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Read-a-Thon Feb 2022: Team Knife
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So I just realized sharp could be considered a flavor word, as in sharp cheddar cheese. What do you all think? I have 2.5 hours left in Sharp Objects, it fits for ATY challenge prompt but that's it, unless I can use it for flavor too.
I DNF'd the Kindle book I'd started but counted the pages and moved on to Running Wild, which works for several prompts.
Nancy, I looked up sharp in the dictionary and one of it's meanings is having a strong odor or flavor so I'd say your book would count.I finished Rogue Protocol and added it to less than 250 pages and added Egg Drop Dead to important meal.
I hope to finish my shell book tomorrow and will start on my Madeleine book tonight.
I posted in the FAQ thread too for an official answer on sharp.
Robin P wrote: "Wow, you should get extra credit for a book about baking!"When the theme came out, I knew I had to read this one!
I finished
and put in the "red on the cover" slot. I am starting
..I am hoping to have it finished this evening.
Hi all - hope you don't mind I switched the "second" color in the spreadsheet to blue instead of a darker pink, my eyes/brain were having trouble with two shades of the same color.
Blue works good for me, I know I have trouble when the spreadsheet has various shades of gray.
Fine with me! I went with a slightly darker shade of pink but I'm totally cool with another color.Also Emily gave the go-ahead for sharp, however, I also just realized the cover of the edition I'm listening to has black and white. I hope to finish that up today so will put it in that one so we can get closer to completing a madeleine.
Nancy, there are a lot of books possible for black and white and not many for flavor.
True, but I just want to finish the first madeleine!
Finished You Should See Me in a Crown for "someone smiling on the cover" - too cutesy for me, at least it was a quick read.I'm going to start Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna, which is set in Italy.
I've been slowly working my way through Empress and have gotten far enough that I can say for sure I'll finish it during the read-a-thon. I also have I Am the Messenger if I have time (which seems likely). Those are both ATY books, and fit in a couple other places on the spreadsheet too.
Nancy, if you want to get closer to completing the madeleine we can move my Rogue Protocol to the black and white (there were 10 options for that prompt and 5 for the less than 250 pages) so I just put it in the spot with less options. I think, flavor is a harder prompt to fill and black/white and <250 pages are kinda easy ones.
Nah it's fine, I'm sure someone will finish one soon. I finished Sharp Objects and put it under flavor.
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Set in Italy is complete. Just need Shell on the cover and Yellow cover and we'll have one of each recipe, and we're also close to finishing the second Focaccia and Mini Rolls - go team!
I have 165 pages left to finish the shell book. I’m hoping to finish tonight.
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which has a yellow cover but it will take another day or two to finish.
From the planning sheet, it looks like we have a chance of completing another Focaccia or Mini Roll. We probably should moved Jackie’s book to one of those because I don’t see us completing another Cannoli.
Sophia wrote: "i still need to finish Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir, does that count for black/white cover?"I would count it.
I just started a new book 148 pages long and realized it has gun cartridge shells so if anyone finishes a book set in France we can complete a madeleine.
Finished Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, which is a yellow cover! I think that's our first cannoli done? not sure how to migrate things from the planning tab to the completed one, I've been occasionally trying to update the spreadsheet from my phone which is just a nightmare
Sophia, updating the spreadsheet from your phone definitely adds an extra challenge. I moved mine last night from my phone but I have already forgotten what I did. I finished
Urchin Dishes and Deadly Wishes by Amber Crewes and added it to the next shell spot. I’m going to try and get in audiobook time tomorrow but I’m not sure how much time I’ll have. In a different group I’m doing an A-Z challenge where you have to find a food in that starts with every letter in the alphabet, this book of course had urchins, I needed a book that starts with a U for another challenge and lucked out that it fit this challenge too.
@Sophia, I moved your book over.I started and finished a book by Heather Graham today. That finishes our seconded Focaccia. I'm on track to finish Sweet & Bitter Magic within the next few hours. I'm currently not sure where to put it
Emma, wherever you want. It is the only possible posted book for flavor, but I’m the only one with a posted 500+ page book and I’m not sure if I’ll finish it before Sunday night.
I am going to finish Under the Tuscan Sun tonight (book set in Italy) and should be able to finish The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (book with a yellow cover) tomorrow. I also have two cozy mysteries left to read and hopefully finish before Sunday night.
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Robin, I enlarged it on my phone and while still pretty blurry I'd count it as a smile. If I have time today, I will listen to The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb but I have 16 hours left listening to it at 1.3. I'll see how much I listen to and try speeding it up a bit more and based on what I can listen to today I'll decide what do listen/read tomorrow.
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I will finish Running Wild today, I would have finished it last night but my Kindle battery died. Dangit! I guess I could have read on my phone but I really don't like doing that. It sounds like we could finish another cannoli based on recent comments so I'll put it under next in a series.I also should finish The School of Essential Ingredients today, I have quite a few things to do around the house so will get lots of audio time in. I'll also put it under a Cannoli prompt, where food plays an important role. I mean, it's about a cooking school after all!
Not sure what I'll start next, I could probably get through a short book today/tomorrow so I'll check in later to see prompts need to be done.
Just finished I Am the Messenger which doesn't really have a home in a recipe. It doesn't look like anyone is reading a book set in France - Mata Hari's Last Dance has been sitting on my shelf unread for a few years, and it's short enough I should be able to get through it by tomorrow!
Finished The School of Essential Ingredients and put it in for food plays an important role.
Also finished Running Wild and put it in next in a series.I'm starting The Girl With the Louding Voice next, and I'm going to do both Kindle and audio, so there's a decent chance I'll finish by end of day tomorrow. The only prompt it works for that we still need to finish another Cannoli is new-to-you author.
I’ll finish A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle tonight. It will be my final book for the read-a-thon. I’m feeling burnt out.
I finsihed The Winter Ghosts for a book set in France and
for a yellow cover. I have two ARCs to finish this weekend but not sure they will fit anything that we need so I will use them for sprinkle pages. I do have a Maddie Day cozy mystery I after the other two but I will have to see.
Almost done with
which could go under shell, yellow cover or set in France. Still chipping away at Seeing Ghosts but it turns out it's hard to speed through a memoir about grief, who knew? (Me, I should have known.) Do we have anything else that we're actively working towards? I can try to burn through
tomorrow since it has a smile on the cover.
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Yay, go us! 2 of each is great, these prompts weren't all easy. It's very satisfying seeing the entire Plan tab in blue.Based on the Plan tab we could possibly finish one more Madeleine? The others have 0 options for one or more prompts. I don't know that I'll finish The Girl with the Louding Voice, the narrator's voice is one that does not lend itself to fast reading. Unless I can get in a lot of audio time while doing chores/running errands.
I always like to peek at other teams and see how my team compares. Only one other team completed two of every treat, and that team actually completed three of two of the treats! We're also about average for Sprinkles, with some below us and some above.
Two of each is pretty sweet! I will not be finishing any more books, so anything else I read today is just page count toward sprinkles :) I'm back to my regular ATY list now.
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Finished French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew and added it to the 3rd madeleine and I'm about to finish American Panda for someone smiling on the cover, and I think that's probably it for me.
I just today’s reading towards sprinkles. We did great with this rather challenging read-a-thon.
I finished Over Sea, Under Stone, which unfortunately cannot finish the madeline. Still, a fantastic showing all!
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Used it for comfort read, so we're only one book away from finishing Mini Rolls (just need an ATY read).