Byzantine Posted July 1, 2013 Author Posted July 1, 2013 Welcome home, Byz!!!! I should think that you could count those sections of the Phylokalia as separate books.. or as a 4 giant books and give us the page numbers.... Thanks! BG, welcome!!!! The rules Byz established are simple -- any books you started during the summer period and finished during the contest are fair game! We arbitrate disputes by taking people out to the village green and pelting them with popcorn. No mods need work... we want 'em reading! This is correct. L&T I wasn't sure if 'Wisdom' was another book... or if it was simply honoring truth spoken. I've given you book credit for the book of the Bible.... ;) I'm inclined to think she was acknowledging the truth. Either that, or she was practicing her Byzantine liturgical exclamations (though I think not, as she is Armenian and I just looked through the text of their liturgy and it seems that exclamation is not present. Sorry LT I probably should have looked through your liturgy before making a lame liturgical reference. I still think we could let people count small prayer books. Why not? Byz? I've given up on the LOTH...counting it, but not praying it. ;) Here's what we'll do: We'll count prayer books (including LOTH), but only by page number (since you generally don't go straight through a prayer book). Is that a compromise we can live with? By the way LT, I met an Armenian Catholic subdeacon and his sons who had come into communion with Rome from Armenian Orthodoxy. The subdeacon had been raised fundamentalist but then started reading the Fathers.
Anastasia13 Posted July 1, 2013 Posted July 1, 2013 By the way LT, I met an Armenian Catholic subdeacon and his sons who had come into communion with Rome from Armenian Orthodoxy. The subdeacon had been raised fundamentalist but then started reading the Fathers. Learn everything you can from that man, and eat any food he offers you-for it is tasty. "if it was simply honoring truth spoken." This. I have not read the book of Wisdom. I also do not have easy access to the pages I have read as I no longer of occasion to drive by a certain library. I also am unlikely to beat someone on pages even more than I am unlike to beat someone on books read.
Byzantine Posted July 1, 2013 Author Posted July 1, 2013 Learn everything you can from that man, and eat any food he offers you-for it is tasty. The problem is that he lives in Michigan and I live in PA. Though if he offers me any food, I'll be sure to grab it. Story time: His eldest (I think) son was walking with me and suddenly he said: "You're THE <first name> <last name>!" I was unsure whether I should prepare to receive homage or run. Then I found out they go to my "aunt and uncle's" (the real relationship is too complicated) ByzCat parish and had performed a play I wrote for St. Nicholas Day. They liked it! But it's still kind of strange to be "THE <name>."
LittleWaySoul Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 The reason I really don't want to count LOTH is because I do night prayer every night and after a week, the prayers are the same. So I'm reading pages over. That would mean I'd have to keep track of how many times I went through the rotation and bah. That just seems like a lot of work. My other reasoning is that it's not a typical "book" book. It's psalms and little prayers and responses and such. If, say, someone had a prayer book formatted to be like a normal book (say, a novel), I'd feel better about it. Ultimately, I feel like LOTH should be out, and any other prayer book should be considered on a case-by-case basis. Just my two cents, anyway.
Dr. Bombay Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 Is the Summa considered a prayer book? Cuz I read the whole thing every day. True story.
LittleWaySoul Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 Is the Summa considered a prayer book? Cuz I read the whole thing every day. True story. Funniest post I've seen on Phatmass in a long time rotfl
Era Might Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 Heading to the library tomorrow and picking up a whole buncha books in braille. I got this competition on lock.
AnneLine Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 Doc Bomb... Byz...all the rest of you -- You guys are SO FUNNY!!!! :) :heart: rotfl GOL I want the props back!!!!! LWS I hear you on Night Prayer (find it the most penitential for exactly that reason...) If you decide to count it, just call it 3 pages a day ... 20 pages per week? ten weeks of summer for 200? Just make it simple..... I'd guestimate Morning and Evening Prayer Office of Readings at maybe 10 pages per day? 70 per week? 700 for the summer? If anything, that's probably an underestimate.... Doc Bomb -- I'm surprised you aren't reading Migne's 160 volumes of the Greek Fathers http://graeca.patristica.net/ and/or the his Latin Fathers.... http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/1815-1875,_Migne,_Patrologia_Latina_01._Rerum_Conspectus_Pro_Tomis_Ordinatus,_MLT.html If you don't want either of those collections, I guess the Summa will have to do.... ;) Era Might, I keep waiting for someone to set up about 40 CD players and books on disc.... literary cacophony 24/7 for the next 2 months....If you DO check out that many brailebooks, be sure to bring your little red wagon...and you'll have the WEIGHTIEST tomes award for sure! AND..... BG reminded me on his random thread that today through Friday is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Wow. I think I will interrupt my other reading and slam through The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara again. It is a favorite book of mine... and how often does one get to read through the narrative of the 150th anniversary of something ON THE ANIIVERSARY...? Heading upstairs to grab the book... And... L&T, I'll take the 'Wisdom Literature' off your count... but I do hope you keep reading with us. (Come up with some category we won't be able to do and I can find something to send off to you... always extra books around my house.... ;) Plan to update at some point in next day or so.... have a good time, everyone!
AnneLine Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 The problem is that he lives in Michigan and I live in PA. Though if he offers me any food, I'll be sure to grab it. Story time: His eldest (I think) son was walking with me and suddenly he said: "You're THE <first name> <last name>!" I was unsure whether I should prepare to receive homage or run. Then I found out they go to my "aunt and uncle's" (the real relationship is too complicated) ByzCat parish and had performed a play I wrote for St. Nicholas Day. They liked it! But it's still kind of strange to be "THE <name>." How neat!!!! :)
Chrysophylax Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 BOOKS IN PROGRESS (in alphabetical order) Chrysophlax: Maurice & Therese AND A Shepherd's Look at Psalm Twenty-Three I am confused! I don't think I know of any books by those titles! :unsure: Actually, the book I have in progress is The Last Crusader by Louis de Wohl. More books I read: ~Rowan and the Travelers by Emily Roda (re-read, very easy book) (192 pgs) ~Point Blanc (from alex rider series, but the graphic novel! Does that count?) (144 pgs) ~Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey (This book was absolutely amazing, the best fairytale book I have read in a really long time!) (192 pgs) ~Venitia by Georgette Heyer (a re-read, amazing) (384 pgs) ~Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon (256 pgs) Very dissapointing. The prince was a horrible person, and the story was depressing ~Pirate talk, or, mermalade by Terese Svoboda. Weird weird weird.... I didn't like it very much (151 pgs) ~False Mermaid by Erin Hart (336 pgs) Wow, that is a suspensful murder mystery. Pretty dark, but quite interesting! So that is 7 more books and 1655 pages. Now I should go back and total that pages from the books I already submitted...
Chrysophylax Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Okay, I'm going to add page count to my old submissions: Castaways of the Flying Dutchman 327 Bolo! 496 Jennifer 160 The Thief 304 The Queen of Attolia 368 The King of Attolia 432 In the Best Families 272 The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles Book 3 432 These Old Shades 384 The Outcasts 464 The Ruins of Gorlan 272 The Burning Bridge 288 The Foundling 439 The Crimson Thread 240 Montmorency; Thief, Liar Gentleman? 178 Counterfeit Son 192 total: 5248 Amazon makes it really easy to look up page numbers of books! Actually, do I get to count page numbers for a book on cd? One of those was a book on cd... If not that total would be 4976.
AnneLine Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Chrysophlax, in response to your question: AnneLine, on 27 Jun 2013 - 11:38 AM, said: BOOKS IN PROGRESS (in alphabetical order) Chrysophlax: Maurice & Therese AND A Shepherd's Look at Psalm Twenty-Three You responded: I am confused! I don't think I know of any books by those titles! :unsure: Actually, the book I have in progress is The Last Crusader by Louis de Wohl. Chrys... you have reason to be confused... ol' AnneLine didn't get her head out of the books long enough to realize it was Catholicterp7 who is reading those 2.... I'm also in the process of re-reading Maurice and Therese and A Shepherd's Look at Psalm Twenty-three. :paperbag: List will be adjusted for both of you later today....
AnneLine Posted July 3, 2013 Posted July 3, 2013 Chrys, you asked about page counts for audiobooks.... Okay, I'm going to add page count to my old submissions: Castaways of the Flying Dutchman 327 Bolo! 496 Jennifer 160 The Thief 304 The Queen of Attolia 368 The King of Attolia 432 In the Best Families 272 The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles Book 3 432 These Old Shades 384 The Outcasts 464 The Ruins of Gorlan 272 The Burning Bridge 288 The Foundling 439 The Crimson Thread 240 Montmorency; Thief, Liar Gentleman? 178 Counterfeit Son 192 total: 5248 Amazon makes it really easy to look up page numbers of books! Actually, do I get to count page numbers for a book on cd? One of those was a book on cd... If not that total would be 4976. Byz already said audiobooks count, and I would think you could use the Amazon book page count to get the number of pages... presuming it isn't an abridged version..... That's what I'd do.... and did for someone who wasn't sure what to do about a Nook Book. We aren't goin' for the Guinness Book of Records.... it seems reasonable to me? Good job on the page counts -- and YES!!!! Amazon does make it easy to count 'em up. Hint, hint?!
Dr. Bombay Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Cowboys and Aliens. Ok, that was a movie. But I'm sure a script was necessary so there was reading involved at some point. On second thought, I doubt a script was involved at all. But Harrison Ford was in it. So, yeah. Count me. :bounce:
AnneLine Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 (edited) Byz? what you think of the good Doctor's idea? I'm counting the Summa as 'light summer reading in progress', but for Cowboys and Aliens, I'd think the Doctor gotta cough up the paper script or an on-line version (or at least give us some page numbers for goodness sake!) (or a novel version.... or an audiobook) or it won't work.... at least that would be MY call on this one.... call me grumpy. :brutebeast: But Byz is the Supreme Court around here.... Anyone else wanna release some page counts or new books before I formally update? Watch for the updates about 11:30 PDT tonight.... I should tell you that as of right now Cartermia at 25 books is just 2 ahead of both Chrysophlax and Catholicterp7 -- tied at 23. Where is everyone else???? AND Chrystoplax has run away with the page count at an impressive 6903!!!! This might change if other people put up their page counts. As she noted, easy to use Amazon to do this.... Edited July 4, 2013 by AnneLine
AnneLine Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 (edited) Well! Phatmass wouldn't let me in until now. 3:20 AM!!!! I bet somebody wanted to finish a book before I posted... but the totals are as of last night 7/3/2013 at 11pm PDT!!!! We are getting a lot of stuff read! Thanks, Byz, for getting us going... and to everyone for keeping us going! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amppax ….. 7 Quantum Prophecy Book 1 Quantum Prophecy Book 2 Superhuman Series Book 1 Superhuman Series Book 2 Superhuman Series Book 3 Rangers Apprentice Book 10 Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace…………….176 pages In progress: AnneLine ….. 8 A Few Lines to Tell You …………….113 pages Victorian Farm ……………………… 273 pages All New Square Foot Gardening …. 272 pages With Belles on Their Toes ………… 240 pages STNG - Guises of the Min…….…… 277 pages Meet The Austins………………...… 240pages Book of Joshua………………………. 21 pages The Arm of the Starfish……………. 272 pages In progress: Out of the Silent Planet Christy The Killer Angels Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer & Office of Readings .....from the Liturgy of the Hours (approx 700 pgs by end of summer) Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours (approx 200 pgs by end of summer) Ardil ….. 5 Outliers A Wanted Man Children of Dune Joyland Bag of Bones Working on: As A Man Thinketh Game of Thrones ARFink ….. 13 7 Issues of Axe Cop 6 Issues of Dr. McNinja In Progress: An Unmemorable STNG Novel Next on the docket - Guards! Guards! BG45 ….. 4 Matter Kill Shot Star Wars: Revan Confessions of a Megachurch Pastor In Progress: Warhammer 40k: Atlas Infernal Byz ….. 14 2 Corinthians Nehemiah Galatians Tobit Judith Ephesians Esther 1 Thessalonians 1Timothy Return of the King The Real Story Many Waters Job The Two Towers In Progress: The Philokalia (4 giant volumes/compilation?) (BYZ: I would think you could also do it by sections – Somewhat like the Sherlock Holmes anthologies…) Cartermia ….. 25 Confessions of a Murder Suspect Double Dutch Out of my Mind Secret of Yellowfang The Book of Revelations The Book of Jude The Book of John Tiger Curse Tiger Quest Fyre Weird & Wacky, Strange & Slimy The Book Thief The Thief Lord The Drowned City The Europa Conspiracy The Third Degree Over the Edge Double Cross Scared to Death Break and Enter A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time In Progress: The HP Series Catholicterp ….. 23 Bertram's Hotel One of our Thursdays is Missing The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of the Cardboard Box The Adventure of the Red Circle The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Dying Detective The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax His Last Bow The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of the Creeping Man The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs The Adventure of Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier The Adventure of the Lion's Mane The Adventure of the Retired Colourman The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place In Progress: in progress - Maurice & Therese in progress - A Shepherd's Look at PsalmTwenty-Three Chrysophlax ….. 23 Castaways of the Flying Dutchman ………………….327 pages Bolo! ………………………….………………...……….496 pages Jennifer …………………….……………………..…….160 pages The Thief……………………………………….....…….304 pages The Queen of Attolia……………………………..…….368 pages The King of Attolia……………………………….……..432 pages In the Best Families…………………..…………….….272 pages The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles Book 3…..….432 pages These Old Shades……………………………….…….384 pages The Outcasts…………………………………………...464 pages The Ruins of Gorlan…………………………..……….272 pages The Burning Bridge…………………………….......….288 pages The Foundling……………………………………....….439 pages The Crimson Thread……………………………..…….240 pages Montmorency; Thief, Liar Gentleman? ………..…….178 pages Counterfeit Son………………………………….….….192 pages Rowan and the Travelers………………………….….192 pages Point Blanc………………………………………….….144 pages Sunlight and Shadow……………………..……….….192 pages Venitia…………………………………………….…….384 pages Mermaid……………………………….…….…...…….256 pages Pirate talk, or, marmalad……………..………..….….151 pages False Mermaid……………………….…..……..….….336 pages In Progress: The Last Crusader Doc Bomb…… 8 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees The Secret Adversary Sons of Cain The Gospel of Matthew 1 Timothy Job Titus To be documented: "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things" Currently Reading: Rapture: The End Times Error… something, ………. something, something… The Summa (aka Dr. B plans a little light reading for summa-time... he he he) EraMight…… 0 In Progress: A bunch of library books in Braille FP ….. 3 HP - The Half Blood Prince HP - The Deathly Hallows Anne of Green Gables In Progress: Anne of Avonlea The Fellowship of the Ring L&T ….. 6 Joint Statements & Agreements between Catholic & Oriental Orthodox Churches Folk Tale: The Take [Tale?] of the Pope and of his Workman, Balda Folk Tale: The Tale of the Golden Cockerel Consumer Reports Used Car Guide Play: Mozart and Salieri Quick Guide to Coding and Billing Compliance for Medical Practices In Progress: Thing 1 Thing 2 LWS ….. 3 Mortality ………………………………………………………………………..…...104 pages Original Unity of Man and Woman: Catechesis on the Book of Genesis…....178 pages The Fellowship of the Ring …………………………………………………..…..458 pages In Progress: Moonstone "and then on to other books!" in progress - Night Prayer from Liturgy of the Hours for the summer (approx 200 pages) LWS—let me know if you do NOT want me to count this as in progress…. ;) Nihil ….. (removed from count per his request) No books have been documented with name and author To be documented: 200 Books In Progress: St John Chrystostom’s Commentary on the Psalms Ploomf ….. 5 The Broken Land Wyrd Sisters The Great Divorce Good Omens Ireland In Progress: Pooh Bear aka Winchester….. 0 “1 book, read to AL’s mother†To be documented: name & author of said book In Progress: Spem ….. 2 Man's Search for Meaning A Pure, Clear Light In Progress: Trisha ….. 1 Book 3 of Annie’s People In Progress: TOTALS TO THIS POINT: 7/3/2013 11PM PDT Summer Readers…………….……… 19 Total Documented Books read……..150 Undocumented Books Read………. 451 Books in Progress……………………29 Documented Pages Read……...... 2,527 CURRENT LEADERS: BOOKS READ 1st Place………………….….… Cartermia……… 25 2nd Place (tied)………………... Catholicterp7….. 23 2nd Place (tied)………………... Chrysophlax .…. 23 PAGES READ 1st Place ………………….…… Chrysophlax …. 6903 2nd Place ……………………… AnneLine……..1708 NOTE: most readers have NOT yet submitted pages read. Have a good 4th of July everyone!!!! Edited July 4, 2013 by AnneLine
Byzantine Posted July 4, 2013 Author Posted July 4, 2013 Byz? what you think of the good Doctor's idea? I'm counting the Summa as 'light summer reading in progress', but for Cowboys and Aliens, I'd think the Doctor gotta cough up the paper script or an on-line version (or at least give us some page numbers for goodness sake!) (or a novel version.... or an audiobook) or it won't work.... at least that would be MY call on this one.... call me grumpy. :brutebeast: But Byz is the Supreme Court around here.... AL's ruling is sustained by the Supreme Court of Byz.
Dr. Bombay Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 Ah. I am interpreting this to mean that movies do in fact count, if we can dredge up a print version on Amazon. Excellent. Cartermia, prepare to fall to second place. Nobody reads movies better than I do.
AnneLine Posted July 4, 2013 Posted July 4, 2013 You gotta watch/read 'em, Dr. B. And you have your 'light summa reading' on the plate as well. So figure you can only get in a few a day (read-watching) even if you choose the movie route..... But I gotta give you credit for determination..... But SERIOUSLY, going after CarterMia????? She might try the same thing. You are teaching her BAD THINGS, Dr. B!!!!!
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