Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Bumblebee

[Vanessa]

I finished The Peace War (La guerra de la paz) and count for ATY Challenger (A book with a weird or intriguing title)

[Vanessa]

About the questions, I like "Does his surname begin with a letter from A-M?"

[Desiree]

Agh- I have misplaced my computer charger, so I can’t copy and paste the questions or update the spreadsheet, but I read 128 pages yesterday (8th). My roommate is away for the weekend but I should be able to borrow her charger when she’s back tomorrow and fill things in!

[Debra]

I agree with vanessa about the question?
Does the Authors surname begin with a letter from A-M?

[Rachel]

I did the Book Reader Problem tag. I also read 96 pages of Empire of Storms, and read both The Lorax (72 pages) and Just a Little Critter Collection (176 pages) although I;m not sure if either of those count. Maybe Little Critter was long enough to count.

[Marta]

I read 66 pages today - did not have much time all day to read.

[AnnaNeverLands]

Just did the Kickoff questionnaire!!

[Lieke]

Debra wrote: "I agree with vanessa about the question?
Does the Authors surname begin with a letter from A-M?"

Sounds like a good question to me too

[Lieke]

Debra wrote: "Here is my suggestion

Was the author born in the 1900's?

Sarah posted this one
“Has the author published 10 or more books?”"

These I like too

[AnnaNeverLands]

I also did the Book Reader Problem Tag

[Lieke]

I did the book title Synonyms and Antonyms, still thinking about a few of them :)

[Sarah]

I did the Synonyms & Antonyms game. I also added it to the spreadsheet.

I think we have 3 questions right now. Based on the comments I’m thinking it’s safe to bold this question.

”Does the author’s surname begin with a letter from A-M?”

Do we want to try and narrow the letter further after getting the answer to this question (if now, then it’s N-Z so we could ask if it’s between N-R or some other set).

Or do we want to go ahead and ask something else. Some ideas suggested are

“Has their work been adapted for film/tv/theatre?”
“Is their work considered to be classics?”
“Have they published X (insert number here) or more books?”

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Rachel wrote: "I did the Book Reader Problem tag. I also read 96 pages of Empire of Storms, and read both The Lorax (72 pages) and Just a Little Critter Collection (176 p..."

Yes, Little Critter is long enough. If it's a new author or for your ATY challenge then I can slot it in for bucket 4.

Sarah E wrote: "I have finished the The Other Daughter, by Lauren Willig. If needed, it would work for a book released during the summer. I read 200 pages today (6/8/19). I have also done The Book ..."

We aren't on that bucket just yet. If it is being used for your ATY challenge or a new author then we could use it for bucket 3.

Does the author's surname begin with a letter from A-M? Yes

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

As a reminder, it is probably best if people update their own page count and game count in the spreadsheet. The link is in the first post

[dalex]

I finished reading A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, which counts as an ATY book and a new-to-me author. I read 224 pages yesterday and completed the Book Titles game; I added those to the spreadsheet.

[Desiree]

I just finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , which was one of my ATY challenge books (a children's classic you've never read), so we can add this into the current bucket!

[Sarah]

I finished Sabrina which is for my ATY challenge and is a new-to-me author.

I believe we have one slot left for each of those so feel free to use it for either.

And I should finish An American Marriage this evening when I get off work which can be used for “A book related to nature” in the next bucket.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Since y'all are rocking the challenge so far, the mods have decided to add more buckets. There are now 11 buckets to be completed. Happy strategizing!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

New Rule:

- You will also receive a new author if you incorrectly guess the author 4 times.

[Vanessa]

Laura, the book "The Peace War" count for ATY challenger too.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Thank you, Vanessa! That means we have now finished Bucket 4 and have earned another questions.

[Sarah]

I just finished An American Marriage on my way to work (sorry, am on my phone so I cant link the book). it can be used for the nature slot

[Debra]

so if we have 3 question I think we should ask
Have they published X (insert number here) or more books?”

[Holly]

That question seems to have been brought up multiple times. I bold that question "Has he published more than 10 books?" I'd physically bold it, but I'm on the phone and it can't bold

[Debra]

"Has he published more than 10 books?

[bamaace83]

Hey everyone! I'm joining a little late. I'm Anna and I'm looking forward to joining the group. I'm going to catch up on where we are now.

[CM]

I finished The River by Peter Heller and it can be a book related to nature.

[Hilde]

Welcome, Anna :)

[Perri]

Welcome to the hive! :)

Finished the syn/ant. game, Well didn't finish, but got most of them!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Has he published more than 10 books? Yes

3 questions remaining.

[Perri]

Candie wrote: "I finished The River by Peter Heller and it can be a book related to nature."

Was it good? I really liked The Dog Stars and especially The Painter

[Rachel]

Laura wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I did the Book Reader Problem tag. I also read 96 pages of Empire of Storms, and read both The Lorax (72 pages) and [book:Just a Little Critter Collection..."

Unfortunately not a new author to me or for ATY.

[Chrissy]

What about asking if he wrote in English?

[[deleted user]]

I read Wakenhyrst. Has a bird on the cover - . 304 pages added to spreadsheet.

I also completed the Synonym and Antonym game.

[Jennifer]

I have a suggestion for a question.

Did the author write children's book?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Right now we just have the character name (starting with J-U-N-E) left for the current bucket.

We have Sarah's book but does anyone else have a book they could apply to this prompt? I don't want Sarah to take all the pressure ;)

[Chrissy]

I’m almost done with Stone Sky, which has 2 main characters, Essun and Nassun, that will work. Should finish tonight.

[Debra]

I was thinking I would read for a book discovered during read a thon

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Great! All have been added to the planning tab.

[Holly]

I think we have to watch asking if he wrote in English, translations can be confusing. if we asked if his native language was English would significantly narrow it down.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

I think all we know about location on the author is 'not American', so I would vote for questions to narrow that down. Something like:

"Is he from the Northern Hemisphere?"

"Is he from Europe?"

"Is he from Asia?"

[Sarah]

I agree with further narrowing down the location.

[bamaace83]

I also agree with narrowing the location. I just finished the three individual day challenges. I also just finished reading The Wedding Date which was 320 pages.

[Perri]

Finished Where the Crawdads Sing
and added page numbers. It was published in August when we get to the next bucket

[[deleted user]]

I think we should narrow down location and name.

[Debra]

Finished just page count 158 pages

[Sarah]

“Was he from Europe?” Or “Was he from Asia?”

“Does his surname begin with a letter from A-F?” Or “Does his surname begin with a letter from G-M?”

Someone can pick one from each — we have four questions I believe!

[Holly]

If we ask a specific continent then it narrows it dramatically. I say Europe.

[Katie]

Is that an official question?

[Sarah]

I’ll make it official since there’s been a few people suggesting it 😊

Was he from Europe?”