Just curious - Who has already started reading?

[Christy]

I hadn't yet because I was afraid I'd race through it... but I guess I'm probably safe now, right? Maybe I'll start a "meaty" one so there's no way I'll get through half of it tonight. :)

[Liz M]

I'm on page 118/895 of Little Dorrit, which I started on Saturday. I have already managed to spill coffee on it (not my fault! the cafe table was super-wobbly and the mug was full when I accidentally brushed the table, I also got coffee all over my jeans) and bent the heck out of it trying to cram the darned brick into my work-bag. Luckily this version only cost $0.50 and I've already bought a replacement copy for when the spine goes...

[Candace]

Here's my ticker! I actually managed to get it to work this time around...


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[Kim]

For those of you that have tickers, how are you doing them? Can you have signatures on Goodreads or are you copying the tickers into your posts each time you post?

[Beth F]

No signatures on GR...you have to copy/paste the html each time you post.

[Sara ♥]

Adrienne wrote: "Took time out from reading to create a ticker, but I'm not sure I understand how it really works. Do I go back to the site and change the points number each time and then copy and paste? "

Yep, basically! I suggest bookmarking the tickerfactory page where your ticker is located, so you don't have to track down your last post every time you want to update your ticker...

[Jo]

I hadn't actually planned on it, but then it turned out that the book I was reading "just for fun" has time travel in it, so I'll be able to count it for the challenge. Good thing I'm not past the 50% mark yet.

[Terri]

I started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay a few days ago, because I think it is the biggest book on my list for the challenge so I thought I'd get a little bit of a head start, but am seriously struggling with it! I'm only on page 29! The font used in the book isn't helping. Anyone who's read it, does it take a while to get in to it?!

[Lindsey]

Adrienne wrote: "Took time out from reading to create a ticker, but I'm not sure I understand how it really works. Do I go back to the site and change the points number each time and then copy and paste?


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Yep. That's exactly what you do. :)

[Teresa]

Sara wrote: "Nicole wrote: "I still haven't started yet because a. I just had to field 9 new questions about my task and b. I was making this awesome ticker:

I LOVE IT!"

I went for the Halloween route...

okay how do we do those things : ) I want one Please


I ..."

[Angela]

I started reading Everything is Illiminated (sp), but only read about 10 pages and was bored with it. May have to pick another book, but I really want to read History of Love by Nicole Kraus (husband wife) and I already ready his other book.
Started According to Garp last night, which I have a feeling I am really going to enjoy all 700 odd pages of it.
Also started Breakfast at Tiffany's this morning while I was waiting for my other person to show up at work. So three going!!!

[Katie]

SuzieR wrote: "I started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay a few days ago, because I think it is the biggest book on my list for the challenge so I thought I'd get a little bit of a head start..."

YES, IT DOES!! Don't give up! I struggled through the first fifty pages, procrastinated the next hundred, then flew through the rest and wondered why it took me so long to fall in love. It was my best read of the summer, but it took me all summer. :)

Part of it for me was that I insist on looking up every word I don't know, and as you can imagine, there were a lot of those.

[Kim D]

I started reading The Glass Castle on Saturday, but I'm only on page 66. And The Book Thief is waiting at the library for me so I will be starting that today! Really want to read that one.

[Terri]

Katie wrote: "SuzieR wrote: "I started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay a few days ago, because I think it is the biggest book on my list for the challenge so I thought I'd get a little bit ..."

Katie, I've decided to put it aside for now, but I will definitely come back to it!

[Sara ♥]

Teresa wrote: "okay how do we do those things : ) I want one Please"

HOW TO CREATE A TICKER

-Click this link: http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php?type=14

-Pick a pin number you'll remember...
-As your "object", type "points".
-Your cumulative value will be how many points you have.
-Target is 690 or whatever your goal is.
-The message (optional) will be like a title. (Ex - On Candace's ticker, above, "Candace's Fall Challenge Goal".)
-Click next.

-Navigate through the "More Designs" pages and select a "ticker" bar. Once you've selected the one you want, hit next.
-Navigate through the "More Designs" pages and choose a "ticker slider", and then click next again.

Voilà! Your ticker is made!

To get your ticker to appear here, copy the HTML code (not the bbCode)... the one that starts with "-Enter your pin and your current points (as the "current cumulative value")
-Click next THREE TIMES.
-Copy and paste the HTML code again!

Note: You won't need to re-bookmark the page. The website will save your current point total for you.

[Amy]

I started reading My Sister's Keeper on Friday, but I had such a busy weekend that I only got through about 100 pages by last night.

[Melissa]

I started The Boleyn Inheritance but didn't make it to the halfway point before today thank goodness!

[Sarah (Mood Reader)]

I haven't yet, I am waiting for my longest read to get in at the library now. Plus, Adrienne just reminded me I have to get my ticker set up.

[Teresa]

I have 6 going at the moment LOL

PLUS I have a 3 hr car trip one Saturday, so 6 hours of reading : )

[Petra]

Teresa wrote: "I have 6 going at the moment LOL

PLUS I have a 3 hr car trip one Saturday, so 6 hours of reading : ) "

Oh, all of you who can read in a moving car are lucky! I can't read in any moving vehicle without getting motion sick......thank goodness for audio books.

[Beth F]

Petra wrote: Oh, all of you who can read in a moving car are lucky! I can't read in any moving vehicle without getting motion sick......thank goodness for audio books.

I can read in a moving vehicle so long as my husband isn't in it! We could ride in complete silence for miles but the instant I pull a book out of my purse, he starts talking and talking and talking and talking and talking and talking and talking. And as soon as I close the cover, he clams up and won't say a word!

[Petra]

Beth(MN) wrote: "I can read in a moving vehicle so long as my husband isn't in it! We could ride in complete silence for miles but the instant I pull a book out of my purse, he starts talking and talking and talking and talking and talking and talking and talking. And as soon as I close the cover, he clams up and won't say a word!..."


LOL! My husband does that in front of the TV. He'll be (silently) watching, I'll pull out a book and he suddenly starts talking. It's a good trick to know for when we want them to talk, isn't it? :D

[Kay]

I was less than halfway through The Greatest Knight The Story of William Marshal when I realized it worked for the challenge, so I can finally pick that back up! I started City of Glass today, too. Also I stopped by the library this afternoon and finished the task where you can read a bunch of children's books which was an extremely fun/motivating way to start!

I love the tickers!

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[Sara ♥]

Petra wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I have 6 going at the moment LOL

PLUS I have a 3 hr car trip one Saturday, so 6 hours of reading : ) "

Oh, all of you who can read in a moving car are lucky! I can't read in any moving vehicle without getting motion sick......thank goodness for audio books. "

I get sick after reading about 3 pages... But I love audiobooks, so I'm good to go!

[Terri]

Teresa wrote: "I have 6 going at the moment LOL

PLUS I have a 3 hr car trip one Saturday, so 6 hours of reading : ) "

I have no idea how you people read more than one book at a time! I've tried to have two going at once before - one in bed and one all other times, but I just get sidetracked by one or the other. Plus I would get so confused with plots and characters, lol! I am in awe!

[Petra]

SuzieR wrote: "I have no idea how you people read more than one book at a time! I've tried to have two going at once before - one in bed and one all other times, but I just get sidetracked by one or the other. Plus I would get so confused with plots and characters, lol! I am in awe!
..."

Suzie, the trick is to keep the plots of each book entirely different in order to keep the plots straight in your head. At least, that's the way it works for me. For example, one contemporary book, one sci-fi, one fantasy, etc.

[Sera]

Here's my new ticker:




Oops, need to fix the books piece :)

[Sera]

I love the pencil ticker, Nicole!

[Carrie]

Petra wrote: "SuzieR wrote: "I have no idea how you people read more than one book at a time! I've tried to have two going at once before - one in bed and one all other times, but I just get sidetracked by one o..."

I usually read two books at once. They are very different. Sometimes YA (kid's) and an adult book, but it makes it easier when the subject/plot is different to keep things straight. Maybe I got used to doing that being an English major in college and having to read so much when I took multiple English lit classes.

And at the moment I'm reading two books--One is an adult mystery Winter Study, the other is a young adult fantasy fiction.The Battle of the Labyrinth

[Teresa]

LetSuzieR wrote: "Teresa wrote: "I have 6 going at the moment LOL

PLUS I have a 3 hr car trip one Saturday, so 6 hours of reading : ) "

I have no idea how you people read more than one book at a time! I've tr..."

these are the books, Lincoln as we knew him, very short chapters from many people

Chicken soup for the soul, another very short chapters many writers

Scarlet letter which I can't stand,

die trying book group,

206 bones upstairs book

and the berenstain books

[Terri]

Hmm, yes, I see how if they're all very different types of books it might work! But I wouldn't get them read any quicker as I'd have less time to read each book .... I'll stick to one book at a time I think, and not tax my poor little brain too much LOL!

[Rach]

I didn't make a ticker last challenge, but I couldn't help myself this time. :)

Here's a test! I'm about halfway through Time Traveler's Wife now, hopefully I can finish it up in the next few days!

[Alyona]

Okay, I want one of those pretty tickers, too :)