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

You're right about that one, Casceil, but my Short Story is part of the other diagonal with Cultural, Short Story, Free Space, Dystopian, and Suspense/Thriller.

I have finished reading and reviewed Fatal Error by J.A. Jance 2/21/2014 for Mystery on Card #2.

Thank you jmom for the U-tube birthday song and Theresa for the sweet birthday wish and pic.

I enjoyed reading genres I normally don't read. I've read (not listened) 6 books - I can't read another by tomorrow at noon. I had fun and enjoyed being on Team Gold! Even if we don't win the Toppler, I think my teammates Rock!!!!!!!

Anne, you've certainly read your share of books for Team Gold, even reading on your birthday! All that's left now is for the last readers to finish up in the morning. We did have a great team, and I'm really pleased with how we worked together.

I'll be finished with Lady Chatterley's Lover for Romance in a bit, then I'll catch some sleep before getting up to read Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI for Biography. It's one of the shortest Bios that fit the requirements and was immediately available from my library.

I have finished Triplanetary for science fiction on Card Two. It has been fun.

Well i am done for the toppler. I have not made it home yet. And when i do i plan to sleep. I have been up for 24h....
So i finished the bio and chick lit.

I am back reading ny chuckster. It's the only book i have with me.

jaxnsmom wrote: "For Anne -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbt974..."

Happy Birthday, Anne!!!

Great video, Jmom.

Esther wrote: "So i finished the bio and chick lit.
I am back reading ny chuckster. It's t..."

Esther, you have been a great help to Team Gold! I know your Chick Lit was The Secret Life of Bees, but can you post the name of your Biography, too? I think we'll need it to complete the bottom row of Card #1.

Here's our Saturday morning update. I'll post the charts next.

Card #1:

We have 7 strings completed on Card #1. The bottom row will definitely be completed, since Esther's Biography will substitute for Joe's if he doesn't report in. I believe Mariab is still reading Fantasy, and if she reports a finish we will also have the middle column. In the end, I hope that we will have 9 strings plus 6 orphan reads on Card #1.

Card #2:

We have 1 string finished, the Middle Row. Janice is reading Steampunk, which will complete Anne's Birthday diagonlal from Chick Lit to Biography. I believe Sam is reading Paranormal and Kat Contemporary, which would give us the Center Column. If all finish, we will have 3 strings plus 1 orphan on Card #2

In the end, we will have at least 10 and hopefully 12 strings completed.

Team Gold has great teammates!

TEAM GOLD - CARD #1 - 7 FINISHED, 2 PENDING

TEAM GOLD - CARD #2 - 1 FINISHED, 2 PENDING

Theresa~OctoberLace wrote: "Here's our Saturday morning update. I'll post the charts next.

Card #1:

We have 7 strings completed on Card #1. The bottom row will definitely be completed, since Esther's Biography will substi..."

Yes!! Still reading. But I struggle with a very weird english in my book
How much time I get yet?

The toppler ends at 12 noon EST, which is a bit more than 2 1/2 hours from now

I just checked in to see our progress. Pretty amazing everything that got read in the last week. Theresa, I just have to say thanks for everything you did to organize the reading strings and keep track of what we were all doing. Team Gold has been so fun and you have been an awesome leader! I can't wait to see how it all comes out...

Annette, I agree that this has been a fun Toppler. To be truly honest, I've not taken the time to check on the other teams' progress. I just think that our group did far better than I had expected, and for that I am happy. We are TEAM GOLD, regardless of how the scoring works in the end.

Sorry i am still not home from my 90 minutes flight from Newark to quebec that left at 21h30 last might. This is the most ridiculous airport adventure... Which i may find funny in a month or so.... Or myaybe a year. I even got to yell "group! All raise your hand!"

My bio was cleopatra: a life. I will link if i ever get home.

Happy belated birthday, Anne! I hope you had a great one.


I finished my Card 2, Steampunk read - The Hunchback Assignments.

I'm quite shocked that I managed to read five books for this toppler! At the beginning of the week, I figured that 3 books was a stretch! Having that extra day off really helped.

Everyone has done such an amazing job of reading! Woohoo and high fives to everyone.

TEAM GOLD CARD #1 - 8 THREADS COMPLETED

TEAM GOLD CARD #2 - 2 STRINGS COMPLETED

With Esther and Janice's finishes, we now have 8 strings on Card #1 and 2 on Card #2 completed. I know that Mariab is trying desperately to finish Fantasy on Card #1. The only other reader we have not heard from recently is Sam on Card #2.

I did go ahead and use Esther's Biography in Joe's space. She was a real trooper to go back and finish that one.

Only 20 minutes left, but even if we finish with the 10 strings we have, our team has done an awesome job!

Sam reported in, so we have our 3 strings finished on Card #2.

Since Sam has reported in, the only active player we're waiting for is Mariab. I asked in the main thread how soon the finishes needed to be posted, and Jaxnsmom replied:

"There's no set deadline, but most people try to post by Sunday night (Monday morning for some of you). I know some people are traveling, or will be in a coma (ME) for a few days. With the time differences and real life coming back to intrude, we can relax for this part."

I've already posted our charts in the reporting thread, noting that we have finished 11 strings and possibly one more pending our last player reporting in.

GREAT JOB, TEAM GOLD!

Sorry team-mates, I did not accomplish my part :(
But I certainly did try. That book I chose was in a wicked English. I chose it because was short (and the plot appealed me), but it turned to be a challange in what my English skills concerned
(Stardust I have read a long time ago and I didn´t like it, It was too "sugary" for my taste.
The other book that was suggested to me, I didn´t have

Mariab wrote: "Sorry team-mates, I did not accomplish my part :(
But I certainly did try. That book I chose was in a wicked English. I chose it because was short (and the plot appealed me), but it turned to be a ..."

Mariab, considering you came back from being ill and got your 2 books in, you did just fine. TEAM GOLD will finish with 11 strings completed, and I think that's just fine. To wrap it up, I'll just post our final charts.

Congratulations to all the awesome readers!

TEAM GOLD'S FANTASTIC FINAL

11 Strings Completed - 8 on Card #1 and 3 on Card #2

12 Orphan books read - 11 on Card #1 and 1 on Card #2

Wooohoooo! Congratulations everyone. Our team rocks!

Good reading, Team Gold! How many books were read in total, Theresa?

I am so sorry I didn't get any of my books read in time, nor was I able to check in all week. I feel so bad that I let you guys down!

Joe wrote: "I am so sorry I didn't get any of my books read in time, nor was I able to check in all week. I feel so bad that I let you guys down!"

It's okay, Joe. I was just worried that something had happened to you, so I'm happy to see you post.

Ann, we ended up with a total of 61 books read by 13 players.

Joe, as it ended up, we were able to fit in books read by other players into your two slots to make those strings. It's too bad you didn't get to read your books, though. I know Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is one I really thought was great.

Finally home. Edited my message in the report thread.

Thanks Theresa for sorting out my books while i got stuck in a totally epic travel hell.

I have been up since friday am. I will catch up when i come out of coma,

Bless you, Esther! I'm glad you're finally home and can get some well-deserved rest.