Janice's Lists 2015

[Janice, Moderator]

June 2015 Toppler Planning:

Academy Award (Oscar)
✔ - Three Men in a Boat, ebook 184 pgs- published 1889*** +5 bonus points

Other Film Awards - Read an erotic book.
✔ - Wallbanger, audiobook 13:53 hrs

Humour
✔ - The Hot Rock, audiobook 6:32 hrs (also fits Mystery Category)

b>Science Fiction and Fantasy
✔ - Among Others, Hugo Award 2012, 10:39 audiobook

[Cherie]

You jumped on this one, Janice!
I was just challenged to watch the Moll Flanders movie by a GR friend today. Lots of books in my series lists for the Emmy Award/TV show. My next two Star Trek books fit here - do I wait two weeks to read them? Guess I will definately be reading The Road. Funny that Jmom mentioned Bruce Jenner. I thought of him as soon as I saw the topic. I heard Rafer Johnson (another decathlon winner - Rome 1960)speak at a confrence when I was in High School. I think my very first Olympic hero was Jim Thorpe. I can still remember Burt Lancaster playing him in an old movie from when I was a kid.

[Janice, Moderator]

I spent a couple of hours on this last night and petered out after the Academy Awards section. I didn't get to the Emmy section. That will be today's project. Gophering is such fun.

Moll Flanders is a possibility, for sure. I generally look for shorter books for the toppler and at 339 pages, it's doable. This time around, I have some bigger books listed. Let Me In is 17 hours, but after the recent buddy read, I wouldn't mind a re-read.

I wonder if I could use Jurassic Park for Olympics. Long Distance Running. Or maybe it would better fit the 100 meter dash. Hehehe.

[Janice, Moderator]

August Challenge Planner - This or That

Sugar or Spice - Spice
Rose or Lily - Rose
Cat or Dog - Cat
Leather or Cotton - Cotton (what quilter would pick anything else?)
King or Jack - King

Catalyst
- Spice: location Space
- Rose:
- Cat: cat on cover
- Cotton: Character Chessie
- King:

How to Wash a Cat
- Spice: location San Francisco
- Rose: character Rupert
- Cat: title
- Cotton:
- King:

The King's Deception

Song of Susannah
- Spice: Character Susannah
- Rose: There's always a rose in The Dark Tower Series, or Character Roland Deschain
- Cat: Character Jake Chambers
- Cotton: Character Father Calahan
- King: Author

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy's Party Possibilities:


School: A Symphony of Echoes

YA: Fairest
YA: Bone Gap
YA: All Our Yesterdays
YA: Neverwhere
YA: The Rithmatist
YA: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy
YA: The Forgotten Ones
YA: The Thief

P Name: Cobweb Bride

[Sarah]

Great list so far!

[Janice, Moderator]

It will grow, I'm sure. LOL!

[Janice, Moderator]

August 2015 Toppler: Theme is to pick a book that represents me.


Seed (250 pgs) - Horror fav genre
March (280 pgs) - Author's last name is the name of my hometown.
Owls Do Cry (210 pgs) - Love owls!
The Dalai Lama's Cat (217 pgs) - Love cats!
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 (222 pgs) - I play the piano.
Twilight (224 pgs) - Teenage character, Kenneth Tyler shares name with my grandson.
Knots and Crosses (228 pgs) - set in Edinburgh. I stayed in Edinburgh and saw the queen. We went all that way to see her and she didn't invite us to her garden party. Go figure.
Two to Mango (240 pgs) - Sister lives in the state of Hawaii and I love mangos.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (259 pgs) - Loved the movie.

[Cherie]

Your book lists are so fun to read! Your toppler list is a crack up! I might have to create a list like yours.

[Sarah]

Love your list too Janice. I was boring and listed book options but not the reason why. That'll keep you all guessing ;-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Nah-uh, Sarah. You have to list the reasons unless you're going to read The Narrowboat Girl. That would be pretty obvious.

[Sarah]

I have that book on my maybe shelf!

I've updated my post to include my reasoning now. So you can all have a laugh ;-) No idea what I'm going to read yet though.

[Janice, Moderator]

Cryptogram possibilities:


The Crystal Shard
The Rithmatist
Jhereg

[Sarah]

I really liked The Rithmatist!

[Janice, Moderator]

All three are right up at the top of the audiobook queue and I will likely be reading them in October anyway. But, I may opt for The Rithmatist for the challenge. I noticed last night when I was gophering that you gave it 5 stars.

[Sarah]

It thought it was quite original.

[Janice, Moderator]

Oc-Toppler 2015



10 pts - Queen of Abaddon - 212 pages
8 pts - Jurassic Park - 15:09 hrs
8 pts - Jackaby - 299 pgs
8 pts - Jane Was Here - 298 pgs
8 pts - Jhereg - 8:45 hrs
4 pts - His Majesty's Dragon - 10:00 hrs
4 pts - The Vanishing - 8:41
3 pts - Magic Bleeds - 349 pgs
3 pts - Blaze - 8:12 hrs
3 pts - The Black Country - 10:04 hrs
3 pts - Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy - 7:26 hrs
1 pts - Nevermore - Novel of Love, Loss, & Edgar Allan Poe - 6:06 hrs
1 pts - An Inquiry Into Love and Death - 10:28 hrs

Definites:

DTB:
✔ - 10 pts - Queen of Abaddon - 212 pages
✔ - 3 pts - Magic Bleeds - 349 pgs
✔ - 8 pts - Jackaby - 299 pgs

AUDIOBOOK:
✔ - 8 pts - Jhereg - 8:45 hrs
✔ - 3 pts - Blaze - 8:12 hrs

Grid points:
Queen: 14
Magic: 10
Jackaby: 25
Jhereg: 17
Blaze: 16

[Sarah]

I was thinking of Jurassic Park for the toppler too.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm not sure I want to read it for the toppler. I like to keep my toppler books less that 10 hours, and this one is 15. (view spoiler)[Plus, I'm working on next year's annual challenge and it would fit perfectly for that. Shhhh - don't tell anyone. Knowing what's coming up is one of the benefits planning the challenges. I wouldn't call it cheating, but.... (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah]

Nice pointer Janice. Perhaps that will help sway my reading choice this toppler ;-)

[Janice, Moderator]

December 2015 Challenge Choices:

Fiction -
Fates and Furies
*Trail of Broken Wings

Mystery -
Pretty Girls

Historical Fiction -
*A God in Ruins
Epitaph

Fantasy -
*A Darker Shade of Magic

Horror -
Follow You Home
The Border

Memoir & Autobiography -
*Born with Teeth

Debut GR's Author -
*Red Queen (Also YA Fantasy)
The Library at Mount Char

YA Fantasy -
Uprooted