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Jun 10, 2012 03:54PM
I finished The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy while drinking 6 cups of Earl Grey Tea. This counts as my something borrowed, as I borrowed it from my daughter. There are 138 pages in it. I may finish the next book in the "Trilogy in five parts" tomorrow.
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I drank 3 cups of tea today, and am halfway through Mercury Falls and forty percent of the way through Teaching What You Don't Know. These will count respectively as Borrowed and Blue books. Hopefully I'll finish something tomorrow.
Here is the point system: (I thought I would copy it over for easy reference.)5 pts completion of one of the categories listed above: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed; Something Blue.
10 pts completion of The Whole Enchilada.
3 pts for a book 400 or more pages
2 pts a book 300 or more pages
1 pt all other books less than 300 pages
5 pts for reading a trilogy (in addition to the single book total); an additional point for each book in a series over 3 books long
double points for each additional completion of a goal
1/2 pt for each cuppa drunk by a team member
25 bonus pts for the team when they reach 100 cuppas as a team.
10 pts additional for the first team to drink 100 cups of tea.
Great start Tipplers! I'm going to go read for a bit longer before I come back to report my daily total.
I'm headed to bed. I didn't complete anything, but I drank two cups of tea!Woohoo - contributing my 1 point to our daily total.
Almeta and I drank 11 cups of tea each. I completed one book Dark Matter. Dark Matter counts as something new.
Not quite finished a full day yet but my points for Sunday are entirely tea based with 8 cups drunk totally 4 points.Have also managed to get half way through Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account and about a quarter of the way through The Dark is rising.
Day 1 end report - no book finished.Tea drank - 2 cups - 1 point.
Updated to reflect my Wednesday's progress. Happy reading everyone!Categories:
Something Old: The War of the Worlds (1898 - 5 pts)
Something New: Insurgent (May 2012 - 5 pts)
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue: The Time Machine (blue cover - 5 pts)
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
>400 pages = 3 pts
<300 pages = 1 pt
<300 pages = 1 pt
Cups of tea:
6/10 6 cups = 3 points
6/11 6 cups = 3 points
6/12 6 cups = 3 points
6/13 4 cups = 2 points
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 3 points
6/11 11 points
6/12 9 points
6/13 8 points
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
31 points to date
I like this format, too.Something Old:
Something New: Dark Matter 5 points
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
243 pages = 1 points
Cups of tea:
6/10 11 = 5.5 points
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
11.5 points to date
I just figured it would be easier to update one post rather than have them all scattered. Makes it easier to track my total points.
Maybe we should sub-total for each day's total so as to make it easier for Judy.Something Old:
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Cups of tea:
6/10
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points:
Okay - so my record so far:Something Old:
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Cups of tea:
6/10 2 cuppas = 1 point
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 1 point
6/11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 1
Something Old: Pride and Prejudice 480 pages 8 pt.Something New:
Something Borrowed:Hitch Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy 115 pages 5 pt.
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:total 595
Cups of tea:
6/10 8 4 pt.
6/11 6 3 pt
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 9
6/11 11
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 20
Beth wrote: "Oh, good Lord. I suck. No points."lol.
I think we will all be slowing down, now that Sunday has come and gone.
Don't even give it a thought.
Have a cuppa tea and relax!☺
Editing the same post is a great idea. Here is my tally so far. Hopefully I'll stop starting new books and finish them all ;-)Something Old: The Murder at the Vicarage (6/16/12) = 5 pts
Something New: This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections (6/13/12) = 5 pts
Something Borrowed: Mercury Falls - Kindle Lending Library (6/15/12) = 5 pts
Something Borrowed: Sex, Lies and Midnight (6/16/12) = 10 pts
Something Blue: The Twilight Before Christmas (6/12/12) = 5 pts
Something Blue: Oceans of Fire (6/15/12) = 10 pts
The Whole Enchilada: (6/16/12) 10 pts
Pages:
The Twilight Before Christmas, 284pp = 1 pt
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections, 266pp = 1 pt
Oceans of Fire, 384pp = 2 pts
Mercury Falls, 337pp = 2 pts
The Murder at the Vicarage, 380pp = 2 pts
Sex, Lies and Midnight, 224pp = 1 pt
Cups of tea:
6/10 3 cuppas = 1.5 points
6/11 5 cuppas = 2.5 points
6/12 5 cuppas = 2.5 points
6/13 6 cuppas = 3 points
6/14 4 cuppas = 2 points
6/15 4 cuppas = 4 points
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 1.5 points
6/11 2.5 points
6/12 8.5 points
6/13 9 points
6/14 2 points
6/15 23 points
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 46.5Sex, Lies and Midnight
Almeta wrote: "(jaxnsmom I'm Record of Accomplishment
Something Old:
..."
Borrowing does fit in better with the categories :)
Something Old: 6/11 - Pitcairn's Island 5 pointsPages: 350 = 2 points
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Cups of tea:
6/10 2 cuppas = 1 point
6/11 2 cuppas = 1 point
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 1 point
6/11 8 points
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 9
I'm stealing this format too...Something Old: The Dark is rising = 5 points
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account = 5 points
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
6/10 = 0 points
6/11 = 222 = 1 point
6/12 = 352 = 2 point
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Cups of tea:
6/10 8 cuppas = 4 points
6/11 7 cuppas = 3.5 points
6/12 12 cuppas = 6 points
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 = 4.0 points
6/11 = 9.5 points
6/12 = 13.0 points
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 26.5
Something Old:Something New: Dark Matter 5 points
Something Borrowed: Deal Breaker 5 points
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Dark Matter 243 pages = 1 points
Deal Breaker 352 pages = 2 points
Cups of tea:
6/10 11 = 5.5 points
6/11 11 = 5.5 points
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 11.5
6/11 12.5
6/12
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total points: 24
Ugh! I listened to an audiobook, just to realize that it isn't something new! I'm packing, so audiobooks are perfect right now. Well, I guess that means I can choose something more fun: This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett and narrated by the author. I used to love watching her show, and some of TV's funniest moments are due to her and her cast.
Lara wrote: "Ugh! I listened to an audiobook, just to realize that it isn't something new! I'm packing, so audiobooks are perfect right now. Well, I guess that means I can choose something more fun: This Time T..."By any chance, was it The Twilight Before Christmas? Because that sure is a lovely blue in the globe thingy :)
jaxnsmom wrote: "Lara wrote: "Ugh! I listened to an audiobook, just to realize that it isn't something new! I'm packing, so audiobooks are perfect right now. Well, I guess that means I can choose something more fun..."It was! Hmm... That is a great idea! I have another blue color, but maybe I'll make a switch!
Lara wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Lara wrote: "Ugh! I listened to an audiobook, just to realize that it isn't something new! I'm packing, so audiobooks are perfect right now. Well, I guess that means I can choose s..."YAY! Now you've accomplished a goal and haven't wasted any time! You can always use the other blue for more points, and maybe even a second enchilada :)
I spent over 4 hours today listening to a book that I don't really like, but I'm going to finish it so I can get the points :) And it'll finish an Enchilada!
jaxnsmom wrote: "I spent over 4 hours today listening to a book that I don't really like, but I'm going to finish it so I can get the points :)..."I speed up the narration if I don't like the book much. That way I can still understand what happened, but spend less time with it.
I had a fractured day today and it wasn't productive in any way shape or form, including the TBR Toppler. Sorry teammies.Something Old: 6/11 - Pitcairn's Island 5 points
Pages: 350 = 2 points
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Cups of tea:
6/10 2 cuppas = 1 point
6/11 2 cuppas = 1 point
6/12 0 cuppas = 0 points
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 1 point
6/11 8 points
6/12 0 points
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 9
Something Old: The Illustrated Man 5 pointsSomething New: Dark Matter 5 points
Something Borrowed: Deal Breaker (A Myron Bolitar thriller) 5 points
Something Blue: Drop Shot (A Myron Bolitar thriller) 5 points (blue cover)
The Whole Enchilada: 10
Pages:
Dark Matter 243 pages = 1 point
Deal Breaker 352 pages = 2 points
Drop Shop 341 pages = 2 points
Illustrated Man 288 pages = 1 point
Cups of tea:
6/10 11 = 5.5 points
6/11 11 = 5.5 points
6/12 11 = 5.5 points
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 11.5
6/11 12.5
6/12 28.5
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total points: 52.5
My update, which isn't spectacular, but I am working on it. For some reason reading is putting me to sleep, but hopefully this will change. :-)Something Old:
Something New: Falling Together (also falls under blue and borrowed, and it is almost done!)
Something Borrowed: The Hand That Trembles (Also falls under new and blue, also almost completed. I need to get something old.)
Something Blue:
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
Cups of tea:
6/10 4 cups 2 pts.
6/11 3 cups 1.5 pts.
6/12 3 cups 1.5 pts
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 2
6/11 1.5
6/12 1.5
6/13
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 5 pts.
I have got to finish some books!
Wednesday Progress:Something Old: The Dark is rising = 5 points
Something New:
Something Borrowed:
Something Blue: Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account = 5 points
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
6/10 = 0 points
6/11 = 222 = 1 point
6/12 = 352 = 2 point
6/13 =
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Cups of tea:
6/10 8 cuppas = 4 points
6/11 7 cuppas = 3.5 points
6/12 12 cuppas = 6 points
6/13 6 cuppas (so far) = 3 points
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 = 4.0 points
6/11 = 9.5 points
6/12 = 13.0 points
6/13 = 3 points
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 29.5
Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:Almeta
Old 6
Old 12
New 6
Borrowed
Blue 8
Enchilada
Trilogy
Tea 9
Total 41
No matter how I count it Almeta, I don't get 45.
Anu
Old 7
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 7
Total 14
Beth
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Debra T
Old 6
New 6
Borrowed 7
Blue 7
Enchilada 10
Tea 16.5
Total 52.5
Elizabeth
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Emily
Old 8
New 6
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 9
Total 23
Janet
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 5
Total 5
Janice
Old 7
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 2
Total 9
jaxnsmom
Old 6
New 6
Borrowed 6
Blue 6
Enchilada 10
Tea 7
Total 41
Kimberley
Old 8
New
Borrowed 6
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 7
Total 21
Lara
Old 6
New
Borrowed 6
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 9.5
Total 21.5
Laura
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Mary
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Pragya
Old
New 6
New 13
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 4
Total 23
Pragya - did you finish Dissolved and was it the 2nd New category? I counted points as if you did - I was unsure.
Sam
Old 6
New
Borrowed 7
Blue
Enchilada
Tea 16.5
Total 29.5
Sharon
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Tory
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue 6
Enchilada
Tea 2
Total 8
Robin
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
Hannah
Old
New
Borrowed
Blue
Enchilada
Tea
Total 0
This week, I've had 2 12 oz cups of oolong tea a day (Mon, Tues, Wed)> Sorry I haven't been updating. I'm at a conference and it's been CRAZY busy! I'm flying home tomorrow, and then leaving again Friday afternoon for the weekend, but I'll try to do better at updating! I'm 25% of the way through Tomato Rhapsody, which is new. (I carry my Kobo around in a blue case, would that count for blue? hmmm....)
Sharon wrote: "This week, I've had 2 12 oz cups of oolong tea a day (Mon, Tues, Wed)> Sorry I haven't been updating. I'm at a conference and it's been CRAZY busy! I'm flying home tomorrow, and then leaving again ..."Tomato Rhapsody: A Novel of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit could be considered for Something New since it was published in the last 3 years. It could also be considered Something Blue since it has blue on the cover and you carry it around in a blue case. So it will be your decision which category you want to count it for.
Yes, Janice, I finished Dissolve and put it as a second read in the new category.
Janice wrote: "Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:Almeta
Old 6
Old 12
New 6
Borrowed
Blue 8
Enchilada
Trilogy
Tea 9
Total 41
No matter how I count it Almeta, I don't get 45...."
It's in the Tea category. 4 more points for 8 cups on the 12th. (The day's count was there, but I forgot to change the accumulated total.)
Janice wrote: "Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:Almeta
Old 6
Old 12
New 6
Borrowed
Blue 8
Enchilada
Trilogy
Tea 9
Total 41
No matter how I c..."
My book total should be 7 for old and 6 for blue but the rest is right Janice :-)
Janice wrote: "Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:"My old and new numbers should be reversed. Also, I just updated my Wednesday's progress. Sorry, I fell asleep while reading again. My stats are below,
Emily
Old 6
New 8
Borrowed
Blue 6
Enchilada
Tea 11
Total 31
Something Old: The Illustrated Man 5 pointsSomething New: Dark Matter 5 points
Something Borrowed: Deal Breaker (A Myron Bolitar thriller #1) 5 points
Something Blue: Drop Shot (A Myron Bolitar thriller #2) blue cover 5 points
The Whole Enchilada: 10
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Something Old:
Something New:
Something Borrowed: Back Spin (A Myron Bolitar thriller #4) 11 points (10 plus 1 for being 4th book in a series)
Something Blue: Fade Away (A Myron Bolitar thriller #3) blue cover 10 points
The Whole Enchilada:
Trilogy: Myron Bolitar books 1-3 in series. 5 points
Pages:
Dark Matter 243 pages = 1 point
Deal Breaker 352 pages = 2 points
Drop Shop 341 pages = 2 points
Illustrated Man 288 pages = 1 point
Back Spin 368 pages = 2 points
Fade Away 336 pages = 2 points
Cups of tea:
6/10 11 = 5.5 points
6/11 11 = 5.5 points
6/12 11 = 5.5 points
6/13 12 = 6
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 11.5
6/11 12.5
6/12 28.5
6/13 36
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total points: 88.5
Woohoo! I think I'm going to complete 2 Whole Enchiladas!
Debra wrote: "Woohoo! I think I'm going to complete 2 Whole Enchiladas!..."Go Debra, Go!!!
From yesterday :Something Old:Around the World in Eighty Days (just started)
Something New:
Something Borrowed: The Hand That Trembles 5 pt.
Something Blue: Falling Together 5 pt.
The Whole Enchilada:
Pages:
The hand that trembles 320 p. 2 pt.
Falling together 358 p. 2 pt.
Cups of tea:
6/10 4 cups 2 pts.
6/11 3 cups 1.5 pts.
6/12 3 cups 1.5 pts
6/13 5 cups 2.5 pts.
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Daily Points
6/10 2
6/11 1.5
6/12 1.5
6/13 16.5 pts.
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
Total Points: 21.5 pts.
Almeta wrote: "Janice wrote: "Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:Almeta
Old 6
Old 12
New 6
Borrowed
Blue 8
Enchilada
Trilogy
Tea 9
Total 41
No..."
Okay - fixed! Thanks Almeta.
Pragya wrote: "Yes, Janice, I finished Dissolve and put it as a second read in the new category."You need to add 10 points to your total then. :)
Almeta wrote: "Debra wrote: "Woohoo! I think I'm going to complete 2 Whole Enchiladas!..."Go Debra, Go!!!"
Thanks, Almeta. Things are going to go a bit slower now that I'm back to work today and tomorrow. But, I hope to accomplish a bunch on Saturday!
Anu wrote: "Janice wrote: "Here are the points to date for the Tippler Team participants. Please check your totals:Hi Janice.. the book i read was published this year.. so i guess that would come under 'new..."
Duly noted. Thanks. :)
Almeta wrote: "Debra wrote: "Woohoo! I think I'm going to complete 2 Whole Enchiladas!..."Go Debra, Go!!!"
Woohoo Debra!
My points for yesterday - 3 cups of tea = 1.5 pointWe're doing awesome, Teamies!!
Debra wrote: "But, I hope to accomplish a bunch on Saturday! ..."My plans are pretty dependent on Saturday reading as well!
Almeta wrote: "Debra wrote: "But, I hope to accomplish a bunch on Saturday! ..."My plans are pretty dependent on Saturday reading as well!"
We should hang out together and sit outside like we did on Sunday. That was nice.
Debra wrote: "Something Old: The Illustrated Man 5 pointsSomething New: Dark Matter 5 points
Something Borrowed: Deal Breaker (A Myron Bolitar thriller #1) 5 points
Something Blue: Drop Shot (A Myron Bolita..."
Great going Debra!
Enchiladas, trilogy, a LOT of tea, very impressive!
Thanks, jaxnsmom. I've been reading/listening every spare moment, in my car, and while working out.
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Night (other topics)The Time Machine (other topics)
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