~ 2,012 in 2012 Book Count Challenge ~

[Gisela, Moderator]

So are we going for double? You know just because we're awesome... :D

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Gisela wrote: "So are we going for double? You know just because we're awesome... :D"

I think we could do it. How about everyone else? It would be awesomesauce to see what our book total is for our little group by the end of the year.

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

I think we can do it! I would like to see how many books we read for the year!

[Lina]

Yep, I'm in agreement. Let's keep going and see how we do at the end of the year.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Do you want to set a goal for the little fish?

[Lina]

do we dare say 5000?

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

I think 5000 is a nice round number, LOL!

[Gisela, Moderator]

I say we go for 5000!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

LOL! Think we can make it? Or will people lose interest? **Lisa Kay gets excited and takes deep breaths to calm down**

[Lina]

We can do it!

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

We can do it!!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Okay, I'm trying to work up the nerve to go in and adjust the number officially. I'll think about it overnight. I don't want to do anything too hasty. LOL! So, enjoy the site of having reached our goal... b/c it will change if I change it!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

That's 2,919 more books! That is a hell of a lot of books, ladies!

[Catherine]

ok...whi has time to read 2012! I am struggling with 100!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

No, Catherine. It is a group challenge. :o)

[Catherine]

so...between everyone..it has to be 2012 books total?

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Yup. ☺ I think there are only 47 of us in the challenge, so we are doing really well.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Eep! Okay, I did it! I changed the number to 5,000!

Sunday Update

2,146/5,000

[Catherine]

can I ad 40 to the total? almost 42...will be done with 1 today I hope and the other tomorrow!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

That would be Awesomesauce, Catherine!

[Catherine]

here they are!


finished:
1..The Tea Rose..Jennifer Donnelly (historical romance)(13 Jan)
2..Tiger's Curse..Colleen Houck (mystery/fantasy romance) (9 Jan)
3..At Home..A Short History of Private Life..Bill Bryson(humour)(14 Jan)
4..Threading the Needle..Marie Bostwick (romance)(17 Jan)
5..Needles & Pearls..Gil McNeil(book 2)(romance)(20 Jan)
6. Gap Creek..Robert Morgan(4 Jan)
7. Tiger's Quest..Colleen Houck(book 2)(mystery /fantasy romance)(23 Jan)
8. Queen of Babble..Meg Cabot(book 1)(romance)(3 Feb)
9. Darkfever..Karen Marie Moning(paranormal romance)(book 1)(30 Jan)
10. I'll Never Be French..Mark Greenside(humour, true life)(24 Jan)
11. The Fire(book 3)..James Patterson(fantasy)(27 Jan)
12. Caleb's Crossing..Geraldine Brooks (4 Feb)
13. Actually It Is Your Parents' Fault..Philip Van Muinching, Bernie Katz(self help, inspirational) (5 Feb)
14. Bloodfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 2)(paranormal romance) (5 Feb)
15. Queen of Babble In the Big City..Meg Cabot(romance)(book 2)(9 Feb)
16. Next to Love..Ellen Feldman (9 Feb)
17. Tiger's Voyage(book 3)(mystery/fantasy romance)(13 Feb)
18. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched(book 3)(romance)(15 Feb)
19. Faefever..Karen Marie Moning(book 3)(18 Feb)
20. City of Bones..Cassandra Clare(book 1)(19 Feb)
21. The Paris Wife..Paula McLain(23 Feb)
22. Knit One Pearl One..Gil McNeil(book 3)(27 Feb)
23. Toujours Provence..Peter Mayle(2 March)
24. Don't Even Think About It..Laura Henderson(3 March)
25. Dreamfever..Karen Marie Moning(book 4)(6 March)
26. Anna Dressed in Blood..Kendare Blake(9 March)
27. A Dublin Student Doctor..Patrick Taylor(book 6)(15 March)
28. Half-Broke Horses..Jeanette Walls(17 March)
29.The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay..Siddarth Dhanvant Shanghvi(18 March)
30. Murder on the Eiffel Tower..Claude Izner(book 1)(22 March)
31. An Echo in the Bone..Diana Gabaldon(book 7)(29 March)
32. The Illusion of Murder..Carol McCleary(book 2)(31 March)
33. Last Blind Date..Linda Yellin(3 April)
34.The Winter Rose..Jennifer Donnelly(book 2)(7 April)
35. The Disappearance at Père LaChaise..Claude Izner(book 2)(8 April)
36. Shiver..Maggie Stiefvater(book 1)(11 April)
37. The Anti-Romantic Child..Priscilla Gilman(15 April)
38. The Bronze Horseman..Paullina Simons(book 1)(19 April)
39. The Rossetti Letter..Christi Phillips(book 1)(25 April)
40. A Game of Thrones..George R.R. Martin(book 1)(26 April)
41. Divergent..Veronica Roth(book 1)(30 April)
42. The Montmartre Investigation..Claude Izner(book 3)(3 May)
43. Blackberry Wine..Joanne Harris(book 2)(4 May)
44. City of Ashes..Cassandra Clare(book 2)(6 May)

[Catherine]

hey Lisa Kay...you think I should bite the bullet and increase my total to 200?!?!? for the year challenge?

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Catherine wrote: "hey Lisa Kay...you think I should bite the bullet and increase my total to 200?!?!? for the year challenge?"

I don't know, Catherine! You are 1/3 of the way through the year... certainly 120 is achievable! If you want to live on the edge... go for 200. Read lots of novellas. LOL!

[Joann]

Here's to going to 5000. Woooohoooo!!!!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Woohoo! ☺

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

yippee!! We can do this!!

[Gisela, Moderator]

Yay! At the rate we read we'll nprobably finish by Christmas!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

I'm glad you ladies are confident. I'm still a little nervous.

[Lara]

Lisa Kay,

I think we can do it. While this month was a "slow" one for me due to life's demands, I did manage to finish 4 books this weekend. Now, I just wish I could read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America in an evening for another group's challenge. Somehow I don't think it's going to happen. Sigh.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Yeah, that's a chunkster at 464 pages! Good luck, Lara.

[Catherine]

so....what's the count now?

[Catherine]

so....what's the count now?!??

[Lina]

I'm really glad we're counting books and not pages, because I'm going through a phase of novellas :-) As long as they all add to the total, right? *grin*

[Lina]

Catherine wrote: "so....what's the count now?!??"

Catherine, we're at 2,161 last I checked.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

So, if we add Catherine's 40... we get 2,201. (I don't think she joined on the home page. Not that I can see. You?)

[Catherine]

So what are we up to?

I just added 1 more...to make it 41 for me!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Then, 2,202. ☺

End of Month Update

[Lina]

Lisa Kay wrote: "So, if we add Catherine's 40... we get 2,201. (I don't think she joined on the home page. Not that I can see. You?)"

No Lisa Kay. Just had a look, Catherine hasn't joined through the challenge doobiwhacker, just here on this page. Are you going to be ok for that with your Sunday totals?

2,202 at the end of April. We're doing so well for only being a third of the way through the year!
Pat on the back everyone!!!

[Jasmine]

Is it too late to join?

[Lina]

Not at all Jasmine, the more the merrier!

[Lara]

I think it's pretty awesome that we've already passed the year's goal. Personally, I just increased my own goal for the third time. I'm reading more than I expected.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Wonderful, Jasmine! Welcome to our group's challenge.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

It is neat, isn't it? I'm thinking of upping mine too, Lara.

[Catherine]

I am insane! I just increased my goal to 150!!! I want to try for 200...but I will wait until next month!


update my total to 42!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Great, Catherine!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Should I do the update now, or wait for a few more people to do their Sunday update?

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

I know I'm almost finished with what I'm reading, but may not be able to sit at the computer again before the morning. I'd wait though cause I'm sure most of us are use to you doing it later on Sunday :)

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Susan (susayq) wrote: "I'd wait though cause I'm sure most of us are use to you doing it later on Sunday :)"

**snortsnort** Okay, Susan.

[Catherine]

hehe!! I am almost done with 44/150!

[Lina]

If you had a book that was an ebook bundle of three books, would you count it as 3 separate books, or only one?