NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion

It's time for

Start: October 4th PDT 8:00 AM (BST 4PM) - countdown
End: October 19th PDT 8:00 AM (BST 4 PM)


It's read-a-thon time! And since we all love books and reading challenges, this one is a mix between a regular Read-a-Thon and a Treasure Hunt, Nothing But Reading Challenges style.

◈ Teams can choose from two types of events:

Event #1: Reading like a Banshee - a "read-as-much-as-you-can" event
Event #2: Halloween Book Hunt - a mini-challenge event

◈ Book advantage: Each event will have a book advantage awarding, as follows:

1st Place:10 BAPs
2nd Place:8 BAPs
3rd Place:6 BAPs
4th Place:4 BAPs
5th Place:2 BAPs

In case of a tie, the full amount of book points will be granted to the tied teams.
Each team participating in the read-a-thon will receive 5 BAPs - and yes, it's cummulative

◈ Events are not exclusive. That means teams can choose to do event #1, or event #2 or both.

◈ Keep us updated on your progress! Every few hours (as long as it doesn't interfere with your reading), post a status update on how the reading is going. A thread will be provided for this.

◈ The winners of the Read-a-Thon will be announced on October 20th

Event #1: Reading like a Banshee

How to Read Like a Banshee?
Step #1: Set a personal goal and let us know about it- this one is just for fun. It wouldn't be a read-a-thon without some goal, right?

Step #2:Find your team's read-a-thon goal - This is as simple as the sum of the book goals from each participant in the read-a-thon.

Step #3:Keep us posted from your process on the provided thread- this one is very important.

Step #4:Read. Read. Read.
Grab your books. Tell the world to stop during 2 weeks. Tell the kids you will be busy reading. Grab your favorite snacks. Find your favorite reading nook and read like a Banshee.


How to keep track?
We will provide a thread for this. After you finish the reading for the day. Or you are changing books. Or you need a break. Whatever. Just go to the thread and say which book you are reading and the amount of pages you read from said book.
For ebooks and audiobooks you can use percentages. BUt they need to have at least one edition with page numbers on GR. If not, ask Countess Paige for help.


How to find the winner?
First sum the pages read by your team (A). Grab your team's Tower Team Goal (B)
A/B = read-a-thon ratio.

Example:
Team Moonstoon only has 3 members participating on the read-a-thon.
book goals are:

Member book goal
Chris 100
Rebecca 150
Vi 213

Total book goal:100+150+213 = 463

Now add the number of pages read during the RaT

Member pages read
Chris 1000
Rebecca 2000
Vi 3000

Total of pages read = 1000+2000+3000 = 6000

Moonstoon Points for the Reading Like a Banshee option:
(6000/463)*100 = 1295,896

The event winner will be the team with a bigger read-a-thon ratio.

Event #2: Halloween Book Hunt

How to Beat the Pirate Ghost and Catch the Treasure?
For this event, each team will have to complete 5 tasks or steps. Each task has to be posted on the correct order. Plus, they are cumulative - which means read one book for task #1, two books for task #2 and so on.

Step #1: Choose the themes from the options below, and decide which one you will do for each task. You can't choose the same theme more than once. Don't forget you have to post them in the correct order.
For example, if you choose Theme #7 for Task 1, Theme #4 for Task 2, and Theme #10 for Task 3, you must post them in that order: 7, 4, 10.

Step #2: Grab the Clues. For each completed task, we're going to give you a clue. After you collect all clues, you can start working on your final task. Without this one you can't compete for the final BAPs, so plan carefully.

Book Hunt Themes
Theme #1:Classic Horror
Read classic horror books like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Bran Stoker’s Dracula. Or, you can choose the modern revamp of old classics like Pride, Prejudice and zombies.


Theme #2:Masters of Horror and Fantastic
Read a book from a master of horror and Fantastic like Stephen King or Dean Koontz, or if you prefer a more lighter approach, like Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratcher.


Theme #3:Samhain (**)
Read a book that focus on Celtic/Gaelic traditions like Beltane, Samhain or other rituals, or somehow fit the meaning of Samhain (see spoiler for info)
(view spoiler)[Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. Most commonly it is held on 31 October – 1 November, or halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.

It was the time when cattle were brought back down from the summer pastures and when livestock were slaughtered for the winter. In much of the Gaelic world, bonfires were lit and there were rituals involving them. People and their livestock would often walk between two bonfires as a cleansing ritual, and the bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames.

Samhain (like Beltane) was seen as a time when the "door" to the Otherworld opened enough for the souls of the dead, and other beings, to come into our world.
Feasts were had, at which the souls of dead kin were beckoned to attend and a place set at the table for them. It has thus been likened to a festival of the dead.
(hide spoiler)]
People also took steps to protect themselves from harmful spirits, which is thought to have led to the custom of guising. Divination was also done at Samhain.


Theme #4:Trick or Treat (*)
Let your inner child on the loose in a trick or treat spell-it-out challenge. Suggestions: the perfect costume, the sweets, the pranks, the kind neighbor, the scary one. Surprise us.
T - Tangled Threads
W - Wallbanger
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns
Z - Zeke from The Immortal Rules
Z - Zevin, Gabrielle - All These Things I've Done
L - The Last Olympian
E - Etiquette & Espionage
R - Robert Galbraith - The Cuckoo's Calling
S - Sarah Dresden - Just Listen

Theme #5:Face your Fears (**)
Read books about things that scary you - urban legends, ghost stories, spiders, spider webs, murders, even elevators or planes, is all about your fears.


Theme #6:Hallow Places (**)
For this option, is all about the setting - Cemeteries, dark forest, haunted house, the asylum, Dracula's Castle


Theme #7:Halloween Party – a Spell-it-Out challenge (*)
Use your imagination to create the perfect party item: the beverages, the food, the decorations, the theme, the music
P - Prodigy
O - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
T - Tolliver from Grave Sight
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes
O - The Orphan Master's Son
N - Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book

Theme #8:Supernatural Creatures
The title is self explanatory, read a book that has witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, zombie, ghosts, spirits, poltergeist, anything counts.


Theme #9:Halloween Cover Hunt
Read books with covers matching Halloween colors - black, orange, red - or Halloween themes - pumpkins, skulls, etc.


Theme #10:Special Abilities
Read books with characters with special abilities - fire power, magical powers, sending the dead, flying, weather manipulation, visions, time traveling, etc.


(*) For spell-it-outs: use the first letter in the book's title (if the book starts with 'the', 'a', 'an', etc, you may use the first letter in the second word of the title), the first letter of an author's first or last name, or the first letter of a character's first, last or nick name.

(**)For this theme, it all depends on the reader's interpretation - it can be book concept, settings, cover or title.

Example:
Cadet Blue decides that the order for the five tasks will be:
◈step #1 - Theme #10:Special Abilities
read one book where a character has a special ability
◈step #2 - Theme #2:Masters of Horror and Fantastic
read two books written by a master of horror or fantastic
◈step #3 - Theme #6:Hallow Places
read three books that have a scary place
◈step #4 - Theme #8:Supernatural Creatures
read four books with a supernatural being
◈step #5 - Theme #7:Halloween Party - spell-it-out choice: Zombie Walk
read 5 books from the spell-it-out option


Getting the clues:
Since Cadet Blue chose a 4 step hunt, for each finished step, they get a clue - for example:
◈Clue #1: It can be one of three
◈Clue #2: Is a member's choice
◈Clue #3: It generates great discussions
◈Clue #4: Is a monthly occurrence
◈Clue #5: Participation is not mandatory

Treasure: For your final task, read a current or past BOM.
Note:The clues and treasure displayed are just an example. Final task is still to uncover


Clues and Final Task
To keep things even - and to avoid the Pirate's Wrath - we're going to use a point system.

For each task marked as complete, the team will be awarded some points, according with the posting order as follows:

Tasks 1 to 5: 1 BAP per task completed
Final task: 5 BAPs

As soon as a task is marked as completed by the first team, the correspondent clue will be posted on the thread, so every team member can access it.

Final task has no reading included, and will by posted on the 14th or as soon as ALL teams complete all tasks from 1 to 5.

Changes to events, themes and participants are allowed till October 14th.

Reading like a Banshee
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TC
Melissa
Tea
Ezi


Halloween Book Hunt

theme 1 - Face Your Fears
1. Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela by Felicia Watson - Ezi - 10/6 - fear: domestic violence

theme 2 - Classic Horror
1. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - Melissa - 10/8
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen - TC - 10/9

theme 3 - Supernatural Creatures
1. The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning - Ezi - 10/4
2. Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur - Ezi - 10/6
3. Blood Rights by Kristen Painter - TC - 10/6

theme 4 - Trick or Treat - skittles
1. Strike from The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - Tea 10/5
2. Layla from Bungalow Nights by Christie Ridgway - TC 10/5
3. Flesh and Blood by Kristen Painter - TC 10/7
4. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - Tea 10/8

theme 5 - Halloween Party - haunted house
1. A - The Restorer by Amanda Stevens - TC 10/5 - author
2. H - The Saint by Monica McCarty - Tea - 10/7 - series Highland Guard
3. T - Whisper Falls by Toni Blake - TC - 10/6 - author
4. U - Untamed by Pamela Clare - Tea - 10/7 - title
5. S - Skye from The Love Shack by Christie Ridgway - TC 10/8

Halloween Hobbits Spreadsheet

Example for posting books for Event 1 - Reading Like a Banshee

Update 10/6: 750 pages total
Blood Rights by Kristen Painter: 150 pgs on 10/4, finished 250 pgs on 10/6

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith: 100 pgs on 10/4, 150 pgs on 10/5, finished 100 pgs on 10/6

Update 10/8: 500 pgs total
Flesh and Blood by Kristen Painter: finished 400 pgs on 10/7

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: 100 pgs on 10/8

Example for posting books for Event 2 - Halloween Book Hunt

Task #- theme: Phantoms by Dean Koontz, finished 10/4

Task #- theme: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, finished 10/6

Daily updates(or as close as possible)

To reduce space on this post:
Oct 4th-12th
TC 4152 pages
Tea 2891 pages
Ezi 3306 pages
Melissa 1319 pages

Oct 13th
TC 671 pgs
Tea 359 pgs
Ezi 484 pgs
Melissa 77 pgs

Oct 14th
TC 854 pgs
Tea 282 pgs
Ezi 151 pgs
Melissa 306 pgs

Oct 15th
TC 738 pgs
Tea 420 pgs
Ezi
Melissa

Tea
1. Task 4, 312 pgs [10/5/13] The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (10/4 104pgs, 10/5 last 208 pgs)
2. Task 5, 414 pgs [10/7/13] The Saint by Monica McCarty (10/6 complete book)
3. Task 5, 347 pgs; [10/7/13] Untamed by Pamela Clare (10/5 read 146 pgs, 10/6 read 42 pgs, 10/7 read last 159 pgs)
4. 67 pgs; A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin (10/6 read 17 pgs, 10/7 read 25 pgs, 10/9 read 25 pgs)
5. 391 pgs; [10/8/13] Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (10/7 read 18 pgs, 10/8 read last 373 pgs)
6. 320 pgs; [10/9/13] Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery (10/9 complete book)
7. 320 pgs; [10/12/13] Hero at Large by Janet Evanovich (10/10 read 150 pgs; 10/12 read 170 gs)
8. 368 pgs; [10/11/13] What Darkness Brings by C S Harris (10/10 read 82 pgs; 10/11 read 286 pgs)
9. 336 pgs; [10/12/13] Storm Front by Jim Butcher (10/12 complete book)
10. 69 pgs; Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (10/12 read 16 pgs; 10/13 read 13 pgs; 10/14 read 20 pgs; 10/15 read 20 pgs)
11. 608 pgs; [10/14/13] The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (10/13 read 346 pgs, 10/14 read 262 pgs)
12. 400 pgs; [10/15/13] Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson (10/15 complete book)
13. 368 pgs; Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh (10/16/13 complete book)
14. 390 pgs; [10/17/13] Border Bride by Amanda Scott (10/16 read 66 pgs; 10/17 read 324 pgs)
15. 267 pgs; The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley (10/17 read 78 pgs; 10/18 read 189 pgs)
16. 336 pgs; [10/19/13] Sweet Revenge by Andrea Penrose (10/18 read 59 pgs; 10/19 read 277 pgs)


Melissa
1. 178 pgs; [10/8/13]The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson (10/7 read 76 pgs; 10/8 read last 102 pgs)
2. 126 pgs; [10/10/13] The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis (10/7 read 33 pgs; 10/9 read 48 pgs, 10/10 read 45 pgs)
3. 416 pgs [10/11/13] U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (10/8 read 70 pgs, 10/9 read 10 pgs,10/10 read 195 pgs; 10/11 read 145 pgs)
4. 352 pgs [10/9/13] Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (10/8 read 212 pgs, 10/9 read 140 pgs)
5. 160 pgs; [10/13/13] Angel Cats: Divine Messengers of Comfort by Allen Anderson (10/9 read 34 pgs, 10/10 read 49 pgs; 10/13 read 77 pgs)
6. 336 pgs [10/14/13] The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett (10/9 read 30 pgs; 10/14 read 306 pgs)
7. 155 pgs; [10/15/13] Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (10/15 LP 46.1% read=155/336)
8. 337 pgs; [10/16/13] Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (10/11 read 134 pgs; 10/15 read 60 pgs; 10/16 read 143 pgs)
9. 160 pgs; [10/17/13] Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection by Various (10/17 complete book)
10. 304 pgs [10/17/13] The Cat, the Mill and the Murder by Leann Sweeney (10/17 complete book)
11. 320 pgs; [10/18/13] Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan (10/16 read 37 pgs; 10/17 read 37 pgs; 10/18 read 246 pgs)
12. 73 pgs; The Christian Atheist: Believing in God But Living as If He Doesn't Exist by Crai Groeschel (10/18 read 73 pgs)
13. 106 pgs; Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker (10/17 read 40 pgs; 10/18 read 66 pgs)

Ezi
1. Task 3, 370 pgs; [10/4/13] The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (10/4 complete book)
2. 250 pgs; [10/5/13] The Locker Room by Amy Lane (10/5 complete book)
3. Task 3, 386 pgs; [10/6/13] Dangerous Games by Keri Arthur (10/6 complete book)
4. Task 1, 320pgs; [10/6/13] Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela by Felicia Watson (10/6 complete book)
5. 274 pgs; [10/8/13] Shadowed by Rebecca Zanetti (10/8 complete book)
6. 368 pgs; [10/9/13] Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (10/8 read 146 pgs, 10/9 read 222 pgs)
7. 403 pgs; [10/10/13] Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall (10/8 read 77 pgs; 10/9 read 126 pgs; 10/10 read 200 pgs)
8. 400 pgs; [10/10/13] The Spider by Jennifer Estep (10/10 complete book)
9. 400 pgs; [10/13/13] Black City by Elizabeth Richards (10/8 read 17 pgs; 10/9 read 54 pgs, 10/13 read 329 pgs)
10. 368 pgs; [10/13/13] Six Years by Harlan Coben (10/11 read 213 pgs; 10/13 read 155 pgs)
11. 251 pgs; [10/12/13] American Love Songs by Ashlyn Kane (10/11 read 85 pgs; 10/12 read 166 pgs)
12. 300 pgs; [10/15/13] Undercover Sins by Hayley B James (10/14 read 151 pgs; 10/15 read 149 pgs)
13. 240 pgs; [10/15/13] Far Shore by Traci L Slatton (10/15 complete book)
14. 210 pgs [10/16/13] Chase the Storm by V M Waitt (10/16 complete book)
15. 184 pgs; [10/16/13] Unbridled: A Collection of Short Stories from the Alex Crocker Series by Lauren Grimley (10/16 complete book)
16. 182 pgs; [10/17/13] Plan B by S J D Peterson (10/17 complete book)
17. 236 pgs; [10/18/13] Caught Running by Abigail Roux (10/18 complete book)
18. 76 pgs; Coming Home by M J S'Shea (10/19 read 76 pgs)
19. 11 pgs; Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels (10/19 read 11 pgs)
20. 24 pgs; This Girl by Colleen Hoover (10/19 read 24 pgs)
21. 38 pgs; Out for Blood by Kristen Painter (10/19 read 38 pgs)

Turtlecollector
1. Task 4, 372 pgs; [10/5/13] Bungalow Nights by Christie Ridgway (10/4 read 20 pgs,10/5 last 352 pgs)
2. Task 5, 376 pgs; [10/5/13] The Restorer by Amanda Stevens (10/4 read 143 pgs, 10/5 read last 233 pgs)
3. Task 3, 392 pgs; [10/6/13] Blood Rights by Kristen Painter (10/4 read 23 pgs, 10/6 read last 369 pgs)
4. Task 5, 373 pgs; [10/6/13] Whisper Falls by Toni Blake (10/6 complete book)
5. 402 pgs; [10/7/13] Flesh and Blood (10/7 read 402 pgs)
6. 384 pgs; [10/8/13] The Love Shack by Christie Ridgway (10/8 complete book)
7. 404 pgs; [10/10/13] Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (10/6 read 56 pgs; 10/7 read 82 pgs; 10/9 read 66 pgs; 10/10 read 200 pgs)
8. Task 2, 353 pgs; [10/9/13] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (10/6 read 30 pgs; 10/7 read 146 pgs; 10/8 read 118 pgs; 10/9 read last 59 pgs)
9. 403 pgs; [10/9/13] Second Honeymoon by James Patterson (10/9 complete book)
10. 226 pgs [10/12/13] Under a Velvet Cloak by Piers Anthony (10/10 read 36 pgs; 10/11 read 65 pgs; 10/12 read 125 pgs)
11. 310 pgs [10/14/13] Tithe by Holly Black (10/10 read 96 pgs; 10/11 read 5 pgs; 10/14 read 209 pgs)
12. 366 pgs; [10/12/13] Holly Lane by Toni Blake (10/12 complete book)
13. 373 pgs; [10/13/13] Willow Springs by Toni Blake (10/13 complete book)
14. 223 pgs; [10/13/13] Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie (10/13 complete book)
15. 99 pgs; Mistress by James Patterson (10/13 read 75 pgs; 10/15 read 11 pgs; 10/17 read 13 pgs)
16. 371 pgs; [10/14/13] Sea Glass Winter: A Shelter Bay Novel by Joann Ross (10/14 complete book)
17. 348 pgs; [10/15/13] Run To You by Rachel Gibson (10/14 read 274 pgs; 10/15 read 74 pgs)
18. 331 pgs; [10/15/13] Bad Nights by Rebecca York (10/15 complete book)
19. 282 pgs; [10/15/13] Pitch Perfect by Luann McLane (10/15 complete book)
20. 241 pgs; [10/16/13] The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel (10/15 read 40 pgs; 10/16 read 201 pgs)
21. 279 pgs [10/16/13] Catch of a Lifetime by Luann McLane (10/16 complete book)
22. 187 pgs [10/17/13] Taking Care of Business by Brenda Jackson (10/17 complete book)
23. 157 pgs; Cards on the Table b Agatha Christie (10/17 read 52 pgs; 10/18 read 81 pgs; 10/19 read 24 pgs)
24. 67 pgs; Deadline by Sandra Brown (10/17 read 67 pgs)
25. 392 pgs; [10/18/13] The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot (10/18 complete book)

Total pages 7711/7500 updated 10/19/13

Oct 4th total pages = 186
Oct 5th total pages = 585
Oct 6th total pages = 828
Oct 7th total pages = 630
Oct 8th total pages = 502
Oct 9th total pages = 528
Oct 10th total pages = 332
Oct 11th total pages = 70
Oct 12th total pages = 491
Oct 13th total pages = 671
Oct 14th total pages = 854
Oct 15th total pages = 738
Oct 16th total pages = 480
Oct 17th total pages = 319
Oct 18th total pages = 473
Oct 19th total pages = 24

reserved

just in case

Reading updates:

(view spoiler)[
RaT start:
A Game of Thrones - 37% (292/785 ADE pgs = 294/790 GR pgs)
The Cuckoo's Calling - 30% (129/419 ADE pgs = 137/449 GR pgs)

04.10.
The Cuckoo's Calling - 54% (225/419 ADE pgs = 241/449 GR pgs) - read: 104 pgs
days TOTAL: 104 pgs

05.10.
Untamed - 42% (146/347 GR pgs) - read: 146 pgs
✔ The Cuckoo's Calling - DONE! - read: 208 pgs
days TOTAL: 354 pgs

06.10.
A Game of Thrones - 39% (309/785 ADE pgs = 311/790 GR pgs) - read: 17 pgs
Untamed - 54% (188/347 GR pgs) - read: 42 pgs
✔ The Saint - DONE! - read: 414 pgs (MMP edition)
days TOTAL: 473 pgs

07.10.
A Game of Thrones - 42% (334/785 ADE pgs = 336/790 GR pgs) - read: 25 pgs
✔ Untamed - DONE! - read: 159 pgs
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - 5% (17/353 ADE pgs = 18/391 GR pgs) - read: 18 pgs
days TOTAL: 202 pgs

08.10.
✔ Daughter of Smoke & Bone - DONE! - read: 373 pgs
days TOTAL: 373 pgs

09.10.
A Game of Thrones - 46% (359/785 ADE pgs = 361/790 GR pgs) - read: 25 pgs
✔ Christmas on 4th Street - DONE! - read: 320 pgs
days TOTAL: 345 pgs

10.10.
Hero at Large - 47% (150/320 GR pgs) - read: 150 pgs
What Darkness Brings - 22% (70/315 ADE pgs = 82/368 GR pgs) - read: 82 pgs
days TOTAL: 232 pgs

11.10.
✔ What Darkness Brings - DONE! - read: 286 pgs
days TOTAL: 286 pgs

12.10.
✔ Hero at Large - DONE! - read: 170 pgs
✔ Storm Front - DONE! - read: 336 pgs
Sense and Sensibility - 4% (16/409 GR pgs (default edition)) - read: 16 pgs
days TOTAL: 522 pgs

13.10.
Sense and Sensibility - 7% (29/409 GR pgs (default edition)) - read: 13 pgs
The House of Hades - 57% (252/444 ADE pgs = 346/608 GR pgs) - read: 346 pgs
days TOTAL: 359 pgs
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14.10.
✔ The House of Hades - DONE! - read: 262 pgs
Sense and Sensibility - 12% (49/409 GR pgs (default edition)) - read: 20 pgs
days TOTAL: 282 pgs

15.10.
Sense and Sensibility - 17% (69/409 GR pgs (default edition)) - read: 20 pgs
✔ Simply Irresistible - DONE! - read: 400 pgs
days TOTAL: 420 pgs

16.10.
✔ Caressed By Ice - DONE! - read: 368 pgs
Border Bride - 17% (56/324 ADE pgs = 66/390 GR pgs) - read: 66 pgs
days TOTAL: 434 pgs

17.10.
✔ Border Bride - DONE! - read: 324 pgs
The Seduction of Elliot McBride - 78/267 (ADE=GR pgs!) - read: 78 pgs
days TOTAL: 402 pgs

18.10
✔ The Seduction of Elliot McBride - DONE! - read: 189 pgs
Sweet Revenge - 17,5% (49/279 ADE pgs = 59/336 GR pgs) - read: 59 pgs
days TOTAL: 248 pgs

RaT end
✔ Sweet Revenge - DONE! - read: 277 pgs
days TOTAL: 277 pgs
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TOTAL: 5313
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ADE pgs - page numbers on reader
GR pgs - page number on Goodreads
TOTAL is shown in GR pgs

Ezi and her preliminary list

Theme 1) Classic horror:

Theme 5) Face my Fear: ☑

Theme 8) Supernatural Creatures: ☑

Theme 9) Halloween Cover Hunt: ☑

Theme 10) Supernatural Abilities:

Ezi's list.
Read 4906 of 5000 pages as of Oct. 17

1) The Dark Highlander (theme 10) (370 pages) (Done 10/4).
2) The Locker Room (250 pages) (Done 10/5)
3) Dangerous Games (theme 9)(386 pages) (Done 10/6)
4) Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela (theme 5) (320 pages) (Done 10/6)
5) Shadowed (274 pages) (Done 10/8)
6) Shatter Me(368 pages) (Done 10/9)
7) Darkness Rises (403 pages) (Done 10/10)
8) The Spider (400 pages) (Done 10/10)
9) American Love Songs(251 pages) (Done 10/12)
10) Six Years (368 pages) (Done 10/13)
11) Black City (400 pages) Done 10/13)
12) Undercover Sins (300 pages) Done 10/15)
13) Far Shore (240 pages) Done 10/15)
14) Unbridled: A Collection of Short Stories from the Alex Crocker Series(184 pages) Done 10/16)
15) Chase the Storm (210 pages) Done 10/16)
16) Plan B (182 pages) Done 10/17)
17) Caught Running (236 pages) (Done 10/18)
18) Coming Home (230 pages) currently reading
19) Faith & Fidelity (228 pages)
20) This Girl (304 pages)

COMPLETED BOOKS

It would be helpful if all of you (who are playing part 2) post books you are planning to read and where they would fit (like Ezi did) so we can do some planning.

TC books for part 2 preliminary books

Theme 1:

Theme 4: SKITTLES


Theme 5:

Theme 7: HAUNTED HOUSE


Theme 9:


Of course some of these books could be switched to other themes depending on what the team does.

Can I book be in multiple categories? I ask because of your #2

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Can I book be in multiple categories? I ask because of your #2"

No, I was listing books then which categories it would fit if it would fit in more than one. It is easier for me this way when I am at work.

Updated post 16

Plan:
(with books so far)

Step 1 - Face your Fears
(TC)
or (E)

Step 2 - Supernatural Creatures
(T) (TC)


Step 3 - Classic Horror
(E) (TC) (M)


Step 4 - Trick or Treat
S (E)
K (E)
I (T)
T
T
L
E
S (T)

Step 5 - Halloween Party
H (TC)
A (E)
U
N
T (TC)
E
D
H (E)
O (M)
U
S
E


We are still missing Melissa's books so things will change.
At the moment TC as fastest of us has first first two categories and most books. Me as slowest, am starting 'last' with third one and I'm backup in case one of you can't finish third one (or later) in time.

Since speed is important here it would be great if we stick to the plan.

Every time we finish a step (category) we get points. And points are decreasing with each team posting (that's why we need speed ☺). Team with most points at the end wins.

I'm listening to on release day. It's vamps, so you should sub it for Shadowed (step 3)

Also, I removed Allegiant & Horde due to their late publication dates

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I'm listening to Darkness Rises on release day. It's vamps, so you should sub it for Shadowed (step 3)

Also, I removed Allegiant & Horde due to their late publication dates"

Done :P

I am going to read my books in that order. I might start Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a little early so that it is finished in the right time frame. Sonia said for part 2 only finished date matters.

I would also like to say this plan is not fixed in stone. :P I went by how I could fit most books in.
After Melissa gives us her titles, who knows how it'll end up.

If you see a way to sort them differently, you're welcome. You now what you want to read and when. I just assumed that your first book in each category is your first choice and tried to use them. :P

That is fine with me. I am planning to read all the books in post 16 by the 19th so you can switch them around if you want to. I just need 24 hr? notice if I need to have a book moved up in the task list. I did not have a specific order of reading them in mind except for reading Kristen Painter series in order. I think I might even sneak another book or two in there, so you can tell me if you think I should try to find something specific to this challenge.

I also think it is good that you are making me read my scary ones first so I can't put them off. Sometimes I am a good procrastinator and this will force me to get them done quickly.

Turtlecollector wrote: "I also think it is good that you are making me read my scary ones first so I can't put them off. Sometimes I am a good procrastinator and this will force me to get them done quickly."

I only put them first because those were only two categories with 'limited' book choices. :P
If Melissa also wants to read scary book, they can be moved later.

The only thing I think it should stay is that you are doing first step (and maybe second) since you're fastest reader in our group. That would give rest of us chance to catch up with later steps. :P

Question: for Face your fears, would spousal abuse be acceptable? It's not Halloween-ish, but it's a fear.

Fears don't have to be Halloween related. It even lists planes in the rules. So if it is a fear for you it counts. I have a fear of blood. I can't stand to see someone and/or myself bleeding, it always starts to panic me.

I am also going to read The Restorer which should fit in theme 6 hallow places. Can you make step 1 whichever book I finish first with this and the one already there?

Sure. If Ezi wants to read I can put fears as second step, and those horrors move to later steps. They can easily fit into all other steps. :D

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Sure. If Ezi wants to read I can put fears as second step, and those horrors move to later steps. They can easily fit into all other s..."

I will be listening to it with Melissa of a Team Moonstone as a BR week 1

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I will be listening to it with Melissa of a Team Moonstone as a BR week 1 "

What about Alice?

Let's do this way: What books are you reading first two weeks? :P
And remember challenge is staring on Friday 4th. Not on 1st.

For part 2 we can start a book before the 4th as long as we finish it after. I wasn't thinking we needed to change the second step unless Ezi wasn't going to read Alice so early in the month. Only the first step and my book might need changed.

Anyway, I will be reading The Restorer, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Kristen Painter books in first week of October to get them out of the way. See my preliminary post above in my reserved posts and then tell me if I need to switch some around.

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I will be listening to it with Melissa of a Team Moonstone as a BR week 1 "

What about Alice?

Let's do this way: What books are you reading first two weeks? :P
..."

1) thanks for reminding me about Oct.4th--because I forgot
2) Whose alice? Do you mean Through the Zombie glass?
3) Let me organize the reading schedule to correspond with the 2 weeks and then I will post it shortly

Turtlecollector wrote: "For part 2 we can start a book before the 4th as long as we finish it after. I wasn't thinking we needed to change the second step unless Ezi wasn't going to read Alice so early in the month. Only ..."

I know only finished books count. But if Ezi starts book on Monday, she'll be probably done with it by Friday. :P
As for changing steps, Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela is also fear book.
I'll wait for Ezi's plan (☺) before changing anything.
And Melissa still needs to post her books.

In worst case scenario, I can put Where the Allegheny... under spell-out (characters are Logan & Nick :P)

Ezi's tentative reading plan from Oct. 1:
Oct. 1: Criss Cross & audio: The WitnessOREdenbrooke

Oct. 4: Through the Zombie Glass & audio: Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela

Oct. 6: book: Darkness Rises & audio: Out for Blood

Oct: 7: Shadowed & audio: Embraced By Darkness

Oct. 10: Black City & audio: Shatter Me

Oct. 13: Seduced by the Storm & audio: Burnt Offerings

Oct. 15: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf ..audio--I am thinking Six Years since it will be due back to the library but I may renew it so it's not a definite

***While these books will be read during this challenge period, I reserve the right to switch order depending on Super speedy challenge which will begin 10/6.

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Ezi's tentative reading plan from Oct. 1:
"

Thanks. I'll work on categories/steps tomorrow (need to read something today!) :P

I thought we are doing The Witness over the weekend. :P I have another BR starting on 2nd so I'll start this one sooner or leave you to face it alone ☺

I'm not even thinking about planning books for SSSC. Nothing would fit probably ☺

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Ezi's tentative reading plan from Oct. 1:
"

Thanks. I'll work on categories/steps tomorrow (need to read something today!) :P

I thought we are doing The Witness ..."

I am being forced to read because I forced her to read BDB :D

I will start the Siren tomorrow, so the earliest I can start the Witness is Sunday/Monday. But I will inform you of my progress with the Siren
(My love for BDB is always getting me in trouble)

❀Tea❀ wrote: "I'm not even thinking about planning books for SSSC. Nothing would fit probably ..."

where my books fall in their respective series:
Book 1) black city/how to flirt with naked werewolf/shatter me
book 2) through zombie glass
book 3) seduced by storm
book 4) Out for blood/darkness rises
book 5)Embraced by Darkness
Book 6) Shadowed
book 7) burnt offering

From 10/7 ~ 10/11: (view spoiler)[

10/7/13 ~ 76 pages read in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
10/7/13 ~ 33 pages (from pg 34 - 67) read in The Imitation of Christ

Subtotal pages read: 109
Total pages read: 109

10/8/13 ~ 70 pages read in U is for Undertow
10/8/13 ~ 102 pages read in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... (finished)
10/8/13 ~ 212 pages read in Mrs. Miracle

Subtotal pages read: 384
Total pages read: 493

10/9/13 ~ 140 pages read in Mrs. Miracle (finished)
10/9/13 ~ 10 pages read in U is for Undertow
10/9/13 ~ 34 pages read in Angel Cats: Divine Messengers of Comfort
10/9/13 ~ 48 pages read (from 67 ~ 115) in The Imitation of Christ
10/9/13 ~ 30 pages read in The Long Earth

Subtotal pages read: 262
Total pages read: 755

10/10/13 ~ 195 pages read (from 80 ~ 275) in U is for Undertow
10/10/13 ~ 49 pages read (from 34 ~ 83) in Angel Cats: Divine Messengers of Comfort
10/10/13 ~ 45 pages read (from 115 ~ 160) in The Imitation of Christ (finished)

Subtotal pages read: 289
Total pages read: 1,044

10/11/13 ~ 134 pages read in Song of Solomon
10/11/13 ~ 141 pages read (from 275 ~ 416) in U is for Undertow (finished)

Subtotal pages read: 275
Total pages read: 1,319
(hide spoiler)]

10/13/13 ~ 77 pages read (from 83 ~ 160) in Angel Cats (finished)

Subtotal pages read: 77
Total pages read: 1,396

10/14/13 ~ 306 pages read (from 30 ~ 336) in The Long Earth (finished)

Subtotal pages read: 306
Total pages read: 1,702

10/15/13 ~ 60 pages read (From 134 ~ 194) in Song of Solomon
10/15/13 ~ 262 pages read (from 306 ~ 568) in Quiet (finished)

Subtotal pages read: 322
Total pages read: 2,024

10/16/13 ~ 143 pages read (from 194 ~ 337) in Song of Solomon (finished)
10/16/13 ~ 37 pages read in Marley & Me

Subtotal pages read: 180
Total pages read: 2,204

10/17/13 ~ 40 pages read in Black: The Birth of Evil
10/17/13 ~ 73 pages read in The Christian Atheist
10/17/13 ~ 160 pages (audiobook) in Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection (finished)
10/17/13 ~ 304 pages read in The Cat, the Mill and the Murder (finished)
10/17/13 ~ 37 pages read in Marley & Me

Subtotal pages read: 614
Total pages read: 2,818

10/18/13 ~ 283 pages read (from 37 ~ 320) in Marley & Me (finished)
10/18/13 ~ 66 pages read (from 40 ~ 106) in Black: The Birth of Evil

Subtotal pages read: 349
Total pages read: 3,167

I AM FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Here is the best I could do.

Melissa, Tea was trying to sort out a plan for the second part because speed of getting done is part of the challenge. The first 5 teams to post each task get extra points.

I think if you read the first two first toward the beginning of the challenge, depending on who finishes their books first, we can put them into the themes for tasks 1-3 or use them in the spell-outs for tasks 4-5(like we can for any book you read). You can start a book before Oct 4th but it needs to be finished on or after Oct 4th to count. I am planning to start Pride and Prejudice and Zombies a day or two early because I think it will take me longer to read and then I will finish it in the first day or two of the challenge.

The books can be read in any order, it is just us captains that have to posts the tasks in the right order. So the team could finish task 3 before task 2, but we won't post it until task 2 has been finished and posted.

So, even if your books didn't have a Halloween theme, or you weren't sure ahead of time what you were reading, we could still use them in the spell out part since only the word we are spelling has to be Halloween-themed. Does that make sense?

Melissa (ladybug) wrote: "Do we need to specify what we will read before hand? I am usually a read as I feel like it."

I know Melissa, I'm mood reader too. Every time I plan something to read it ends up as struggle because I wasn't in the mood for that.
The only planned book for me here is
The Cuckoo's Calling because there is BR. Rest of them are sitting on my reader waiting for 'right' time. I just went through books and found what would fit.

I was trying to make some kind of plan so we know who's covering what. That way we won't end up all reading S-book at the same time while nobody is reading first category.
Of course, there is always possibility to shuffle things around.
I've put TC first because she's fastest reader between us, but if somebody else finishes book that can be used before her, we'll go with that one.

As TC said, for this part of the game speed is important if we want to win points. If not, then we are playing it only for fun. ☺

I figured I never said pages for RaT part.

Let's make it 2000 ☺

@TC: :D Thank you, yes that makes sense. I was just confused. :D

@Tea: Thank you for explaining. :D

The mods may be changing the rules so that we have to wait to start any books for Event 2 until Oct 4th.

Turtlecollector wrote: "The mods may be changing the rules so that we have to wait to start any books for Event 2 until Oct 4th."

Awww man!

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Turtlecollector wrote: "The mods may be changing the rules so that we have to wait to start any books for Event 2 until Oct 4th."

Awww man!"

I know :P
Sonia is still trying to decide. We'll let you know when she does.

I was just playing...the books I was going to start tomorrow wouldn't matter anyway. I planned it like that after your reminders :D

see post 36

They will count for RaT part, at least those pages read after RaT starts. Mods are only trying to decide about book hunt part.
So if you don't finish one of those first books before 4th, check pg numbers or % when RaT starts and write them here.

Ok. thank you