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Fall Read-a-Thon 2021: Team Narnia
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I managed about 70pg of Whodunit? yesterday, and hope to finish it today (another 116pg), plus get well into something new. Maybe No One Noticed the Cat.
Finished Silver in the Wood and I plan to finish Bitterblue by tomorrow! Crazy how we're almost at the halfway point of this challenge already.(And Ellie, how adorable is that dog!!)
Edit: Silver in the Wood has a few different mythological creatures, but prominently features dryads! So happy that we can cross that one off our list and get that sphinx!
Zounds ‘‘tis hard to find animal print (as opposed to pictures of animals.) Do you think this counts?
Joyce wrote: "Zounds ‘‘tis hard to find animal print (as opposed to pictures of animals.) Do you think this counts?"I think if they're not allowing us to use an animal, then no, that's just a close-up to me.
I thought I'd at least be able to find something with a pawprint on, but no. I have these two, if we are stuck I can probably read one after my current book.
Karissa wrote: "I just finished The Souvenir Museum and posted it under Sphinx for a book with a yellow cover 
It was also the last book I needed to complet..."
Congratulations on completing the AtY challenge!
Good Morning Team Narnia. I put Whispering Rock: A Virgin River Novel under dragons for fiery character. I haven't picked my next read but since Sphinx is completed I feel the pressure is off. Congratulations Karissa on finishing the 2021 challenge.
I have finished Bin im Garten: Ein Jahr wachsen und wachsen lassen which is set in a rural town (Ogre 2), starts with a letter in NORBERT (Dragon 5), with a main character who has a pet (Sphinx 2)
One could even argue it has a green cover (Ogre 1)
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In the meantime, I've found some animal prints! If anyone likes cozy mysteries, this series has paw prints (which after a long discussion in the intro thread, have been considered as counting) on all the books, if you look in the big blocks of colour around the titles https://www.goodreads.com/series/1278...
In the meantime, I've finished both Whodunit? and also No One Noticed the Cat, which is an utterly delightful novella. Total pages 116 + 160.
At this point, I've used the first for Dragons 1 - light source on the cover (candle) for our second dragon; and the second for Banshee 1 on our second banshee. Obviously, if they fit better somewhere else, then we can move them.
Next, in an effort to finish our first dragon, I'm going for
as per my series suggestion above.
Irene wrote: "Finished Silver in the Wood
I've got the second one in that duology, Drowned Country in my plans for later in the week.
Ellie wrote: "I read The Empress of Salt and Fortune this morning and have put it down under ogres #4 (am assuming normal rules apply and we can ignore the "the").
I really loved that - it was my favourite of this year's Hugo novella nominees by far. I'm looking forward to reading the second one at some point, too. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
Thanks everyone on the congrats and thanks to this team and the read-a-thon for pushing me to finally finish that short book which I had been reading for like a month and a half. And go us on already nabbing the Sphinx!
Hi All. Robin when you have a chance can you add more columns to the planning tab? My next book is The Obelisk Gate but I can't add it to the planning tab. Thank You.
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It looks like someone else may have added some, but I've added more yet. I show the last column filled in as AN and now we have all the way to BN. If you're not seeing that, let me know. It's great that we need more space!
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Robin P wrote: "It looks like we need a book with a green cover, as well as the elusive animal print."Green cover looks like it's been completed by "Mortal Causes"? My current book is sort of dark green but doesn't look it on Goodreads so I was hoping that one counted.
Olive Kitteridge is officially a fiery character. It says on p96 “she had always been fierce when she felt like it.” So I’ll enter Olive, Again towards our second dragon. It fits lots of other places too. I’ll also start Pray for the Wanderer which I have in the traditional orange Penguin cover, although that isn’t listed on Goodreads, again for dragon 2.We do have Mortal Causes for the green cover book, making the first ogre complete. It also is greener than it looks on Goodreads.
Congrats Karissa!! (I'm jealous, I still need about 20 more books to complete the challenge.)And Trish, I'm going to get that one asap since I really enjoyed the first book! It had that steeped-in-old-magic feel that I found really similar to aspects of Uprooted. I wish it was longer, so I'm happy to hear it has a sequel.
It sounds like we're on track to complete a full first round! So I guess I'll just plan my next reads at random, although I'll try to see if I can read books that fulfill the harder prompts. The one I'm finishing today is 500+ pages so that could for our second Ogre.
FYI, I saw on the Team Challenge FAQ that for animal print we could also interpret it as being an animal track on the cover like a paw print. Or if the cover has a painting/drawing of an animal, like an 'art print'.
I finished Cormorant Lake and put it for a rural town for our second Ogre. I think I'm focusing on French Exit next. Do you guys think this cover counts as a drawing of an animal (aka an animal print)?
Hmm I want to say no because I interpreted it to mean a painting in the context of the scene on the cover (like a framed pet portrait, or a doodle in a sketchbook), rather than any illustrated cover of an animal. Just because they said no to actual animals on the cover. BUT I'm not sure so I'll go ask in that thread! I'll also ask if drawings/paintings of humans work too since Emily approved of human handprints, lol. That would certainly make things easier. In the meantime, I'll try to read The Whisper Man for hand print for our next dragon if I have the time.
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That's the theory I'm using for
. It was weird, when I saw "animal print" I went automatically to paw prints. I didn't even think about fabrics until someone mentioned it in that thread.
I asked Emily over in the FAQs thread and here's what she said:What Counts:
- Animal print on fabric (tiger, cheetah, etc.)
- Animal/people footprints
- Drawings of animals (as in, within the context of the cover, it's a drawing, not just an illustrated cover)
- Fossilized animals, animal skeletons, other remnants of animals
What Does Not Count:
- Actual images of animals on the cover
- Actual images of people on the cover
- Images of animals or people on an illustrated cover that are not "drawings" in the context of the cover
Good Morning All. I had a terrible reading day Tuesday. It took me forever to pick a book to read. I went with [book:The Obelisk Gate|26228034 because it will help me finish the individual challenge. For the team challenge it works for Ogres the letter the book starts with is in Ogre. It works for Dragons Norbert. I only read 20 pages the best I can tell. I can only get location on the ebook. I can't get page numbers. Hopefully today I will get more pages read.
After faffing about and not finding any animal prints, I realise I may already be reading one. It's an orange Penguin Fiction like these:https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I realise it doesn't meet the brief Irene secured but surely the classic stylised penguin counts?
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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1......"
Seems like it would count as "drawings of animals", it's not a "real" picture of a penguin as an illustration of the book. I think Emily had no idea how tricky this one would be.
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I've finished Claw Enforcement, complete with its paw-printed cover, so I believe that finishes our first dragon. Now we just have to rehabilitate it, so it becomes a productive member of Team Narnia.
A couple of cover colour questions for the group:
Would people say this counts as predominantly red or orange: (Dragon 3)?
Or failing that, how about this for green (Ogre 1):
Or are my eyes doing weird things with colour again?
I've also moved the completed books out of the planning tab into the completed one, just to tidy things up a bit.
Good work Trish! I think both those covers fit the colours.
Hi everyone! I'm joining late - will fill in my page numbers read and add my books to the spreadsheet.
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I agree!
Urgh, meeting overload today. Hoping to chill out with a book this evening. Might even finish it...
I finished Green Rising. I've put it down against Ogres, but it would also work for paranormal if it needs to be moved.Are we good for animal prints now? I wasn't planning on reading my animal print books, so if I don't have to I'll go back to my planned TBR.
Ellie, I can use my book for animal print or orange whichever one fits with Trish. I think we have it covered between us.
Hi All. Another not great reading day but I'm hanging in there. My mornings have been busy but I try to just read in the afternoons. I will see what tomorrow brings.
I didn't read much yesterday, but have regained momentum today ;-) I've finished
. It can be used for Banshee (1) Death of a character or Dragon (1) Source of light on the cover.
Hi everyone! I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING. Started Light Perpetual last night and should finish Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France this morning.
Finished Pray for the Wanderer and pencilled it in for animal print towards a second dragon. About to start Parade where one of the guys on the cover has long hair which should give us our second tame Banshee.
Just finished Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France. Used it to start a new Wraith as a short book, but it has several options it can fill.
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Just finished Dead Until Dark, which fits a lot of prompts, but I think should be used for Banshee 2 or Wraith 1 since we're already working on those. EDIT - just saw Joyce's post about the character with long hair so I'll move it to Wraith 1 (paranormal book)!
Good Morning All. Finally I read over 100 pages on Thursday. I should have time this afternoon to focus on reading so I hope to have another decent reading day. My goal is to finish The Obelisk Gate Saturday. You all are doing a great job.
Hello team,I have finished a short book this morning. Vater und ich: Roman which is a short book (under 250 pages) and I loved it. It has been nominated for the German book award, and I say rightly so!
Morning Narnia! My reading has been a bit slower the past few days and that will continue today as I have a wedding to go to tonight. But I'm still hoping to finish the three books I'm reading this weekend. Happy Friday all!
I don't really know where my evenings go to! I'll finish The House in the Cerulean Sea at the weekend, but doubt I'll be able to start and finish another.
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I’m having a cookathon today for a birthday so may not manage to read anything. Unless 6 pages of recipes counts! I should finish Parade tomorrow though and then it’s probably a red book or a green book to finish?
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Just finished Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ! I used it to start another Ogre. Looking forward to cuddling up with my Kindle for a rainy weekend in the PNW!
Awesome progress everyone! Since Trish got the red cover, I'll pause my reading of The Da Vinci Code and read something with a black and white cover instead! Unless it would work for the person with long hair? xD Not sure is the Mona Lisa counts as a person, especially if the cover doesn't show her hair... she does have long hair though... I'll go ask in the FAQs thread
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I might try to look for an animal print cover later though nothing springs to mind.
And congratulations Karissa.