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Fall 22 Readathon: Team Cranberry
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Sep 10, 2022 10:06PM
I finished Spy x Family, Vol. 7 and I used it for involving an animal.
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Heading home today. Should have a few hours of reading in the afternoon! Excited to get something done.
Lois wrote: "I just moved my whole column to the completed Tab. That book is no longer on the plan tab. Then I added the title into the correct Cornicopia tab. Are you all comfortable doing that? I can do more ..."Good move, Lois. I didn't think about how to use the completed tab. I would suggest that people check completed on the Plan tab and put their book in the category that they think makes sense. Perhaps letting you or I move it to the completed tab. That will give us the option to move it to some other category where we think it would be more helpful strategically.
Also, I suggest we save up our acorns from pages read or hours of listening until near the end, so we can use them to finish off as many cornucopias as possible.
Finished Election by Tom Perrotta. Used it for book set in a school.
I'm good with that, Lois. Thanks for answering my question. I'm wondering if we can mark with a color on the Planning Tab which prompts are finished. Maybe one color for finished once, a different color for finished twice, etc.Today, I'm listening to The Woman on the Orient Express and have about an hour left. I should also be able to finish Gunnar's Daughter later this evening.
Finished The Woman on the Orient Express and added it for Mystery in Cornucopia 5.
Finally finished Unwind and put as a book published in November. I have to do some grading and lesson plans today but hope to finish another book today. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House will be an easy read and goes for "author not alive anymore".
Kathy wrote: "Finished The Woman on the Orient Express and added it for Mystery in Cornucopia 5."That gives us 3 acorns to complete Cornucopia 5.
It seems like it could make sense to retain the checkmarks somewhere for which categories a book can meet, in case we find that we want to try to rearrange some incomplete cornucopia. But I have a feeling the acorns will be the limiting factor, so this might not really be an issue.
Becky wrote: "It seems like it could make sense to retain the checkmarks somewhere for which categories a book can meet, in case we find that we want to try to rearrange some incomplete cornucopia. But I have a ..."That seems like a good idea Becky. I went and fixed my finished books so that they can be moved if needed. I also shaded the spot where they are at now. Hopefully this does not make the completed page too confusing.
Ok here is the plan....Mark your book complete when you are done on the spreadsheet. Then post here if at all possible. I will then go in and move the book to the Completed Tab and to the Cornucopia. I just coded all of the possible options as gray boxes and left the X on the completed tab where the book is slotted. Let me know if that makes sense.
I see someone just made the catergories red that we have 1 for the Cornucopia. Thats good. I will change the color when we have 2 and so on.
I did that. Glad it's okay. Sounds like a good plan.
Becky wrote: "It seems like it could make sense to retain the checkmarks somewhere for which categories a book can meet, in case we find that we want to try to rearrange some incomplete cornucopia. But I have a ..."I just fixed this. Let me know what you think. Also, I just moved your book upgrade over to completed tab. Can you go on the Cornucopia and add the author please?
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I'm moving on to reading The Fortunes of Jaded Women tomorrow!
No problemo. We are just trying to save the categories that each book can go for in case we need to move any at some point.
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I finished Gunnar's Daughter and added my column to Completed, marked an "x" for "a book about family dynamics," and grayed out the prompts it could also fulfill. Also added to the cornucopia. Minutes/pages added too. We're doing great!
Kathy wrote: "I finished Gunnar's Daughter and added my column to Completed, marked an "x" for "a book about family dynamics," and grayed out the prompts it could also fulfill. Also added to the corn..."Thanks! Everyone that feels comfortable making those changes can move their own. I will move any that are showing completed when I go in.
Popped my book into the name in title category. Also works for yellow or animal in the story, so I just put it into the one that was open hope that's okay. (: filled in my hours listened as well, but I've got a bit more reading time tonight. just a couple hours left in Dying for Chocolate!
Lois wrote: "I just moved my whole column to the completed Tab. That book is no longer on the plan tab. Then I added the title into the correct Cornicopia tab. Are you all comfortable doing that? I can do more ..."I am comfortable doing that
I finished two books today. I put Before Beauty under "A Young Adult novel" and Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind under "a book with a first name in the title."
Lois, as I read the instructions, we have to get 3 acorns to complete a cornucopia, not 4. If that is correct, once we reach 3 completed prompts, we then should use the next completed prompt to start a new cornucopia. So for Corn5, the YA prompt which I think was the most recently completed, would be the start of a 2nd Corn5, not a 4th prompt for our first one. And we have 3 prompts complete for Corn1, so that would be complete too.Emily, please correct me if I am misunderstanding this. Logically, it would make sense to have to do all 4 prompts, but that is not what the instructions say.
Lois wrote: "I just moved my whole column to the completed Tab. That book is no longer on the plan tab. Then I added the title into the correct Cornicopia tab. Are you all comfortable doing that? I can do more ..."
Edie wrote: "Lois, as I read the instructions, we have to get 3 acorns to complete a cornucopia, not 4. If that is correct, once we reach 3 completed prompts, we then should use the next completed prompt to sta..."From what I understand, we need to fill all four prompts to fill a cornucopia. The acorns are earned by the amount of pages we read/hours we listen to. So to fill a cornucopia we need to earn 3 acorns (1 acorn=1000 pages or 15 hours) and complete all additional prompts in each cornucopia.
Well I finished My Wedding Dress: True-Life Tales of Lace, Laughter, Tears and Tulle, so we have the black and white cover, I think. The cover is mostly a black and white photo that has been slightly tinted. That should still count, right?
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It would make sense to use our first 3 acorns on Cornucopia 5, since we have all four prompts already filled in, but I'll defer to the captains on how they want to allocate acorns.
Emily wrote: "Deborah is correct, Edie. You need three acorns (gathered from pages read/hours listened) PLUS all four of the prompts filled. I'll go look through the directions again to make sure that was clear...."Thanks for the clarification. As I reread the instructions this AM, I guess I must have not read carefully enough. And it does make much more sense to have to complete ALL 4 prompts.
I finished The Prime Minister which I added for black and white cover.
Would you say this is a majority orange cover?
Kathy wrote: "I finished The Prime Minister which I added for black and white cover.Would you say this is a majority orange cover?
[bookcover:The Girls of ..."
I would ... the top and bottom plus the orange in the middle. Orange is definitely the dominant color.
My weekend didn't go as planned, but I did put a big dent in Legend during a bout of insomnia last night, and will finish it tonight. Still working on The Bone People also. Looking forward to contributing some completed reads to the group soon!
Edie wrote: "Kathy wrote: "I finished The Prime Minister which I added for black and white cover.Would you say this is a majority orange cover?
[bookcover..."
Great. Thanks, Edie.
I finished Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House and put it under "Book with a ghost". I am starting Assailants, Asphalt & Alibis which takes the place at a campground. I am also starting Open Season which is also a nature book.
I finished Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival and added it for "A book set in or about nature." Also added to Cornucopia #2, which is now finished except for Acorns.
I made progress on The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family, The Pageant of Chinese History, and Keys to the Demon Prison today. I will most likely finish Keys to the Demon Prison tomorrow. I was planning on using it for Magical realism, but do you all think it would be better to use it for a 400+ page book since longer books are harder to get? What do you think?
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(Also, peeking at the other teams' spreadsheets, we are tied for the most acorns accrued so yay!)
Lois, we have 9 acorns accrued so far. We have completed all four prompts for Cornucopia 3 and 5, and completed them twice for Cornucopia 2. I would suggest we use these 9 acorns to complete Cornucopia 2 (once) and Cornucopia 3 and 5. Does that make sense to you?
I completed The Stranger in the Woods: the Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit and put in a book set in or about nature. That completed all the prompts for Cornucopia 2 a 2nd time.Starting to read Chess Story and Go Tell It on the Mountain
Deborah wrote: "I made progress on The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family, The Pageant of Chinese History..."I feel like we should use it for Magic Realism because we don't have many books for that prompt either and have at least 2 concucopia's worth of the other prompts there for sure! We can always switch around later if we want. I can update the spreadsheet. :)
Lois wrote: "Deborah wrote: "I made progress on The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family, [book:The Pageant of Chinese ..."I am obviously not updating the spreadsheet since you are not done yet. ha ha...
Edie wrote: "Lois, we have 9 acorns accrued so far. We have completed all four prompts for Cornucopia 3 and 5, and completed them twice for Cornucopia 2. I would suggest we use these 9 acorns to complete Cornuc..."Hi Edie, I think this completely makes sense! I will go in and update now if you haven't! Thanks!
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Lois wrote: I feel like we should use it for Magic Realism because we don't have many books for that prompt either and have at least 2 concucopia's worth of the other prompts there for sure! We can always switch around later if we want. I can update the spreadsheet. :)"Thanks, I will add the book when I finish.
Sorry I didn't get to check in yesterday. I had some computer issues - I did get to read. I finished Servant Mage, but I can't find a single prompt it fits....
Emily wrote: "When I made this challenge, I did not anticipate that acorns would be the thing that would hold everyone back from completing cornucopias! Glad to see this in action lol"It didn't immediately occur to me, until I thought about 3000 pages (or audio equivalent) vs 4 books. It's nice that books that don't fit a category can be helpful, though, so this is a nice approach!
I finished The Girls of Slender Means and added it to "a book with a majority orange cover." Cornucopia 1 is done except for acorns.
I just finished
and slotted it in for Orange cover on Cornucopia 1 for the 2nd time. We are doing great! Kinda funny that the acorns are what's stopping more from being done. I guess that means don't worry about prompts too much and just read!!!!
I finished Cast No Shadow and I used it for a book with a ghost.I'm finding my books don't really work for the prompts, but I am helping out with the acorns.👍
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