Read-a-Thon #4 - Team 4 Group Discussion

[Kathy]

Pages read for 12/28: 266

[Rachelnyc]

12/28 pages: 205

I will finish Speak No Evil tomorrow and plan to move on to There There which fits:

31. Nominated for an award
47. Debut novel

[Lauren]

Friday update:

Read 287 pages of Surrender to the Devil and finished it.

It works for task 34 - a heartwarming book.

I also started the audiobook of Wallbanger and listened to 1.5 hours.

[Silvia]

Rachelnyc wrote: "I think #40/45 is [spoilers removed]."

I agree.

[Bernadette]

I finished 142 pages.

[Silvia]

I think the first cover in the second board (square 32) is (view spoiler)[The Hate U Give (hide spoiler)]

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Spreadsheet is updated! Laura, you can open up #31, #34, #36, and #47!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Totally agree with y'all on the top left book cover... but definitely not sure about any of the others yet!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Updating the board now :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

As a general update, all book covers in board 1 have correct guesses, along with the connection between them (set in Africa by African authors).

There have been some correct guesses for board 2 also but I will hold off on revealing the covers just in case some members want to have a chance to guess/play.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yes, please hold off on posting them until we have guessed everything correctly! Makes it more fun!

My guesses are top right is (view spoiler)[The Hate U Give (hide spoiler)] and top left is (view spoiler)[The Secret Life of Bees (hide spoiler)]. The only connection I see as of now between the two are (view spoiler)[YA books, but it could maybe have something do to with POC as well? (hide spoiler)]

[Marina]

I think all of the guesses ard right and I think the top middle is (view spoiler)[Tell the wolves I'm home (hide spoiler)] and bottom right is (view spoiler)[The heart is a lonely hunter (hide spoiler)]. The connection could be (view spoiler)[ YA, child as main character maybe, but I don't think it's anything with POC (hide spoiler)]

I just finished Bryd Tavsheden for the wintery cover and that adds another 263 pages to my total.
I'm not sure how the task with books for the ATY works. I'm not using this book for the challenge but it could be used for a book with A, T and Y in the title.

[Rachelnyc]

Ok, so I know the top left is (view spoiler)[The Hate U Give (hide spoiler)] and I already guessed the bottom middle. Not sure of the others so the only connection I can see from those is (view spoiler)[Award winning female authors? (hide spoiler)]

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

All of the guesses for the connection have been incorrect so far. Sorry!

[Silvia]

I finished the game Lost Characters

I also finished the book The House on Mango Street - 110 pages



It works for 43. Read a book with a beautiful cover. I think is beautiful

And also for:
22. Read 6 books that count for the AtY challenge. It is an ATY for me - short book
And 45. Finish a book or story in one sitting, but that one is done.

[Debra]

Could the connection be overcoming an obstacle or overcoming social stereotype. I see a trend of abuse or bullying.

[Kathy]

Could the connection be (view spoiler)[all are debut novels (hide spoiler)]?

[Debra]

Finished total pages 148 this will fit the prompt for Non Fiction book.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

(view spoiler)[Kathy, your guess is correct :) (hide spoiler)]

If people don't want to know the theme yet then definitely don't click my spoiler.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Great! Laura, you can clear #43 and #44.

We are about 700 pages away from meeting the next pages goal, and we are 3.5 hours of listening away from the first (!!) audiobook goal.

[Marina]

Emily, the wintery cover can also be cleared.

[Rachelnyc]

I finished Speak No Evil.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Whoops! Sorry Marina.. I must have missed that part of your comment. Your page count has been updated as well. You can count a book as being part of the ATY challenge if it fits a prompt (even if you are already finished with the challenge), so I've counted it there as well.

Rachel, I've counted that as the metallic cover.

Laura, you can clear #26, #28, #43, and #44.

[Marina]

You can also add 4 hours and 10 minutes to my audiobook. So the first audio goal should be reached now 😊

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Unfortunately, you maxed out for the first prompt, so we are still 1 hour and 45 minutes from meeting the first audiobook goal as a group.

[Marina]

Ohh, I hadn't seen the limit. Well, it count towards the next audio goal.

Have you updated the spreadsheet? I've finished 3 books 😊

[Debra]

Finished Texas Troubles this would add 75 more pages to my total and would count for the prompt first in a series.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Spreadsheet is updated!

Laura, you can clear #26, #28, #42, #43, and #44.

[Lynette]

I am having a hard time calculating my audiobook time in a way to count. I’m using the Scribd app for my audiobook and it does not give a total numbers of hours listened to out of the total hours for the book. Just total time in a chapter.

I have been listening to Elantris and I think I’m at the 7 hour mark of total hours listened to since the start of the readathon. Sorry I have been slacking on updating that part.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I've been counting my hours as hours that I've made it through the book. So 7 hours would be correct! I've updated your section of the spreadsheet.

With that, we've met our first AND SECOND audiobook goal!

Laura, you can clear #14, #15, #26, #28, #42, #43, and #44.

[Kathy]

I finished 5 picture books:
The Hello, Goodbye Window
Kitten's First Full Moon
My Friend Rabbit
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
A Sick Day for Amos McGee

[Bernadette]

I read 89 pages today. Hope to read some more tomorrow and finish 1 or 2 books then. Have been doing a lot buddyreads lately. So I'm currently reading 4 books, which makes finishing them a little harder.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

No worries Bernadette! Just keep us posted!

My husband has been off all week and he keeps wanting to actually hang out with me instead of just letting me read... can you imagine?! 😂

Hopefully I can get some good reading in on Monday and Tuesday.

[Debra]

do we have the prompt for the reject topic covered?
If not I can read Murder In The Libraryfor the reject prompt A book that is part of a series of 5 or more books

[Samantha]

I have read another 107 pages of Sadie. Hope to finish today.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Debra, there are a few people who slotted in their books for that prompt, so whoever finishes first can fill it.

Samantha, I updated your totals!

[Kathy]

Saturday Update

Pages read - 317 pages (those picture books really add up)

Audiobook hours - 2 hours

I should finish Bury Your Dead tomorrow

[Debra]

Finished Frostbite not sure if it fits anything beside just pages read total pages was 327

[Lauren]

Saturday update:

I started and read 300 pages of In the Prince's Bed by Sabrina Jeffries

Works for task 35. Author's surname begins with J.

[Silvia]

The Night Circus that I'm still reading also fit for a reject prompt (set in a circus),

I am reading also The Incal that fits for Author's name that start with J. A or N : Alejandro Jodorowsky.

I will let you know when I finish... if I am too late, both fit for ATY anyway :)

[Silvia]

By the way, in the Spreadsheet, for Graphic Novel for the first board, it should say just "Fruits Basket".

[Marina]

I've finished Sværd af glas by Victoria Aveyard

It could count towards:
- author's name starts with J, A or N

And it's another 4 hours 45 minutes for me audio books and I've completed 4 books in total.

[Silvia]

I have a guess for square 47 (view spoiler)[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (hide spoiler)]

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Spreadsheet is updated!

Laura, you can clear #14, #15, #26, #28, #35, #42, #43, and #44.

One more completed book and we reach the first book goal!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Your boards have been updated :)

[Silvia]

I have a guess for square 43-44 (view spoiler)[Sharp Objects (hide spoiler)] and I think we have all the covers :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Oh! We met our next page goal. We can also open up #25 Laura!

[Marina]

I've just spend a couple of hours listening to Den Lille Prins.
I don't know if you want to count it towards a childrens book?

It was 2 hours 5 minutes, but I think I only need 1 hour to reach my limit for audiobooks, so maybe we can convert 1 hour to 54 pages?

It can also be used for the ATY challenge: A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list.
It was #3 on my TBR

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I've updated your totals, Marina. I counted it as a children's book, ATY book, and I've divided the time listened and pages accordingly.

We've cleared the children's book prompt!

Laura, we can clear #25 and #37.

[Silvia]

So many feelings .... I finished The Night Circus. It counts for reject prompt (set in a circus) and also is an ATY for me ... the same category by the way: 34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call - "A book set in a place related to showbiz (i.e. theater, circus, movies, etc)"