to remember I’m on page 4 😫. Wait, do we each have a separate thread of our own I don’t know about?

[Sandy]

bookmark the page your message is on and it should come up when you recall it. It won't from the notifications page. Remember to reload/refresh after it brings the page back. I have noticed sometimes it doesn't take the update if I don't do that.