NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II discussion
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Halloween Read-A-Thon: Post Your Pages Here!
◈ How to Read Like a BansheeStep #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
Use this thread to let us know your team progress. If the team captain isn't available, any member can do it. But please, update all members in same post, per update.
It doesn't have to be every day. Every 2-3 days is fine.
◈You can use something on the lines:
MANGO TANGO UPDATE OCT 5:
Karla has read 235 pages in [book] by [author]
Steven has read 400 pages in [book] by [author]
Barb completed [book] by [author], 522 pages.
◈Need help with the percentage calculation? Vicky from Pewter Blue does it all the time, is like this:
Using Hounded by Kevin Hearne
Total Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Current Position: 4 hours 33 minutes
Percentage Read: 56%
Page Numbers: 289 (Mass Market Paperback)
56% of 289 Pages = 161 Pages "Read"
It could also work for percentages of ebooks read. It wouldn't work for audiobooks or eBooks that don't have a page number information. Here's when Countess Paige help will be precious.
I don't care which edition it is. Or how you do it. I need a number. Is that number that I'm going to put on a spreadsheet to get your total of pages read.
◈ 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.
Link to Tracking Spreadsheet: HereOctober 4
Sandy read 305 pages of Salem's Lot, 52 pages of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison and 40 pages of Obsidian 397 total (Link)
Amy read 311 pages of Promise Me Something (Link) and 184 pages of The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard (Link) 495 total
Jennifer read 240 pages of Good Ghouls Do, 288 pages of Magnolias, Moonlight, and Murder , and 30 pages of Lost in Time 588 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 120 pages of Boneshaker (Link)
Midu read 169 pages of Fifth Grave Past the Light
October 5
Sandy read 152 pages of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison and 62 pages of Obsidian 214 pages total (Link)
Amy read 184 pages of The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard (Link)
Jennifer read 384 pages of Peach Cobbler Murder (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 296 pages of Boneshaker (Link)
Midu read 170 pages of Fifth Grave Past the Light
October 6
Sandy read 103 of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison and 168 of Obsidian Total 271 (Link)
Amy read 150 pages of Lost and Found (Link)
Jennifer read 18 pages of Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders and 127 pages of Elegy 145 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 155 pages of Dead in the Family and 134 pages of Virals 289 total (Link)
Midu read 51 pages of All the Lovely Creatures (Link)
October 7
Sandy read 38 pages of Seabiscuit: An American Legend and 47 pages of Wicked Intentions 85 total (Link)
Amy read 386 pages of Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver and 150 pages of Lost and Found 536 total (Link)
Jennifer read 58 pages of No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One and 132 pages of Kiss of Frost 190 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 33 pages of Tempest Rising and 106 pages of Virals 139 total (Link)
Midu read 51 pages of All the Lovely Creatures (Link)
October 8
Sandy read 28 pages of Seabiscuit: An American Legend and 53 pages of Wicked Intentions 81 total (Link)
Amy read 208 pages of Playing House: Notes of a Reluctant Mother (Link)
Jennifer read 205 pages of Kiss of Frost, 72 pages of No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One, 59 pages of Wishful Drinking, and 112 pages of Cherry Cheesecake Murder Total 448 (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 162 pages of Virals (Link)
Midu read 279 pages of The Sea of Monsters (Link)
October 9
Sandy: read 282 pages of Wicked Intentions and 30 pages of A Breath of Snow and Ashes Total 312 (Link)
Amy: read 161 pages of Deceiving the Witch Next Door (Link)
Jennifer: read 74 pages of V is for Vengeance,34 pages of Elegy, and 118 pages of Cherry Cheesecake Murder Total 226 (Link)
Karrie
Joyce: read 46 pages of Virals, 32 pages of Tempest Rising, and 55 pages of Virtual Mode Total 133 (Link)
Midu: read 135 pages of Unholy Night (Link)
October 10
Sandy read 124 pages of The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden and 29 pages of Among the Mad 153 total (Link)
Amy
Jennifer: read 108 pages of Cherry Cheesecake Murder, 153 pages of Elegy and 34 pages of Lost in Time 295 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce: read 60 pages of Virtual Mode (Link)
Midu read 70 pages of Unholy Night (Link)
October 11Sandy: read 212 pages of The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden and 48 pages of Among the Mad 260 total (Link)
Amy
Jennifer: read 263 pages of Love Is Helland 191 pages of Key Lime Pie Murder Total 454 (Link)
Karrie
Joyce
Midu read 65 pages of Unholy Night (Link)
October 12
Sandy read 147 pages of Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Link)
Amy read 346 pages of Wanted (Link)
Jennifer
Karrie
Joyce: read 189 pages of Virtual Mode and 45 pages of Tempest Rising total 234 (Link)
Midu read 25 pages of The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (Link)
October 13
Sandy read 36 pages of Seabiscuit: An American Legend;47 pages of Rebel Angels; and 35 pages of A Breath of Snow and Ashes 118 total (Link)
Amy
Jennifer read 151 pages of Key Lime Pie Murder; 35 pages of Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free; 38 pages of V is for Vengeance and 78 pages of Cream Puff Murder total 302 (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 33 pages of Tempest Rising and 53 pages of Fractal Mode 86 total (Link)
Midu read 25 pages of The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (Link)
October 14
Sandy read 150 pages of Rebel Angelsand 27 pages of Among the Mad 177 total (Link)
Amy read 327 pages Stalk Me (Oct 12, 13, 14) of (Link)
Jennifer read 11 pages of Consume; 25 pages of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell; 178 pages of Pink Smog; 232 pages of Cream Puff Murder Total 446 (Link)
Karrie
Joyce
Midu
October 15
Sandy read 188 pages of Rebel Angels (Link)
Amy read 246 pages of "I like your form" Confessions of a Personal Trainer (Link)
Jennifer read 104 pages of I Hope They Serve Beer in Helland 110 pages of Apple Turnover Murder 214 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce
Midu
October 16
Sandy read 158 pages of Rebel Angels; 41 pages of Among the Mad; 35 pages of A Breath of Snow and Ashes Total 234 (Link)
Amy read 90 pages of When Girlfriends Step Up (Link)
Jennifer read 22 pages of Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free; 74 pages of V is for Vengeance; 103 pages of Apple Turnover Murder 199 total (Link)
Karrie
Joyce read 87 of Fractal Mode and 90 pages of Tempest Rising 177 total (Link)
Midu
October 17
Sandy read 111 pages of Beautiful Ruins (Link)
Amy
Jennifer read 189 pages of Apple Turnover Murder (Link)
Karrie
Joyce
Midu
October 18
Sandy read 226 pages of Beautiful Ruins (Link)
Amy read 410 pages of Eternal Eden (Oct. 18 & 19) (Link)
Jennifer read 15 pages of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and 160 pages of Plum Pudding Murder (175 total) (Link)
Karrie read 833 pages (Link)
Joyce read 60 of Fractal Mode and 15 pages of Tempest Rising 75 total (Link)
Midu
October 19
Sandy
Amy
Jennifer
Karrie
Joyce
Midu
Read-A-Thon begins.....NOW!Good luck, everyone!
October 4: I finished Salem's Lot and read 305 pages.Read 52 pages of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.
Read 40 pages of Obsidian.
I am done reading for the day so I read a total of 495 pages today
Amy wrote: "I am done reading for the day so I read a total of 495 pages today"Amy, which book(s) did you read in addition to Promise Me Something? (I'm only asking b/c the mods' example shows pages per each book read). Thanks!
Amy wrote: "The book of Matt.. I Am halfway thru it"Thanks, Amy!
Midu wrote: "Finished 
"Are you counting all the pages for the Read-A-Thon (i.e., did you start it on October 4), or did you just read part of it on October 4 and/or 5? Please let me know how many pages read on October 4 and October 5. Thanks!
Today I finished the book of Matt so my pages today Are 184
My reading count for 3/5/13 isBoneshaker 296 pages and finished book and would be good for Task 4: #8 Supernatural Creatures it has Zombies
Amy wrote: "Today I finished the book of Matt so my pages today Are 184"I'll use this for Spell It Out (Author S)
finished peach cobbler murders by joanne fluke 384 pages
October 5: I read 152 pages of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison and 62 pages of Obsidian.
Jennifer wrote: "finished peach cobbler murders by joanne fluke 384 pages"That's for October 5, correct?
yes. I just can't post the link when I use my phone
October 6: I read 103 pages of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison. Also 168 pages of Obsidian
On 10/6 I read: 155 pages of Dead in the Family
134 pages of Virals
total of 289 today
I finished Dead in the Family which can go in the Task 3: Theme 10 Special Abilities (Sookie can hear peoples thoughts or
Task 4: Theme 8 Supernatural Creatures (There are plenty to choose from Werewolves, Vampires, Shapeshifters, Witches
Ok so 10/6 Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders 18 pages
Elegy 127 pages
145 pages total today
half & half on both days. I wont be able to update the page count daily though, I'm sorry!
Midu wrote: " half & half on both days. I wont be able to update the page count daily though, I'm sorry!"Midu, I'll just split it up. You know, I am not even sure you signed up to do the Read A Thon Event 1 Read Like a Banshee(I just assumed!). So, please do let me know if you don't want to participate.
I read 536 pages todayFinished
And 150 pages to finish
On 10/7 I read:33 pages of Tempest Rising
106 pages of Virals
Total for today 139 pages
On mobile app today so I cannot put links to books. They really need to fix that.
I seem to be doing better than I thought. So I'm going to up my goal pages to 1500 and really try to reach it
No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One 58 pagesKiss of Frost 132 pages
190 pages total
I've sent PMs to Karrie and Midu to see if they still want to participate in Event #1.
Since I've surpassed my goal shall I raise it? 1800 maybe since I'm at 1307?
Jennifer wrote: "Since I've surpassed my goal shall I raise it? 1800 maybe since I'm at 1307?"Sure, you can raise it, but it won't affect the outcome of the challenge. We are using the ratio of total actual pages read to overall book goal for the Tower Team challenge.
◈ 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.
Oh ok. Don't worry about it then. I'll just keep reading!
October 8thKiss of Frost 205 pages
No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One 72 pages
Wishful Drinking 59 pages
Cherry Cheesecake Murder 112 pages
448 pages
6th-
✔ 51 pages7th-
✔ 51 pages8th-
✔ 279 pages
Midu wrote: "6th- ✔ 51 pages7th-
✔ 51 pages8th-
✔ 279 pages"Thank you, Midu! :-)
Can post a link bc I am on my phone, but I finished deceiving the witch next door for 161 pages
On 10/9/13 I read46 pages of Virals
32 pages of Tempest Rising
55 pages of Virtual Mode
total: 133 pages
For October 10th. Don't post yet. I'm keeping track of my pages here as I read/finish the book. I'll remove this disclaimer at the end of the day when I'm ready to submit my pages for the day.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder 108 pages
On 10/10 I read60 pages of Virtual Mode
NBRC: Tower Teams Read 2013, Round II
Books mentioned in this topic
Animal Farm (other topics)The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (other topics)
Tempest Rising (other topics)
Plum Pudding Murder (other topics)
Eternal Eden (other topics)
More...
Link to challenge info: Here
Link to Event #1 main reporting page: Here
Link to Tracking Spreadsheet: Here
Participants:
Sandy: Book goal=145, page goal for Event 1=1000
Amy: Book goal=100, page goal for Event 1=1000
Jennifer: Book goal=150, page goal for Event 1=750
Karrie: Book goal=100
Joyce: Book goal=75, page goal for Event 1=1500
Midu: Book goal=100