You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion
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aHarmony (Team A: chat and plan our toppler attack)
I could do: Collecting Comic Books-Read a book that's part of a series : Thereby Hangs a Tail
Reading-Read an author that's new to you: A Shot in the Bark.
That would leave: Role Play Games and Crafting for our team to get the bonus points for that category if anyone wants to take them??
I can commit to 6 books. I haven't started gophering yet but if we have tasks that need doing I can do any of them. I love using the topplers to read stuff I probably wouldn't have otherwise!
Stephanie, I imagine I'll read 5 - 6 books for the Toppler. I could read more but a grandbaby is due during that week, so a lot of time will be spent with my daughter and her family.If you'll look at message 85, you can see that I've gophered 2 - 3 books per task so far. Feel free to assign me books to read to fill in empty slots.
Lanelle wrote: "Stephanie, I imagine I'll read 5 - 6 books for the Toppler. I could read more but a grandbaby is due during that week, so a lot of time will be spent with my daughter and her family.If you'll loo..."
Thanks, Lanelle :-)
If you take the role play and crafting and Jessica is good with clubbing and shooting and I can take collecting comic books and reading then we have hobbies covered! Boom! Woohoo!
Cherie, how many books are you committing to? Any categories you prefer?
Oh and Lanelle, early congrats on the grand baby :-)
I don't have any books for body on cover, places except space setting, or the job one. After those first 3 categories I have many to fit in many places
It will take some research for me as I like to find 3-4 shorter books once I find those I'm good since I own mostly longer books
Sounds good, Travis :-) i know what you mean about having most books that are longer reads. Sounds like my books here :) i jump for joy if I can find a book for tipplers less than 300 pages, lol!
Stephanie wrote: "It's ok with me :-) On my TBR I have It's Just a Dog. You can get it for kindle for .99 on Amazon, I believe :) if you want to read that for "Clubbing." It is only 190 pages per goodreads :-) "
That's perfect. Thank you!
Yay!! You will have to let me know how it is :-) I have had it on my TBR forever!! I'm better at adding books then knocking them off, lol!
I'll takebthe John and Lorena Bobbit. Although may I never experience the same. Book: MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Stephanie wrote: "Yay!! You will have to let me know how it is :-) I have had it on my TBR forever!! I'm better at adding books then knocking them off, lol!"Will do. It looks really good. I'm a complete sucker for dog books.
Nice! Do you want me to put you down for that Travis?
Yup Carrie for the head and MASH for the john Bobbit
I can do Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark - read a dystopian book. Perfectly enough I'll be reading 'MockingJay'.
Oddly enough the categories I thought I had no books for are the ones I'm finding books for so I believe I could doSet on island The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
And set on spaceship or alien land Rendezvous with Rama
You could mark me for both that gives me 4 quicker type reads and I'll hang back to see if there are any holes that need filling
That is awesome! Thanks, Travis! I hope you like AJ Fikry! That was such a good book :-)
For bonus point categories: We need read a book with a pair of eyes, which I could do as I have an audio book through the library that would fit.
Read a book with a pair of legs
Read a book set in South America
Read a book set in Canada
The rules state that more than one person can each item of book, just that the bonus points for the category will only count once.
I believe some of us have stated that we have books for each thing. Once we have a spreadsheet it should be easier to see what needs to be read :)
I'll be reading these 2:Read a book with a pair of eyes
- The Look of Love by Sarah JioWill Arnett and Amy Poehler – Read a humorous book
- The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
Awesome! Thanks, Dominique! I loved the movie of Silver Linings Playbook:-) I didn't know there was a book! I may have to add it to my TBR now :-)
Lanelle wrote: "The next week would have suited me better as well, Camilla. My daughter's due date is February 10th, right in the middle of the Toppler. Holding a new grandson might distract me from reading :)"It's never too early to start reading to a child/baby! ☺
Stephanie wrote: "Awesome! Thanks, Dominique! I loved the movie of Silver Linings Playbook:-) I didn't know there was a book! I may have to add it to my TBR now :-)"I also saw the movie, It's during an interview from the director I found out it was from a novel.
I'll make this an official announcement. The surprise bonus points have nothing to do with how many different tasks are completed. That could give an unfair advantage to teams that have more high volume readers. I assume you'll want to be sure the tasks that earn bonus points are completed, but other than that, let everyone read what they want.
We are having a winter weather advisory (which means we won't get any snow but schools are closing or closing early, anyway :) )
It has been a rainy blahness all morning.
PHOTO BOMBED! Just checking to see what you birds are up to!
Right guys; I'm back, gone through the posts and working the spreadsheet! Link: http://1drv.ms/1JPZRDi
Can everyone please take a look and let me know if I've got anything wrong.
Some points to clear up:
- From what I can tell I still need to know how many books willing to read from Cherie,
- We've filled two of the three bonus sections. The categories left for the bonus section left are:
Book set in Africa
Book set in South America
Book set in Canada
If any of you who haven't had their maximum assigned yet can fill those slots it would be great
Stephanie, can you add the spreadsheet link to the first post of this thread and the reporting thread please?
Lynn wrote: "Stephanie, can you add the spreadsheet link to the first post of this thread and the reporting thread please?"Done and done :-)
Also, I have that Jessica said that she would read 2 books, same with Sarah Jigz. Havent' heard from Cherie yet, though.
Almeta wrote: "PHOTO BOMBED! Just checking to see what you birds are up to!"
I LOVE this picture, Almeta :-)
Stephanie wrote: "Also, I have that Jessica said that she would read 2 books, same with Sarah Jigz. Havent' heard from Cherie yet, though. .."Thanks, I've updated. There was a lot of info to go through once I got back home and I knew there'd be things I'd miss :)
Lynn wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Also, I have that Jessica said that she would read 2 books, same with Sarah Jigz. Havent' heard from Cherie yet, though. .."Thanks, I've updated. There was a lot of info to go t..."
Hope you had a good weekend :-) I tried keeping track on paper. Hope I didn't miss anything or got something wrong. I am sure our teammates will let us know :-)
I am going to go ahead and read a 3rd book to take care of the book set in Canada..that book will be..Anne of Green Gables. I just downloaded the audio :-)
and thank you, Lynn for doing the spreadsheet!
Lynn wrote: "Brilliant! :)"You can take me off of head and eyes since we have teammates that will read those for sure :-)
My for sure reads are: Anne of Green Gables- book set in Canada
Thereby Hangs a Tail-Collecting comic books-read a book that's part of a series
A Shot in the Bark- Reading- read an author that's new to you.
I may be able to read more :-)
Lynn, Stephanie knows that I plan on reading at least 3 more books than the 2 books I'm scheduled for already (which are correct on your wonderful spreadsheet). I'm assuming she's waiting to tell me which 3 tasks she wants me to take until after we hear from our last team member.Um...right, Stephanie?
Lanelle wrote: "Lynn, Stephanie knows that I plan on reading at least 3 more books than the 2 books I'm scheduled for already (which are correct on your wonderful spreadsheet). I'm assuming she's waiting to tell m..."Do you want to take South America and Africa? That would cover the bonus points for where the mystery date is from :-)
As for the last one (book 5) I say go for whichever category you would like :-)
Does that work?
Yeah, that makes sense Lanelle. We just need those two slots of Africa and South America to fill for the bonus points. I did read right that you only get bonus points for filling the categories once right?
Once those two have been filled, we can all read what we want.
Yep! Bonus points only count once :-(
Team! If you haven't, please look at the spreadsheet and let Lynn know if we have it correct, please :-)You don't need me to assign you a space if that is what you are waiting for :)
I think I'll save my 5th choice just in case a task needs to be filled.
Sorry can't edit from my phone :(Let her know which square you will take :) more than one person can read a slot just the bonus points only count once :)
You'll love this one...!! A book club & more
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It's ok with me :-)
On my TBR I have It's Just a Dog. You can get it for kindle for .99 on Amazon, I believe :) if you want to read that for "Clubbing." It is only 190 pages per goodreads :-)