Read-a-Thon Feb 2022: Team Knife

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

It's time for our next Read-a-Thon, and we are taking it to the tent for the Great ATY Bake Off!



It's time to fill your bakery case with goodies. You will read books to bake sweets and pastries! Each pastry takes a different number of books, depending on complexity.

You can bake your pastries in any order that you'd like, and you can bake multiple pastries at once (infinite oven space!). Don't forget about your sprinkles! You get some for every 1000 pages read (or 10 hours of audio listed to).

You'll want to create the best bakery case that you can bake, so make sure you have at least one of every type of goodie... they are all important to your score! You can have multiples of the same types of pastries as well.

TEAM SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

THE TEAM
Captain: Nancy
Captain: Kelly
Jackie
Kellie Lyn
Emma R
Jillian
Sophia
Amy Other Amy
Robin

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

THE RECIPES


SPRINKLES
Adds a bit of flair and decoration to your pastries and sweets.

Earn a sprinkle of sprinkles for every 1000 pages read as a team.
Earn a sprinkle of sprinkles for every 10 hours of audio listened to.

CHOCOLATE DIPPED ORANGE MADELEINES
Recipe: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/...

- A book set in France
- A book with a shell on the cover
- A book with both black and white on the cover (not exclusively, but featuring both colors)
- A book written by an author whose name is Madeleine (any spelling or nickname)

TRUFFLE FOCACCIA
Recipe: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/...

- A long book (500+ pages)
- A book with a flavor word in the title (dry, salty, sweet, etc.)
- The newest book by an author you've already read
- A book set somewhere you'd like to visit
- A book featuring an important meal

BLACK FOREST MINI ROLLS
Recipe: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/...

- A comfort read
- A book mostly set in the wilderness (rural area, forest, etc.)
- A book with a circle on the cover
- A short book (less than 250 pages)
- A book with red on the cover
- A book used for the 2022 ATY Reading Challenge

LEMON CHEESECAKE CANNOLI
Recipe: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/...

- A book with a yellow cover
- A book set in Italy
- A book by a new-to-you author
- A book with someone smiling on the cover
- A book featuring a "sour" character (grumpy, curmudgeon, etc.)
- The next book in a series
- A book where food plays an important role

[Nancy]

Woohoo! Love this theme! I'm going to go ahead and add the books I have planned.

[Kelly Sj]

Hello team! This is just the distraction I need this weekend - a water main burst at the college where I work, we've been closed for three days, and I have to reschedule plans for all my classes - it's like living Spring 2020 all over again! ;) No worries, this time it's temporary!

I'm currently in the middle of three books with over 100 pages left in each, and what I choose to read after those can be flexible based on team needs.

[Jillian]

Hi team!

This looks like a fun challenge.

[Jillian]

I have been saving these Murderbot books for the read-a-thon

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells & Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

One of my goals is to complete series that I have already started. I own this audiobook and have never gotten around to listening to it so this week seems like a good time to listen to it since reading a book by an author with the name Madeleine seems quite challenging.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

I have a cozy food mystery I might start and then two possible library books. I need to read one of them for a different group challenge.

[Nancy]

I looked through my TBR and have Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson, yay! I need to see if I can find some books that match the cover prompts too.

I held off on finishing the two books I currently have going, so I am not starting something new on Saturday - I got bit by that last time! I have options for some of the prompts that I will read later in the week.

I'm reading ATY in order, and have to get through prompt 7 and one of 8/9/10 to be caught up. The rest will be Pop Sugar, NetGalley ARCs, or free reading.

[Amy (Other Amy)]

Hello, everyone! These are fun prompts. I have quite a few possibilities. I probably won't make it to the library to add them to the spreadsheet until tomorrow though as they close before I get off work.

Lemon works for flavor word and I was planning to read it soon, so I will probably start there. (It works for a few other prompts too.)

[Jillian]

I was looking at audible plus books and found this one which should work in several places
Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson

[Kellie Lyn]

Hello team, This is has turned into the perfect reading weekend for me. No husband, no kids, no grands, no work...all reading. I have been looking through the books I am hoping to finish this week and having some trouble matching the prompts. (Not sure if this is because the books I read are lame or if I am just not seeing it yet.) I am hoping as I get reading them, they will start popping with the prompts. The one I am starting tomorrow is and then . Excited about the week.

[Sophia]

Excited to start my first read a thon! Dumb question, do we have to match all the prompts to “finish” or is it just something for extra points? Definitely starting with Madeleine L’Engle’s Swiftly Tilting Planet, which is also on my ATY list already.

[Jillian]

Sophia wrote: "Excited to start my first read a thon! Dumb question, do we have to match all the prompts to “finish” or is it just something for extra points? Definitely starting with Madeleine L’Engle’s Swiftly ..."

Hmm…last time each category was worth different points. I’m not seeing a value for the different foods, but I’m also looking on my phone so I might not be seeing it. We don’t have to complete all the prompts but so far all the teams I have been on we have.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Hi everyone, I am with family for a few days, so might get a slow start. I have put aside several short books for this week . I will check to see what prompts they fit.

[Jillian]

Would anyone be able to create a completed tab where we can move our books over from the planning tab once we have finished them? Do we want to use a color on the planning tab to show that a prompt has also been completed? I think some of you were on my team for the dragon slaying challenge so similar to that.

[Kelly Sj]

I created a "completed" tab on the spreadsheet. Columns can be cut and pasted from "plans" to "completed" when a book is finished (in addition to adding the book for a recipe on the other tabs).

I like the idea of color-coding, but we can make more than one of a recipe if we read enough books...this is only my second team challenge so I'll defer to others with more experience on the best way to do this!

[Jillian]

Thanks, Kelly!

We can complete more than one recipe. Before, the captain picked the color scheme and the group followed for example yellow if we were working on the first recipe, pink the second recipe, purple the theirs etc.

[Kellie Lyn]

Happy Saturday! I have finished The Graveyard Book and it really only fits on the "grumpy old man character" category in the Canolli section. Once I put it there I am to list it on the finished page...correct? Sorry, I am lousy at spreadsheets. I am starting The Nature of the Beast and hope to finish it today. Again, not sure where it will fit but I am sure something will pop.

[Jillian]

I just checked Lemon Meringue Pie Murderby Joanne Fluke out from the library. It has a pie "shell" on the cover.

[Jillian]

Kellie Lyn wrote: "Happy Saturday! I have finished The Graveyard Book and it really only fits on the "grumpy old man character" category in the Canolli section. Once I put it there I am to list it on t..."

That is correct. I went ahead and highlighted the row in the planning sheet so we know that task has been completed once for Canolli.

[Jillian]

I added your name to the Canolli sheet so we know who finished which book.

[Emma R.]

Hi all, I'm excited about this week. I have a pile of books to read, so we'll see how that goes. This is my first read-a-thon where I am working a full-time job, so I'm not sure how much I will be able to check in on the thread but I will keep my reads updated on the spreadsheet

[Amy (Other Amy)]

I finished Lemon and I put it on a book where food plays an important roll. I forgot my mouse, and I find my laptop impossible without it, so I didn't highlight the spreadsheet. I will fix it when I can, or if someone else gets to it first that's fine too.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I finished Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. It could go under Less than 200 pages or Author I haven’t read before.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Go team knife! Working on an audiobook at present, but I'm not sure if I will actually finish it this week.

[Nancy]

I had a super busy day but then managed to get a couple of hours of audio in and finished The Final Revival of Opal and Nev, which I put under "circle on the cover" as the O in Opal is most definitely a circle. I plan to spend pretty much the whole day reading tomorrow.

Robin, I tend to go with the prompt that has less other options, or one that is part of a recipe that's close to being completed.

[Jillian]

I finished Artificial Condition by Martha Wells. Do you think artificial counts as a flavor word since so many thing have artificial flavors? If not, it works for next in a series or less than 200 pages.

I’ll update my audio and page count tomorrow. I worked on reorganizing our computer room and a closet today so I got in quite a bit of audio time.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I like artificial as a flavor word!

[Nancy]

Me, too. If an egg works for shell, then why not artificial as a flavor?

[Jillian]

I added it to flavor. I'm not sure how today is going to go. Last night, our dishwasher stopped working and has an error code so we have to try and fix it. Then we were planning on going to Costco which is 90 minutes drive away so not sure if that is still in the plans or not.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Jillian wrote: "I added it to flavor. I'm not sure how today is going to go. Last night, our dishwasher stopped working and has an error code so we have to try and fix it. Then we were planning on going to Costco ..."

I hope you don't end up having to get a new dishwasher!

[Jillian]

Jackie, I've got my fingers crossed that we don't have to get a new one either. At least, if we do there should be some President's Day sales but I'd much rather spend money on other things like books.

My husband got the error code to turn off so we are going to go to Costco's and then try running it when we get home. Hopefully, I will get in some audio book time.

[Kellie Lyn]

Jillian wrote: "I added your name to the Canolli sheet so we know who finished which book."
Thank you, I was not sure how we were logging the finished books.

[Kellie Lyn]

Finished The Nature of the Beast and put it in Mini Rolls: Wilderness section. It could also go for "Somewhere I would like to visit" or "Next in a series", those seemed more common though. I am moving on to Home Before Dark audio while doing laundry (oh joy!). I have to finish today since the library wants it back this evening.

[Kelly Sj]

Just finished In the Shadow of Man - fascinating! I put it in for "somewhere I would like to visit"

Robin, I put Kim Jiyoung in for less than 200 pages on the spreadsheet, since there are a lot of options for author. We can always move things around later if needed!

Does anyone have anything for Italy? I'm pretty sure I have one on my shelf if no one else has something in mind.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Kelly Sj wrote: "Just finished In the Shadow of Man - fascinating! I put it in for "somewhere I would like to visit"

Robin, I put Kim Jiyoung in for less than 200 pages on the spreadsheet, since ther..."

Thanks! I am away from home till tomorrow night, will be more active on here after that.

[Jillian]

I don’t have anything for Italy.

[Nancy]

I don't have anything for Italy either, but I can find something. Too bad Germany isn't one because the book I'm reading now is set there (and who doesn't love German pastries?)

Here's a Listopia of books set in Italy. I've read a few of these already, but could read The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian.

If anyone else is doing Pop Sugar, for a book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship, Shipped by Angie Hockman has a shell on the cover.

[Kellie Lyn]

Finished Home Before Dark but having trouble putting it in a category. I am using it for an ATY prompt but was wondering if since bainberry pie was used as a weapon and was a significant part of the story...could this be used for "a book featuring an important meal"? It is a stretch but thought I would ask. I am moving on to Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day.

[Sophia]

Sorry I'm having such a slow start, we're dealing with some health problems with my dog and it is eating up a lot of my time/energy. I will try to improve my numbers as the week progresses!

I can start an Adriana Trigiani since she's been on my TBR list for a while but does the entire book need to be set in Italy to count? It sounds like her books are set partially in the US, or characters immigrate to the US from Italy.

[Jillian]

Sophia, I hope your dog starts feeling better. No worries if you cannot get much reading in.

I don’t think it has to be completely set there. The book I’m reading for being set in France is probably around 80% there.

[Jillian]

Kellie Lyn wrote: "Finished Home Before Dark but having trouble putting it in a category. I am using it for an ATY prompt but was wondering if since bainberry pie was used as a weapon and was a signif..."

It sounds like it would work for either spot to me. The book I’m reading for an important meal had a death at the birthday dinner and the book is centered around solving the murder.

[Jillian]

I’m hoping to finish Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson tomorrow for set in France and possibly Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien if I’m not to tired after work. Then I’ll start working on the shell on the cover by Barbara Ross and Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells though I doubt I’ll finish them until later in the week.

[Kelly Sj]

I finished Star of the North and used it for "red on the cover"

I found a book on my TBR with "someone smiling on the cover" (for the team challenge) AND "written by a black author" (for the individual challenge) - You Should See Me in a Crown - and started reading it last night. It's YA so should be a quick read.

[Kellie Lyn]

Jillian wrote: "Kellie Lyn wrote: "Finished Home Before Dark but having trouble putting it in a category. I am using it for an ATY prompt but was wondering if since bainberry pie was used as a weap..."

Thanks. I wanted to be sure before adding to the spreadsheet. I will add it which ever one is needed.

[Emma R.]

I finished Games of Command last night and added it for 500+ pages. It can work for other tasks but that one seemed like the best fit

[Jillian]

We finished our first Focaccia! On the planning tab, we can pick a new color to highlight the tasks for that goodie.

[Kellie Lyn]

Finished Lean Mean Thirteen and put it in "Next in a Series". Starting on Scythe

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Seems like we are zipping along and can have multiples of our pastries!

[Jillian]

I finished Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien. It fits several spots, a few harder ones but I’m not sure if we will be able to complete more than one of those goodies. So, for now I’m going to wait on adding it to a spot and leave it in the planning tab.

[Nancy]

I finished You, Me, and the Colors of Life and put it in for new-to-you author.

Yay for finishing our first focaccia!