Comingback Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Oh, yes, we do have to have a Book Thief thread!!!!
cartermia Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 I shall go start it then! I love that book!!! :heart:
Chrysophylax Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I think you two have made a very good argument.... and I am thinking of accepting the correction. I'd like to hear from Carter and Chrysophlax as the two people who would be most affected if we take off those 3x credit points. I do think that DTA And CT have made good points. Carter and Chryso... you ok with my just going back to credit for 1 challenge book at a time and perhaps 3x for the book that is selected for the book club (which honors that there is work to be claimed for participating in the book club in Feb.)? Unless I am mistaken, that will NOT affect any scores documented in the records through now... it will just mean we won't include the additional points at all. This is all ok by me. I just finished requesting just about all of the listed books from the library, but even if I don't get extra credit for them I still enjoy the reading. Honestly, I just want to get in more reading of anything that grabs my attention as a way to relieve stress as college starts back up for me tomorrow. And actually this solves a question I had too. I was searching for House of Gold in the library system and instead found a book called The House of Gold which is a western and I was going to ask if I could get extra points for that, too! :P Oh well! (Actually, I'm sorry I didn't see more of the reading club post earlier, I have some great suggestions!) I would like to report The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan, 455 pgs I was really excited about this book! I was 100% positive this series was finished, and then he wrote another one! Hooray!!!! And of course it was excellent! and then for good measure, I had to go back and re-read the first in the series: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan, 249 pgs
AnneLine Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Hi, everyone, Well... I will do an update as soon as I can. However, when it rains it pours. The desktop computer that had the stats in it has been having some problems 'waking up' when it gets turned off.... and it turned itself off two days ago to do some updates.... and so far hasn't woken up. I have the laptop to use, but not the excel chart that does the stat calculations. :cry: I probably can redo my stat making system if I have to, but I'd rather give it 24 to 48 more hours to see if it will wake up.... I really don't have a spare 4 or 5 hours this week. I'm sure you all understand... When I do it, in response to the feedback from the users, I'm going with what seems to be the consensus of most of the Readers. I am just going to claim the 2x points for the CHALLENGE books, and I will let give the 3x credit for whatever book gets selected for the Feb reading club. I will pray a rosary for the intentions of anyone else who got bonus points that aren't going to be counted.... which seems to be some kind of a benefit. Anyone who wants to join me on praying a rosary for them and the users of this thread, seems to me we can all use some extra prayers.... Now I'm gonna go fix lunch... and maybe my computer will smell it and wake up! :heart: :eat: :pray: :bible:
Comingback Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 That is great. The best thing about the 3x thing, though, is that I found 2 great books and am getting to talk to some great folks. I have also rediscovered "In this House of Brede." I remembered having read it, but when the citation for the number of pages was given I knew that I hadn't read a book that long. So... it must have been one of the Readers' Digest condensed books that people were always giving my parents and which they never read (but I did). So I went to the library and found "Brede" and it is MUCH longer than I remembered, so will have a go at it again. I remembered having liked it a great deal when I read the condensed version, so am looking forward to the real one. Anne-Line, I hope your computer has not fallen asleep permanently.
AnneLine Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Oh, I hope not too, ComingHome. It has been doing this now for about 4 weeks.... but it is not at all consistent about it. When it is 'on' it operates just fine,.... as long as it doesn't get turned off. Unfortunately, the Antivirus and Microsoft updates do an automatic off/on if the computer is on when they have down loaded.... so I find out the hard way that we got some updates! Fortunately most stuff is backed up.... but I don't know if the most recent version of the book stats was backed up.... I am pretty sure it will at least have the simplified version of the counting spreadsheet I am using for the Advent-to-Candlemas count... but it almost certainly would NOT have the most recent additions. If it doesn't have the A to C chart backed up I will cry, because that was several hours of work to make the changes... and I won't have anything to work from except... this thread. :cry: On the other hand, almost all my other work is backed up. But it is a PAIN!!!!!! So pray for it wake up.... I need this and some Secular Order stuff from it. YES, computer, we are talking to YOU!!!!! And In this House of Brede is a WONDERFUL book -- and while the Readers' Digest version was good, the full book is ever-so-much better!!! So WOOOOT! Edited January 14, 2014 by AnneLine
cartermia Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Make it some of my grandmother's hot cocoa, it wakes my grandfather up from his dozing off in his chair!
AnneLine Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 I know what I want to read next: YOUR GRAND MOTHER'S HOT COCOA RECIPE!!!!!!!
Comingback Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 The cocoa recipe would be excellent. I am getting a cold, which explains why I have felt so bad the last few days. Cocoa would definitely help. All I've got are some of those awful envelope mixes thingies.
cartermia Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 It is in my thread, go make some hot chocolate!
TheresaThoma Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Yay hot chocolate goes nicely with books!
cartermia Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Yes, Yes it does! I probably shouldn't have shared one of my secret weapons! :evil:
BG45 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Mark of Calth (416 pages) edited by Laurie Golding Unplanned by Abby Johnson (288 pages). Not my first time reading Unplanned, but it's always such an amazing story of God's grace that I keep going back to it. Abby Johnson was a clinic director for Planned Parenthood, who started there with the belief she was helping women and helping make abortion rare; however, after eight years with them, she had to help with an ultrasound guided abortion. That was when God used that horrifying event to help heal the wounds of her own two abortions, a previous failed marriage, and the collapse of her life around her (except for her husband) as she found herself being sued by her former employers.
Chrysophylax Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Hum de dum... The Drowned Vault by N. D. Wilson, 447 pgs
Comingback Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Gaaa. you all keep giving me things to put on my to-read list!!
Chrysophylax Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Well I won't be reading tomorrow morning! I have my driver's test at 9, so if you all could pray for me I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
AnneLine Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 Well... I'll be asleep while you are testing, but I am praying it goes like a dream! :cloud9: ;) Still no wake up call for the computer.... will see what I can do about an accounting tomorrow or Thurs. HOPEFULLY the format is on the backup.... PLLEEEEZE Lord?
Chrysophylax Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Yeah! I passed! Even though there was snow and nobody could see where the driving lanes were supposed to be! Now I can go back to reading with no worries! ;) Thanks for the prayers! :dance:
ChristinaTherese Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Congrats, Chrys! Was it your first time taking the test?
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