Read-a-Thon #3 - Team Cake

[Sarah]

I plan to start One, Two, Buckle My Shoe tomorrow as an audio book its about 5hrs and 20 mins long so I should be able to finish it tomorrow or early Tuesday.

[Traci]

I finished A Monster Calls for ATY Fall/Autumn challenge, Goodreads best books for Halloween (I don't really agree with that placement, though I'm probably using it for my prompts, and it also fits a couple other prompts). And yes, Perri, I did need some tissues.

[Perri]

Jill wrote: "I a, going to start Me Talk Pretty One Day. It fits “a book for the 2019 or 2020 challenge” - a book not written in a traditional novel format. I should finish on Tuesday."

Most Sedaris books have me in stitches!

[Jillian]

Great job, Traci and Devin.

I'm making progress on my two audiobooks.

Perri, so far I'm finding Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things funny though it would probably help it I knew who the author was. I'm reading it to complete a tricky challenge in a different group.

[Samantha]

Good Morning All, hope everyone has a wonder furiously happy Monday!

I love David Sedaris and gosh just hearing his name makes me realize there is at least one book I have yet to read - how lucky I am :)

I also really like Jenny Lawson, I follow her on twitter and instagram - funny lady for sure.

I have made very little progress on my Audiobook, Where'd You Go, Bernadette but have read 60% ofCome Find Me so that should get finished today. Both books are for the 2019 challenge.

[Veronica]

Morning all. I made progress but still have 200 pages top go on People of the Book. I can use it for A book from the 2019 or 2020 ATY challenge. It fits for 2019's 15. A book set in a Mediterranean country.

[Deborah]

Good morning, all! I made a lot more progress than expected with The Arrangement last night since sleep was a long time coming, so with it also on audio and quite a bit of time in the car coming up today, I should be finishing it up by tonight. This one works for a title starting with letters in the group name.

I'll likely wait to see what quest three has in store for us before deciding what to pick up next. I've got some buddy reads to work on in the meantime. Happy reading!

[Perri]

Samantha, I loved Where'd You Go, but I read it-how is the audio? Orcas, where live makes a brief appearance :) I've heard it's going to be a movie.

[Samantha]

Perri wrote: "Samantha, I loved Where'd You Go, but I read it-how is the audio? Orcas, where live makes a brief appearance :) I've heard it's going to be a movie."

I quite like the narrator and think she is doing a good job with all the different parts. I made a point to get this on my list because I wanted to read it before seeing the movie, it is in theaters now.

Seeing Orcas must be fun even if the appearance is brief. I am going on a cruise to Alaska in a few weeks and hoping to get many Whale sightings.

[Chrissy]

I loved the book, but heard the movie is not good. :(

Not much reading today, since I'm back at work. Hopefully I can finish Flatland tonight.

[Perri]

Finished and have Nimona on the book lists!

[Traci]

Perri wrote: "Finished and have Nimona on the book lists!"

How was it? I feel like I always need a graphic novel or two every year between my book challenges. I tend to default to graphic memoir.

[Perri]

I really liked it! Here's my review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and of The Book of Strange New Things
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Traci, I "found" Graphic Novels a few years ago and really devoured them one year, so that year is off the charts for books read haha. I'd love some recs if you have some. I loved The Complete Maus Preludes & Nocturnes (Sandman) Bone: The Complete Edition (no need to be put off my the JF) Welcome to Lovecraft

[Perri]

Samantha, I'm jelly of your cruise around Alaska! One day... Listen for the mention of a mental institution on Orcas, I can't remember where it is in the book.

Chrissy, I didn't know the movie was out already. Disappointed but not too surprised . What about The Art of Racing in the Rain, a book I loved now in theaters?

[Traci]

It's been so quiet! Ah...the work week. I'm still hoping to finish dew breaker tonight, but have to audio my other book while figuring out dinner!

[Jill]

I am not going to finish Me Talk Pretty One Day until tomorrow night. Based on what I see quest #2 might be complete before then.

[Jillian]

I was pretty tired after work today. I’m just plugging along on my audio book. I have no idea how much I have left I’m on 23/45 parts. I’ listening to it on the playaway and some part are 5 mins and others are 45mins and everything in between plus I have it set at 2x but it still seems slow. So hopefully, I’ll finish it tomorrow.

[Chrissy]

No finishes for me today, but I made progress on both Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions and Chemistry (which feels like it was written about a Chinese version of me!).

[Deborah]

I just finished The Arrangement!

Updated the spreadsheet!

[Deborah]

Also, my next audio is Where the Line Bleeds. I havent reaearched to see where it fits, but will do so depending on what we are working on when I get close to finishing.

[Sarah]

I finished One, Two, Buckle My Shoe today which fits into A book for the Fall/Autumn Challenge. Not sure what I am going to read next I might wait and see what our next quest is before I pick my next read.

[Traci]

Perri - Thanks for the graphic novel recs. I've read Maus and loved it, I'll take a look at the others. The others I've enjoyed are The Complete Persepolis and The Best We Could Do (who I also got to hear speak since the Seattle libraries featured her this year).

Chrissy - So interesting that you have that perspective with Chemistry. Have you gotten any insight into your life!?!? I'm going to add this to my TBR, ah grad school.

Nice job finishing up books Deborah and Sarah.

I'll read mine until I go to bed, but I might end up finishing it over breakfast.

2 to go on Quest #2!

[Chrissy]

I finished Flatland after all! Updated the spreadsheet.

[Alaina]

Just finished up The Dog Stars and updated the spreadsheet

[Traci]

Hey mods - we finished quest 2 and are excited to see what quest 3 holds for us!

Good job team and good night.

[Jillian]

Great job, everyone! I have update post 2. It looks like another team also finished quest 2. Hopefully, all our current books going will work for the next quest.

[Perri]

Good morning! We're going like hot cakes, here. Yeah, I just keep them coming :)

Traci, I think I'm the only one not happy with Persepolis, but the other looks great! If you live in Seattle, we're neighbors!
Alaina, what did you think of Dog Stars?

Bring on Quest 3!

[Samantha]

Good Morning!

Perri, I think I miss read what you wrote about Orcas, I though you were saying they made an appearance where you live but it is where you live :) Very nice place to call home.

I live in the Redmond area we are thinking about moving somewhere north near the San Juan's.

I finished Come Find Me and started Luck, Love & Lemon Pie hope they work for the new quest!

[Traci]

I need to make it to Orcas, I've only been to San Juan Island and one of the Canadian islands (don't remember it's name). Fun to find neighbors here!

I finished the Dew Breaker and was hoping we'd have the new Quest to help decide which book to bring to work to read during lunch, but I guess I'll just pick one!

[Traci]

FYI: I've added Samantha's and my books to the books tab and highlighted them in blue since they're finished and we haven't used them for a quest yet.

Off to work, but I'll try to keep an eye out for our quest in case we need a spreadsheet update.

[Perri]

Samantha, I think I left out a word that made it confusing. Orcas DO make an appearance here, but I meant the island haha. With Traci, we're the PNW Cakers! Traci, was it Vancouver or something smaller?

[Jillian]

I don’t have any book updates but I did get a piece of chocolate cake today at work.

[Traci]

Perri wrote: "Samantha, I think I left out a word that made it confusing. Orcas DO make an appearance here, but I meant the island haha. With Traci, we're the PNW Cakers! Traci, was it Vancouver or something sma..."

Smaller. I just looked at a map, it was either North or South Pender Island I'm pretty sure.

[Traci]

Jillian wrote: "I don’t have any book updates but I did get a piece of chocolate cake today at work."

Even better!

[Jillian]

I liked the first book Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood but I did not like Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return as much.

[Traci]

Jillian wrote: "I liked the first book Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood but I did not like Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return as much."

I agree the first was better than the second.

[Deborah]

Hi all - just checking in! I should have Where the Line Bleeds finished in the next couple hours or by tonight at latest.

I gather we're still waiting on our next quest so will keep an eye out!

[Traci]

Here's hoping we'll get the next quest soon! In the meantime, feel free to track books on the spreadsheet if you'd like. As a reminder, if books don't work for this next quest, they can be used for the following one.

[Jillian]

Samantha- I noticed that the spreadsheet has Luck, Love & Lemon Pie marked as finished. Did you finish this one? I just saw the post where you started but I might have missed something.

Right now I have these books as finished but not used for a quest. Let me know if I missed anyone's books.

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances~ Devin 9/9/19

Come Find Me ~Samantha 9/10/19

The Dew Breaker~ Traci 9/10/19

[Traci]

Jillian wrote: "Samantha- I noticed that the spreadsheet has Luck, Love & Lemon Pie did you finish this one? I just saw the post where you started but I might have missed something."

Oops, that was me. Misread her post! I'll fix it.

[Samantha]

Jillian wrote: "Samantha- I noticed that the spreadsheet has Luck, Love & Lemon Pie did you finish this one? I just saw the post where you started but I might have missed something.

Right now I ha..."

No I just started Luck, Love & Lemon Pie so still reading, thanks for checking.

I also mentioned Simplicity of Cider the other day but not going to be reading that one.

thanks for keeping your eye on the details!

[Jillian]

Thanks, Traci and Samantha.


I should finish my two audio books tonight. Based on quest 3 I will figure out my next one.

[Alaina]

Perri wrote: "Good morning! We're going like hot cakes, here. Yeah, I just keep them coming :)

Traci, I think I'm the only one not happy with Persepolis, but the other looks great! If you live in Seattle, we're..."

Unfortunately I ended up giving The Dog Stars 2 stars. The writing style really didn't work for me and the story was just meh. Oh well, you win some you lose some.

I'm also going to go ahead and get started on Sharp Objects and hopefully it works somewhere for quest 3.

[Jillian]

If our next quest is anything like pie’s, we should need 15 books to complete it.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Quest #3

For our next stop, we're going to take a trip back in time... for most of us. Some of the group may remember being a member of the girl scouts in school, even if for a short time. If not that, you may enjoy the lovely time of year (my personal favorite) when we order girl scout cookies.

Girls scouts haven't always been treated the same way as their male counterparts. Since then, many have advocated for increased equality and, in June of this year, they added 42 new badges for girl scouts, encouraging more well-rounded skill development and exploration.

So for this challenge you get to explore some of those badges. Each team will be asked to read books somehow connected to the various categories. This can include a number of different things, including title, content, setting, cover, etc. In the spirit of equality, you will also be asked to read books linked to the various boy scout badges. Use your imagination and have fun!

Girl Scout Badges

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math [2 books needed]
- Robotics [What Robots Do, Programming/Designing Robots, How Robots Move, Showcasing Robots]
- Investigation [Senses, Detective, Special Agent, Truth Seeker]
- Cybersecurity [Cybersecurity Basics/Safeguards/Investigator]
- Space Science [Space Science Explorer/Investigator/Researcher/Expert/Master]

Outdoors [1 Book Needed]
- Outdoor [Hiker, Camper, Trailblazing, Adventurer]

Life Skills [3 Books Needed]
- Artist [Painting, Drawing, Comic Artist, Collage Artist, Photographer]
- Citizen [Good Neighbor, Celebrating Community, Inside Government, Finding Common Ground, Behind the Ballot, Public Policy]
- First Aid

Entrepreneurship [1 Book Required]
- Cookie Business [Count it Up, Meet my Customers, Cookie CEO, Business Plan, My Portfolio, Research and Development, Talk it Up, Give Back, Customer Insights, Marketing, Customer Loyalty, P&L, Think Big]
- Financial Literacy [Money Counts/Manager, Business Owner, Budgeting, Financing my Future, On My Own, Making Choices, Philanthropist, Savvy Shopper, Comparison Shopping, Buying Power, Good Credit, Financing my Dreams]
- Innovation [Inventor, Product Designer, Entrepreneur, Social Innovator]

Note: You only have to read the number of books specified for each section. Each list contains multiple badge categories (i.e. digital arts). The specific badges are listed in parentheses (i.e. Computer Expert). You may read multiple books from the same category, just like a scout can explore each area more in-depth. But you can't earn more than one of the same, specific badge.

Boy Scout Badges

Boy Scouts have a whopping 137 badges to choose from, with subjects spanning all the way from "Bugling" to "Dog Care". For the remainder of your quest, simply choose 8 topics from the (modified) list. You are only permitted to read 1 book per item so you will read 8 different "topics".This should give you a total of 15 badges in order to move forward.

Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Aviation
Bird Study
Camping
Canoeing
Chemistry
Chess
Citizenship in the World
Coin Collecting
Communication
Cooking
Crime Prevention
Cycling
Disabilities Awareness
Dog Care
Electronics
Energy
Engineering
Family Life
Fire Safety
First Aid
Fishing
Forestry
Game Design
Gardening
Genealogy
Geology
Graphic Arts
Hiking
Horsemanship
Indian Lore
Insect Study
Inventing
Journalism
Landscape Architecture
Law
Lifesaving
Medicine
Music
Nature
Nuclear Science
Oceanography
Painting
Personal Fitness
Pets
Photography
Pottery
Radio
Railroading
Reading
Rifle Shooting
Sculpture
Space Exploration
Sports
Textile
Theater
Weather
Wilderness Survival
Woodwork

Again, be creative in your connections. This is all for fun and there is no need to be literal. For instance, for the financial literacy category, you may even read a coming-of-age story for someone moving away from home in order to fulfill the "On My Own" badge.

[Chrissy]

I’m reading Chemistry which will fit for the STEM GS badge or the Chemistry BS badge.

I’m also working on Where the Crawdads Sing which could count for Outdoors, I think. It may be a couple of days before I finish that one, though

[Chrissy]

I started a page in the spreadsheet, but I’m not sure the best way to plan and keep records, this is a different structure than usual.

[Alaina]

Sharp Objects should work for the Girl Scout STEM badge for Investigation since, according to the synopsis, the main character is a reporter covering a murder

[Jillian]

I added a link to Laura's post in post 2 so Quest 3 should be easy to find.

My books should work for these two tasks. I've got some errands to run and I'll update this post.

Girl Scout Badges
Entrepreneurship [1 Book Required]
- Financial Literacy [Money Counts/Manager, Business Owner, Budgeting, Financing my Future, On My Own, Making Choices, Philanthropist, Savvy Shopper, Comparison Shopping, Buying Power, Good Credit, Financing my Dreams]

Boy Scout Badges
Family Life

[Perri]

No fair, I think this favors Team Cookie ;)

I'll be finishing The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss tonight or tomorrow, It could be Investigation (Truth Seeker) since Anderson is seeking to understand his mom better and uncover hard truths. Or Boy Scout Family Life

I'll swing by the library tomorrow to see what else looks good

Proud 1st Class Girl Scout = to Eagle Boy Scout