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Read-a-Thon Winter 2021: Team Penguin
Aimee wrote: "Sherri wrote: "Aimee, I'm sorry. I messed up the planning spreadsheet. I don't know what I did but things aren't right."Haha I love that I've become the spreadsheet guru - I'm actually such a spr..."
You know, a block of text just all of a sudden turned white on me last night as well. I fixed it, but it was very strange. I had done nothing to change the text color...
@AimeeThank you for being our spreadsheet guru!!
I've just had a look at the shelves for A Christmas Carol and it would work for fantasy and 4-stars, which we have 5 and 4 books planned for respectively. So I personally would put it down for one of them, but obviously feel free to use it where you like Sherri.
Aimee wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Using the top 100 Goodreads shelves is quite inventive, IMO. It makes selecting a book quite a process!."It does make a change. I quite like the fact that it's clear which books work and which don't, since we're all using the same lists, rather than it being subjective / open to interpretation like our usual AtY prompts. I wouldn't want every readathon to be like this, but it's a fun way of picking books towards the end of the year when I've completed my other challenges."
That is such an astute observation! I hadn't considered the fact that virtually all objectivity is removed by enforcing these criteria! It is very straightforward!
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The spreadsheet worked so thank you. I put Christmas Carol under 5 star on the completion spreadsheet. Christmas Carol needs to be moved to the completed sheet.
Wednesday is the busiest day of the week for me so I won't have many pages read for today, but I should be able to make up for that on Friday when I have the whole day off work! 😄
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Reed wrote: "ιѕ тнιѕ fσя тнє ωнσℓє мσитн σя υитιℓ тнє 31ѕт σf тнιѕ мσитн"This readathon ends on Sunday Dec 26th
Ok😂thank you i thought💭it was until new years eve but, i'm going to keep reading my book📕 until it's finished🏁 after the read a thon is over ok 👌🏻
Reed wrote: "Ok😂thank you i thought💭it was until new years eve but, i'm going to keep reading my book📕 until it's finished🏁 after the read a thon is over ok 👌🏻"Of course :) If you still want to help out the group, you can let us know how many pages you read each day so far. If you click on the spreadsheet up top you will see a page that has your name at the top and you can enter how many pages you read there, or just tell us here and we can add it for you. :)
I didn't quite get to finish Felix Ever After yet, but I'm very close. I have about 40 pages left. If I didn't have work tomorrow, I'd very easily stay up and finish it off.
Good Morning All. I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I'm listening to Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I'm enjoying it. I will finish soon.
Sherri wrote: "Good Morning All. I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I'm listening to Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I'm enjoying it. I will finish soon."I can't believe it either! Although, when I went out to find my chicken coop roof caved in from the ice, I was WELL aware that it is officially winter this week. The question now is, can I concentrate on an audiobook while repairing a chicken coop? I can just imagine losing an earbud out there in the snow and chicken poo. Maybe that isn't such a good idea after all 🤣
I hope the chickens are okay? We are unseasonably warm here in northern Colorado, though I'm not really complaining because I don't like the cold. But we do need moisture so could use some snow, we're under fire warnings, which is crazy in December. A small wildfire broke out yesterday.I'm on a reading roll, I've finished about a book a day! That will slow down some but I should finish at least 2 more during the read-a-thon, possibly 3 (with a stretch goal of 4 more!).
Nancy wrote: "I hope the chickens are okay? We are unseasonably warm here in northern Colorado, though I'm not really complaining because I don't like the cold. But we do need moisture so could use some snow, we..."Yes, they are all fine, a little irritated at being confined to a smaller space maybe but physically fine. I am going out now to buy one of those tarp garages to plop over the top of the coops. That will push the netting that fell back up, That will give them more room and bonus wind block! They will love that.
I would be terrified if we went under a fire warning. Our house is surrounded by trees. I hope you get some moisture of some sort soon!
Sherri wrote: "Good Morning All. I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I'm listening to Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I'm enjoying it. I will finish soon."I have yet to read one of her books. Hope to get to one in 2022!
°~Amy~° wrote: "Sherri wrote: "Good Morning All. I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I'm listening to Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I'm enjoying it. I will finish soon."I can't believe it either! Although, when I went out to find my chicken coop roof caved in from the ice, I was WELL aware that it is officially winter this week. The question now is, can I concentrate on an audiobook while repairing a chicken coop? I can just imagine losing an earbud out there in the snow and chicken poo. Maybe that isn't such a good idea after all 🤣"
Definitely sounds as if you may want to wait for the audiobook until you're done outside with the chicken coop! Chickens are some of my least favorite animals to deal with, but I do love eating them! LOL (I am a displaced farm girl...) I hope you're able to get everything fixed up for them!
Nancy wrote: "I hope the chickens are okay? We are unseasonably warm here in northern Colorado, though I'm not really complaining because I don't like the cold. But we do need moisture so could use some snow, we're under fire warnings, which is crazy in December. A small wildfire broke out yesterday."That seems bizarre! Yikes! I sure hope that doesn't happen!
"I'm on a reading roll, I've finished about a book a day! That will slow down some but I should finish at least 2 more during the read-a-thon, possibly 3 (with a stretch goal of 4 more!)."
I had to laugh at that last bit. You sound just like me. I look at my list and think, "Yeah, I'll finish this one tonight and then read this one tomorrow, and...Oooohhhh, maybe I can even finish another 3 in the next two days!" I end up always wishing I had more time to read! I am impressed with your reading consistency!!!
I just wanted to say that this is the most participatory Team Readathon Challenge group I have been involved with! Thanks to all of you for participating so successfully! I see we have completed 31 prompts and earned a bit more than 4.75 wildcards! That's amazing! And we're just over halfway through the readathon! Yay us!
We are a great group. I completed Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I put it under abandoned but if someone has a better suggestion move it. Please highlight it & move the column to completed. I don't mean to be bossy but you don't want me to fiddle with the spreadsheet too much. Thank You
Lynn wrote: "I just wanted to say that this is the most participatory Team Readathon Challenge group I have been involved with! Thanks to all of you for participating so successfully! I see we have completed ..."
Wow that's great work!
Sherri wrote: "We are a great group. I completed Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory. I put it under abandoned but if someone has a better suggestion move it. Please highlight it & move the column to completed. I d..."All done :)
I've got some Christmas baking to do tonight (we're going to my husband's aunt's for Christmas day, and we're bringing dessert) so I'm gonna pop on a Terry Pratchett audiobook and see how many more hours I can rack up!Easier to listen while baking than while repairing chicken coops I expect Amy. Glad to hear the chickens were all okay.
Aimee wrote: "Easier to listen while baking than while repairing chicken coops I expect Amy..."I would expect so, especially when three roosters decided they need to give me advice the whole time, loudly! I think I will mimic your plan of listening and cooking this evening. :)
I finished off Felix Ever After and got a bit of a start on One Day in December (only 70 pages in so far). Currently 1:30 am here so not looking at the spreadsheet right now, but feel free to plug Felix Ever After in wherever needed.
Good Morning All, I started Christmas By The Book on Anne Marie Ryan on audible. I will listen to that today. It was shelved under paperback on the top 100 list. So when I finish tomorrow I will put it there if it is still open.
Rachel wrote: "I finished off Felix Ever After and got a bit of a start on One Day in December (only 70 pages in so far). Currently 1:30 am here so not looking at the spreadsheet right now, but feel free to plug Felix Ever After in wherever needed."I read One Day in December and really enjoyed it. Hope you do as well!
What did you think of Felix Ever After? I'm considering reading it in 2022.
Today I am working on Forever Words: The Unknown Poems for poetry and A Prayer Before Dawn: A Nightmare In Thailand for Thailand. I *should* be able to get them both done today on audio. The chicken coop is still in progress and it's Christmas eve, so cooking and cleaning need to be done. I will do my best!
Happy Christmas eve everyone!I'm still working on Inland for "western" but it's a fairly slow-paced book and doesn't lend itself to speed reading (too many characters to keep track of!) so I probably won't finish it until tomorrow at the earliest.
Yesterday I started Hogfather on audiobook - it's become a bit of a Christmas / New Year tradition for me to re-read a Discworld sub-series - and I should be able to finish it today as I can listen while wrapping the last few Christmas presents. I was going to use it for "humour" but then I noticed "mythology" was in the top 100 list, which surprised me. We don't seem to have any other books planned for that shelf so I might use it for that, even though I wouldn't personally have shelved it as mythology.
Merry Christmas Eve! What do people do for Christmas traditions, if you celebrate? When we lived near family, we did Eve with my husband's family and Day with mine. Now that we're far from everyone we still do both days but scaled down, with Eve being the fancier dinner and Day being easy. My son unfortunately has to work today, he works at a restaurant, and they close at 8, so we're delaying dinner until after he gets home and moved our traditional meals around so tonight's the easy one. Tomorrow we'll open presents whenever my lazy teenage boys get up, eat breakfast and pretty much be lazy all day! As for books, I am halfway through Mutts and Mistletoe, and also halfway through the audio of Mistletoe Murder (I did not intentionally pick books that both have Mistletoe in the title!). I'll finish the audio today while finishing up wrapping presents and doing other things around the house, and should also have time to get some physical pages in. My husband does the cooking so I won't be too tied up in the kitchen, other than cleaning up from last night's rugulach making (and I can do my audio then). Both of those fit multiple shelves so I'll just go with whatever has the least amount of options, which is how I've been picking shelves!
I also plan to read Letters from Father Christmas, which should be a fast one, and I hope to spend Sunday doing a puzzle, so should be able to squeeze in one more short audio, for which I have planned 12 Days at Bleakly Manor. 12 Days fits for gothic so I'll put it there.
I also am reading Shiver but I am pretty sure I won't finish it in time so I may just remove it from the spreadsheet.
Nancy wrote: "Merry Christmas Eve! What do people do for Christmas traditions, if you celebrate? When we lived near family, we did Eve with my husband's family and Day with mine. Now that we're far from everyone..."Aww that sounds lovely Nancy, hope your son gets off work on time so you can enjoy plenty of time together.
In the UK, the 26th is also a holiday - it's known as Boxing Day because traditionally the queen or king gives presents to the poor in lavishly-decorated boxes.
We tend to celebrate Christmas Day with one set of family members (either my side or my in-laws) and Boxing Day with the other set, and alternate each year. We keep the 24th just for us - me, my husband and our three very spoiled cats.
°~Amy~° wrote: "Today I am working on Forever Words: The Unknown Poems for poetry and A Prayer Before Dawn: A Nightmare In Thailand for Thailand. I *should* be able to get them both..."You are doing fantastically!!! Chickens and all!
Aimee wrote: "Happy Christmas eve everyone!I'm still working on Inland for "western" but it's a fairly slow-paced book and doesn't lend itself to speed reading (too many characters to keep track of!) so I probably won't finish it until tomorrow at the earliest.
Yesterday I started Hogfather on audiobook - it's become a bit of a Christmas / New Year tradition for me to re-read a Discworld sub-series - and I should be able to finish it today as I can listen while wrapping the last few Christmas presents. I was going to use it for "humour" but then I noticed "mythology" was in the top 100 list, which surprised me. We don't seem to have any other books planned for that shelf so I might use it for that, even though I wouldn't personally have shelved it asmythology."
It is very interesting to see how other people shelve books, isn't it?
Nancy wrote: "Merry Christmas Eve! What do people do for Christmas traditions, if you celebrate? When we lived near family, we did Eve with my husband's family and Day with mine. Now that we're far from everyone..."You definitely have a full schedule! Both reading-wise and otherwise! I think that's so neat that you-all plan around your son's schedule! Good for you! And a husband who cooks. Wow. I'm impressed. I don't do holidays. I am older and got burned out from all the holiday doings while raising my children. I purposefully get together with my children and their families during the "off-season" times when they don't have as much going on. I also ascribe to no organized religion, so that means I basically get to rest and relax during this "holiday" season! That suits me just fine since the older I get the less energy I have to spare! Great reading plans!!
Aimee wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Merry Christmas Eve! What do people do for Christmas traditions, if you celebrate? When we lived near family, we did Eve with my husband's family and Day with mine. Now that we're far...Aww that sounds lovely Nancy, hope your son gets off work on time so you can enjoy plenty of time together.
In the UK, the 26th is also a holiday - it's known as Boxing Day because traditionally the queen or king gives presents to the poor in lavishly-decorated boxes.
We tend to celebrate Christmas Day with one set of family members (either my side or my in-laws) and Boxing Day with the other set, and alternate each year. We keep the 24th just for us - me, my husband and our three very spoiled cats."
Ooohhh...another feline parent!! We have 4 kitties indoors and 2 outdoors. They basically run the household! Yet another reason I am glad I feel no compunction to decorate, etc., for any holidays. I can't imagine a Christmas tree of any sort, especially with our nosiest one, Tigger. She would have everything torn up within minutes, I'm sure! LOL 😲🙄😊
I just finished Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair which was absolutely excellent and makes all kinds of sense! I was gratified to read of all the organizations committed to offering alternatives to incarceration as appropriate as well as changing the current system. I listed as "must-read" since I agree with that AND it had only 2 possibilities. I am beginning Malibu Rising today which is a longer book, but the other two of Reid's books I've read went quickly, so I am hopeful this will be the same. I will probably use it to fulfill 4-stars or ARC. I'll also finish Eva Luna for the South America prompt. Then Waiting to Exhale for the humor prompt and Such a Fun Age for Maybe, 4-stars, or ARC. If I have any time left, I'll work on either Gold which could fulfill "paperback" or Violets Are Blue which could fulfill many prompts.
Okay, now to reading!!!
Lynn wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I finished off Felix Ever After and got a bit of a start on One Day in December (only 70 pages in so far). Currently 1:30 am here so not looking at the spreadsheet right now, but fee..."I loved it! It took me a little longer than I expected to read it, but I think that was more on me than on the book itself. This week has been unexpectedly busy (and I don't even celebrate Christmas), and I think my brain has gone back into "pandemic mode" when it comes to reading. I can't focus at all until later in the evening, at which point I can focus super well, but it leaves me with very limited time to actually read! I was hoping to catch up a bit this weekend, but I ended up being a bit swamped with work instead.
Hi everyone! I have a quick question about how to count the pages for a graphic novel. Is it still just the total number of pages or do I have to take into account that it's a graphic novel? Thank you!
Lynn wrote: "I just finished Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair which was absolutely excellent and makes all kinds of sense! I was gratified to read of all the o..."Gosh Lynn, you have a full reading schedule too!
I finished Mistletoe Murder and put it under audiobook, I thought it was fitting since I listened to it.
Hi everyone! Just got done preparing Xmas eve dinner and my brother in law who was supposed to come over in a couple hours tested positive for COVID 😮💨 sounds like I may have more time this evening for reading than anticipated
Caitie wrote: "Hi everyone! Just got done preparing Xmas eve dinner and my brother in law who was supposed to come over in a couple hours tested positive for COVID 😮💨 sounds like I may have more time this evenin..."Well, increased reading time is a good thing. But I sure hope he has been vaccinated and won't have too tough a time riding out the COVID infection. We should send him positive healing energy! 🤗
Mana wrote: "Hi everyone! I have a quick question about how to count the pages for a graphic novel. Is it still just the total number of pages or do I have to take into account that it's a graphic novel? Thank ..."Graphics count the same page wise as any other book except that they need to be 200 pages long to count for the readathon vs the 100 pages for other types of books. :)
Caitie wrote: "Hi everyone! Just got done preparing Xmas eve dinner and my brother in law who was supposed to come over in a couple hours tested positive for COVID 😮💨 sounds like I may have more time this evenin..."Sending lots of positive vibes to you and your family that your brother in law gets through his diagnosis with minimal discomfort. Enjoy your extra reading time this evening!
Oh, my! Taylor Jenkins Reid is officially one of my absolutely favorite authors! I would love to stay up longer and finish Malibu Rising but can't. It's past 12:30AM and I'm exhausted. This is an excellent read for me!
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Merry Christmas everyone, For some reason yesterday afternoon I couldn't open my book on audible. Last night it worked fine so I was able to listen a little. Have a wonderful day everyone.
Sherri wrote: "Merry Christmas everyone, For some reason yesterday afternoon I couldn't open my book on audible. Last night it worked fine so I was able to listen a little. Have a wonderful day everyone."Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!
Ugh. Online stuff is great when it works and I find it so frustrating when it doesn't! One of the things I am most impatient about... Hope it keeps working for you!
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Yes it has to be shelved as ghost-story to count sorry.