EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Thanks Ali 🤓

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Ali wrote: "…
And Richard, congratulations on passing the 750 mark!"

Good point Ali - sorry, Richard, I should have commented on your achievement.

Tr1sha wrote: "Good point Ali - sorry, Richard, I should have commented on your achievement."

All good. I'm not doing it for accolades.

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Thanks Ali :-)
Congratulations Richard :-)

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Message 12 updated + mini-challenge completed :D

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I have tripled my points from 16.5 :-D

Well done Ali & Anupama!

Hi Tr1sha,
I have updated message 18 and notice I forgot to add the number of pages in my previous update, sorry about that.
Also I think you counted 1 pt for entry 18 but even though is a fiction book with more than 50 pages it is written in verse so it should be 0.5 pt.

Sandra wrote: "Hi Tr1sha,
I have updated message 18 and notice I forgot to add the number of pages in my previous update, sorry about that.
Also I think you counted 1 pt for entry 18 but even though is a fiction..."

Thank you, Sandra. I got the page count from Goodreads but didn’t know it was in verse. Thanks for telling me, I’ll correct it later today.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating today.

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Message #38 updated
November spell-out challenge completed ✔️

I really like the spell-out challenges to help make my choices for the easy point getters!

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Completed spellout challenge

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Message 12 updated

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Msg 25 is updated

Message 253 updated
November reads completed, will create new post for Dec

Last update to message 12 done.

message 56 updated. I met the challenge and surpassed it thanks to some easy point getters.

🎁 Thank you for your recent posts. I will do updates later today.

I think it’s now December for all of us, so good luck with your December books.

Last update on post #18 for November.

For December, I'd like to try to spell-out as many of our names as I can. 🙃

✅ Dec Spell-Out: 84/84

Tr1sha
T: 2/12 - Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
R: 14/12 - Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
1: 15/12 - 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
S: 1/12 - The Secret Life of Birds: Who They Are and What They Do
H: 6/12 - Haunted: Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives
A: 3/12 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Ali
A: 5/12 - Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy, Bill Adair
L: 6/12 - The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir
I: 2/12 - Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

Sandra
S: 2/12 - Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria
A: 6/12 - At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
N: 6/12 - Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand
D: 3/12 - Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love
R: 3/12 - Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, Robert George Reisner
A: 8/12 - After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

Miriam
M: 2/12 - Madrid: A New Biography
I: 4/12 - It Starts with the Egg: How the Science of Egg Quality Can Help You Get Pregnant Naturally, Prevent Miscarriage, and Improve Your Odds in IVF
R: 5/12 - The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Rich Cohen
I: 16/12 - I Am a SEAL Team Six Warrior: Memoirs of an American Soldier
A: 10/12 - Serious Cryptography, 2nd Edition: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption, Jean-Philippe Aumasson
M: 3/12 - The MGM Effect: How a Hollywood Studio Changed the World

Christene
C: 3/12 - The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing
H: 10/12 - Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
R: 5/12 - The Richest Man in Babylon
I: 16/12 - Invisible Influence: The Power to Persuade Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
S: 2/12 - Subpar Planet: The World's Most Celebrated Landmarks and Their Most Disappointed Visitors
T: 3/12 - Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles, Kathleen Turner
E: 4/12 - Everyday MAGIC: The Joy of Not Being Everything and Still Being More Than Enough
N: 11/12 - The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
E: 7/12 - Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World

Isabela
I: 19/12 - I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
S: 2/12 - Karate Science: Dynamic Movement, J.D. Swanson
A: 13/12 - The True History of Merlin the Magician, Anne Lawrence-Mathers
B: 1/12 - The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453
E: 7/12 - Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism, Elizabeth Bartmess
L: 10/12 - The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France
A: 13/12 - Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography

Debora
D: 5/12 - The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World, David Deutsch
E: 10/12 - Emperors of Rome: The Story of Imperial Rome from Julius Caesar to the Last Emperor
B: 4/12 - Before We Go Live: Navigating the Abusive World of Online Entertainment
O: 6/12 - The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy
R: 7/12 - Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia, Richard E. Cytowic
A: 13/12 - A Complaint Is a Gift Workbook: 101 Activities, Exercises, and Tools to Learn from Critical Feedback and Recover Customer Loyalty

Zach
Z: 14/12 - The Owner's Manual to Life: Simple Strategies to Worry Less and Enjoy Life More, Michael Zajaczkowski
A: 14/12 - A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road
C: 9/12 - Beneath the Underdog, Charles Mingus
H: 11/12 - Oranges: A Global History, Clarissa Hyman

Valerie
V: 20/12 - The Vocabulary Builder Workbook: Simple Lessons and Activities to Teach Yourself Over 1,400 Must-Know Words
A: 14/12 - Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, Allie Esiri
L: 12/12 - Lonely Planet Greece
E: 11/12 - The Most Interesting Book in the World, Edward Brooke-Hitching
R: 18/12 - Transformed: A Navy SEAL’s Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds, Remi Adeleke
I: 20/12 - The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
E: 12/12 - A Year of Mystical Thinking: Make Life Feel Magical Again, Emma Howarth

Richard
R: 18/12 - Cuban Cocktails: 100 Classic and Modern Drinks - A Cocktail Book, Ravi DeRossi
I: 21/12 - Imperfect Environmentalist: How to Reduce Waste and Create Change for a Better Planet
C: 4/12 - Your 3 Best Super Powers: Meditation, Imagination & Intuition, Sonia Choquette
H: 15/12 - A History of English Literature
A: 14/12 - Arabic Phrases, Sayings & Idioms: Fast Arabic to Enrich your Language Now
R: 18/12 - Hearts And Minds: The Untold Story of the Great Pilgrimage and How Women Won the Vote, Jane Robinson
D: 5/12 - The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success

Marina
M: 3/12 - The Mother of All Success Manuals: How to Control Your Days, Lose the Guilt, and Find Harmony Between Work and Life
A: 15/12 - Anxiety Rx: A Revolutionary New Prescription for Anxiety Relief―from the Doctor Who Created It
R: 19/12 - Carpe Diem: Seizing the Day in a Distracted World, Roman Alexander Krznaric
I: 21/12 - The Instant Pot Bible: More than 350 Recipes and Strategies: The Only Book You Need for Every Model of Instant Pot
N: 12/12 - Do It! Speaking: 77 Instant-Action Ideas to Market, Monetize, and Maximize Your Expertise, David Newman
A: 15/12 - Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information

Anupama
A: 16/12 - Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life
N: 21/12 - No Time to Panic: How I Curbed My Anxiety and Conquered a Lifetime of Panic Attacks
U: 6/12 - Universe or Multiverse?
P: 8/12 - Burnout: A Guide to Identifying Burnout and Pathways to Recovery, Gordon Parker
A: 16/12 - Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire, Ashley Spencer
M: 5/12 - Beyond the Pale: A Fable about Escaping the Hustle and Finding Yourself, Matthew Turner
A: 18/12 - Approaching Disability: Critical issues and perspectives by Mallett Rebecca Runswick-Cole Katherine (2014-06-25) Paperback

Elle
E: 13/12 - Explaining Life Through Evolution
L: 14/12 - Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Martin Lindstrom
L: 15/12 - The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits, Les Standiford
E: 14/12 - Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II

Giulia
G: 3/12 - Goldeneye: Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica
I: 21/12 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
U: 22/12 - Unlocking Spanish with Paul Noble: Your key to language success
L: 15/12 - 1000 Ways to Ask Why: Introduction to Dramaturgical Thinking, Emily LeQuesne
I: 21/12 - If You Live To 100, You Might As Well Be Happy: Lessons for a Long and Joyful Life: The Korean Bestseller
A: 18/12 - Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD, Jesse J. Anderson

Wow - that’s quite a challenge, Richard. I suspect 84 books may be too daunting for most of us this month - but instead I challenge everyone to list the names & read for at least one letter in each name. It may help us to choose our books - but it’s optional!

My December spell-out: (target 1 letter from each name)

Ali
A: Barriers to Entry, Ariel Lawhon

Sandra
N: Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger, Nigel Slater

Christene

Debora
D: Deluge, Charmaine Wilkerson

Zach

Valerie

Richard
H: The Holy Night, Selma Lagerlöf

Marina
M: Murder at the Royal Ruby, Nita Prose

Anupama
N: His Other Wife, Nicole Trope

Elle

Giulia

Tr1sha wrote: "Wow - that’s quite a challenge, Richard. I suspect 84 books may be too daunting for most of us this month"

Oh yes, I'm just challenging myself to do that many. I never expect anyone else to duplicate my madness. I got a fever...& that fever is for more cowbell. 😎

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Richard wrote: "Message 46 updated for Dec 1st
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Thanks, Richard. I will add your December books to the spreadsheet tomorrow, I have only done the November updates today to complete the month.

I like the spell-out idea, it is a way to celebrate that we're all here together, which sounds fitting for December.


My December spell-out:

Tr1sha
Snowed In
The Haunting of Hill House

Ali
Anabasis

Sandra
Szepty kamieni. Historie z opuszczonej Islandii
Naustet

Miriam
Marcus Kliewer, We Used to Live Here

Christene
Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology
Nightvine

Isabela
Into the Drowning Deep
A Shining

Debora
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
Ostatni Honorowy

Zach
Zodiak
P. Djèlí Clark, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Valerie
Victory Citrus Is Sweet

Richard
Red Seas Under Red Skies
A Christmas Carol

Marina
Mr Loveday's Little Outing & Other Early Stories

Anupama
Nagle trup
Pelikanen

Elle
Ed Gein
Little Free Library

Giulia
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea

December Spell-Out Challenge

Ali Au printemps (Grands Classiques) by Guy de Maupassant
Sandra
Christene La Chambre 11: Nouvelle érotique by Guy de Maupassant
Debora To Be Read at Dusk by Charles Dickens
Zach
Valerie
Richard
Marina
Anupama
Elle Endless Night by Agatha Christie
Giulia Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles, and Secrets from Timor-Leste by Gordon Peake

My December books

(1-249 pages = 1 point
250-499 pages = 2 points
500-749 = 3 points, etc
Post title, date finished, pages)

Easy point getters <50 pages : 5/10

Books read
1.The Answer Is No - 2nd Dec - 68 - 1
2.The Gift - 2nd Dec - 53 - 1
3.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 2nd Dec - 176 - 1.5 (BOTM)
4.Havoc - 10th Dec - 256 - 2
5.A Christmas Carol - 11th Dec - 184 - 1.5 (BOTM)
6.A Five-Letter Word for Love - 14th Dec - 368 - 2
7.The Story of a New Name - 15th Dec - 471 - 2
8.How to Kill Men and Get Away with It - 16th Dec - 384 - 2
9.Stories I Told My Dead Lover - 17th Dec - 206 - 1
10.The Princess Game - 19th Dec - 60 - 1
11.The Cleaners - 19th Dec - 33 - 1
12.The Wickeds - 19th Dec - 35 - 1
13.Rhythm of War - 20th Dec - 1232 - 4
14.Sitting Bull: A Life from Beginning to End - 24th Dec - 45 - 1
15.In Bloom - 24th Dec - 35 - 1
16.The Pram - 24th Dec - 58 - 1
17.A Wizard of Earthsea - 26th Dec - 161 - 1
18.Deluge - 30th Dec - 37 - 1
19.Heavenly Tyrant - 30th Dec - 575 - 3
20,Merry Ever After - 30th Dec - 59 - 1
21. Merriment and Mayhem - 30th Dec - 58 - 1
22.Cruel Winter with You - 31st Dec - 73 - 1
23.The Blood-Born Dragon - 31st Dec - 330 - 2
24.All by My Elf - 31st Dec - 55 - 1
25.Only Santas in the Building - 31st Dec - 65 - 1

Total Points: 36

Love the December Spell out :-D
My December spell-out: (target 1 letter from each name)

Tr1sha - T - The Answer Is No
Ali - A - A Five-Letter Word for Love
Sandra - S - Stories I Told My Dead Lover
Christene - C - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Debora - D - Deluge
Zach - H - Havoc
Valerie - A - All by My Elf
Richard - R -Rhythm of War
Marina - MMerriment and Mayhem
Elle - E - Elena FerranteThe Story of a New Name
Giulia - G - The Gift
Isabela - I - In Bloom
Miriam - M - Merry Ever After

I wish there was an option to like the messages :-D

Anupama wrote: "I wish there was an option to like the messages :-D"

👍 😆

Ali wrote: "I like the spell-out idea, it is a way to celebrate that we're all here together, which sounds fitting for December.
..."

Thank you for your lovely comment.

Anupama wrote: "I wish there was an option to like the messages :-D"

I agree!

December Spell-Out Challenge

Ali The Alchemist, the Original Short Story:
Sandra The Star
Christene Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Debora Desiree's Baby
Zach Zinotchka
Valerie The Velveteen Rabbit
Richard Regret
Marina A Malnascida
Anupama The Alchemist, the Original Short Story:
Elle Eveline
Giulia The Alchemist, the Original Short Story:

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Updated post #33 - first December book

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Remember the November targets in message #299? The targets with results for those who met their targets:

Ali, (22) 37.5
Sandra, (25) 27
Christene, (36) 36
Valerie, (15) 22
Richard, (410) 440
Marina, (18) 23.5
Anupama, (33) 58.5

Congratulations to everyone who met or passed their targets. Thank you to everyone who took part.