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I know, the...
I know, the name's a little stupid... I couldn't think of another one though. :) For those of you who have know idea what I'm talking about, here it is!
Starting today you're going to see how many books you can read from now until... hmm... I'm not sure of a good deadline. The end of the year or month? Anyway, let me know. Here's what it should look like:
Book (Title and Author):
Started:
Finished:
And if you want you can say a little about it! If you're interested, then please join!
submitted by Elizabeth M-HI ED!!!, age 11, Germany: 23 Day
(May 1, 2011 - 1:51 pm)
(May 1, 2011 - 1:51 pm)
Yeah, I will join! I think it should be until the end of the month!
(May 1, 2011 - 4:06 pm)
Thanks! Ok, so how many books can you read until June 1st?? Please join!
Book (Title and Author): Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Started: May 1st
Finished:...
Should things you finished on May 1st count??
And about HI ED-- That automatically came up! ;)
(May 2, 2011 - 7:15 am)
I'll join! Oh, and how about you have to put how many pages long the book is. Let's do you have to start a book on May 1st. Okay, I'll go start reading!!!
(May 2, 2011 - 12:00 pm)
Cool! I'll do that. Unfortunately, it means I'll have to stop reading The Silmarillion, because it takes me so much longer to read than most other books that it just isn't fair, but I don't mind!
I think that books we finish in May but don't start shouuld only count if we read over 75% of it, or somewhere thereabouts; you don't need to calculate it.
(May 2, 2011 - 12:35 pm)
Oh, and I'm reading The World Anthology of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics.
(May 2, 2011 - 12:36 pm)
Can it be books you are re-reading?
Book: Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Started: May 1st
I am really excited. I will get to start reading The Kane Chronicles,Book 2: The Throne of Fire on the 5th. It's only coming out on the 3rd.
(May 2, 2011 - 3:26 pm)
I expect so. By the way, I started this book today.
(May 2, 2011 - 9:04 pm)
Yes, I think we should be allowed to re-read books. I don't often go to the library, so usually all I do is re-read books. On another note...
Hooray!! I finished my first book!
Title: Rilla of Ingleside
Author: L. M. Montgomery
Started: May 1
Finished: May 2 (I read books FAST!)
Rating: AWESOME!!!!
Pages: 277
Commentary: This is the eighth book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Rilla (Bertha Marilla is her real name) is the main character. She is the youngest of Anne's children. Rilla's brothers and friends (Walter, Jem, Jerry, Carl, and Shirley) go off to fight in a war, and Faith, Una, Nan, and Diana go to college, so Rilla, Susan, Anne, and her husband (can't say his name or it will give it away for everyone who hasn't read the third books or on!) are left at home wondering if their boys are going to live through the war. Rilla receives her first kiss from Kenneth Ford, and she brings home an orphaned newborn in a soup tureen! I like the last sentence on the back cover. I think it accurately describes the book. "[Rilla] is swept into a drama that tests her courage and changes her forever." A great read! Definitely recommended! Going off to find my next book to read...
(May 2, 2011 - 6:23 pm)
You guys are allowed to re-read books! That's fine! Wow, PP! 277 pages in basically one day... That's a lot! I'm on page 52 from 527 in Little Women.
(May 3, 2011 - 7:52 am)
Yesterday, I started The Magician's Nephew. It's a really good book. One of the Narnia books. Hopefully I'll finish it soon. Anyways, here's my book count:
Books read: 1
:-)
(May 3, 2011 - 8:02 am)
I probably would be almost finished, but I have had to go to take standarized tests the past two mornings and have had to go to bed earlier because of it. Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire is 734 pages. Usaully it takes me a day or two, but at the rate I am going it will probably be more like a week.
(May 3, 2011 - 4:04 pm)
Are we mentioning our page numbers now, too? Mine's 835.
(May 3, 2011 - 8:20 pm)
I don't know, if I can finish Little Women!!!
(May 4, 2011 - 6:36 am)
Okay, sorry I didn't post yesterday. Here are the books I have finished so far:
1. Rilla of Ingleside
2. The Magician's Nephew
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
4. The Horse and His Boy
I'm working on book 4 in the Narnia series. It's called Prince Caspian. I'm hoping to finish it today.
(May 4, 2011 - 12:39 pm)
I forgot to ask this, but...If we are reading a book for the book club here on the CB, does it count towards our book count?
(May 4, 2011 - 12:40 pm)