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2nd to None (Team 2)
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Annette
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Oct 04, 2014 07:04AM
I rolled a 15 so I believe I am on task 25. I will take that task but science fiction is not a genre I read very often so this could be interesting. Now begins the job of finding a book!
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*****READ THIS****** First roll status
All set. If you already know which book you are going to read, let me know and I will add it to the spreadsheet.
Other roll status
There is 2 tasks unassigned.
How about?
Kazen 11
Kirila: 20
The spreadsheet is up to date.
I am going to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - there is a human in space (among aliens), so it should fit the criteria
Kirila wrote: "I am going to read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - there is a human in space (among aliens), so it should fit the criteria"Ohh.... have fun. I would say it does.
Ok, I'm going for a 3rd book. I rolled a 14. 14 + 3 = 17. So.... am I feeling lucky? YES I AM! dog-gone-it!
That looks great Ester, thank you! I made two holds at my e-library so at least one should come through - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America and Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima, both for "disasters", natch. :)
I got lucky! J-MOM said: "You donated books and have earned 10 points." Now, do I roll again? J-Mom says yes! So I did and got 14. That puts me on 31.
31 = Sandy’s Treedome (Spongebob) – Sandy is in a world that is normally alien to squirrels. Read a book with someone who is not in their own environment – aliens on earth, humans on another planet or a spaceship. This will also include time travel – humans going back in time or into the future, dinosaurs in the present.
Kazen wrote: "That looks great Ester, thank you! I made two holds at my e-library so at least one should come through - Triangle: The Fire That Changed America and [book:Atomic Accidents: A Histor..."Kazen, can you explain the link between the book and the task?
Kirila wrote: "Nice Debra!"Thanks! We can use some good luck!
Sure! I'm going for the first saint's disaster angle. The Triangle fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of NYC, killing 146 in a textile factory because the management basically locked them in (among other things).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle...
The second book covers all kinds of accidents and disasters dealing with nuclear power, right up to and including the Fukushima disaster.
Let me know if I'm amiss in thinking one or the other of these books would fit the task and I'll hunt up something else. :)
Kazen wrote: "Sure! I'm going for the first saint's disaster angle. The Triangle fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of NYC, killing 146 in a textile factory because the management basica..."You did not. I did miss it. Too obvious... :)
*****READ THIS****** Debra chance roll, put us back to 0 points. Yeah.
So far, we have committed to 20 books, all tasks are assigned.
I guess it is gophering time now. If anyone have trouble finding books. let the team know, I am sure that someone can help.
If you know what you are reading, let us know (yes, you can change your book later)
The spreadsheet is up to date.
Is it toppler time yet?
I have selected my 3 books. For my short book I will be reading the lastest Amelie Nothomb, Pétronille, 168p,
I have electric company twice. I have 1636: The Kremlin Games that I am using in a combo in the chunkster challenge, and I am trying to download one audiobook, a historical mystery, L'Enquête russe from my library.
It is the 1st time I borrow an audiobook in French. it's numilog instead of overdrive and oneclick and is is totally inadequate. Can you believe this? There are 50 plus files and I need to download all of them separately. I started this during lunch Friday. I had to stop before I finished. When I went back to the site to get some more, it would not let me as the book was already borrowed. (duh!!!) So I emailed tech support telling them of the issue. They replying that "indeed I could not download all files in a bundle. And here is the link to the FAQ". Very helpful. I guess they proved that you can work for a library but not be able to read... *sigh*... I am going to try again today.
I'll be starting with: Tile 11: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard. It's 670 pages. I may not make it to a second book, but if I do I'll read:
Tile 33: The Queen of Whale Cay: The Eccentric Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, Fastest Woman on Water by Kate Summerscale
My third roll is 15, which takes me to tile 8.
My first task is 20: free read, so no worries there! Like I mentioned before I'm doing the disaster angle for task 11 with the Triangle fire or nuclear disasters. Which book depends on what the library hold gods decide to bestow upon me. ;)
I rolled a third time and got a 6 which puts me on #31. I will keep that task and I'll start looking for books.
Kazen wrote: "My first task is 20: free read, so no worries there! Like I mentioned before I'm doing the disaster angle for task 11 with the Triangle fire or nuclear disasters. Which book depends on what the l..."Hi Kazen,
Am I confused? In messages #103 & 111 you traded the Free Parking for the Romance, didn't you?
Thing Two wrote: "My third roll is 15, which takes me to tile 8. "8 = Vermont Avenue – Fall is here and the leaves will be turning. Read a book set in the fall.
Are you taking it?
How many pages are we expected to cover in one week? I'm approaching 1000 with the two books I've selected. I read at a decent pace, but ...No. I doubt I'll be reading that third roll book. If someone rolls a picture book however, I'll do that. :)
Thing Two wrote: "How many pages are we expected to cover in one week? I'm approaching 1000 with the two books I've selected. I read at a decent pace, but ...No. I doubt I'll be reading that third roll book. If so..."
You are expected to read as many as you roll, if not there is penalty. So no rolling until you are sure.
Esther wrote: "Hi Kazen,Am I confused? In messages #103 & 111 you traded the Free Parking for the Romance, didn't you? "
Yes, yes I did! Looks like it's my turn to miss the obvious. >_< Sorry about that! Luckily I have a lot of options:
The Wicked Wallflower
Lord of Temptation
A Night to Surrender
Loving a Lost Lord
Three Weeks With Lady X
You are expected to read as many as you roll, if not there is penalty. So no rolling until you are sure. Ah! I hadn't seen that rule!
So, add The Thirteenth Tale back on my list for a "fall" read, unless someone else wants it. I've got plenty of poetry books here if that number comes up (assuming there is a poetry number) to trade.
(Back-up book if one of "The Meanies" doesn't like that fall selection: The Autumn of the Patriarch)
It's awfully quiet around here. We need some cheer-leading going on!Go Team 2nd to None!
He he i am still fighting with tech support for my audiobook. I have a plan b as i do not think I am going to get it.
Sorry you are having troubles, Esther. Hope you are feeling better!
Hi everybody. Debra is right, we have been really quite.I am slowly acquiring small books from the library in case I have time to read a third book. If I am lucky, one of the books I get will fit. If not, I will have to go running to the library for something else.
Thing Two, if you think you can't finish all three books, you currently have for the toppler, you could also try to choose something else for the first one (so it is not a chunkster). If you choose shorter books, then it will be easier to finish all of them and maybe even have time to roll one more time.
I took the Monday of the week of the toppler off. I'm working a 10 hour shift the previous Monday the 13th, so figured I deserved a day off. Ha ha!I just may get in a 4th book! Will see how I'm doing when that Monday rolls around.
I have my mid-term exam on the Wednesday that week so while I will probably read more than my 3, it may be a close thing.As for rolling during that week, I know some us us will probably be willing to trade a task we have not started yet if you roll something that does not fit you. Or, at the very least, help you with ideas.
We do seem to be the least active team. I noticed some of the groups have a few hundred posts in their team threads! We haven't even cracked the 200 mark yet! LOL. I've been reading pretty quickly this month so I just might be able to fit in a third book, but I'm not going to commit to that just yet.
I signed up for a free trial of Kindle Unlimited this month and started listening to a book that included narration for free yesterday. If I'm doing "mindless" tasks at work, I can listen to narration on my Kindle app which has the potential to really increase my reading speed. :)
KimeyDiann wrote: "If I'm doing "mindless" tasks at work, I can listen to narration on my Kindle app which has the potential to really increase my reading speed. "Doesn't this distract you from working? I can't imagine listening to a book and working at the same time. Even if the task is "mindless"... But good for you :) We could use that ability for the toppler!
Esther, what kind of midterm exam do you have? Are you a teacher or a student?
I am neither. I am working full time and silly me signed in a class of Chinese at university. It does take more of my free time than i tough.
@Kirila: I can only listen to books if my "mindless" task is something incredibly mindless... like scanning several hundreds of pages into a pdf file or hole-punching pages to put into a binder. If I'm doing anything that takes more than a modicum of my brain power, I can't focus on the book at all. If I am doing work on the computer (which is the majority of my work) or sorting and filing, I can't listen to anything that takes real attention. Sometimes music is even too distracting.
I think I have chosen my books for the Toppler. For my sci-fi book I'm going to read Slaughterhouse-Five and for the person out of their element I am going to read The Graveyard Book and for the book off of a friends list I will read The Ocean at the End of the Lane... I just realized that two of the books are by the same author. That will be interesting.
Annette wrote: "I think I have chosen my books for the Toppler."The Neil Gaiman books are great and perfect for the toppler! I hope you enjoy them :). Those two were my first Gaiman books and they hooked me up!
I am reading Death Comes As the End for my 2nd book choice - a free book. This is my Madam Tutti Frutti book.
@Esther - Chinese sounds complicated! I am studying German twice a week after work and I know how much of my time that takes, so I can imagine Chinese is even more time-consuming. Good luck with the midterm!
@KimeyDiann - I get it now :). I have only listened to one audio book ever and I tried different settings. The only successful one was while cooking at home. I tried other mindless activities, but I was still getting distracted from the book.
Annette, you've got 2 excellent Neil Gaiman books there. I loved them both. I've read them, listened to them on audio, AND read them out loud to my hubby. He loved them, too.
@Annette - Slaughterhouse-Five has been on my TBR for a while now, so I can't wait to see what you think!@Kirila - I'm with you on audio books, they're not quite my thing. Hmm, now that I think about it the ones I've stuck with have been comedy - nothing beats a comedian reading their own material. :)
@Ester - Good luck with the Chinese! I live in Japan and I'm studying to become a medical interpreter... so if you ever want to vent about East Asian languages I'm your girl! ^_^b
And about being the quietest team - it's probably because we're off somewhere reading instead of posting, so it may be our strength! :D
I can add a third book to Toppler week - rolled a 379 + 37 = 46 - 40 = 6
That is murder mystery so I will take it.
Here are my three books so far.
14 - location is close to you - A Plain Disappearance by Amanda Flower
9 - classic - The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
6 - murder mystery - Joyland by Stephen King
Kirila wrote: "@KimeyDiann - I get it now :). I have only listened to one audio book ever and I tried different settings. The only successful one was while cooking at home. I tried other mindless activities, but I was still getting distracted from the book."Kazen wrote: "@Kirila - I'm with you on audio books, they're not quite my thing..."
I developed a love for audiobooks when I was working out of town and having to drive 5-6 hours one way on a regular basis. I would get so sleepy and listening to the radio wasn't doing enough to keep me awake. I was about halfway home one weekend and stopped at a big gas station for a potty break and caffeine fix. While I was standing in line waiting to pay, I saw a bin full of books on cd. I decided to give that a try and found it helped big time in keeping me alert while I was driving.
Now I have just shy of an hour commute to work each way and audiobooks are my saving grace. The rural, monotonous highways I drive make me so sleepy and a good book to listen to really makes a world of difference.
My thoughts on audio books -- I love them. They are great for situations where you can multi-process - housework, treadmill, driving, etc. I always have one going on my IPOD which I keep in my car. I also always have one available on my IPHONE and one on my IPAD. About 1/3rd of my reading is via audio. Most of those I get from the library and download through ITUNES to my IPOD. Some I download from my online library sites and a few I get from Audible.
I LOVE audiobooks! They account for about half of my reading, and 90% of my longer books. They're the only way I make it through work. I work as a keyer for a bank (basically keying numbers) for anywhere between 4 and 10 hours a day. Maybe 1/3 of my brain works, while the rest listens to books. It makes the time go by quicker and is much more enjoyable. I've found a lot of series that I will only listen to now. I check out books on cd and playaways from the library, and also access downloadable books from there.
I'm really jealous of all of you that can download books from your local libraries. None of the libraries in the county I live in or the area where I work participate in those programs. Especially since audiobooks are so much more expensive than print books. I used to shop the books-a-million clearance rack for cheap audiobooks, but they closed down. The local B&N just doesn't have much of a selection and what they do have is almost always full price. The local goodwill bookstore occasionally has audio, but not very often. Paperbackswap.com has been my number one place for getting audiobooks without having to pay full price.
I haven't tried Audible because it just doesn't seem like that great of a deal for as many books as I listen to each month. That is why I'm so excited about the Kindle Unlimited program having a lot of books with narration included. For 10 bucks per month I can feed my ebook and audiobook addictions! LOL. But, only time will tell if it is going to be a good deal for me or not.
KimeyDiann wrote: "I'm really jealous of all of you that can download books from your local libraries. None of the libraries in the county I live in or the area where I work participate in those programs. Especially ..."I'd be lost without my libraries and their great programs. They've just added a feature where we can access some magazines online. I haven't tried it yet, but plan on checking it out. In November we're voting on a levy for the libraries. I really hope it passes! A couple of years ago they lost 40% of their budget that came from the Board of Education. So if the levy doesn't pass, there will be all kinds of cutbacks, from fewer hours and closing branches to fewer services and purchases of materials.
KimeyDiann - I don't think I mentioned it before, but I love your avatar!
KimeyDiann wrote: "I'm really jealous of all of you that can download books from your local libraries. None of the libraries in the county I live in or the area where I work participate in those programs. Especially ..."Check your state library system! My local library system has next to nothing but the state system has 60,000+ titles online. I just had to email them a photo of my driver's license and the card came in the mail a couple of weeks later. Worth a shot! :D
jaxnsmom wrote: "KimeyDiann - I don't think I mentioned it before, but I love your avatar!"Hey! I want one of those!
To show how dedicated I am, I took Monday off work! lol May be able to read a 4th book, but will wait and see how it goes.
I'm going to decide which books I'll be reading for the toppler today. Hopefully I can update you later so you can add my books to the spreadsheet.
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