Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Ladybug

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Since the other teams have now guessed their second author, I will give you some info.

Please double check your authors listed in your spreadsheet and the most recent list posted here. You are missing someone important ;)

[Melinda]

We're missing Tomi Adeyemi. She was born in the USA and in 1993 and was nominated for the 2018 YA Fantasy and Scifi.

[Storm]

I finished Song of Achilles which can be the romance book for bucket 15

[Traci]

Mods - we have a guess!

15. Games 14 - Is our author Tomi Adeyemi?

(Thanks Laura and Melinda)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM LADYBUG. YOU HAVE GUESSED YOUR SECOND AUTHOR!

[Traci]

Copying and tweaking so it's on our current message page. Known options for current and future buckets.

Bucket 18 :
More than 20 letters in title: Miss Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas: Answers to Your Most Burning Questions About Life, Love, Happiness (and What to Wear) from the Great Novelist Herself (Marie), A Short History of Nearly Everything (Jody)
Graphic Novel/Illustrations: Melinda's book, A Game of You (Jody)

Bucket 19:
NASA: Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (Traci), The Mars Room (Hannah)
2020 Olympics (Japan): Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life (Jillian)

Bucket 20:
2017, 2018., 2019 lots of buzz, haven't read: Daisy Jones & The Six (Karissa), The Mars Room (Hannah)
Synopsis includes a question: The Clockmaker's Daughter (Jillian)

[Karissa]

My reading pace picked up and I surprised myself and finished reading The Woman in Cabin 10 which should work for Bucket 15's Plot Twist. I believe we should be done with bucket 15 now so I'll go ahead and finish The Rosie Project in a few minutes for bucket 16, a book with a heart on it.

[Karissa]

Finished with The Rosie Project for bucket 16, a book with a heart on it!

[Jillian]

I just started Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. I’m hoping that the title is enough to make a connection to 2020 Olympics in Japan.

[Melinda]

I have half an hour left on my audiobook for Code Name Verity which will fulfil reading a book set in a country you've never been to so I will jump on it now.

[Karissa]

I'm going to start reading Daisy Jones & The Six for bucket 20, a 2019 book with lots of buzz that I haven't read yet. Almost halfway done with the audiobook Three Bags Full for bucket 17 book with an animal.

[Joan]

I played today's game and I put my pages read. I finished Johnny Carson today on audio but I think it only counts towards pages read.

I'm not exactly sure what part of the challenge we are on. I've kind of lost track with work.

It looks like we are on bucket 16 but I'm not completely sure.

[Traci]

I've updated message 506 with current status and books people have mentioned for prompts.

Do we want to guess another author? If so, I'll start with dead/alive.
If 20 question fatigue has set in for everyone, we can just focus on buckets. Goal-oriented me definitely still wants to fill as many buckets as we can!!

[Traci]

I'm guessing my setting from another country won't be finished until lunchtime or later tomorrow (on US west coast), though she's also an author of color, so it could be next bucket (I should count how many buckets I've thought I might finish Unmarriageable for! Granted, I took multiple pitstops).

[Traci]

Jillian wrote: "I just started Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. I’m hoping that the title is enough to make a connection to 2020 Olympics in Japan."

Based on the wild discussion for 2020 list planning, that fits the nature of the prompt.

[Kristina]

I just finished Little & Lion. It will count toward our page count.

[Melinda]

Just finished Code Name Verity so we have one book finished for a book set in a country I've never been too.

[Sarah]

Morning all. I'm heading to London for the weekend so I won't have as much time to do the games etc but I'll try and keep you updated on my reading

[Traci]

Sarah wrote: "Morning all. I'm heading to London for the weekend so I won't have as much time to do the games etc but I'll try and keep you updated on my reading"

Have fun in London!

[Sarah]

Thanks Traci. I'm going to see the Spice Girls so I feel like I'm ten again!

[Hannah]

I’ve finished Cartes Postales from Greece for a book set in a country you’ve never been to.

Looks like we’re now on to Bucket 17 😊.

I’m listening to which has a bird on the cover for the animal prompt. I’ll definitely finish it today, but maybe not until I get home from work.

[Marie (UK)]

Hannah wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "Traci wrote: "If people have edits/additions to message 484, I can update."

i will concentrate on finishing A Dangerous Act of Kindness for possible plot twist a..."

I am not convinced there is a twist as yet but i will be finished this morning

ETA i guess we are past there anyway

[Marie (UK)]

COMPLETED
A Dangerous Act of Kindness
pages only 429
i will add them to spreadsheet

[Jody]

Sarah wrote: "Thanks Traci. I'm going to see the Spice Girls so I feel like I'm ten again!"

Ok, now that is exciting! Let us know how it is!

(I'm totally jealous, I love London and I haven't been there in about three years. I need my fix!)

[Sophie]

Sorry to have been MIA team, my week has been the craziest in years!

I missed all the read-a-thon action and just finished Three Bags Full... before realising it would have been perfect for bucket 17, but we haven't finished bucket 16 yet, right?

I'm so jealous for London (and the Spice Girls) too!

Traci, I see you're going to read Chasing New Horizons, I hope you'll like it! I listened to the audiobook and found it really interesting.

[Marie (UK)]

Read last 90 pages of Grave Mercy

total length = 549

[Melinda]

Sophie wrote: "Sorry to have been MIA team, my week has been the craziest in years!

I missed all the read-a-thon action and just finished Three Bags Full... before realising it would have been perf..."

I think we finished Bucket 16 about 4.5 hours ago when Hannah finished her book, so you might be able to use it.

[Sophie]

Yay, I'm glad to be able to participate a tiny bit in the bucket completion 😉

[Katie]

Based on discussions in the groups, we've decided to just do 2 authors and give you a break from that portion of the challenge. You can spend the rest of the read-a-thon working on the buckets. Happy reading.

[Katie]

Sarah, I'm super excited for you to see the Spice Girls! Have fun!

[Jillian]

I don't have work until this afternoon so I will work on finishing Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood though if 2 books by a an author of color gets filled it could work for 20 letters in title.

Will be a really fast read Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.

I just added my page count for The Invisible Man from yesterday 192 pages.

[Marie (UK)]

Completed final pages of Glory in Death 14/06/2019

59 pages added to spreadsheet

[Traci]

Message 506 is updated through here (ish, didn't add born a crime to 20+ words in title) for those who prefer message updates to spreadsheet updates. Lots of updates to wake up to.

Sarah - Wow! Have so much fun at the Spice Girls! I hope it's amazing!

Sophie - So far I'm enjoying Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, thanks for your message on the wild discussion. Glad you could help with the buckets!!

[Traci]

Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETED
A Dangerous Act of Kindness
pages only 429
i will add them to spreadsheet"

I know it doesn't count anyway, but was there a twist?!

[Marie (UK)]

done todays game

[Marie (UK)]

Traci wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "COMPLETED
A Dangerous Act of Kindness
pages only 429
i will add them to spreadsheet"

I know it doesn't count anyway, but was there a twist?!"

no not really

[Storm]

Did today's game!

[Hannah]

Just finished Those Who Are Loved. It doesn’t fit a prompt, but we can use it for pages.

I’m going to start reading The Mars Room which could be used for the NASA or buzz prompts. From post #506, I think there is only one book either planned or being read for each prompt.

[Traci]

I decided to go to work late and finish Unmarriageable, fits for an author of color.

[Jody]

Katie! Your dead-a-thin typo is a bit too real for me. 😂

[Jody]

Oh! If we finished the previous bucket (judging by the posts above), I just finished How to Speak Dragonese, which would count for an animal book!

[Jillian]

I finished Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood and will add it to the spreadsheet. (Someone will have to get it to fit though. For some reason the box is too narrow and I don't know how to fix that).

We are now on Bucket 18!

[Jody]

Oh damn! Well it will work for the illustrations task then. 😁

[Katie]

Jody wrote: "Katie! Your dead-a-thin typo is a bit too real for me. 😂"

That's what I get for trying to do goodreads on my phone! Must've been a Freudian slip.

[Jody]

Oh man I did a typo too. 😂 Stupid autocorrects.

[Traci]

Jody wrote: "Oh damn! Well it will work for the illustrations task then. 😁"

Based on the order of the postings, I don't think this counts for our graphic novel/illustrations since we weren't on that bucket yet? What do you think?

[Traci]

How are people doing on bucket 18-20 books? I'll be able to crank through my NASA prompt most of the way tonight (bonus: this will also give me time to wash dishes and put away laundry since it's an audio book).

Anyone listed in message 506 or others have updates? We have at least one person on each prompt, but let us know if you think another person should work on one that you're working on because it's going slowly/slower than expected.

[Traci]

Jody and Marie-
I realized the book I'm hopefully picking up from the library tonight has over 20 letters in the title. Let me know if I should focus on that!

[Jody]

I guess it depends on what time Jillian finished hers. 😊 It might have been a little while before she posted. I can always read a graphic novel tomorrow afternoon if we decide to go with posting order. Maybe the mods can weigh in?

[Jody]

I didn’t think we’d get to the 20 letters this quickly, so I won’t finish mine quickly enough. It’s been a really busy week and there’s still more coming. ☹️