Read-a-thon #3 - Team Cookie

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Only 5 more books to go before the next quest!

[Rachelnyc]

Hello fellow cookies! Apologies for being a slacker but I ended up having my arm twisted into getting drinks after work yesterday so didn’t get much reading in.

I did finish Frankenstein tonight though and will update spreadsheet in the morning and decide what to read next.

[Kathy]

Well, I'd have gone for the drinks too, Rachel!

I finished The Library at the Edge of the World and added it to the Contemporary shelf on the spreadsheet.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

After Rachel adds Frankenstein in, we will just need 3 more books to get to the second quest!

[Kathy Jo]

Yeehaw! Good job, ladies. Working on The Golden Compass. May finish Wednesday, depends on how much reading time I get.

[Jackie]

Finally finished with A Single Man. Life gets in the way when you have things to do.

[Rachelnyc]

Updated spreadsheet with wishlist for Frankenstein.

I started Three Women and will also begin another fiction book. I need to read through the other threads before deciding what to read. Do we know what the next quest is yet?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I haven't peeked at the other team's threads to see... maybe I'll do that lol

Jackie, I put your book under LGBT! We just need two more books to move on!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Ok I popped over and it looks like Quest 2 is 10 books that are related it to ATY in some way, whether through title or read for the challenge or fits a 2020 prompt or.. it seems really open to interpretation. So we can cross that bridge when we get to it!

[Kathy]

I finished Wobble, a poetry book by Rae Armantrout. I added to spreadsheet for Contemporary. Changed my previous book, The Library at the Edge of the World to Read-in-2019.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Hi Team Cookie!

I held off on joining a team because I always feel like a slacker on team challenges. But I've actually been doing fairly well with my reading this time around.

So I'm going to pull some mod strings (if that's a thing) and join now.

I finished My Lovely Wife on Sunday and we can apply it to stand-alone.

So I believe that means we've finished quest 1?

I've been speeding through The Girls at 17 Swann Street so I should finish it tomorrow. I can look at how it fits Quest 2 then.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Quest #2

Sometimes a quest takes you closer to home than you expect. The next step of the journey focuses on your "home" in the ATY group.

Read 10 books that are somehow related to the ATY group. This includes (limited to) the following:

- A books with that starts with a letter found in "AROUND THE YEAR"
- A book that one of the moderators rated as 5 stars
- A book for the 2019 or 2020 challenge
- A book for the Fall/Autumn Challenge
- A book you originally discovered within the group
- A book from ATY's "lesser known" book list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yay! Welcome Laura!

I'll work on creating a planning spreadsheet for quest #2!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Ok I've added a planning tab! If you had a book on the first planning tab, I've moved it over to our new quest's tab, so you just need to fill in how it will fit in the possible prompts!

[Tracy]

Still working on On the Come Up sorry I'm so slow. I'm reading it for the ATY 2019 prompt though so it will work for the next quest.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

No worries, Tracy! Take your time and enjoy it!

[Kathy Jo]

Welcome, Laura. Glad you joined us.
The Golden Compass is going a little slower than expected. Plus I've been busy with other things. May be Thursdat or Friday before I finish.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I really liked that one, Tracy! It’s surprising but I actually liked it a bit more than THUG. I suspect it was just the right time for it versus when I read THUG. It’s fascinating how much of a difference the timing of the read can make.

[Tracy]

Laura wrote: "I really liked that one, Tracy! It’s surprising but I actually liked it a bit more than THUG. I suspect it was just the right time for it versus when I read THUG. It’s fascinating how much of a dif..."

Its GOOD!! I read a big chunk of it last night because I was having trouble sleeping, my kindle says I only have about an hour left to finish, so I should be done today... WOOT!

I still havent read THUG, I dont know why. And i need to because I want to watch the movie.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Definitely read the book first for THUG, but the movie is a bit different and so, so good. My husband actually thanked me for making him go see it with me lol.

[Storm]

Finished a book for the challenge and updated the sheet!

[Kathy]

Finished Convenience Store Woman and updated the spreadsheet. A short sweet book!

[Edie]

I can't figure out how to add to the Quest 2 sheet. I'm not sure if this will count, but I finished So Much of Life Left Over by Louis de Berniers on September 7. I was reading it for the Fall Challenge.

Currently reading One Hundred Names by Ceceilia Ahearn which I am also reading for the Fall Challenge.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Edie, I'll add it in there for you!

Great work team! Already 4 books down in our second quest!

[Tracy]

I only have 2 chapters left of my book for the ATY prompt "published in 2019". I'll finish it this afternoon in between dr appointments :-)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Great Tracy! Hope your appointments go well.

[Kathy]

Good luck with your appointments, Tracy!

I have several books going that are fairly short (but more than 125 pages!) that I hope to get done soon.

Peter Pan fits a book for 2020 challenge - a book you can read in a day

Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir - listening on audio - it's for my 2019 Fall Challenge

American Born Chinese - graphic novel (so should be fast) that fits a book that starts with letter found in AROUND THE YEAR

Will add all to the spreadsheet

[Tracy]

I finished On The Come Up.... sorry I’m on my phone and can’t link or get into the spreadsheet. It works for this years ATY - published in 2019. I’m so excited I was able to finish a book for the team. It’s been months since I’ve read one 😊

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'll add it in for you, Tracy. I'm so happy for you!

[Tracy]

Haha thanks... now I have to figure out what to read next

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Finally finished Why Didn't They Ask Evans?; I'm not normally so slow with an Agatha Christie. I stuck it in the slot for "for the Fall challenge" since that was the only place it could go. We seem to be rolling right along!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Up to six books! Just four more to go!

[Tracy]

Started Human Acts for my ATY challenge and also would work for our lesser known list.

[Kathy]

Finished American Born Chinese and added it to spreadsheet

[MKay]

Finished Persuasion today. I think I only have about 25 or less % on Grandma Gatewood's Walk.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Great, guys!

MKay, how would it fit in with the prompts for quest 2?

We are only one book away from Quest 3!

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I did end up finishing The Girls at 17 Swann Street last night so we’ve finished quest 2 :) We can apply it to 2019 challenge, related to food.

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

I’ll post quest 3 shortly.

[Rachelnyc]

Oh wow that’s exciting!

I should finish Three Women tomorrow so hopefully it will work for quest 3!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Excellent Laura! I'm so curious to see what our Quest 3 is!

I'm getting through Dear Mrs. Bird pretty quickly, so I'm hoping it fits quest 3 as well!

[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]
- Animals [Pets, Animal Habitats/Helpers, Voice for Animals]
- Investigation [Senses, Detective, Special Agent, Truth Seeker]
- Science and Technology [Home Scientist, Entertainment Technology, Science of Happiness, Science of Style]
- Digital Arts [Computer Expert, Digital Photographer, Digital Movie Maker, Website Designer]

Outdoors [1 Book Needed]
- Naturalist [Bugs, Flowers, Trees, Sky, Water]

Life Skills [3 Books Needed]
- Craft [Potter, Jeweler, Book Artist, Textile Artist]
- Healthy Living [My Best Health, Staying Fit, Eating for You, Women's Health]
- Manners [Making Friends, Social Butterfly, Netiquette, Business Etiquette]

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.

[Kathy]

Thanks, Laura. Looks like fun!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Thanks Laura!

I’m already in bed (at 8 PM lol) but I’ll put the spreadsheet together tomorrow morning!

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I'm currently working on Wind, Sand and Stars (and it's due back to the library in two days so I really have to hop on it lol) and it's perfect for the Boys' Aviation badge.

[Kathy]

Way to go, Team Cookie! On to Quest 3.

For the spreadsheet tomorrow, I finished:
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir, which is food writer Ruth Reichl's memoir of her time as editor in chief at the magazine Gourmet.

Fits: Boy Scouts Badge - Journalism

[Rachelnyc]

Fun!

I’ll go with the Girl Scout STEM badge to do with investigation for Three Women since it is all about these women exploring/investigating their lives through their desire and sexuality.

[Kathy Jo]

Looks fun! My book is going slower, plus I worked today and will also Thursday and Friday.

May work for stem or Entrepreneur. If I can finish it....

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yay! I've updated the spreadsheet! Feel free to add your plans to the Quest #3 Planning tab!

[Edie]

I put One Hundred Names under the journalism bucket, but it isn't registering at the top of the page. The book may fit for some other places, once I get further in it.

[Kathy]

That's probably because "journalism" is filled and we can only do a badge once. From the description of your book maybe "truth seeker" or "detective" would work. Otherwise I can find a different badge for my book Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir