aHarmony (Team A: chat and plan our toppler attack)

[Stephanie]

Try the link in message #1 for the spreadsheet :) I was just able to pull it up on my phone :)

[Jennifer]

yup, it finally loaded for me.

[Stephanie]

Yay :-)

[Cherie]

Oh, I want to read your second book, Roz! I haven't been able to locate a copy here yet.

[Kazen]

It turns out my husband will be out of town for the first weekend of the Toppler, woo-hoo!

...I mean, how sad, being stuck alone with the cat for a few days. Perhaps I can find a book or five to console me.

~grin~

[Stephanie]

Lol, Kazen :-)

[Jessica]

haha Kazen! I've been working on getting my husband to go on a wknd bachelor party trip for the last few days of the toppled. No luck so far. :-)

[Jennifer]

Ok here's a list of books that I think would work

Human Head: Enchantment
Shoes: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Part of Series: Austenland
Book with gunplay or other weapons: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Author new to me: The Return of the Native
Mc has job i wish my partner had: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Adam and Eve: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Samson and Delilah: Anne of Green Gables
Royce or Hadrian and Janice: Enough: Finding More by Living with Less
Romeo and Juliet: Angelfall
Bonnie and Clyde: Odd Thomas
June and Ward Cleaver: The Road
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler: Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett: I, Robot
Bella and Edward: The Lovely Bones
Lois Lane and Superman: Angela's Ashes
Fitzwilliamm Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet: Heidi
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark: 1984
Buffy and Angel: Interview with the Vampire
Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund: The Great Gatsby
Robin Hood and Maid Marian: The Hobbit
Hazel Grace and Augustus: Leaving Time


You can put me in anywhere that needs filling. Just no more than 3 please.

[Lanelle]

Jennifer, there are some great books on your list, but I think a few of them are under 175 pages.

[Travis]

All the needed bonus spots are filled Jennifer so really it is whatever a person wantsto read at this point. It is a free for all

[Stephanie]

Isn't this the truth? But a good truth :)

[jaxnsmom]

Roz wrote: "I have books ready for pick up at the library that I would like to read.

The Extra Large Medium can qualify for torso or Gomez and Morticia Addams ( ghosts, paranormal)

[book:Coca..."

Just in case - Cocaine Blues won't qualify for an island since Australia is a continent.

[Lynn]

Jennifer wrote: "Ok here's a list of books that I think would work

Human Head: Enchantment
Shoes: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Part of Series: [book:Austenl..."

Welcome to the team Jennifer :)

As Lanelle pointed out some of your book wouldn't qualify because of the page count:
Book with gunplay or other weapons: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Mc has job i wish my partner had: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler: Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Also, as the aim of the game is to read as many books as possible I would advise you to not read something like The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales for Adam and Eve because 880 pages would take quite a while to read :)

As Travis said, all the bonus slots had been taken but to free myself up from one of them I'm going to ask you take the Shoes slot with your choice (Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail) so it will free me up a little.
Can you confirm that's ok please.
Otherwise your other reads can be what you like.

[Lynn]

Spreadsheet updated to here: http://1drv.ms/1JPZRDi

[Stephanie]

Daniel, how many books will you be reading and for which categories?

[Jennifer]

Lynn, I can do that.

[Lynn]

Jennifer wrote: "Lynn, I can do that."

ha ha ha ha, now that I've finally started looking at specific books I definitely have a book with shoes that I'll be reading next month. So you're off the hook!

Read what you like Jennifer (within the categories of course) :)

Ignore me, turns out the book is 174 pages. So annoying to be one page short! Please stick to the original plan of reading the category.

[Stephanie]

One week to go till the toppler starts :) can't wait for the 7th :) hope everyone has a great weekend!

[Kazen]

How is everyone's gofering going? My holds have started to come in so I have some titles sitting on my kindle, taunting me. -_^ Kindred Rites and Ella Minnow Pea are first; here's hoping another book or two comes through before the weekend!

Ooo, I nearly forgot! The e-library usually gets a ton of new books at the beginning of the month so there may be some gems in there, too.

~madly refreshes the library website~

[Danny]

Stephanie wrote: "Daniel, how many books will you be reading and for which categories?"


Sorry for the late response Stephanie. Didn't see the message earlier. I plan to read a minimum of 6 books but realistically I should be able to do about 10. I plan to focus mainly on the "substitute yourself for one person and keep the other to be your date?" category considering everyone else is mainly focusing on the bonus categories. Still gophering for my final to read list but I'll post it here when completed (most likely by this Thursday after I finish purchasing a few ebooks)

[Stephanie]

Awesome! Thanks, Daniel :) hope everyone is having fun gophering! I have my 3 books ready..I need to recheck out of one them though. It is nice that the library allows that, at least if it is an older book :)

[Stephanie]

[Camilla]

Stephanie wrote: "

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Hmmm, I won't admit having that much facial hair...

[Camilla]

Kazen wrote: "How is everyone's gofering going?"

I'm all set. I have so many possible choices that I'll just choose one that seems most interesting at the moment.

[Travis]

What did that ground weasel say yesterday. 6 more weeks of winter?

[Danny]

The groundhogs said it was too blimey cold and we should all go find a warm spot and sleep and stop waking him up. Lol
At least that's the way I interpreted the 'love nip' Jimmy gave the Wisconsin mayor

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/02/...

[Travis]

Sounds like good advice

[Stephanie]

Yeah..6 more weeks of winter..don't tell the weather here though..we have a high of around 50 tomorrow than back down into the 30's the next day..our winter weather has issues :)

[Danny]

Wow...a high of 50...the stuff of dreams! Heck I'd take a high of 30 right now!!! I honestly think that if Canadian winters get any worse I'm gonna have a polar bear as a neighbour by next winter.

[Travis]

Woke to -26 which I think is -26 in both °F and °C

[Stephanie]

Danny wrote: "Wow...a high of 50...the stuff of dreams! Heck I'd take a high of 30 right now!!! I honestly think that if Canadian winters get any worse I'm gonna have a polar bear as a neighbour by next winter."

Yeah the weather is weird in Southeastern Virgina :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Woke to -26 which I think is -26 in both °F and °C"

Not quite, but close. -40 is where F & C meet. And that's damned cold regardless of which system you're in.

You know it's cold when your nostril hairs freeze when you breathe in.

[Travis]

Thats funny Janice I read the unit converter wrong. -40 is correct. But with windchill we were in the -35 range but after a point cold is cold and doesnt matter any more-25 or -50 feels about the same

[Jennifer]

It's been cold enough here that when our dog goes outside, even for just 30 seconds he's got icicles hanging from his mouth, lol.

[Stephanie]

Brr, Jennifer! That is cold!! Hopefully it warms up for everyone soon :)

[Lanelle]

48 hours until the Toppler begins! Right? I can't wait.

[Stephanie]

Yep starts at midnight on the 7th :-) I have my audio set, my kindle book downloaded and the other book re-checked out from the library :)

Has your grand baby made its debut yet, Lanelle??? I bet you are getting excited :)

Let's go, Team!!!!!!!

[Lanelle]

I think the Toppler starts at noon on the 7th, which would be 10:00 am here in Arizona.

No grandbaby yet, which is fine because the parents haven't decided on a name yet. They want a 4 letter boy's name that starts with a G.

[Stephanie]

Oops noon :) thanks for the correction :)

[Travis]

Gabe is all I know. Well I know a few peoole named Gabe but only 4 letter G I know

[Travis]

And Gary duh. Glen. Duh again

[Lanelle]

Travis of NNY wrote: "And Gary duh. Glen. Duh again"

My daughter, Glenna (who was named for her great-grandfather, Glenn) voted for Glen. There's also Gage, Greg and Grey, my favorites. Grey Layton. Doesn't that sound good?

[jaxnsmom]

My first thought was Grey. I had a friend who's son is named Greyson.

[Lanelle]

That's 2 votes for Grey. Too bad grandmothers can't name the babies.

[Travis]

Never thought about Greg and grey is one of my favorite literary characters

[Lynn]

5pm start for me; which is annoying when you have to wait for the whole day but it's nice that you have the day to read on the last day.

I vote for Grey too, Grey Layton sounds really good.
(My brother is called Gary)

[Lanelle]

Lynn wrote: "5pm start for me; which is annoying when you have to wait for the whole day but it's nice that you have the day to read on the last day.

I vote for Grey too, Grey Layton sounds really good.
(My ..."

I have a brother named Gary, as well. He's the sibling just older than me.

That's 3 votes for Grey. Do you think my son-in-law will be impressed enough to use Grey if I tell him my Toppler team's decision?

[Lynn]

He's my next sibling up in age too :)

I can't see how he can not be impressed? ;)

[Cherie]

What about Gene? (Gene Barry comes to mind.)

[Lanelle]

Cherie wrote: "What about Gene? (Gene Barry comes to mind.)"

I'm not sure if the parents have discussed using the name Gene. It's a good name and I'm certain there won't be many in his school class by that name.