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

[Janice, Moderator]

Gord (although short for Gordon) comes to mind. Oh, I've heard Gale as a man's name too. There's an actor named Gale. I can't remember his last name.

[Kazen]

2 am start time for me - it'll make for a nice Sunday morning!

[Jennifer]

That'll be a 2 pm start for me.

I like the names Grey, Gene and Greg

[Lanelle]

Jennifer wrote: "That'll be a 2 pm start for me.

I like the names Grey, Gene and Greg"

I talked to my daughter. She's thinking Greg might win out.

[jaxnsmom]

Almeta - This little guy is cuter than Kermit :)

[Stephanie]

Happy toppler Eve all!!!!

[Jessica]

Can't wait to get started with all of you tomorrow :)

[Danny]

Ok so I finally settled on my first four books for the toppler as listed below:


Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund (Casablanca) - Read a classic The Alchemist
Daniel Craig and Connie – Read a magical realism book Brown Girl in the Ring
Shrek and Fiona – Read a book with a royal character The Emperor's Soul
Royce or Hadrian and Janice – Read a nonfiction Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

Can't decide on what other books from my TBR to use for the toppler so I'm going to finish these first then wing it from there. Anyways 10hrs to start of the toppler for me so I'm heading off to bed to catch my last decent sleep for the next several days. Best of luck to everyone!!! Cheers

[Roz]

I'm all set, just waiting for the start time. I'm starting with The Extra Large Medium.

[Lynn]

Hey everyone, hope you're all ready to go!

Just a reminder that when you've read a book please report it in the reporting thread (rather than here) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Also as well as reporting what book you read, please state what category it fits.

Thanks :)

[Stephanie]

Good morning Team!! Happy Toppler Day (it is 8:57am here on the 7th). Can't wait to start reading!!

[Camilla]

20 minutes to go!

[Stephanie]

And it's noon here in VA!!

[Camilla]

7.01 pm here in Finland!

[Annette]

Finally time to start the first book! Ready, set, GO!!

[Travis]

Starting off with Carrie I think

[Cherie]

Hi team. Checking in. I have started my first book, The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection. I'm drinking tea with Mma Ramotswe in Botswana, Africa. :0)

[Stephanie]

Woohoo, Cherie!! :-)

[Jessica]

Hello everyone! I'm reading Kill Shot as quickly as I can. We just offed a terrorist in Paris. Hope you're all enjoying your novels!

[Stephanie]

Way to go, Camilla for finishing the first book in our group :-)

The dog park mystery I am reading is just ok so far..hoping it gets better. Anne of green gables has been nice to listen to. So far I am remembering a lot from the movie :)

[Lanelle]

Finally got all that needed to get done today. Now I can get to reading. I'm starting with my assigned book -Hobbies: Role Play Game - geek Cinderella Geek

[Lynn]

Hey guys, just to let you know I've been around and reading. Finished my first book and half way through my second book and noticed that Camilla has finished her first one too :)

It's coming up to 11pm here, so I'm gonna get myself to bed (maybe read a bit more) and will start updating the spreadsheet tomorrow morning (and hopefully have some more waiting for me) :)

[Camilla]

Stephanie wrote: "Way to go, Camilla for finishing the first book in our group :-)"

Thank you Stephanie! It was a quick read and I managed to read all evening. Plus I completed the second serial killer level, so that's an additional bonus.

[Cherie]

Checking in to catch up on how we are doing. I took a few hours off to go shopping with my daughter and grandkids and have a late lunch. We had fun.

Still plugging along in my first read, but it looks like there have been some book finishers as well as serial killing today! Great work, team!

[Stephanie]

Way to go everyone on completing tasks!! I'm hoping to have one completed by the end of today :-) we are off to fish this morning so I have my audio ready to continue on my phone! Have a great day everyone!!! Woohoo!! Let's go team, aHarmony!!!!

[Lynn]

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay in getting on here. I tried a couple of times this morning and couldn't get on (ggggrrrrr), so went off to read instead.

I've now finished my second book. So now off to our other thread to report and update the spreadsheet with everyone elses reporting too :)

[Travis]

Well into my 3rd book Rendezvous with Rama. Figured time to start looking for book 5. To mix things up I'll read a non fiction. Grandissimo: The First Emperor of Las Vegas. Probably start book #4 late today finish tomorrow then start #5.

[Jessica]

I finished my first book, moving on to my second shortly. :-)

[Jessica]

Okay. I finished my second book. If there is a category you'd like me to fill let me know. Thanks!

[Stephanie]

How was It's Just a Dog, Jessica? I have it downloaded onto my kindle since i was able to get it for free (I had a credit I didn't know about).

[Jessica]

It was good :) and a very quick read. It only took me a few hours.

[Stephanie]

Yay! That is good to hear :-) thanks!!

[Roz]

I finished my first book and I'm moving on to Cocaine Blues.

[Lanelle]

I have also finished my first book and am moving on to my other assigned task, Hobbies: crafts - Glimmer of Hope.

[Stephanie]

Way to go, team!!

[Stephanie]

I am half way through my 2nd book. Off to bed! Have a good night all!! Way to go on completing all these books the last few days!!

[Cherie]

I just finished my first book and am going to finish one of my series books tonight before I tackle my second toppler book. It is killing me to wait to see what is going to happen. I just couldn't finish it before the toppler started.

[Lanelle]

I've finished my second and last assigned task, Hobbies: crafts Glimmer of Hope.

According to the spreadsheet no one has claimed the famous couple, Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. I'm going to read Moonlight Wish for that task.

[Annette]

I finished my second book! Yay! But I've got to say it was not very enjoyable. Not really what I thought I was picking up. About 30% in I wanted to put it down but figured I didn't have time to pick another one and get all my reading done so I finished it. I guess I took one for the team! ha ha. Anyway on to number 3!!!

[Lanelle]

I've completed my third book, Moonlight Wish. I'll probably read Love By Accident next. It is set in Canada (already filled) and is a romance (Famous couple - Samson and Delilah, which is not filled).

I hope everyone is enjoying what they're reading.

[Lynn]

Stephanie - Since the Topper started we've not heard from Dominique, Sarah Jigz and Jennifer.

Do you want to reach out and send a message to check they are still with us?
Especially as Dominique and Jennifer have books down to read for the bonus categories.
If they don't get in touch soon we still have time to do something about it.

[Stephanie]

Hi Lynn!
Just sent a message to Dominique, Sarah Jigz and Jennifer!
I just finished my 2nd task. Off to report :)

[Dominique]

I started The Silver Linings Playbook last night will probably be done by tommorow night and then jumping into my second book.

[Lynn]

Good to hear from you Dominique :)

[Jennifer]

Hey all. Sorry about this but the book I had picked to read is not available from the library yet. I still have 11 hold ahead of me for the audio book and 17 hold ahead of me for the book. If someone else is still able to complete the Shoes category it might be wise for them to do it instead.

[Lynn]

Hey Jennifer, thanks for letting us know. Don't worry about it too much, we have enough time for someone else to fill that category.

Have you read anything in the meantime since Saturday? You'll find that whatever you read, there's a least one category that you can find for the book :)

[Lynn]

RE Shoe Category - I have some options but they weren't on my monthly tbr ..... so I can read one if needed but leaving it open for the moment in case someone else can fill it?

[Stephanie]

Bummer to hear about the book not being available yet :( I'm working on my 3rd and final book. I don't think I will take on another book after this one. Since Saturday is Valentines Day, I may not be around much that day:) depending on the weather, we may take the dog and go for a drive :)

[Jennifer]

Lynn. I actually just finished a book, not sure if it fits any of the categories though. I will check next time I'm on the computer.

[Cherie]

I started my second book Lynn. I do not have a book on hand for shoes unless The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters this will do. I had this as a possible 3rd, but with a different cover for legs. It is a 10 hr audio book.