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Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Bumblebee
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I have now added current reads, as much as possible given the info provided in the comment. Some I did a little extra research. Everyone can feel free to check to see if their info is correct.
The main thing is to just fill in the major gaps. Right now we need:
- A book inspired by a summer holiday (likely that we could use a book to fill one)
- Book on page 6 (I do have The Craftsman for this one but it's not my current read)
- Colored covers - yellow, blue and purple
I have a wide variety of color covers. I'm sure I can fill in there with whatever is missing
So shouldnt it be whoever finishes the book for any of the tasks can claim it? Or do we wait for the person who claimed the task to finish their book?
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Most early books can also count for later buckets so they will just get shifted forward.
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Ok. Just trying to figure it all out.
I also read 62 pages today. These 10 hr work days dont give me much time for reading, lol.
Hi everyone, I just joined :) I am currently reading Foundation and Empire. I don’t think it works for anything but page count for bucket 1, but it was published in the 1950s if we need a second decade. And it is on the Kindle if we need a second format.I have on deck Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, which is by a woman and published in 2019.
I have 9 books on my TBR. I deleted it in February. No page 6 for me.
Edit: Only 7, lol. I started reading two of them.
Edit 2: I forgot about my audio line-up. I am listening to Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, and next will be My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor, for my IRL book club.
Hi team!For today I read 125 pages, I'm currently on 66% done with The Peace War (La guerra de la paz)
I'm currently reading Empire of Storms. Just under halfway through at the moment, but hoping to finish it off by the end of the day on Sunday.Edit: Totally forgot to mention, but I read a total of 130 pages today.
Finished The Secret GardenPage count: 225
Now, off to bed.
96 pages today, 40% done with Foundation and Empire. I also finished the Kick-off game.
I have to read Exit West for a book club I’m in, which has a purple cover. I can throw it into this week if we still need a purple one!
Yesterday I read 126 pages from De Celestijnse belofte, I didn't read the last 10 pages so I can finish it when we need the book.
Currently reading My Sweet Audrina by Virginia Andrews which may count towards written by a woman
Hi All! New Bumblebee here.
If the books I read during the challenge but before I joined count then I read:
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham 265 pages - 128 pages read on 7th June
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 224 pages on 7th June
If the books I read during the challenge but before I joined count then I read:
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham 265 pages - 128 pages read on 7th June
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 224 pages on 7th June
I know it might sound stupid, but what is the kickoff thingy??
Good morning bumbles!Yesterday I read 216 pages and finished The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. For buckets this would work for:
Book by a woman
Book published in 2019
Book for the ATY challenge
Book by a new-to-you author
Book with a blue cover
Happy reading team mates! Make it a good day! :)
AnnaNeverLands wrote: "I know it might sound stupid, but what is the kickoff thingy??"Not stupid at all, there are lots of threads to keep up with already. :-) Here’s the kickoff post. You just need to answer the questions there and then you can count it as completed.
I read 100 pages in The Boy at the Top of the Mountain and will leave the last 10 pages for when we need the book.I'm now starting Främlingen, it has a blue cover. It is over 700 pages but luckily for me the blue cover is in bucket 8 ;)
Edit: I think we earned a new guess, because more then 20 did the kickoff game
Edit 2: with the Secret Garden (Kathy Jo) and The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (Dalex) we filled bucket 1 so we have another question
Debra wrote: "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?
..."
I think the is the author living is a good question. And maybe about where he lives USA/Europe/Asia....
Perri wrote: "Sarah wrote: "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..."
I’m really liking it so far. I’m at about 100 pages in now and am at the point where it’s about to pick up. I’m just a little worried that it’s going to be similar to A Song of Fire and Ice series (where you fall in love with a series and have to wait years for the next book). It’s still early yet but I feel like I’m going to like this series more than ASOFAI!
With regards to Sugar Run I’m not 100% sure about it. I had seen it in a lot of Most Anticipated lists and bought the ebook when it was on sale for a few dollars. It doesn’t have the greatest rating on Goodreads but I still want to give it a chance 😊
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We have 2 more questions.
Do we want to go with Lieke's suggestions?
Is the author living?
We have to ask yes/no questions so would need to decide how to ask where the author is living, in that format.
Good job, team Bumble!
Sarah wrote: "With regards to Sugar Run I’m not 100% sure about it. I had seen it in a lot of Most Anticipated lists and bought the ebook when it was on sale for a few dollars. It doesn’t have the greatest rating on Goodreads but I still want to give it a chance."I really liked Sugar Run and am surprised at the ratings other readers have been giving it. I thought it had an excellent sense of place, an interesting protagonist, and a compelling story.
Just finished Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It was a bit of a slow start but then I read the last 150 pages without stopping as I couldn’t wait to read more about the characters. It’s not my usual type of book but I’m really glad I didn’t give up on it as I ended up really enjoying it. It can count for:
- written by a woman
- set in North America
- published in 2019
I vote to go with Lieke's idea. Take a few of her questions. I also finished Calendar Girls Vol 4. Plug in where needed. Add 421 pages to our total. I don't count pages until the end of the book so if you need pages for a bucket, just message me.
I agree with the rest of you :) Maybe wording it something like: Is the author British?(/or American?)Lieke: are you in Sweden? Got curious as I saw you were diving into the Swedish edition of the Outlander series! Love the TV show, it’s my guilty pleasure. But haven’t read the books yet.
On the reading side, I am making slooow progress on Mrs Dalloway, got in 50 pages yesterday - and they felt like the triple.. It’s rather boring so far, and I’ve yet to be captivated by the writing style. But; I had the same experience with To the Lighthouse, and ended up liking it in the end, so we’ll see.
I am off to a reunion party with my (high school) class soon, I suspect it will be quite the party - 80 people attending, some I haven’t seen in 20 years 🥳 [We don’t use the term high school here, but I think that is the closest I get when trying to translate].
Enjoy your Saturday 😊
Btw Laura; the planning sheet in the excel was a good idea, looks good! 👏🏻
Hilde wrote: "I agree with the rest of you :) Maybe wording it something like: Is the author British?(/or American?)Lieke: are you in Sweden? Got curious as I saw you were diving into the Swedish edition of th..."
No I live in the Netherlands, but I have lived in Sweden. And still go there at least once a year since my parents bought a holiday home there.
Enjoy your reunion!
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It's not perfect but I'm sure we can tweak it as we go :)
I've added Bryony's book to bucket 2. We can only count it for one of the options so we can choose which one we want to apply it to once we get some more books done.
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- Is the author living?
- Is the author American?
I like asking if the author is living first, but do we need to be more specific about the 'where they're from' question? I know there's been debate about what that means for prompts before, so would it be better to ask either 'was the author born in America' or 'does/did the author reside in America' to make sure the answer is clear?
I gave up reading Uglies--it was just staying so boring! I replaced it with One of Us Is Lying as an audio book, but I'll probably finish that today and it's the same continent and decade as the book we already have for bucket 2. I did get in 292 pages worth of audio yesterday though!
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- Is the author American? No
Summary -
Male, deceased, not American
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Not sure how to help with planning."
Since I'm not sure where that one is set, I'm going to apply it for decade.
That means we now need a book set in a decade other than the 2010s and a book set somewhere other than North America.
ETA - unless 13 Minutes is set outside N. America. Then it would be better use it for the other continent, I think.
Khristina wrote: "I finished reading 13 Minutes this morning.Not sure how to help with planning."
It can count for a book set in Europe.
I finished both of my books that had only 10 pages left
De Celestijnse belofte can count for 1990's
We should have bucket 2 complete now.
So The Boy at the Top of the Mountain can count for paper book.
Edit we where typing at the same time Laura :)
Holly also finished a book calendar girl vol 4
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Holly read Calender Girl vol 4 it is published in the 2010's
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I had just found it when I saw your comment. Updating the spreadsheet now.
We have earned 2 more questions, one for bucket 2 and one for finishing another set of games
I’m pretty sure the questions for games are limited to 10 people per game, even though we have many more than 10 members... so the formula for counting number of questions based on games is wrong.
I finished
it was a kindle book 137 pages total
I am starting Interview with the Vampire Interview with the Vampire
It is paperback, for ATY, and a new to me author.
I have completed games progress and miles of pages
completed reader problems and filled in spreadsheet
Chrissy wrote: "I’m pretty sure the questions for games are limited to 10 people per game, even though we have many more than 10 members... so the formula for counting number of questions based on games is wrong."This was asked in the introduction topic and the mods answered that it is one question for every 10 games finished. So if 20 people do one game it is 2 questions.
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An American Marriage
Prompts it can fill:
- Set in the US
- New to me author
- Audiobook
- Related to nature (tree on cover)
- ATY Challe..."
Sarah I loved Homegoing, An American Marriage and Eleanor. so based on that I think I'll add Sugar Run. I have The Name of the Wind on my list, but so intimidated by the length. How are you finding it?