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Group Read-A-Thon July 2015

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message 1: by Perks Moderator, Know-it-all (new)

Perks Moderator | 559 comments

IT'S A PERKS ALPHABET READ-A-THON




As a group let's see what we can read in the month and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!

How this works...


* Each book needs to follow the alphabet from the last one posted

* The Alphabet letter can be based on by genre, author, title, character names, narrator etc.

* As soon as you have a book that you have read in July 2015 that can connect to the last one, post it with the reasons it follows the alphabet and the running tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!



EXAMPLE

Post 1:
Kristie posts:
A
Artemis Fowl (Title)
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer

Kristie's tally - 1 book
Perks Group tally - 1 book

Post 2:
Karen Posts
B
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (character Bobo Winthrop)
Midnight Crossroad (Midnight, Texas #1) by Charlaine Harris

Karen's tally: 1 book
Perks group tally: 2 books

Post 3:
Kristie posts:
C
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (title and author)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare

Kirstie's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 3 books

.... hopefully you get the idea....


NOTE: You can read any book of any length, children's books and graphic novels also count. Please just remember to check the tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post

Books need to be marked as "read" between July 1 and July 31, 2015. (It doesn't matter when you started)


message 2: by Perks Moderator, Know-it-all (new)

Perks Moderator | 559 comments reserved


message 3: by Ericka (new)

Ericka Scott Nelson | 51 comments Does an article at the beginning of the title count for determining which book can come next? So if a book's title starts with the, a, or an, would the first letter for our purposes be the article's first letter or the next word's first letter?


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 1572 comments A
Metropolis by Osamu Tezuka
Metropolis by Osamu Tezuka

Adult genre

Colleen's Tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 1


Starlin Reynolds-Couch just finished Everbound by Brodi Ashton B for Brodi)


Starlin Reynolds-Couch Star's tally = 1
group tally = 2


message 7: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments Ericka wrote: "Does an article at the beginning of the title count for determining which book can come next? So if a book's title starts with the, a, or an, would the first letter for our purposes be the article'..."

I don't think it matters, I think you can do it either way.


message 8: by Perks Moderator, Know-it-all (new)

Perks Moderator | 559 comments Ericka wrote: "Does an article at the beginning of the title count for determining which book can come next? So if a book's title starts with the, a, or an, would the first letter for our purposes be the article'..."

It can be either. You can ignore the article or use it :)


message 9: by Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 3766 comments C

Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity, #2) by Elizabeth Wein
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Series name is Code Name Verity

Karen's Tally: 1

Perk's Tally: 3



message 10: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments D

Divine Fall by Kathryn Knight
Divine Fall by Kathryn Knight

Divine Fall

MB's Tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 4


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 1572 comments <~E~
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) by Jim Butcher
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher

Character: Ebenezer McCoy

Colleen's Tally: 2
Perks' Tally: 5


message 12: by Allison (new)

Allison | 269 comments Under the Skin by Michel Faber

Author's last name starts with F

Allison's tally: 1
Perks' tally: 6


message 13: by Michelle (last edited Jul 25, 2015 11:37PM) (new)

Michelle | 45 comments G

Half Wild (The Half Bad Trilogy, #2) by Sally Green by Sally Green -read 07/08

Michelle's Tally: 1
Perk' Tally: 7


message 14: by Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 3766 comments H

The Catalyst by Helena Coggan
The Catalyst by Helena Coggan

Connection: Author name H

Karen's Tally: 2

Perk's Tally: 8


message 15: by Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 3766 comments I

Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher, #16) by Kerry Greenwood
Murder in the Dark by Kerry Greenwood

Connection: Word in the title - Murder In the Dark

Karen's Tally: 3

Perk's Tally: 9


message 16: by Donna (new)

Donna Nowosielski | 143 comments J

Home Front by Kristin Hannah

Main characters name was Jolene

Donna's Tally : 1
Perk's Tally : 10


Starlin Reynolds-Couch adding from cell/mobile and don't have "add a cover" option, sorry. for letter "L", in Princess Diaries, Volume 2: Princess in the Spotlight, Mia's best friend LILY
Star's tally: 2
group tally: 12


message 18: by Michelle (last edited Jul 25, 2015 11:37PM) (new)

Michelle | 45 comments M

Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes by Jennifer Lynn Barnes -Rena Malik

Michelle's tally: 2
Perks' tally: 13


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 1572 comments ~N~
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Connection: Graphic Novel

Colleen's Tally: 3
Perks' Tally: 14


message 20: by Ericka (last edited Jul 08, 2015 10:57PM) (new)

Ericka Scott Nelson | 51 comments Hope this works:

O

The Lost Hero
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan

Connection: Series Name: The Heroes of Olympus

Ericka's tally: 1
Perk's Tally: 15


message 21: by Kristie, Moderator (Retired) (last edited Jul 09, 2015 06:09AM) (new)

Kristie | 5892 comments P

Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2) by Stephen King

Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Connection: Pete Saubers is the main character

Kristie's tally: 1
Perks tally: 16


Starlin Reynolds-Couch Q is for RED QUEEN by Victors Aveyard
Star's tally = 3
perks' tally = 17


Starlin Reynolds-Couch oops Victoria, not Victors


message 24: by Michelle (last edited Jul 25, 2015 11:37PM) (new)

Michelle | 45 comments R
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey by M. R. Carey

Michelle's tally: 3
Perks' tally: 18


Starlin Reynolds-Couch S is from Princess Diaries volume 3: Princess in Love.
by Meg Cabot. character is "s" for Sebastiano Grimaldi: Mia's second cousin
Star's tally = 4
Perks' tally = 19


Starlin Reynolds-Couch T is from book 3 Ptolemy's Gate, of the Bartimaeus TRILOGY (T FOR TRILOGY) by Jonathan Stroud.
Star's tally: 5
Perks' tally: 20


Starlin Reynolds-Couch u: Until I Die by Amy Plum (Revenants trilogy)
Star tally: 6
Perks' tally: 21


message 28: by Michelle (new)

Michelle | 45 comments V

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Michelle's tally: 4
Perk's tally: 22


message 29: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments W

Flight by Charlene Moncrief
Flight by Charlene Moncrief

Character: Natalie Watanabe

MB's Tally: 2
Perk's Tally: 23


message 30: by Michelle (last edited Jul 25, 2015 11:37PM) (new)

Michelle | 45 comments X

The Goddess Test (Goddess Test, #1) by Aimee Carter by Aimee Carter -Xander (character)

Michelle's tally: 5
Perks' Tally: 24


message 31: by Michelle (new)

Michelle | 45 comments Y

The Young Elites by Marie Lu -Title

Michelle's tally: 6
Perks' tally: 25


Starlin Reynolds-Couch Z from All Souls by Poppy Z Brite
Star's tally: 7
Perks' tally: 26
That was pretty fun ;)


message 33: by Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 3766 comments A

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

Connection: The main character was previously an aerialist in the Circus

Karen's tally: 4
Perk's Tally: 27


Avid Reader and Geek Girl (avidreaderandgeekgirl) | 1572 comments ~B~
The Elite (The Selection, #2) by Kiera Cass

The Elite by Kiera Cass

Connection: Beautiful dress, decor, palance, garden

Colleen's Tally: 4
Perk's Tally: 28


message 35: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments C

You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About by Daniel Herborn
You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About by Daniel Herborn

Character: Tim Carter

MB's Tally: 3
Perk's Tally: 29


message 36: by Laura (last edited Jul 13, 2015 08:14AM) (new)

Laura | 1144 comments D
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann

Connection: Character named Daisy

Laura's Tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 30


message 37: by Natasha (new)

Natasha | 10 comments E

It by Stephen King

It by Stephen King

Connection: Character named Eddie Kaspbrak

Natasha's Tally: 1
Perks' Tally: 31


Starlin Reynolds-Couch F is from Evertrue by Brodi Ashton
F stands for FORFEIT, a human an Everliving takes to the Tunnels for a Century Feed
Star's tally = 8
Perks' tally = 32
(I didn't know we started over again at the beginning )


Starlin Reynolds-Couch G is from Princess Diaries, volume 4.5 (Project Princess) by Meg Cabot
GENOVIA (Mia's principality)
Star's tally = 9


Starlin Reynolds-Couch perks' tally = 33


Starlin Reynolds-Couch h is from Princess Diaries, volume 4 Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot
Her royal Highness (HRH) Princess Mia
Star's tally: 10
Perks' tally: 34


message 42: by Jess (last edited Jul 17, 2015 10:42PM) (new)

Jess (seejessread) | 4 comments I is from The Ghosts of Ashbury High (Ashbury/Brookfield, #4) by Jaclyn Moriarty

Featuring Irish prisoners and history

My total 1
Perks Total 35


message 43: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments J

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Character: Jazz (Lucy's friend)

MB's Tally: 4
Perk's Tally: 36


message 44: by Kat (new)

Kat | 119 comments K

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Characters: Kate (Puck) Connolly, Sean Kendrick

MB's Tally: 5
Perk's Tally: 37


message 45: by Ericka (last edited Jul 16, 2015 07:19PM) (new)

Ericka Scott Nelson | 51 comments L

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

Title: The Lightning Thief
By Rick Riordan
Ericka's Tally: 2
Perk's Tally: 38


message 46: by Kristie, Moderator (Retired) (last edited Jul 16, 2015 07:30PM) (new)

Kristie | 5892 comments M

Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson, #7) by Patricia Briggs

Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Connection: Book 7 in the Mercy Thompson series

Kristie's Tally: 2
Perks Tally: 39


message 47: by Karen ⊰✿, Avaricious Reader (last edited Jul 17, 2015 03:32AM) (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 3766 comments N
Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope, #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal
Mr. Churchill's Secretary

Connection: Author name of MacNeal

Karen's Tally: 5

Perk's Tally: 40


message 48: by Laura (new)

Laura | 1144 comments O
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Connection: This is #2 in the Outlander series.

Laura's Tally: 2
Perks' Tally: 41


message 49: by Kristie, Moderator (Retired) (last edited Jul 17, 2015 01:22PM) (new)

Kristie | 5892 comments P

The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems

The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems

Connection: title

Kristie's tally: 3
Perks tally: 42


message 50: by Kristie, Moderator (Retired) (last edited Jul 18, 2015 07:09AM) (new)

Kristie | 5892 comments Q

Sparky! by Jenny Offill

Sparky! by Jenny Offill

Connection: The unique pet in this book was a very quiet sloth.

Kristie's tally: 4
Perks tally: 43


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