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It’s midnight at my place . Even though I joined late,page count points I made help in being part of team rather than deserter. Wishing everyone a luck and hope to see everyone in future projects whenever chance arises.
Literary Detectives,I AM BEAT! 😂
Once Blagica has finished the book *insert title of ladder title here* (lol, can you tell my brain has officially stopped working? 😰) we will have completed all the single and double bonus prompts. plus one set of triples. And I have to say I'm very pleased with that! I think we all did great these past 10 days, and I hope you all agree and had a good time.
There's 3 hours to go till midnight here but I think I'm calling it a night, and taking the rest of the evening off. I'll check the spreadsheet tomorrow after work, but please remember to add all your pages, and check for discrepancies. Thankyou kindly!
Have fun on the last day of the readathon everyone!
Lisa wrote: "Dr wrote: "Hi,Knot happening is completed. Spoiler of plot ahead..."It has to be on the title and/or cover. But I think Carmen has covered that prompt anyways :) You can add it to the "page point..."
Ok Sorry I understood it wrong. But happy that one of the team members completed it.
I have updates pages read in tracking TabI had also completed Liar like Us and forgot to mention it earlier.
I had also finished Feral Omega 325 pages but DNF.
Both have been updated in page tracker.
I finished Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse and I started The Lighthouse Cafe if any one else feels like reading some "restaurant" book we may achieved another triple, or maybe we can move some books around if possible.I'll keep reading till midnight!
Carmen wrote: "I finished Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse and I started The Lighthouse Cafe if any one else feels like reading some "restaurant" book we may achieved another tripl..."I can make an attempt. The audio version of Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe is available on Hoopla. Midnight is more than 8 hours away. Should take me 4-5 hours.
Miracle at the Higher Grounds Cafe 192 page hardcover
Dead on time!I've finished The Lighthouse Cafe
Theresa, how nice if you get the restaurant prompt done!
I think we're doing an excellent job!
I thoroughly enjoyed being a member of the team.
WAY TO GO LITERARY DETECTIVES!!!
Carmen wrote: "Dead on time!I've finished The Lighthouse Cafe
Theresa, how nice if you get the restaurant prompt done!
I think we're doing an excellent job!
I thoroughly enjoyed being a member o..."
Awesome job! If she can't I have two hours left on the half moon I can try and fill that prompt if not at least add points either way. I loved being a part of these team. Thank you all for making my first readathon so fun
Blagica wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Dead on time!I've finished The Lighthouse Cafe
Theresa, how nice if you get the restaurant prompt done!
I think we're doing an excellent job!
I thoroughly enjoyed b..."
I'm more than 40% through. I'm pretty sure I can finish. 6 hours left in the night and around 2 1/2 - 3 hours in the book at 1.5x speed, which is common for me. I'm enjoying this book, by the way.
Theresa wrote: "Blagica wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Dead on time!I've finished The Lighthouse Cafe
Theresa, how nice if you get the restaurant prompt done!
I think we're doing an excellent job!
I thor..."
I'm so glad then I will focus on reviewing the ones I finished today and yesterday. I am liking my book too so i am going to keep going until about 9
Dr wrote: "I have updates pages read in tracking TabI had also completed Liar like Us and forgot to mention it earlier.
I had also finished Feral Omega 325 pages but DNF.
Both have been updated in page tr..."
Thank you Dr. Your contribution was a nice surprise and really appreciated!
**Books I Read This Readathon:**1. *10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World*
2. *Same Time Next Summer*
3. *Leather & Lark*
4. *Neon Gods*
5. *Daughters of Olympus*
6. *The Eyes Are the Best Part*
7. *The Gunslinger*
8. *One Big Happy Family*
9. *House of Glass*
10. *Butcher & Blackbird*
11. *Five Survive*
12. *Assistant to the Villain*
13. *Frindle*
14. *Fix Her Up*
15. *Honeymoon in Paris*
16. *The Vixen Amber Halloway*
17. *The Paradise Problem*
18. *Dinner on Monster Island: Essays*
19. *The Idea of You*
20. *Maybe This Time*
21. *The Half Moon*
That's a wrap ! Well done, Literary Detectives!! You all rock! 
Hey Team! I know I said it once or twice during this past week-and-a-half, but let us not let that deter me from saying it again: You guys are all freaking amazing! You all did great and really pulled through till the end, and I hope you all had a good readathon :)
I'm looking through the spreadsheet, and can see there are a few discrepancies between the page tracker, and the number of pages inserted n column L.
Blagica, Lorraine, and Shari, can you please go through and check where the page count differences are at?
Once we have fixed these differences, I will post a final team update in this thread and in the official tracking post!
Thanks in advance :)
Nevermind! There are no longer any discrepancies! :)
Great! Now let see who is the winning team!
As a final post closing out this readathon, here's the our final stats breakdown: August 2nd - August 11th
Pages read: 26,989
Total books read: 69
Prompts Completed: 27 regular + 10 bonus
Total Points: 32,489
☑ Blagica - (5)
📚 Books: 15 + 6
📃 Pages: 6,064
☑ Carmen - (3)
📚 Books: 24 + 1
📃 Pages: 7,953
☑ Dr. Rashimi - (6-8)
📚 Books: 10
📃 Pages: 3,427
☑ Lisa - (4+)
📚 Books: 12
📃 Pages: 3,793
☑ Lorraine - (8-10)
📚 Books: 11 + 1
📃 Pages: 3,220
☑ Shari - (5-6)
📚 Books: 4
📃 Pages: 1,356
☑ Theresa - (3-4)
📚 Books: 3 + 3
📃 Pages: 1,180
Way to go and awesome job, everyone!
great job to you as well
I think the next committee won't want to put Blagica and Carmen in the same team for the next readathon! DREAM TEAM!
I hope they do she pushed me to read so much more.
Thank goodness I was afraid of not being able to read much because of the renovations at home, otherwise... 😂😂We are like the Musketeers: all for one and one for all!
Blagica wrote: "you did great"We all did
Though my average rating was 3.21, I did find some jewels among the pile I read.My favorite books were:
Los hijos de Anansi
La chica número 11
Book Lovers: Amor entre libros
Otra vez tú
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 all of them.
Books I didn't know anything about and I ended up loving 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (I read them only to fit some prompt):
La liebre con ojos de ámbar: Una herencia oculta
Una chica con pistola
Temporada de avispas
(I only rated a single book with one star.)
What were your favorite books?
Carmen wrote: "Though my average rating was 3.21, I did find some jewels among the pile I read.My favorite books were:
Los hijos de Anansi ..."
That's because Neil Gaiman is the man and can do no wrong 😀
No new favorite of all times, but the ones I enjoyed most were probably:
The God of the Woods
and War of the Seven (pub. date: September 16th)
Good morning, Literary Detectives! The results are in! We did great, interchanging first and second place with Team Caught Read-Handed. 🥳
I know I've already expressed that you're all amazing, once more twice, over the past ten days, but I also want to thank you all so much for joining, and actively participating in the thread with chats and updates and that jazz. It was great reading with you all! You've been amazing, and I'm happy to have had the opportunity of being your team leader for this readathon :)
I had a fun time this past week and a half, and I hope you all did aswell! Hoping to see you all again in future readathons in 2025 :)
Go Team Literary Detecives Go!
thanks Lisa we hope you had fun too
Thanks Lisa and congratulations 🥳 everyone.Hope to see you all in future.
Congratulations, Literary Detectives!!! 🎉🎉We're a great team and did an excellent job!👏👏👏👏
Thank you to each and every one of you for your participation and for letting me get to know you a little better during this long week of the I Spy Readathon.
It was a pleasure to be part of this team and I hope we meet again soon in other challenges of this wonderful Group.
See you! 🤗
pleasure reading with you all
I agree with you all! It was really fun and I meet very nice people. Congratulations to us!
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It has to be on the title and/or cover. But I think Carmen has covered that prompt anyways :) You can add it to the "page points only" section on the spreadsheet though.