Fall '20 Read-a-Thon: The Bennet Family

[Lieke]

Looks like you’re right Hannah 😊
I better get some reading done so we can guess two more letters.

[Hilde]

Good job with the guessing, everyone! :)

[Lieke]

And I finished my paper book (the other was an audio).
Will guess the T now.

And I’m off to bed will start new books tomorrow (audio and paper).

[Bec]

Great work everyone....I had good intentions to read lots last night and fell asleep (twice!). I just started a new one though and it's only short (116 pages) - so hopefully I can finish that one tonight to add to books read. I fnished 2 books on Monday an audio and one I was reading with my daughter but I didn't have 100 pages left in either I don't think so can't count them as finished books.

[Hilde]

I finished my first book for the readthon on my way to work this morning, which gives us the last guess we need to be able to guess for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I'm gonna ask for B, and then we can place the guess for the title when the spreadsheet is updated and get a new puzzle.

The book (Den tredje løgnen) was great btw. It was the last in a trilogy (The Notebook Trilogy), a masterpiece in my opinion. All of them short and quick reads, definitely among my favorite reads this year.

[Lieke]

The spreadsheet was updated so I placed our guess for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

PUZZLE 4: THINGS
These book titles will all start with the word "The".

[Lieke]

We have one guess left we can use on the 4th puzzle.
Does anyone have a good idea where to start?

[Sarah]

I finished my second book so we now have 2 guesses.

[Sarah]

want to guess r and n?

[Sue]

Go ahead and guess - lots of letters to fill, but I have thought of one book that would fit - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
I haven't read as much today due to work and babysitting duties, but will add my pages later and we should get another guess.

[Lieke]

Sarah wrote: "want to guess r and n?"

go for it :)

[Lieke]

Sue wrote: "Go ahead and guess - lots of letters to fill, but I have thought of one book that would fit - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
I haven't read as much today due to work and babysitting duties, b..."
That's a good one, let's see if the R and N fit :)

[Lieke]

It looks like you are right Sue :)
I think W would be a good idea for our next letter.
We better get some reading done so we can guess the puzzle :D

[Sue]

Lieke wrote: "It looks like you are right Sue :)
I think W would be a good idea for our next letter.
We better get some reading done so we can guess the puzzle :D"

Yes, I just posted my numbers for today and guessed a W, and also asked if an R is missing - there should be two in the last word!

[Lieke]

Just noticed that one R is missing so maybe we are wrong...

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yep missed that R. It's corrected.

[Sue]

Okay, we know what the book is - just need another guess. It's late here now so I'm going to sleep - happy reading everyone!

[Lieke]

Good night Sue, I'm almost finished with work and I will listen to my audiobook in my way home :)

[Lieke]

My commute home brought up my audio hours to 2.5 today and gave us another guess :)

[Hilde]

Excellent, Lieke! On to puzzle 5 already 😊

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

PUZZLE 5: RHYME TIME
The puzzle is a phrase with rhyming words in it or a list of thematically similar things whose names rhyme. In this case, the book title will have a rhyme or alliteration within the title.

[Bec]

WOW I missed a whole puzzle.....but I finished a book last night so have updated the spreadsheet, which gives us another guess.

[Sue]

I have just finished another book so am going to guess S. Bec, you should also have a guess.

[Lieke]

I added another hour of audio which gives us another guess, let's see what the S gives us :)

[Lieke]

Only one S, I have no idea.
Thinking about guessing N, to see if it is .... in ..... .....s

[Sarah]

n sounds good to me!!

[Lieke]

So we have 3 N's:
.nn. .. ....n .....s

Does anyone have an idea?

Edit: I think I know Anne of Green Gables

[Hilde]

Lieke wrote: "So we have 3 N's:
.nn. .. ....n .....s

Does anyone have an idea?

Edit: I think I know Anne of Green Gables"

I was just coming to post the same, Lieke! It must be that one. But we can use our guess for G, and then we know for sure.

[Sue]

Just got back from book club and saw this - sure you are right! I will post my pages for today soon, and hopefully get another guess.

[Hilde]

Great, Sue! Work is very busy here at my end, so I have been struggling with checking in during the day.

[Lieke]

The G is in the right places :)
Time to read again... but first I have to work for another hour.

[Sue]

Well, I have added my pages for today, but not enough to get another guess. I will finish this book tomorrow though...

[Lieke]

I added my audio for today, but it is also not enough for another guess.

[Bec]

Bec wrote: "WOW I missed a whole puzzle.....but I finished a book last night so have updated the spreadsheet, which gives us another guess."

Do we need another guess for this puzzle? If so I go 'B'

[Bec]

Bec wrote: "WOW I missed a whole puzzle.....but I finished a book last night so have updated the spreadsheet, which gives us another guess."

Do we need another guess for this puzzle? If so I go 'B'

Edited to say I've submitted B to the letter post.

[Sue]

I have submitted our guess - Anne of Green Gables. I only have a few more pages of my current book, and then have a very short, largish print YA novel to read, so might actually finish two books today!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

PUZZLE 6: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
The book title will (sort of) answer this question.

[Sue]

Just finished reading Vanishing Points - incorporating two novellas by one of Australia's most successful novelists of the 2nd half of the 20th century, Thea Astley.
Now about to start Blueback by Tim Winton - probably Australia's best known contemporary literary novelist. This one is a YA/Children's novel so should be a very quick read!

[Ira]

I finished listening to Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton. It is 11 h 16 m long

[Hilde]

Ira wrote: "I finished listening to Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton. It is 11 h 16 m long"

I see that you have one hour of audio logged before this, should I substract that from the hours above, or is the 11 h 16 m in addition to that? I noted you down with 1 book finished in the spreadsheet.

[Hilde]

Ok, I see we have 6 guesses available, so I'm gonna start us off with a T and a R for puzzle 6, hope that is ok :)

[Lieke]

I added my audio hours for this morning, now we have to wait if the T and R are in the puzzle :)

[Ira]

No, it was another audio that I have not finished yet.

[Bec]

I just finished another book on my train ride home...so added that to the finished books.

[Lieke]

Ira wrote: "No, it was another audio that I have not finished yet."

So in total you listened to 12h 16m?

[Lieke]

Hilde wrote: "Ok, I see we have 6 guesses available, so I'm gonna start us off with a T and a R for puzzle 6, hope that is ok :)"

Good guess Hilde, I think I know the title :)
(view spoiler)[ The Art of Racing in the Rain (hide spoiler)]

[Lieke]

I guessed an N to see if I'm right

[Lieke]

Looks like I'm right, I'm going to guess a fourth letter and the title :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Since you made it through the first six puzzles I had planned in record speed, you are now entering our LIGHTNING ROUND!

New Rules for the Lightning Round:
- You must get either 2000 pages, 10 audio hours, or 2 books in order to earn one guess.
- In addition to vowels, you are not allowed to guess R, S, or T!

*All previously earned guesses will carry over into the lightning round. I've updated your spreadsheet accordingly.

PUZZLE 7: BEST SELLER
This book has been in the first place spot on the NY Times Best Sellers list.