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Fall 22 Readathon: Team Beet
Wow everyone is doing so amazing! I only managed a short story this weekend, but I should be able to pick up some ground during the week. Great job Beets!
We have 3 more acorns! I put them in cornucopia 5.
I had to frontload my reading as I have a really busy weekend coming up. I will be able to squeeze in audio at times but my page count will be low. I plan to finish at least one, possibly two, maaaaybe three more if I do a short one on audio.
Traci wrote: "I've only read one Taylor Jenkins Reid book, but none of her more recent ones that everyone seems to rave about. I probably should give them a try. I have at least 5 airport/airplane hours tomorr..."
If you like audio books Daisy Jones & The Six was really well done.
I seem to be in the minority but I love audio books and didn’t like Daisy Jones & The Six. I think, perhaps all the hype about how good it was made it more disappointing to me. It is the only book by Taylor Jenkins Reid that I have read and I’m leery to read another.
Mahi wrote: "The Completed tab should highlight the used prompt green automatically (I think it might not have here because the column itself was copied over from the Plans sheet so didn't have the formulas of the Completed sheet).And keep the other possible fits because it lets us move books around later if needed.."
@Mahi
Sorry for messing up the Completed tab by copy/pasting from the Plans tab. I understand that each readathon team handles their spreadsheet different.
Now I know that slotting a book into a Cornucopia prompt will fill the prompt text and highlighted x in the Completed tab.
Thank you for your patience! :D
In other news, I just finished
, a mystery with philosophical overtones set in Paris by the French author Patrick Mondiano.Prompt fits:
*pub. in September
*black/white cover <-- selected prompt
*mystery/thriller
And I've just started Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, a dystopian novel by a deceased author.
Oh, I missed that piece too. I've been copying from Plans to Complete, because that's how my teams have always done it in the past. Mahi can you explain what we're supposed to do when finishing a book so the formula works right? Just put it in the Cornucopia, and then it will appear in the Complete tab?
I don't get what is going on with the spreadsheet. Normally, you just add your book but I'm getting invalid entry.This is my book for food prompt Haunted in Little Leaf Creek by Cindy Bell
I'm just leaving my book on the planning tab AH since I'm completely confused with our spreadsheet.
I'm sorry if I've made everything too complicated!What you do when you're finished with a book is the same as always. Add it to the completed tab with the x's marking potential prompts.
And then when you slot the book into one of the Cornucopia slots, it'll highlight in the Completed tab.
You don't have to worry about not copy/pasting the columns. It'll mess up the formula for the highlighting but I check the sheet often enough to fix it.
Jillian wrote: "I don't get what is going on with the spreadsheet. Normally, you just add your book but I'm getting invalid entry.This is my book for food prompt Haunted in Little Leaf Creek by [..."
I just checked, the invalid entry is because the book isn't in the Complete tab - I'll add it.
I'll hopefully finish The Travelling Cat Chronicles tonight, or early tomorrow so I can add it to published in Sept/Oct/Nov. Does someone have a mainly orange cover? Then with more acorns we can complete Cornucopia #1
If you do copy and paste, I think it just won't automatically highlight the square used but it should still work otherwise. I think I did it that way before seeing that there was a formula in there.
And that means we have our first cornucopia complete!Awesome work everyone :)
Thanks, Mahi!If I have trouble next time (which is likely 🤪) I’ll post a message here.
Okay so here's what we should do (sorry I'm in QA, I need a workflow!):1. In the Complete tab, enter your name and the name of the book. You could also copy just those two cells and paste them. Do not copy and paste the entire column as this will remove the formula from row 4.
2. Also in the Complete tab, put an X in the cell for the prompt it fits.
3. In the corresponding Cornucopia tab, select the dropdown. Your book should be the only option; select it.
4. In the Complete tab, the Used for Prompt field is automagically filled in, and the select cell is highlighted in green.
5. Delete your column from the Plans tab.
Is that correct?
Alicia wrote: "I'll hopefully finish The Travelling Cat Chronicles tonight, or early tomorrow so I can add it to published in Sept/Oct/Nov. Does someone have a mainly orange cover? Then with more ..."I do, but I haven't even started it yet!
Nancy wrote: "Okay so here's what we should do (sorry I'm in QA, I need a workflow!):1. In the Complete tab, enter your name and the name of the book. You could also copy just those two cells and paste them. D..."
Nancy, that is very helpful. Could you copy it and add it to message 2 so it is easy to find?
Nancy, that’s beautiful!The only change I’d make is putting an X in all prompts that fit, not just the one (so we can move stuff around if needed)
Okay I edited message 2 with the steps, modified a bit from what I typed before. Please let me know if anything is unclear.
I always enjoy learning new things about spreadsheets during the read-a-thons. They are not something I regularly use.
I think this could count as a book with an orange cover but it is one I probably can't get to until the weekend.
I use spreadsheets, but my formula game is nothing like Mahi's. I can do the basics and that's about it.I finished Less, and the only animal that makes a brief appearance is a camel while he's in Morocco so I don't think it counts. Oh well, my 2 hours today got us another acorn at least. The book club discussion tomorrow should be an interesting one!
I love excel and am extremely jealous of Mahi’s skill. I’m a basic Countif and averageif type of gal .
Finished traveling cat chronicles. I put it with featuring an animal, but we can move to sept/Oct/Nov if needed. I tried to power down these last few days as my progress will start to slow down the rest of the week. I have to go into the office and socialize with human beings. It sounds terrible and is. But I’ll get some good audiobook time in during the drives. I’ll be starting The Testaments by Margaret Atwood so we can fit it into dystopia.
Finished my first book in the airport today! I should finish the next two tomorrow (or be close). I'll be back to work after 2.5 weeks off...
Good Morning all! I should finish my audiobook today (Because I Could Not Stop For Death) and then I'm not sure which of my in progress reads I'll prioritize.
I got about halfway through Drunk on Love last night, which fits for orange cover. Unfortunately I have something tonight so won't be able to read as much but am hoping to finish it tomorrow.We have 2 cornucopias now! Great job team!
I will finish The Dark Is Rising tonight or tomorrow (I forgot I agreed to meet a friend for dinner tonight). Set in the 1900s seems like the best slot based on our current progress.Go Beets!
I wound up finishing Because I Could Not Stop For Death faster than expected so put it in for another fall published book.I'm moving Fire With Fire into my current audiobook stop to get an orange cover. I could possibly finish today... Depends how the day goes!
I've been sick, and my office just had someone leave, so I'm doing two jobs, so sorry for the lack of check-ins and captaining.@Mahi, thanks for doing such a great job and for overseeing the spreadsheet
Here is what I have done so far:
I have finished Tin and put that for someone's first name (I loved this book and spent all of Sunday reading it)
I finished Girl on Fire and put that for family dynamics
I also finished Viridia and put it down for a book that was published in the fall
For the books I am currently reading, here is my progress:
Crow: 37% and hoping to finish by tomorrow
Soul Taken: 52% and hoping to finish tonight
Voice of War: 35% and planning on finishing by Sunday
City of Wind: 31% and planning on finishing by Sunday
Sorry to hear you've been sick. Hope you're feeling better, Emma.
I hope you feel better Emma and that sounds like a lot of extra work work when you are not feeling great.
I haven't had to leave early from work this week, so I'm counting that as a win. Luckily, I was training the person who left, so at least I know how to do everything and what stage projects are at
Emma R. wrote: "I haven't had to leave early from work this week, so I'm counting that as a win. Luckily, I was training the person who left, so at least I know how to do everything and what stage projects are at"Sorry to hear you're sick and having more work than expected. I like that you've been able to put a slightly positive look on the situation.
I froze the top 4 rows in the planning tab so I could see title/reader/progress when scrolling down through the cornucopias. Let me know if that's a problem. It wasn't an issue with my phone, but now that I'm back on my computer, I'm struggling when looking at options because of the need to scroll.
Traci wrote: "I froze the top 4 rows in the planning tab so I could see title/reader/progress when scrolling down through the cornucopias. Let me know if that's a problem. It wasn't an issue with my phone, but n..."I think freezing those rows was a good idea. I was having trouble tracking my column yesterday.
Mahi, my husband is currently doing a reread of Sanderson's Mistborn series in preparation for the next book in the series coming out in November.
"Luckily" it took me 3 hours to get into work today. So was able to log some audio hours on the drive.
Alicia wrote: ""Luckily" it took me 3 hours to get into work today. So was able to log some audio hours on the drive."If that means traffic, that sounds awful! Though, audiobooks make it better.
Jillian wrote: "Mahi, my husband is currently doing a reread of Sanderson's Mistborn series in preparation for the next book in the series coming out in November."It’s my first time reading it! I really love it, I can’t believe I haven’t picked these books up before.
I ended up reading Malice by my favorite Japanese mystery writer first. It's my last book for a yearly mystery-based reading challenge I'm doing.There are already 3 each of the mystery/thriller prompt and published in Sep/Oct/Nov prompt filled so Malice will just contribute to acorns. :D
In progress:
*Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - deceased author, dystopian
*I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - orange cover, deceased author
oshizu wrote: "I ended up reading Malice by my favorite Japanese mystery writer first. It's my last book for a yearly mystery-based reading challenge I'm doing.There are already 3 each of the mys..."
I think we should put Malice in the published in Sep/Oct/Nov prompt. If we want, we could juggle one of the other two that are currently slotted there since they fit some other prompts.
I moved Malice to mystery/thriller since Firekeeper's Daughter fits a ton of the prompts. I then moved Firekeeper's to sports, so in Cornucopia 5 we just need YA (I think Nancy is working on Gods of Jade and Shadow) and some acorns to complete
Alicia wrote: "I moved malice to mystery/thriller since Firekeeper's Daughter fits a ton of the prompts. I then moved Firekeeper's to sports, so in Cornucopia 5 we just need YA and some acorns to complete"Good call.
Our need for acorns has me thinking I should check out rom coms or YA since those are the types of books I read more quickly.
That's partially my fault. I finished 3 books this weekend, but all were romance novellas (127 pages each) so they were easy to get in for prompts, but not a lot for acorns
I was going to get started on Reckless Girls for a yellow cover but might see if I can find a sporty YA as those seem to be more in need.
Alicia wrote: "That's partially my fault. I finished 3 books this weekend, but all were romance novellas (127 pages each) so they were easy to get in for prompts, but not a lot for acorns"They were probably quick reads though! I don't think fault should be placed anywhere, I think it just takes awhile to get acorns (3000 pages is much more than 4 books usually).
I’m going to look for some orange covers. We’re a book away from another Cornucopia #1
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But from Evelyn Hugo on, all 4 or 5 star reads. I put Carrie Soto on par with Daisy Jones (which is a MUST on audio), with Evelyn Hugo next, then Malibu Rising.
Anyhoo, I got a lot of reading time in yesterday and finished The Chosen and the Beautiful, which I put under Magical Realism.