Moving Mountain - 2019 Ed

[Tien]

Dee wrote: "figured i'd join in...."

oh... haven't you already?! where have you been!

[Dee]

Tien wrote: "Dee wrote: "figured i'd join in...."

oh... haven't you already?! where have you been!"

hiding ;)

[Lisette]

lol Dee

[Dee]

i just got to decide if i want to do a classic for my last remaining date - because i only have 2 unread books that were added to my shelf in April 2018 and both are hefty classics

[Tien]

Dee wrote: "i just got to decide if i want to do a classic for my last remaining date - because i only have 2 unread books that were added to my shelf in April 2018 and both are hefty classics"

ah. tough decision... which ones are they?

[Dee]

Tien wrote: "Dee wrote: "i just got to decide if i want to do a classic for my last remaining date - because i only have 2 unread books that were added to my shelf in April 2018 and both are hefty classics"

ah..."

Moll Flanders
Far from a maddening crowd

And 2 non-fiction - need to see if library has either of those NF

Unless I can use a book I bought them (based on amazon records) but may not have added to shelves...

[Tien]

Sorry, Dee, have been mostly out this week (volunteering at Sydney Writers Festival - tiring but So. Much. FUN!).

Yea, I don't see why you can't use the Amazon records... it's still your TBR with set dates :)

[Nicole]

I'll try to read 10 for this challenge...

November 2013 ()
June 2014 ()
July 2014 ()
August 2014 ()
February 2015 ()
March 2015 ()
October 2016 ()
November 2016 ()
June 2018 () ()

[Sandra]

I would like to read 12 books for this challenge
0/12 completed

July 2017: Just Listen
August 2017: More Happy Than Not
September 2017: Warcross
December 2017: Dear Martin
January 2018: Caroline Eversole and the Gilded Gauntlet
April 2018: The Lover's Dictionary
May 2018: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
June 2018: For Every One
July 2018: Kingdom of Ash and Briars
September 2018: Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
August 2018: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
November 2018: Becoming

[Jammin Jenny]

I thought I had a thread here but maybe I deleted it?? So I'm starting over now in July with a goal of 12 books

Here are your 12 calendar dates:

2016 January
2015 December
2016 May
2016 July
2016 August
2017 March
2017 August
2017 September
2018 June
2018 September
2018 October
2018 December

[Tien]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "I thought I had a thread here but maybe I deleted it?? So I'm starting over now in July with a goal of 12 books

Here are your 12 calendar dates:

2016 January [bookcover:Horror: 100 Best Books|976..."

I thought you did too... the link on the participant list doesn't work so it may have been accidentally deleted? I'll fix the link to direct you to your new post :)

[Jammin Jenny]

Thanks Tien!

[Lisette]

I forgot about this game oops lol I had finished it, but then set a new goal. I only have 1 book left. I should try to read it soon

[Tien]

You're doing really well in challenges this year, Lusie. I saw you also only have 1 left for FOUND.

[Sassafrass]

Lusie wrote: "I forgot about this game oops lol I had finished it, but then set a new goal. I only have 1 book left. I should try to read it soon"

go LUSIE! increase your goal like mine to 52 books. C'mon, you know you want to. :)

[Lisette]

I'm surprised how well i am doing at the challenges, Tien! I think it's because I didn't sign up for many challenges in other gorups.

lol Sassafrass. That does sound tempting...!

[Lisette]

Sassafrass convinced me. I'm going to increase my goal to 52 books :)

[Sassafrass]

Lusie wrote: "Sassafrass convinced me. I'm going to increase my goal to 52 books :)"

Woot!!

[Teddie]

8 to finish up 2019: 2/8



2013 July
2014 October
2015 April : Kindred | read 9.10.19
2015 October
2015 December
2016 August : The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet | read 8.31.19
2017 April
2018 January

[Tien]

Eeek, I've still got 23 books with 19.5 weeks to go 😓

I am in the middle of 2 atm but even if I finished them this week, I still have 21 books with 19 weeks to go... going to be a very close call if I do manage to finish 😅

[Mell]

Are there any page limit restrictions for this challenge?

[Bea]

Mell wrote: "Are there any page limit restrictions for this challenge?"

No, there are not.

[Sassafrass]

I've got three more to go. I determined to finish this one!

49/52 as of 10/25/19

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[Tien]

Sassafrass wrote: "I've got three more to go. I determined to finish this one!

49/52 as of 10/25/19

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

You can do this, Sassafrass! ONLY 3 books in 2 months, you've got this.

[Tien]

Meanwhile, I have 11 books (currently reading 2) and have told myself that I'm not allowed on start playing new edition bookopoly (to start 1 Dec, as usual) until I've finished MM19 soooo... I'm thinking a reading sprint (or readathon) is in order lol

Anyone else keen for a reading sprint for MM? I need your support or I'll keep reading other (non-MM) books ha ha ha

[Lisette]

Tien, I was just thinking I need something like that too. But not just for this challenge, for other challenges too

[Tien]

Lusie wrote: "Tien, I was just thinking I need something like that too. But not just for this challenge, for other challenges too"

Do these other challenges finish in Nov or Dec?

Ideally, I want to do this in November (ie. before new bookopoly ed)

[Lisette]

Yes all challenges end in december. I've already made an overview of the books I need to read to finish up Moving Mountains and Lost & Found.

I think it sounds perfect to do the reading sprint in November.

[Tien]

How about the last 2 weeks of November then?

I've just got to get past my son's birthday first lol - stuff to prep!

[Bea]

Here's my needs:
MM - 5 books
Series - 10 books
Found - 8 books, but 3 in progress right now
Lost (old) - 1 book

So a total of 21 books still to start with 5 of those on hand.

I know that I will finish more of PnM, but I am content that those games may roll over to next year.

[Lisette]

Sure, Tien. Though I'll probably already make a start on it next week, because why procrastinate any longer?

Great overview Bea. I haven't even counted what I need for pick and mix. I'm hoping the books I need for the other challenges are enough to cover it.

[Bea]

Lusie wrote: "I haven't even counted what I need for pick and mix. I'm hoping the books I need for the other challenges are enough to cover it."

Some of mine will do just that Lusie. I know that I will finish more of PnM since I have cross-planned books with other challenges. I have 8 PnM challenges to complete and will aim at finishing up 4. More would be good...but not easy.

[Susan]

I've actually finished Moving Mountains, but am not doing as well on some of the other challenges as the rest of you.

I still need to finish 2 for Lost, and when I do that will complete Pick 'n Mix for me as well.

But I fear there's no way I'll finish Seriously Serial. I need 7 more numbers, but only #6,7,8, and 11 can I do with a single book. For numbers #17,18, and 19, I'd need a number of books each to add up. And for many series, I'm at the level of reading #2 or 3 or 4, so they don't add up very fast.

I'm happy to participate in a readathon, but I won't get much reading done during the last week of November. (Thanksgiving week here in the U.S.) I wonder whether it would work to say each of us will pick two weeks in November -- for example, Nov 17-30 (for you), or Nov. 3-16 or 10-23 (for me, and probably Lusie since she wants to start sooner). Or does that make it too complicated and reduce its effectiveness?

[LynnB]

I have 1 for MM, 4 for Lost, and am afraid I won't even get Found started.
Fortunately, the one MM book is the same book as one of the Lost books; unfortunately, it's a very dense non-fiction on ethics. I have 25 pages done on it this past week ... very slow reading!

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "I have 1 for MM, 4 for Lost, and am afraid I won't even get Found started.
Fortunately, the one MM book is the same book as one of the Lost books; unfortunately, it's a very dense non-fiction on e..."

Wow, way to end your challenges for the year, Lynn! lol
Good luck!

[Tien]

Lusie wrote: "Sure, Tien. Though I'll probably already make a start on it next week, because why procrastinate any longer? "

I have a beta reading to do that's due mid-Nov plus I'm so close to finishing SRC (I haven't finished one for many years): in the middle of 5 & need to read 3 more so I'm hoping to get all this one by mid Nov, maybe...

2 of the books I'm currently reading for SRC are also for MM19 so I'm still reading for MM19 anyway :)

Excluding books I'm currently reading, I've got 8 books left to complete MM19 and 3 books for PnM. I'm actually pretty well on target but just excited that I can see the end of the line ;)

How about a compromise then: 11-24 Nov?

[LynnB]

After 80 pages, I finally gave up on the ethics book. I've liked his other writings, but this was in notes when Hitler ordered him hung and it is put together by editors. Just too dense and fragmented. So, that completes my list.

Moving Mountain - 2019
Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2019
GOAL: 12 books

✔1. Mar. 2012 - Ethics by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, DNF
✔2. May 2014 - The Railway Man by Eric Lomax, not able to find
✔3. Sept. 2014 - Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, read 19 Apr 2019
✔4. Dec. 2014 - The Plover by Brian Doyle, library - DNF
✔5. Feb. 2015 - My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner, read 14 July 2019
✔6. Feb. 2015 - Stars Above by Marissa Meyer, read 24 Feb 2019
✔7. Sept. 2015 - The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore, read 5 Oct 2019
✔8. Dec. 2015 - The Sound of Glass by Karen White, read 11 Apr 2019
✔9. Mar. 2017 - A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander, read 5 Apr 2019
✔10. July 2017 - A Gathering in Hope by Philip Gulley, read 15 Jan 2019
✔11. Oct. 2017 - The Color Of Lightning by Paulette Jiles, read 1 Mar 2019
✔12. Sept. 2018 - Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton, read 28 July 2019

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "After 80 pages, I finally gave up on the ethics book. I've liked his other writings, but this was in notes when Hitler ordered him hung and it is put together by editors. Just too dense and fragmen..."

Awww... sorry, you didn't like your last book but... it's OFF your tbr, #winning ! :)

[LynnB]

Yes! It feels good to get these off my to-read list!

[Lisette]

Tien wrote: "How about a compromise then: 11-24 Nov?"

Awesome, I'm in!

[Lisette]

LynnB, congrats on finishing! A shame you didnt like the last book, but like you Tien said it now is off your TBR so that is great!

[Bea]

LynnB, congrats of completion!

For those of you who DNR'd books and those who didn't but wanted to, I look at it this way ~ at one point you thought you wanted to read a book...and you gave it a try. Whether it was the writing, the story, or just that it's time in your life was not right, that book had a chance. That's all anyone could ask.

[Bea]

I'm OK on the readathon whenever as I always have books to read from games of groups!

[Susan]

I like Nov. 11-24 if it works for everyone else.

[Tien]

My apologies, I've been meaning to set up a thread for the readathon but what's with my son's birthday & his new dog, everything else sort of took a backseat...

I'm going to set it up now, brb...

[Tien]

Ok, Read-a-thon thread is set up!!

Sign up & post your plan & updates, here

see you there!

[Ashley]

I'm finished!

Goal: 12 books
Finished: 12/12 books

1. January 2017 ✔
(too many to name)
Wild Magic - Finished 1/3/2019

2. February 2017 ✔
Rebel of the Sands - Finished 5/18/2019

3. June 2017 ✔
Black Gold - Finished 8/6/2019

4. June 2017 June 2018 ✔
Crash - Finished 11/10/2019

5. June 2017 August 2018 ✔
Mirage
Tiger's Curse - Finished 1/13/2019

6. October 2017 September 2018
(see #12) ✔

7. October 2017 November 2018 ✔
(too many to name)
The Georges and the Jewels - Finished 3/2/2019

8. November 2017 ✔
Artemis - Finished 2/5/2019
And I Darken - Finished 1/8/2019
Pawn
The Falconer
Extraction

9. November 2017 ✔
(see #8)

10. February 2018 ✔
(too many to name)
Mirror in the Sky - Finished 3/15/2019

11. May 2018 ✔
Etherworld - Finished - 7/28/2019

12. September 2018 ✔
For a Muse of Fire - Finished 10/28/2019
Rule
The Hunt
Nyxia - Finished 4/15/2019

[Tien]

Congrats, Ashley!

[Lisette]

I've finally completed this!

[Sassafrass]

Me too, Lusie!!

52/52 completed 11/22/19
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