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Post 7 got it. Me and my lityle stack of books are ready.

Also ~

Y'all may have noticed I read a LOT of books. For the challenge, I was listed as one (or more) books a DAY. I would have done it too, if a puppy hadn't fallen in my lap. Something we were NOT expecting.

I've asked the mods to change my book amount to multiple books a week. I didn't want to let you all down, but I know with this puppy, I won't get a book a day in. I will definitely still get multiple books a week in, even if I'm just listening to my audiobooks at night.

We will, at some point (probably in a week or two) get at least another player to help our numbers so we're back among everyone else.

I'm sorry to do this, I wasn't expecting it. :) But I didn't want to let y'all down. I'm determined to keep the puppy now, since I let the dogs have a bunch of interaction already today.

Just wanted to let y'all know. Now I wish I didn't have to wait until 2 to start reading, both dogs are asleep!! :D


ps ~ thanks for acknowledging the post, Maritza. :D

It is ok Karsyn, cute puppy is a good excuse. I have dived into my stack of books and I think I will finish 3 - 4 by Monday.

I saw it too, post 7. (:

As for number of books, I'm hoping for 3 a week but it might be more like 2. Being a good student is my first priority.

I will probably do better as time goes, I took a speed reading course a couple of years ago. I'm somewhat out of practice, but the more I read, the closers get to my highest word per minute.

I may read more than the one book a week especially at the beginning. I am planning to read or listen to a lot of short books in the beginning so there are lots of books to choose from for the goals. As I run out of short books on my to-read list, I will be reading less books per week but they will be worth more points. And I will read all the books of the month since the pages plus participating in the discussions will be more points. Any suggestions from people that have done these types of changes before?

I saw Post 7 too, by the way. What does the goal : "Read a book shelved (on the first page of GR) as reviewed" mean?

I saw post 7, as well and I had the exact same question as above.

Victoria ~ basically it's people who have shelved the book as a book they have reviewed. It won't be on "Main Page" which is the page you are looking at when you look at a book. It'll be on the "First Page".

For example, go to Shadow and Bone. Where you see the genres, click on "see top shelves". You'll see on there, middle row, 2nd down is "reviewed". That means that Shadow & Bone is shelved on the 1st page as a reviewed book.

I'm assuming Post 7 "Read a book shelved (on the first page of GR) as reviewed" refers to this:
Review
or this:
Reviewed

probably Reviewed

It's really up to you, Victoria, on what you wanna read/do. BOM is not something that I get involved in, just because I typically don't read the same books everyone else is, so it's all up to y'all if you wanna do them or not.

On one of the Wheel-a-thons, where my team ended up winning, I think we only had one or two people that did the BOM. The rest of us just read a lot. :)

The only thing I can suggest is to pay attention to page counts. For example you have a book that is 347 pages long and a book that's 357 pages long. Only 10 page difference, but a 20 point difference for this. I've gone through my shelves and put books that are 25-50 pages (or less) greater than the lowest point bracket. So I put on the shelf books ranging in pages 161-200, 351-375, 501-525.... and so on, so I'm not reading 100 extra pages for no extra points. Make sense?

I almost added the info about what a "reviewed" book is on post 7. :) I went ahead and did that now. As Deedee mentioned, you can also search "Reviewed" as a genre and it'll pull up books that way.

~ Read a book where the edition you are reading was published on the 27th of a month
The edition of The Great Zoo of China I have was published on Jan 27, 2015 and has 416 pages. I'm planning to start reading it later today :)

Hi team! I'm checking in. I read about post #7.

Can't wait to get started!!!

Just about 30 minutes to go! Woo!! :) Who wants to bet the puppy will wake up right at 2pm? :D

And we're off!! :)

Everyone have FUN!! That's what matters most about all this ~ talking books, reading books and having fun!! Any questions at all, feel free to ask. Any weird goals, I'll explain when I post 'em.

What is everyone reading first?!?!

I'm reading Harvesting the Heart. I'm only 50 pages in at this point. What are you reading?

Going to read Axel for a couple of other challenges I am trying to finish and Wicked Lies.

I'm reading a really interesting book I happened to come across. Anything with "game" or puzzle, I pretty much check out. It's ~



It's SUPER short, 100 pages even, but I'm loving it so far. Puppy has let me get 40% into it. Hubby is home now though, so we'll see how much more I get into it, if at all.

Tonight for audio I'll be starting ~



It was picked for me for a swap. I've never read it and decided now would be a good time to give it a try. I hope I'll enjoy it, I know a lot of people do.

I am starting with Fall of Giants, which will be a buddy read.

I just finished The Child Thief and I trying to decide on what to read next... May be Shadow and Bone

I'm finishing up the two books I was in the middle of when this challenge began. This afternoon I finished Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It (2015) by John Ferling -- excellent one book overview of the American Revolution, written for the "educated layman", recommended. The other book I'm about 100 pages in, a science fiction novel called The Ark: The Ark Book One, I'm really liking it so far.

Next up after these: The Great Zoo of China (!)

I'm starting with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. A few chapters in and I'm really enjoying it!

One of my favourites Kerri

Kerri wrote: "I'm starting with The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. A few chapters in and I'm really enjoying it!"

It is an amazing book, I hope you enjoy it.

Loved that book!

Finished my first book a while ago and onto my second. It is pretty interesting if you are into historical fiction. Loosing my will to read due to a warm kitty in my lap and a nice fire.

Just finished One Flew over the cuckoo's nest and I honestly didn't enjoy it. Hopefully the next book won't be such a bore.

Oh no, James. It's no fun to power through books you don't like. Good luck on the next one!

Hey Victoria~

Does Child Thief count for the goal of ~ set on a tropical island?

Morning y'all!!

I was hoping to finish up my book before the game. Sadly, not going to make it. But only 10% left, so hopefully I can finish it up during commercials and half time.

Things here are a little more settled today. The big dog actually has ignored the little dog for the most part and is just sleeping the day away on her couch, like usual. So, that's a plus!

AWESOME to all y'all who have finished books already. Woohoo!! Tho none of the books read have fit any goal, keep an eye out as we get new ones, we'll slot 'em in somewhere!! :D

Ok, back to my book. It's different and FANTASTIC!! Sorry yours wasn't, James. I'm not one for classics. I hope that the next one you read is stellar!

I think the Child Thief could complete the goal of being set on a tropical island

good morning all. will update team post with my book.

finished Axel wow I love me a sensitive alpha male.

Awesome, Maritza. Glad you enjoyed it!

Hey y'all, with the Mummy Quests, could you give me the individual quest that your book fits? So you can just say quest 1 ~ frog on cover (or whatever it is) just so you let me know which it's for (if it's not obvious).

Thanks!!

Y'all are doing great. I think Cristina is the only one we haven't heard from. You still with us Cristina?

Okay, I finished my first book this morning.

Now I'm on to a second. I have a few shorties that are 170 pages, I can read them pretty quickly. But, I also want to read The Lying Game so I'm a little indecisive.

In the name of getting more points, I have decided to go for a book of the month instead. (:

Any ideas how we can work on getting some of the goals done?

Also, is everyone have a fun/restful/enjoyable weekend?

I think we're ok, goal wise. We had some weird ones to start out with, but they could have been worse. The book I just started has a "review-copy" on the first page, so I'll be able to use that. Deedee said she had the book for the 27th.

I plan on reading a puppy book, so that can be used for learning something new. What's that leave us with? A holiday one, and a character gets into shape. Anyone have anything with those? The holiday one is going to be easy enough, but I'm not sure about that getting in shape one. We can always use a boon for it, if no one comes up with anything soon.

My weekend has been fun, but definitely not restful. I got around 5 hours sleep last night, so that's better than the 2 hours sleep in the previous 2 nights. :) It's been enjoyable though. Having a puppy and a pitbull is a handful but they are getting along well now, so far. :D

How's your weekend been?

Maritza wrote: "finished Axel wow I love me a sensitive alpha male."

Loved that series!

Sorry I haven't checked in everyone! I haven't read any books yet this weekend, I was supposed to be having a relaxing weekend but it still went by so quickly! But I am planning on reading a holiday romance novel tomorrow to satisfy that goal. I am going to the Blackhawks (Hockey) game tonight so I plan to look and hopefully find a book right after that. I hope everyone is doing well!

Our group is growing and so we asked your awesome Captain Karsyn to join us as a new moderator.
Welcome Karsyn!!

Wow, that's awesome Karsyn!! Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!

Congrats Karsyn I think you'll be an awesome mod.

I think my book is shelfed.

Thanks ladies! I'm super excited about it, and another reason I asked for my book amount to be lowered. I really hope to help the ladies out a lot.

Congratulations, Karsyn! That is awesome!!

Congrats, Karsyn!! I'm sure you'll do a great job :)

I will have to look through my books to see if I have a thing for losing weight. I can't think of one off-hand. I'm definitely learning things from my current read about cell cultures, so if you don't use your puppy book, Karsyn, we can use that! I'm close to being done. It's really fascinating! If not, I'm sure we can save it for a later goal :)

You guys are so much faster at reading! I aspire to that level!

Well guys, we are in 7th place. It's pretty good, the top third!

I'm 100 pages into Pretty Girls. It's an upcoming book of the month. I've saved some thoughts along the way so I can post was I was thinking. I'm also hoping someone else starts early so I can chat about it. If not, I might need to collect on those points a couple days after I finish it.