Read-a-Thon #2 - Team Bumblebee

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

3 questions remaining

[Sarah]

want to ask about when he died??

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Candie wrote: "I have it narrowed to 30 I think that meet the criteria.

Ambler, Eric
Amis, Kingsley
Andrzejewski, Jerzy
Ballard, J.G.
Becker, Jurek
Beckett, Samuel
Behan, Brendan
Berger, John
Bernhard, Thomas
B..."

I started to do this and got overwhelmed, so I am super impressed!

[Jennifer]

We have 3 questions left, maybe do one for name and one for date of death

[Lieke]

Or we can look into where he is from?

[CM]

Maybe be specific and hope it's right? Like does his surname start with an F?

[Jennifer]

Or a certain number of letters in surname

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Candie wrote: "Maybe be specific and hope it's right? Like does his surname start with an F?"

If you go with 'does his surname start with B' that actually about splits the list in half.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Devin wrote: "I think this is the breakdown on the dates of death:

Bulgakov, Mikhail (1940)

Borowski, Tadeusz (1951)

Fleming, Ian (1964)

Andrzejewski, Jerzy (1983)
Böll, Heinrich (1985)
Beckett, Samuel (198..."

So, 'did he die before the year 2000?' would be a good way to narrow it down, I think?

[Debra]

I like the question does the surname begin with B

[Vanessa]

According to Google Mikhail Bulgakov and Giorgio de Chirico born before 1900, and Julian Barnes is alive :)

[Jennifer]

Those two questions sound good to me

[CM]

Those questions sound good to me

[Perri]

go for it!

[CM]

I'm feeling Kingsley Amis or Ian Fleming. Just guessing for fun.

[Perri]

I'll go with Samuel Beckett or Umberto Eco. I'm embarrassed at how many names I don't recognize :P

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

I think we have enough of a consensus to make these questions official:

Does his last name start with B?

Did he die before the year 2000?

[CM]

Perri wrote: "I'll go with Samuel Beckett or Umberto Eco. I'm embarrassed at how many names I don't recognize :P"

I know! I was thinking the same thing.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Does his last name start with B? No

Did he die before the year 2000? No

[CM]

Down to four!

Fowles, John (2005)
Claus, Hugo (2008)
Delibes, Miguel (2010)
Eco, Umberto (2016)

[Holly]

I got lost. What bucket are we on??

[[deleted user]]

Anand, Mulk Raj (2004)

Could you describe a man who was born, died and lived most of his life in India and was also involved in the Indian independence movement as European?

[CM]

I don't think so. I removed him because of that but I can add him back in if you think.

[Sarah]

I finished eleanor oliphant is completely fine (on my phone so cant link)

[Sarah]

it's a quirky holiday book (July 11 is cheer up the lonely day)

[[deleted user]]

Candie wrote: "I don't think so. I removed him because of that but I can add him back in if you think."

I think you were right to remove him.

My guess is that it is either John Fowles or Umberto Eco as they are more well known. Let's go with death date before 2010 as a question.

[CM]

I'm fine with making a guess of Umberto Eco or asking another question. I think you can guess the person wrong four times so either way we can get this!

[Debra]

I was thinking of doing for the blue cover

[[deleted user]]

Let's guess Umberto Eco.

[Perri]

Candie wrote: "Down to four!

Fowles, John (2005)
Claus, Hugo (2008)
Delibes, Miguel (2010)
Eco, Umberto (2016)"

Hoorah, Eco's still in ;)

[CM]

Perri wrote: "Candie wrote: "Down to four!

Fowles, John (2005)
Claus, Hugo (2008)
Delibes, Miguel (2010)
Eco, Umberto (2016)"

Hoorah, Eco's still in ;)"

Haha! Good guess! I think there is a good chance of it being either him or John Fowles. They both have multiple books on the list

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Can I get confirmation that Umberto Eco is an official team guess?

[Vanessa]

I vote yes

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

CONGRATS, TEAM!!

We (you) guessed the author correctly!

Since all teams have correct guesses for one author, it is now a race to see who can finish all buckets first :)

[CM]

Yeah!!

[Holly]

Finished The Mister. Add 498 pgs

[Perri]

Laura wrote: "CONGRATS, TEAM!!

We (you) guessed the author correctly!

Since all teams have correct guesses for one author, it is now a race to see who can finish all buckets first :)"

STING! Good job bees

[[deleted user]]

Yay! We guessed the author.

Would this book work for quirky summer holiday?

Campfire Day (1st Saturday in August) - Smoke Rising read today.

Or Disobediance Day (3rd July) - John Smoke frequently disobeys his partner Sidney Shaw.

Edit: I've just seen that Interview with a Vampire was being read for Frankenstein Day. My book has a werewolf and zombies.

[Hilde]

Wow, so much activity today - excellent work with guessing the author!! I just bought ‘The name of the rose’ at a flea market; good timing with him being our author and the new TV series out :)

I got in some good hours of audio on my flight today, will update the spreadsheet and do some of the games tomorrow when I have my computer back. Not a good weekend for a RAT for me, but you all are rocking it! 👏🏻

[[deleted user]]

I'm currently reading for orange cover.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We only need one more quirky holiday book before we finish up this bucket and can move on to the one with the rainbow.

So if you're reading one of the books for the cover color, be sure to wait to finish until after we get to that bucket!

[Vanessa]

The book read for Lori (Smoke Rising) don't count?

[Katie]

We'll also assign you a second author to work on as you continue to work toward completing your buckets.

[Kathy Jo]

Interview with the Vampire finished for quirky holiday!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Good catch, Vanessa. For some reason I thought the post said Lori was currently reading it.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We're now finished with bucket 7 and earned a question towards the new author :)

[Debra]

I can read for the orange cover book

sorry I did not see Lori's post for the orange cover so I will back out

[Holly]

My current book is blue cover. What colors do we need?

[Perri]

Eliminates half quickly, so yes!

[Sarah]

"Is the author female?"