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Welcome to your team for this week's read-a-thon Group Bingo Challenge. This thread is totally yours, so feel free to take time to learn more about the members of your team, discuss books and activities for the read-a-thon, and to plan your strategy for tackling the challenge.

Your goal is to complete most of the categories on the Bingo card (we'll be super impressed if you get them all!) by working with the members of your team. Some squares are a team effort (with a maximum per member contribution indicated between the brackets), others can be done individually to help push your team closer to their goal. Pay attention to the card as you're working out your plan because any square that has a red starred square cannot be overlapped with any other red starred squares. Any square with a blue star cannot be overlapped with any other blue starred square. And any yellow star symbol cannot be overlapped with any other yellow starred square.

EXAMPLE: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
This book could be used to check off quite a few squares -- female author, set in the summer, YA book, part of a series, etc. Since there is no overlapping, as a team you would need to decide which square to assign this particular read to. It could not be used to check off multiple starred squares. You could, however, count it towards your groups overall page count (O1), towards your 10 books read (B1), or any other non-starred squares.

There is a Mod assigned to each team to help with any questions, comments, or concerns. We recommend you come together, as a team, and pick some team captains to help do re-caps and keep track of what your team is working on and what progress you've made. Mods will be exempt from this role.

As a team member, it will be your job to check in with your team as you start and complete tasks to make sure everyone is on the same page.

TEAM PEACH ROSTER
Aglaea
Amy
Brianna
Debra
Erica
Ira
Jennifer
Kelly
Laura
Sarah
Susan

BINGO CARD

I read Morris by Mary Daniels in one sitting tonight so G1 is covered. Only 96 pages and LOTS of pictures of Morris the 9 Lives cat :-)

TEAM PROGRESS

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G3� 05 hours | 05 hours [Laura, Debra, Erica, Jennifer, Susan]
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N3� recommend a book to the team [need one from Aglaea]

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Hi all! I'm super excited for this read-a-thon. Any excuse to read is a good excuse in my book!
I think it'll be good to share what prompts we each think we can contribute to or not.

I plan on finishing a book I've already started (G4)
I don't really read outside (N2)
I don't really listen to audiobooks (N4)

I listen to a lot of audiobooks at work so that is an easy prompt for me (N4)
I read a lot of fantasy books (B4)
I have started theft of swords by michael j. Sullivan before the redathon started and i plan on finishing it this week (G4)
I prompt I think I am going to have a problem with is (G1) Finish a book in one sitting. I am in a weird reading mood at the time :(

My progress post, I'll update this as I go.
There are lots of Bingo-square opportunities for me here. Won't finish all, but will be able to cross off quite a few.

B1: I think I'll be more about adding to page and minute counts this time.
B2: This one will be non-probable. is happening now, Misled!
B3: Will read in this category, maybe not from start to finish.
B4: Never Let Me Go, cracked it open but didn't start reading when it was our group read.
B5: Will read in this category, maybe not from start to finish.

I1: Unfortunately I can't participate in all, will spend time reading.
I2: I have the first Modesty Blaise to be read for PopSugar I think; let me know!
I3: This could work.
I4: Already read my group summer book earlier this year.
I5: Will read in this category, maybe not from start to finish.

N1: I have several colours to choose from if need be.
N2: Seems very rainy here.
N3: I'll think about this!
N4: This one will happen.
N5: Can do.

G1: Maybe.
G2: Started a novella, Misled. Done 23.8.
G3: Done 22.8.2016, did over three hours.
G4: Done 22.8.2016, finished Only a Promise of which I had read 65% before (35%=140p).
G5: Done 22.8.2016, started commenting in this thread.

O1: I hope so! Status M 140+35p, T 82p, W xp, T xp, F xp, S xp, S xp. Total 257p.
O2: I could work with this, have the Henrietta Lacks audiobook among the audios to listen to.
O3: Not from beginning to end I think, but it could work if nobody else does it.
O4: Maybe.
O5: Yes.

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FINISHED BOOKS
Started before read-a-thon > G4:
(140p)

Started during read-a-thon, a novella > G2:
(117p)

CURRENTLY READING

Thanks to Brianna for getting the team update comment started.

What if we were to list our absolute-no-gos in one place so we could coordinate those easier? Maybe it would also be worth it to make a separate comment from our own update thread?

My certain no-go list is this:
B2
I1
I4
N2

Updated 8/25/16 @ 5:28pm

Pages Read: 1228
Time read outside: 2+hours
Readathon games: 8 (all of them so far anyway)
Audiobook Time: 5 hours
Books Read/Completed (#) 9

Books Read/Completed (title):
- read 30% prior to readathon, thriller/mystery
(children's book, summer setting )
(read 12% prior to readathon)
(Divergent series #1.5, Short Story)
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(audio and ebook together),
(highly recommended book of cat poems by T.S. Eliot),
(graphic novel, children's)
(graphic novel 5 short stories)


Current Reading To Do List:
- audiobook
(graphic Novel, children's)
(read 18% prior to readathon)

Brianna, that's a great idea with how you organized the team progress :)

It may be helpful to put names next to the prompts as members say they will be able to complete a prompt. Then we can see which ones we still need to figure out.

I personally will be able to complete:
B3: A book for the ATY Challenge
B5: Read a book by a female author
I1: Complete every activity
I2: Read a graphic novel
I5: A mystery or thriller
G3: Read for one straight hour
G4: Finish a book started before the read-a-thon
A4: An article in the title
O5: Add a book to the map

I will probably listen to an audiobook some but probably not very much. So you can use me as filler if needed.

I can also add my covers as I complete a book so that we can see which colors we're reading.

Here are ones I can cover

B1-All Shook UpWitch BornUnleashed
N1- Blue OrangeUnleashed
O1- 100+170
B2 - Unleashed
N2- 2 hours
B3 - Witch Born
I1- Title Scramble, Alphabet Soup, 5 Facts About Me, Infinite Book Challenge, Match the Quote Game, On My Shelf!, Character Scramble, Unpopular Opinions Book Tag, Character Scramble, NY Times by the Book Tag
I3 - Witch BornUnleashed
N3- Tales of Mystery and Imagination (this would cover a few squares on the board as well
G3- All Shook Up, it took an hour to finish this book
O3- All Shook Up
B4 - Witch Born
N4:1 hr 30 min
G4-All Shook UpUnleashed
B5- Shelley PearsallEmily Kimelman
I5 - Unleashed
O5- All Shook Up

I may be able to do more, but one of my books i'm going to read covers 5 squares.

O2: Currently reading The Queen of the Night (historical fiction)

Ok so here are the ones that I for sure will be able to do this week:
B1
B3:
B5
I3
N3 Good Omens
N4
G2
G3
G4
O1
O3
O5

I might be able to do more but those are the ones I have books already to go for!

I am pretty flexible, so if there is a prompt that needs filling, then I will help out. At the moment I am reading The Buried Book. It was started before challenge (G4), it has an article in the title (O4), and it is for the ATY challenge (B3). It could be used for any of those prompts. It's cover is majority green. I read for a straight hour right as the challenge started (G3). The prompts I really do not want to do are I2, N4, N5. After I finish this book, I will jump to whatever is needed.

I'm working on making a list of who will be able to complete what and what prompts we'll need to figure out later. I have to go to work so it's not done yet, but I'll finish later today when I get home! I'll try to have everything set up today so we can just focus on our reading!

Have a good first day of the read-a-thon everyone!

this is cool, how does this group work? would love to be in it and get ahead of my goodreads reading challenge

Finished All Shook Up. It actually fit a couple of the boxes too.

We can do this team, fill all those sqaures!

Brianna you are a rockstar! Thank you so much for all the organizing. It is making it super easy to tackle the boxes. Go Team Peach!

Libby, the deadline for the team sign-up was yesterday at noon so this is a closed activity. We'll be doing another read-a-thon later in the year which may include another team Bingo. I'm sorry! There is an individual Bingo card if you want to do one solo: /topic/show/...

I just read for quite a while so have finished my part of G3. So I believe that puts us at 4/5 (Aglaea, myself, Amy, Jennifer, Kelly). Only one more needed for that one!

I am currently listening to on audio. So we can use this for either O2 or N4.

Tonight I will read for one hour straight (G3).

If no one else is doing O4 (children's), I have one on my TBR that I can read tonight.

I am on page 595/817 of Anna Karenina. I will finish that and we can use it for G4.

In addition to finishing Anna Karenina and doing the children's book, I'm sure I can read at least one more book, maybe two. I will wait to see what else is needed and will see what I can do to cover some of the items that aren't already being done.

Thanks, Brianna, for volunteering to coordinate.

Here's my book recommendation to the group.

by Agatha Christie

I read this for the challenge and really liked it. It was short and kept me interested and turning pages throughout. I will definitely read more of her books after enjoying this one so much.

For my recommendation, I'm going to say:

by Sharon Bolton

I've read a lot of great books this year but I think this one a little lesser known. It's a good mystery and character study.

I highly recommend by Blake Crouch. He is the writer of the Wayward Pines series. I found this book super engrossing, and it is still stuck in my head.

My recommendation Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Hi everyone,

-I plan on finishing a book I am currently reading. That book could also fit for female author or a book for the AtY Challenge.
-I also plan to read a book of folklore that is a YA book or fit the book with an article in the title.
-I can also read a graphic novel that has a one word title.
-I also could play the read-a-thon games, read outside, and/or read for one hour.
-I could also read something historical, find a short story, or read a poem, if needed.

I just finished The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars so you can check off one of the graphic novels!

Hmm, should have read the directions first. I have already updated my completions thus far, but the book I finished fits several categories. I will just continue to add books to all the categories it fits and let the mods figure out which square you want to use the books for.

It's 22.19 in Norway where I live. This is my progress for today:
-I have listened to 2 hours of an audiobook: The snow queen's shadow by Jim C. Hines.
- I have read for 1 straight hour from 21:00 till 22:00
- I have read 70 pages so far
I am going to read for a couple of hours before I go to bed

Jennifer, the star denotes a book that can't be used elsewhere. Luckily we have the card in our own thread, too! Very nifty, thanks mods.

ETA It just hit me the novella I'm reading is called Misled. Perfect for B2, which can be hard to find.

Hey guys! I have a few questions for each of you so I can clarify a couple things before updating the board!


Amy
Morris: An Intimate Biography by Mary Daniels� [G1 finished in one sitting | B1 #1 | O1 - 96 pages] � correct?
N3� book recommendation for the team

Ira
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan� [G4 started before read-a-thon] � currently reading this correct?
The Snow Queen's Shadow by Jim C. Hines� [N4 - 2 hours] � currently listening to as well, correct?
G3 - read for an hour straight | O1 - 70 pages � correct?

Aglaea
Only a Promise by Mary Balogh� [G3 read for an hour straight | G4 started before read-a-thon | O1 - 140 pages | B1 #1] � correct?
Misled by Sylvia Day� [G2 short story or novella] � currently reading, correct?
N3� book recommendation for the team

Jennifer
All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsall� [B1 #1 | N1 - Blue | O1 - 100 pages | G3 read for an hour straight | O5 added to the ATY Reading Map] � correct?

Erica
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee� [O2 read something historical] � currently reading, correct?
N3� book recommendation for the team

Kelly
The Buried Book by D.M. Pulley� [G4 started before read-a-thon | B3 for the ATY challenge | N1 - Green] � currently reading, correct?

Laura
The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman� [G3 read for an hour straight | I2 graphic novel | B1 #1 | O1]� If I could get the page count please. Thank you!

Debra
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn� [O2 something historical | N4 - 2 hours] � still listening to, correct?
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy� [G4 started before read-a-thon] � still reading, correct?

Susan
N3� book recommendation for the team



Also, if you guys could include page counts when you finish a book so I can keep count for O1: Read 4,000 Pages. Thank you!

This will be my personal comment for this-to keep track of what I'll be contributing.

B3� (Confessions of a Murder Suspect) [CR]

O5� (Confessions of a Murder Suspect) [CR]

Brianna, yes, still listening.

And yes, started Anna Karenina before readathon and will finish during readathon.

Everything is correct for me Brianna.

I wasn't going to count the graphic novel towards my page count since I read them so quickly and will likely reach my 600-page max through regular books.

But we can go ahead and include it for now, just in case. That was 136 pages. I'm going to try to read more of The Girl With All the Gifts before I get tired tonight so I'll update my progress on that before I go to bed tonight.

Sorry to interrupt your collaboration efforts, Team Peach, but I had to modify the card. I'm very sorry. I know you're all working hard and plotting it out but after several questions on this I felt the instructions were too vague and I wanted to make sure everyone was playing the same game. Unfortunately, when I make these things, it can be difficult to anticipate how you guys will read them and what questions you will have so what makes sense in my head doesn't always translate well. Hopefully this card modification will make things clearer.

Some squares were designed to overlap. Some squares were not. The change is:

Any square that has a red starred square cannot be overlapped with any other red starred squares. Any square with a blue star cannot be overlapped with any other blue starred square. And any yellow star symbol cannot be overlapped with any other yellow starred square.

Hopefully it is early enough to not too negatively impact your game plan. I apologize if it has. :x

Debra & Kelly� Thank you!

Laura� We don't need to count the pages for this one, that's fine! Are you going to count it towards B1?

Most likely not. I'm really hoping to finish two more after The Girl with All the Gifts. But we can place it on hold just in case it's necessary. Sorry about being difficult!

Today I listened to 2 hours 45 minutes of .

I also made progress on Anna Karenina, but will wait to post the page count until I am finished.

Laura� Not difficult at all!

Debra� Got your audiobook hours added/updated! Thank you!

I have completed my daily update for 8/22/16. I will be updating my original post throughout the day tomorrow.

I think tomorrow I will be concentrating on my two graphic novels and completing Whatchagot Stew for my page count. But that may change. If there is a specific topic you would like me to focus on, please let me know here or in a private message. :-)

Brianna the information you have on me is correct. I am going to continue with those two books today. I am going to to post my progress during the day.

Brianna wrote: "Hey guys! I have a few questions for each of you so I can clarify a couple things before updating the board!

Aglaea
1. Only a Promise by Mary Balogh� [G3 read for an hour straight | G4 started before read-a-thon | O1 - 140 pages | B1 #1] � correct?
2. Misled by Sylvia Day� [G2 short story or novella] � currently reading, correct?
3. N3� book recommendation for the team"

1. "Only a Promise" is for G4, a finished book that you had started reading before Bingo.
(B1 is for a book you both started and finished reading.) 140 pages is correct though, last 35% of the book.

2. Misled: we have a problem, the file seems corrupt even after re-downloading. I added 35 pages to my total read count for yesterday. How and when do we communicate pages read or minutes listened so it won't become total chaos?

3. Still thinking about this one.

Yes, I'm currently reading The Queen of the Night (at 95% so will finish this morning).

Recommendation: The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward (essays by young black writers on racism- an important look into race issues in America- it's a new release, and most of the essays are beautifully written and very moving)

It looks like we have blue and green covered so far for N1. The Girl with All the Gifts is yellow so we will still need red, orange, and purple. Does anyone have books planned that have those colors? I can browse my plan to see if I have any that fit.

I plan on reading The Assistants after I read Homegoing (which I'm starting today), so as long as I finish 2 more I can cover red.

O3- does this include Children's picture books? If so, I read A Bad Kitty Christmas yesterday.

Erica, yes, that counts :)

Just completed alphabet soup, towards I1.

I forgot to mention that I read for an hour straight last night (Anna Karenina)

I also read for an hour straight last night (actually more like 2).

I have finished listening to The snow queen's shadow :) so my part of N4 is done