Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Bumblebee

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Hello Team Bumblebee! This topic is just for you to discuss your strategy and progress throughout the week. Make sure to take a moment to read over the rules of the challenge here before you dive in.

Team Roster:
Laura
Holly
Jen K
Debra
Perri
Vanessa
Rachel
Devin
Lieke
Ella
Sarah
Candie
Kathy Jo
Desiree
Sarah E
Bryony
Kelly
Jennifer
Dalex
Khristina
Chrissy
Tia
Hilde
Raquel
Andrea
Dawn
Lori
AnnaNeverLands
Marta

✔ Bucket 1:
- Read 1,000 pages total
- A book by a woman
- A book that starts with S

✔ Bucket 2:
- Read 3,000 pages total
- 2 books set on different continents
- 2 books published in different decades

✔ Bucket 3:
- Read 5,000 pages total
- 2 books in different formats (eg an audiobook and a kindle book, etc)
- 2 books published in 2019

✔Bucket 4:
- Read 7,500 pages total
- 3 books that count for the AtY challenge
- 3 books by authors that are new to you

✔Bucket 5:
- Read 9,000 pages total
- 2 books related to nature (i.e. cover setting, title, etc.)
- A book where main character's name begins with J, U, N, or E

✔Bucket 6:
- Read 11,000 pages total
- 2 books originally published in the summer (June, July, or August
- A book discovered during the read-a-thon (in the group or elsewhere)

✔Bucket 7:
- Read 12,500 pages total
- 2 books inspired by a "quirky" summer holiday (June, July, or August)*
- To celebrate PRIDE month, A book with an LGBTQ+ character or author

✔Bucket 8:
- Read 15,000 pages total
- A book on page 6 of your TBR (sorted by date added, oldest-newest)
- Read the rainbow (a book with a cover for each color - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)

✔Bucket 9:
- Read 16,500 pages total
- 2 books that span several years
- 1 book in which any kind of sport/game is important to the story

✔Bucket 10:
- Read 18,000 pages total
- In honor of June's birthstone, a book with a celestial body in the title or on the cover
- 2 books with a child as a main character

✔Bucket 11:
- Read 20,000 pages total
- A book with a interesting or beautiful spine
- A book with an epilogue

✔Bucket 12:
- Read 21,000 pages total
- A book about a person who travels to another country
- A book by an author from an island

✔Bucket 13:
- Read 22,000 pages total
- Two books with a matching word in the title
- A debut novel

✔Bucket 14:
- Read 23,000 pages total
- A book another member of this group recommended to you
- A book that takes place in the summer

✔Bucket 15:
- Read 25,000 pages total
- A book with a major plot twist or twist ending
- A chick-lit book or a book with a romantic element

✔Bucket 16:
- Read 29,000 pages total
- A book with a heart on the cover/in title
- 2 books set in countries you've never been to

✔Bucket 17:
- Read 31,000 pages total
- A book involving an animal/with animal on cover
- 2 books by an author of color

✔Bucket 18:
- Read 32,000 pages total
- A book with more than 20 letters in title
- A graphic novel/book with illustrations

Bucket 19:
✔ Read 33,500 pages total
- A book related to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan
✔ A book related to a NASA mission name

Bucket 20:
- Read 35,00 pages total
- A book published in the last three years (2017, 2018, 2019) that had a lot of buzz but that you didn't read
- A book with a synopsis that includes a question


Full Size Image

TEAM SPREADSHEET

[Kathy Jo]

Hello team!
So excited for this readathon

Just started reading The Secret Garden, which starts with an S, written by a woman, set in England, I'm reading as a kindle book form the library, published 1911, and will count for ATY (somehow, have some finagling to do).

Hopefully will finish it Friday or Saturday, but I have work and a wedding, so we can see where we are then. .

Probably up next:
Things Fall Apart
Interview with a Vampire

[Holly]

I just started Calendar Girl Vol 4 by Audrey Carlan so that can go towards the book by a woman.
I was going to start the Hunger Games next but can change accordingly.

[Vanessa]

Hi Team!

I'm currently about 33% done with The Peace War (La guerra de la paz), my version (in spanish) have 380 pages. I'm reading it as a Kindle book, published 1984, and will count for ATY (Prompt #52).

I'm goint to continue reading but I will wait in the last chapter if in this moment the book is not in the correct bucket and will start with other.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Your graphic has now been posted above.

Wide flasks = page count
Thin flasks = book count

As you fill the initial flasks, the water will move down the line, in order to fill the large beaker below. You will fill small test tubes by earning questions (4 per tube).

Win the game by filling the large beaker and guessing the author name. This will light your team's lightbulb.

The team to light their bulb first will earn a special badge :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I hate to say it, but I am off to bed.

I will definitely be working in the morning in order to get our spreadsheet ready to go and to put together my own reading plan. I'm excited for this read-a-thon since I am likely going to be off work Monday and my husband is away on a business trip. Plenty of time for reading!

[Rachel]

I'm currently 25% of the way through Empire of Storms, and probably going to read Tower of Dawn next but I also just released a whole bunch of library holds (many of them are graphic novels) so we'll see what comes in.

[Chrissy]

I’m currently reading The Stone Sky, Antigone, and Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts. I should finish the first two this weekend, and the third is an audiobook that might take till next week.

I’m late to the party... do we need to check off all the tasks in a bucket, or just one?

[Lieke]

Hi team!
I'm currently reading De Celestijnse belofte, it can fill:
- set in Peru
- published 1993
- ATY challenge
- new to me author
- cover related to nature
I can finish it tomorrow.

Other books I can read, but still need to start:
A Hopeless Romantic
- book by a woman
- set in England
- published 2006
- ATY challenge
- new to me author
- blue cover

Machtsspel
- book by a woman
- set in Sweden
- published 2010
- ATY challenge

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
- on page 6 of my TBR
didn't check if it fits the other prompts

Främlingen
- Blue cover
- on page 6 of my TBR
didn't check if it fits the other prompts


I can't do all the books I still need to start, but depending on the length I can do two of them. I can also look for books for other prompts if needed.

[Lieke]

It looks like we have bucket 1 covered with the books Kathy Jo and Holly are reading.
It don't think bucket 2 will be a problem, but I haven't seen anyone mention a book published in 2019 for bucket 3 and we need two of those.

[Ella]

Lieke wrote: "It looks like we have bucket 1 covered with the books Kathy Jo and Holly are reading.
It don't think bucket 2 will be a problem, but I haven't seen anyone mention a book published in 2019 for bucke..."

I'm definitely going to try and read A Curse So Dark and Lonely for the 2019 prompt and raid my books for another 2019 publication =)

[Desiree]

Lieke wrote: "It looks like we have bucket 1 covered with the books Kathy Jo and Holly are reading.
It don't think bucket 2 will be a problem, but I haven't seen anyone mention a book published in 2019 for bucke..."

I am starting a book published in 2019 next! The Woman from St. Germain - it was a gift from my roommate, I don't know much about it but it was published this past March

[Sarah]

I’m currently reading the following books.

An American Marriage
Prompts it can fill:
- Set in the US
- New to me author
- Audiobook
- Related to nature (tree on cover)
- ATY Challenge

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

- New to me author
- Characters name starts with J U N or E
- Ebook format

The Name of the Wind
I’m only on page 57 of 722 so I’m unsure when I will finish it but it can definitely be used for page count!

Planned books that I can start to fill some prompts:
Homegoing
- Read the rainbow (yellow cover)
- Quirky holiday (Aug 4 is Sisters Day and the book is about half-sisters)

Sugar Run
- LGBTQ+

I always have a few books on the go at any time so I can wait to finish books until they are needed for a bucket.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Chrissy wrote: "I’m currently reading The Stone Sky, Antigone, and [book:Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlightin..."

We have to read all tasks in each Bucket and finish the Buckets in order.

------------------

Although we have books for Bucket 1 planned, if someone else finishes a book that applies then definitely jump in and tell me.

I'm posting the Spreadsheet in the main post now. I am going to go ahead and let people edit. I can manage the main, first section but if people can keep track of your own sections at the bottom (pages and games) then that's probably easiest.

Just update when a book is finished so I can be sure to add it to the first section.

[Bryony]

Hi everyone! I’m really looking forward to this week!

I’m currently reading Daisy Jones & The Six which would count for a book published in 2019. I’ll try to finish it over the weekend. It could also count for book by a woman or set in North America, but I imagine we’ll have completed those buckets before I finish the book.

[Lieke]

I did the Kickoff "game"
(I can't open the spreadsheet at work)

[dalex]

Hello fellow bumbles! :)


I answered the Kickoff questions and noted that on the spreadsheet.

Some books I have planned that could be used to fill buckets (depending on what needs filled when):

Lots of women authors
Lots of new-to-me authors
Several ATY Challenge books
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - pub 2019
The Strays - title starting with S, book set on Continent A (Australia)
Under the Udala Trees - LGBTQ, book set on Continent B (Africa)
A Death in the Family - pub in X Decade (1957)


Happy reading everybody! Go team!

[Sarah]

I also completed the kickoff game but wont be able to update the spreadsheet until tonight

[Holly]

I have The Mister by EL James that was just published this year. I can start reading that one after if we need a 2019 book

[Debra]

Hi team guess I'm a bit lost here so if we need something read just let me know and I will read it I have no plan at the moment just to read as much as I can

[Debra]

I completed the kickoff game.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Hi! I just got added as a late sign up. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where my books might slot into team challenges as I just started a long one that will take me a few days at least to finish, and need to get some momentum to get going on my audio book and shorter reads I have going on.

Wives and Daughters will definitely need to be for a later bucket, maybe green on the cover, since my edition has lots of trees.

Eat Cake. Be Brave. could work for woman author, published this decade, set in North America, depending on how fast I finish it

Uglies published this decade, set in North America, or audio book format, again depending on how fast I finish it

I do have a few shorter books I plan to read soon that I can finish pretty quickly as needed, like Gone Rogue for graphic novel format, The Fool's Girl for an author that's new to me, etc.

Should I add myself to the spreadsheet, or does it work better if the team leader adds me? I don't want to mess up the formatting by accident.

[Hilde]

Hello Bumblebees, excited to be reading with you all!:) I’m a late addition to the team as well!

I’m spending the weekend in my hometown, and just got off the plane. I only brought one book with me (Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf), which I started on my flight. Even though it’s a short book in number of pages, I think it will take me a while. Read the first 30-40 pages on the flight, but they felt like 100!!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I can finish modifying the spreadsheet with team member names when I get home. That should be in a few hours.

[Tia]

Hello Team, I am late addition as well. This is my first time joining the team challenge, so very excited to be reading with you all.

[Kelly]

If we complete a book to fill the prompt, do we just fill it in?

[Bryony]

Kelly wrote: "If we complete a book to fill the prompt, do we just fill it in?"

I think it works best if you post in the thread when you’ve finished a book. That way we can make sure we all agree about which task it’s best to use the book for.

[Vanessa]

Hello Team!

I play kickoff game and add this on the spreadsheet.

[Debra]

ok I finished Cold Bloodedby Matt Cairns which was 280 pages and could be counted towards the prompts of

Different continents as it takes place in New Zealand
it was a Kindle book
It was a new to me Author
Published in June or first published in July

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Debra wrote: "ok I finished Cold Bloodedby Matt Cairns which was 280 pages and could be counted towards the prompts of

Different continents as it takes place in New Zealand
it was a Kindle book..."

I think you're the first one to post about finishing a book. so it would need to fill a prompt in bucket 1 to count. (Other than the pages, which always count, which is helpful!)

[Debra]

just count it for page count

[Andrea]

Hi!
I am reading The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer and will note my progress here.

TOTAL # OF PAGES READ: 860
TOTAL # OF BOOKS COMPLETED: 2
TOTAL # OF GAMES PLAYED: 8

June 7, 2019:
1- I participated in the kickoff activity.
2-I read 64 pages of The Flight Portfolio.
3-The Flight Portfolio's bucket qualities are as follows:

-A book by a woman
-A book set on different continents (primarily Europe but also North America)
-A print book
-A book published in 2019
-A book that counts for the ATY challenge
-A book by an author who is new to me
-A book with an LGBTQ+ character or author
-A book about a person who travels to another country
-A book with a major plot twist
-A book with a romantic element

June 8, 2019:
1- I participated in the Reader Problems survey.
2-I read 67 pages of The Flight Portfolio.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/7 and 6/8.

June 9, 2019:
1- I participated in the Book Title Synonyms & Antonyms activity.
2-I read 122 pages of The Flight Portfolio.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/9.

June 10, 2019:
1- I participated in the A Few of My Favorite Things activity.
2-I read 52 pages of The Flight Portfolio and finished it. See above for bucket details.
3-I started The Whisper Man by Alex North and read 5 pages. Its bucket attributes are as follows:

-A print book
-A book published in 2019
-A book that counts for the AtY challenge
-A book by an author who is new to me
-A book where a main character's name begins with J, U, N, or E (Jake Kennedy)
-A book originally published in the summer (June, July, or August) (This book is scheduled for release in the US on August 20, 2019)
-A book with a child as a main character (Jake Kennedy)
-A debut novel

4-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/10.

June 11, 2019:
1- I participated in the Guess the Movie Adaptation activity.
2-I read 71 pages of The Whisper Man.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/11.

June 12, 2019:
1- I participated in the Halfway Check-In activity.
2-I read 69 pages of The Whisper Man.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/12.

June 13, 2019:
1- I participated in the Sort Your Shelf activity.
2-I read 223 pages and finished The Whisper Man.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/13.

June 14, 2019:
1-I started The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Shoba Narayan and read 40 pages.

June 15, 2019:
1- I participated in the Books by Emoji activity.
2-I read 131 pages of The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure.
3-I updated my page count in the Miles of Pages activity for 6/14 and 6/15.

June 16, 2019:
1-I read 16 pages of The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure.
(I also completed the wrap-up and miles of pages activities on 6/17 for good measure.)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I'm back home for the evening and am excited to really get into the swing of things. Even though I already have a bunch of books checked out from the library, I couldn't resist the urge to make a stop to see if there was anything interesting.

I'll be starting with Daisy Jones & The Six.

But then I can choose from:
Everything Here Is Beautiful
Obsidio
The Craftsman
The Perfect Stranger

I also checked out Parkland: Birth of a Movement but I'll likely read bits and pieces of that when I need a break/something different so it will just be for pages.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We have now earned one question, based on finishing 10 games.

Which question does everyone want to ask?

[Debra]

we could ask if author female or male

[Hilde]

Maybe finding out about gender, genre and nathionality could give us some good hints?

I have heard so many great things about the audio for Daisy Jones & The Six, looking forward to hear what you all think of it. I have it downloaded on my phone ready to go :)

[Hilde]

I’ll do some of the games when I’m back home over the weekend and have a computer again - too much hazzle on the phone/app.

Happy reading everyone! 😊

[Katie]

It wasn't originally specified, but questions should be asked in a yes/no format. Congrats on getting to your first question!

[Holly]

I vote gender too.

[Rachel]

I also completed the Kick-off questions

[AnnaNeverLands]

Hello team! I'm a late addition too, but i'm really glad i'm here.

I am reading The Sun Is Also a Star which can count towards the 'book by a woman' challenge from the first bucket and i read 230 pages of it

[Sarah]

I’m good with the question being “Is the author female?” (Or the male alternative)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

No, the author is not female

[Desiree]

I finished a book by a woman yesterday - but only had about 50 pages left at the start of the challenge, so according to the rules I don't think we can count it.

I have 2 books on the go now though, both by women, and I plan on finishing at least one by tomorrow. They're also in 2 different formats (paperback and Kindle) and published in different decades. All of my books will be for the ATY challenge.

One later one has been published in 2019. I have all my physical books sorted by colour - so it should be easy to assign me a colour of the rainbow if needed (currently I have lots of blue and red to read!)

[CM]

I'm currently reading The River by Peter Heller. It could count towards.

- 2 books set on different continents
- 2 books published in different decades
- 2 books in different formats (eg an audiobook and a kindle book, etc)
- 2 books published in 2019
- 3 books by authors that are new to you
- 2 books related to nature (i.e. cover setting, title, etc.)
- A book where main character's name begins with J, U, N, or E
- A book discovered during the read-a-thon (in the group or elsewhere)
- Read the rainbow (a book with a cover for each color - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)

I can do the same and hold off on the last chapter if we need.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I'm going to go through and add everyone's current reads in a new sheet. I figure then people can use that to help choose a second read.

[Debra]

some questions that we can use later on

Is the author living?
is the author well known?
Has this author's books been made into movies or tv adaptation?
Does the Author live in the United States?

Just something to think about

[Jennifer]

I thought we had to complete a bucket before doing tasks for the next bucket.

[Katie]

Jennifer wrote: "I thought we had to complete a bucket before doing tasks for the next bucket."

Jennifer, you have to complete a bucket before completing tasks for the next bucket, but you can begin to work on subsequent buckets.

[Perri]

Bzzzz!

So I'm reading Where the Crawdads Sing

and have two on deck: Six of Crows
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

Today got by me so tomorrow I'll see what bucket they might help.
I did get the kick-off questionnaire completed