TEAM Bookworms Exploring - Through The Decades

[D.L.]

Whitney wrote: "That makes sense, D.L. I changed it. Honestly, I didn't look at the titles when I was making the list. I was just trying to put as many books in the triples as I could. But, I agree. The "Day or Mo..."

No worries. Thank you for changing it for me.

[Charlotte]

Whitney wrote: "So, I made the list below for myself. But, I wanted to post just in case it's helpful for anyone else. The first page of the spreadsheet always stresses me out because it's hard for me to pinpoint ..."

Thanks for making the list! That is super helpful haha :D
I have just over 100 pages left of Batyr Nursen: fengslet, torturert, kastet ut av tre land. And I just started The Book Thief because it is such a long book, although I was hoping to get more done of it before the challenge started (I don't think I will, unfortunately).
So excited for the challenge to start!!

[Whitney]

I'm probably overthinking this, but for a book that has multiple timelines, how much of the book needs to be set in a specific decade for it to count? For example, I'm currently reading The Villa and Good Dirt. While both are primarily set in modern-day, they both have portions/chapters that go back in time. I think about half of The Villa takes place in the 70s. Good Dirt has scenes/chapters from the 1800s, 1980s, and 2000s. I think about half of it takes places in modern-day and half takes place in the other decades.

[Charlotte]

I don't know, but if it were up to me I'd say if close to half the book is set in a specific time it should count...

When putting down page points, if we started the book before the challenge started, do we only put down the pages we read after the challenge started or do we put down the amount of pages from the book no matter how many pages we read before the start of the challenge? (I know that you need to leave 100 pages for a book to count)

[Whitney]

Charlotte wrote: "I don't know, but if it were up to me I'd say if close to half the book is set in a specific time it should count...

When putting down page points, if we started the book before the challenge star..."

That's what I was thinking, too. I feel if it's about half the book, it would count.

For your question, we only count the pages read during the readathon. Any pages read before the readathon do not count towards the page count.

[Charlotte]

I updated your list with the new books that I added @Whitney I hope that's okay :-)

Total Books: 30
Books: 29 planned
Bonus Promt Books: 1 planned
Books Completed:

SINGLES
Historical fiction:
Historical non-fiction:
Memoir: Hitch-22 (Denise)
Time Travel: Mostly Harmless (Denise)
Timepiece on cover: Murder Past Due (D.L.)
Book read when younger: One True Thing (D.L.)
Set in 2 or more time periods: Good Dirt (Whitney)
Book published in year you were born:

DOUBLES
Set in future decade: Parable of the Sower (Whitney)
Set in future decade:

Older adult main character: The Joy Luck Club (Susan)
Older adult main character: Darling Dahlias And The Cucumber Tree (Theresa)

Day or month in title: April Fools (D.L.)
Day or month in title: Saturday Night (D.L.)

Unit of time in title:
Unit of time in title:

Year or date in title: 1984 (Susan)
Year or date in title:

Published or set in 1900s: The Phantom of the Opera (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1900s:

Published or set in 1910s:
Published or set in 1910s:

Published or set in 1920s: The Shore Road Mystery (D.L.)
Published or set in 1920s: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Charlotte)

Published or set in 1930s: The Murder on the Orient Express (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1930s:

TRIPLES
Published or set in 1940s: The Book Thief (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1940s: The Razor's Edge (Whitney)
Published or set in 1940s: The Razor's Edge (Denise)

Published or set in 1950s:
Published or set in 1950s:
Published or set in 1950s:

Published or set in 1960s:
Published or set in 1960s:
Published or set in 1960s:

Published or set in 1970s: Daisy Jones & The Six (Theresa)
Published or set in 1970s: Kindred (Whitney)
Published or set in 1970s: The Villa (Whitney)

Published or set in 1980s: Silver Sparrow (Theresa)
Published or set in 1980s:
Published or set in 1980s:

Published or set in 1990s: How Proust Can Change Your Life (Denise)
Published or set in 1990s: Batyr Nursen (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1990s: Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic (Whitney)

Published or set in 2000s: Raven Black (Susan)
Published or set in 2000s:
Published or set in 2000s:

Published or set in 2010s: Wayward Son (Whitney)
Published or set in 2010s: The Light Between Oceans (Susan)
Published or set in 2010s: Ducks, Newburyport (Denise)

[Whitney]

Charlotte wrote: "I updated your list with the new books that I added @Whitney I hope that's okay :-)

Books: 29 planned
Bonus Promt Books: 1 planned

SINGLES
Historical fiction:
Historical non-fiction:
Memoir: Hitc..."

It's absolutely okay! Thanks for doing this! :)

[D.L.]

Challenge starts at midnight! I am excited.

[D.L.]

I found a list of units of time. There are some on here I hadn't even thought of that open up more title possibilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of...

[Charlotte]

D.L. wrote: "Challenge starts at midnight! I am excited."

Yeahhhhh :D

[Charlotte]

D.L. wrote: "I found a list of units of time. There are some on here I hadn't even thought of that open up more title possibilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of..."

Wow! That's a lot! Thanks :)

[Charlotte]

Whitney wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "I updated your list with the new books that I added @Whitney I hope that's okay :-)

Books: 29 planned
Bonus Promt Books: 1 planned

SINGLES
Historical fiction:
Historical non-fic..."

I think that it would be a good idea if we keep resending it when we have updated or added something so that it is very clear what we have done and what is left. We can bold the completed ones or something...

[D.L.]

Charlotte wrote: "I think that it would be a good idea if we keep resending it when we have updated or added something so that it is very clear what we have done and what is left. We can bold the completed ones or something...

Great idea!

[Susan, Games & Events]

Readathon starts at midnight (in your time zone). Looking forward to the next 10 days!

[Denise]

Mostly Harmless is not tagged time travel, but I know it does have time travel in that it involves traveling the galaxy, and due to distances it is always a different time/year every time the characters land somewhere new. Will this be accepted?

If not I will change it to a book from the 1900s or 1930s to get our double, or I can do 1910, 50 or 60 which we have no books for yet

[Theresa, Readathons]

Denise wrote: "Mostly Harmless is not tagged time travel, but I know it does have time travel in that it involved traveling the galaxy, and due to distances it is always a different time/year every ..."

This book should work.

I won't be available much for a couple of days.
See you soon, Bookworms Exploring.

[D.L.]

20 minutes to go until midnight in my timezone! I am going to try to read a few chapters before bed when the clock strikes the hour, but I admit my eyelids are getting pretty heavy lol

[Charlotte]

Theresa wrote: "Denise wrote: "Mostly Harmless is not tagged time travel, but I know it does have time travel in that it involved traveling the galaxy, and due to distances it is always a different t..."

See you soon Theresa!

[Charlotte]

D.L. wrote: "20 minutes to go until midnight in my timezone! I am going to try to read a few chapters before bed when the clock strikes the hour, but I admit my eyelids are getting pretty heavy lol"

Yeah, I didn't manage to read past 12 last night, I was too tired!
But I got some reading in this morning! Only a bit though...

[Susan, Games & Events]

I added a book with a unit of time and a book set in the 1910s. I realized one of my choices was a "Bonus" book and that one won't count unless we complete all the other prompts. I'll concentrate on filling gaps where I can.

[Charlotte]

Susan wrote: "I added a book with a unit of time and a book set in the 1910s. I realized one of my choices was a "Bonus" book and that one won't count unless we complete all the other prompts. I'll concentrate o..."

Nice! We are filling in lots of the spots!

[Charlotte]

Total Books: 33
Books: 32 planned
Bonus Promt Books: 1 planned
Currently Reading Books: 11
Books Completed: 0

Completed Books: ✔
Completed Section: bold
Currently Reading Books: italics

SINGLES
Historical fiction:
Historical non-fiction:
Memoir: Hitch-22 (Denise)
Time Travel: Mostly Harmless (Denise)
Timepiece on cover: Murder Past Due (D.L.)
Book read when younger: One True Thing (D.L.)
Set in 2 or more time periods: Good Dirt (Whitney)
Book published in year you were born:

DOUBLES
Set in future decade: Parable of the Sower (Whitney)
Set in future decade:

Older adult main character: The Joy Luck Club (Susan)
Older adult main character: Darling Dahlias And The Cucumber Tree (Theresa)

Day or month in title: April Fools (D.L.)
Day or month in title: Saturday Night (D.L.)

Unit of time in title: A Wrinkle in Time (Susan)
Unit of time in title:

Year or date in title: 1984 (Susan)
Year or date in title:

Published or set in 1900s:
Published or set in 1900s:

Published or set in 1910s: Peter Pan (Susan)
Published or set in 1910s: The Phantom of the Opera (Charlotte)

Published or set in 1920s: The Shore Road Mystery (D.L.)
Published or set in 1920s: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Charlotte)

Published or set in 1930s: The Murder on the Orient Express (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1930s:

TRIPLES
Published or set in 1940s: The Book Thief (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1940s: The Razor's Edge (Whitney)
Published or set in 1940s: The Razor's Edge (Denise)

Published or set in 1950s:
Published or set in 1950s:
Published or set in 1950s:

Published or set in 1960s:
Published or set in 1960s:
Published or set in 1960s:

Published or set in 1970s: Daisy Jones & The Six (Theresa)
Published or set in 1970s: Kindred (Whitney)
Published or set in 1970s: The Villa (Whitney)

Published or set in 1980s: Silver Sparrow (Theresa)
Published or set in 1980s:
Published or set in 1980s:

Published or set in 1990s: How Proust Can Change Your Life (Denise)
Published or set in 1990s: Batyr Nursen (Charlotte)
Published or set in 1990s: Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic (Whitney)

Published or set in 2000s: Raven Black (Susan)
Published or set in 2000s: Best Friends and Drama Queens (D.L)
Published or set in 2000s:

Published or set in 2010s: Wayward Son (Whitney)
Published or set in 2010s: The Light Between Oceans (Susan)
Published or set in 2010s: Ducks, Newburyport (Denise)

[Whitney]

Happy 1st day! I'm putting this here so I can have record of where I stopped in the books I was reading before the readathon started so the page count will be accurate for points when I do finish them. :)

Wayward Son - on page 160
Good Dirt - on page 113
The Villa - on page 119

[Charlotte]

Whitney wrote: "Happy 1st day! I'm putting this here so I can have record of where I stopped in the books I was reading before the readathon started so the page count will be accurate for points when I do finish t..."

Happy 1st day!!!
That's a good method, I did the same thing for my books (message 3)! :D
Have fun reading!!

[Charlotte]

And so... I have a stupid question hehe

Is there anywhere we can see all the points that all the teams have (kind of like a leaderboard)?

[Susan, Games & Events]

Charlotte wrote: "And so... I have a stupid question hehe

Is there anywhere we can see all the points that all the teams have (kind of like a leaderboard)?"

I believe at this point, you'd have to go into each team thread and look at their spreadsheet. There maybe an update part way through the challenge, but Theresa would be the one making that update and I know she's out of pocket for a while.

[Susan, Games & Events]

My Tracking Post

Started Raven Black yesterday. On page 46 when the Readathon began

Day 1 (7/18) Reading: Raven Black, Peter Pan, A Wrinkle in Time
Day 2 (7/19) Reading: Raven Black, A Wrinkle in Time
Day 3 (7/20) Reading: A Wrinkle in Time, The Light Between Oceans, 1984
Day 4 (7/21) Reading: The Light Between Oceans, 1984, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Day 5 (7/22) Reading: The Light Between Oceans, 1984
Day 6 (7/23) Reading: 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Joy Luck Club Finished
Day 7 (7/24) Reading: 1984, The Joy Luck Club, Eye of the Needle
Day 8 (7/25) Reading: The Joy Luck Club, Eye of the Needle
Day 9 (7/26) Reading: Eye of the Needle, The Guest List
Day 10 (7/27) Reading: book:The Guest List|52656911]

Prompts taken
Singles:
Read a book published in the year or decade you were born - Eye of the Needle (pub 1978) Finished

Doubles:
Read 2 books with a year or date in the title. - 1984 Finished
Read 2 books with a unit of time in the title - A Wrinkle in Time Finished
Read 2 books published or set in the 1900s - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (pub 1900) Finished
Read 2 books published or set in the 1910s - Peter Pan (pub 1911) Finished
Read 2 books with an older adult main character - The Joy Luck Club
Read 3 books published or set in the 1950s - Fahrenheit 451 (pub 1953) Finished

Triples:
Read 3 books published or set in the 2000s - Raven Black (pub 2006) Finished
Read 3 books published or set in the 2010s. - The Light Between Oceans (pub 2012) Finished

Bonus - Only if all other prompts are completed...
Read a book published or set in the 2020s - The Guest List (pub 2020)

Other Books Read During Readathon:
Hope Rides Again

[D.L.]

Tracking Post

Day 1 reading: Best Friends and Drama Queens (On pg. 27 at readathon start)
Day 2: Brothers in Arms, April Fools
Day 3: April Fools
Day 4: April Fools, The Shore Road Mystery
Day 5: The Shore Road Mystery
Day 6: The Shore Road Mystery, Showdown at the Mall
Day 7: The Shore Road Mystery, Showdown at the Mall
Day 8: The Shore Road Mystery
Day 9: The Shore Road Mystery, Murder Past Due

Prompts Taken

Singles:
Timepiece on cover: Murder Past Due
Book read when younger: Sabrina the Teenage Witch *Finished*

Doubles:
Day or month in title: April Fools *Finished*
Published or set in 1920s: The Shore Road Mystery (1928) *Finished*

Triples:
Published or set in 1980s: Saturday Night
Published or set in 1990s: Showdown at the Mall Finished
Published or set in 2000s: Best Friends and Drama Queens (2009) *Finished*
Published or set in 2000s: Brothers in Arms *Finished*

[Charlotte]

Susan wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "And so... I have a stupid question hehe

Is there anywhere we can see all the points that all the teams have (kind of like a leaderboard)?"

I believe at this point, you'd have to..."

Yeah ok, makes sense. Do we have access to all of their threads?

*edit
We do, and one of the teams has over 50 books planned! Most of the other teams have just over 30 though (similar to us).

[Charlotte]

So, what's the difference between the tracking and completion tab? The tracking tab is the one that keeps track of all the completed books, so what is the completion tab for?

[Susan, Games & Events]

Once you finish a book, add it to the completion tab. Planning helps everyone get a sense as to what needs to be read but we may not get to everything. Once we start marking books as completed we’ll have a better idea what we need to focus on.

[Charlotte]

Yeah ok! Sounds good :D

[Jennifer]

Sorry, I have had a crazy week and did not discover I was co-leader until I logged in today.

--Just to confirm: Yes, make sure you only count pages you read starting at midnight your time today (July 18).

--I will double-check book categories on the planning sheet and add books to additional categories if they fit them or change them if they don't fit where they are. This is one purpose of the planning sheet--to list where each book fits. Please feel free to ask me if you wonder why I moved something, and it doesn't make sense to you--I'm human and make mistakes, so I always appreciate people checking my work. :)

--When you complete a book, add it to the completion tab in 1 (one) category spot it fits that is not already filled by another book. The spreadsheet should automatically calculate everything for us once we fill in the numbers for our book.

--I may rearrange some of the books if they fit other categories to get additional points.

[Susan, Games & Events]

Jennifer wrote: "Sorry, I have had a crazy week and did not discover I was co-leader until I logged in today.

--Just to confirm: Yes, make sure you only count pages you read starting at midnight your time today (..."

Glad you're here!

[D.L.]

Jennifer wrote: "Sorry, I have had a crazy week and did not discover I was co-leader until I logged in today.

--Just to confirm: Yes, make sure you only count pages you read starting at midnight your time today (..."

Welcome!

[Whitney]

Jennifer wrote: "Sorry, I have had a crazy week and did not discover I was co-leader until I logged in today.

--Just to confirm: Yes, make sure you only count pages you read starting at midnight your time today (..."

Hi Jennifer! Welcome! Just curious, I'm starting Parable of the Sower. I noticed that it was taken off the prompt for set in a future decade. Just wondering why. I know that the book is set in 2024; however, I still feel like it would count considering the book was written in the 90s.

It's cool if it won't count. Just trying to get us as many points as possible. :)

[Susan, Games & Events]

Completed book 1, Peter Pan for a book published in 1910s. I updated the spreadsheet.

[Jennifer]

"I know that the book is set in 2024; however, I still feel like it would count considering the book was written in the 90s..."

It is for the same reason 1984 would not be considered set in a "future" time. If an author gives a specific date to his/her setting, once that date passes, it becomes an alternate reality novel, but it is no longer a novel set in the future.

Each book read can only count for one category in the end. Parable of the Sower fits three other categories: One of them is the triple, and another is the bonus prompt if we can fill in the rest! :)

[Jennifer]

Susan wrote: "Completed book 1, Peter Pan for a book published in 1910s. I updated the spreadsheet."

Susan, that version of Peter Pan that you linked has a timepiece on the front (Big Ben) so I added an X for that. If the version you read doesn't have Big Ben, just let me know, and I'll remove it.

[Susan, Games & Events]

Yes Big Ben was on the version I read. Didn’t think of that, thank you

[D.L.]

Finished my first book Best Friends and Drama Queens & updated the spreadsheet :)

[D.L.]

That's a great list, thanks!

[Denise]

I haven't finished a book yet but I am reading them. I tend to read more than one book at a time

[Charlotte]

Jennifer wrote: "Sorry, I have had a crazy week and did not discover I was co-leader until I logged in today.

--Just to confirm: Yes, make sure you only count pages you read starting at midnight your time today (..."

Hey! Great that you could join us! We all have those crazy weeks, so I totally get that! I look forward to get to know you!

[Charlotte]

Thanks for the updated list!

[Charlotte]

Hey Susan, you book Peter Pan is in the category "Read a book published or set in the 1910s", but on the above message it has it put down for "Read a book published or set in the 1900s" I don't know which one it works for or anything. I just wanted to put that out there so that if there is any confusion it can be fixed :-)

[Charlotte]

About my phantom of the opera book, Jennifer, it fits "Read a book published or set in the 1910s" not 1900s, I'm sorry for the mix-up. I fixed it on the spreadsheet, but if you are wanting to change where it goes altogether or something, let me know :D

[Susan, Games & Events]

Peter Pan was published in 1911, so I was counting it as 1910s book, but Jennifer pointed out that it could be a Time Piece book since Big Ben was on the cover. I have it on the spreadsheet as completed for 1910s. I can change it if we need a time piece book.

[Charlotte]

Susan wrote: "Peter Pan was published in 1911, so I was counting it as 1910s book, but Jennifer pointed out that it could be a Time Piece book since Big Ben was on the cover. I have it on the spreadsheet as comp..."

Sounds good! I don't have any books for a time peice on the cover, but someone else may...

[Whitney]

Jennifer wrote: "It is for the same reason 1984 would not be considered set in a "fu..."

That makes sense! I had not thought of it in that way! Thanks! :)

Also, similar to what Denise said, I tend to read multiple books at a time as evidenced that I'm currently reading 4 books right now. Lol. I have a fairly short attention span, especially when it comes to reading, so I like to jump from book to book. But, I am reading all of them and do plan to finish them all.