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

Team A:


Katrisa
Lanelle
Sharon
Amanda
Beth
Jayme
Christina
Janice
Marie Claude
Ayacchi
Casceil
Saar
Sarah
Odette

Team A tasks:

Male author
Female MC
Brothers as MCs
Female representation: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Sister, Girl, etc in title
Male(s) on cover
Female narrator (audiobooks)

This looks like it will be lots of fun! Off to gopher.

I have chosen my titles for the Toppler. Might be a wee ambitious, but we will see.I have no idea how to set up a thread or I would have done it. Guess I need to learn!

It's easy! Click on "TBR Topplers" at the top of the page and it will take you to the folder. Then about the column "Last Activity" there is a tiny link that says "new topic". Click it and follow the instructions.

Whoever wants to be scorekeeper can set up our reporting thread that way.

Janice wrote: "It's easy! Click on "TBR Topplers" at the top of the page and it will take you to the folder. Then about the column "Last Activity" there is a tiny link that says "new topic". Click it and follow t..."

I don’t mind being scorekeeper. Do I have to do a spreadsheet or can I keep up with it and report it on the thread? I don’t mind the work, it’s the process! I did see where you start a new topic…

Thanks for starting our team thread, Janice. Do we want to come up with a team name? I don't know anything about spreadsheets, so I would't be a good choice as scorekeeper :(

I've done a bit of gophering. Here are my options: (view spoiler)[
Male author The Motor Pirate, The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Pirate,
Female MC Alex and the Ironic Gentleman
Brothers as MCs False Colours
Female representation: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Sister, Girl, etc. in title The Girl with the Pirate Smile, Big River's Daughter
Male(s) on cover How to Speak Dragonese
Female narrator (audiobooks) Pirate King (hide spoiler)]

My choices are…
(view spoiler)[1. Make author/MC female: Helminth 1 pt.
2. Female MC: Daffodil Season: a novel (Book 9) 1 pt
3. Male on cover: Killer Triggers: Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money 1 pt.
4. Female MC: The Search for Joyful 2 pts.
5. Female Representation: Spider Woman's
Daughter 2 pts.
6. Male on cover/written by man: Land of Wolves 2 pts.
7. Male author: Celtic Empire 3 pts.
8. Female main character: The Rose Code 4 pts. (hide spoiler)]

I am practicing with spreadsheets. I guess someone else will need to do that part, but hope to be able to do it in the future.

I am afraid that I might not be understanding things correctly... I can read anything from a male author and it counts or does the book get points for having extra options. I am sorry, I can be a bit dense at times.

Oh... and I was think hAAs! would be a good team name. Makes me think of someone really strong and if we capitalize the As for being Team A.

Christina wrote: "I am afraid that I might not be understanding things correctly... I can read anything from a male author and it counts or does the book get points for having extra options. I am sorry, I can be a b..."

You can read anything that fits the tasks, but you are awarded points based on the length.

Scoring:
As with real tug-o-war, some people are stronger pullers. For our game, some books pull harder. Therefor, the books will be weighted as follows:

175-274 pages = 1 point
275-374 pages = 2 points
375-474 pages = 3 points
475+ pages = 4 point

Toppler Possibilities:

Female MC:
( 2 pts) (2pts)

Female representation:
(3 pts) (3 pts)

Male(s) on cover:
(2 pts) (1 pt) (1 pt)

I am thinking about reading:

Male author:The Forgotten Room- 2 pts

Female narrator-Listen to The Thin Place - 2 pts

Female representation- Read- The Mother's Mistake - 2 pts

Might get another audio and that romance book (possible if I finish with 3 mentioned)...

Saddly, only committing to 6 pts

Here are a few more name options:

AAA Tuggers
A-Tugging and A-Reading
Tug-naciously Reading

Oooooo... I like that last one also.

Jayme wrote: "Christina wrote: "Thank you Janice...

One more question:

Male on cover? There is no face, but definitely male.

Badd Ass"

I'm going to read a..."

Lol... seen that to late. Deleted my post because of it... but you beat me with a reply

For female representation, is plural allowed?

My options:
・Female MC: The Diva Haunts the House (2 pts), Beyond Me (2 pts), The Stolen Girls (3 pts) Our Castle by the Sea (2 pts)
・Male author: The Wheel on the School (2 pts), The Wind in the Willows (1 pts), Coraline (1 pts), The Witches (1 pts)
・Male on cover: Forge (2 pts)

For the time being, I'll commit to 2-3 books

Fun! Off to see what I might have that fits!

Sharon wrote: "I don’t mind being scorekeeper. Do I have to do a spreadsheet or can I keep up with it and report it on the thread? I don’t mind the work, it’s the process!"

You don't need to do a spreadsheet. You can do it with paper and pencil if you like. You could do it right on the reporting thread. I think this one is going to be easy to track. Just list each person on the team, then add up the scores for their books and then total for the team.

Janice wrote: "Sharon wrote: "I don’t mind being scorekeeper. Do I have to do a spreadsheet or can I keep up with it and report it on the thread? I don’t mind the work, it’s the process!"

You don't need to do a ..."

That I can do!

We have a scorekeeper! Thanks Sharon. :)

Here's my plan. I'm not sure if I'll get them all read. Two audiobooks, and two print books should be doable.

Male author -
➽ - The House in the Cerulean Sea, audiobook, 12:12, 398 pgs (3 pts)

Female MC -
➽ - Witching For Grace, kindle, 278 pgs (2 pt)
➽ - Silence Fallen, audiobook, 11:13, 371 pgs (2 pts)
➽ - Goldengrove, paperback, 275 pgs (2 pts)

I am thinking I can do
Male Author:
The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing - 354 pages - 2 pts
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 206 pages - 1 pt
Norse Mythology - 301 pages - 2 pts

Female MC:
The Penelopiad - 198 pages 1 point

Male on Cover:
Fuzzy Nation - 303 pages - 2 pts

Female Narrator:
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics - 380 pages - 3 pts
Amora: Stories - 256 pages - 1 pt
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope - 208 pages - 1 pt

Gophering:

Male author - The House in the Cerulean Sea (3 pts), Old Man's War (2 pts), Twice Upon a Time (3 pts)
Female MC - A Song for a New Day (3 pts), Written in the Stars (3 pts), Take What You Can Carry (2 pts), Murder is Binding (2 pts)
Brothers as MCs -
Female representation: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Sister, Girl, etc in title - Firekeeper's Daughter (4 pts)
Male(s) on cover - Crazy Stupid Bromance (2 pts)
Female narrator (audiobooks) -

I'm not committing to all these books; I can probably read 2 or 3. This is just so I can swap out if I need to.

Looking forward to this - need to do some gophering.

Hello team! Thanks Janice for setting up the thread and Sharon for being score keeper. I agree, this seems an easy one to track so the reporting thread is probably enough.

I'm away the first weekend but i'll have time to read in the evening. I'll do some gophering later.

some options I am considering (parens are where book fits for year-long challenge):

Red pill 304 pages male author (set in Germany) 2 pts
Girl, Woman, other 463 pages Woman etc in title (2019) 3 pts
The Good Daughter 656 pages Daughter in title ( Daughter in title) 4 points
Children Of Ash and elm 656 pages male author (Vikings) 4 points
Ain't I a woman 205 pages woman in title (real woman) 1 point

Wow! 4 point books! You're brave Beth or you have lots of reading time.

I'm going to gopher and let you know what I'll be reading :)

These books are possibilities, but will be only able to read 3 or 4 in the week:

Male author: Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Female MC: The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair
Brothers as MCs
Female representation: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Sister, Girl, etc in title: The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth, The Botanist's Daughter by Kayte Nunn
Male(s) on cover: Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault

Female narrator (audiobooks): The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Sharon wrote: "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/..."

Looks great! And I thought you were nervous about spreadsheets. :)

Do we want to settle on a name?


hAAs
AAA Tuggers
A-Tugging and A-Reading
Tug-naciously Reading

I just thought of another one - Tug One, Pull All.

Any other ideas?

Janice wrote: "Sharon wrote: "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/..."

Looks great! And I thought you were nervous about spreadsheets. :)"

Well, I am but feeling better about it and having a model helps. I am old enough to remember doing them as a school administrator years ago and having to use all of the formulas, etc. Google docs was way easier! This old dog may not be too old to learn new tricks. Plus my daughter helped me import it. (I took notes!) We’ll see! LOL!

I kinda like Tug-naciously Reading

I can read:
Raising Wrecker for female author.

But I can take some thin books to read also.

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I can read:
Raising Wrecker for female author.

But I can take some thin books to read also."

We have male author, male on cover... That is a boy on cover though :)

I can't decide between Tug-naciously Reading and Tug One, Pull All.

Lanelle wrote: "I can't decide between Tug-naciously Reading and Tug One, Pull All."

These are my favourites too.

Christina wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I can read:
Raising Wrecker for female author.

But I can take some thin books to read also."

We have male author, male on cover... That is a boy on cover..."

Oh, sorry, I've read 'female author'! But it counts for 'female MC'.

I like Tug-naciously Reading.

I have a few options picked out:
Home 176pgs (Female MC)
The Martian Chronicles 182pgs (Male author)
Star Nomad 253pgs (Female MC)
In the Blood 280pgs (Female MC)
River Marked 290pgs (Female MC)
I'm thinking I'll start with Home as it is the shortest book and I'll definitely be able to finish that in the week. Then I will pick up River Marked as it's familiar and I like the series.

Tug-naciously Reading seems to be the forerunner. I'll change the title of the thread.

Janice wrote: "Tug-naciously Reading seems to be the forerunner. I'll change the title of the thread."


Sounds good!

The other team was talking of a similar name, Tug-tastic Reading, but I called dibs. :)

Janice wrote: "The other team was talking of a similar name, Tug-tastic Reading, but I called dibs. :)"

But, of course! Well done!

I will probably play it by ear most of the week, but one of the books I know I will read is Project Hail Mary for the male author category. I'm supposed to get it on Saturday, so it will be first or second in line :) Can't wait!

I may not check in until Sunday evening as I'm working over the weekend. I will definitely be reading though.

Looking forward to starting. Due to time zone, it will be Sunday morning for me.

Tomorrow is the day! I have my books lined up and ready to go. I am housebound for the next five days so home to get a lot read!

I am just finishing up all my current reads so I can have a clean slate for tomorrow!
I plan on starting with
The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing and
The Penelopiad