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2021 Read-ARRR-Thon #2: Jolo 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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Hi everyone! What a fun challenge. I'm excited to get started!I'm in the process of adding the books that I will likely read this week and what prompts they fulfill. Let me know if there's anything I should do differently!
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So excited to be reading this week. I've been in a bit of a slump and only have 4 books finished in May (my average this year is 10 books per month), so I'm hoping to finish quite a bit this week!
Hello all I'm the Deborah of message 17! I look forward to reading with you all and to the extra motivation to knock some things off my TBR!I am getting a loading error when trying to get into the spreadsheet, but I will give it a try from a different computer in a bit. We're having crazy winds going on right now and either had a brief power blip or internet blip a bit ago which may be my issue. I will figure out how to get in there and get to updating it somehow. :)
Edit: It is working fine on my phone and my other computer, so it seems to be a computer specific issue.
Hello all! I’m excited to get started on this readathon, the theme is perfectly suited to a couple of the books I’m reading 😂
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(I'm just really relieved no one has called me out on how ships are built yet lol.)
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Emily wrote: "I'm excited! How do we want to tackle this? Start with the galleon and work our way down? Or clear out the smaller ships first?"I'm good either way, personally! If it makes any difference, I have a book on the planning tab that, so far, is the only planned book that fills the weapon on the cover prompt for the galleon, and I know for sure I won't be getting to that for a couple of days into the week, because it's the sequel to one I'm reading now. ;)
Joi wrote: "What does ensemble cast mean?"I would generally consider it a book where there's more than one or two main characters. I think of books where you're getting four or more narrators or key characters to follow. Someone may have a better / more official definition though!
Deborah wrote: "Joi wrote: "What does ensemble cast mean?"I would generally consider it a book where there's more than one or two main characters. I think of books where you're getting four or more narrators or ..."
Thank you.! That makes sense to me.
Last question; do we start at midnight our time?
Joi wrote: "Last question; do we start at midnight our time?"From the intro, it officially starts at whatever time you wake up Saturday 5/22. :)
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Hi everyone! I’ve spent the last week moving, so I’m looking forward to some R&R (and also reading... R&R&R?). I do still have more unpacking and cleaning to do, but reading breaks are better than Twitter scrolling!I’ll take a look at my current and upcoming books and see where they fit on the spreadsheet.
Hi all. I have just returned from a long 7 hour drive and am ready to get started tomorrow. I will start adding books to the spreadsheet once I get some rest. I have a large stack of books (plus the library is blocks away if I need more) and I lots of time to read this week.
Rachel wrote: "Hi all. I have just returned from a long 7 hour drive and am ready to get started tomorrow. I will start adding books to the spreadsheet once I get some rest. I have a large stack of books (plus th..."Ditto on the library books. I have so many checked out right now.
I think I'm going to start at midnight because I'm more of a nocturnal owl that sleeps through the day.
We are an ambitious group - I noticed that the formula for number of options isn't capturing all of our listed books. Should be an easy formula fix to expand the range, but figured it was best left to the experts. :)
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Good morning team! I'm up early (because of course I am...) so I'll get some reading in before I go hang out with my nephews at the Children's Museum later this morning. I'll hopefully finish Dear Child today or tomorrow (probably tomorrow).
I've rearranged the books on the planning sheet so all of the "In Progress" books are at the front with the TBR books after that. I'll move the Completed books to the end once we have those, just to keep it organized and see where we stand.
Happy reading!
morning everyone! I'm hoping to finish Hood Feminism today - about 150 pages left to go.
Good Morning!! I am going checked out several books and will get started on a ebook and an Audio book this morning. Hope everyone has a wonderful reading day!
Good morning! I have a buddy read group chat this morning but then I have nothing else but reading planned for the day and couldn't be happier about it!Will definitely finish The Anatomy of Desire on audiobook first as I am about halfway in.
Happy reading all!
Ahoy! I have ~130 pages left of The Three-Body Problem, which I hope to finish today. My audiobook is The Dragon Republic, which I'll finish today or tomorrow. This one probably goes best in galleon since there are only 2 options for 500+ page book and fantastical creature.
Good morning! I've added my planned books to the spreadsheet, though I'm noticing that I don't have much variety of prompts that my books are fitting, so I might switch things around as the challenge goes on. My normal strategy for read-a-thons (as much as I have one) is to focus on reading short books, so the different ship sizes are going to make this a bit more of a challenge!
I put my first book in, working on my second
I finished The Anatomy of Desire and put it down for mostly green cover since that was one it fit with the fewest options. It would work well for ensemble cast or water on the cover if we need to shift things. I am going to plug away at Ridgeline next which is interesting but a bit slow. Hoping to finish it out today but I may switch to a faster read at some point to break it up.
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So excited to see books already finished! I'm working on mine now!
I finished Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow by Dr. Jan Pol but don’t know where it should go for ship building. It fits 7 categories between Sloop and Schooner.
just finished Hood Feminism. I put it as a book with gold on the cover.
I finished Ridgeline and plugged it in for ensemble cast because it had a lot of points if view and that had the least number of options for the prompts this one would fulfill.I am about two thirds of the way into Meet Me In Paradise so will finish that tonight or tomorrow.
Started the audio book of Forget Me Not today. I should finish it tomorrow. I have some ebooks to get started on tonight. Will update the spreadsheet in the morning.
I finished No One Is Talking About This and put it in the “Davy Jones locker” category. I’m exhausted, so probably that’s it for me today. I’ll start The Mountains Sing tomorrow.
Hi all,I've had a busy day, so not as much reading done yet as on a usual day, but I've got an audiobook now and some short books for tomorrow & Monday! Weekends are always lighter reading days for me, and this one is particularly busy (two family birthdays, for starters), but I'll catch up during the week by finishing everything I'm reading all at the same time, lol
I wound up finishing Meet Me in Paradise to finish up the night. I put it in the Yo Ho Ho prompt.I'm about halfway into Grapes of Wrath and The Drowning Kind - hoping to finish those up tomorrow.
I finished The Three-Body Problem and slotted it into mostly blue cover. It was a denser read, and I think the rest that I have on hand should be easier reads.
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I've got less than 100 pages on my print book, so I should wrap it up this morning. I'll either put it under the fast-paced schooner prompt or the medium length brigantine prompt, depending on what everyone else has filled in first.
We've gotten 5 rowboats already!
I plan to finish American Spy this morning as I have maybe 150 pages left and then I will see what book jumps out at me next. I downloaded a bunch of cozy mysteries on my Kindle and am planning a trip to the library this afternoon.
morning! I'm working on Night Watchman which is a bit on the longer side but it feels like it's moving quickly. should get a lot of time to read today so will hopefully finish tonight or tomorrow
I just finished The Drowning Kind which I plugged in for water on the cover.
Still working on The Grapes of Wrath on audio and I'm starting Horrid in print.
I have had almost no time to read today! I should be able to get at least a few pages in before bed... tomorrow should be better!
I finished up with Grapes of Wrath and plugged it into medium length book because that was all that it fit that was still open. Our ships are developing well!I'm working on Horrid and The Maidens with a bit more reading before bed. My reading will slow a bit tomorrow with work but I do have some bust work to get done that should allow for some audiobook time.
Another book done, The Fourth Island - I put it on the schooner hull (though it could just as easily go on the sloop hull, if preferred). Which I believe gives us our first finished ship?
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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: Emily B
Captain: Chrissy
Samantha
Deborah (Message 17)
Rachel G.
Caitie
Traci
Roxana
Marin
Joi
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.