[Aug 2019] 24B4Monday - Event Progress

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Grab a post here to keep track of your reading this weekend! This time around, we’re going to keep all progress posts, group tracking and discussion in one place for ease of access.

At the end of each day you can post your total hours spent reading here and the mods will add everyone’s hours together to see how much time our whole group spent reading. Please also list any books you finish over the weekend and we’ll add them to the AtY cover collage.

Once you reserve your spot, I will link your post in the third comment so you can easily edit throughout the weekend.

Individual Tracking


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If you’ve decided to set s smaller goal for yourself, feel free to do an adjusted tracker. Just note it in your individual post (e.g. a 6 hour goal would just halve each box)

You can also provide daily hour counts to help with the group tracking element.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Group Tracking:

There will be a challenge element to our group tracking this time around. Everyone participating will be working together as a team. A box on the photo below will be removed for every 5 hour-increment read (cumulative), to reveal portions of three famous quotes. Reveal the full quote and guess the author to win :)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Lisa
Traci
Bryony
Hannah
Ellie
Derek
Sarah E
Amy
SarahKat
Kathy
Joan
Vanessa
Rachel
Sarah

[Pam]

I’m in!
Reading: Penguin Highway

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Fri: 1
Sat: 1
Sun: 2

[Lisa]

I’ll give this a try this time. This will be my tracking spot. I’m going try for 16 hours.

Friday: 2
Saturday:4. Boy was I ambitious in my goal for the weekend. I won’t make 16 hours!
Sunday: 4 hours. Yeah- I came no where near my goal. And I found tracking time hard!

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I’m currently reading:
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth✅finished
The Only Harmless Great Thing✅ finished

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Just One Taste ✅. Finished
The Most Fun We Ever Had
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream ✖️ DNF. Good book- not a timeframe I thought it was. I picked up: Night instead and I’m enjoying it very much.

[Traci]

Sure, I'm in. Hoping this will help my progress with my 500+ book.

Well, on Sunday I accidentally binge watched a show instead of binge reading my book before heading out for an evening with friends. Oh well.

Friday: 4 hours
Saturday: 7 hours
Sunday: 3 hours

Total: 14 hours

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Currently reading:
Barkskins
Tenth of December (when I don't want to haul around a big book)
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage (audio)

[Bryony]

I’m in too. I think I will aim for six hours. That might be a bit ambitious as I have a busy weekend, but it’s good to have a goal that challenges me a bit.

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[Hannah]

I’m in as well. I think I’ll try for 15 hours.

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Friday: 10 hours
Saturday: 6 hours
Sunday: 6 hours

Total: 22 hours - a lot more than I was expecting!

Currently Reading:
The Last Dance and Other Stories
Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Foreign Bodies

Up Next:
A Gentleman in Moscow

Finished:
Archangel
Reckless
Howards End

[Ellie]

Friday: 2.25 hours
Saturday: 5.5 hours
Sunday: 5 hours
Total: 12.75

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Currently reading: The Priory of the Orange Tree and The Nightjar

Books finished:

[Derek]

[1] [2] [3] [4] - 4 hours finished
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I'm in. I'll start this at 4:00 PM (EST) this afternoon, once I get home from work.

Friday: 2 hours
Saturday: 5 hours
Sunday:

Finished books:
Inkheart

[°~Amy~°]

I don't have a lot of time to read this weekend so I'm hoping just to get a little reading done every day.

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[SarahKat]

I'll try for 6 hours

Friday: 1.5 hours
Saturday: 2.5 hours
Sunday: 3 hours

Final: 7 hours

[Kathy]

24B4Monday Tracking

Going for 12 hours

Friday: 4 hours
Saturday: 4 hours
Sunday: 3

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Currently Reading
The Moon and Sixpence - W. Somerset Maugham
The Children of Noisy Village - Astrid Lindgren
Madam, Will You Talk? - Mary Stewart
The Story of an African Farm - Olive Schreiner

Finished books
The Overstory - Richard Powers
Cousin Phillis - Elizabeth Gaskell

[Joan]

I'll give this a try.

The kids are away this weekend so I should be somewhat successful.

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Friday: 1 hours.
Saturday:3 hours so far
Sunday:

Currently Reading
Morning Star
The Thorn Birds

Finished Books
The Color Purple
What Alice Forgot
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

[Vanessa]

I'm in.

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Friday: 3 hours.
Saturday:4,2 hours.
Sunday: 3 hours.

Currently reading:
- Voyage from Yesteryear (Viaje desde el ayer)
- Rebecca (Rebeca)

Finished:
- The Left Hand of Darkness (La mano izquierda de la oscuridad)

[Rachel]

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I'm a little confused about whether to track on the Bingo card by hours or by pages. I read 3 hours today, but my page total was much less than what is listed for 3 hours above. I'm counting it by hours for now.

Friday: 3 hours, 137 pages of The Rosie Result
Saturday: I didn't keep track very well, but I think it was 7 hours total over the course of the day. I read 239 pages to finish The Rosie Result, and the first 46 pages of Sadie
Sunday: Forgot to track it yesterday, but I think it was 6 hours total.

Currently reading


Finished
The Rosie Result
Sadie

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Rachel, it’s your choice if you want to do hours or pages. Some have said they have trouble tracking hours so we provided a page count option.

[Sarah]

I am in, I hope to read between 12-16 hours:

Friday=3.5hrs
Saturday= 3.5hrs
Sunday= 5.5hrs

Currently reading:
Under Currents

Finished:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Regatta Mystery And Other Stories


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[Rachel]

Laura wrote: "Rachel, it’s your choice if you want to do hours or pages. Some have said they have trouble tracking hours so we provided a page count option."

Thanks, that's what I thought. I just got confused because they were listed on the same square, so I thought it meant both.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Update at this point:

43.25 hours.

Awesome start, everyone!

Check the graphic above for the first reveal. You have 3.25 hours toward your next reveal.

[Jackie]

Goal: Six hours

Friday: 0 hours
Saturday: 3 hours

[Lieke]

No goal 😁

Currently reading: Slända i bärnsten

Friday: 0
Saturday: 284 pages
Sunday:

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What game do you mean?

[Pam]

Hi Laura- Can you add me to the summary post please? See message 4. Thanks!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I skipped yours since it was so close to the top. It didn’t seem like you needed the shortcut. But I can still add it if you want.

[Pam]

Laura - That’s Ok! I thought you missed my post. I don’t need a link.