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Fall Read-a-Thon 2021: Team Neverland
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Harpies - 50 points
- Read 1000 pages as a group OR
- Listen to 8 hours of audiobook as a group
Banshees - 100 points
1. A book featuring the death of a character
2. A book that has a person with long hair on the cover
Wraiths - 150 points
1. A paranormal book
2. A book with a black and white cover
3. A short book (less than 250 pages)
Ogres - 200 points
1. A book with a green cover
2. A book set in a rural town
3. A giant book (500+ pages)
4. A book whose title starts with a letter found in OGRE
Dragons - 250 points
1. A book with a source of light on the cover
2. A book with animal print on the cover
3. A book with a predominately red or orange cover
4. A book featuring a "fiery" character
5. A book starting with a letter in the word NORBERT
Sphinx - 500 points
Can only complete once
1. A book with alliteration in the title
2. A book with a main character who has a pet
3. A book (at least partially) set in Egypt
4. A book with a protagonist who solves problems
5. A book with a yellow cover
6. A book with a mythological creature
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TOTAL POINTS: 3300
Reporting for duty to Team Neverland! Rarin' to go on my reading tomorrow!
Did you want us to wait till tomorrow to put our upcoming books in the planning page? It is view only right now.
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I do believe in fairies, I DO believe in fairies. What a fun read-a-thon this looks to be!
Good morning, hope everyone has a great reading day!
I woke up at five and couldn’t get back to sleep right away, so got some pages in!
Good morning, team! I’ve got about two hours into my audiobook so far this morning, and hoping to finish either my print or ebook by the end of today 😊 (...or go off the rails and start five other books instead, honestly who knows)
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I'll go add my currently reading and TBR to the spreadsheet. Can't wait to see all the monsters we slay!
Slow start to the read-a thon but I'll do better tomorrow! Laurel I bow to you! :)
Unfortunately, I can't fit the book I read today into any of the monster categories, so it is just a page count for Harpies.
Whelp, count me as another who's had a slow start to the read-a-thon - I got outside to see some friends, one of whom I haven't seen in over a year and a half. I WAS stuck in traffic though, so got some audio in! It's a bit after 6, so I'll get some pages in still tonight.
Hi everyone! I finished a book but also realized that it doesn’t fit in any of the categories. I’ll put in the pages, however.
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Good morning! I finished Pumpkinheads last night and put it under wraiths using the short books slot.
I also got about half way through my Audiobook and have stuff I need to do today that I can listen to more of that and hopefully finish. I will also get started on my next print book before bed.
Might be a slow start but we got this! Good luck with the reading today!
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Would y'all say this is enough of a black and white cover to put it on that prompt? It only fits a few prompts.
I finished Dopesick, which is similar to The Maidens for black and white cover. I can slot it into death of a character.I did find a black and white cover on audio that I can start after The Sixth Extinction (and helps me with my main challenges) if you don't want to use The Maidens there.
Though animal print is the patterns, would a stretch to use this be too much? I'm guessing yes, but just thought I'd throw it out there!
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Also, I can easily slot in The Maidens for protagonist that solves problems, so if you have another black and white cover on deck, I'll use The Maidens for that one.
Is this green enough?
The background is green but it takes up less than half of the front of the book. I can use it for death of a character or short book also.
Traci, I love your idea for animal print, because I didn’t see anything on my TBR list that would even remotely count. I read 33 pages of a book then decided against it after realizing that it was over 500 pages and I wasn’t really into the characters or story. So far I haven’t been too successful in this readathon but I’ll keep trying!
Traci the Sixth Extinction sounds scarier than the ghost story one I'm reading. Kathryn, I also had a 500 + page book in my queue but I know I'd never finish it in time
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I have the 500+ page book covered! I'm listening to the audio of Illuminae, and the print version is over 600 pages, but it's epistolary so it reads really quickly. I will definitely be finished by tomorrow on that one.
I figured it was worth a try. ; ) I put it under character death (it’s our second book with a character death but that and short book were the only places it really fit).
Terrific, Emily-good choice. I thought Illuminae was so fun and different. I actually ended up reading a lot more than listed, but the book I'm reading online only shows chapters, not pages. So I'll just list it when I'm done
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I think we should focus on the Sphinx, if possible, to knock it out and get those points. So if you have a book that works for multiple prompts, let's assign it to the sphinx prompts first and then the other monsters if it doesn't work for any of those.
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Emily wrote: "Traci, why don't we move Dopesick to the black and white cover, and we can let Kathryn use Kitchen for the character death? That way we can try to get at least one of each of the monsters covered b..."Works for me!
Perri wrote: "Traci the Sixth Extinction sounds scarier than the ghost story one I'm reading. Kathryn, I also had a 500 + page book in my queue but I know I'd never finish it in time"
Yeah, first 2 books of this read-a-thon are opioid epidemic and major earth extinctions... not happy books!
Just got back from the library, I picked up a couple that will work for alliteration. I can start one of them after my current physical book, but reading on this one is going a bit slow, so I probably won't start the next until Tues or Wed.
Alliteration is one of those things I always wonder if I am getting right. Would His & Hers fit? I can make this my next audio book.
Samantha wrote: "Alliteration is one of those things I always wonder if I am getting right. Would His & Hers fit? I can make this my next audio book."Yes! At least that's the trend I was going with. If you want to pick up that prompt, that would be great!
Anyone have a paranormal book they're thinking about. I can look for something on audio if not.
Traci wrote: "Samantha wrote: "Alliteration is one of those things I always wonder if I am getting right. Would His & Hers fit? I can make this my next audio book."Yes! At least that's the tren..."
Okay! I should be able to start that tomorrow and it isn't that long so will finish in a day or two.
Traci wrote: "Anyone have a paranormal book they're thinking about. I can look for something on audio if not."I'm more than half way through A Head Full of Ghosts which would work . It's really creepy
I didn't end up having much time to read yesterday, but considerably more today - I just finished The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina and put it on the mythological creature prompt on Sphinx. I've got one hour left of my audiobook, The Wine-Dark Sea, which I can put on the "protagonist solves problems" prompt - or on yellow cover, if this seems like enough yellow? The spine and back cover are yellow, it's like a picture frame for the sea/ship painting.
I also have a 208-page graphic novel that I plan to read tonight but I genuinely can't decide which cover color prompts I think it fits - feels like it counts equally for all of them, red/orange, green, or yellow, or equally not for all of them, lol. Otherwise, it does fit a couple other prompts. But basically, I don't know how to judge when books fit cover color prompts 😆
Roxana wrote: "I didn't end up having much time to read yesterday, but considerably more today - I just finished The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina and put it on the mythological creature prompt o..."I'd say the graphic novel doesn't fit any of them since there's too much of all 3 colors. Looking at the options you've marked, I'd go with fiery character. Mostly because trying to think of a fiery character overwhelms my brain!
I won't finish another tonight, but based on hours left, should finish The Sixth Extinction tomorrow.
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I would skip the color covers for both of those books, Roxana.
I am going to finish Illuminae today... I only have 45 mins left of the audio and it's driving me crazy that I have to be here at work actually working instead of listening. I'll probably pick up the sequel today as well, Gemina, but I'm not sure if I'll finish it before the end of the week... depends on how much driving I have to do.
Good morning! It looks like the alliteration has been filled already, yay! I might see if I can find a book at least partially set in Egypt as that one just has one person working on it and it is a ? in the planning.
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I finished Illuminae and slotted it in for big book since it didn't fit any of the sphinx prompts. Starting Gemina today when I leave work!
I was able to download Death on the Nile from the library and it just a little over 6 hours long so should get that done quickly. I have only read one Agatha Christie and it wasn't my favorite as I was a little put off by how some conclusions were based on race, sex and social class. I am hoping this one exceeds my expectations and that I am a Christie lover once I am finished.
Thanks for finding a book Samantha! I've been staring at that row, but not wanting to read the options I was finding. The book I read last week had a couple of chapters in Egypt, but I finished it the day before the read-a-thon started!
Don't despair at my number neverlanderss. I'm totally engrossed in this story I just cant record it Creepy paranormal craziness
I put The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History into the animal print prompt. Emily - if you've rethought this and don't think it works, it can be moved to yellow cover and I can look for something else.Will start a new audio in the morning, probably The Expats, which can fit in either red cover or starts with a letter in Ogre.
I should finish my green cover tomorow.
I finished 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (which was a HECK of a ride, by the way) and put it on the fiery character prompt on Dragon. Should finish The Last Beautiful Girl tomorrow, which will fit paranormal; some other things, too, but that prompt seems light on options, so I'll probably put it there.
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I wasn't excited about the ebook book I started on Sunday night and decided to start on The Heart Principle. I am enjoying it so much so should have more pages read today. Not many options for it but a red cover and long hair. She also has a pet rock and in the little I have read she talks to it and pets it so I would argue it counts. I should finish Death on the Nile today, it is a little longer than I thought but am just past the half way point.
Roxana wrote: "I finished 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (which was a HECK of a ride, by the way) and put it on the fiery character prompt on Dragon. Should finish The Last Beautiful Girl..."This title is just called to me and I love the description so added to my TBR - did you enjoy?
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This week, you will read books that will help you slay these monsters. There are a wide variety of monsters, each with different weaknesses, so make sure you are slaying the most you can to accrue points and win favor from the queen!
How It Works:
Read books to fulfill the prompts and slay monsters. When each monster is slayed, you will earn that monster's badge and points. You can attack multiple monsters at a time, and you can slay multiples of the same monster (except for the elusive sphinx!). You can also log your pages to attack those pesky harpies. Your battle strategy is up to you!
For more information and to ask questions, see our Introduction and FAQs thread.
Members:
Captain: Emily
Laurel
Samantha
Kathryn
Chrissy
Traci
Roxana
Kerry
Perri
Spreadsheet:
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Each tab will help you track the monsters you slay. 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 queen (me!) will be watching those spreadsheets to see when you've successfully vanquished the monsters.