Read-a-Thon #3 - Team 2 Group Discussion

[Edie]

Jackie wrote: "Guys we are going to need a team captain so we can keep track of what tasks we've done (and report in to the mods!). Is anyone on the team retired or otherwise has a very open schedule?"

Hey Jackie,
If you can make a book recommendation, we can finish that prompt. We are getting a 2nd board (since we are nearly done with this one) and will need a 2nd book recommendation, so if you want to recommend two, that would be great.

[Brittany]

I just finished 4.50 from Paddington for the mystery prompt. It was 217 pages so I’m at 328 total pages read.

[Lieke]

I finished reading De Scrypturist it is the first in a series.
It was published first in September 2009, I'm reading it for ATY, it is a fantasy book and it is a Dutch book.

I now have read 236 pages.

[Silvia]

I played the game Music & Book Tag. It was kind of difficult, because I really don't know so many songs :(

[Christine]

I'm retired and I have lots of time but I am new to this whole site so I am gonna need a little help... anyone want to just help me on where to keep the totals and how?

[Sara]

I played Music & Book Tag as well. Loved your answers, Silvia. I don't listen to modern music, so all my songs were old ones.

[Rachelnyc]

Work is busier than I expected this week but after tomorrow, I have a 4 day weekend so I'll have more time to read.

I'm currently reading Mrs. Dalloway which could fill the author born before 1950 or female main character prompt. I am hoping to finish it tomorrow.

I also participated in the antonyms/synonyms game.

[Sara]

Christine wrote: "I'm retired and I have lots of time but I am new to this whole site so I am gonna need a little help... anyone want to just help me on where to keep the totals and how?"

Not sure I am the right person to direct you, but post all your activities here: link for the book you read, no. of pages, etc. If you go to the main discussion topic "Read-a-Thons" that this thread is nested under and just click on each of the threads, there is an explanation of what that thread is for as the first entry of each one. Hope that is helpful. Have fun, Christine.

[Edie]

Brittany wrote: "I just finished 4.50 from Paddington for the mystery prompt. It was 217 pages so I’m at 328 total pages read."

Yahoo! Mystery checked off for Board 1 and your pages put us over the top on the read 2500 pages.

[Edie]

Lieke wrote: "I finished reading De Scrypturist it is the first in a series.
It was published first in September 2009, I'm reading it for ATY, it is a fantasy book and it is a Dutch book.

I now ..."

Great Silvia,

I put this in the "a language other than English" square since we need to see what is happening in that section. If we get someone else who can meet that prompt, I will move it to the "series" prompt.

[Erica]

I’m at 668 pages now. I finished The Cabin At the End of the World which could count for thriller. I also recommend this one if you like horror.

[Edie]

Christine wrote: "I'm retired and I have lots of time but I am new to this whole site so I am gonna need a little help... anyone want to just help me on where to keep the totals and how?"

Welcome Christine!
Since you are just getting started, I would suggest you look at the Read-a-Thon #3 - Individual BINGO Challenge thread of conversation. The BINGO card will give you a place to keep track of your reading. This thread is part of the Team competition which started earlier. Teams were set last week and since you aren't part of this team, I can't add your totals into our spreadsheet.

That said, you are more than welcome to follow our conversation and when the next Readathon occurs you will be ahead of the game.

Happy READING!

[Edie]

Laura wrote: "Other teams have asked for a second board to be made. I would be happy to create another one if the team is interested.

Updating the board now."

Please check off 2, 9, 16, 18, and 23. and also 12

Let me know when the 2nd Board is posted. We already have several squares that can be checked off. (1, 6, 16, 18, 20, 22) and several more that are close.

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Christine wrote: "I'm retired and I have lots of time but I am new to this whole site so I am gonna need a little help... anyone want to just help me on where to keep the totals and how?"

Christine - you are in the wrong team thread. Our team thread is here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Edie]

Erin wrote: "I just finished my audiobook, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was 7 hours and 28 minutes, and counts for "a book originally published in a language other than English" or "a book..."

Thanks Erin,
I put it in "series" since we didn't have that square covered yet. I will try to keep track of your audiohours (past 5) so we can count them on our 2nd Board.

[Sara]

I read the poem Barter by Sara Teasdale.
She is one of my favorite poets and I never read her without thinking that she saw life for the fleeting thing it is and urged us always to make our best use of it.

I also read the short story The Saint by V.S. Pitchett. It made me laugh, which is always a plus.

[Silvia]

Sara wrote: "I played Music & Book Tag as well. Loved your answers, Silvia. I don't listen to modern music, so all my songs were old ones."

The old ones are the best!! :)

[Silvia]

I understand that everyone in the team should read a poem. Am I right? Well, I read the poems "In case the silence" (Por si el silencio) and "Petition and Offering" (Petición y Ofrenda), both by Francisco Andrés Escobar.

[Silvia]

Oh, and I have read 250 pages from Renegades that can be included in the pages count :)

[Edie]

Silvia wrote: "Oh, and I have read 250 pages from Renegades that can be included in the pages count :)"

Hi Silvia,

I've recorded all your additions. We should have six squares uncovered on our new board once we get it. There are also 5 squares that need to be updated on Board 1.

Thanks for all your contributions.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Hey! Sorry I was a little busy the last two days and went into a small reading slump. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is going to be a slow burn so I've set it aside. I did manage to read Evil Under the Sun (220 pages, no audio, yes for aty). And it's a mystery which I think we still need?

I recommend Evil Under the Sun, and also The Fellowship of the Ring as my two recommendations. I'll go find some poems real quick so we can get that done too!

[Edie]

Jackie wrote: "Hey! Sorry I was a little busy the last two days and went into a small reading slump. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is going to be a slow burn so I've set it aside. I did manage to..."

No worries. Keeping this spreadsheet updated has cut into my reading time. Thanks for the recommendations, that will give us another square completed. I added your book under mystery. Any chance your book has a female main character?

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Ok, so I have read two poems: Nothing Gold Can Last and The Road Not Taken, both by Robert Frost. I like that his work is short and simple. The Road Not Taken was actually written as a bit of a joke, making fun of his writer friend who always spent forever agonizing over trivial decisions. Said friend read the poem and was inspired to take the road less travelled, joined the military, and died in WWI.

[Sara]

Ouch, Jackie, I had never heard that story. I do love Frost's poems.

I have completed The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Not sure where we can use it. But, it will add 95 pages to my total.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Everyone keep in mind that you have to read a poem and share it with the team. That's the full poem, not just the title.

I'm updating the board now. I plan to create all the new boards now also. It will take a little while but they should be complete later this evening.

Although some of the squares will be the same, I will be adding in some new prompts just to make it more exciting. I'll also likely try to make them more challenging since all teams have been really killing it.

[Sara]

Sorry, Laura. I did not realize we were to share the poem. I am delighted to give you all, the inimitable Sara Teasdale:

Barter
Sara Teasdale, 1884 - 1933

Life has loveliness to sell,
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,
And children’s faces looking up
Holding wonder in a cup.

Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of pine trees in the rain,
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirit’s still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.

Spend all you have for loveliness,
Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost,
And for a breath of ecstacy
Give all you have been, or could be.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

My team has been sharing the poems but now that I re-read the prompt, it doesn't explicitly state it. It looks like other teams have just been doing the title so you can stick with that. Obviously, if you want to share, feel free :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I will also be modifying prompt 17 so it makes sense to have two boards. You will earn the square for board 1 for completing all the games during that timeframe. Then you will earn the square in the new board for all the games completed after it is posted.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Well, even if we don't have to, here's The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, so now you can think about maybe staying on that beaten path after all.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

[Samantha]

A guess for the newest cover opened in 18 & 22 (view spoiler)[ Book 2 of the Lunar Chronicles, by Marissa Meyer, Scarlet (hide spoiler)]

I've got nothing for the first one though, even though I feel like I recognize it. Anyone have a guess there?

[Rachelnyc]

Sorry I haven't been able to contribute much over the past couple of days but work has been a bit insane. I did manage to read 118 pages since my last check-in.

After tomorrow I should have lots of time to read so I promise to catch up!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

The new team board is being posted now, in the main topic. I'm going to remove the completed prompts for the sake of keeping things a little more simple.

The new board will be a continuation of the read-a-thon so the book, audio, and page totals are for all reading since the start of the read-a-thon. They can simply be tacked on to our current totals.

[Erica]

Ooh new prompts! I’m reading Not That Bad (Roxanne Gay) which is non fiction.

I am also going to read Wonder, which has a child main character.

I’ve also read more than 3 picture books already today: Snowmen at Night, Peek-a-who, Baby Faces

[Edie]

Laura wrote: "Hello Team 2! Welcome to your 3rd read-a-thon of 2018! This topic is just for you to discuss your strategy and progress throughout the week. Make sure to take a moment to read over the rules of the..."

Laura...

Thanks for the new board.

Is #9 on the new board correct?. We can't get to 7500 pages read when we are limited to 500 per person. If everyone on the team reads 500 pages, we can only get to 5500 pages.

Also, why are portions of our opened tiles blocked out? None of the other teams seem to have any blocking... all of their opened tiles show completely.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Emily pointed out the issue with prompt 9 in the team 4 discussion. It has now been modified to 1,500 pages per member.

I chose to block out title and author since this gave away the book. The new boards, for all teams, will have title and author blocked out.

[Edie]

Laura wrote: "Emily pointed out the issue with prompt 9 in the team 4 discussion. It has now been modified to 1,500 pages per member.

I chose to block out title and author since this gave away the book. The ne..."

But the title and authors are not blocked on the other teams boards, why just Team 2.

#3 allows just 4 books per member to reach 30 books, although on the original board members could read 5 books to reach a total of 20.

[Edie]

Erica wrote: "Ooh new prompts! I’m reading Not That Bad (Roxanne Gay) which is non fiction.

I am also going to read Wonder, which has a child main character.

I’ve also read more than 3 picture books already to..."

Great start on the picture books.

[Edie]

Hi Team,

I have created a new spreadsheet for the new Board.
Here's a link.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
We have two spaces that are complete. I moved one of our two non-fiction books to the new board.

Please take a look at finished books that "didn't fit" any of the first prompts and let me know if they can be plugged in here. Also, we had three mystery books listed on Board 1, can any of those be moved to a one of the new prompts (red cover perhaps)?

Also, please check your page totals. Under the new prompts, we can read up to 1500 pages (not happening for me!). Also check your audio hours, since that limit has also increased. I need to get back to reading... rather than manipulating the spreadsheet.


Happy reading!

[Erica]

The Cabin at the End of the World has a mostly red cover

[Edie]

Erica wrote: "The Cabin at the End of the World has a mostly red cover"

Yeah. I will move it to our new board,

[Edie]

Laura,

Based on the new parameters for participating in the readthon games, please uncover square 17 . for Board 1


Board 2 - we have completed 4, 20, 22

Here's a link to our new board. THANKS for all your work creating it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Just finished Mayhem at the Orient Express, 297 pages. Managed it in one sitting so there's that task! And it is for my ATY challenge.

ALSO I recognized cover #1: (view spoiler)[The Drawing of the Three; is there some kind of theme going on with the number 3? (hide spoiler)]

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Oh and I've participated in almost every 2019 suggestion poll so I'm good on that front.

[Silvia]

I also have a guess for the first board, cover on 18-23... I haven't check if someone else recognized it already (view spoiler)[Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (hide spoiler)]

[Silvia]

Jackie wrote: "Just finished Mayhem at the Orient Express, 297 pages. Managed it in one sitting so there's that task! And it is for my ATY challenge.

ALSO I recognized cover #1: [spoilers removed]"

I look for that cover book and you are right!

[Lieke]

The link between the covers on our first board is (view spoiler)[they are all the second book in a series (hide spoiler)]

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Yes, I mentioned in an earlier comment that I was adding covers in my groups since I realized as I removed squares, it was totally giving the away the book. I did the same in team 4. I just thought it was more fun :)

Updating the boards now. I am removing the covers in board 1 since you've now guessed all covers and the link (good job Lieke!)

Edie, if you want to try it out, we could change the settings to allow members to edit. It may be messy but if you're not liking how long you have to spend on the spreadsheet then that is option.

[Silvia]

I read Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom.
It can count for the category 16 of the second board: Read a Graphic Novel.
Pages: 202 and it's not part of my ATY

[Silvia]

I have a guess for the secord board:
4. (view spoiler)[The Little Prince (hide spoiler)] ... actually I am pretty sure about this one :)
20.(view spoiler)[The Old Man and the Sea (hide spoiler)]

[Silvia]

I played already today's game Guess the Cover .