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Lorraine
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Jul 31, 2024 08:12AM
Literary Detectives for me. Second choice: Novel Navigators
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Lorraine wrote: "So sorry to hear about your loss Carmen. I hope this readathon will help change your mind from the renovations which are always stressful!"I too send condolences. Our pets are part of our family and losing them is hard.
I haven't decided on my 3rd (or potentially 4th) readathon book(s). I thought I'd wait until I've at least started my 2nd book, to decide. I thought choosing my other book(s) later could be beneficial to the team, if we're missing specific prompts.I am purposely choosing shorter than my normal page counts, for the most part, in an attempt to fill more prompts. (Even if it's only 1 more)
I normally read 3-4 books, in a month, so reading them in 10 days is quite the accomplishment for me. 🙂
Theresa wrote: "I haven't decided on my 3rd (or potentially 4th) readathon book(s). I thought I'd wait until I've at least started my 2nd book, to decide. I thought choosing my other book(s) later could be benefic..."I think you will do great!
Hi, Blagica. Thank you for the encouragement!I just wanted to offer my reasons for not having added more books to the spreadsheet yet.
Maybe we'll get our new name soon. The readathon starts in just over 26 hours for me.
Good luck, everyone!
Blagica, Carmen, and Shari, Could you all specify your team name, from between the 4 choices, please? So we are in agreeance of what I'll be sending bailey today 😊
We've got :
Spy Masters
Spies like us
Novel Navigators
Literary Detectives
I'm leaning towards Literary Detectives aswell, despite my heart wanting an alliteration.
Hola!First of all I want to thank everyone who sent me condolences, I heartily appreciate it 🤗
As for our team name, its' a tough one...I like all the candidates, I prefer any of the "spy" related but if the majority decide otherwise, I vote for Literary Detectives.
Are you ready?
I just realized that we have two spy-themed names and two more bookish centered ones.
I am fine to go with Spy Masters if everyone prefers a Spy related name.
Lisa, I see you put my name only for the proper title prompt. But only two books highlighted in green. Can you confirm the third one? I think it is Kings of Scars but want to make sure. ThanksPlanning almost finish 🙀
Lorraine,Sorry! I completely missed it. I'll mark it once I'm, back home, and if you don't get to it, I have one I can add as backup with "emperor" in the title.
It's currently almost 2pm here in Denmark, the clock is rapidly tick-tick-ticking down to the 2nd, and I'm so freaking excited!Looking forward to starting this readathon soon, and reading with all of you!
Lisa wrote: "Lorraine,Sorry! I completely missed it. I'll mark it once I'm, back home, and if you don't get to it, I have one I can add as backup with "emperor" in the title."
No problem. Green added. I will read it and also add it to my planning.
Hey Team Are you guys ready to get started?!
Does anyone have any questions about the tracking tab?
FYI, There are some books that I'm not marking at the moment, because they fill many options, so I just want to wait and see where people go with their reading, and then we can move them around to best fit us.
Btw, I hid the rows for the bonus prompts since it's not applicable to us at the moment. We can always recall them back at a later time, if we complete all the normal tasks first. This will also make it easier to fill in any non-prompt books in the designated space.
Also!
Just in case, anyone is thinking of not picking a book because another member has listed it, here's a friendly reminder that we are allowed to read the same books for this readathon. They won't necessarily count for the prompts (unless you can fit it in somewhere) but they'll still add pages to our total, which is always a plus.
And, to reiterate, DNFs count, as do books that don't fall under any of the prompts, and books that are under 100 pages!
They won't count for any the prompts (obviously) but they'll still add pages to our total :) So no need to shy away from them :)
Lastly, this goes without saying, but I want to say it anyway before anyone gets caught up in the competitive spirit (aka. me ): Please remember: to have a great time and enjoy your reads. It's supposed to be fun! I know we're trying to collaborate towards a collective goal here, but don't feel obligated to read something just to fill a prompt, if you're just not feeling it, okay? It's okay to DNF, and it's okay to change your mind.
Lisa wrote: " Blagica, Carmen, and Shari, Could you all specify your team name, from between the 4 choices, please? So we are in agreeance of what I'll be sending bailey today 😊
We've got :
Spy Masters
Spi..."
Okay wait, hang on. Is the choice actually between Spy Masters and Literary Detectives? Or was someone leaning towards one of the other two?
Blagica and Shari, we need your input to actually make a cutthroat choice 😀
We're up against teams "Caught Read-Handed" and " Biblio-spies:", which are both kind of the best of both worlds, in terms of spy vs. book-related.
So the question is really whether we want to go in the same direction.
Literary Detectives Sorry been working.
I have a question would House count as a building? I have to read
this weekend and wanted to know if it would work
Blagica wrote: "Literary Detectives Sorry been working."
No need for apologies! 😊
Those of us in Europe are just hours ahead, so it won't be long now 'til midnight 🥳
Blagica wrote: "I have a question would House count as a building? I have to read this weekend and wanted to know if it would work"Absolutely :)
Welcome to the team, Creed! We're happy to have you. Is this your first readathon?
Hola!I've started another two books today:
Castigo
Una jaula de oro
Tomorrow I hope I can finish some of them.
My progress in message #38
Like Carmen, I have started some books so I have less pages to read to fulfill our prompts. I hope to start another book tonight. My reading plan is done. Now, let's hope all goes well. 😊If yes, I should have room in the last 2 days to add a book or two, as long as they are short books.
I hope to finish 2 books tomorrow!
Let's go Team! We can do it!
*sings* It's the final countdown! 🎶It'll be August 2nd here in about 45 minutes, which means I'll get to get some reading done before falling asleep. I'm thinking I'll start with blue books since they're the fastest.
I wanted to wish everyone a great first day of reading. I cant wait to see what everyone is reading and their progress tomorrow!
Sorry, I was also at work. I think the name is great!!
I hope to finish the Arsonists’ city and Tai-Pan tomorrow!
Good morning!I have a doubt with translating hours into pages, at first I thought we have to use the most popular edition in the same language but I've just realize it's the hardcover edition what we have to use, but if the audiobook I'm listening to doesn't have a hardcover edition published in the required language, what do I do?
For example:
Una jaula de oro in Spanish, we can only find it in paperback, kindle, or audiobook edition
El despertar de los dragones is published in Spanish in kindle and in audiobook.
So what edition I have to use to count pages?
(BTW, I'm about to finish my first audiobook 😉)
Carmen wrote: "Good morning!I have a doubt with translating hours into pages, at first I thought we have to use the most popular edition in the same language but I've just realize it's the hardcover edition what..."
Great question, Carmen!
I'm actually not quite sure, since it's a new way of calculating audiobook hours. I'll post it on the Q&A thread, and get back to you ASAP😊
Carmen , Here's the answer bailey provided to your question:
"If possible, default to the most popular paperback edition. If that is not an option, the kindle page could should give a more accurate page number than the audiobook (I think those typically say 1 page). "If neither of these options work, we are to use the old equation of 15hours = 1,000 pages. In which case, please remember to track the time you spend listening and not the length of the audiobook, if you listen at a speed greater than 1x.
Creed, if you could please add the books you plan to read, as soon as you can. And X them according to which prompt they could qualify for, aswell :)Thank you!
If you (or anyone else) need any help or have questions, please let me know 😊
Lisa. When you have time, can you confirm I added my two finished books the way it is expected? Really not urgent.I am taking the evening off, but hope to finish another book tomorrow.
Hope everyones reading is going well!
Lorraine wrote: "Lisa. When you have time, can you confirm I added my two finished books the way it is expected? Really not urgent ..."Way to go, Lorraine! If you could add the number of pages/hours, on the tracking tab, that would be great. And also remember to track daily on the page tracking 😊
Lisa wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "Lisa. When you have time, can you confirm I added my two finished books the way it is expected? Really not urgent ..."Way to go, Lorraine! If you could add the number of pages/ho..."
Done.
Hey Literary Dectectives! Just thought I'd check in 😊
How is everyone getting along on the first day of reading? I hope you're having fun and reading some good books.
It seems as though we've had a good start, and the spreadsheet is looking good so far. Just please remember to type-in all the book information (book length / audio book length) in the prompts table (Tracking Tab) , once you finish the book, so we can awarded get all the points we deserve ✨
I'll be finishing The Fake Wedding Project before bed so I will insert the information for it as an example :)
If anyone has problems with editing the spreadsheet, let me know, or post it here, and one of us can do it for you :)
Have a great weekend and happy reading!
Can't wait to see what everybody will be reading next! 📚
Lisa wrote: "Hey Literary Dectectives! Just thought I'd check in 😊
How is everyone getting along on the first day of reading? I hope you're having fun and reading some good books.
It seems as though we've ..."
Thank you Lisa. Do you prefer we do not complete TAB 3 (Completed) ?
Lorraine wrote: "... Do you prefer we do not complete TAB 3 (Completed) ?" I was having technical difficulties transferring my book to that tab for whatever reason. Working on it.
But to answer your question, I'm actually not sure. We do have to fill it in before the end of the readathon, but I was thinking of whether it makes sense to do it now, in case there are any changes on the allocation of books later. I'm thinking on it. And I'll take a peek at what other teams are doing 😀
I can see all teams are just filling it in as they go, so let us do the same and fill it in upon completion. I can always double check that everything matches on all tabs at the end of the readathon.
Haven't moved for the past 5 hours Season Prompt complete with Same Time Next Summer. Going to try to do the spreadsheet now
Blagica wrote: "Haven't moved for the past 5 hours Season Prompt complete with Same Time Next Summer. Going to try to do the spreadsheet now"
Awesome, Blagica!
Lisa wrote: " Carmen , Here's the answer bailey provided to your question:
"If possible, default to the most popular paperback edition. If that is not an option, the kindle page could should give a more ac..."
Thanks, Lisa!
I've completed 2 books and I've started 2 new.I'm reading, well listening, a lot more than I expected in my wildest dreams, who is afraid of renovations? 😅
My progress in message #38
I did the spreadsheet too.
And tomorrow, more and better!
Way to go, team! 📚🕵♀️
Carmen wrote: "I've completed 2 books and I've started 2 new.I'm reading, well listening, a lot more than I expected in my wildest dreams, who is afraid of renovations? 😅
My progress in message #38
I did the spr..."
Like we say in Quebecois...I am in AWE! (Je suis en admiration!)
Awesome!
Does anyone have a body part book? I have
I can read it tomorrow
200 pages of Neon Gods done. I think 521 is going to be my limit for today see everyone tomorrow.
I just finished Sniffing Out Murder.I read 155 pages before the readathon started.
I read 184 pages today, and finished the book. (Aug. 2)
Carmen wrote: "I've completed 2 books and I've started 2 new.I'm reading, well listening, a lot more than I expected in my wildest dreams, who is afraid of renovations? 😅
My progress in message #38
I did the spr..."
Carmen, you're a beast! Looking at the spreadsheet, I was going to say, whatever happened to "I can only read 3 books" 😀 It's amazing though 😊
Theresa wrote: "I just finished Sniffing Out Murder.I read 155 pages before the readathon started.
I read 184 pages today, and finished the book. (Aug. 2)"
Way to go Theresa !
Blagica wrote: "200 pages of Neon Gods done. I think 521 is going to be my limit for today see everyone tomorrow."521 is a fantastic limit for the first day 😊
I have a backup for it, if you change your mind about The Eyes Are the Best Part.
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