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message 1: by Lavan, moderator (last edited Oct 26, 2018 10:12AM) (new)

Lavan Zerach | 498 comments Mod
Our group challenge ended October 23ʳᵈ, the same day PBS's Grand Finale premiered.

Eleven members actively participated (by "actively" I mean they read one or more books that counted towards the challenge). Collectively, we read 111 Great American Read list books between May 22ⁿᵈ and October 23ʳᵈ.
That's an average of 10 books per person.

I'm proud of us. Congratulations, everyone!

Thank you Amanda, Andrew, Atlanta, Bethany, Carl, Laurie, Loretta, Rosina, Tiffany, and Trina for making our group challenge a success!


message 2: by Larissa (new)

Larissa Langsather (langsather) | 54 comments Sorry I wasn't here when the challenge started but I am glad I was average as I finished 11 books from the time GAR was announced to now!


message 3: by Lavan, moderator (last edited Oct 27, 2018 07:03AM) (new)

Lavan Zerach | 498 comments Mod
Larissa wrote: "Sorry I wasn't here when the challenge started but I am glad I was average as I finished 11 books from the time GAR was announced to now!"

No need to apologize, Larissa!
I'm glad you've joined our group. New members are always welcome.

Actually, you're one book above average. I overlooked one member as well as forgetting to include myself. Plus, some members forgot to add their finished list books to their designated Great American Read shelves, so they weren't counted when I posted message 1. The information should be correct now.


message 4: by Bookish Trina (new)

Bookish Trina (bookishtrina) It was so much fun.

Thank you Lavan for all you do for our group!


message 5: by Toni (new)

Toni Gary Thank you,Lavan for guiding this group. I finished 69 of the books so far, but I want to finish the list. I wasn’t surprised that Mockingbird won. It’s one of my favorites. I pretty much agreed with the “ranking” or number of votes for the books I’ve read so far.


message 6: by Lavan, moderator (new)

Lavan Zerach | 498 comments Mod
You're most welcome, Trina and Toni!

Toni, wow 69! Are you counting whole series as one or counting series books individually?

It's been awhile since I've tallied mine. I plan to do that at the end of the year to see how I've done in 2018 and also overall.

I want to finish the GAR list too. It would be fantastic if this group continues until we've read them all together!

Will you be rereading To Kill a Mockingbird with us in December?


message 7: by Toni (new)

Toni Gary 69 from the list published. I’ve read some series-The Giver, Harry Potter, Twilight, Left Behind-but I just used the 100 list. I want to go back and read some more series, too. I created a Goodreads bookshelf to keep up with my list. I’m trying to get several library books returned that are inter library, but I am going to try and read Mockingbird again.


message 8: by Lavan, moderator (last edited Nov 01, 2018 03:09PM) (new)

Lavan Zerach | 498 comments Mod
Since you rated Lonesome Dove 5 stars and have Streets of Laredo as "to-read" that must be one of the Great American Read series that you plan on completing. I know that you're reading several library books at the moment so it's unlikely you'll be able to read Streets of Laredo with our group this month, but I'm looking forward to your thoughts when you do.

I'm glad you'll be rereading To Kill a Mockingbird with us next month, Toni!


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