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Hi Team Squash. I finished
. I put it under Cornucopia 1. A book with an animal in the story. I put it on the spreadsheet. For cornucopia 1 we need a book with a majority of orange in the cover & 3 acorns. I haven't picked my next read but with check in again once I know.
My next book is
. Mystery. My kindle edition has an orange cove but I can't find it on Good Reads.
Finished the dystopian read. We now have everything for a Cornucopia 4 once the 3 acorns are used! YAY US!
°~Amy~° wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I will finish Brave New World Revisited this morning for the "dystopian" prompt. (If you thought Brave New World was scary, this is even worse!) Then I hope to ..."True. I kinda like having my own to mess with, however! :) (Set in my ways!) LOL
Lynn wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I will finish Brave New World Revisited this morning for the "dystopian" prompt. (If you thought Brave New World was scary, this is even worse!)..."Totally understand that! :)
Just finished The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolves, headed into the spreadsheet to see where it might fit!I think I am going to work on The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon next unless I something on the spreadsheet is screaming out for attention
Ok, Wolf's Trail finished up Cornucopia #2 (except for the acorns) and I added our current acorns to Cornucopia #4 to finish that off completely. If anyone has a book that absolutely doesn't fit anywhere else, feel free to start a second Cornucopia #2 or #4, I have a feeling that we will have multiples of most everything by the end of the readathon :)
Go Team!
Lynn wrote: "Jen K wrote: "Good morning! I managed to finish The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. I will use it for name in the title."I thought that book was amazing. I hope you enjo..."
Such a great read!! I devoured it over the weekend.
Super impressed that you will manage 7 books this readathon!
I finally entered all my books on the spreadsheet. I think I've finished up Cornucopia #5, so all we're missing there is acorns. And I started a second Cornucopia #1 with The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Feel free to move it if you think it fits somewhere else better.
I had a lot of trouble focusing today, so I only ended up reading 88 pages. Hoping to finish my book off tomorrow
I had a great reading day yesterday. I squeezed in a couple hours listening at work, and then made a super quick dinner for the fam so I could read more. I finished The Bodyguard (BG 245 + BMG198) and started Be My Ghost because it has an animal and ghosts since those seems to be scarcer in our list of options. Heading over to update the spreadsheet now.
I added acorns to complete cornucopia #2, we just need a few more pages to complete #5 as well. I had to add the Bodyguard to a second Cornucopia #3 because it only fits yellow. I also did a quick count of completed vs. cornucopia books an realized that Hidden Figures was completed but not allotted to a Cornucopia. I added it to #3 as well. (I hope that's okay, please feel free to move if you had other plans, I just didn't want to miss claiming it).
And now, I'm off to work and hoping to squeeze in a bit more audio today. Wishing you all a wonderful day, team squash!!
Good Morning All. I'll continue reading Now Lorraine Has Gone today. I don't think I'll finish today but we will see. I don't have a lot to do today. Now that we are working on our second cornucopias I have more places to use the book. We're doing great.
Wow! I was shocked to log in this morning and see all the prompts that had been filled up since I last checked in. Amazing! We are killing it (well, you guys are; I'm just poking along over here lol)I just completed Cornucopia #1 with
, an orange coverI read a lot more yesterday than I have so far this readathon. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum to help out with more acorns!
I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second Cornucopia #1 for animal in the story. I wasn't sure how you want to denote the second book in a cornucopia on the Completed spreadsheet, so I used a different color. You can adjust as you wish! :)I'll work on completing Cemetery Boys today and going further into The Giver of Stars which will definitely work for the nature prompt. And I may start I, Alex Cross today. It will fit mystery thriller or the 400 page prompt since it is exactly 400 pages!
We are doing fantastically!! GO SQUASH!! LOL ;)
Rachel wrote: "I had a lot of trouble focusing today, so I only ended up reading 88 pages. Hoping to finish my book off tomorrow"There are those days! But 88 pages is nothing to "sneeze at," as we used to say! :)
Jen K wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Jen K wrote: "Good morning! I managed to finish The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. I will use it for name in the title."I thought that book was amazing. I ...
Super impressed that you will manage 7 books this readathon!"
I'm hoping to read the third book in her Shades of Magic trilogy yet this year!
Well, I am old (wiser? LOL) and retired and reading is my thing! :)
Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second Cornucopia #1..."Amazing Lynn! You are flying through your books!!
I had a look at what some of the other teams are doing to track second books and personally found Team Pumpkin's additional columns on the Completed page the easiest to read, so I added them to our spreadsheet. I left the orange colour for the first time the cornucopia is filled and added 'fall yellow' for the second.
Hopefully this makes sense to all & will allow everyone to easily see what spaces are open in round two (and maybe eventually round three?!??) at a glance.
Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second Cornucopia #1..."Bruce Cameron? My daughter loves the books and movies.
Sheena wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second ..."Honestly, it is slightly confusing to me, but then again I confuse easily. ;) I'm going to leave the color coding to you when I move books to the Completed page, if you don't mind...
Hello All, I finished Now Lorraine Has Gone. I put it under cornucopia 4. A book about family dynamics. It would work for the orange cover . My version has a very orange background but I can't find the kindle version on Good Reads. There is a name in the title & it is a mystery. Feel free to move it if you see a place where it works better. Could someone add more columns to the completed tab? My next read is A Psalm for the Wild-Built. I don't see a place where this will work besides using for acorns. For those who have read the book let me know what you think.
JennH wrote: "Sheena wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I st..."Haha - I feel like I see things a bit different sometimes, but happy to do that, JennH
Sherri wrote: "Hello All, I finished Now Lorraine Has Gone. I put it under cornucopia 4. A book about family dynamics. It would work for the orange cover . My version has a very orange background ..."Columns added :D
I'm not familiar with your book but will have a peak later if no one else has any ideas. We're short on acorns at the moment so even if that's all it is, it's a great addition! I'm off for a long over due mani-pedi and will check back in after dinner.
PS. I looked at adding your orange cover but it's the same isbn as the existing Kindle cover and I couldn't remember all the librarian rules about exactly how to do it correctly. But we can easily make it happen if we decide we want to claim as orange.
Sherri wrote: "Hello All, I finished Now Lorraine Has Gone. I put it under cornucopia 4. A book about family dynamics. It would work for the orange cover . My version has a very orange background ..."Hey Sherri - just looking at your cover and wondering if the Monk on the cover is drinking tea and if tea counts as food? A bit of a stretch maybe? ; ) That sounds like a really interesting book, I may add it my list. Please let me know how you like it.
I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I can put it in Published in the Fall or set in or about nature if either of those are still available. 
I finished The Ghost and the Dead Deb for the ghost prompt, which will get us closer to finishing Cornucopia #3 and that would give us one of each of the Cornucopias, minus the acorns. I read a few graphic novels to give us the pages (though not long enough for prompts.) The one I read today, Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man & the Avengers was actually fun because we saw the illustrator on Comic Giveaway Day this year.
Finished Writers & Lovers and put for the food on cover prompt. I'm about halfway through my set at school book. Work keeps getting in the way.
Sheena wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second ..."The added columns are much easier to follow! Thank you!
JennH wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I spontaneously picked up and read Max's Story, a book I just got to send to my grandkids. I love Cameron's writing and these tales are so much fun! I started a second ..."Yes! Your daughter has excellent taste, IMHO! LOL ;)
Sherri wrote: "Hello All, I finished Now Lorraine Has Gone. I put it under cornucopia 4. A book about family dynamics. It would work for the orange cover . My version has a very orange background ..."I think it would work for the "set in nature" prompt!
Sheena wrote: "Sherri wrote: "Hello All, I finished Now Lorraine Has Gone. I put it under cornucopia 4. A book about family dynamics. It would work for the orange cover . My version has a very ora..."He is drinking tea! I won't state a spoiler along with that. I love that book and am anxious to reread it and then the sequel as well. :)
Jen K wrote: "Finished Writers & Lovers and put for the food on cover prompt. I'm about halfway through my set at school book. Work keeps getting in the way."
Ack! Work! Ugh... :)
I got so caught up in The Giver of Stars I didn't read much of anything else. It is now midnight here and much as I want to finish this book NOW, I'm forcing myself to go to bed like a good girl! Didn't feel the greatest today, so I need rest! :)I imagine I'll finish TGoS first tomorrow and then work on the last two I have officially planned. Probably finish both of those on Thursday. By then I should be able to determine what other books to read for open prompts.
I love watching what everyone else is reading!
121 pages today to finish off The House Across the Lake, which as far as I saw, only works for mystery/thriller, so hopefully that's something we can use.
Well, I managed a few hours audio at work but didn't get many pages read yesterday. Mani-Pedi (fall leaves design because the readathon gives me all the fall vibes even though we're still summer here) with my girlfriends and then dinner out with the family. But full steam ahead with reading today. I haven't picked my next book yet, but will pick something we need to fill a spot
Sheena wrote: "Well, I managed a few hours audio at work but didn't get many pages read yesterday. Mani-Pedi (fall leaves design because the readathon gives me all the fall vibes even though we're still summer he..."Oh those nails sound cute!
°~Amy~° wrote: "I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I can put it in Published in the Fall or set in ..."Here's one idea that would fill Cornucopia #1 for a second and third time ...
Second Time
Orange - JennH, A Spell for
400+ - Brittany, The Suicide House
Animal - Completed
Fall Published - Completed
Thrid Time
Orange - Lynn, Giver of Stars
400+ - Lynn, I Alex Cross
Animal - Sheena's By My Ghost
Fall Published - Amy's What if
And we put JennH's Hobit in 'author not alive' to help fill cornucopia #3 second time.
Hi all. I should finish A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers today. They are drinking tea on the cover but not sure that counts as food. Should I ask on a ruling on this from the moderators?
Sherri wrote: "Hi all. I should finish A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers today. They are drinking tea on the cover but not sure that counts as food. Should I ask on a ruling on this from the moderators?"I think a ruling would be good. I don't think they are being super strict so it'll probably work but better to check!
Sheena wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I can put it in Published in the..."Great breakdown Sheena! I am physically reading The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, which works for orange cover too. I hope to have that done soon, mostly because it is BORING me! lol
Actually, thinking about it, I have set aside An Antarctic Mystery because it was boring; I was bored with The Wolf's Trail: An Ojibwe Story, Told by Wolvesand The Lost Gargoyle of Paris and now What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions AND The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon are boring me.....uh oh. What a horrible time for a reading slump to hit!
The official ruling is yes I can count the cup of tea on the cover of
as an item of food.
Sheena wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I can put it in Published in the..."Nice plan! Can't promise to finish The Hobbit in time though. I will try! I do have something else possibly in mind, but I have a couple of other audiobooks in line first.
°~Amy~° wrote: "Sheena wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I can put it in P..."Awww, I hope your next book catches your interest and breaks your slump!
I'm almost done with A Spell for Chameleon. Going to the library today to see what I can pick up. Looking for books that I can get through easily and hopefully at the same time hit some prompts. Red cover, yellow cover, magical realism and sports seem to be the ones lacking options...
Sherri wrote: "The official ruling is yes I can count the cup of tea on the cover of as an item of food."Wow, didn't they would. But Yay, they did!
JennH wrote: "Sherri wrote: "The official ruling is yes I can count the cup of tea on the cover of as an item of food."Wow, didn't they would. But Yay, they did!"
If this was for a prize then I think they would have said no but for a fun challenge like this, they are very lenient :)
JennH wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "Sheena wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "I've been listening to What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions today. I'm not sure where I will put it. I..."Thank you! I went a little off plan and started A Little Princess, that should help!
My pages last night topped us off for another 3 acorns to allocate as needed. I have less than a 100 pages for the "at school" book and really hope to finish tonight.
All the acorns up to now have been allocated. We have completed 4 cornucopias! Way to go everyone!I did a little tidying up on the Completed tab of the spreadsheet to better show which books were used for which prompts.
I also noticed that BE MY GHOST wasn't in the cornucopia, so I added it. Also, IN THE TIME OF BUTTERFLIES wasn't slotted anywhere so I put it under Family Dynamics for cornucopia #1. We can make changes if we need to :)
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If you cut our column from the planning page and paste it onto the completed page, all your x's will stay in the right place. That way you have all the info you need to move the book later if you'd like. :)