You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Team D:



Amanda (Mandy)
Angeliemar
Annette
Cherie
Emily
Janice
Julia
Kazen
LoriZ
Paula
Sarah
Tasha PA
Travis
Vicki
Tammy

Tracker Spreadsheet

Let the jamming begin! *also known as reserved for future planning or whatever*

Looking forward to the toppler. Nice one for setting up a thread for us. We'll have to think of a team name although it might be best to wait until we know the theme of the toppler.

Here's the gopher waving to Team D. He's anxious to start gophering.



Well, okay. Maybe not a gopher, but a rodent at any rate. Gophering is gophering. I thought I would clarify that before you all think I'm a bit squirrely.

Thanks for setting up our thread, Janice. Love the "gopher" and I'm with him, can't wait to start gophering!

Sarah, I agree that we should wait till we know the theme, to come up with a name. I can't wait to see what Jaxnsmom has come up with this time. I can't believe she hasn't given us any tantalizing teasers so we can drive ourselves nuts speculating, haha.

Janice wrote: "Here's the gopher waving to Team D. He's anxious to start gophering...."

Cute little mascot!

Any clues on the theme would be a dead giveaway.
Well, ok, here's a hint - it's not seasonal :) Oh, and it's not a board game.

Did that help any?

jaxnsmom wrote: "Did that help any?"

It gave me enough confidence to make a crazy guess, so yes!

What first came to mind is... A Night at the Movies! Or maybe even the theatre or circus. I would have a hard time coming up with a non-dead giveaway clue for any of those, hehe. ("It's... entertainment.")

Janice posts a squirrel and talks of gophers and now what I call the caddyshack song is in my head. I'm calling in Bill Murray

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rbQgaHZ...

Thanks for that, Travis! Now I'll be singing it all day.

Maybe we should be the squirrelly gophers. This should be an interesting Toppler given that it hasn't even started yet and this thread is nutty (haha).

Hi teamies!

Hi guys! :D

Love the squirrel!

Thanks, Travis. Now I can say that I have watched some of that crazy movie vs "I have never watched it". LOL.

Cherie you have to watch the movie. It's a classic. 35 year anniversary this year.

Travis of NNY wrote: "Cherie you have to watch the movie. It's a classic. 35 year anniversary this year."

I probably will, it is just that I could not stand Bill Murry for such a long time. I like him a lot now, as he has mellowed with age. Did you see him on Letterman in his Peter Pan outfit?

jaxnsmom wrote: "Any clues on the theme would be a dead giveaway.
Well, ok, here's a hint - it's not seasonal :) Oh, and it's not a board game.

Did that help any?"

No help whatsoever, lol :p

Cherie wrote: "Travis of NNY wrote: "Cherie you have to watch the movie. It's a classic. 35 year anniversary this year."

I probably will, it is just that I could not stand Bill Murry for such a long time. I l..."


Only in highlights. I dvrd letterman the last couple weeks as the show wound down. Lots of Bill Murray takes. Caddyshack was written or directed by Murrays brother and he was jist hanging around so they put him onas Carl. He wasn't cast and Carl was supposed to be a small part but Bill took ot over and made up basically all of Carls part because nothing was written. And hos career took off.

I didn't know that, Travis. Bill Murray and the gopher stole the show.

And Chevy Chase coined the saying, "Be the ball." Loved that show.

That should be our theme for the toppler! "Be the book."

Welcome Paula! We're patiently hanging out (not like some other teams) for jaxnsmom to reveal the tasks so we can start planning.

I'm curious to learn what awards she's scared up and how that's going to relate to tasks. On the poll for June themed reads, she commented that The Narrow Road to the Deep North had been nominated for the bad sex award. So if that's any indication, this should be fun.

Yes I'm curious about what J'mom is going to have us do. Looking forward to the big reveal.

I'd start listing some of the weird and wonderful awards out there, but I don't want to add fuel to her fire. She's evil enough as it is.

jaxnsmom as she plans the topplers. Can't you hear the evil laughter??

Should we start thinking about a name for our team?

Lol, Janice! Definitely can!

Hi Paula. Welcome to the group and our toppled team!

Great pic for Jmom, Janice.

Yes, patiently waiting to figure out how the toppler theme will affect my series challenge for the next level. I only have three books listed so far, but I will probably be done with them by the time the toppler starts. Always hoping to get to use books I already own to fit the theme and help the team with max points!

Yay team!

Janice wrote: "jaxnsmom as she plans the topplers. Can't you hear the evil laughter??

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OMG Janice - it's like I'm looking in a mirror! LOL

Jaxnsmom posted part of the toppler criteria, it's in the first message of the June toppler thread

Lori Z wrote: "Jaxnsmom posted part of the toppler criteria, it's in the first message of the June toppler thread"

All I can say is YIKES! Phew, this is going to be a toughy.

Team names, people??

The Danger Zone
Dynamite Topplers
The Demolition Team

We need someone to keep us organized and someone to track our points. Any volunteers?

I just posted some more tasks, and there are a lot more to come :)

Diabolical Dominators

Dangerous Devourers

Determined Dispatchers

I don't know if we have data people on our team but I threw this spreadsheet together with the awards so far. I would be more than happy to maintain the sheet or turn over duties to someone more experienced than I. ^^;

An empty circle (○) is for a book planned and a filled in circle (●) is for a book read. I put a couple data points in as examples. Let me know what you think! :D

Janice wrote: "Team names, people??

The Danger Zone
Dynamite Topplers
The Demolition Team

We need someone to keep us organized and someone to track our points. Any volunteers?"

I like The Demolition Team...we demolish the competition and demolish our tbr piles.

Kazen wrote: "I don't know if we have data people on our team but I threw this spreadsheet together with the awards so far. I would be more than happy to maintain the sheet or turn over duties to someone more e..."

The spreadsheet looks great, Kazen! Thanks for stepping up!

Your spreadsheet looks great, Kazen. You have my vote.

I was scratching my head about how to do a better job of tracking the books I own to make it easier to see where I can apply them, but I have enough work just tracking the titles on a word doc list. I have too many!

I'm thinking I won't be reading a lot of books this toppler. Meeting the criteria is a monster. At least with my selection of available books. There are a few books I've read this spring that would have fit the toppler perfect. Nothing I wish to re-read though.

So far I have Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game which is about baseball so works for the olympics. Also was a movie but I'm not sure about any awards but reading a book made ibto movie should be one of the easier tasks.

I will also do a Nobel prize book. I have some options here so not sure which book it will be yet

I think there are more tasks coming, Travis, so I wouldn't give up hope yet! Any humorous books on your TBR? And you'd be surprised some books that have been made into movies... I forgot that And Then There Were None was made into a film back in the day.

Hi teammates! I'm starting to gopher, Can't wait to start toppling!

It's an award winning theme, We could be the Distinguished something or others.
ETA: Ding-Dongs, Divas, Dandys, Dynamos, Drinkers ? Is there going to tippling themes too?

Kazen wrote: "I think there are more tasks coming, Travis, so I wouldn't give up hope yet! Any humorous books on your TBR? And you'd be surprised some books that have been made into movies... I forgot that And..."


Yeah waiting on more tasks so I can tap into my sci fi, fantasy and horror books. That s what I have the most of

I'm hoping to read two books and listen to 1 audio.

Books:
Humour: Bloodsucking Fiends or The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Audio Books:
Golden Globe: Girl With a Pearl Earring (European film award- Cinematographer)
Beauty: Will this work?

I have the Jane Austen Persuasion to read. Could work for Oscars or Emmy. But 5 bonus points as an Oscar!