Monthly Challenges discussion

Our third annual week-long Read-A-Thon will take place Sunday, 12/24/23, Christmas Eve through Sunday, 12/31/23, New Year Eve.

• We start at 12:00 am (midnight) Sunday, 24th and end at 11:59 pm, Sunday, the 31st . :D

• There are 4 ways to earn extra points during our read-a-thon.

1. PAGES
The average pages read during a weekend read-a-thon are around 800+ pages.
• If you read over 800+ pages, you will receive 1 point.
• If you read over 900+ pages, you will receive 2 points.
• If you read over 1000+ pages, you will receive 3 points.
•If you read over 1200+ pages, you will receive 4 points
• If you read over 1500+ pages, you will receive 5 points.
• If you read over 2000 + pages, you will receive 6 points.

REMEMBER All Pages read count during this week.

For Example
• If you happen to read a Children book, 32 pages long. Those 32 pp. count :D
• Or you just read 15 of a 400 page book. Those 15 pages count :D
¤¤ Magazines, pamplets, newspapers, comic books, etc.... don't count.
• Graphic novels do count.
⭐ Give account of pages read each day.

2. BOOKS
The average books read during a weekend READ-A-THON are 3 to 5 books.
• So if you read 3+ books, you will receive 1 point.
• If you read 5+ books, you receive 2 points.
•If you read 8+ books, you receive 3 points.
•If you read 10+ books, you receive 4 points.
• only books 100+ pages count here.


3. TASKS
If you complete 3+ tasks (BP Do count, only if the orginial task has already been completed) during our read-a-thon, you will receive 2 point
• List Tasks # that are completed
• If you complete 6+ tasks, you will receive 2 more points.

4. PARTICIPATION
You will receive 2 points (Merry Christmas & Happy New Year) just by participating in this read-a-thon :D

TO COPY:

TBR:

Sunday, December 24, 2023
Monday, December 25, 203
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Friday, December 29, 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Sunday, December 31, 2022

TOTAL PAGES READ:
BOOKS FINISHED:
TASKS COMPLETED:

Participation & Scoreboard


Amber - PR(3) + BF(1) + TC(2) + P(2) = 8
Linda C - PR(4) + BF(2) + TC(2) + P(2) = 10
Tessa - PR(6) + BF(2) + TC(2) + P(2) = 12
Bethany - PR(4) + BF(1) + TC(2) + P(2) = 9
Mickslibrarian - PR(4) + BF(1) + TC(2) + P(2) = 9
Pat
Diana S - PR(4) + BF(2) + TC(2) + P(2) = 10
The Adventures - P(2) = 2

TBR:

Sunday, December 24, 2023
How the Grinch Stole My Heart byAnnabelle Costa 34 pages completed Task 1.7
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 24 pages
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz 21 pages

Monday, December 25, 2023
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 58 pages
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz 46 pages
Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen 8 pages

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 11 pages
Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen 22 pages
Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks 77 pages
Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris 64 pages

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris 82 pages Finished Task 1.1
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 31 pages
Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen 33 pages
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood232 pages

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood 136 pages Finished Task 1.4
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 13 pages
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell 39 pages

Friday, December 29, 2023
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell 102 pages
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz 22 pages

Saturday, December 30, 2023
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell 53 pages

Sunday, December 31, 2023
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell 14pages
The Indigo Girl: A Novel by Natasha Boyd 21 pages

TOTAL PAGES READ: 1143
BOOKS FINISHED: 3
TASKS COMPLETED: 3

TBR:

Sunday, December 24, 2023
The Memory of Love p. 1-18 = 18 pgs
Monday, December 25, 2023
The Memory of Love p. 19-22 = 4 pgs
A Homespun Regency Christmas p. 1-70 =70 pgs
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
A Homespun Regency Christmas p. 71-336=266 pgs FINISHED
The Memory of Love p. 23-41=19
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The Memory of Love p. 42-240=199 pgs FINISHED
Thursday, December 28, 2023
A Holiday Yarn p. 1-288=288 pgs FINISHED
Friday, December 29, 2023
Wyoming Christmas Quadruplets p. 1-224=224 pgs FINISHED
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Off the Grid Christmas p. 1-224=224 pgs FINISHED
Sunday, December 31, 2023
A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder p. 1-15=15 pgs

TOTAL PAGES READ: 1327 pgs
BOOKS FINISHED: 5
TASKS COMPLETED: 3 (2.1, 2.3, 5.1)

Tessa's tracking for December Read-a-Thon

Sunday, December 24, 2023 - 81 pgs read - 1 book finished - 1 task completed
All the Ways We Said Goodbye ✔ – 24Dec23 - 19 pg - BOOK FINISHED / Task 1.3 DONE
City of the Beasts - 10 pg
A Spy in the House - 2 pg
The Starlite Drive-In - 2 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 48 pg


Monday, December 25, 2023 - 91 pg read
City of the Beasts - 6 pg
A Spy in the House - 24 pg
Starlite Drive-In - 5 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 40 pg
The Personal Librarian - 16 pg


Tuesday, December 26, 2023 - 315 pg read - 1 book finished - 1 task completed
City of the Beasts ✔ – 26Dec23 - 109 pg - BOOK FINISHED / Task 1.5 done
A Spy in the House - 83 pg
Starlite Drive-In - 13 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 54 pg
The Personal Librarian - 56 pg


Wednesday, December 27, 2023 - 136 pg read
A Spy in the House - 42 pg
Starlite Drive-In - 3 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 56 pg
The Personal Librarian - 35 pg


Thursday, December 28, 2023 - 151 pg read - 1 book finished - 1 task completed
A Spy in the House ✔ – 28Dec23 - 124 pg - Book FINISHED / Task 1.7 completed
Starlite Drive-In - 4 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 20 pg
The Personal Librarian - 3 pg


Friday, December 29, 2023 - 208 pg read
Starlite Drive-In - 71 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea - 108 pg
The Personal Librarian - 24 pg
The Bear's Embrace - 5 pg


Saturday, December 30, 2023 - 225 pg read - 1 book finished
Starlite Drive-In - 108 pg
The House in the Cerulean Sea ✔ – 30Dec23 - 70 pg
The Personal Librarian - 40 pg



Sunday, December 31, 2023 - 206 pg - 1 book finished - 1 task completed
The Starlite Drive-In ✔ – 31Dec23 - 72 pg - Book FINISHED / Task 1.2 completed
The Bear's Embrace - 134 pg


TOTAL PAGES READ: 2593 pg
BOOKS FINISHED: 5
TASKS COMPLETED: 4

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Sunday, December 24, 2023
Valentine 182 pgs, finished
Christmas Is Joy 24 pgs

Monday, December 25, 2023
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation 32 pages

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear, 372 pgs finished, Task 2.3
Your Nose! 24 pgs

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Man, Fuck This House 152 pgs, finished Task 1.9
The Red Palace 20 pgs

Thursday, December 28, 2023
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation 120 pgs.

Friday, December 29, 2023
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation 53 pgs
The Red Palace 27 pgs

Saturday, December 30, 2023
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation 157

Sunday, December 31, 2023
The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation 115 pgs, finished Task 1.5

TOTAL PAGES READ: 1278
BOOKS FINISHED: 4
TASKS COMPLETED: 3

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I'm going to try to play along with this one. We'll see if I can manage it along with my real life crazy.

Sunday, December 24, 2022
Monday, December 25, 202
Tuesday, December 26, 2022
Wednesday, December 27, 2022
Thursday, December 28, 2022
Friday, December 29, 2022
Saturday, December 30, 2022
Sunday, December 31, 2022

TOTAL PAGES READ:
BOOKS FINISHED:
TASKS COMPLETED:

Hi Pat,
It's great see you. Enjoy your reads

TBR:

Monday, December 25, 2023:

Book 1 Finished: Miss Morton And The Spirits Of The Underworld by Catherine Lloyd
Pages Read: 111
Task Completed: 0

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Book 2: The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars by Adrian Tinniswood
Pages Read: 150
Task Completed: 0

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Book 3: A Legacy of Murder by Connie Berry
Pages Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 0

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Book 3 Finished: A Legacy of Murder by Connie Berry
Pages Read: 297
Tasks Completed: 1 (1.9)

Book 4: Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents by Alexandra Petri
Pages Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 0

Friday, December 29, 2023

Book 5: The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry
Pages Read: 221
Tasks Completed: 0

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Book 5 Finished: The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry
Pages Read: 101
Tasks Completed: 1 (1.1)

Book 4: Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents by Alexandra Petri
Pages Read: 95
Tasks Completed: 0

Book 2: The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House Between the Wars by Adrian Tinniswood
Pages Read: 58
Task Completed: 0

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Book 4 Finished: Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents by Alexandra Petri
Pages Read: 186
Tasks Completed: 1 (2.4)

TOTAL PAGES READ: 1294
BOOKS FINISHED: 4
TASKS COMPLETED: 3

TBR:


🎄Sunday, December 24 (57 pp)
The Christmas Town (read 57 pages)

🎄 Monday, December 25 (114/171 pp)
The Christmas Town (read 114 pages)

🎄 Tuesday, December 26 (211/382 pp)
👏 Finished: The Christmas Town by Donna VanLiere (12/26/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (read 57 pages)
👍 Task Completed: 1.5
Starry Night (read 154 pp)

🎄Wednesday, December 27 (25/407 pp)
Starry Night (read 25 pages)

🎄Thursday, December 28 (117/524 pp)
👏 Finished: Starry Night by Debbie Macomber (12/28/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐(read 77 pages)
👍 Task Completed: 1.6
A Lesson in Secrets (read 40 pages)

🎄Friday, December 29 (82/606 pp)
A Lesson in Secrets (read 82 pages)

🎄Saturday, December 30 (107/713 pp)
A Lesson in Secrets (read 80 pp)
Pink Lemonade Cake Murder (read 27 pp)

🎄Sunday, December 31 (597/1310 pp)
👏 Finished: Pink Lemonade Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (12/31/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (read 263 pp)
👍 Task Completed: 1.4
👏 Finished: (12/31/23) A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (12/31/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (read 199 pp)
👍 Task Completed: 1.1 Bonus Point
Tune It Out • starting on page 140
👏 Finished: Tune It Out by Jamie Sumner (12/31/23) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ (read 135 pp)
👍 Task Completed: 1.9


That's it for me 😵



TOTAL PAGES READ: 1310
BOOKS FINISHED: (5)
TASKS COMPLETED: 5 (1.5, 1.6, 1.4, 1.1 BP, 1.9)

TBR:

Sunday, December 24, 2023:
Au bon roman = 47 p.

Monday, December 25, 2023:
Au bon roman = 30 p.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Au bon roman = 120 p.
Rogue Protocol = 49 p.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Au bon roman = 257 p. (finished)
Rogue Protocol = 78 p.

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Rogue Protocol = 30 p. (finished)
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library = 4 p.

Friday, December 29, 2023
Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library = 12 p.

Saturday, December 30, 2023
Sunday, December 31, 2023

TOTAL PAGES READ: 627 p.
BOOKS FINISHED: 2
TASKS COMPLETED: 1 (2.1)

Notice how we all copied Diana's template and didn't even notice that we are not in 2022? And we will soon need to be using 2024 when we can't even remember 2023. ;-D

Linda C wrote: "Notice how we all copied Diana's template and didn't even notice that we are not in 2022? And we will soon need to be using 2024 when we can't even remember 2023. ;-D"

LOL thanks. You're right. I totally didn't notice. 😃

😁 I just noticed it! That funny! I corrected it but one. 🤪

Remember: Completed tasks won't close till the end of January 1.
It's New Year's Eve 🥳

Diana S wrote: "Remember: Completed tasks won't close till the end of January 1.
It's New Year's Eve 🥳"

Oh good
I was having some problems with Goodreads earlier when I tried to post and now have to wait until I get back home

Happy New Year!!

Me too, I kept being knock out 😵‍💫
Happy New Year! Amber 🍾

Message # 6 completed

TOTAL PAGES READ: 2593 pg
BOOKS FINISHED: 5
TASKS COMPLETED: 4

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