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

noon Saturday, October 22nd, to noon Saturday, October 29th, EDT

Each book must be at least 150 pages.

We're Off to See the Wizard's Rules and Tasks

Cee the Wizard Tricks (Reporting Thread)

Chat with all Teams at Follow the Yellow Brick Road

355 points from these Team Munchkins:
Almeta Bagged 120 Treats
Carol Bagged 20 Treats
Emily Bagged 20 Treats

KimeyDiann Bagged 25 Treats

Lisa Bagged 50 Treats

Lynn Bagged 40 Treats

Poongothai Bagged 40 Treats

Roz Bagged 40 Treats

I'm setting up Team Almeta Belongs To now. Too impatient!

ROFL! You're hilarious.

Too funny!

KimeyDiann wrote: "Too funny!"

Janice wrote: "ROFL! You're hilarious."

Gotta DO something! ☻

What are your ideas for a team name?

Off to Cee the Wizard
Cee Behind the Curtain
Ease on Down the Road
C's the Day
C's the Moment
C's the Wizard

Here's my list of choices:

One Shot = movie
Riders = Dorothy Gale, YA book.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter = Tin Man, Romance
The Monkey Thief Cowardly Lion, animal on the cover
Mr Wong Goes West = Glinda the Good Witch of the North, crown
The Axeman's Jazz = takes place between 1900 and 1950, 1919
The Coral Turtle Mystery = Scarecrow, children's book
Wicked = Follow the Yellow Brick Road, fantasy
The War of the Worlds = classic
Bloodlist = Wicked Witch of the West, horror
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? =Tin Man, andriod
The Grifters = The Wizard , Confidence Man
Eileen = I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too, thriller
The Visitant = "The Merry Old Land of Oz", takes place before 1800
Farewell, Dorothy Parker = "Follow the Yellow Brick Road", fantasy
The Last Policeman = "We're Off to See the Wizard", sci fi
Don't Ever Get Old = Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, and Miss Gulch, family
True Grit ="If I Only Had the Nerve", genre you rarely read, westerns
Crank ="If I Only Had the Nerve", genre you rarely read, poetry
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Ruby Slippers

There are a couple of days when I won't be around much, so I don't know how many I will be able to complete. Certainly not the whole list!☻

Hi Team C!



Almeta, I am on your team again :) This is becoming a habit ;)

Morning, Team C! Just happy to be here and pulling my pile of options together bedside....

Here are a few of the books that I will be picking from:

Scarecrow - Read a children's book - Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

The Wicked Witch of the West - Read a horror book - The Vanishment

"The Merry Old Land of Oz" - Read a book that takes place before 1800 - Regicide: Peter Abelard and the Great Jewel

"If I were King of the Forest - Read a book with a person of royalty as a main or secondary character - Cruel as the Grave

Read a book that was turned into a movie - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

"Over the Rainbow" - Read a GLBT book - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Almeta wrote: "What are your ideas for a team name?

Off to Cee the Wizard
Cee Behind the Curtain
Ease on Down the Road
C's the Day
C's the Moment
C's the Wizard"

I quite like 'Off to Cee the Wizard".

Some ideas, so far:
The Mingrelian Conspiracy - takes place between 1900 and 1950
The Old Man in the Corner -short stories
The Elementals -horror
Visitation -short stories
The White Mirror -takes place before 1800
Good Morning, Midnight -read a genre you rarely read (sci-fi/fantasy)
Borkmann's Point -mystery
Lucky Jim -classic
The Water Rat of Wanchai -mystery
The Devil's Feather -thriller

Hi teamies! I haven't done a toppled in awhile so I'm excited. Can we repeat tasks as a team?

Lisa wrote: "Hi Team C!
Almeta, I am on your team again :) This is becoming a habit ;)"

lol! Destiny!

It appears that Photobucket is going to be uncooperative for us Lisa. jMom has had similar problems.

Emily wrote: "Hi teamies! I haven't done a toppled in awhile so I'm excited. Can we repeat tasks as a team?"

You can repeat them all EXCEPT for the Freebie Flying Monkey task. The team can only apply that choice twice.

Wow, I just got up and feel like I'm late for the party
I was planning to start with Run for Horror and move on from there.
So far my other choices are:

Peter Pan YA
Girl With a Pearl Earring Movie
Black Beauty Animal character (Toto)
The Time Keeper Fantasy
Still Life with Breadcrumbs Romance
The Secret Garden Classic
Charlotte's Web Children

Lisa wrote: "Here are a few of the books that I will be picking from: ..."

I was quite impressed with The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It was a quick read but not an easy subject.

Almeta wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Hi Team C!
Almeta, I am on your team again :) This is becoming a habit ;)"

lol! Destiny!

It appears that Photobucket is going to be uncooperative for us Lisa. jMom has had similar pr..."

It sure picks its moments to be uncooperative. I mean, doesn't it know we have a toppler to cheerlead?! :)

Carol wrote: "Morning, Team C! Just happy to be here and pulling my pile of options together bedside...."

Good Morning Carol!

Good list.

Almeta wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Here are a few of the books that I will be picking from: ..."

I was quite impressed with The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It was a quick read but not an easy subject."

I have been meaning to read it for ages. I saw the film a few years ago so I know to come prepared with tissues! Have you seen the film? It's quite good.

Lisa wrote: ",,,,Have you seen the film? It's quite good. ."

No I haven't. I should put it at the top of my Netflix queue.

Roz wrote: "Wow, I just got up and feel like I'm late for the party
I was planning to start with Run for Horror and move on from there.
So far my other choices are:..."

Another nice list.

Any preferences for a team name?

Lisa wrote: "...It sure picks its moments to be uncooperative. I mean, doesn't it know we have a toppler to cheerlead?! :) ..."

I knoooow! It is taking all the fun out of it.

I like "Off to Cee the Wizard".

And we're off! :) Good luck everyone!

First up for me is Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse. What about the rest of you?

Going with Off to Cee the Wizard as the team name.

Starting with The Coral Turtle Mystery.

Have fun everyone!

Starting with The Mingrelian Conspiracy, a historical mystery.

Janice gave me the help I needed:

If you are snagging images straight off the internet without editing them, it might be easier to use the html coding in the link above:

< img src="website" / > Remove the spaces.

I finished my first book, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, and have reported it in our thread. I quite enjoyed it and rated it 3.5 stars. It's not the best children's book I have ever read but it was entertaining and a quick and easy read. It is also a really pretty book to look at as it has silver foil end papers, some great illustrations, the pages have shiny, purple edges and there is also a little book included at the end written by the titular ghost mouse.

I will start my second book tomorrow.

Goodnight everyone! Happy reading!

jaxnsmom wrote: "Janice gave me the help I needed:

If you are snagging images straight off the internet without editing them, it might be easier to use the html coding in the link above:

Remove the spaces."

I'm glad it helped.

Apparently this bug has been reported in several different editing functions.,,,profile photo, book cover, images in reviews, etc.

Goodreads is aware and working on the problem.

It is not about Photobucket, but rather Goodreads and Amazon.

How are you all doing? It's a lovely, sunny, crisp autumn morning here. I hope it stays nice for the rest of the day!

We are doing a good job so far, a couple of books have already been completed

I will start my second book, Cruel as the Grave, a bit later.

Good Morning Team!

Nice way to be greeted in the morning Lisa!

Morning! I'm about halfway through my first book

Hello everyone, sorry for my lateness in arriving on the threads but I have completed my first book already so I hope that makes up for it.

I'll go an report once I work out which category to put it in! lol

Emily wrote: "Morning! I'm about halfway through my first book"

Good to Cee you Emily!

Lynn wrote: "I...'ll go an report once I work out which category to put it in! lol ...."

I put your book under GLBT Lynn. Just because I liked the candy reference that I used the best.

It can be changed if you wish. I don't think that there are any rules about completing ALL tasks as a team this time.

Hello all! My Saturday was pretty busy so I'm just getting started today! I'm excited to "off to cee the wizard" with such a fan tastic team!

Oh yeah, I'm going to start by reading Dixie Divas which should work for the ruby slipper category and qualify for the extra 5 points for having red shoes on the cover.
I'm going to try to fit an audio book in as well, but i don't know what that will be yet.

Hello, Emily, Lynn and KimeyDiann! :)

KimeyDiann wrote: "Oh yeah, I'm going to start by reading Dixie Divas which should work for the ruby slipper category and qualify for the extra 5 points for having red shoes on the cover. ..."

Good that someone is thinking of those extra points!☺

I almost forgot about that part of the tasks.

When chosing your books, Don't forget the

Read Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West for the "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" fantasy. I should have skipped it; was too long and not as much fun as I thought it wold be.

Almeta, I read Wicked and had to look up every other word in the dictionary. Took all the joy out of it.

Almeta wrote: "Read Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West for the "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" fantasy. I should have skipped it; was too long and not as much fun as I thought ..."

I have been debating for ages whether to add this but I don't think I will now.

I am 55% of the way through my second book. It's the second book in a medieval murder mystery series and it's really enjoyable so far.

A couple more books have been finished today :)




I am off to bed now. Goodnight one and all.

I'm almost finished listening to The Time Keeper. I would have been done but I went to a birthday party (50th) this afternoon. It's one of the stranger books I've ever read.

The book I'm reading just mentioned the word "tippling" I actually thought that was a YLTO made up word to go with our topplers. Speaking of, is anyone tippling? I'm sticking to water right now, but may have wine later in the week.

Not tippling right now, but may have a mug of port before going to bed. Last night I had port and scotch, so I'm definitely doing some tippling during the Toppler. I told the guys at the liquor store that I've decided I have to try some of whatever's being drank in the books I read. Now I have to go back and get some brandy :)