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[Annette]

Is it too late to join the Toppler?

[Janice, Moderator]

jaxnsmom wrote: "An edit to part 1:

Read anything you want. Using the first letter of the first word of the title (excluding The, A, and An) will determine how many points your book is worth"

Oh well that makes a difference! Here I was thinking that we were including those words.

[Janice, Moderator]

Annette wrote: "Is it too late to join the Toppler?"

It's never too late until it's over. jaxnsmom will assign you to a team.

[jaxnsmom]

I was asked a question;

Can the same word be used more than once on the board in part 2?

Yes, if two people read the same book or different books starting with the same word.

[jaxnsmom]

Ariane wrote: "A quick question: I had some books in French in my list, but I guess they won't fit for the part 2?"

Yeah, I'll allow foreign words, with Rusalka's reasoning - I'd hate to make her look like she's full of crap ☺

[jaxnsmom]

Annette wrote: "Is it too late to join the Toppler?"

You're on Team 2. I'm sure they'll welcome you!

[jaxnsmom]

Janice wrote: "Oh well that makes a difference! Here I was thinking that we were including those words."

I had to edit because I left out "An". Imagine all the points that would be lost for all the books starting with "The" - that would be horrible!

[Lanelle]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Annette wrote: "Is it too late to join the Toppler?"

You're on Team 2. I'm sure they'll welcome you!"

Welcome to Team 2, Annette! Come check out our team thread.

[Elsbeth]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Ariane wrote: "A quick question: I had some books in French in my list, but I guess they won't fit for the part 2?"

Yeah, I'll allow foreign words, with Rusalka's reasoning - I'd hate to make her ..."

Ah, great! I had the same question (only for Dutch and German)!

[Mariab]

Almeta wrote: "Mariab wrote: "I'm in (the time/week is good for me)

I forgot. I'll be outside the Net in the coming week. So if I could participate still would be great (my team could be not thrilled about it, t..."

We are (again!) in the same team Almeta...

[Almeta]

Mariab wrote: "...We are (again!) in the same team Almeta... ..."

Yes, that is good, right?!☻

[Mariab]

Of course!!!!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Ariane wrote: "A quick question: I had some books in French in my list, but I guess they won't fit for the part 2?"

Yeah, I'll allow foreign words, with Rusalka's reasoning - I'd hate to make her ..."

Hah! Never stopped anyone before ;)

[Bella]

What do you do/how do you score a title with numbers? Like NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.

Just to confirm if something has a symbol like & or # (#Nerd), you drop the symbol, right?

[jaxnsmom]

For total value NOS4A2 use the first letter of the number spelled out. So you would use NOSFAT.

& - use an A
How is the # being used?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

If you read out that title it would be "Hashtag Nerd" like a twitter or instagram hashtag.

And actually looking at the book, the series name itself is called "Hashtag" with this book being Hashtag 1. So looks like I was assuming right *phew*.

[jaxnsmom]

Bella wrote: "What do you do/how do you score a title with numbers? Like NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.

Just to confirm if something has a symbol like & or # (#Nerd), you dr..."

I thought it was hashtag, but figured I'd better be sure. The first letter would be H, and the total value would be based on HASHTAG

[Vicki]

Can I use a 240 page graphic novel for the toppler? I don't see anything about graphic novels

[jaxnsmom]

Ok, your graphic novel is acceptable. I'll have to come up with a number of required pages for them. maybe 225.

[Marie (UK)]

do we need a separate toppler shelf for our books

[jaxnsmom]

No, some people make one, but it's not necessary.

[Vicki]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Ok, your graphic novel is acceptable. I'll have to come up with a number of required pages for them. maybe 225."

Thanks, it looks very wordy :)

[Joan]

are short story collections OK I have two that I have been meaning to tackle for awhile.

[jaxnsmom]

As long as the they meet the 175 page requirement, short story collections are fine.

[Almeta]

jaxnsmom wrote: "...For the anal nutcases – and yes there are quite a few- Try not to go overboard looking for words with the most overall value, you’ll only drive yourself and your team insane and it would take way too much time. For others, like me, let’s just hope we get some books picked out on time. "

NUTCASES? Well, THAT warning didn't work!☺!☻!

[Janice, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Well, THAT warning didn't work!☺!☻!
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ROFL!

[jaxnsmom]

Love it!

[Sarah]

I love that chocolate skull. I want one!

[Lynda]

LOL! That's awesome.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Love it! It's a great Halloween treat!

[Joan]

argh! What luck! friends from Norway are in town for dinner on October 17 -- I guess my toppler books will have to wait.

[Elsbeth]

Joan wrote: "argh! What luck! friends from Norway are in town for dinner on October 17 -- I guess my toppler books will have to wait."

I know what you mean: the 17th is my father's birthday and he, my mother, my husband, son and daughter and me are going away for the day - including diner. Lucky for me the Toppler only starts at 6 pm here. So maybe I can read on the way back!

[Sarah]

I have both my partner's and my birthday that week plus work and diy projects. But I'll cram my books in anyway.

[Lisa]

That chocolate skull is really cool!

[Tejas Janet]

Isn't it a nuisance how real life interferes with our topplers - hee hee ;)

[Mariab]

Tejas Janet wrote: "Isn't it a nuisance how real life interferes with our topplers - hee hee ;)"

Is Goodreads not the real life and that "other" the unreal one?. After all life is a dream...

[Janice, Moderator]

Good one, Mariab.

[Sandra, Moderator]

You are right, Mariab. The world is upside down.

[Dawn]

J-Mom, to clarify the second round of points. We're connecting the words on a blank grid?? So we don't have to worry where the triple and double words and letters are on a traditional scrabble board? Correct??

[Elsbeth]

And does the board have to be just as big as a traditional scrabble board? What if a team reads so many books that all the words don't fit?

[Dawn]

If I recall right, J-mom said 15 x 15 grid for everyone.

[Elsbeth]

Dawn wrote: "If I recall right, J-mom said 15 x 15 grid for everyone."

Okay. (missed that post ;)...)

[Erin]

is it too late to join?

[Janice, Moderator]

Erin wrote: "is it too late to join?"

No, it's not too late. jaxnsmom will assign you to a team when she sees this post.

[jaxnsmom]

Erin - you're on Team D. Sorry for the delay, stuff got in the way.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I think by team D, Jmom means Team 4. Head on over to our thread Erin! Happy to have you along!!

[jaxnsmom]

Yes, Team D is Team 4. I keep mixing the designations up.

[jaxnsmom]

***Clarification for one letter titles***

For Part 2, if you have any, a one letter title should be the first word on your board, and it will be the only one letter title used. So no, you can't read all the Sue Grafton books and randomly use letters of the words already on the board to claim another title. The next word would connect to your one letter title, and you'd go from there like normal play.

Let me know if there are any questions about this.

[KimeyDiann]

Is that supposed to be for titles with only one letter instead of one word?

[Almeta]

jaxnsmom wrote: "***Clarification for one word titles***

For Part 2, if you have any, a one word title should be the first word on your board, and it will be the only one word title used. So no, you can't read all..."

Awwww, MEANIE!!! :P