High Five: reporting ONLY

[Gail]

This is a reporting thread for the High Five team, so that our other thread can be used for chatting. Please use this thread to report the following:

1. What book you are reading for your task
2. When you have finished reading a book
3. What number you have generated next, and where that puts you on the Monopoly board (you add it to your last number, and pass 'go' if necessary)
4. Whether you'll be reading a book for that task, or offering it for someone else to take
5. If you are taking a task that someone has offered

I think that's everything - I will add to it if I think of something else.

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Here is the tracking spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Here is the random number generator (put 1 for minimum and 39 for maximum): http://www.random.org

Here are the Toppler tasks: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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Here are our team members:

Dawn
Elsbeth
Gail
Marie
Marie Claude
Paakhi
Pragya
Rebecca
Sharon
Tasha Canada
Tejas Janet

[Gail]

This is where I will post the pool of untaken tasks, for people to choose from.

[Dawn]

I will report which book I'm reading for the first task.
Star Guard by Andre Norton

It has humans on an alien planet and a starship so fits great with 31 = Sandy’s Treedome (Spongebob) – Sandy is in a world that is normally alien to squirrels. Read a book with someone who is not in their own environment – aliens on earth, humans on another planet or a spaceship. This will also include time travel – humans going back in time or into the future, dinosaurs in the present.

[Dawn]

I will also roll for book two. I got a 6 which added to 29 gives me task 35 = Short Line – Read a book between 150 and 200 pages long.

I will be keeping this and reading:

Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie (192 pages)

[Dawn]

My roll for book three is 14 which lands me on 9 = Talosians (Star Trek Limited Edition) – The classic original series led to movies and spinoffs, and this episode won a Hugo award. Read a classic, or a book you believe should be a classic (and justify why).

I'm going to keep this one too and read:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[Dawn]

Rolling for book four is 39 which lands me on 8 = Vermont Avenue – Fall is here and the leaves will be turning. Read a book set in the fall.

Which I'm also keeping as it is October and I have the perfect fall book:

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

[Dawn]

How can we tell I don't want to be working today....for book five I've come up with 29 which lands me on 37 = Saint Bernard (Dog-opoly) – What do you think of when you see a Saint Bernard? The little keg of rum that should be tied around it’s neck? Then this book’s for you. Read a book set in a snowy area, where you wish you were in a lodge with a good book and some rum toddies.

I have another good book for this task, I think Russia could conceivably be snowy:

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[Elsbeth]

For my first task (#29) I will probably read: The Fine Art of Keeping Quiet by Charity Tahmaseb.

For my next roll I got 33. Should I add that to my first roll? Than it would get me to 19:
Read a book with vampires, and/or werewolves, and/or witches.

I have several books of those, so I'll keep it!
I think I will read:
Witch Hunt by Kristen S. Walker

[Marie Claude]

I will read A Clockwork Orange for my first task (read a classic).

For the second round, I rolled a 25. Which means I end up at 5 - Reading Railroad (reading a book with 3 colors of the rainbow on the cover or title or combination). I will take the task and read The Color Purple. There are 2 rainbow colors on the cover (yellow and some orange) and the purple of the title.

[Pragya]

I will be reading These Broken Stars for my first read for #38 Luxury Tax.

Second, I will be reading Insanity for #35- Short Line.

For my third roll of #18 that lands me at #13, I will be reading one of these for Sunspear.

The English Patient
Amsterdam
The Gathering
The Sea

[Dawn]

Okay, I'm rolling for my next three books this morning. For book six I have rolled 16 which lands me on space 13 = Sunspear (Game of Thrones Throneopoly) – In 1997 Game of Thrones won three awards and was nominated for two more. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction winners are hit and miss for many GR members. Read a book that has won it and see what you think.

Which is perfect because I want to read:

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992 winner)

[Dawn]

A 3 for book seven will land me on 16 = Tumblr (Social Media Edition) – People are convinced that everyone else wants to know what they’re doing and what they’re thinking about. Read a book that’s in essay, diary, letter, e-mail, or blog format.

Though this is a less interesting task for me I do have a book for it (actually my sister owns this book):

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

[Dawn]

And the final one until at least the first 3 days of the toppler are over so I can assess my progress. Have obtained a 27 which lands me on 3 = Fruitcake (Christmas-opoly) – Read a book with a significant character who is “As nutty as a fruitcake”. This does not have to be a medical diagnosis. Some inventors were considered nuts before their inventions proved to work. Or someone’s quirks may seem nutty to others. And some political and religious figures have ambitions that clearly indicate they aren’t rational.

And because my sister is a massive fan of this book and wants me to read it:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

[Canadian Dragon]

ok for my first task I am going to read Interview with the Vampire,Anne Rice

I am going to roll for my second.

[Canadian Dragon]

ok rolled for my second. My roll from 8 was 36 landing me on 4

4 = Walker Horde (Walking Dead) – Read a horror book. One that scares the crap out of you (or at least really creeps you out). Vampires, werewolves and witches not included here. This is for fictional horrors, not true life ones.

I am going to keep this one and choose I wanted to read this one before I watch the movie

[Elsbeth]

I rolled 11 for my 3rd roll, which landed me on #30:
= Go To Jail – someone from another team chooses what space to send you to

I randomly chose team 4 and they chose for me
3 = Fruitcake (Christmas-opoly) – Read a book with a significant character who is “As nutty as a fruitcake”.

I'm going to try and find a book for this. Should I really not find one, I'll put it in the pool. I'll let you know...

[Elsbeth]

Oh wait, I already found one:
Not Wonder More - Mad Maggie and the Mystery of the Ancients by Rod Raglin

[Rebecca]

For my 1st task, romance I will read Three Little Words by Susan Mallery.

[Tejas Janet]

Here is where I'll post my progress on rolling dice, board position, tasks, and reading books...


1st Roll: 36 Lucky Punk - "Go to space of your choice" per Jmom.
Mandatory swap for round 1. My task went to Marie Claude. I got Gail's task.
1st Task: Historical Fiction (featuring actual historical person/s)
Keeping or swapping: keeping
Space: 18 Kew Palace
Book:
The Paris Wife (features Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley)
Status: tbr


2nd Roll: 19
Space: 15
Task: Read a book where the mode of transport isn’t a car, truck, motorcycle, limo
Keeping or swapping: keeping
Book:
360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World(by plane, bicycle, train - sometimes car but mostly not)
Status: tbr


3rd roll: 10
Space: 25
Task: Read a science fiction fantasy book.
Keeping or swapping: keeping
Book:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Status: tbr


4th Roll: 4
Space: 29
Task: Read a book YA book
Keeping or swapping: swapping
Swapping with Tasha for her round 4 to read a book with a professor or college student as a main character
Book:
The Rosie Project
Status: tbr

[Gail]

Your second move is correct as far as I can see, Tejas Janet. 18 +19 is 37, so that is where you are.

[Dawn]

If the first roll was 36 and was 'go to a space of your choice' and the space of your (or in think case Marie Claude's) choice was 9 then your second roll was 19....you would land on 28 = Water Works – read a book set in a place where there is a shortage of water, because of geographical location or drought.

You don't move from the task you are doing in the first round but from the task you gave away.

[Tejas Janet]

Dawn wrote: "If the first roll was 36 and was 'go to a space of your choice' and the space of your (or in think case Marie Claude's) choice was 9 then your second roll was 19....you would land on 28 = Water Wor..."

That's what I was wondering about. We need to be sure everyone does this consistently (and correctly!).

[Dawn]

Yours was a bit complicated!

[Tejas Janet]

It was, and I'm still not really sure what's correct for my case. I think I'll ask Jmom...

[Rebecca]

I got 7 again for my 3rd roll, which sends me to space 12 Electric Company. I have to figure out what to read for it.

[Rebecca]

Apparently, my book for the rainbow task won't work. I asked again to make sure the other colors wouldn't count, but if not, I will have to put that task in the pool. I posted in the regular team thread,too just in case.

[Gail]

Sorry, Tejas Janet, Dawn is right, it's 9 + 19, not 18 + 19. The first round is confusing because of taking other people's tasks, but keeping the number of the task we give away.

[Gail]

18 was my number, and you took my task, but I still keep my number and you keep yours.

[Marie Claude]

Rebecca wrote: "Apparently, my book for the rainbow task won't work."

Pretty hard to find books that fit! I went through all my to be read shelf (of over 300 books) before finding one that I thought could do and I could get before the Toppler... And I still thing The Color Purple should have done the trick since some petals are orange and others are pure yellow... but don't feel like arguing...

Hope the one who gets the task has better chance than us

[Dawn]

So my first task has changed as I've switched with our newest member so she can read a task not her own.
Sharon now has 31 = Sandy’s Treedome (Spongebob) – Sandy is in a world that is normally alien to squirrels. Read a book with someone who is not in their own environment – aliens on earth, humans on another planet or a spaceship. This will also include time travel – humans going back in time or into the future, dinosaurs in the present.
And I have 37 = Saint Bernard (Dog-opoly) – What do you think of when you see a Saint Bernard? The little keg of rum that should be tied around it’s neck? Then this book’s for you. Read a book set in a snowy area, where you wish you were in a lodge with a good book and some rum toddies.

So my first book will now be The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin

[Sharon]

Reporting/Update

1st roll= 29. Number already taken, so rolled again and got an 8 for a total of 37 = Saint Bernard. Traded with Dawn for her 31 = Sandy’s Treedome (Spongebob) – alien environment, will read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2nd roll=9. Space = 6, Oriental Avenue. Read a murder mystery. Traded with Dawn for her #13 Man Booker Prize winner, will read The God of Small Things

3rd roll=12. Space=18. Kew Palace. Historical fiction with an actual historical person. Will read Lady Macbeth

[Rebecca]

Marie Claude wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Apparently, my book for the rainbow task won't work."

Pretty hard to find books that fit! I went through all my to be read shelf (of over 300 books) before finding one that I thou..."
I just don't understand the ruling. The sky on the cover has orange,yellow, and blue. I won't argue,though.
I've had offers to swap tasks, butI don't read paranormal books,and I can't think of any epistolary books that I own, so I don't know what to do next.

[Elsbeth]

You can see if someone else has a task you could read a book for and ask if they would like to swap? And there still are 3 people who didn't roll for the second time, so maybe one of them would like to swap?
We'll work something out!

[Elsbeth]

About the ruling, I think Jmom means that the colors have to be more bright, yours are a bit pastel like. If I understand her correctly.

[Rebecca]

Elsbeth wrote: "About the ruling, I think Jmom means that the colors have to be more bright, yours are a bit pastel like. If I understand her correctly."
Thank you. I wasn't sure what I was missing. :) And, I will take Gail's task if she doesn't mind. I had already rolled a 7 for my 3rd task, which sends me to space 12. Is that still okay, or do I need to roll again since I'm switching tasks?

[Dawn]

Alrighty, another change for you Gail.

I have switched my Round Two task #35 with Rebecca for her Round Two task #5.

I will now be reading 13 for Luck by Agatha Christie

[Tejas Janet]

I updated my info in my reporting thread to show my 2nd roll...

2nd Roll: 19
Space: 15
Task: Read a book where the mode of transport isn’t a car, truck, motorcycle, limo
Book: 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World
(by plane, bicycle, train - sometimes car but mostly not - oh, and they also rely on public bus in some countries)

[Gail]

Thanks for all the updates. I'll add all this stuff to the spreadsheet at the weekend.

[Sharon]

My second roll was Oriental Ave., murder mystery book (see above), and willing to swap. My TBR list was mysteriously short on mysteries. I think my TBRs in that category are all in my head!

[Dawn]

I have stacks of murder mysteries, so I could trade any of these if you are interested:

#5 - Read a book with at least three colors of the rainbow
#13 - Man Booker Prize Winner
#16 - Read a book that’s in essay, diary, letter, e-mail, or blog format.
#3 - Read a book with a significant character who is “As nutty as a fruitcake”.

[Sharon]

I'll trade #6 for #13, Dawn. Thanks!

[Dawn]

You're gonna be busy updating the spreadsheet this weekend Gail. :)

So this is a switch for Round Six for me. I did have #13 - Man Booker Winner, for which I was going to read The English Patient

Now I have #6 - Murder Mystery and I'm going going to read 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

[Pragya]

I have #13 if someone wants to exchange.

#13 - Man Booker Prize Winner

[Gail]

Don't you want that one, Pragya? I would like to read a Man Booker prize winner. Would you like to read a vampire/werewolf/witch book?

[Pragya]

Gail, I wanted it but found no books in my library and I don't want to buy right now.

Well, vampires aren't my first choice but I have a couple of books lying around so I will take that off your hand.

I'm going to read either of -
Glass Houses
Dead Until Dark
Darkfever
Dark Lover

[Tejas Janet]

Pragya wrote: "Gail, I wanted it but found no books in my library and I don't want to buy right now.

Well, vampires aren't my first choice but I have a couple of books lying around so I will take that off your ..."

Pragya, don't know if it would be any better, but I can offer my science fiction fantasy task if you'd like that any better than vampires. I've not ever read a vampire book, but I think Living Dead in Dallas might be amusing.

[Pragya]

Tejas Janet wrote: "Pragya wrote: "Gail, I wanted it but found no books in my library and I don't want to buy right now.

Well, vampires aren't my first choice but I have a couple of books lying around so I will tak..."

Thank you for offering TJ but am already reading a science fiction for my first task and I think one is all I can take during a week. :p

[Gail]

I just realised something. When we swap tasks that are in different rounds, it will look a bit uneven on the spreadsheet. As the vampire task was in round 4, I have to put your name there, Pragya, as the one who has taken my task (unless someone offers you another one you'd rather take), even though this was your round 3 task. So, if you roll again, you'll have your name twice on the round 4 tasks, and I'll have my name twice on the round 3 tasks. You can see what I mean if you look at the spreadsheet. Hopefully it will all still make sense though.

[Pragya]

I got that, Gail. But as long as we are following the rules, it should be okay, right?

[Gail]

Yes - it's within the rules. It just looks odd on the spreadsheet, so I thought I'd mention it in case it confuses anyone.