Comingback Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Hi Anne-Line, I had finished Theology for Beginners (254 pages). St. Thomas is my current challenge book. I also finished In This House of Brede, 672 pages. I think both of these got lost in all our wonderful posts!! Make sure these aren't counted already. Congrats to everybody!! We've read almost 90,000 pages!!!
Chrysophylax Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne, 379 pgs Well... It's a thriller, keeps you on edge, but I think it had too much violence. I wouldn't recommend it, I think. (Did I already post Book of the King? I think I did, but I will have to double check. That book was good!)
Chrysophylax Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 YAY!!! I studied Milton in grad school!!! When you get time, read C. S. Lewis' Preface to Paradise Lost. Ah! Thanks for the advice! I will definitely do that!
ChristinaTherese Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Well, I just ordered a Kindle. (ETA: Because there's a limited amount of space in bookcases and ebooks are cheaper anyway.) So I'll probably use it to read DTA's recommendation. But it'll get here after Candlemas. I'm probably not going to read anything else worth counting (I don't want to count my school reading even if it would count, it's just too much work) before the end of the competition.... Edited January 27, 2014 by Christina Thérèse
AnneLine Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 Hi Anne-Line, I had finished Theology for Beginners (254 pages). St. Thomas is my current challenge book. I also finished In This House of Brede, 672 pages. I think both of these got lost in all our wonderful posts!! Make sure these aren't counted already. Congrats to everybody!! We've read almost 90,000 pages!!! Cool, and thank you for clarifying that. That is what I thought, but I wasn't sure. ;) Will make the next update! Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne, 379 pgs Well... It's a thriller, keeps you on edge, but I think it had too much violence. I wouldn't recommend it, I think. (Did I already post Book of the King? I think I did, but I will have to double check. That book was good!) Yes, you had done Book of the King. Well, I just ordered a Kindle. (ETA: Because there's a limited amount of space in bookcases and ebooks are cheaper anyway.) So I'll probably use it to read DTA's recommendation. But it'll get here after Candlemas. I'm probably not going to read anything else worth counting (I don't want to count my school reading even if it would count, it's just too much work) before the end of the competition.... Christina, I'm thinking about a blanket 'school reading credit' for schoolwork - does 300 or 500 pages sound reasonable between now and end of challenge, or should it be more? (Lord knows I put in 1,000 pages a week easily when I was in grad school... but your mileage may differ.....) My logic is I'd rather have you studying and just have all the students get the credit for doing the reading they need to do for school work... but no one has to take the credit. It just makes your life AND my life easier to do it this way. I'm also hoping those of us NOT in school might polish off the books we have partly completed... if we all buckle down and do our work... we might just make that 100,000 goal! AND... if anyone has read THE FAULT IN OUR STARS remember to post it.... it is worth 3X credit as the Feb Book Club Book!!!!
ChristinaTherese Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I'd give it maybe 400 pages max, since I don't even necessarily do all of the assigned reading (for two classes out of three I have been), and it's been about four weeks. I don't know... I've likely read more, but I don't care.
AnneLine Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks ChristinaTherese -- 400 pages Sounds like a good 'Reading for School' credit .... SO... attention all students: 400 pages available as a 'Reading for School' credit - if you want it... all you have to do is let me know!
Deus te Amat Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 A heads up to anyone who is on the fence: I just found out that the $5 sale only goes through Sunday.
TheresaThoma Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 For my training binder I'm going to claim 350 pages (I don't feel like measuring the width of the binder and they were full regular sheets versus a normal book page). I might claim a "work related reading" credit here at some point too. I'm going over documents (outside of the binder) and such right now trying to get everything sorted out and learn everything.
AnneLine Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I could get behind a 'training' credit as the same as a school credit... or you can tell me if it should be half the school credit of 400 or something. Does anyone object? Edited January 28, 2014 by AnneLine
Catholicterp7 Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Sorry I disappeared! I'm not going to get much farther than I've already done as I'm SUPER busy getting ready to move : (
cartermia Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 I was just wondering, do sheet music books count?
AnneLine Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 No I don't think that will work, Carter. I grant you you read those, they say that counselors can read people like a book... but we won't let them count those 'books' either. :P :dontlike: GOOD TRY, however. :idea2: You can get the Student Reading credit if you want... :love:
Chrysophylax Posted January 28, 2014 Posted January 28, 2014 Icefall by Matthew J Kirby 321 pgs It was really good! I enjoyed it, but it was not what I had expected!
Comingback Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 Computer messed up. Finished: The Carmelite Way, by John Welch, O.Carm., 185 pages.
Comingback Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 I don't know what is the matter with my computer. The title of the book does NOT have "finished" in it! I have read the book. I can't edit without a bunch of posts being called up along with mine.
AnneLine Posted January 29, 2014 Author Posted January 29, 2014 Coming Home, I've been having problems with that kind of thing myself.... which browser are you using? I'm finding for some things I CAN'T use Internet Explorer... and for other things, IE is the ONLY thing that will work properly. Sheesh!!!!!
ChristinaTherese Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 I'm using Chrome too, and it's given me no trouble.... Oh, and I'm reading A Distant Prospect and should be done by the end of the competition. Just to clarify, the end of the competition is midnight our local time (whatever that is, on the honor system) on Feb. 2, right? As in, reading done on Sunday until midnight counts?
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