Read-a-Thon #3 - Team Cake

[Jillian]

Mods- We have finished Quest 3 and are ready for Quest 4!

[Traci]

Good job team! I'll finish Beneath the Lion's Gaze tonight, hopefully it'll count for the next quest.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Quest 4:

Sometimes we have to take a moment and just reflect on the journey. For the next stop, we'll focus on some of the books that have already been completed.

Read 15 books related to books that your team has read so far in this read-a-thon. Books must be connected by the following ways:
- 5 books published in the same year
- 4 books with the same word in the title [excluding A, An, and The]
- 3 books with a similar cover [color, object, etc.]
- 2 books set in the same location or written by authors born in the same locations [country]
- 1 book by the same author

Read 3 books [or books by authors] that are mentioned in a read-a-thon game.

Hint: If you're having trouble, it may be a good idea for members of your group to play the read-a-thon games ;)

This should equal 18 total books for quest 4.

[Jillian]

Laura, I'm checking to see that I understand the next quest for 5 books published in the same year do all 5 books have to be published in the same year for example 2019. Or can 5 books just match the published year of 5 read books so the years could be different based on which year they are matching. Same question goes for other prompts for example one of the read books is The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss. We could match the word Love with Luck, Love & Lemon Pie. Would we have to have 3 more books matching "love" or could they match other titles.

[Jillian]

I'll try an add the covers to post 2. If you read a book can you let me know if the link works for your book or if I need to use a different cover.

[Traci]

I'll update the books page of the spreadsheet and add a planning tab.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Jillian wrote: "Laura, I'm checking to see that I understand the next quest for 5 books published in the same year do all 5 books have to be published in the same year for example 2019. Or can 5 books just match t..."

They can all be different. They just have to match a book already read.

Quest 1 Books = 2019, 2005, 2010, 2007, 2015

Those are all totally random numbers but hopefully illustrates the idea. They don’t have to be different though either.

[Traci]

Books page has been updated with year, author, and (for some) nationality/setting. I attempted a planning sheet, but it was a little tricky. It does list all the years and all the countries (that I've looked up so far).

[Traci]

Laura wrote: "Quest 4:

Sometimes we have to take a moment and just reflect on the journey. For the next stop, we'll focus on some of the books that have already been completed.

Read 15 books related to books ..."

Another question!

For books that are already completed, does this mean only quest 1, 2, and 3? i.e. once someone finishes a book in quest 4 is it also eligible as "already completed"?

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Yes, quest 4 books are totally fine

[Traci]

Here are my books:

[Traci]

What do people think of using the word "too"? Trying to figure out what book to start from my pile.

I could also start a book by David Sedaris if no one else has a repeat author in mind.

[Traci]

Books in Title scramble
(view spoiler)[
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
There There by Tommy Orange
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Stand by Stephen King
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Books by One Liner
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Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale by Herman Melville
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
(hide spoiler)]

Link to 90s kid book tag:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Jillian]

Laura wrote: "Jillian wrote: "Laura, I'm checking to see that I understand the next quest for 5 books published in the same year do all 5 books have to be published in the same year for example 2019. Or can 5 bo..."

Thanks that makes sense.

[Jillian]

For now I added Samantha's book here

- 4 books with the same word in the title [excluding A, An, and The]
1."Love" Quest 3 [4. Family Life- [book:The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss|26072609]~ Perri 9/11/19] Quest 4 Luck, Love & Lemon Pie ~Samantha 9/12/19

[Traci]

Ugh, my "too" is in a subtitle. Do we think that counts?

I'm crossing my fingers I'll get Britt-Marie Was Here from the library tomorrow (it's in transit), which would count for a book mentioned in the games.

[Traci]

I finished Beneath the Lion's Gaze, which only counts for year unless it ends up counting for cover. It's currently slotted into year.

[Jillian]

I think subtitles should count, they are still part of the title.

[Traci]

Jillian - Does Infinity take place in France? There's an "X" in column H for France.

[Jillian]

Traci wrote: "Jillian - Does Infinity take place in France? There's an "X" in column H for France."

Nope, I must have accidentally marked it. It takes place in
New Orleans, Louisiana so it could work for US or published in 2010.

[Jillian]

Devin and Traci, I added your book covers to post 2. I won't be able to get to a computer until later tomorrow evening.

[Jill]

I just finished Connections in Death. Published in 2019. Set in New York City.

[Jillian]

I just saw Chrissy's book Where the Crawdads Sing was mentioned in Read-a-Thon #3 - Day 4: 90s Kid Book Tag https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I don't think she has posted about finishing it yet. I think that is going to be the hardest prompts to fill.

[Jillian]

Jill wrote: "I just finished Connections in Death. Published in 2019. Set in New York City."

That would work for the word "Death" since we have Love and Death Among the Cheetahs~Sarah 9/8/19

[Traci]

Jillian wrote: "Jill wrote: "I just finished Connections in Death. Published in 2019. Set in New York City."

That would work for the word "Death" since we have Love and Death Among the Cheetahs~Sa..."

I added it to the spreadsheet and marked it for "death".

[Traci]

Gillian Flynn was also mentioned in 90s kid book tag, so Alaina's Sharp Objects could work for the ATY games prompt.

[Deborah]

My covers so far:


The book I'm hoping to finish this weekend is The Shape of Night - the word of is in other titles, 2019 pub date, it has a body of water on the cover with land in the distance as does the cover for Ten, setting is US.

[Chrissy]

I did finish Where the Crawdads Sing tonight, but figuring out where it fits will have to wait till tomorrow. Good night all!

[Jillian]

Chrissy wrote: "I did finish Where the Crawdads Sing tonight, but figuring out where it fits will have to wait till tomorrow. Good night all!"

I added your book for the read-a-thon game since I think that is the hardest spot to fill.

[Sarah]

I finished You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures yesterday. It was published in 2016 which fits into 5 books published in the same year. It matches the year "The Rainbow comes and goes" was published, used in quest 3 by Perri.

Or we can use it in " 4 books with the same word in the title" it. It matches the "you" in "Where'd You go, Bernadette"

I just saw that Neil Gaiman is mentioned in the game "Day 4: 90s Kid Book Tag" I have a book of his I can listen to The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction and we could put it in for one the 3 books mentioned in a read-a-thon game. I is about 15 hrs long so it will take me today and tomorrow to do but I am sure i can get it done!

[Perri]

Woke up to find I've already contributed to Quest 4 -thanks Jillian! :)

[Perri]

2015 a Kingdom far, far away
2014 a planet far, far away
2016 New York

Currently reading 2013 US

[Traci]

Sarah wrote: "I finished You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures yesterday. It was published in 2016 which fits into 5 books published in the same year. It matches the year "..."

Sarah and Jillian - For now I put You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures in the matching word category for "you" since I think it's a tougher category (though we've been prioritizing it, so it doesn't look so bad). Feel free to move if you see fit.

[Traci]

I finished .
What do you think about similar cover to .

I mean, it's different but two arms seems an odd thing to have on a cover.

[Chrissy]

Is tomorrow the end of the readathon? If so, I may not be able to finish another book. I have to do some work in the morning and have a social thing in the afternoon. However, I am trying to decide what to start next, and my choices seem to be Heavy: An American Memoir, Arm of the Sphinx, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, and Prison Noir. I haven’t looked at length yet, but is there one that jumps out as helpful for our final quest?

ETA: none of these looks like a fast read. Maybe I’ll start on Prison Noir because it is shorter and see how it goes. It was published in 2014 and set in the US. The cover is in black and white and has a jail cell with a person: .

[Chrissy]

Traci, I think those seem plenty similar!

[Veronica]

I finally finished People of the Book!

Looking at my options, I think the best one to put it under may be Location, as part of the story takes place in Australia as well as the author was born and raised there before moving to the U.S. The only other option (I think) is using "book" as sharing a word in the title with "The Secret, Book and Scone Society".

Looking at the spreadsheet, I think I'm going to read a book mentioned in one of the read-a-thon game. I know I have Britt-Marie Was Here and Beartown on my bookshelf.
Edit: I'm going with The Nest, which is mentioned in the 90's kids book tag game. I actually have it out from the library right now!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

It ends Sunday the 15th when you go to bed.

[Jillian]

I think I got all the books updated on post 4. Let me know, if I missed anyone's book. We have 10 prompts left!

Quest 4

Read 15 books related to books that your team has read so far in this read-a-thon. Books must be connected by the following ways:
- 5 books published in the same year
1. 2010- Quest 1 Bittersweet ~Jill Quest 4 Beneath the Lion's Gaze~ Traci 9/12/19
2.
3.
4.
5.
- 4 books with the same word in the title [excluding A, An, and The]
1."Love" Quest 3 The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss~ Perri Quest 4 Luck, Love & Lemon Pie ~Samantha 9/12/19
2. "Death" Love and Death Among the Cheetahs~Sarah 9/8/19 Connections in Death~Jill 9/12/19
3. "You" Quest 3 Where'd You Go, Bernadette ~Samantha 9/11/19 Quest 4 You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures ~Sarah 9/12/19
4.
- 3 books with a similar cover [color, object, etc.]

1. Quest 1 The Book of Strange New Things Perri 9/8/19 Quest 4 It's Okay to Laugh~Traci
2.
3.
- 2 books set in the same location or written by authors born in the same locations [country]
1.Australia- Quest 1 Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood ~ Devin Quest 4 People of the Book~ Veronica 9/13/19
2.
- 1 book by the same author
1. Agatha Christie-Quest 3 Evil Under the Sun~ Sarah 9/11/19 Quest 4 The Body in the Library ~Devin 9/13/19

Read 3 books [or books by authors] that are mentioned in a read-a-thon game. Traci's post with possible books https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Day 4: 90s Kid Book Tag post 7 Where the Crawdads Sing~ Chrissy 9/12/19
2.
3.

[Chrissy]

Great! Maybe I can finish something then. Prison Noir is checked out, so that’s a no-go. I’m going with Arm of the Sphinx I guess, also 2014. I don’t think it will fit any other category.

[Samantha]

I started The Emissary. Besides being published in 2018 not sure it is going to be a fit anywhere.

[Perri]

Devin has quite a few graphic novels which are similar to Nimona?

[Traci]

Devin wrote: "These are the graphic novels I have access to right now. Any of them look like they will fit?

..."

For matching cover, I think most would work (superhero). I think Black Panther looks most like Superman Birthright or Batgirl with Superman Birthright (capes). Is Saga the same character as Saga Vol 1?

[Traci]

I'm starting Britt-Marie Was Here (probably not until tomorrow), which works for year or ATY games.

[Traci]

Devin wrote: "I’m going to start The Testaments today. I know that other Margaret Atwood books have been mentioned in the games, so it probably counts for that. It also counts for 2019. I can look at the covers ..."

How is the Testaments so far? I'm on the library wait list (luckily I got on it super early so shouldn't have too much of a wait).

[Deborah]

I finished The Shape of Night and put it down for similar cover. Two covers with cool tones, body of water. Other options: 2019 pub, US location, word in common "of".



I am starting The Cage which has a very yellow cover like Good Me, Bad Me, but not sure when ill be finished.

[Jillian]

I finished my book and added it to the year published.

2. 2010 Infinity ~Jillian 9/14/19

I have not added anymore of the book covers to post 2 since we have that prompt covered with current books being read.

I have just started Invincible/ which will work for cover or location and probably year.

[Jillian]

Perrie- I'm removing , Nimona, The Book of Strange and Wonderful Things, and The Rainbow Comes and Goes that were added to the spreadsheet Quest #4 planning tab. That way just books read for Quest 4 are added there. Those books were ones that made a connection but were used in previous quests and are still on their quest sheets.

[Jillian]

Samantha wrote: "I started The Emissary. Besides being published in 2018 not sure it is going to be a fit anywhere.

"

The 2018 year published will be good since we still need 3 more books for that prompt.

[Alaina]

I'm sorry for not checking in for the past couple days. I've got some catching up to do.

I finished Sharp Objects, and like Traci had said it can work for the read-a-thon game prompt as Gillian Flynn was mentioned in the 90s Kid Book Tag.

For the two books I'm reading now I'm having a hard time finding a prompt that works. I'm reading Gyo today and should also have it finished by the end of the day. It is set in Japan as well as being written by a Japanese author. The cover is all black with a splash of red. I'm also reading Aesop's Illustrated Fables which is even more difficult to place... I might have to look at my shelves and see if I can find some other books that will work better

Covers: