The Lost Challenges discussion

Here is a place you can post your finish books that you have read this RAT

Players
Minttu-Freshman
Talia-Sophomore
Jo-Sophomore
JoAnne-Sophomore
Arshiya-Sophomore
Kayla-Freshman
Trinity-Sophomore
Alberta-Freshman

Finished Sophomore level - definitely fit in a lot of reading in August!

8/3 With Open Arms by Cindy Nord 5stars - completed
Read 12:30-1:30pm; 4:50-5:50pm and 10pm-midnight
(4 hours)

8/4 Drawing the Line (Line Series Book 2) by Kimberly Kincaid 4stars completed
Read 2:30-4pm and 5:30-6:30pm (2 1/2 hours)
and
Cold Sweat by J.S. Marlo 4stars completed
Read 8:45-11:55pm (rounded to 3 hours)
(5 1/2 hours total)

8/5 Something Sweeter (Sweet Texas #3)by Candis Terry
Read 9:30-10am; 4:50-5:20pm; 7:30-9:30pm; 11pm-midnight
(4 hours)

8/6 continued Something Sweeter from yesterday completed 4stars
Read 10:15-10:45am; 8:30-10:30pm (2 1/2 hours)
and
Stranded with a Billionaire (Billionaire Boys Club #1) by Jessica Clare
Read 10:30-midnight (1 1/2 hours)
(4 hours total)

8/7 continued Stranded with a Billionaire from yesterday
Read 3:45-4:45pm; 5:45-8:30pm (3 3/4 hours)
completed 4stars

Falling For Her Husband (The Renaldis, Book 3) by Karen Erickson
Read 9-10pm; 10:45-11:30pm (1 3/4 hours)
(5 1/2 hours total)

8/8 continued Falling For Her Husband from yesterday
Read 9am to 10am (1 hour)
completed 4stars

Cassie's Hope by Adriana Kraft
Read 3-3:30pm; 7:30-8pm; 8:30-11:30pm (4 hours)
(5 hours total)

8/9 continued Cassie's Hope from yesterday
Read midnight-1am; 7-8:30am; 10-11:30am (4hours)
Completed 4stars

8/10 A Solitary Heart by Amanda Carpenter
Read 6-7pm; 9pm-midnight (4hours)

8/11 continued A Solitary Heart by Amanda Carpenter from yesterday
Read 4:30-6:30pm (2 hours)
Completed 4stars

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Read 9:30-9:40pm (10 minutes)
Completed 5stars

Curious George by H.A. Rey
Read 9:40-9:45pm (5 minutes)
Completed 5 stars

Proud Heart by Dana Taylor
Read 10pm-midnight (2 hours)
(4 hours 15 minutes total)

8/12 continued Proud Heart by Dana Taylor from yesterday
Read 12:30-1:30pm; 3:30-5:30pm (3 hours)
Completed 5stars

Dominated By A Billionaire, Parts 1-3 by Emma M. Green
Read 9-11pm (2 hours)
5 hours total

8/13 continued Dominated By A Billionaire, Parts 1-3 by Emma M. Green from yesterday
read 8-9am; 10:30-11am; 3-4pm; 5:30-6pm (3 hours)
Completed 2stars

The Billionaire's Desires Vol. 1-4 by Emma M. Green
Read 6-7pm; 11:15pm-midnight (1 hour, 45 minutes)
4 3/4 hours total

8/14 continued The Billionaire's Desires Vol. 1-4 by Emma M. Green from yesterday
Read midnight to 12:45am; 8-10:30pm (3 hours 15 minutes)completed 2stars

Cowboy Take Me Away by Lorelei James
Read 11pm-midnight (1 hour)
4hours 15 minutes total

8/15 continued Cowboy Take Me Away by Lorelei James from yesterday
read 12:15-1:15am; 8pm-midnight (5 hours)

8/16 continued Cowboy Take Me Away by Lorelei James from yesterday and the day before
read 1:10-2:40am; noon-1:30pm; 4-4:45pm (3 hours, 45 minutes) completed 5stars

Swan Point (Sweet Magnolias #11) by Sherryl Woods
read 7:15-8:15pm; 8:30-9pm; 9:30pm-midnight (4 hours)
7 hours. 45 minutes total

8/17 continued Swan Point (Sweet Magnolias #11) by Sherryl Woods completed 5stars
3:30-6pm (2 1/2 hours)

Invincible by Diana Palmer
9-11pm (2 hours)
4 1/2 hours total

8/18 continued Invincible by Diana Palmer
Read 6-7:30pm; 9:30-11:15pm (3 hours 15 minutes)
Completed 4stars

Texas True (The Tylers of Texas, #1) by Janet Dailey
Read 11:15pm-midnight (45 minutes)
4 hours total

8/19 continued Texas True (The Tylers of Texas, #1) by Janet Dailey
read 12:30-1:15am; 7-8:15pm; 9:30-11:30pm (4 hours)
completed 4stars

8/20 Dreams of Gold (Lawmen & Outlaws) by Linda Carroll-Bradd
read 5-6pm; 9-10:30pm (2 1/2 hours)
completed 3stars

Captive Bride by Sandi Hampton
Read 10:30pm-midnight (1 1/2 hours)
4 hours total

8/21 continued Captive Bride by Sandi Hampton from yesterday
read 6-7pm; 8-8:30pm (1 1/2 hours)
completed 4stars

Getting Dirty (Sapphire Falls #3) by Erin Nicholas
Read 9-11:30pm (2 1/2 hours)
4 hours total

8/22 continued Getting Dirty by Erin Nicholas from yesterday
read 6-8pm; 9:30-11:30pm (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/23 continued Getting Dirty by Erin Nicholas from Thursday and yesterday
Read 3:30-5:30pm; 6-6:30pm; 9:30-10:30pm (3 1/2 hours)
Completed 4stars

Mack's Witness (Hearts & Heroes, Book 2) by Myla Jackson
Read 11:15-11:45pm (1/2 hour)
4 hours total

8/24 continued Mack's Witness by Myla Jackson from yesterday
Read 12:30-3pm (2 1/2 hours)

Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier
read 9:30-11pm (1 1/2 hours)
4 hours total

8/25 continued Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier from yesterday
read 6:30-8:30pm; 9:30-11:30pm (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/26 continued Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier from yesterday and Sunday
read 7:30-10pm; 10:30pm-midnight (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/27 continued Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier from yesterday, Monday and Sunday
Read 6-7:30pm; 9-11:30pm (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/28 continued Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier from yesterday, Tuesday, Monday and Sunday
read 7:30-11:30pm (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/29 continued Summer Letters by Dan Petermeier from yesterday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday and Sunday
read 5:30-6pm; 7:30-11pm (4 hours)
completed 4stars
4 hours total

8/30 Love Letters (Rose Harbor #3) by Debbie Macomber
Read 10:30-11am; 6:30-7pm; 8:30-10:30pm; 11pm-midnight (4 hours)
4 hours total

8/31 Continued Love Letters by Debbie Macomber from yesterday
read 8:30-11am; 11:30am-noon (3 hours)
completed 4stars

Caroline's Secret (Wells Landing #1) by Amy Lillard
read 11pm-midnight (1 hour)
4 hours total

3rd Aug - The Lost Prince
Read 7 to 9 am and 10 pm to 12 am (4 hours)
4th Aug - The Lost Prince
Read 8 to 9 am and 11:30 pm to 2:30 am (4 hours)
5th Aug - An Abundance of Katherines
Read 11:40 am to 12:10 pm (1/2 an hour)
The Lost Prince
Read 12:30 pm to 1 pm (1/2 an hour)
Also Known As
Read 4 pm to 4:30 pm (1/2 an hour)
Read 10:30 pm to 1 am (2 and 1/2 hours)
6th Aug - Also Known As
Read 9:20 to 10:20 (1 hour)
Read 12 am to 1 am (1 hour)
7th Aug - Also Known As
Read 10 am to 10:30 am (1/2 an hour)
Read 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm (4 hours)
Read 9:30 pm to 1:30 am (4 hours)
Read 3:30 am to 4 am (1/2 an hour)

Completed Also Known As

8th Aug - An Abundance of Katherines
Read 3:30 pm to....

10th Aug - Completed

So far in this RAT I have completed two books:


#1 The Neighbor - finished on 08/03/14
#2 Article 5 - finished on 08/04/14

8/4 Finished
Read 12-1 p.m., 6-8 p.m.
8/5 Started
Read 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., 10:30-11:30 p.m.
8/6 Continued "The Fault in Our Stars"
Read 11:30 p.m. to midnight (I know that is only 30 minutes, but I will read 3.5 hours on 8/7! To be fair, I worked straight 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. with one thirty minute break to eat. :( )
8/7 Finished "The Fault in Our Stars"
Started
Read 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., 9:30-11 p.m.
8/8 Continued "The One & Only"
Read 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:15-2 p.m., 9-10 p.m.
8/9 Continued "The One & Only"
Read 5-7 p.m.
8/10 Continued "The One & Only"
Read 1-3 p.m.
8/11 Continued "The One & Only"
Read 5-6 p.m., 9-10:30 p.m.
8/12

3/8
2hrs
Continued The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly



4/8
1.5hrs
Continued The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly
Started While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax



5/8
2hrs
Finished The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly - ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥


6/8
1hrs
Began soon due library book Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson



7/8
1hrs
Continued Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson

8/8
30mins
started my new train travel book The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan



9/8
30mins
continued Catching Air by Sarah Pekkanen


10/8
1hr
continued Catching Air by Sarah Pekkanen

11/8
1hr
continued Catching Air by Sarah Pekkanen

12/8
2hrs
finished Catching Air by Sarah Pekkanen
- ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

continued While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

Awesome reading

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Awesome reading"

We're trying - really puts into perspective how much time I'm reading when I keep track like for this challenge.

Do you want us to rate the books when we finish like most challenges do?

JoAnne wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Awesome reading"

We're trying - really puts into perspective how much time I'm reading when I keep track like for this challenge.

Do you want us to rate the books when we f..."

If you want to

This has been a busy week with my son returning to day care, daughter getting ready to start first grade next Monday, my mother preparing for my grandmother's brother's funeral on Saturday (in Lapland, some 800km from where we live) and my father building the World Dog Show that will be in Helsinki also this weekend. I also decided on a whim to paint my bedroom as if I didn't have enough on my plate :D

So I am quite surprised that I have managed to finish one book and squeeze in as much reading as I have. This read-a-thon has already done what I hoped, got me reading every day :)

Minttu wrote: "This has been a busy week with my son returning to day care, daughter getting ready to start first grade next Monday, my mother preparing for my grandmother's brother's funeral on Saturday (in Lapl..."

So sorry for your loss. Sending hugs.
Glad reading is helping!
Good luck with the new school year and everything else that you have going on!

Thank you JoAnne. The reading really helps. It forces me to sit down and take a breather and gives me something else to think about.

Minttu wrote: "Thank you JoAnne. The reading really helps. It forces me to sit down and take a breather and gives me something else to think about."

I hear you. Reading takes us to another dimension and various other worlds which help us lose ourselves as we immerse ourselves in the character's lives.

JoAnne wrote: "Minttu wrote: "This has been a busy week with my son returning to day care, daughter getting ready to start first grade next Monday, my mother preparing for my grandmother's brother's funeral on Sa..."

I am sorry for your loss

Another book down!

#3 The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - finished on 08/06/14

I finished another book that I had started. Bad habit of mine is starting and never finishing before moving on to the next interesting read :D


Catching Air by Sarah Pekkanen - 12 Aug 2013

Three more books completed:

#4 My Philosophy for Successful Living - finished on 08/08/14

#5 Graceling - finished on 08/10/14

#6 City of Dark Magic - finished on 08/13/14

Completed only 2 books till now. Started about 5 though. My target is to complete a book a day now (started or new).

Arshiya wrote: "Completed only 2 books till now. Started about 5 though. My target is to complete a book a day now (started or new)."

I like when I complete a started book that I left hanging. Good for you! Go for it.

Sorry guys RL life have been crazy. I was thinking about keep this going to another week. What do you guys want to do?

It's fine with me - I'll go back and update for yesterday (haven't read at all today yet)
We would end on 8/23?

I'm in for going another week.

Yes! Let's keep going!

I agree. Let's keep it going :)

Ok sounds good. We will keep it going

just checking if we are really ending 8/23 or continuing another week

Let's go for the end of the month

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Let's go for the end of the month"

:)
Thanks - August 31 it is!

yup

Hows y'all's reading going

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Hows y'all's reading going"

Doing good - have to add yesterday's and today's reads in but otherwise I believe I'm up to date. It's been fun. Ends Sunday and I'll be updated by then.

I finished While We Were Watching Downton Abbey during the weekend and have been re-reading The Outlander again, because I was so inspired by the new tv series :)

Minttu wrote: "I finished While We Were Watching Downton Abbey during the weekend and have been re-reading The Outlander again, because I was so inspired by the new tv series :)"

Is the TV show good?

I haven't been reading that much here lately :(

There's only three or four episodes out. The first two followed the book very closely. The third one took some liberties :)

It's beautiful; the setting and the costumes especially. I hope they follow the books instead of just taking the idea, setting and most important plot points.

Minttu wrote: "There's only three or four episodes out. The first two followed the book very closely. The third one took some liberties :)

It's beautiful; the setting and the costumes especially. I hope they fo..."

I wish I had showtime

Posting my final tally for this read-a-thon:
Completed: 13 books

#1 The Neighbor - finished on 08/03/14
#2 Article 5 - finished on 08/04/14
#3 The Coldest Girl in Coldtown - finished on 08/06/14
#4 My Philosophy for Successful Living - finished on 08/08/14
#5 Graceling - finished on 08/10/14
#6 City of Dark Magic - finished on 08/13/14
#7 A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 - finished on 08/15/14
#8 Bitterblue - finished on 08/19/14
#9 #GIRLBOSS - finished on 08/26/14
#10 The Innocent - finished on 08/26/14
#11 Live to Tell - finished on 08/27/14
#12 The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or Anything Else) from the Inside Out - finished on 08/29/14
#13 Fire - finished on 08/31/14

Awesome everyone

It was definitely a different kind of challenge for me since it was the amount of time that was important not what was read!

JoAnne wrote: "It was definitely a different kind of challenge for me since it was the amount of time that was important not what was read!"

Would you want to do another one?

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "It was definitely a different kind of challenge for me since it was the amount of time that was important not what was read!"

Would you want to do another one?"

Sure

I am going to have one in March

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am going to have one in March"

:) I would join again.