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August Read a thon
Aiswrya
Angie
Chelsea
Connie
Dalia
Jenn
June
Judy
Kelly
Kristie
Laura
Lisa
Liz
Sam
Sammy
Sixty
Sophie
Spencer
Teodora
Tonya
Angie
Chelsea
Connie
Dalia
Jenn
June
Judy
Kelly
Kristie
Laura
Lisa
Liz
Sam
Sammy
Sixty
Sophie
Spencer
Teodora
Tonya

✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
Swamp Team 3 - Sam's shelf
✿Read a book published in August
How Full Is Your Bucket?
Old Bones
Progress:
√ Nuts (308p) 62%-end
√ How Full Is Your Bucket? (160p) start-end
√ Swamp Team 3 (270p) start-end
The Magician's Nephew (202p) page 18 - 86
Old Bones (384p) start-12%
Deadly Waters (302p) start-14%
pages: 703

NBRC ~ August Read-a-thon
✿ Duration: August 16-August 22 (7 days) Start time whatever works for you
Mini challenges
✿ Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
~ Ready Player One ~ On Judy's Read Shelf (8-31-2017)
✿ Read a book published in August
~ Midnight Vengeance ~ Pub 8-18-2014
~ Minions and Magic ~ Pub 8-29-2019
# Pgs Books Read
251 Midnight Vengeance ~ 8/16
235 Midnight Harvest ~ 8/17
496 Pachinko ~ 8/17
216 The Comeback ~ 8/17
292 Undead and Unreturnable ~ 8/17
379 The Rising ~ 8/18
264 Midnight Touch ~ 8/18
386 Ready Player One ~ 8/19
263 Since Drew ~ 8/19
400 Spin the Dawn ~ 8/21
230 Accidental Ashes ~ 8/21
175 Minions and Magic ~ 8/21
356 Hard Eight ~ 8/21
430 Hope for the Best ~ 8/22
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4,373

Already in progress- The Dare@ 35%
Beneath the Kauri Tree @40%
Sunday, August 16
The Dare - finished
228 pages
Monday, August 17
My Sister, the Serial Killer - finished
Beneath the Kauri Tree - 20%
4hrs audio +
Tuesday
Forever Black - finished
Tattered- 2h48 min
No Strings Attached 2hr25mins
5h audio + 278 pages
Wednesday
Beneath the Kauri Tree finished
No Strings Attached finished
Tattered - 50%
Billionaire on the Loose -78%
Thursday
Billionaire on the Loose- finished
Tattered- finished
What You Wish For
Friday
Heart Bones- finished - 251 pages
Saturday
Bad Penny- 60%









Started before the readathon
The Girl Who Drank the Moon - 80%
The Princess Trap - 67%
Progress
Sunday, 19 July
The Girl Who Drank the Moon - finished
The Deep - finished
The Princess Trap - finished
Spin the Dawn - 56
Pages: 412
Monday, 20 July
Spin the Dawn - 43%
I'll Give You the Sun - page 60
When You Were Everything - 74%
Pages: 474
Tuesday, 21 July
Spin the Dawn - finished
When You Were Everything - finished
Beneath the Sugar Sky - 25%
I'll Give You the Sun - page 103
Pages: 406
Wednesday, 22 July
Beneath the Sugar Sky - finished
I'll Give You the Sun - page 305
In an Absent Dream - 78%
Pages: 475
Thursday, 23 July
I'll Give You the Sun - finished
In an Absent Dream - finished
Little & Lion - 41%
Dawn Study - page 102
Pages: 411
Friday, 24 July
Little & Lion - finished
Dawn Study - finished
Pages: 586
Total Pages: 2,778
Finished books











So, I checked your read shelf right quick, Angie hoping to find a book for the first mini task challenge and I saw Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft
Thank you for getting me out of my little reading slump!! I'm reading it now :)

So, I checked your read shelf right quick, Angie hoping to find a book for the first mini task challenge and I saw [book:Cloudy with a Chance of ..."
I thought it was really fun! Hope you enjoy it!

✿Duration: August 16-August 22 (7 days)
Start time whatever works for you
Mini challenges
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
The Sun Down Motel - Angie, Connie, Kelly, Kristie, Sixty
City of Fallen Angels - Jenn, Sam, Sophie
City of Lost Souls - Jenn
City of Heavenly Fire - Sophie
✿Finished





Finished The Shadow of the Wind 520 pages
Finished Phineas Finn 14 hours
Finished Quicksand 5 hours
Finished An Artist of the Floating World 6.5 hours
Finished I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 10 hrs
Finished The Night Watch 14 hours
Finished The Poisonwood Bible 15.5 hours
Finished Ubik 8 hrs
Finished A Pale View of Hills 6.5 hrs
Finished The Zap Gun 6.5 hrs
Finished Vulcan's Hammer 5.5 hrs
finished The Importance of Being Ernest 2 hours
Total: 520 pages + 93.5 hours audio
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf

✿Read a book published in August

NBRC August Read-a-Thon
Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ:
8/16- 152 pages - Murder in Cherry Hills
8/17- 147 Pages - The Last Widow
8/18- 76 Pages - The Last Widow
8/19- 100 Pages - The Last Widow
8/20- 157 Pages - The Last Widow
8/21- 250 Pages - On Ocean Boulevard
8/22- 134 Pages - On Ocean Boulevard
8/22 - 190 Pages - The Book of Lost Friends
TOTAL: 1,206 Pages
BOOKS FINISHED:



MINI CHALLENGES:
Read a book on another RAT participants shelf - from Lisa's Shelf

Read a book published in August



✿Duration: August 16-22
BOOKS READ:
✔8.16 Dark Halls - Jeff Menapace 277 pgs
✔8.17 Cupcakes and Celebrities - Leena Clover 179 pgs
8.18 A-Z of Horror: Complete Collection - Iain Rob Wright 27 pages
✔8.19 Angels Flight - Michael Connelly 454 pgs
✔8.20 Berries and Birthdays - Leena Clover 178 pgs
✔8.21 Sprinkles and Skeletons - Leena Clover 173 pgs
✔8.22 August Moon: Humor and Hijinks - Jess Lourey 266 pgs
TOTAL: 1,554 pgs

Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ:
8/16- Deja Diva- Kathi Daley- 131 pages
-C is for Corpse- Sue Grafton- 267 pages
8/17- C is for Corpse- 89 pages
-Murder on Mulberry Bend- Victoria Thompson- 250 pages
8/18- Murder on Mulberry Bend- 102 pages
-Some Were In Time- Robyn Peterman- 330 pages
-Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game- Michael Lewis- 174 pages
8/19- Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game- 142 pages
-Year One- Nora Roberts- 419 pages
8/20- Zero Sum- B. Justin Shier- 315 pages
8/21- Zero Sum- 135 pages
-Star Witch- Helen Harper- 201 pages
8/22- Star Witch- 70 pages
-Catering to Nobody- Diane Mott Davidson- 213 pages
TOTAL: 2838
BOOKS FINISHED:









Hello Teodora and welcome to NBRC! The Read a thon is a great place to start for a new member.

Sunday: 798 pages
-The Plan x 100% = 248 pages
-The Execution x 100% = 240 pages
-The Judgement x 42% = 103 pages
-By Sea & Sky: An Esowon Story x 50% = 207 pages
Monday: 551 pages
-The Judgement x 56% = 122 pages
-By Sea & Sky: An Esowon Story x 50% = 207 pages
-Playing to Win x 100% = 222 pages
Tuesday: 596 pages
-The Elites x 100% = 322 pages
-Athena's Choice x 100% = 274 pages
Wednesday: 159 pages
-Descend x 100% = 159 pages
Thursday: 301 pages
-A Change Of View x 100% = 301 pages
Friday: 647 pages
-Tall, Duke, and Dangerous x 100% = 384 pages
-Scoring Off the Ice x 100% = 263 pages
Saturday: 736 pages
-How to Catch a Sinful Marquess x 100% = 336 pages
-All Your Twisted Secrets x 100% = 400 pages
Total pages read: 3788
Books Finished : 13













Mini challenges:
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
✿Read a book published in August
-August 2017 : A Change Of View
-August 2020 : How to Catch a Sinful Marquess

✿Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ
8/16 - 489
8/17 - 826
8/18 - 670
8/19 - 780
8/20 - 912
8/21 - 1,159
8/22 - 0
Total Pages Read: 4836
Books completed:



















Mini challenges
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf:
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea from June's read shelf.
✿Read a book published in August:
Who Goes There?

NBRC August Read-a-Thon
Duration: August 16-August 22
BOOK TO FINISH:
PAGES READ:
8/16-
8/17-
8/18-
8/19-
8/20-
8/21-
8/22-
TOTAL:
BOOKS FINISHED:
MINI CHALLENGES:
Read a book on another RAT participants shelf
Read a book published in August

August 16
The Dragonbone Chair- 188 pages
August 17
The Dragonbone Chair- 47 pages
The Gods Themselves- 182 pages
Watership Down- 23 pages
August 18
Watership Down- 41 pages
Binti- 96 pages
Spin the Dawn- 55 pages
August 19
Watership Down- 78 pages
Spin the Dawn- 171 pages
August 20
Watership Down- 140 pages
Spin the Dawn- 174 pages
August 21
Watership Down- 131 pages
Dark Fire- 30 pages
Force of Nature- 21 pages
August 22
Watership Down- 68 pages
Dark Fire-225 pages
To Say Nothing of the Dog- 24 pages
Total pages: 1694
Mini-challenges
Book on other shelf:

Books finished







Connie, did you see that the RAT begins August 16th? Just wanted to make sure you didn't read for it during the wrong week on accident.



So, I checked your read shelf right quick, Angie hoping to find a book for the first mini task challenge and I saw [book:Cloudy wit..."
I did like it. Ha, now I 'll have to find something else for the mini :)


Connie, did you see that the RAT begins August 16th? Just w..."
Oh so the mini challenge also starts Aug 16th? Thanks for letting me know.


Connie, did you see that the RAT begins Aug..."
Oh, yes. My understanding is that the mini challenges are to complete during the RAT.


Connie, did you see that the..."
Thanks
I'm in :)
NBRC August Read-a-Thon
Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ:
8/16- 281 + 384 = 665
8/17- 314
8/18- 150
8/19- 222 + 85 = 457 (BOM)
8/20- 315
8/21- 400 + 102 + 182
8/22- BREAK DAY
TOTAL: 2,436 pages
BOOKS FINISHED:
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
- Laura's shelf.
✿Read a book published in August
- Published August 31, 2012
NBRC August Read-a-Thon
Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ:
8/16- 281 + 384 = 665
8/17- 314
8/18- 150
8/19- 222 + 85 = 457 (BOM)
8/20- 315
8/21- 400 + 102 + 182
8/22- BREAK DAY
TOTAL: 2,436 pages
BOOKS FINISHED:








✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf

✿Read a book published in August



Thanks. Can't wait.

Duration: August 16-August 22
PAGES READ:
8/16- 277 Pages/328 Pages
8/17- 195 Pages
8/18- 297 Pages
8/19- 56 Pages/42 Pages/280 Pages/107 Pages
8/20-374 Pages/391 Pages
8/21- 390 Pages
8/22-
TOTAL: 2,737 Pages
BOOKS FINISHED:











MINI CHALLENGES:
Read a book on another RAT participants shelf - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - Found on Angie's shelf
Read a book published in August - Mockingjay - Published August 24, 2010

I finished a book already in progress- 2 star read. Not the best start for a RAT. Maybe tomorrow will be better!


Books mentioned in this topic
The Shadow of the Wind (other topics)The Poisonwood Bible (other topics)
The Shadow of the Wind (other topics)
Ubik (other topics)
Vulcan's Hammer (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Nora Roberts (other topics)Michael Lewis (other topics)
Diane Mott Davidson (other topics)
Sue Grafton (other topics)
Jess Lourey (other topics)
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Read as much or as little as you can, chat with others about books, track your progress, have fun and read, read, read!
✿Duration: August 16-August 22 (7 days) Start time whatever works for you
Mini challenges
✿Read a book on another RAT participant's read shelf
✿Read a book published in August