Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Butterfly

[Edie]

Completed the "sort your read shelf" activity.

[Jill]

As soon as it is needed I will finish the book for bucket 15. In the meantime I will start the book for bucket 17, a book written by a person of color.
I am at work today but I will check in during my lunch hour to see where everyone is at.

[Edie]

Some possible authors

From my read shelf:
Madeline Miller
Fatimah Farheen Mirza
Erin Morgenstern

From my TBR shelf
Rebecca Makkai
Tiffany McDaniel

[Edie]

Tracy wrote: "Finished the sort your shelf game.... working on author guess

some ideas from my TBR:
Kate Morton
Madeline Miller

if anyone wants to recheck the published book counts on these......

I ruled out ..."

Kate Morton has too many books also.

[Edie]

Kathy wrote: "Should I hold off on finishing Tangerine to use it for the “plot twist” prompt?"

I really liked Tangerine and it definitely has a plot twist or two or three.

[Deborah]

Hi all! I should have Into the Drowning Deep done in the next couple hours for the summer primpt.

I have recommended books I can read, but not anything I'm close to finishing so if anyone else is closer, that would be great.

[Kathy]

Edie wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Should I hold off on finishing Tangerine to use it for the “plot twist” prompt?"

I really liked Tanerine and it definitely has a plot twist or two or three."

Yes, Edie - There have been several twists and I'm anxious to get to the final one!

[Sarah]

For June 12 I read 82 pages and I also finished Sort Your Read Shelf

on my list there Mary Ann Marlowe is she writes Romance, Chick Lit, Fiction and only has 3 books all writen in the last couple of years.

There is also Laura Lane McNeal she has one book she published in 2014 its listed as Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics.

Amy Meyerson has one book and most people shelve it as fiction.

Melissa Muldoon she has 4 books and writes Fiction, History, Italy.

[Tracy]

sorry Kate Morton is Australian...

Madeline Miller??

[Kathy]

I just ran into the author Fatima Farheen Mirza on my TBR - born in California and seems to have two books, the latest A Place for Us. I see Edie mentioned her above also.

[Edie]

I am trouble unpacking what "a book with a synopsis with a question" means. I know what a synopsis is... and what a question is. Does the mean if I had a book about the meaning of life, my question would be what is the meaning of life? I have no idea what this book would look like.

[Kathy]

I think if you read the book jacket or the back cover synopsis of a book and they ask a question, that book counts. On the back of the book of They Do It with Mirrors, the question is asked, "Pure coindicence?"

[Kathy]

I finished the Sort your Shelf activity

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I was thinking Madeline Miller and Erin Morganstern would be too close to fantasy to consider.. but I could be wrong?

Edie, that just means that in the book blurb on Goodreads, there's a question in it!

[Kathy]

I like Fatima Farheen Mirza since she had a fairly popular book written in 2018, A Place for Us for a guess

[Tracy]

Emily wrote: "Tracy, you can pick up a book that one of the words in Trail of Lightning or How Not to Die Alone, if you need some direction..."

I'm starting I Just Want to Pee Alone: A Collection of Humorous Essays by Kick Ass Mom Bloggers.

It has Alone in the title or we could use for page counts.
If the subtitle counts we could also save it for more than 20 letters in the title. Also there is a question in the synopsis. It is " Hasnt every mother said it before?"
Let me know where you want to slot it so I can pace my ( very slow) reading.

[Nancy]

Completed the sorting game.
Also completed 89 pages yesterday. Should finish The Tale Teller today. Not sure if it works for any prompts.

[Johanne]

Just checked the back cover of 'One of us is lying' and there is a question: 'Everyone has secrets, right?', don't we think that's what's meant with the question in synopsis?

[Katie]

Johanne wrote: "Just checked the back cover of 'One of us is lying' and there is a question: 'Everyone has secrets, right?', don't we think that's what's meant with the question in synopsis?"

Yep, that's exactly what's meant.

[Christy]

Previously someone mentioned asking whether they'd won/been nominated for a Goodreads choice award, and I think that would narrow the author down a bit more.
I only read 20 pages yesterday.

[Johanne]

... and I'd definitely expect subtitles to count for the more than 20 letters, but maybe we should let the mods answer that.

[Deborah]

I finished Into the Drowning Deep for our based in summer prompt.

My reading total for 6/12 was 414 pages.

I did the shelf sorting prompt.

For long titles, I agree it would be good to get a mod determination on subtitles counting or not. I have one book option (Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert’s Year of Living Dangerously) that would work for 20 letters without a subtitle involved, but I have only read a few pages into it. I'd likely quickly be able to finish On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft as it is a pretty quick read and I'm well into it.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

We are one game away from another question, so we can ask one more and then maybe guess? Do we want to go with Goodreads Choice award?

Tracy, just read, and we will fit it in when you get done... it sounds like it fits for almost everything!

We can check with the mods on the subtitles thing, but I would expect it to count.

[Christy]

I finished the sorting game.

[Ellie]

I have finished Field Notes on Love which takes place in summer and has a romantic element.

[Deborah]

So since we have two books for summer and only need one, I did also see my book Into the Drowning Deep mentioned in the threads in this group for monstrous characters and mentioned as being gripping and suspenseful which I took to be a recommendation since I like that sort of book. Do we think that could count for a recommended book and then Ellie's Field Notes on Love could cover the summer prompt?

I think the Goodreads Choice is a good option to narrow things down!

[Christy]

Hey y'all, what about Ottessa Moshfegh or Claire Messud for the author? They seem to me to meet the criteria. I also think Rebecca Makkai would fit, as someone else mentioned.

[Samantha]

Sorry I didn't respond sooner to your follow up about my suggestion for goodreads choice award. I was thinking just nominated for fiction category but broader might be better...

[Dina]

I completed the Sort Your Shelf tag.

[Bec]

Finished Symphony by Bea Paige and 74 pages on 13 June.

[Edie]

I had 91 pages from yesterday that I don't see were recorded, plus 120 for today.

Total 211.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I missed logging your book, Deborah, but that was a good solution! We are finished with Bucket 14!

Next up is Bucket 15 with a book with a twist ending and a chick-lit or romance. We have quite a few options, so just let me know when you all finish it!

On deck with Bucket 16 is a book with a heart on the cover or in the title and 2 books from countries you've never been to, none of which are claimed. If you're working on books that would fit those prompts, let me know!

Our next question will be:

Has our author won or were nominated for a Goodreads Choice award?

[Deborah]

I think I'll *likely* be able to finish The Lost Man tonight (California time) and I've never been to Australia, so that would work for that.

Edit: I also should be down for the shelf sort and 414 pages on 6/12 (all of which were in the one post that probably just got missed in the shuffle). :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Whoops, sorry about that Deborah! Sometimes Goodreads likes to pretend I read posts that I didn't actually read.

Make sure we have cleared Bucket 15 before you finish The Lost Man!

[Kathy]

I've finished Tangerine, a book with a twist ending.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Excellent, Kathy! Now we are just waiting on a book with a romance in it!

We are still short about 3,000 pages for the next bucket, so please be logging your pages!

Also, our next question is:

Has our author won or were nominated for a Goodreads Choice award?

[Brittany]

I’m working on Princess in Love, it has hearts on the cover. Its the 3rd of the princess diaries books and I love the audiobooks because they’re all read by Anne Hathaway.

[Jill]

I am done with Playing the Odds for a book with a romantic element!

[Katie]

Has our author won or were nominated for a Goodreads Choice award? YES

[Samantha]

I finished 155 pages of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo yesterday.

Looking at the spreadsheet looks like I forgot to say i did the Syn/Ant and Halfway. I just completed Sort Your Read Shelf.

[Edie]

Kathy wrote: "I like Fatima Farheen Mirza since she had a fairly popular book written in 2018, A Place for Us for a guess"

Given that our author was nominated for a Goodreads award should we use one of our guesses on Fatima Farheen Mirzai. She checks all the questions we have answers to.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Ok!

Our first official guess is: Fatima Farheen Mirza

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

And we just finished Bucket 15! So we have another question if we need it.

We are now on Bucket 16, with a book with a heart and two books set in countries you haven't been to. We are also still short 2,500 pages, so get those page counts in tonight!

On deck with Bucket 17 is a book involving an animal and two books by authors of color. Let me know if you're reading something that will fit this. We will probably not get through Bucket 16 as quickly since we need those page counts, so you have a bit of time for these.

[Deborah]

Emily wrote: "Whoops, sorry about that Deborah! Sometimes Goodreads likes to pretend I read posts that I didn't actually read.

Make sure we have cleared Bucket 15 before you finish The Lost Man!"

Goodreads likes to add some extra challenge to the challenge!

I definitely will check in before I finish and hold off on the end until needed! EDIT: nevermind because we're already ready for the next bucket - go team! I will work on The Lost Man as soon as I get home from work tonight!

After The Lost Man, I also am working on With the Fire on High which would work for author of color if we still need it then.

[Kathy]

Read so far today, 6/13 - 160p

[Jill]

I just started reading Home Fire which should count for a book by a person of color. It is 276 pages will probably finish tomorrow night.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Our first official guess is: Fatima Farheen Mirza

(Also, PS. we are two buckets ahead of the other teams! Go Butterflies!!)

[Katie]

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM BUTTERFLY. YOU HAVE GUESSED YOUR SECOND AUTHOR!

On a side note, her novel A Place for Us is probably my favorite read of the year. Highly recommended.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

EXCELLENT! GREAT WORK TEAM!

Do we want to try for another author? We have another 7 questions just from the buckets, so I think we could give it a go.

[Katie]

We can definitely assign you a new author.