Challenge Corner discussion

Please use this thread to plan out your reading as a team.

Members
*Courtney
*Colleen
*Trisha
*Laura

Hi, just checking in. I've posted the bingo card so we can have quick access to it! : )

Checking in!!

May books (really tentative list, I'll add/remove as we go)




Done:

BINGO

B

1. Read a Book with Food on the cover: The Quiche of Death
2. Read a Historical Fiction Book:
3. Read a Review Book:
4. Read a Book with a One Word Title: Unplugged 5/13
5. Read a Book you got for Free: Old Blood 5/5

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6. Read a book published the year you were born:
7. Read a book 100 years older than you:
8. Read the Group Book of the Month:
9. Read a Nonfiction Book:
10. Read a book that was a Goodreads Choice Nominee: Pretty Girls 5/8

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11. Read a Book with a Buddy: Blue is for Nightmares 5/17
12. Read a Book set during WWI: Silent
13. Free Space Halfway Perfect 5/8
14. Read a Fantasy Novel: Night of the Soul Stealer 5/18
15. Read a Book Recommended to You: Gemina 5/10

G

16. Read a book set in a different country:
17. Read a Trilogy:
18. Read a Classic Novel: The Fountainhead
19. Read an author you've never read before: Lessons in Falling 5/7
20. Read a book that relates to your heritage: Count All Her Bones 5/18

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21. Read a Book set in the Future:
22. Read a Book set around Horses:
23. Read a book with a Film Adaptation:
24. Read a Book from your Childhood:
25. Read a book that starts with: X,Y, or Z: You're Welcome, Universe 5/19

Trisha's Tracking post:

Read-a-Thon

Readathon One: May 4th - 11th
*Challenge: Read at least 200 pages: DONE
Lessons in Falling (250 pages) 5/7
*Challenge: Complete at least one space on the bingo board: DONE
Pretty Girls 5/8
* Read a book you got for free: DONE
Old Blood 5/5

Thursday:
(read but zero completed that count)

Friday (111 pages)
Old Blood 5/5

Saturday
read but none completed
Sunday
Lessons in Falling 5/7

Monday
Pretty Girls 5/8
Halfway Perfect 5/8

Tuesday
Pretty Fierce 5/9

Wednesday
Gemina 5/10
Forget Me Not 5/10

Thursday
(pages read but no completed books)

Readathon Two: May 18-25th

*Challenge: Complete at least two spaces on the bingo board: DONE
Count All Her Bones 5/18
You're Welcome, Universe 5/19
*Challenge: Read at least 300 pages:


Thursday:
Count All Her Bones 5/18

Friday
You're Welcome, Universe 5/19

Saturday
none

Sunday
Survive the Night
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Read:

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Page Count:

Checking in! I'm at a baseball game tonight, so I'm away from my laptop. I'll get everything all squared away and posted tomorrow :)

Hi, is it WWI or WWII?

I've got a list of books, let's see if I can stick to it. LOL

(I'm hoping to read the whole trilogy of this one)
and maybe

WWI. :)

I can't wait to get started on this! Gonna be so fun.

Checking In!

I have a question Courtney. Do we have to read a whole trilogy or a book that's part of a trilogy?

A whole trilogy. That one is probably the hardest.

Thanks Courtney...yup that's going to be challenge! :)

I have another question. Could this count as food on the cover?

Yes, that works! And it's a good book, too. :)

Ok Great. Thanks Courtney!

I'm sorry to keep bugging you! But for the WWI book, does it specifically have to be about the war or just take place during the time span of the WWI?

It would be best if it mentions the war in some way, but it doesn't have to specifically be a book set in the war. Do you have a book in mind?

No, just looking through some lists and there are books set in 1910's that some don't mention the war, at least in synopsis, but it is during the 1914-1918 time period. So I thought I would check

How's everyone's reading going?
I got really behind last month and am finishing up a few books that carried over

but I plan to start these today:

I just dived into a book yesterday, Lab Girl (sorry, mobile app doesn't let me link in my comments). Hoping it will be a fast read.

yay! I hope you like it!!

I have a couple books I have to finish up too Trisha. I started reading towards the challenge also so I'm juggling a ton of books!

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1. Read a Book with Food on the cover: The Unexpected Everything
2. Read a Historical Fiction Book:
3. Read a Review Book: Goodnight, Nic 5/12
4. Read a Book with a One Word Title:
5. Read a Book you got for Free:

I

6. Read a book published the year you were born:
7. Read a book 100 years older than you:
8. Read the Group Book of the Month:
9. Read a Nonfiction Book:
10. Read a book that was a Goodreads Choice Nominee:

N

11. Read a Book with a Buddy
12. Read a Book set during WWI:
13. Free Space
14. Read a Fantasy Novel: Body of The Crime 5/5
15. Read a Book Recommended to You:

G

16. Read a book set in a different country:
17. Read a Trilogy:
18. Read a Classic Novel:
19. Read an author you've never read before:
20. Read a book that relates to your heritage:

O

21. Read a Book set in the Future:
22. Read a Book set around Horses:
23. Read a book with a Film Adaptation:
24. Read a Book from your Childhood:
25. Read a book that starts with: X,Y, or Z:

Read: 2/25

I've started reading Monument 14 and since I had to wait for over an hour at the hairdresser's but I didn't have my book, I've also started The Game.

I saw that there's Wolf by Wolf in the buddy read thread and I'm really tempted since it's been on my TBR list for months.

I've finishedMonument 14, book 1 of the trilogy I've planned to read.

How does it work? Can I already post the review or shall I make a post with all 3? Thanks : )

You can do it either way. :)

Hi guys. I'm sorry I'm so slow. I am really sick right now. Will try and catch up as soon als I'm feeling better.

Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks Jackie...me too! I think I got a flu or virus of some sort...no fun. :(

That's awful!

Aww, sorry to hear you aren't feeling well, Colleen! Hope it doesn't last too long.

Being sick is the pits. I'm still trying to get back to 100% myself. It seems to be even worse when what was ailing me was physical and in a sensitive lady area (sorry for the tmi there)

Hope you are feeling better as well, Courtney. Physical issues can definitely be terrible.

Definitely on the mend. Plus side, I've had to take multiple sitz baths with epsom salt, and after four days the skin on my feet is SO SOFT!!

I hope you feel well soon also Courtney! Lady problems suck too! :(

In regards to review books does it have to be through this group or can it be from other sources?

If you get one through another author or website that's also fine.

Ok thanks Jackie! I just had one sent from an author so I was hoping to use that.

Yep, that's fine.:)Are you feeling any better?

Hi, Hope everyone is feeling better.

Today I should finish the third book of the trilogy I'm reading, so I'll post the three reviews. Unfortunately, with work, I wasn't able to finish it during the reading marathon.

no worries, Laura! I hope your trilogy has been good!!

Today I'm going to finish: (no spot...) & for One Word Title

I hope to start: You're Welcome, Universe today that will work for: Read a book that starts with: X,Y, or Z

and and tomorrow, start for the Heritage task (and complete a line!)

I'm actually feeling a bit better, more like myself and less like an invalid! I hate being sick. :( Thanks Jackie and Laura!

Anyone who is concerned about making their birth year public can use mine to complete that square (1991). And for the "100 years older than you" square it just needs to be within a few years of your birth year, it doesn't have to be exact.

Yay! lol Thx!

Finished a book this evening, will get the review done and posted tomorrow :)

Hi, how is it going?
The second reading marathon begins tomorrow. I'm hoping to finish Wolf by Wolf and that falls under buddy read.

Anything in particular we need to complete a row or a column?
Here's our track so far:

Team Tracking
Row 1:
Row 2: trilogy
Row 3: Free space, review
Row 4: New author(2), fantasy, one word
Row 5: Free book(2), GR choice, recommended

Column 1: Free book(2), one word, review
Column 2: GR Choice
Column 3: Free space, fantasy, recommended
Column 4: New author(2), trilogy
Column 5:

I'm almost finished with a second book that I'll get he review done later this evening. The first one I have to put my review is a one word title. Does that help?