Chain Reactors

[Almeta]

Saturday, February 13th, 12noon ET to Saturday, February 20th, 12noon ET
Countdown
The Chain Game Toppler
Each book must be at least 175 pages.

Chain Reaction R3velations

WoF Almeta
WoF Cakker2000 (Connie)
WoF Jayme
WoF Saar the Book Owl
WoF Lori Z
WoF Abby
WoF Fiona
WoF Jenn

[Almeta]

Chain Reaction

1st 4 books in the chain = 5 points per book
books # 5-8 in chain = 10 points each
book # 9 and beyond in chain = 15 points each

Final Score
1. Why We Took the Car►~ Abby
2. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?► ~ Almeta
3. We Could Be Heroes► ~ Abby
4. All This Could Be Yours► ~ Connie

SUBTOTAL 20 POINTS

5. Not That I Could Tell► ~ Jayme
6. Only Time Will Tell► ~ Fiona
7. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You► ~ Abby
8. Eat, Pray, Love► ~ Saar

SUBTOTAL 60 POINTS

9. Love Medicine► ~ Jayme
10. Murder, Madness & Love► ~ Almeta
11. Carrot Cake Murder► ~ Connie
12. Living with Your Kids Is Murder► ~ Almeta
13. Raspberry Danish Murder► ~ Connie
14. Christmas Is Murder► ~ Lori Z
15. Murder in the First Edition► ~ Almeta
16. Murder on the First Day of Christmas► ~ Lori Z
17. Sisters First► ~ Lori Z
18. Sisters of the Winter Wood► ~ Jenn
19. Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany► ~ Jayme
20. Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters► ~ Almeta
21. Secret Lives of Church Ladies► ~ Connie
22. Secret Lives of Church Ladies► ~ Almeta
23. Secret Lives of Church Ladies► ~ Jayme
24. The Secret Garden► ~ Connie
25. Secret, Book & Scone Society► ~ Jayme
26. For Whom the Book Tolls► ~ Abby
27. The Dirty Book Club► ~ Jenn
28. Tall Tails Secret Book Club► ~ Jayme
29. Woman with a Secret► ~ Almeta
30. The Electric Woman ► ~ Almeta
31. The Woman Upstairs► ~ Saar
32. The Woman in the Water► ~ Almeta
33. Woman in the White Kimono► ~ Almeta
34. Woman in the Window► ~ Fiona
35. Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window► ~ Almeta
36. 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window &Disappeared►~ Fiona
37. Girl Who Played with Fire► ~ Fiona
38. Girl with a Pearl Earring ► ~ Connie
39. Dead Girl Running► ~ Connie
40. Loneliest Girl in the Universe► ~ Abby
41. Last Girl► ~ Almeta
42. Girl with the Louding Voice► ~ Almeta
43. Tenth Girl► ~ Almeta
44. Little Black Girl Lost► ~ Jenn
45.The Black Tower► ~ Almeta
46. Black Tulip► ~ Jenn
47. Black Tulip► ~ Jayme
48. Dreams in Black Static► ~ Almeta
49. Where Dreams Descend► ~ Almeta
50. What Dreams May Come► ~ Almeta
51. Till the Cows Come Home► ~ Almeta
52. Come Unto These Yellow Sands► ~ Almeta

TOTAL 720 POINTS

[Jenn]

No problem Almeta, all downloaded and ready to go 📚😃👍

[Fiona]

Almeta wrote: "@FIONA

If you find that you can't complete all of your reads,
Only Time Will Tell is the least necessary book in the chain."

Okay. Do you have any suggestions on what to start with or can I choose?

[Almeta]

Fiona wrote: "....Okay. Do you have any suggestions on what to start with or can I choose?..."

Choose what you are in the mood for! ;o)

[Fiona]

Almeta wrote: "Fiona wrote: "....Okay. Do you have any suggestions on what to start with or can I choose?..."

Choose what you are in the mood for! ;o)"

Awesome, I will go for The Woman in the Window then.

[Almeta]

Fiona wrote: "Almeta wrote: "......"

Choose what you are in the mood for! ;o)"

Awesome, I will go for The Woman in the Window..."

👍🏿

[Jayme, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Jayme wrote: ".....I think I am going to start with Not That I Could Tell and Tall Tails Secret Book Club"


Thanks for picking up that I need to make The Secret, Book & Scone Society a top read. And that's why you are the captain!!

[Jayme, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Jayme wrote: "....Almeta - are you going to set-up a separate reporting thread for the Toppler?..."

I had not planned to create a separate thread, however I see that Kristie's team has done so. Pe..."

I know when I was a captain for a team Toppler last year it was easier to keep track of books read if there was a separate thread and we chit chatted and discussed strategy on the other.

❤️ what you did with the team names.

Off to seed my egg plant and peppers before the Toppler starts. Happy Reading everyone!!

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "....I know when I was a captain for a team Toppler last year it was easier to keep track of books read if there was a separate thread and we chit chatted and discussed strategy on the other...."

Yes a separate thread would be less cluttered.

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "....Off to seed my egg plant and peppers before the Toppler starts. Happy Reading everyone!!..."

Oh! Where do you start them?

[Jayme, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Jayme wrote: "....Off to seed my egg plant and peppers before the Toppler starts. Happy Reading everyone!!..."

Oh! Where do you start them?"

I have a starter station in my dining room with grow lights and shelves. I live in southeast Virginia so I can get things in the ground fairly early. My peppers and egg plant need to go in the ground April 17th, so I am starting them from seed now which gives them roughly 7 weeks to grow. My broccoli has already sprouted and will start my tomatoes next week.

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "Almeta wrote: "Jayme wrote: "....Off to seed my egg plant and peppers before the Toppler starts. Happy Reading everyone!!..."

Oh! Where do you start them?"

I have a starter station in dining room with grow lights and shelves..."

Jealous! I've no room. Just have houseplants along my livingroom windows.

[Almeta]

Saturday, February 13th, 12noon ET to Saturday, February 20th, 12noon ET

Countdown

How to Win a Toppler

[Almeta]

Starting with Murder, Madness & Love. It will be an estimated 6 1/2 hour read.

I'm sure I'll check in before midnight!☺

[Fiona]

I'm starting with The Woman in the Window now. Happy Toppler everyone!

[Abby]

Starting with We Could Be Heroes. Good luck!

[Jayme, Moderator]

Starting with Not That I Could Tell. Talk to you soon!

[Connie]

I plan on reading the following. Any suggestions on what to read first or is any order good? Thanks

[Connie]

I also wanted to read Secret Lives of Church Ladies

[Jayme, Moderator]

I don't want to be a downer, but Almeta I just have a quick question about one of Connie's reads. Can she read The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion if it's hyphenated all-girl to link with girl? I know I couldn't use star-crossed to link with star.

I just don't want her to read a book than not get credit for it. :(

[Jayme, Moderator]

Connie you can read a book that another team member is reading. We checked with Kristie and it's good to see ya!!

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "I don't want to be a downer, but Almeta I just have a quick question about one of Connie's reads. Can she read The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion if it's hyphenated all-gir..."

You are quite right. I missed that!

[Almeta]

Helloooo Connie!

Everything on your list fits, but The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion. Hypenenated words are considered a single word.

Read in any order that you wish.

Glad the you are able to join us and lengthen our chain.

[Almeta]

Finished Murder, Madness & Love

Starting Woman with a Secret

Everyone enjoying your books?

[Abby]

I finished We Could Be Heroes. It was awesome! <3
Starting I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You.

[Connie]

Almeta wrote: "Helloooo Connie!

Everything on your list fits, but The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion. Hypenenated words are considered a single word.

Read in any order that you wish.

G..."
Thanks so much for the clarification. I am about half way thru The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Sorry for being late.

[Connie]

Just finished

Starting

[Jayme, Moderator]

Finished Not That I Could Tell and reported it in the reporting thread.

Will start Tall Tails Secret Book Club tomorrow.

[Almeta]

Finished Woman with a Secret.

C U in the morning.

[Fiona]

Good morning from this side of the world, already 8am here. I’m halfway through the first book, hoping to finish today. It’s my dad’s birthday today though, so I will also be busy celebrating that.

[Lori Z]

Just thought I'd pop in to say Hi! I've started listening to Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life and also started reading Christmas is Murder. Our weather forecast is calling for a foot of snow over the next 5 days so I should have plenty of time to read. If nothing else it does make some fine toppler weather! Anyway, happy toppling!

[Almeta]

G"Morning Chain Reactors!

Things going alright?

Reading The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters this morning.

[Saar The Book owl]

Almeta wrote: "@SAAR

Both your reads are in a great position to continue the chain.

Let me know if you can add another book, so we can talk about the best strategy at that point."

Okay, I'll do that.

[Almeta]

Finished The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters

Moving on to The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

[Fiona]

Finished The Woman in the Window and will start The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared next

[Jayme, Moderator]

Finished Tall Tails Secret Book Club ⭐⭐
Starting The Secret, Book & Scone Society this evening. :)

Getting a lot of reading done on this cold dreary weekend!

[Almeta]

We are doing great. The key books are being read first.

I finished The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.

Now reading Living with Your Kids Is Murder.

[Almeta]

Finished Living with Your Kids Is Murder


Will start The Girl with the Louding Voice in the morning.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Hi Almeta - Would it be possible to keep a running score of our books read - maybe updated at the end of the day where we are marking our books read in the reporting link? I like to peek at the other teams' spreadsheets (I know - competitive) to see where we stand and it would be easier to compare.

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "Hi Almeta - Would it be possible to keep a running score of our books read - maybe updated at the end of the day where we are marking our books read in the reporting link? I like to peek at the oth..."

Until we have four books connected in the chain, our score is zero. Once that happens, I do intend to show our score.

I haven't seen the other teams' scoring sheets. It implies, though, that they have started at the top of the chain, and are reading their way down. I wanted to be sure that the weakest links were covered first, and we have practically done that already,

I am trusting the Chain Reactors to read what they have said they would. If, nearer the end, they find they can not, then, those would be books that would not break the chain anyway.

Out of curiosity though, I will count up some scenarios. STAY TUNED.

[Almeta]

Because Jayme expressed a curiosity, AND because we were all secretly curious.☺

I have calculated a few scenarios to reflect a possible score. They are posted in messages 2, 3 and 4 of the reporting thread, Chain Reaction R3velations

[Almeta]

@Jayme

I took a look at your scoring discussion on the main Toppler page and looked at some spreadsheets. I see another point of view.

Anxious to read Kristie's answer.

[Jayme, Moderator]

Almeta wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Hi Almeta - Would it be possible to keep a running score of our books read - maybe updated at the end of the day where we are marking our books read in the reporting link? I like to p..."

I didn't even think about the books having to be connected for scoring! Duh!!
That is why you are the captain :)

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "....I didn't even think about the books having to be connected! Duh!!."

That is, if that is true.

[Almeta]

I mis-spoke. We now have 60 points, if:

We split into two chains AND rearrange a little!

[Jenn]

Happy Monday All :)

I have finished The Sisters of the Winter Wood this morning, and will be starting Little Black Girl Lost #1 later today.

[Almeta]

Finished The Girl with the Louding Voice

Started The Electric Woman

[Jayme, Moderator]

Almeta - got Kristie's reply to my question and you were right on how to score and that they have to be linked.

Just finished The Secret, Book & Scone Society and moving on to Love Medicine.

[Almeta]

Jayme wrote: "Almeta - got Kristie's reply to my question and you were right on how to score and that they have to be linked.

Just finished The Secret, Book & Scone Society and moving on to [boo..."

Very happy with your choice of progression!☺