Team ONE List to Rule Them All

[Heather]

Members:
Katrisa
Rusalka
Fee
HeatherEMS
Pragya
Alexandra
Kristi N

Hi everyone! Any volunteers for Team Captain, ScoreKeeper or Team Name Ideas?

[Heather]

Series
1.
2.The Cinnamon Bun Book StoreHeatherEMS
3.The Curse of Braeburn Castle Fee
4.People of Darkness Katrisa
5.The Truth Factory Alexandra
6.The Spirit Woman Katrisa
7.
8.
9.Gallery of the Dead Alex
10.

Number of Title Words
1
2Fourth Wing Alex
3Aged for Murder Katrisa
4How to Age Disgracefully HeatherEMS
5The Murder of King Tut Katrisa
6This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman Katrisa
7
8This Is How You Lose the Time War rusalka
9
10

Original Publication Year
1The Reading List Kristi
2
3The Secret Life of Bees Alex
4We Used to Live Here Fee
5
6
7Grave Ransom Rusalka
8
9
10Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth katrisa

Letters in Title
1Y Katrisa
2Y/N Katrisa
3
4
5
6
7Thin Ice Katrisa
8Play Dead Katrisa
9The Sirens Katrisa
10

Original Publication Day
1
2
3
4 Summer Romance HeatherEMS
5The Favorites Kristi
6
7
8
9
10

Original Publication Month
1 Say Nice Things About Detroit Katrisa
2Bride Alex
3
4The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat katrisa
5
6The Little Paris Bookshop Alex
7
8
9
10Blood on Snow Katrisa

Pages
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total: 5 points for each book: 29 books = 145 points

[Heather]

I'm happy to fill in the blanks on the list if everyone will list their books below :)

✅Summer Romance
Publication Day: 4 (6/4/2024)
Publication Month: 6
Publication Year: 4
Number of Title Words: 2
Pages: 8 (368)

✅The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
#2 in the series ***Intending to use this for the Series List***
Publication Month: 8 (8/29/24)
Publication Year: 4
Pages 384 (qualifies for #4)
5 Words in Title

Solito
Publication Month: 9 (9/6/2022)
Publication Day: 6
Publication Year: 2
# of Title Words: 1
Letters in Title: 6
Pages: 384 so would land in #4

✅How to Age Disgracefully
Title Words: 4
Page: 2 (352)
Publication Year: 4 (2024)
Publication Month: 6 (June)

Cold Earth
#7 in the series (Shetland)
Publication Day: 1
Publication Month: 1
Publication Year: 6 (2016)
Pages: 7 (387)
Title Words: 2
Title Letters: 9

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Publication Month: 6 (6/21/22)
Publication Year: 2
Pages: 4 (464)

[Katrisa]

Hi Team!
here are some books I can do.
Blood on Snow (1st in series, published on the 2nd, published in Oct, 3 words in title, pub in 2014)
Say Nice Things About Detroit (5 words in title,
pub in Jan, pub in 2012, pub on the 1st, 272 pages)
The Murder of King Tut (5 words in title, pub in Jan, pub in 2009, pub on the 1st, 332 pages)
Aged for Murder (3 words in title, 204 pages, pub in june)

[Kristi]

Hello team one! I'm so glad this is a weeklong toppler. I'll do some gophering tomorrow with my owned-not-read list and report back. We should aim for books that fill more than one slot, right?

[Katrisa]

I thought the single letter book might be hard so I found one of those. I can do Y for that one
and if no one else finds a two letter title I can do Y/N. I have already read that one, so if someone else finds a two letter title I won't be sad about it

[Fee]

Hallo Team. I’m also very happy that we’re having a weeklong toppler. I hope I’ll find some time to gopher a bit after work today.

[Alexandra]

Hi everyone, I am so looking forward to doing this toppler. It’s nice to meet you. I am Alex, 40something, living in Germany with my husband and four kids so reading time is a true luxury ;-).
Thank you, Heather, for creating this list.
I think I can commit to reading 4 books and you can decide where they might fit in best:

1. The Secret Life of Bees
Series: -
Title words: #5
Year of publication: #3 (2003)
Title letters: -
Date of publication: #8 (28th of January)
Month of publication: #1 (January)
Pages: #8 (388)

2. The Truth Factory
Series: #5 (Smoky Barrett series)
Title words: #2
Year of publication: #4 (2014)
Title letters: -
Date of publication: #1 (1st of December)
Month of publication: -
Pages: #2 (392)

3. Fourth Wing
Series: #1
Title words: #2
Year of publication: #3 (2023)
Title letters: #10
Date of publication: #2 (2nd of may)
Month of publication: #5
Pages: #3 (663)

4. Bride
Series: -
Title words: #1
Year of publication: #4 (2024)
Title letters: #5
Date of publication: #6 (6th of February)
Month of publication: #2
Pages: #10 (410)

[Fee]

I will start with these two books. I might be able to read a third one, but will decide next week. The books work for the following categories:

We Used to Live Here
Title words: 5
Publication year: 4 (2024)
publication month: 6 (June)
pages: 2 (312)

The Curse of Braeburn Castle
Series: 3
Title words: 5
Publication year: 9 (2019)
Month of publication: 8
pages: 6 (326)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Hi teamies!

Not the best planning week for me, but hoping I can squeeze some time in the next couple of days WFH-ing to plan. But to help in the meantime I can commit to two books, but depending on my week can do 3-4. Ideas so far:

Absolutely would like to read -
This Is How You Lose the Time War
1. n/a
2. 8 words
3. 2019 - 9
4. 26 - n/a
5. If Goodreads is correct, which to be noted, it is not usually for books published outside the bubble of NA - 16 July 2019 - 6
6. 2July - 7
7. 201pp - 1

Others -
The 101 Dalmatians. I have my Mum's copy from when she was a kid in the 1950s, as my first dog was a dalmatian.
1. 1 in series apparently, who knew!
2. 5 words. My edition is the words written out.
3. 1956 - 6
4. 26 - n/a
5. 1 January 1956 - Too neat. But 1
6. January - 1
7. 204 pp - 4

The Martian (as long as no one else in my library logs it out in the next few days - *glares at Canberra*)
1. n/a
2. 2 words
3. 2011 - 1
4. 10 - not sure how that counts...
5. 27 September 2011 - 7
6. September - 9
7. 10 hours 60 minutes

Grave Ransom This one is a bit long, but if I read only two books... will look for other options...
1. 5 in series
2. 2 words
3. 2017 - 7
4. 11 - n/a
5. 4 July 2017 - 4
6. July - 7
7. 371 pp - 1

[Heather]

So nice to have you all in the group! These are some great and flexible book choices, regarding all of the places they can fit in for the challenge. I'm going to go back and do the same type of reporting on my TBR list.

Let me know as you finish each book up next week, and I will do my best to slot it into the Finished list!! ✅
Are we feeling competitive?🤔
Let's have some fun!!

[Heather]

I think the series might be hard to keep track of:
I've got for SERIES:
#1 Rusalka, Alexandra and Katrisa
#2 Heather
#3 Fee
#4
#5 Rusalka, Alexandra
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10

[Kristi]

I'm not sure if I can finish 4 but I'm going to try! Here is my wish list. I really tried to find a #4 of a series on my tbr but I wasn't ready for any of them. If we get later in the week and have an updated read list I'm willing to move things around as well!

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Series: -
Title words: #3
Year of publication: #2
Title letters: -
Date of publication: #3
Month of publication: #5
Pages: #8

James
Series: -
Title words: #1
Year of publication: #4
Title letters: #5
Date of publication: -
Month of publication: #3
Pages: #3

The Reading List
Series: -
Title words: #3
Year of publication: #1
Title letters: -
Date of publication: #3
Month of publication: #8
Pages: #8

The Favorites
Series: -
Title words: #2
Year of publication: #5
Title letters: -
Date of publication: -
Month of publication: #1
Pages: #8

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I can probably do the spreadsheet if people don't mind it not being updated in real time for you all, but in Australian time.

I have a pretty good toppler spreadsheet that has formulas and stuff all there so I don't have to reinvent the wheel.

But to be clear there will be hours you guys are awake and reading when I am sleeping, so there are pros and cons :)

[Heather]

That sounds good to me, Rusalka. I'm happy to add you to the message 2 as an editor if that is possible, update during the day US time, or delete it all together if it makes things confusing. Just let me know what would be the most helpful. :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

All good! You can't add me as an editor of the message, but that's okay. Let's plan here at the moment and if you can massage the message to work out where we are.

I'll prob need another 24+ hours or even until my Sat to do the spreadsheet anyways. So I'll then transpose your message into that.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

So I nominate Heather for team captain as she has already been motivating us, keeping us on track, and being our number 1 cheerleader (is that a thing?, it's a thing now)

Team name is an important thing though too. What we got?

My 2am thought as I fall into bed is "ONE List to Rule Them All". But want your ideas too! Will check in in 8 hours or so.

[Alexandra]

ONE list to rule them all sounds very good to me, Rusalka!

I’m definitely not creative when it comes to creative names and was thinking of musketeers and „One for all, all for one“ but I guess that has been used in previous topples once or twice.

Or something like Formula One - Reading Fast and Furious

[Alexandra]

Regarding the spreadsheet, I started already a list for the category „number of title words“ - oldfashioned on a sheet of paper. Maybe it’s still useful, I’ll write it down here - please check if I used the right book link:

Number of title words:
#1 Heather Solito, Kristi James, Alexandra Bride
#2 Heather Summer Romance, Rusalka The Martian Grave Ransom, Kristi The Favorites, Alexandra The Truth Factory
#3 Katrisa Blood on Snow Aged for Murder, Kristi Remarkably Bright Creatures The Reading List
#4 Alexandra The Little Paris Bookshop
#5 Fee We Used to Live Here The Curse of Braeburn Castle, Katrisa The Murder of King Tut Say Nice Things About Detroit, Rusalka One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Alexandra The Secret Life of Bees
#6
#7
#8 Rusalka This Is How You Lose the Time War
#9
#10

[Katrisa]

I love ONE list to rule them all!!

[Fee]

I agree, it’s a great group name.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Alright, spreadsheet is ready. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Putting this together, I have missed an important step.

There is no bonus for completing a grouping? Eg the Series from 1-10? I'm not sure if I am reading everything correctly, so after a sanity check.

[Kristi]

This is so helpful, thank you! I'm definitely going to tackle some of those that are the only option for a slot first.


Rusalka wrote: "Alright, spreadsheet is ready. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Putting this together, I have missed an important st..."

[Heather]

I don't see anything about a bonus Rusalka,
but the spreadsheet is 🔥
Thank you!
Do you think we should do a separate reporting thread or just use this one and we can fill in the blanks on Message 2 as we go?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Kristie usually likes a separate thread so she can keep track and not have to sift through our chatting. She can also see easily then with our reporting posts who has completed a book when it comes to badges.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oh, I just got the tricky bit. My brain is really switching off at the moment when I am not at work to protect itself.

We can only complete the task once per toppler. So once that task is done, it's done.
Just for my future reference :)

I think Kristi has the best idea, we aim for those slots that only one book fits for, and we can move things around until the Toppler ends. There are 70 tasks and we have mentioned 25 books, so we should be fine!

[Alexandra]

The spreadsheet is perfect, thank you so much Rusalka!

I understood it the way that the team only gets 5 points if one task is completed (e.g. series 1-10). But I’m not sure if I got that right…

[Alexandra]

I can commit to another book for #4 title words: The Little Paris Bookshop

[Kristi]

30 minutes until go-time! Happy reading, friends.

[Katrisa]

I will be starting with Y because that's my longest book. Good luck team!

[Katrisa]

Thanks for making that spreadsheet Rus! I can take #4 in series with People of Darkness

[Katrisa]

I can also do Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth it will work for 4 title words or published in 2010.

[Alexandra]

Happy reading, everyone!

[Katrisa]

I finished Y and made us a reporting thread. It turned out to be a pretty good read which is always nice when you are just choosing a book to fit a task like I did for this one :)
My next read is Say Nice Things About Detroit

[Katrisa]

Nice things about detroit was an ok book but not great. but it was for my yearly challenge too so I got to cross off a book from there too!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Smashing it, Katrisa!

I've hit two speed bumps with my toppler start.

One, I woke up with a stonking migraine so read a few pages but need my head to settle down a bit before I make proper progress.

Two, someone borrowed The Martian from the library. Pretty much from the due date, on the day I said I would read it. In a city of 500 000 people, what are the chances that some one with a library card wanted to listen to the exact same, older, audiobook in the same week as me. Back to the drawing board for an audiobook then... /sigh

[Katrisa]

Rusalka wrote: "Smashing it, Katrisa!

I've hit two speed bumps with my toppler start.

One, I woke up with a stonking migraine so read a few pages but need my head to settle down a bit before I make proper progr..."
Oh man! I feel so bad for migraine sufferers! My hubs gets them and he is a trooper and works through all kinds of pain (he's a farmer) but he gets taken out on the regular by migraines. I don't get them, but I know they must be awful because I see how debilitating they are.

[Alexandra]

Oh wow, Katrisa, whenever I check in here, you‘ve finished another book. It’s amazing!

I’m rather having a slow start - the plan was to send my family away this morning to some playground or whatever but after just one hour they were already back again. 🙄

Rusalka, I am sorry to hear about your migraine. I hope it will be over very soon again!

[Heather]

Oh, Rusalka, as someone who previously suffered migraines for years, I hope you feel better soon!

I'm 50% finished with my first book, The Pumpkin Spice Café! Hope to finish today and start Solito!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday!

[Katrisa]

People of Darkness was pretty good. I started the series because we watched the Netflix show Dark Winds and this book is part off what they cover in the show. It took me a couple books to get into the series, but I am really liking it now.
Next up is a cozy mystery - Aged for Murder

[Katrisa]

Heather wrote: "Oh, Rusalka, as someone who previously suffered migraines for years, I hope you feel better soon!

I'm 50% finished with my first book, The Pumpkin Spice Café! Hope to finish today..."

I will be interested to hear what you think of Solito. I bought that book a little while ago and have been looking forward to it. I hope you enjoy it!

[Katrisa]

After my marathon weekend I think I am in a good position to do another book. I can do Play Dead for 8 letters in title.

[Heather]

Katrisa wrote: "After my marathon weekend I think I am in a good position to do another book. I can do Play Dead for 8 letters in title."

Sounds good, Katrisa! You had a very successful reading weekend! :)

[Heather]

Hi friends! We are tied for 2nd place, and only one book out of first place!! Keep up the great work!! If anyone wants to read for the series, here's a few that have books in the series that go up to 10...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1098...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5415...
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5414... (up to #8)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Hi everyone! You've been going splendidly!!

Brain is back on board some what. Enough that I am at work. Not enough to remember my password to the spreadsheet - which I also thought I set up so we could all edit. I will update our scoring when I get home in a couple of hours, after I read my own book for a bit :D

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Also, thank you all for your sympathies yesterday, I really appreciate it.

[Fee]

I had a good reading weekend. I started both my books and I’m enjoying them. One is a horror, so I can only read it at day when the sun is out. Otherwise I would be too scared. But the other one is much lighter and good for the evenings. Hope you all are enjoying your books.

[Alexandra]

Heather wrote: "Hi friends! We are tied for 2nd place, and only one book out of first place!! Keep up the great work!! If anyone wants to read for the series, here's a few that have books in the series that go up ..."

I probably can read a book for #9 in series: Gallery of the Dead

[Alexandra]

Happy Monday - have a good start into the new week, everyone :-)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Happy Monday :) Hope your week goes well.

Updated spreadsheet link, so I don't have the same problem I had today later in the week:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...