Hooked on Books discussion

Welcome to our SUMMER seasonal read-a-thon. This read-a-thon runs from Jun 21-Sept 22/15.

Not only are we counting the pages that we read, but there is also a bonus challenge this time. For every book that you read with a title starting with one of the letters in the bonus word give yourself 1 point, if the author's name starts with a letter in the bonus word give yourself 2 points. Watch for our bonus word coming soon

For example (if WINTER were our bonus word):

Nothing Lasts Forever by Sidney Sheldon = 1 point for title
OR
Racing the Nightmares by Dale Ibitz = 2 bonus points for author
OR
Winter Swans by Danica Winters = 1 point for title, 2 points for author = 3 bonus points

Be sure to tally your pages and bonus points separately. The person with the most bonus points at the end of the challenge will get to choose a spring related word for the next quarter.

To sign up simply start yourself a post to track what you've read during the read-a-thon. Edit your post throughout the read-a-thon to let everyone know which books you've read & your total number of pages.

Here is a a template for your post:

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read:
Bonus Points:

Books Read:

1.

Bonus Word

Our Spring read-a-thon winner was Kelsi. She picked our bonus challenge word for the spring read-a-thon.

And since I've still yet to hear back from Kelsi, our Summer word has been magically picked. That word is:

Barbecue

* Jonel pages read: 10,979 bonus points: ##
* Keira pages read: 17,376 bonus points: 60
* Jo-Anne pages read: 10,998 bonus points: ##
* Marcia pages read: 8,019 bonus points: 34
* Janessa pages read: 3,650 bonus points: 7
* Fail pages read: 5,650 bonus points: 29
* Catriona pages read: 16,570 bonus points: 57
* HermioneGrnger pages read: 1,267 bonus points: 5
* Lexi pages read: ## bonus points: ##
* Adrianna pages read: ## bonus points: ##
* Ashley pages read: 10,338 bonus points: 42
* Paulami pages read: 1,216 bonus points: ##
* Rainbow pages read: 2,015 bonus points: 22
* Alicia pages read: 6,179 bonus points: 32
* Heather pages read: 309 bonus points: ##
* Janne pages read: 8,939 bonus points: 41
* Madilyn pages read: 1,814 bonus points: 8
* Kathryn pages read: 16,044 bonus points: 53
* Kate pages read: 6,565 bonus points: 21
* Jupiter pages read: ## bonus points: ##

group pages read: 127,928

Bonus points winner: Kathryn

pages read: 10,979
Bonus points: ##


288p 220p 320p 450p 256p 80p 385p
288p 139p 384p 384p 80p 336p 384p
309p 444p 299p 303p 58p 502p 134p
327p 240p 175p 297p 224p 349p 200p
71p 224p 374p 386p 384p 311p 208p
352p 192p 534p 88p 69p

Pages Read: 17,376
Bonus Points: 60







Paritally Read:
225 pages of it 122 pages of it
Books Reading:

Pages read: 10,998
Bonus points: ##

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read: 8019 pages
Bonus Points: 34 points

Barbecue

Books Read:
Hate List By Jennifer Brown 405 pages 2 bonus points
How I Planned Your Wedding: The All-True Story
of a Mother and Daughter Surviving the Happiest Day of Their Lives By Susan Wiggs 240 pages 0 points
Safe Distance By Megan Green 275 pages
The Silver Witch By Paula Brackston 320 pages 2 bonus points
By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain By Joe Hill 30 pages 1 bonus point
The Escape Artist By Diane Chamberlain 432 pages 3 bonus points
Revival By Stephen King 416 pages 1 bonus point
Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens 410 pages 2 points
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy 416 pages 0 points
Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger 308 pages 0 points
Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand 416 pages 2 points
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens 387 pages 0 points
The Good Girl by Mary Kubica 352 pages 0 points
Follow You Home by Mark Edwards 381 pages 2 points
The Stranger by Harlen Coben 400 pages 2 points
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt 360 pages 2 points
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters
of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport 512 pages 3 points
Lover at Last by JR Ward 628 pages 3 points
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey 275 pages 3 points
Lamp Black, Wolf Grey by Paula Brackston 320 pages 3 points
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 352 pages 3 points
Second Life by SJ Watson 384 pages 0 points

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read: 3,650
Bonus Points: 7
Bonus Word: Barbecue
Books Read:
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Jonel wrote: "Welcome to our SUMMER seasonal read-a-thon. This read-a-thon runs from Jun 21-Sept 22/15.

Not only are we counting the pages that we read, but there is also a bonus challenge this time. For eve..."

When is the bonus word announced? At the beggining? End? And isn't it supposed to be a summer word not a spring one?
Also, does it matter which word in the title starts with the letter? What if there is more than one? What if the both authors names start with a letter in the word?

Keira wrote: "Jonel wrote: "Welcome to our SUMMER seasonal read-a-thon. This read-a-thon runs from Jun 21-Sept 22/15.

Not only are we counting the pages that we read, but there is also a bonus challenge this ..."

Kelsi won the spring bonus challenge so she gets to pick the summer word. It will be posted once she's picked it.

The title itself must start with the bonus letter, so the first word, but it can be any letter in the bonus word. You can ignore a, the, etc.
The author's name can only count once per book, but you can count both the title & the author's name for each book.

Pages read:5650

Bonus points: 29

Books read:

Jonel wrote: "Keira wrote: "Jonel wrote: "Welcome to our SUMMER seasonal read-a-thon. This read-a-thon runs from Jun 21-Sept 22/15.

Not only are we counting the pages that we read, but there is also a bonus c..."

Thank you!

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read: 16,570
Bonus Points: 57

Books Read:

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read:1267 pgs
Bonus Points: 5 point

Books Read:
1. Half Bad, by Sally Green
2. Off the page, by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer
3. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
4. Since You've Been Gone, by Morgan Matson

Pages Read:
Bonus Points:

Books Read:

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
June 21 - September 22

Pages Read:
Bonus Points:
Currently Reading:

Books Read:

I'm not positive how good I'll be at updating this but I'd love to give it a go! Good luck everyone, hope you enjoy all your books. x

Pages Read: 10,338
Bonus Points: 42
Barbecue

Books Read:
1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (531 pages)
2. The Oh She Glows Cookbook: Over 100 Vegan Recipes to Glow from the Inside Out by Angela Liddon (336 pages)
3. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn (216 pages)
4. Batman: The Killing Joke by by Alan Moore (64 pages)
5. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman (148 pages)
6. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (849 pages)
7. Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (114 pages)
8. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (417 pages)
9. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker (272 pages)
10. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (144 pages)
11. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (96 pages)
12. Sparky! by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans (40 pages)
13. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (282 pages)
14. End of Days by Susan Ee (331 pages)
15. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (303 pages)
16. The Horrid Glory of Its Wings by Elizabeth Bear (32 pages)
17. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (355 pages)
18. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell (119 pages)
19. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (227 pages)
20. Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata (195 pages)
21. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (266 pages)
22. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (260 pages)
23. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (215 pages)
24. Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor (613 pages)
25. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman & Rob Guillory (128 pages)
25. Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson (256 pages)
26. Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway (352 pages)
27. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (303 pages)
28. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra (256 pages)
29. Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata (197 pages)
30.Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata (195 pages)
31. Death Note, Vol. 4: Love by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata (204 pages)
32. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (152 pages)
33. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (534 pages)
34. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day (262 pages)
35. It by Stephen King (877 pages)
36. A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (197 pages)

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
Jun 21-Sept 22/15

Pages Read: 1216
Bonus Points:

Books Read:

1. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
2. Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence (Death Note #2)
3. Death Note, Vol. 3: Hard Run (Death Note #3)
4. Death Note, Vol. 4: Love (Death Note #4)
5. Death Note, Vol. 5: Whiteout (Death Note #5)
6. Ajax Penumbra: 1969
7. After Dark

Pages Read: 6179
Bonus Points: 32

Books Read:

The bonus word is now up!!!!!

Pages read: 309

Books Read:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

With the author's name points, does it have to be the surname that starts with a bonus letter or first name? Or either?

Fail wrote: "With the author's name points, does it have to be the surname that starts with a bonus letter or first name? Or either?"

Either one. Whichever works best for a particular book.

Jonel wrote: "Fail wrote: "With the author's name points, does it have to be the surname that starts with a bonus letter or first name? Or either?"

Either one. Whichever works best for a particular book."

Thank you!

Pages read: 1,814

Bonus points: 8

Books read:
1. Wildwood
2. Waterfall
3. The Bad Beginning
4. Cascade
5. The Colossus Rises

Summer 2015 Read-A-Thon
June 21st - September 22nd

Word - BARBECUE

Pages Read:6565
Bonus Points:21

Books Read:

Pages read:
Bonus points:
Books read:

I'm counting the book I read from now on since I only entered now.

Ashley (JaffaCaffa) wrote: "For the bonus points, it only counts for the author's last name right?"

It's either first or last :)

Ashley (JaffaCaffa) wrote: "For the bonus points, it only counts for the author's last name right?"

You can do first or last.

Now that we've had a few runs of our seasonal read-a-thon... It's question time. Are you all interested in continuing to a fall seasonal? Or is there very little interest?

Jonel wrote: "Now that we've had a few runs of our seasonal read-a-thon... It's question time. Are you all interested in continuing to a fall seasonal? Or is there very little interest?"

I'm interested in a fall seasonal Read-A-Thon. These are fun!

Jonel wrote: "Now that we've had a few runs of our seasonal read-a-thon... It's question time. Are you all interested in continuing to a fall seasonal? Or is there very little interest?"

I'd like to do a fall seasonal Read-A-Thon. I have to confess that I don't think I could come up with a seasonal bonus word so I didn't add my bonus points this time and probably won't next time either.

Looking back at how much I've read in a season is actually really satisfying. I've felt like I've barely read anything the past few months but seeing them written out makes me realise how much I've actually read. Some of them feel like ages ago, it's hard to believe it was only the beginning of summer haha.

Ashley (JaffaCaffa) wrote: "Looking back at how much I've read in a season is actually really satisfying. I've felt like I've barely read anything the past few months but seeing them written out makes me realise how much I've..."

Way to go Ashley!

Hey all! Don't forget to update your totals before Friday so that we can find our bonus word winner

Jonel wrote: "Now that we've had a few runs of our seasonal read-a-thon... It's question time. Are you all interested in continuing to a fall seasonal? Or is there very little interest?"

I'd love to do the Autumn one!

I would also love to do the Autumn one, I just found these Read-a-thons on your page and I'm very interested.

Tracey & Rogan, you can sign up for the Fall/Autumn one here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...