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

Hi Team 3 -

Marie UK
Lynn
Casceil
Amanda
Jayme
London Lori

Toppler Reporting Thread

World Marathon Majors Link

Planning Link

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

Just wanted to get our team thread started. We will need a team name, some one to keep us organized, and a scorekeeper. Any takers and/or ideas? I can keep our team organized and plug in books (who is reading for what task) if everyone is ok with that.

Team Name idea: Three for the Road (that's all I got) any other ideas?

Not sure if everyone wants to strategize and read to knock out sites, or just read for tasks - thoughts?

I think it would make sense to focus on one site. I vote for London.

Casceil wrote: "I think it would make sense to focus on one site. I vote for London."

I agree it makes sense to start focusing on one site and then move on to another one as we complete. Maybe everyone should start gophering to see what books they have to fill tasks and then we can see what sites we can knock out first for the bonus points. I think we should be able to complete several sites and read at least one book in each site for the circuit bonus.
If we want to start with London I can read task/fact 2 and 8 for sure - waiting on an answer from Kristie for task 9.

Planning: Who Can Read What

Chicago:
✔ 🌎Lynn Ghost Boys
✔ 1️⃣Jayme Untrue till Death
✔ 2️⃣Jayme Breath of Passion
✔ 3️⃣London Lori - Daughters of the Lake
✔ 4️⃣Amanda Hang the Moon
✔✔ 5️⃣London Lori Thin Air: A Ghost Story Lynn Playing for Love
✔ 6️⃣London Lori - Survivors
✔ 7️⃣Jayme The Hours
✔✔ 8️⃣Casceil The Lost Girls of Ireland Amanda Something Read, Something Dead
✔ 9️⃣Amanda Strawberry Shortcake Murder
✔ 🔟Lynn Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

New York:
🌎
✔ 1️⃣Marie UK 172 Hours on the Moon
2️⃣
3️⃣
✔ 4️⃣Marie UK Shuggie Bain
5️⃣
6️⃣
7️⃣
8️⃣
9️⃣
🔟

Boston:
🌎
1️⃣
✔ 2️⃣Casceil Spelling the Tea
✔ 3️⃣Marie UK Vladimir
✔ 4️⃣Amanda A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
5️⃣
6️⃣
✔ 7️⃣Casceil The Ice Bridge
✔ 8️⃣Casceil The Lighthouse
9️⃣
✔ 🔟Marie UK Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop

London:
✔ 🌎Lynn About a Boy
✔ 1️⃣Jayme Midnight Spells Murder
✔ 2️⃣Jayme The Library of Legends
✔ 3️⃣Casceil - Something Right
✔ 4️⃣Lynn The Year of the Witching
✔ 5️⃣Casceil - Murder at the Natural History Museum
✔ 6️⃣Jayme While Justice Sleeps
✔ 7️⃣Lynn Shuggie Bain
✔ 8️⃣Jayme Ginny Moon
✔ 9️⃣Lynn The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
✔ 🔟Amanda Murder in the Paperback Parlor

Berlin:
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✔ 1️⃣Jayme One Boy, No Water
✔ 2️⃣Amanda - The Queen of Hearts
3️⃣
4️⃣
✔ 5️⃣Marie UK - Medusa
6️⃣
7️⃣
8️⃣
9️⃣
🔟

Tokyo:
🌎
1️⃣Casceil The Art of Inheriting Secrets (maybe)
2️⃣
3️⃣
4️⃣
5️⃣
6️⃣
✔ 7️⃣London Lori Bacchanal
✔ 8️⃣ Marie UK A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
9️⃣
🔟

I created a Planning thread and linked it to the top of our team thread for easy access. Once we know what books we are planning on reading we can start slating in our possible reads.

I can read 4 books for sure and probably more (depending on the length, but just want to commit to 4 for now because I know 2 of my days toppler week are a bust.

I hope people don't mind that I've been working on our team stuff. Henry is working this weekend and I have some free time :)

After looking at my bookshelves and weeding out lengthy books it looks like I can read across the circuit if need be, or focus on Chicago, New York, or London. I'll wait to start plugging in my books in the planning thread until more team members start posting their possible book choices. I was really surprised that I didn't have any books for the city locations. Happy gophering everyone!!!

Chicago 1, 7, 8
New York 1, 4, 9, 10
Boston 5, 10
London 2, 8 (I have several books that take place in England, but want to wait if someone has a London book)
Berlin 5
Tokyo 7

one of the books listed fits both New York 1 and Boston 10

The details for each book that I can read can be found on this thread Toppler Book Possibilities text

I plugged myself into reading Chicago 1 and 7, New York 10 and London 2. I will probably be able to squeeze in 1 or 2 more books, but I'll see how the toppler week goes and what we still need to complete. ;)

These aren't in stone and I can switch things up as more people come on board.

Hi Team!
I created a spreadsheet for scoring (see below) and have also linked it to our team 3 message 1.
All we need to do now is plan our toppler. :)

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

Thanks for all your work so far, Jayme! I like "Three for the Road" as a team name.

I can read Murder in the Paperback Parlor for London, 10 if that's where we want to focus.

Hey Jayme, I've just sent a request for access to the google sheet

Amanda wrote: "Thanks for all your work so far, Jayme! I like "Three for the Road" as a team name.

I can read Murder in the Paperback Parlor for London, 10 if that's where we want to focus."

Hi Amanda - I've got you down for London 10. I think we can also plug in books where ever they can fit since we have to read a book from each city to get the extra circuit bonus :)

Lynn wrote: "Hey Jayme, I've just sent a request for access to the google sheet"

Hey Lynn - See if you can access it now.

Jayme wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Hey Jayme, I've just sent a request for access to the google sheet"

Hey Lynn - See if you can access it now."

Yes I can.

I'm happy with Three for the Road as a name

I've looked at my books and the London categories and I can do the following:

Year of the Witching~ Read a book with a forest on the cover. Multiple trees must be shown
We'd probably have to ask Kristie for a ruling on this one maybe?


All The Lonely People ~ Read a book with an umbrella on the cover.

Shuggie Bain ~ Read a book set in one of the Celtic nations: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle of Man, or Brittany.

Flea Market Magic ~ Read a book that is part of a series with 6 or more main works

I can probably to 5 min books (maybe more). Let me know if you want me to use any of the above, and then I'll look to plug in whatever site we choose next.

Oh hang on, I totally forgot that the location gives you more points!

All The Lonely People is set in London.

Shuggie Bain is set in Scotland - which is needed for the prompt so not sure if that gives you the location bonus or not???

Lynn wrote: "Oh hang on, I totally forgot that the location gives you more points!

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I'll plug you in for All the Lonely people London (loc), and Shuggie Bain for 7
Amanda is already reading a book for London 10. (series of 6)
Ask Kristie for a ruling on Year of the Witching and if it's a go, I'll plug it in for #4 London - forest

I'm going to switch one of my reads around to fill London #8. and I just found a short one for London #1 that I can squeeze in.

We are half way to completing London. We still need to find books for

#3 - 'right" or "hand" in title
#5 - set in museum or MC works in one
#6 - statue on cover
#9 - map in book

Jayme wrote: "We are half way to completing London. We still need to find books for

#4 - forest on cover (Lynn is checking with Kristie to see if her book will fit)

Bear in mind though that this is not an England setting, so anyone feel free to find a better alternative even if Kristie does say yes

Lynn wrote: "Jayme wrote: "We are half way to completing London. We still need to find books for

#4 - forest on cover (Lynn is checking with Kristie to see if her book will fit)

Bear in mind though that this ..."

Lynn I don't think it has to be set in England and have a forest. The only one that has to be the location is the Location task (London for city and if you can't find a book set in the city than you can have the country or state setting, but for reduced points).

I'll ask Kristie to make sure.
She did approve your book, so I slotted you for London #4

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the rules (bearing in mind that previous posts were early hours of the morning and now when I've just woken up) but I thought that
1) You get points for completing the prompt
2) You get extra points if the location is the same

So yes while my book qualifies for set in a forest, we can get extra points if someone finds a book that is also set in London (or England).

Am I understanding this wrong???

I've just seen Kristie's response and I'm sooooo confused lol

I can't work out which is the location task?

Ignore me, worked it out! The location task is an additional task to the prompts. ::facepalm::

With that in mind, I do have books set in London that I can use for the additional task if needed.

Lynn wrote: "I've just seen Kristie's response and I'm sooooo confused lol

Ignore me, worked it out! The location task is an additional task to the prompts. ::face..."

No worries :)
I have a few that are set in England that I could read too, if I read the books that I have for other city tasks.

Here's what we have filled so far team Three for the Road https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I think we should also be trying to fill the other city tasks, if you don't have a book that fits for the empty slots in London (at least read a book for each city to get the extra 10 circuit bonus points). I'm going to read 2 for Chicago for sure since they aren't long and fill the task requirements and I have others that I can read for the other cities, but I will decide as the toppler week progresses and if I have time to get to those reads.

@Lynn -
if you can't find books to read for any of the other city tasks, I can also slot in Flea Market Magic ~ Read a book that is part of a series with 6 or more main works (London 10) for you. Even though Amanda is reading for it, we can read a task several times and get points for it.

Let me know what you would like me to do :)

Jayme wrote: "@Lynn -
if you can't find books to read for any of the other city tasks, I can also slot in Flea Market Magic ~ Read a book that is part of a series with 6 or more main works (London 10) for you. ..."

There's no need unless you want me to fill that slot specifically. It's just a book that is already available to me, but I have plenty of others. I was just listing the ones that fit prompts for London.

Jayme - I've just received a book that is time sensitive for me to read (I'm part of a round the world book exchange thing). How attached are you to Ginny Moon? Because this has a map in it.

I have books for two of the empty slots for London:
3. Something Right
5. Let's Play Dead (set in a museum, and MC works in museum.

I've just found a better museum book for London: Murder at the Natural History Museum for London 3. Set in a museum in London.

Lynn wrote: "Jayme - I've just received a book that is time sensitive for me to read (I'm part of a round the world book exchange thing). How attached are you to Ginny Moon? Because this has a map in it."

Do you need to read your book for London 8 - red cover or London #9 map in it? Ginny Moon is for #8 red cover - if you need it it is yours.

Casceil wrote: "I've just found a better museum book for London: Murder at the Natural History Museum for London 3. Set in a museum in London."

Awesome! I have you down for London 3 Something Right and London 5 Murder at the Natural History Museum

I can read a book set in London
Part of a series with more than 6 books
I can probably do set in celtic nations

not sure what works for time but I have 172 Hours on the Moon

these MIGHt fit red

umbrellas forest or museums i would have to look for but i can recommend for umbrella

Jayme wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Jayme - I've just received a book that is time sensitive for me to read (I'm part of a round the world book exchange thing). How attached are you to Ginny Moon? Because this has a map ..."

Bloody hell, how many more things am I going to mix up and try and confuse you eh? lol

It's the map prompt, no 9 that I'd like to take please.
The book is The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Marie (UK) wrote: "I can read a book set in London
Part of a series with more than 6 books
I can probably do set in celtic nations

thes..."

Hi Marie - We have most of London complete except for London # 6 - a book with a statue. You are more than welcomed to read those books of course because we can get points for them or you can gopher the other city sites - let me know what you would like to do and I will put you in.

We have almost closed out London, so if you want to start looking for books for other city sights we can. I have 2 already for Chicago, but we can go anywhere.

Check the planning list below to see where we are at
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We are still looking for a book for London # 6 statute on the cover. I can't seem to find one.

Lynn wrote: "Jayme wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Jayme - I've just received a book that is time sensitive for me to read (I'm part of a round the world book exchange thing). How attached are you to Ginny Moon? Because t..."

You've got it!

Other countries
Chicago task 4 title in cursive -
task 6 loads of science fiction

New York 1 5 words in title
4 translated
8 true crime


Boston 10 set at christmas

1. Berlin set on island as long as UK counts
5 Mythology MPG


Tokyo task 2

Marie (UK) wrote: "Other countries
Chicago task 4 title in cursive -
task 6 loads of science fiction

New York 1 5 words in title
4 translated
8 true crime


Boston 10 set at c..."

Looks great! Are you planning on reading all of them, or start with Chicago? Let me know what you think you will read and shoot me the title of the book/books and I will plug them in.

If we read a book from each city we will get 10 bonus points.

Put me down for Medusa MPG mythology

and Chicago - Science fiction task 6 172 Hours on the Moon OR new york 1 five words in title

for now will update as we go if I can do more

Marie (UK) wrote: "Put me down for MPG mythology

and Chicago - Science fiction task 6
for now will update as we go if I..."

I have you down for Berlin 5 with Medusa and Chicago 6 with 172 Hours on the Moon. I might move it to New York. I'm just waiting for a ruling from Kristie if she will accept "172" as a word.

London is complete!!

I found a book I can read for London 6 - statue on cover, but I'm going to remove one of my Chicago reads. That way we have London finished and can get the 20 bonus points for completing a city.

What's the next city we're going for?

We have 3 in Chicago now, so could start going for it.

Also, if we read a book from each city we will get 10 bonus points for completing the "city circuit". So we need to read a book from Tokyo, Boston, and New York for those points. we can always focus on that towards the end of the toppler to see where we are at.

I can read Bell, Cook, and Candle for Chicago 8 and/or Strawberry Shortcake Murder for Chicago 9.

Amanda wrote: "I can read Bell, Cook, and Candle for Chicago 8 and/or Strawberry Shortcake Murder for Chicago 9."

I'll plug you in for both books Amanda, :)

Are we still missing a team member? Might be an idea to let Kristie know Jayme

you can put me down for the Boston one set at Christmas Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop (no 10)

this is in addition to the two i have already planned

Can you swap my London location book out for About a Boy please
(Just realised that would help with my year long challenge too)

Marie (UK) wrote: "you can put me down for the Boston one set at Christmas Flora's Travelling Christmas Shop (no 10)

this is in addition to the two i have already planned"

Great! Got it.