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2021 Read-ARRR-Thon #2: Caribbean Pirates
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Rowboats:
Necessary for getting from one ship to another, or for docking inland when departing a larger ship, rowboats are essential for a fleet.
Earn one rowboat for every 500 pages read as a team.
Earn one rowboat for every 8 hours of audio listened to.
Sloops:
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. These were commonly built in Caribbean and were easily adapted for pirate antics. The great advantage of the sloops were that they were quick and could attack swiftly and get away fast with a top speed of over 10 knots. Another advantage is that it could hide in shallower waters to escape warships because of its shallow draft.
Hull: A short book (<300 pages)
Mast: A standalone book
Fore Headsail: A book with water on the cover
Aft Headsail: A book whose first letter of the title appears in ZHENG YI SAO
Schooners:
Another favorite of the pirates of the Caribbean and Atlantic were the two-masted schooner. Like the sloop, this boat was fast, easy to maneuver and enjoyed a large capacity for guns and cannons. A narrower hull and even shallower draft meant it could easily hide in shallow estuaries and escape its enemies. The downside was that it couldn’t hold as much booty or crew.
Hull: A short book (<300 pages)
Foremast: A book that you feel is fast-paced
Foresail: A book whose first letter of the title appears in DAVY JONES' LOCKER
Mainmast: A book that is part of a series
Mainsail: A book written from first person POV (I, me, we)
Bowsprit: A book with a mostly blue cover
Brigantines:
Another shallow-draft boat, the brigantine was popular in the Mediterranean thanks to its great maneuverability and speed. Oars were also common in some designs that could be employed during low winds. This kind of boat was favored for longer battles targeting large spoils with its larger hold and great firepower. Could also hold over 100 men.
Hull: A medium length book (300-500 pages)
Foremast: An adventure book
Foresail: A book with a 0 in the page number
Mainmast: A book whose author's initials appear in YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM
Square Topsail: A book with a mostly green cover
Gaff Mainsail: A book about friendship
Galleons:
A Spanish design, the galleon combined the need to carry cargo and be able to defend itself at the same time with cannons. A galleon, could sustain a crew of over 200 with more than 70 canons and guns. However, its cumbersome maneuvers and slow speed because of its large square sails made it fair game for pirates. These ships were important for pirate fleets to carry treasure in.
Hull: A long book (500+ pages)
Foremast: A book featuring a thief
Foresail: A book that features a fantastical creature
Mizzenmast: A book with a weapon on the front cover
Mizzensail: A book you feel "moves slowly" (not fast-paced)
Mainmast: A book with gold on the cover
Mainsail: A book with an ensemble cast
Beakhead: A book whose author's initials appear in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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Woohoo so pumped to be part of the Pirates of the Caribbean! When does Orlando Bloom show up?
Yay, looking forward to building ships and chatting with all of you!:) My reading had been non-existent lately, so hopefully this will change that. @Karissa: I’m positive he will pop up tomorrow morning to cheer us on ;) 😍
Ha ha, only an Orlando Bloom sighting would top the read-a-thon fun! Looking forward to the ship building!
Avast all.I may not have as much reading time as usual this week as my older daughter is scuppering me with both a baby shower and a birthday. And, since she is two weeks off her due date, the potential to sink me altogether!
Hey team! I'm pretty wiped out today from post-vaccine fatigue, but hoping to be ready to read-arrr-thon tomorrow.
Raise the anchor and furl the sails!I'm away visiting my mother-in-law at the moment (back Monday); I have internet on my phone but can't see the spreadsheet very well on my small screen. However I will be reading a lot :)
I've got
with me and am planning to start it today; it could count as:- a book with water on the cover
- a short book (under 300 pages)
- a book that's part of a series
- first letter is in DAVY JONES' LOCKER
- a book written in the first person
- author's initials appear in PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
Good morrrning me hearrrties!
I'm planning on finishing Blackheart Knights today which will work for weapon on the cover.
Ellie wrote: "Good morrrning me hearrrties!Haha, fantastic!! My morning just got brighter 😂
I’m gonna start with Skrift på kroppen/(Written on the Body), and on audio I have this one lined up Sølvveien/(The Silver Road). Both fits quite a few prompts. Ship o hoy!
Joyce wrote: "Avast all.I may not have as much reading time as usual this week as my older daughter is scuppering me with both a baby shower and a birthday. And, since she is two weeks off her due date, the po..."
Congrats, how exciting with a grandchild coming soon!:)
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Ah harrr...good mornin (co-)cap'n. Morning crew. Hope you've had plenty of rum to get reading on.
My first is to finish Blackout - I've got 140pg left of it.
Quick questions to the mods.
1. For "needs a 0 in the page count" - the kindle version of this has one. The paperback doesn't. I'm reading the kindle, so would it work?
2. For the "short" books - as I mentioned, this is 220pg, and I've got 140pg to go, so I won't be reading all 220 during the RAT. But can it still be counted as a short book?
Good Morning fellow Caribbean Pirates, I have a swashbuckling adventure planned for today. Our first outdoor music festival since the pandemic. I can read until noon then will be gone till 6:00 pm. Luckily my first book is The Third Man by Graham Greene. It’s only 157 pages so will get as far as I can today & finish tomorrow. I’m so excited to be on board with such a great group of pirates. Good luck to everyone & let’s find lots of treasure.
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Use the page number of the version you're reading!
2. For the "short" books - as I mentioned, this is 220pg, and I've got 140pg to go, so I won't be reading all 220 during the RAT. But can it still be counted as a short book?
Yes, use the total page count for the book.
Going forward, please ask all questions in the FAQs thread! I probably won't be checking the individual team threads as much (since I'll hopefully actually be reading lol)
I've started The Yorkshire Pudding Club and have had a bash at entering it into the planning section of the spreadsheet. It only appears as "The Yorkshire" as I don't have my sea legs around spreadsheets. Annoyingly, it's 20 pages short of 500 but it does have an ensemble cast which wasn't already covered.
Joyce I corrected your book title, don't know where the other half of it went! Maybe the captain's parrot took it...I have finished Blackheart Knights and put it down as weapon on the cover as I felt that might be a harder prompt to fill.
I finished a quick cozy and used it for the Aft Headsail for sloop. Love the Orlando sighting!
It’s a busy weekend. Can someone put me down for 88 pages today please. And I expect tomorrow to be fewer but picking up after that.
Joyce wrote: "It’s a busy weekend. Can someone put me down for 88 pages today please. And I expect tomorrow to be fewer but picking up after that."Done, enjoy your weekend!
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Thanks for the answers, and apologies for asking in the wrong place.
I've finished Blackout for 140pg. At this point, I've used it to start building our first Schooner, as it's a book in a series.
Tomorrow, I'll make a start on A Tale of Two Kitties, which might get the next bit of the Schooner (POV character), although it fits in a couple of other places as well.
Good Evening Mateys. The waters were smoother for reading today than I thought they would be. I caught a strong wind this evening & completed 85 pages. I will pull into port tomorrow after reading 75 pages which is what I have left on The Third Man by Graham Greene. It works for a lot of different prompts but will use it for Galleons foremast, a book featuring a thief. I didn't see on the pirates map (planning on the spreadsheet) anyone else had marked it. I'm dropping anchor for tonight & will set sail again at sunrise.
I had a super busy day today, but I have the next two days completely free so that should help!I still managed to listen to an entire audiobook (Genuine Fraud) and I also read 75 pages of Truel1f3, which I started before the readathon but was only about 75 pages in at the start. It's currently past 1 am here so I'm not looking at the spreadsheet tonight, but feel free to plug these in wherever needed.
Good morning fellow pirates! I got in quite a few audiohours yesterday while audiobaking and cooking. With the result that we now have a fresh bananabread for breakfast while sailing further on 😋 I’m listening to a crime novel/thriller, and it’s suspenseful, think I need to go for a walk soon to get some more listening time. The book I’m reading is a slow one though, definitely not a page turner. Will update the spreadsheet later today when I can be bothered to turn on the PC.
Great start mateys!I just need to go walk the doggo and then I'll have the afternoon free to read.
Ahoy, Me Hearties. We have been busy earning 2 rowboats since I dropped anchor last night. I got an early start on the water but had a few diversions. I'm back on track & finished The Third Man by Graham Greene. I used it for Galleons foremast. A book with a thief. It's all hands on deck for my next book Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. This is in progress with 257 pages left to read. Smooth sailing everyone
Oh I loved Legendborn!Rachel, I put down Genuine Fraud under blue cover for now.
I read Bookishly Ever After today and have put it down as a book about friendship.
Good evening, shipmates!I've finished Crocodile on the Sandbank and have put it down as 'a book with water on the cover'. Hope you all had a good day of reading too.
Ships Ahoy, I read 187 pages today. I should be able to finish Legendborn tomorrow. I'm really enjoying this book. Will be sad to finish it.
Busy day swabbing the decks here but finished my audiobook. Will put it for one of the short book options. Hope everyone had a good day reading.
I didn't finish anything today, but I read 190 more pages of Truel1f3 and I should be able to finish it off tomorrow. If I'm lucky, I'll be able to start something else too.
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I got A Tale of Two Kitties read yesterday for 321pg, and I've added it to our Schooner (POV character).
Today I'll make a start on my next three, but I'm not sure in which order. Still, they all have multiple choices:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Warrior's Apprentice
Talk later.
If anyone finishes a standalone book today, we can get our first sloop. No more pirating in rowboats!
On the planning tab, the prompts we've filled I've made bold dark green, however remember we can have multiples of the same ship, so don't worry if your book only fits one that's already been done, just add it to the Ship 2 column.I'm not sure what to read next, so going to look at my shelves and see if I can find something that fits lots of prompts. I made myself a big TBR for 20 Books of Summer challenge and I feel like I can't start any of them till June, even though I picked way more than 20, so maybe I'll just get over myself and read one of them. 🤣
Happy Monday all! The green on the planning tab is really helpful! I finished The Wreath last night but it's not a stand alone. I added it to the Brigantine. The in between challenge phase is an awkward one. I have a few library books that are due back this week which are helping me make my choices.
Happy Monday! I just finished Written on the Body and put it down for "A book that moves slowly" under Galleons. It is a stand-alone, but as I saw we had lots of open options for that prompt, I went with the choice that didn't have any other options. Feel free to move it though if you wish :)
I also moved all the completed books to the right in the planning tab, to make it easier to see the books in progress as of today.
I am off work today, and so far it's been a lazy day in the sun at the balcony with my book - good day indeed. Will need to be productive soon and make dinner though, so I will change to my audio book for the next hour.
Ellie wrote: "If anyone finishes a standalone book today, we can get our first sloop. No more pirating in rowboats!"
Just saw the picture, love it! That crap app on my phone doesn't show these, so I missed earlier today. Always good to get a sight of Orlando ;)
Thanks Hilde for organising the spreadsheet.I started Ariadne on audio and picked The Devil and the Dark Water for my next paper book, which should tick off our long book if I can read it all this week.
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I've continued work on the Schooner today, by managing to finish (boy was it a struggle) The Sorrows of Young Werther for 133pg.
Next up is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, which should build the Schooner's foresail (first word of title in Davy Jones' Locker), if no-one else gets to it before I finish.
I've finished The Yorkshire Pudding Club and added it towards our galleon as a book with an ensemble cast, though please move it if that makes sense.I'm moving on to The Year of Magical Thinking which, among other assets, has gold on the cover.
Shiver Me Timbers. I finished Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn. I loved this book. There are a few options here. Unfortunately it's not a stand alone book. I can use it for schooners. Foremast, fast- paced or Foresail, first letter of title is in Davy Jones Locker. If I use it here we will only have one prompt left for a schooner. The other choice is Galleons. Hull, long book 500+ pages. It is 506. Or Foresail, fantastical creature. If I use it here there will be 2 prompts left for Galleons. Let me know where it will do the most good. I have pulled into port for supplies so will check back later.
I'm on the last story of Tenth of December. Does a short story collection count as a standalone?I've also started How Much of These Hills Is Gold. It will count for adventure if others have the gold one covered.
Sherri wrote: "Shiver Me Timbers. I finished Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn. I loved this book. There are a few options here. Unfortunately it's not a stand alone book. I can use it for schooners. Fore..."@Sherri, I vote for using it for the long book. That one may be more difficult than the title prompt.
Sherri wrote: "Shiver Me Timbers. I finished Legendborn (Legendborn #1) by Tracy Deonn. I loved this book. There are a few options here. Unfortunately it's not a stand alone book. I can use it for schooners. Fore..."You might want to use it for a long book, so we get that one done early, then if I finish my long book we can do another galleon (or I have plenty other options for it).
Jen K wrote: "I'm on the last story of Tenth of December. Does a short story collection count as a standalone?..."I would say it does, as you can have short story collections that are part of a series.
Ellie wrote: "Jen K wrote: "I'm on the last story of Tenth of December. Does a short story collection count as a standalone?..."I would say it does, as you can have short story collections that..."
Thanks! I will try to finish during my coffee break this afternoon. Bonus of working from home.
Sounds good Ellie. I will use it for a long book when I get back to the ship.
Ahoy mateys, climb aboard our new sloop! Tenth of December is slotted in for a standalone. Now it it will be a bit before I finish the next book.
Hilde wrote: "Yay, our first ship 🙌🏻"Nice!
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This week, you will read books that will help you build ships to create a powerful pirate fleet. Each ship in the fleet has different requirements, so watch your book choices carefully to make sure you have the biggest, most versatile fleet in the land!
How It Works:
Read books to fulfill the prompts and build your ships. When each ship is completed, you will earn that ship's badge for your fleet. You can work on multiple ships at a time, and you can have multiples of the same type of ship. You can also log your pages to earn much-needed rowboats. The direction of your fleet is up to you!
For more information and to ask questions, see our Introduction and FAQs thread.
Members:
Captain: Ellie
Captain: Trish
Joyce
Aimee
Karissa
Jen K
Rachel
Sherri
Hilde
Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Each tab will help you track the completion of your ships. Use the tabs to fill in books, pages read, and audio hours listened that you have already completed. Use the planning tab to track books-in-progress and hopeful books. Your pirate ship building master (me!) will be watching those spreadsheets to see when you've completed ships.